The IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1986. It is presented to an IEEE member for distinguished service to the development, viability, advancement, and pursuit of the technical objectives of the IEEE.

Recipients of this award receives a bronze medal, illuminated certificate, honorarium, and travel expenses to award ceremony.

Recipients

• 1988: Merlin G. Smith
• 1989: Jose B. Cruz, Jr.
  Jose B. Cruz, Jr.
  Jose B. Cruz, Jr. is a noted control theorist and a Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the recipient of Richard E...
  
  
• 1990: Harold Chestnut
  Harold Chestnut
  Harold Chestnut was an American electrical engineer, who contributed to the development of the fields of control theory and systems engineering.- Biography :...
  
  
• 1991: Stephen J. Kahne
• 1992: Bruno O. Weinschel
• 1993: William R. Tackaberry
• 1994: Oscar N. Garcia
• 1995: Theodore W. Hissey, Jr.
• 1996: Theodore S. Saad
• 1997: Friedolf M. Smits
• 1998: H. Troy Nagle
• 1999: Edward A. Parrish
• 2000: J. David Irwin
• 2001: Charles J. Robinson
• 2002: Robert W. Lucky
• 2003: Wilfred Kenneth Dawson
• 2004: Kenneth R. Laker
• 2005: Lloyd A. (Pete) Morley
• 2006: Don Bolle
• 2008: James T. (Tom) Cain
• 2009: Harold L. Flescher
• 2010: James M. Tien
  James M. Tien
  James M. Tien, Ph.D., DEng , a member of the National Academy of Engineering, is Distinguished Professor and Dean of the University of Miami College of Engineering. He has worked previously at Bell Laboratories, Rand Corporation and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.He received the 2010 IEEE Richard M...