NSA Hall of Honor

The Wall at the NSA Hall of Honor

The Hall of Honor is a memorial at the National Security Agency headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. It honors individuals who rendered distinguished service to American cryptology.^[1]

The Hall of Honor

The Hall of Honor is located on the grounds of the National Cryptologic Museum adjacent to NSA's headquarters in Ft. Meade, MD. Created in 1999, The standards are high for induction into the Hall of Honor. The individuals honored were innovators over their entire peers or made major contributions to the structure and processes of American cryptology.^[2]

Inductees

Yearly, the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation recommends a slate of honorees to the National Security Agency for consideration along with nominees from other sources.^[3]

2016

• Gerald Hale
• Captain Leonard T. Jones, USCG
• Command Sergeant Major Odell Williams, USA^[4]

2015

• Ralph W. Adams, Jr.
• Charles R. Lord
• William O. Marks
• Robert J. McNelis
• Virginia Jenkins Riley^[5]

2014

• Frank C. Austin
• Walter Deeley
• Howard Ehret
• Marian Rejewski
• Alan Turing^[6]

2013

• Vera Ruth Filby
• Richard Proto
• Washington Wong
• Native American Code talkers^[7]

2012

• Ann Caracristi
• Robert E. Drake
• Ronald Hunt
• Juliana Mickwitz^[8]

2011

• William D. Coffee
• Joseph Desch
• Colonel Parker Hitt
• Laura Holmes^[9]

2010

• Joseph Amato
• David Boak
• Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein
• Leo Rosen^[10]

2009

• Richard A. Day Jr.
• Minnie M. Kenny
• Major general Doyle Larson
• Arthur Levenson^[11]

2008

• Benson K. Buffman
• Charles L. Gandy
• General Alfred M. Gray
• Oliver R. Kirby
• Rear Admiral Donald M. Showers^[12]

2007

• Jacob "Jack" Gurin
• Dr. Robert J. Hermann
• Samuel Simon Snyder^[2]
• Milton Zaslow^[13]

2006

• Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana
• Edward A. Everett
• Cecil J. Phillips
• James W. Pryde
• Thomas E. Tremain^[14]

2005

• Dr. William Blankinship
• Francis Raven
• Arthur J. Salemme
• Rear Admiral Joseph N. Wenger^[15]

2004

• Dorothy T. Blum
• James R. Chiles
• Meredith Gardner
• Brigadier General John Tiltman^[16]

2003

• Lambros D. Callimahos
• Dr. Lowell K. Frazer
• Juanita Moody
• Howard E. Rosenblum^[17]

2002

• Captain Thomas H. Dyer
• Norman Wild
• Dr. Richard A. Leibler
• Mitford M. Mathews
• Charles C. Tevis
• Dr. Julia Ward^[18]

2001

• Howard C. Barlow
• Mahlon E. Doyle
• Dr. Sydney Jaffe
• Major General John E. Morrison^[19]

2000

• Louis W. Tordella
• Captain Joseph Rochefort
• Agnes Meyer Driscoll^[20]

1999

• William F. Friedman
• Elizebeth Friedman
• Herbert Yardley
• Captain Laurance Safford
• Frank Rowlett
• Dr. Abraham Sinkov
• Dr. Solomon Kullback
• Lieutenant General Ralph Canine^[21]

References

1. "Cryptologic Hall of Honor - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
2. "Samuel S. Snyder - NSA Hall of Honor Inductee 2007 - jsnyder42's Photos". Jsnyder42.smugmug.com. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
3. "national cryptologic museum foundation Resources and Information". nationalcryptologicmuseumfoundation.com. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
4. "Hall of Honor Inductees: 2016". National Security Agency. October 18, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
5. "Five Cryptologists Added to NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor". Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: National Security Agency. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
6. "Five Cryptologists Added to NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor". Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: National Security Agency. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
7. "Hall of Honor Inductees: 2013". Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: National Security Agency. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
8. "NSA/CSS Inducts Four Cryptologic Heroes Into Cryptologic Hall of Honor". Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: National Security Agency. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
9. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2011 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
10. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2010 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
11. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2009 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
12. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2008 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
13. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2007 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
14. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2006 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
15. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2005 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
16. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2004 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
17. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2003 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
18. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2002 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
19. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2001 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
20. "Hall of Honor Inductees 2000 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
21. "Hall of Honor Inductees 1999 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-11-27.

See also

• National Security Agency/Central Security Service Cryptologic Memorial
• CIA Memorial Wall
• Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
• National Security Agency
• National Cryptologic Museum

Coordinates: 39°06′53″N 76°46′29″W / 39.1148°N 76.7748°W