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1950...Cavalcade of
America program entitled "Young Man
In A Hurry" sponsored by DuPont.
1951...Named
"Outstanding Young Man of the Year"
by the Hartford Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
1953...Named one of
the "Ten Outstanding Young Men" in
the nation by the U.S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Gerber was
the first Connecticut resident and
the youngest individual in New
England to receive this award.
1980...Recipient of
the Connecticut Patent Law
Association's tenth annual Eli
Whitney Award in recognition of his
significant contributions to
science.
1981...Recipient of
an Honorary Doctor of Engineering
degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
1982...Elected a
member of the National Academy of
Engineering, Washington, D.C.
According to The New York Times,
this prestigious membership is
regarded second only to the Nobel
Prize.
1983...Elected a
member of the Connecticut Academy of
Science and Engineering. Membership
in the Academy is limited to only
200 scientists and engineers who
live or work in Connecticut.
1983...Awarded the
Holden Medal for his outstanding
contribution to the advancement of
technology in the apparel industry
by the Clothing and Footwear
Institute in England.
1988...Awarded the
ORT Science and Technology Award.
1989...Awarded the
Lifetime Achievement Award in
Entrepreneurial Management.
1990...Recipient of
an Honorary Doctor of Engineering
degree from the University of New
Haven.
1993...Awarded Companion Membership
in the Textile Institute. Membership
is limited to 50 living members and
is granted by the Institute's
international governing council to
those who have substantially
advanced the general interests of
the industries based upon fibers
(including garment manufacture).
1994...Awarded the National Medal
of Technology, America's highest
honor for technological achievement,
for his past and continuing
technical leadership in the
invention, development and commercialization of manufacturing automation systems for
a wide variety of industries, most notably apparel, which
have made those industries more efficient and cost effective
in today's worldwide competitive environment.
1994...Three original inventions,
the Gerber Variable Scale, the
Gerber GraphAnalogue and the Gerber
Derivimeter were acquired by the
National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution. These
innovations are now part of the
Institution's permanent collection
and are displayed in the exhibit,
"Information Age: People,
Information & Society".
1994...The first production unit of
the Model 70 GERBERcutter® was
acquired by the National Museum of
American History, Smithsonian
Institution for its permanent
collection to mark the historical
role the GERBERcutter played in
bringing automation technology to
the apparel and allied industries.
1995...Awarded Tecnica della
Confezione International Award for
his lifetime achievements in science
and inventions within the apparel
industry.
1995...Awarded Connecticut's first annual Connecticut Medal
of Technology Award for his extraordinary achievements in
commercialization of technology in one or more of the areas
of process and product innovation management, that has made
a significant difference in Connecticut's industrial
competitiveness.
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