For sustained service to the applied superconductivity community that has had a lasting influence on the advancement of the technology, by organizing and leading the US Department of Energy program in electrical utility applications of high temperature superconductivity which has been one of the leading superconductor application programs in the world, in particular
for his vision, foresight and leadership of the program from its inception in 1987 until his retirement in 2006, and
for establishing collaboration among industry, academia and national laboratories and employing annual peer reviews to maintain an aggressive and technically innovative program.