International Academy for Quality
Awards
Founder's Medal
Purpose and History
The IAQ Founder's Medal recognizes contributions of Academicians who have rendered especially distinguished service to the Academy in a variety of ways: administratively increasing the performance capability of the Academy, technically contributing to the quality technical or managerial body of knowledge, or publicly enhancing its prestige.
Marcos E. J. Bertin Quality in Governance Medal
Purpose and History
The IAQ Marcos E. J. Bertin Quality in Governance Medal recognizes exceptional contributions to the practice or development of sound principles of good governance based on application of quality-related principals and methods.
Riccardo Dell'Anna Doctoral Dissertation Prize
Purpose and History
Dr. Riccardo Dell'Anna (1955-2005) was an exceptional example of a business-based quality Academician. He was executive vice president responsible for the automotive bearing business unit of SKF, the Swedish based multinational where he had previously served as Vice President of Quality.
Walter E. Masing Book Prize
Purpose and History
The IAQ Walter E. Masing Book Prize is awarded annually to honor the memory of Dr. Walter E. Masing (1915-2004), one its founders and an Honorary Member. Dr. Masing was a founder of both the IAQ and the European Organization for Quality (EOQ), where he served as its first president and was named an Honorary Member. He was president of the German Society for Quality (DGQ) for twenty years and was named Honorary President upon his retirement.
Yoshio Kondo Academic Research Prize
Purpose and History
The IAQ Yoshio Kondo Academic Prize was established in 2009 to recognize sustained performance in exceptional published works by an Academician. This award honors IAQ Past Chair and Honorary Member Dr. Yoshio Kondo for his sustained contributions to the Academy in administrative and operational capacities and his exceptional contributions to the field of quality through extensive academic research.
Marcos E. J. Bertin Quality in Governance Medal (Executive)
Recipients (Executive Role Model)
2009 James Houghton, Chairman Emeritus, Corning Inc., USA
2010 Emilio Odebrecht, Chairman, Odebrecht, Brazil
2011 Fred-Henri Firmenich, Former Chairman, Firmenich S.A., Switzerland
2012 Masahiro Sakane, Chairman, Komatsu Ltd., Japan
2013 Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Group, India
2014 Pekka Ala-Pietila, Chairman, Solidium OY, Finland
2015 Sr. Mary Jean Ryan, Board Advisor, SSM Health Care, USA
2015 Gregory H. Watson, Business Excellence Solutions, Ltd, Finland
Marcos E. J. Bertin Quality in Governance Medal (Personal)
Recipients (Personal Contributions)
2009 Ira Millstein, Senior Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, USA
2010 Martin Hilb, Chairman, Corporate Governance Center, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
2011 Ram Charan, CEO, Ram Charan Associates, USA
2012 Philip Armstrong, Head, Global Corporate Governance Forum, USA
2013 John Carver, Carver Governance Design, Inc.
2013 Miriam Carver, Carver Governance Design, Inc.
2014 Christ Pearce, Global Governance Services Ltd.
Walter E. Masing Book Prize
Recipients
2007 Thong Ngee Goh, Six Sigma: Advanced Tools for Black Belts and Master Black Belts
2008 Gregory H. Watson, Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma
2011 Yukihiro Ando and Pankaj Kumar, Daily Management: The TQM Way
2014 Chao-Ton Su, Quality Engineering: Off-line Methods and Applications
Yoshio Kondo Academic Research Prize
Recipients
2010 Charles A. Aubrey
2010 Robert E. Cole
2010 Kostas Dervitsiotis
2010 Gregory H. Watson
2010 Mohamed Zairi
2011 Yoshinori Iizuka
2017 Elizabeth A. Cudney
2017 N. (Ram) Ramanathan
Riccardo Dell'Anna Doctoral Dissertation Prize
Recipients
2019 Tejaswi Materla, Elizabeth Cudney (Advisor) - Missouri University of Science & Technology
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