Stonebraker receives IEEE John von Neumann Medal

In December 2004, Michael Stonebraker was selected to receive the 2005 IEEE John von Neumann Medal for his "contributions to the design, implementation, and commercialization of relational and object-relational database systems." Mike is the first person from the database field selected to receive this award. He joins an illustrious group of former recipients, including Barbara Liskov (2004), Alfred Aho (2003), Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard (2002), Butler Lampson (2001), John Hennessy and David Patterson (2000), Douglas Engelbart (1999), Ivan Sutherland (1998), Maurice Wilkes (1997), Carver Mead (1996), Donald Knuth (1995), John Cocke (1994), Fred Brooks (1993), and Gordon Bell (1992).