Established in 2004, the Myron L. White Award, affectionately known as the “Mikey,” recognizes leaders in the field who have also been dedicated friends of the HCDE community.
The award is named for Myron L. White, co-founder of the Department of Technical Communication, which later became Human Centered Design & Engineering. White received the inaugural Mikey Award in 2004.
Recent Mikey Award recipients
Past recipients
2020 Jan Spyridakis
2019 Kelly Franznick
2018 Constance W. Rice
2017 David K. Farkas
2016 Rebecca Destello
2015 Carolyn Wei
2014 Suzanne Boyd
2013 Skip Walter
2012 Matt Shobe
2011 Michael Berg
2010 Judith Ramey
2009 Kent Sullivan
2008 Mary Coney
2007 Joe Welinske
2006 Lori Fisher
2005 Ginny Redish, Stephanie Rosenbaum, and Donna Sakson
2004 Myron L. White
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Where “Mikey” began
Myron L. White
The first Mikey Award was presented in 2004 to Myron L. White, co-founder of the Department of Technical Communication. The award has carried his name ever since.
