Starting in 2004, the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) began awarding the Myron L. White Award, or the "Mikey," to a leader in the field and a dedicated friend to the department.
Mikey Award recipients
2026 Cecilia Aragon
2025 James Landay
2024 Andrew Davidson
2023 Jerrod Larson
2022 Gail Thynes
2021 Daniella Kim
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 of IBM Corp.
2005 Three Mikey awards were given in 2005 to:
- Ginny Redish
- Stephanie Rosenbaum
- Donna Sakson formerly of Sakson & Taylor
2004 Myron L. White himself, co-founder of the Department of Technical Communication