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The Wall at the NSA Hall of Honor

The Hall of Honor is a special place at the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. It's like a museum wall that celebrates people who did amazing things for American cryptology. Cryptology is the science of making and breaking secret codes and messages.

What is the Hall of Honor?

The Hall of Honor is found near the National Cryptologic Museum, which is right next to the NSA's main building in Fort Meade. It was started in 1999. To be chosen for the Hall of Honor, people must have done something truly outstanding. They are usually innovators who changed how American cryptology works, or they made huge contributions that helped shape this important field.

Who Gets Honored?

Every year, a group called the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation suggests people to be honored. The NSA also gets nominations from other places. These people are chosen because of their important work in secret codes and national security.

Recent Honorees

Here are some of the people who have been honored in recent years:

2021

2020

2019

  • Edward M. Drake
  • Chief Radioman Harry Kidder, USN
  • Colonel Alva Bryan Lasswell, USMC

2018

2017

  • Mary H. "Polly" Budenbach
  • Dennis M. Chiari
  • Colonel Frank E. Herrelko, USAF

2016

  • Gerald Hale
  • Captain Leonard T. Jones, USCG
  • Command Sergeant Major Odell Williams, USA

2015

  • Ralph W. Adams, Jr.
  • Charles R. Lord
  • William O. Marks

2014

  • Frank C. Austin
  • Walter Deeley
  • Marian Rejewski (a Polish mathematician who helped break the Enigma code)
  • Alan Turing (a famous British mathematician who also helped break the Enigma code)

2013

  • Vera Ruth Filby
  • Richard Proto
  • Native American Code talkers (who used their native languages to create unbreakable codes during wars)

2012

  • Ann Caracristi
  • Robert E. Drake
  • Ronald Hunt

2011

  • William D. Coffee
  • Joseph Desch
  • Colonel Parker Hitt

2010

2009

2008

  • Benson K. Buffman
  • Charles L. Gandy
  • General Alfred M. Gray

2007

  • Jacob "Jack" Gurin
  • Robert J. Hermann
  • Samuel Simon Snyder

2006

  • Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana
  • Edward A. Everett
  • Cecil J. Phillips

2005

  • William Blankinship
  • Francis Raven
  • Arthur J. Salemme

2004

  • Dorothy T. Blum
  • James R. Chiles
  • Meredith Gardner

2003

  • Lambros D. Callimahos
  • Lowell K. Frazer
  • Juanita Moody

2002

  • Captain Thomas H. Dyer
  • Norman Wild
  • Richard A. Leibler

2001

  • Howard C. Barlow
  • Mahlon E. Doyle
  • Sydney Jaffe

2000

1999

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