This award is the highest honor bestowed by the INFORMS Simulation Society. It recognizes major contributions to the field of simulation that are sustained over most of a professional career, with the critical consideration being the total impact of those contributions on computer simulation. An individual's contributions may fall in one or more of the following areas:

contributions to research contributions to practice dissemination of knowledge

development of software or hardware service to the profession advancement of the status or visibility of the field

The recipients are listed below. The name links to the citation.