The Ray E. Tenhoff Award recognizes the most outstanding technical paper presented at the annual Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) Symposium in Los Angeles, California. The award was established in 1962 and is given in memory of Convair test pilot, Ray E. Tenhoff, founder and first president of SETP. Tenhoff was killed in B-58 Hustler accident on April 22, 1960.
The award is determined by a panel of judges at the completion of the annual SETP Symposium in Los Angeles, California. The award, consisting of a plaque and cash honorarium, is presented at the annual Awards Banquet.
Recipients of this award, from 1962 to present, include:
1962—Thomas P. Frost1963—Donald R. Segner1964—Glenn M. Gray1965—Drury W. Wood, Jr.1966—Fred W. Haise, Jr.1967—Drury W. Wood, Jr.1968—Olle Klinker and Erik Dahlstrom1969—Larry G. Van Pelt1970—James Pollitt1971—Norm Driscoll1972—Paul S. Norton1973—Flt Lt John Potter, RAF1974—Karl-Eric Henriksson1975—Charles C. Bock, Jr.1976—Lt Col John H. Taylor, USAF1977—Raymond L. McPherson1978—A. Scott Crossfield1979—John E. Krings1980—LCDR Richard N. Richards, USN and Carroll D. Pilcher1981—Maj Ivan M. Behel, USMC and William B. McNamera1982—G. Warren Hall and LTC Robert K. Merrill, USA1983—Charles A. Sewell1984—G. Warren Hall and LTC Patrick M. Morris, USA1985—Stephen Ishmael and Lt Col Ted Wierzbanowski, USAF1986—Lt Col Frank T. Birk1987—William H. Dana and Nicholas D. Lappos1988—Laurence A. Walker and Lt Col William R. Neely, Jr., USAF1989—LCDR Mike Carriker, USN and SqnLdr David Southwood, RAF1990—LCDR Kent Rominger, USN and Jennings Bryant, NATC1991—Capt Chris A. Hadfield, RCAF and Sharon W. Houck1992—C. Gordon Fullerton and Maj Regis Hancock, USAF1993—C. Gordon Fullerton1994—Maj William J. Norton, USAF and Maj Pamela A. Melroy, USAF1995—Capt Ricardo Traven, CAF, Susan E. Whitley and F. Alan Frazier1996—Capt Maurice Girard, CAF and Capt Stuart McIntosh, CAF1997—Capt Greg Weber, USAF and Maj Kevin Christensen, USAF1998—Ricardo Traven, John Hagan1999—Ralph Johnston and Robert Ryan2000—Horst Philipp2001—Maj Tim McDonald, USAF and Steve Barter2002—Ricardo Traven, The Boeing Company2003—Burt Rutan, Doug Shane2004—Bill Gray2005—Norman Howell2006—Maj Douglas Wickert, USAF2007—Justin Paines, QinetiQ; Buddy Denham, Naval Air Systems Command2008—Lt Col Daniel D. Daetz, USAF; Maj Jack D. Fischer, USAF; Brian Knaup, Dept. of the USAF2009—Robert A. Rivers, NASA2010—Flt Lt Dane Petersen, RAAF and Sqn Ldr Darren Hughes, RAAF2011—Sqn Ldr Simon Seymour-Dale, RAF2012—Aaron Tobias, Cessna and Maurice Girard, Cessna2013—Mark Stucky, Clint Nichols, Mike Alsbury, Scaled Composites2014—Maj Casey Richardson, USAF, Capt Michael Pacini, USAF, P. Travis Millet, Dept. of the Air Force2015—Lt Brent Robinson, USN, James Denham, Dept. of the Navy