Honors and Awards
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RESNA Leadership Award - 2010RESNA Leadership Award 2010 - The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America presented Whirlwind with their prestigious Leadership Award at their annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
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Tech Award Laureate - 2004Whirlwind was a Tech Award Laureate of the San Jose Tech Museum. The Tech Awardes honor technology benefitting humanity. To learn more about The Tech Awards, visit their site. |
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MacArthur Foundation Fellows Grant - 1989Ralf Hotchkiss, Whirlwind Founder, was named a MacArthur Fellow for his work designing wheelchairs for manufacture and use in developing countries. |
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Chapman University Schweitzer Award for ExcellenceWhirlwind was honored in August to receive the 2011 Chapman University Albert Schweitzer Award Of Excellence. The award is given annually to an organization that exemplifies the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, who was a Nobel prize winning philosopher and medical missionary in Africa in the early 20th Century. |
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Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award - 2011Proto Labs presented Whirlwind with their Cool Idea! Award in late 2011. The award gave Whirlwind access to Proto Lab's prototyping and short-run production services. Protolabs created the plastic mud guards for the new model RoughRider. Read More Here |
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INDEX Awards - Design for Life - 2007Whirlwind was a finalist in the Index Awards competition, which is sponsored by the Queen of Denmark. More info on the Index Awards. |
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