1956: John von Neumann for his farsighted contribution to the science of meteorology and the national interests in developing the modern, high-speed electronic computer with meteorological application as an ultimate aim, and for his support and encouragement in organizing the world's first research group in numerical weather prediction.
1956: John von Neumann für seine weitsichtigen Beiträge zur Meteorologie und der Entwicklung ovn Computern mit meteorologischen Anwendungen und für die Organisation und Unterstützung der ersten Forschungsgruppe für numerische Wettervorhersage (for his farsighted contribution to the science of meteorology and the national interests in developing the modern, high-speed electronic computer with meteorological application as an ultimate aim, and for his support and encouragement in organizing the world's first research group in numerical weather prediction).