The J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award, named for AISC's first President, honors engineers and architects who are universally recognized as the pre-eminent steel designers of their era. This prestigious award is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the structural steel industry through his or her design work. Note: Prior to 1999, this award was given to individuals who had made an outstanding contribution to the structural steel fabricating industry regardless of whether they were designers; in 1999, the Kimbrough Award was designated as being for designers only and separate awards were established for academics (Geerhard Haaijer Educator Award) and those who work in the steel industry (Robert P. Stupp Award for Leadership Excellence).

AISC is no longer accepting nominations for the 2025 awards. Stay tuned to find out the winners!

About the Nomination Process

Guidelines 

The selection panel will consider the individual's:

• recognition by their peers as one of the pre-eminent steel designers of their era
• portfolio of significant, notable, innovative and original projects
• contribution to the advancement of the structural steel design industry

Please note: Nominees must be living at the time they are nominated. Also, because of the prestigious nature of this award, it is expected that this award will not be presented annually; rather, it will only be awarded when the selection panel believes that an individual is clearly worthy of this honor.

How to Enter 

Keep an eye out in mid-2025 for the next nomination period for the 2026 Industry, Designer, and Educator Awards.

Past Recipients 

2024
Michael A. Grubb, M.A. Grubb & Assoc., LLC, Wexford, Pa.

2022
David I. Ruby, Ruby + Associates, Bingham Farms, Mich.

2012
John Kulicki, Modjeski and Masters, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

2009
Lawrence Griffis, Walter P Moore, Houston, Texas

2006
James M. Fisher, Computerized Structural Design, Milwaukee, Wis.

2001 
Leslie E. Robertson, Leslie E. Robertson, New York

1999
William J. LeMessurier, LeMessurier Consultants, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

1973 
Fazlur R. Khan, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago

1964
Othmar A. Ammann, Port of New York Authority, New York

1961 
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

1959 
General Leif J. Sverdrup, Sverdrup & Parcell, St. Louis

1957 
David B. Steinman, Robinson and Steinman, New York

1941 
Robert Moses, New York City Commissioner of Parks, New York