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The Organization Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol à Voile ( OSTIV ) Plaque/Klemperer Award is presented at each OSTIV congress to a person deemed to have made a noteworthy technical or scientific contribution to soaring flight. The Klemperer Award is a cash stipend derived from the interest earned by the Wolfgang B. Klemperer Memorial Fund, and was first awarded in 1958. The Fund is a trust fund administered by the SSA Trustees.
Recipients have been as follows:
1997 - L. Boermans: Netherlands
1995 - No Award
1993 - No Award
1991 - Cedric Vernon
1989 - Piero Morelli
1987 - No Award
1985 - Dr. Werner Pfenninger
1983 - Richard H. Johnson: USA
1981 - Paul B. MacCready, Jr: USA
1978 - Walter Stender
1976 - Eugen Hanle
1974 - Wim Toutenhoofd: USA
1972 - Paul F. Bikle: USA
1970 - F. X. Wortmann
1968 - Hans Zacher
1965 - C.E. Wallington
1963 - Richard Eppler
1960 - Boris Josip Cijan
1958 - Dr. Joachim P. Kuettner
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