The
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the
United States National Institute of Science and Technology[?]. It was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 - Public Law 100-107 and named for
Malcolm Baldrige[?], who served as
United States Secretary of Commerce during the
Reagan administration from
1981 until his
1987 death in a
rodeo accident. The program aims to reward quality in the business sector, health care, and education, and was inspired by the ideas of
Total Quality Management or TQM.
- 1988 - Motorola Inc., Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division of Westinghouse Electric Corp., and Globe Metallurgical Inc.
- 1989 - Milliken & Co. and Xerox Corp. Business Products and Systems
- 1990 - Cadillac Motor Car Division, IBM Rochester, Federal Express Corp., and Wallace Co. Inc.
- 1991 - Solectron Corp., Zytec Corp., and Marlow Industries
- 1992 - AT&T Network Systems Group/ Transmission Systems Business Unit, Texas Instruments Inc. Defense Systems & Electronics Group, AT&T Universal Card Services, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., and Granite Rock Co.
- 1993 - Eastman Chemical Co. and Ames Rubber Corp.
- 1994 - AT&T Consumer Communications Services, GTE Directories Corp., and Wainwright Industries Inc.
- 1995 - Armstrong World Industries Building Products Operation and Corning Telecommunications Products Division
- 1996 - ADAC Laboratories, Dana Commercial Credit Corp., Custom Research Inc., and Trident Precision Manufacturing Inc.
- 1997 - 3M Dental Products Division, Solectron Corp., Merrill Lynch Credit Corp., and Xerox Business Services
- 1998 - Boeing Airlift and Tanker Programs, Solar Turbines Inc., and Texas Nameplate Co., Inc.
- 1999 - STMicroelectronics, Inc.-Region Americas, BI, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., L.L.C., and Sunny Fresh Foods
- 2000 - Dana Corp.-Spicer Driveshaft Division, KARLEE Company, Inc., Operations Management International, Inc., and Los Alamos National Bank
- 2001 - Clarke American Checks, Incorporated, Pal?s Sudden Service, Chugach School District, Pearl River School District, and University of Wisconsin-Stout
- 2002 - Motorola Inc. Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector, Branch Smith Printing Division, and SSM Health Care