2022 NSL Distinguished Submariner Awardee Martin Cooper honored with the 2024 National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Martin Cooper, engineer and inventor, made the first cell phone call on 3 April 1973. Image courtesy of Martin Cooper and retrieved from WHYY.

The recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Submariner Award, Martin Cooper, was honored with the 2024 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. He is credited as the creator of the handheld cellular phone.

See Cooper’s Distinguished Submariner citation.