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Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Sr. (October 12, 1860 – June 16, 1930) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, most famous as co-inventor, with Herman Anschütz-Kaempfe, of the gyrocompass and as founder of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. His compasses and stabilizers were adopted by the United States Navy and used in both world wars. He also worked closely with Japanese companies and the Japanese government and was honored after his death with a biography in his honor.

Awards
He was given the following awards:


 * Aero Club of France (1914) for his airplane stabilizer
 * Franklin Institute Medal (1914)
 * Collier Trophy (1915)
 * Collier Trophy (1916)
 * Holley Medal (1927)
 * John Fritz Medal (1927)
 * Albert Gary Medal (1927)
 * Elliott Cresson Medal from the Franklin Institute (1929)
 * Two decorations from the last Czar of Russia; two decorations from the Emperor of Japan, the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure; and the grand prize of the Panama Exposition.

Legacy

 * Sperry was also a founding member of the US Naval Consulting Board, 1915.
 * In 1916, Sperry joined Peter Hewitt to develop the Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane, one of the first successful precursors of the UAV.
 * USS Sperry (AS-12) was named for him, as was the annual Elmer A. Sperry Award for Advancing the Art of Transportation.
 * The Sperry Center building on the SUNY Cortland campus in Cortland, NY is named after him.

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Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Sr. (October 12, 1860 – June 16, 1930) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, most famous as co-inventor, with Herman Anschütz-Kaempfe of the gyrocompass and as founder of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. His compasses and stabilizers were adopted by the United States Navy and used in both world wars.

Awards

 * Aero Club of France (1914) for his airplane stabilizer
 * Franklin Institute Medal (1914, specific award unknown) for his gyroscopic compass
 * Collier Trophy (1914) for gyroscopic control
 * Collier Trophy (1916) for his drift indicator
 * Holley Medal (1928)
 * John Fritz Medal (1927)
 * Albert Gary Medal (1927)
 * Elliott Cresson Medal (1929) for gyroscopic navigational and recording instruments
 * Two decorations from the last Czar of Russia; two decorations from the Emperor of Japan, the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure; and the grand prize of the Panama Exposition.

Legacy

 * USS Sperry (AS-12), a submarine tender, was named for him and was sponsored by his daughter, Helen Sperry Lea
 * The Sperry Center at SUNY Cortland in Cortland, NY is named for him
 * The Elmer A. Sperry Award, which encourages progress in transportation-related engineering, is named for him