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Hedy Lamarr Receives Austrian Inventor Prize Hedy Lamarr was honored with the Viktor Kaplan Medal of the Austrian Association of Patent Holders and Inventors on October 16, 1998. The medal, considered the highest award which can be bestowed upon inventors in Austria, was presented to Miss Lamarr for her pioneering contribution to enabling radio communications to be made secure from interference and eavesdropping. Miss Lamarr was proposed for the medal by Dr. Peter Paul Sint of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In support of the nomination, Dr. Sint stated that her invention was decades ahead of its time and anticipated "essential elements of digital logic." Hedy Lamarr was the recipient of a number of technology prizes in the US during 1997. The presentation of the Viktor Kaplan Medal is the first such recognition of her achievement in her homeland Austria. As with prior awards, Miss Lamarr did not personally attend the Kaplan Medal presentation ceremony in Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria. She was represented by her son, Anthony Loder.

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