Arlene Harris
Awards & Affiliations
Awards
Radio Club of America Fellow – 1987
Personal Communications Industries Association Foundation – Chairman’s Award – 2000
Wireless Week – Enterprising Woman of Wireless – 2000
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association E-Tech Hardware Award – Jitterbug – 2006
New York Times Ten Brilliant Ideas (David Pogue) – 2006
Consumer Electronic Show Finalist Last Gadget Standing – 2006
Wireless History Foundation Hall of Fame Inductee – 2007
Andrew Seybold Best New Wireless Company Award – GreatCall – 2007
Readers Digest Top 100 Products – 2007
Stevie Award – Best Overall Company of the Year Service Businesses- Great Call – 2008
Athena Pinnacle Award Technology – 2008
American Society of Aging Best Small Business – 2008
Fierce Wireless Top US Wireless Innovators of all Time – 2008
Triple Tree Best Consumer Experience Great Call – 2009
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association – Hottest Mobile Consumer Application – 2009
Girl Scouts – Cool Women Award – 2013
Today – Caregiver “Caregiver Friendly Award” – 2014
Wall Street Journal – Simple Phone Award – Jitterbug – 2016
PC Magazine Editor’s Choice Jitterbug – 2016
Wall Street Journal Simple Phones – 2016
Consumer Technology Association Hall of Fame Inductee – 2017
University of California, San Diego – Gordon Fellow Professional Engineering Leadership Award – 2019
T-Mobile Women Making History Recognition – 2021
Radio Club of America Wireless Innovation Award – 2021
Illinois Institute of Technology Honorary Doctorate Engineering & Design – 2021
Affiliations
Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society Inductee
Illinois Institute of Technology – Society of the Hawk Honorary Member
University of California, San Diego – Order of the Owl Member
Radio Club of America Lifetime Member
Illinois Institute of Technology – Institute of Design – Board of Advisors
Illinois Stuart School of Business Board of Advisors
University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Council of Advisors
Wireless History Foundation Board of Directors
Don Norman Design Award Foundation Board of Directors
Founder and Chairwoman Wrethinking, The Foundation
