Clifford W. Holmes Award
The Clifford W. Holmes Award is presented annually near Big Bear City, California at the RTMC Astronomy Expo to an individual for a significant contribution to popularizing astronomy.[1]
Established in 1978 by Richard Poremba as the Astronomy for America Award, it was renamed for , the founder of the Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC) in 1980.
Awardees[]
Recipients of the award are:[1] [2]
- 1978: Paul Zurakowski
- 1979: Arthur Leonard
- 1980: Robert E. Cox
- 1981: Richard Berry
- 1982: Dennis di Cicco
- 1983: John Dobson
- 1984: Jim Jacobson
- 1985: Arthur Leonard
- 1986: Bob Schalck
- 1987: Clyde Tombaugh
- 1988: Kevin Medlock
- 1989: David H. Levy
- 1990: Dick Buchroeder, (MP-cite)
- 1991: Rick Shaffer
- 1992: Ashley McDermott
- 1993: John Sanford
- 1994: Donald C. Parker
- 1995: Don Machholz
- 1996: Gil Clark
- 1997: Randall Wilcox
- 1998: Randy Johnson
- 1999: William Seavey
- 2000: Tom Cave
- 2001: Scott W. Roberts
- 2002: Ed Krupp
- 2003: Steve Edberg
- 2004: Dean Ketelsen
- 2005: Mike Simmons
- 2006: Al Fink
- 2007: Dave Rodrigues
- 2008: Laura and Bob Eklund
- 2009: Don Nicholson
- 2010: David Crawford (spcl. award[a])
- 2011: Robert Victor
- 2012: Robert D. Stephens
- 2013: Jim Benet
- 2014: Jane Houston-Jones
- 2015: Terri Lappin (MP-cite)
- 2016: Randy and Pamela Shivak
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Clifford W. Holmes Award". RTMC Astronomy Expo. Archived from the original on 24 October 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Astronomy Outreach
- ^ Special awards to Mount Wilson Observatory staff for motivating firefighters during the Station Fire: Hal and Susan McAlister, Dave Jurasevich and Larry Webster
External links[]
Categories:
- Astronomy prizes