George Van Biesbroeck Prize
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The George Van Biesbroeck Prize is an award for long-term achievements in the field of astronomy. According to the American Astronomical Society awards website; "The Van Biesbroeck prize is normally awarded every two years and honors a living individual for long-term extraordinary or unselfish service to astronomy, often beyond the requirements of his or her paid position."
From 1979 to 1996 the award was presented by Van Biesbroeck Award, Inc. The American Astronomical Society assumed responsibility for the Prize in 1997.
The prize is named after George Van Biesbroeck who himself continued to work as an active astronomer for 27 years after "retirement" at age 65.
Previous winners[]
This list is from the American Astronomical Society website.[1]
Awarded by Van Biesbroeck Award, Inc.[]
- 1979
- 1980 Marcia J. Rieke
- 1981 Marc Aaronson,
- 1982
- 1983 No Award
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987 No Award
- 1988 E. Dorrit Hoffleit
- 1989 Brian G. Marsden
- 1990 Aden B. Meinel
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993 Janet Akyüz Mattei
- 1994
- 1995 Arlo U. Landolt
- 1996 David L. Crawford
Awarded by American Astronomical Society[]
- 1997 Helmut Abt
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000 D. Harold McNamara
- 2001 Michael J. Kurtz
- 2002 Victor Blanco
- 2003 Donat Wentzel
- 2004 Rodger Doxsey
- 2005
- 2006 No award
- 2007 Stephen P. Maran
- 2008
- 2009 Father George V. Coyne
- 2010 Virginia Trimble
- 2011
- 2012 C. Megan Urry
- 2014 Michael Hauser
- 2016 Richard (Rick) A. Perley
- 2018 Debra Meloy Elmegreen
- 2020 Roc Cutri
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "George Van Biesbroeck Prize". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
Categories:
- Astronomy prizes
- Awards established in 1979
- American awards
- American Astronomical Society