Oersted Medal
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The Oersted Medal recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics. Established in 1936, it is awarded by the American Association of Physics Teachers. The award is named for Hans Christian Ørsted. It is the Association's most prestigious award.
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Well-known recipients include Nobel laureates Robert Andrews Millikan, Edward M. Purcell, Richard Feynman, Isidor I. Rabi, Norman F. Ramsey, Hans Bethe, and Carl Wieman; as well as Arnold Sommerfeld, George Uhlenbeck, Jerrold Zacharias, Philip Morrison, Melba Phillips, Victor Weisskopf, Gerald Holton, John A. Wheeler, Frank Oppenheimer, Robert Resnick, Carl Sagan, Freeman Dyson, Daniel Kleppner, and Lawrence Krauss, and Anthony French, David Hestenes, Robert Karplus, Robert Pohl, and Francis Sears.
The 2008 medalist, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, is the third woman to win the award in its 70-plus-year history.
Medalists[1][]
- – 1936
- Edwin Herbert Hall – 1937
- – 1938
- – 1939
- Robert Andrews Millikan – 1940
- Henry Crew – 1941
- not awarded in 1942
- – 1943
- – 1944
- Homer Levi Dodge – 1945
- – 1946
- – 1947
- – 1948
- Arnold Sommerfeld – 1949
- – 1950
- – 1951
- – 1952
- – 1953
- – 1954
- – 1955
- George E. Uhlenbeck – 1956
- Mark W. Zemansky – 1957
- – 1958
- Paul Kirkpatrick – 1959
- Robert W. Pohl – 1960
- Jerrold R. Zacharias – 1961
- Francis W. Sears – 1962
- Francis L. Friedman – 1963
- – 1964
- Philip Morrison – 1965
- Leonard I. Schiff – 1966
- Edward M. Purcell – 1967
- Harvey E. White – 1968
- Eric M. Rogers – 1969
- Edwin C. Kemble – 1970
- – 1971
- Richard P. Feynman – 1972
- – 1973
- Melba N. Phillips – 1974
- Robert Resnick – 1975
- Victor F. Weisskopf – 1976
- H. Richard Crane – 1977
- – 1978
- Charles Kittel – 1979
- Paul E. Klopsteg – 1979, Extraordinary Oersted Medal Award
- Gerald Holton – 1980
- Robert Karplus – 1981
- I. I. Rabi – 1982
- John A. Wheeler – 1983
- Frank Oppenheimer – 1984
- Sam Treiman – 1985
- Stanley S. Ballard – 1986
- – 1987
- Norman F. Ramsey – 1988
- Anthony P. French – 1989
- Carl E. Sagan – 1990
- Freeman Dyson – 1991
- Eugen Merzbacher – 1992
- Hans A. Bethe – 1993
- – 1994
- – 1995
- Donald F. Holcomb – 1996
- Daniel Kleppner – 1997
- Edwin F. Taylor – 1998
- David L. Goodstein – 1999
- John G. King – 2000
- Lillian C. McDermott – 2001
- David Hestenes – 2002
- Edward W. Kolb – 2003
- Lawrence Krauss – 2004
- Eugene D. Commins – 2005
- Kenneth W. Ford – 2006
- Carl Wieman – 2007
- Mildred S. Dresselhaus – 2008
- George Smoot – 2009
- Not Awarded – 2010
- F. James Rutherford – 2011
- Charles H. Holbrow – 2012
- – 2013
- – 2014
- – 2015 [2]
- John Winston Belcher – 2016
- - 2017
- - 2018
- Gay Stewart - 2019[3]
- - 2020
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "List of Oersted Medalists on AAPT.org". Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/Gay-Stewart-to-Receive-AAPT-2019-Oersted-Medal.cfm
External links[]
- Physics education
- Physics awards
- Teacher awards
- Awards established in 1936
- American education awards