Roebling Medal
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The Roebling Medal is the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America for scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy.[1] The award is named for Colonel Washington A. Roebling (1837–1926) who was an engineer, bridge builder, mineral collector, and significant friend of the Mineralogical Society of America. It is awarded for scientific eminence represented by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy. The recipient receives an engraved medal and is made a Life Fellow of the Mineralogical Society.
Roebling Medal Recipients[]
The recipients of the medal are:[1]
- 1937 – Charles Palache
- 1938 –
- 1940 – Leonard James Spencer
- 1941 –
- 1945 – Edward Henry Kraus
- 1946 – Clarence S. Ross
- 1947 – Paul Niggli
- 1948 – William Lawrence Bragg
- 1949 – Herbert E. Merwin
- 1950 – Norman L. Bowen
- 1952 – Frederick E. Wright
- 1953 – William F. Foshag
- 1954 – Cecil Edgar Tilley
- 1955 – Alexander N. Winchell
- 1956 – Arthur F. Buddington
- 1957 –
- 1958 – Martin J. Buerger
- 1959 – Felix Machatschki
- 1960 –
- 1961 – Paul Ramdohr
- 1962 –
- 1963 – John Frank Schairer
- 1964 –
- 1965 – Adolf Pabst
- 1966 –
- 1967 – Linus Pauling
- 1968 –
- 1969 – Fritz Laves
- 1970 –
- 1971 –
- 1972 – Elburt F. Osborn
- 1973 –
- 1974 – Ralph E. Grim
- 1975 – Michael Fleischer
- 1975 – O. Frank Tuttle
- 1976 – Carl W. Correns
- 1977 –
- 1978 –
- 1979 –
- 1980 –
- 1981 – Robert M. Garrels
- 1982 –
- 1983 – Hans P. Eugster
- 1984 –
- 1985 – Francis John Turner
- 1986 –
- 1987 –
- 1988 – Julian R. Goldsmith
- 1989 – Helen D. Megaw
- 1990 –
- 1991 – E-An Zen
- 1992 – Hatten S. Yoder Jr.
- 1993 – Brian Harold Mason
- 1994 –
- 1995 – William S. Fyfe
- 1996 –
- 1997 – Ian S. E. Carmichael
- 1998 –
- 1999 –
- 2000 –
- 2001 – Peter J. Wyllie
- 2002 – Werner F. Schreyer
- 2003 –
- 2004 –
- 2005 – Ho-kwang Mao
- 2006 – W. Gary Ernst
- 2007 –
- 2008 –
- 2009 – Alexandra Navrotsky
- 2010 –
- 2011 – Juhn G. Liou
- 2012 –
- 2013 – Frank C. Hawthorne
- 2014 – Bernard J. Wood
- 2015 – Rodney C. Ewing
- 2016 – Robert M. Hazen
- 2017 -
- 2018 – E. Bruce Watson
- 2019 – Peter R. Buseck
- 2020 –
- 2021 – George R. Rossman[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Roebling Medal". Mineralogical Society of America. 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Rossman Awarded Roebling Medal". Caltech. 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
Categories:
- Mineralogy
- Geology awards
- American science and technology awards
- Awards established in 1937