Sierra Club John Muir Award
- For similarly named awards, see John Muir Award (disambiguation)
The Sierra Club John Muir Award was awarded annually by the Sierra Club. It was the club's highest award. According to the Sierra Club, "it honors a distinguished record of leadership in national conservation causes, such as continuing John Muir's work of preservation and establishment of parks and wildernesses."
Due to the Sierra Club's re-evaluation's of John Muir legacy in the context of racial justice,[1] the John Muir Award was discontinued in 2020, after which the club's highest award was named the .
Recipients[]
Source: Sierra Club awards page
- 1961 William Edward Colby
- 1962 Olaus Murie
- 1963 Ansel Adams
- 1964
- 1965 Francis P. Farquhar
- 1966 Harold C. Bradley
- 1967 Sigurd F. Olson
- 1969 Henry M. Jackson
- 1970 George Marshall
- 1971 John P. Saylor
- 1972 Edgar Wayburn
- 1973 Richard M. Leonard
- 1974 John B. Oakes
- 1975 William O. Douglas[2]
- 1976 Jacques Cousteau
- 1977 David R. Brower
- 1978 Phillip Berry
- 1979
- 1980 Paul Ehrlich
- 1981
- 1982 Wallace Stegner
- 1983 Margaret E. Murie
- 1984
- 1985 Denis A. Hayes
- 1986 Horace M. Albright[3]
- 1987
- 1988 John Seiberling
- 1989 Paul Brooks
- 1991 Celia Hunter
- 1992
- 1993 Martin Litton
- 1994 William E. Siri
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997 Doug Scott
- 1998
- 1999 Judy Anderson
- 2000
- 2001 Gaylord Nelson
- 2002 James Jeffords
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007 Al Gore[4]
- 2008 James E. Hansen
- 2009
- 2010 Dick Fiddler
- 2011 Bill McKibben
- 2012
- 2013 Robert D. Bullard[5]
- 2014 Terry Tempest Williams
- 2015 No award
- 2016 Tom Goldtooth
- 2017 Jane Goodall[6]
- 2018 Yvon Chouinard[7]
- 2019 , Varshini Prakash, Kelsey Juliana, Hernaliz Vazquez Torres, Joseph White Eyes[8]
See also[]
- List of environmental awards
- Prizes named after people
References[]
- ^ https://www.sierraclub.org/michael-brune/2020/07/john-muir-early-history-sierra-club
- ^ "Judge gets award". The Deseret News. June 7, 1975.
- ^ "Receives John Muir Award". Merced Sun-Star. May 9, 1986.
- ^ "Gore to Receive Sierra Club's Highest Award". Environment News Service. September 24, 2007.
- ^ Mock, Brentin. (2013, September 24). "Robert Bullard, pioneer in environmental justice, is honored by the Sierra Club," WashingtonPost.com. Accessed: September 25, 2013.
- ^ https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2017/09/sierra-club-announces-2017-award-winners
- ^ https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2018/10/sierra-club-announces-2018-award-winners
- ^ https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2019/09/sierra-club-announces-2019-national-award-winners
External links[]
Categories:
- Environmental awards
- Sierra Club
- American awards
- Awards established in 1961
- Sierra Club awardees