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.

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, Lawrence Krauss, Anthony French, David Hestenes, Robert Karplus, Robert Pohl, Francis Sears.

Medalists Source:

William Suddards Franklin – 1936 Edwin Herbert Hall – 1937 Alexander Wilmer Duff – 1938 Benjamin Harrison Brown – 1939 Robert Andrews Millikan – 1940 Henry Crew – 1941 not awarded in 1942 George Walter Stewart – 1943 Roland Roy Tileston – 1944 Homer Levi Dodge – 1945 Ray Lee Edwards – 1946 Duane Roller – 1947 William Harley Barber – 1948 Arnold Sommerfeld – 1949 Orrin H. Smith – 1950 John Wesley Hornbeck – 1951 Ansel A. Knowlton – 1952 Richard M. Sutton – 1953 Clifford N. Wall – 1954 Vernet E. Eaton – 1955 George E. Uhlenbeck – 1956 Mark W. Zemansky – 1957 Jay William Buchta – 1958 Paul Kirkpatrick – 1959 Robert W. Pohl – 1960 Jerrold R. Zacharias – 1961 Francis W. Sears – 1962 Francis L. Friedman – 1963 Walter Christian Michels – 1964 Philip Morrison – 1965 Leonard I. Schiff – 1966 Edward M. Purcell – 1967 Harvey E. White – 1968 Eric M. Rogers – 1969 Edwin C. Kemble – 1970 Uri Haber-Schaim – 1971 Richard P. Feynman – 1972 Arnold Arons – 1973 Melba N. Phillips – 1974 Robert Resnick – 1975 Victor F. Weisskopf – 1976 H. Richard Crane – 1977 Wallace A. Hilton – 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 Clifford E. Swartz – 1987 Norman F. Ramsey – 1988 Anthony P. French – 1989 Carl E. Sagan – 1990 Freeman Dyson – 1991 Eugen Merzbacher – 1992 Hans A. Bethe – 1993 E. Leonard Jossem – 1994 Robert Beck Clark – 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 Edward F. Redish – 2013 Dean Zollman – 2014 Karl C. Mamola – 2015 John Winston Belcher – 2016 Jan Tobochnik - 2017 Barbara L. Whitten - 2018 Gay Stewart - 2019 David Sokoloff - 2020 Shirley Ann Jackson - 2021 S. James Gates - 2023 Laura H. Greene - 2024 Fred M. Goldberg - 2025 Ruth Chabay and Bruce A. Sherwood - 2026

See also

List of physics awards

References

External links AAPT site