The Waldo E. Smith Award, previously known as the Waldo E. Smith Medal, is given out by the American Geophysical Union to recognize "individuals who have played unique leadership roles in such diverse areas as scientific associations, education, legislation, research, public understanding of science, management, and philanthropy, and whose accomplishments have greatly strengthened and helped advance the geophysical sciences". The award was created in 1982 and named after Waldo E. Smith, the first Executive Secretary of the AGU. The award is given not more often than every other year.
Past recipients
Source (to 2012): AGU Source (2014 onwards): AGU 1984 Waldo E. Smith 1986 Thomas F. Malone 1988 Philip H. Abelson 1990 Naoshi Fukushima 1992 Earl G. Droessler 1994 Cecil H. Green 1996 Ned Ostenso 1998 Margaret A. Shea 2000 Rosina Bierbaum 2002 Ivan I. Mueller 2004 J. Michael Hall 2006 John A. Knauss 2008 Harsh K. Gupta 2010 A.F. Spilhaus, Jr. 2012 David Simpson 2014: Meinrat AndreaeAmerican Geophysical Union Announces 2014 Awards, Medals, and Prizes Honorees, 30. Juni 2014 2016: Mark B. Moldwin 2018: M. Meghan Miller 2020: Therese Moretto Jorgensen 2022: Ellen S. Kappel
See also
List of geophysics awards List of geophysicists List of prizes named after people
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