Rittenhouse Medal

The Rittenhouse Medal is awarded by the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society for outstanding achievement in the science of Astronomy. The medal was one of those originally minted to commemorate the Bi-Centenary of the birth of David Rittenhouse on April 8, 1932. In 1952 the Society decided to establish a silver medal to be awarded to astronomers for noteworthy achievement in astronomical science. The silver medal is cast from the die (obverse) used for the Bi-Centennial Rittenhouse Medal.

Year Recipient Affiliation Certificate Medal1933 Frank Schlesinger Director Yale Observatory1934 Robert G. Aitken Director Lick Observatory1935 Harlow Shapley Mount Wilson Observatory1936 Robert McMath Director McMath-Hulbert Observatory1937 Armin O. Leuschner Berkley Astronomical Department1938 Knut Lundmark Professor of Astronomy, University of Lund, Sweden1940 Gustavus Wynne Cook Director Cook Observatory1940 John A. Miller Director Emeritus, Sproul Observatory1943 Forest Ray Moulton Secretary, American Association for the Advancement of Science1943 Samuel Fels Philanthropist and Donor of Fels Planetarium Silver Medal1952 Gerard P. Kuiper Director Yerkes Observatory1953 Harlow Shapley Director Harvard Observatory1954 Otto Struve President International Astronomical Union1955 Harold Spencer Jones Astronomer Royal of England1958 Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Director Princeton University Observatory1959 Bengt Stromgren Professor; Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton1960 Fred Hoyle Plumian Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge University1961 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Professor Harvard University1965 Peter Van De Kamp Director Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore College1966 Martin Schwarzschild Professor; Princeton University1967 Helen Sawyer Hogg Professor at University of Toronto; Harvard College Observatory1968 Allan Sandage 1980 Carl Sagan 1988 Carolyn Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker 1990 Clyde Tombaugh

See also

List of astronomy awards

References