The Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award, informally known as the Mary Soper Pope Medal, was awarded by the Cranbrook Institute of Science of Detroit, Michigan, for notable achievement in plant sciences.Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States and Canada, 6th ed. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1955, p. 158. It was inaugurated in 1946, and the last award was in 1970. The medal itself was designed by sculptor Marshall Fredericks.Walter, Clare. Winners: The Blue Ribbon Encyclopedia of Awards. Facts on File, 1982, p. 451.
Recipients 1946 Frans Verdoorn"Dr. Frans Verdoorn". Nature 158, (14 December 1946), 866-866. 1947 Charles C. Deam"Cranbrook Institute of Science Director's Papers". Cranbrook website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016. 1948 William VogtWilliam Vogt Papers, CONS76, Conservation Collection, The Denver Public Library. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016. 1949 Jens Christian Clausen, David D. Keck, and William Hiesey 1950 David D. Keck"David D. Keck Records". New York Botanical Gardens, Mertz Library website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016. 1951 Martín Cárdenas 1952 Emma Lucy Braun 1954 Irving Widmer BaileyBiographical Memoirs, vol. 45. National Academy of Sciences, Office of the Home Secretary, 1974, p. 41. 1959 Kenneth Neatby 1962 Edmund H. Fulling 1964 Edgar T. Wherry"Edgar Theodore Wherry". USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016. 1966 Hally Jolivette Sax and Karl Sax 1969 Stanley A. Cain 1970 William Campbell Steere
See also
List of biology awards
References
External links The Mary Soper Pope medal (obverse) Plaster cast for the Mary Soper Pope medal (obverse)