The Waldo E. Smith Award, previously known as the Waldo E. Smith Medal, is given out by the
American Geophysical Union
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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)
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Source (2014 onwards)
AGU* 1984 Waldo E. Smith
* 1986 Thomas F. Malone
* 1988
Philip H. Abelson
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* 1990
Naoshi Fukushima
was a Japanese physicist specializing in the near-Earth space environment. He served as Secretary General of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
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* 1992 Earl G. Droessler
* 1994
Cecil H. Green
Cecil Howard Green (August 6, 1900 – April 11, 2003) was a British-born American geophysicist, electrical engineer, and electronics manufacturing executive, who trained at the University of British Columbia and the Massachusetts Institute of Tec ...
* 1996 Ned Ostenso
* 1998 Margaret A. Shea
* 2000
Rosina Bierbaum
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* 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 Andreae
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Biography
Meinrat O. Andreae studied chemistry, mi ...
American Geophysical Union Announces 2014 Awards, Medals, and Prizes Honorees
30. Juni 2014
* 2016: Mark B. Moldwin
* 2018: M. Meghan Miller
See also
* List of geophysics awards
This list of geophysics awards is an index to articles on notable awards for contributions to geophysics, the branch of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environmen ...
* List of geophysicists
This is a list of geophysicists, people who made notable contributions to geophysics, whether or not geophysics was their primary field. These include historical figures who laid the foundations for the field of geophysics. More recently, some of ...
* List of prizes named after people
This is a list of awards that are named after people.
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*Lists of awards
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References
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People
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Awards established in 1982
1982 establishments in the United States