The Guenter Loeser Memorial Award was first established in 1955 at the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory. It was named after Dr. Loeser, a meteorologist who lost his life while conducting a field experiment. Over time, AFCRL became the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory at Hanscom Air Force Base and has now become the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate Battlespace Environment Laboratory, AFRL/RVB, at Kirtland Air Force Base.
The award is presented annually by the
Air Force Research Laboratory
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a scientific research organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of aerospace warfighting technologies, pl ...
(at
Kirtland Air Force Base since 2011) for an outstanding research contribution. Recipients present a lecture on a topic of scientific interest.
Winners
See also
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List of geophysics awards
References
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- Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine
Bibliography
* Chronology: From the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory to the Geophysics Directorate, Phillips Laboratory, 1985–1995; Ruth P. Liebowitz, Evelyn M. Kindler, 26 September 1995. Phillips Laboratory Special Reports, No. 275. PL-TR-95-2134.
Geophysics awards