Arctowski Medal
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The Arctowski Medal is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
"for studies in solar physics and solar-terrestrial relationships." Named in honor of Henryk Arctowski
, it was first awarded in 1969.
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
"for studies in solar physics and solar-terrestrial relationships." Named in honor of Henryk Arctowski
Henryk Arctowski
Henryk Arctowski was a Polish scientist, oceanographer and Antarctica's explorer.Henryck Arctowski, PhD, was born in Warsaw on 15 July 1871, and educated in Paris, Liege, Zurich and Lemberg. He was in charge of physical observations on the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899...
, it was first awarded in 1969.
List of Arctowski Medal winners
- 2011: John W. Harvey
- 2010: Marcia NeugebauerMarcia NeugebauerMarcia Neugebauer is a prominent American geophysicist who made important contributions to space physics. Neugebauer's pioneering research yielded the first direct measurements of the solar wind and shed light on its physics and interaction with comets.Neugebauer was a primary investigator of the...
- 2008: Leonard F. Burlaga
- 2005: Edward J. Smith
- 2002: Roger K. Ulrich
- 1999: Arthur J. Hundhausen
- 1996: Raymond G. Roble
- 1993: John A. SimpsonJohn Alexander SimpsonJohn Alexander Simpson worked as an experimental nuclear, and cosmic ray physicist who was deeply committed to educating the public and political leaders about science and its implications. The year he died, his instruments in space had been sending data back for nearly 40 years...
- 1990: Peter A. SturrockPeter A. SturrockPeter Andrew Sturrock is a British scientist.An emeritus professor of applied physics at Stanford University, much of Sturrock's career has been devoted to astrophysics, plasma physics, and solar physics, but Sturrock is interested in other fields, including ufology, scientific inference and in...
- 1987: John A. Eddy
- 1984: William E. GordonWilliam E. GordonWilliam Edward Gordon was a physicist and astronomer. He is referred to as the "father of the Arecibo Observatory"....
- 1981: Thomas M. Donahue
- 1978: John R. Winckler
- 1975: Jacques M. Beckers
- 1972: Francis S. Johnson
- 1969: Eugene N. ParkerEugene ParkerEugene N. Parker is an American solar astrophysicist who received his B.S. degree in physics from Michigan State University in 1948 and Ph.D. from Caltech in 1951. In the mid 1950s Parker developed the theory on the supersonic solar wind and predicted the Parker spiral shape of the solar magnetic...
and J. Paul WildJohn Paul WildDr John Paul Wild AC CBE MA ScD FRS FTSE FAA was a British-born Australian radio astronomer and national science leader who served as chairman of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 1978-1985.Paul Wild was born in Sheffield, England in 1923...
External links
- Arctowski Medal National Academy of Sciences web site