Past Award & Medal Recipients

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GSA Awards

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Penrose Medalists

Names with links will take you to the citation/response as given at the respective awards ceremony.


Current
Medalist About
the Award How to nominate
Nominations due 1 Feb.
2020 James G. Moore
2019 Tanya M. Atwater
2018 Kent C. Condie
2017 George Plafker
2016 John T. Andrews
2015 James W. Head
2014 Susan W. Kieffer
2013 Steven M. Stanley
2012 Raymond A. Price
2011 Paul F. Hoffman
2010 Eric J. Essene
2009 B. Clark Burchfiel
2008 George A. Thompson
2007 Kevin C. A. Burke
2006 Robert D. Hatcher, Jr.
2005 Minze Stuiver
2004 W. Gary Ernst
2003 Peter R. Vail
2002 Walter Alvarez
2001 Kenneth Jinghwa Hsu
2000 Robert L. Folk
1999 M. Gordon Wolman
1998 Jack E. Oliver
1997 John D. Bredehoeft
1996 John R. L. Allen
1995 John C. Crowell
1994 Luna B. Leopold
1993 Alfred G. Fischer
1992 John Frederick Dewey
1991 William R. Dickinson
1990 Norman D. Newell
1989 Warren Bell Hamilton
1988 Robert S. Dietz
1987 Marland P. Billings
1986 Laurence L. Sloss
1985 Rudolf Trümpy
1984 Donald E. White
1983 G. Arthur Cooper
1982 Aaron C. Waters
1981 John Rodgers
1980 Hollis D. Hedberg
1979 J Harlen Bretz
1978 Robert M. Garrels
1977 Robert P. Sharp
1976 Preston Cloud
1975 Francis J. Pettijohn
1974 William Maurice Ewing
1973 M. King Hubbert
1972 Wilmot H. Bradley
1971 Marshall Kay
1970 Ralph Alger Bagnold
1969 Francis Birch
1968 J. Tuzo Wilson
1967 Herbert Harold Read
1966 Harry H. Hess
1965 Philip Burke King
1964 Donnel Foster Hewett
1963 William Walden Rubey
1962 Alfred Sherwood Romer
1961 Philip Henry Kuenen
1960 Walter Herman Bucher
1959 Adolph Knopf
1958 James Gilluly
1957 Bruno Sander
1956 Arthur Holmes
1955 Maurice Gignoux
1954 Arthur Francis Buddington
1953 Esper S. Larsen, Jr.
1952 George Gaylord Simpson
1951 Pentti Eskola
1950 Morley Evans Wilson
1949 Wendell P. Woodring
1948 Hans Cloos
1947 Arthur Louis Day
1946 T. Wayland Vaughan
1945 Felix Andries Vening-Meinesz
1944 Bailey Willis
1943 No award given
1942 Charles Kenneth Leith
1941 Norman Levi Bowen
1940 Nelson Horatio Darton
1939 William Berryman Scott
1938 Andrew Cowper Lawson
1937 No award given
1936 Arthur Philemon Coleman
1935 Reginald Aldworth Daly
1934 Charles Schuchert
1933 Waldemar Lindgren
1932 Edward Oscar Ulrich
1931 William Morris Davis
1930 François Alfred Antoine Lacroix
1929 No award given
1928 Jakob Johannes Sederholm
1927 Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

Arthur L. Day Medal

Names with links will take you to the citation/response as given at the respective awards ceremony.


Current
Medalist About
the Award How to nominate
Nominations due 1 Feb.
2020 Ariel D. Anbar
2019 John W. Valley
2018 Jay Quade
2017 Neal R. Iverson
2016 Donald B. Dingwell
2015 Jerry X. Mitrovica
2014 Lisa Tauxe
2013 Richard W. Carlson
2012 John M. Eiler
2011 Susan L. Brantley
2010 George E. Gehrels
2009 T. Mark Harrison
2008 Kenneth A. Farley
2007 Mary Lou Zoback
2006 Frank M. Richter
2005 Donald W. Forsyth
2004 Edward M. Stolper
2003 Dennis V. Kent
2002 Richard G. Gordon
2001 Richard J. O'Connell
2000 Stephen John Sparks
1999 Donald J. DePaolo
1998 E. Bruce Watson
1997 Edward Irving
1996 Robert A. Berner
1995 Thomas J. Ahrens
1994 David Walker
1993 Hugh P. Taylor, Jr.
1992 Susan Werner Kieffer
1991 Ian Carmichael
1990 William S. Fyfe
1989 Dan McKenzie
1988 Claude J. Allègre
1987 Don L. Anderson
1986 E-an Zen
1985 Freeman Gilbert
1984 Wallace S. Broecker
1983 Harmon Craig
1982 Eugene M. Shoemaker
1981 Donald L. Turcotte
1980 Henry G. Thode
1979 Walter M. Elsasser
1978 Samuel Epstein
1977 Akiho Miyashiro
1976 Hans Ramberg
1975 Allan Cox
1974 A. E. Ringwood
1973 David T. Griggs
1972 Frank Press
1971 Hans P. Eugster
1970 Gerald J. Wasserburg
1969 Harold C. Urey
1968 Frederick J. Vine
1967 O. Frank Tuttle
1966 Robert M. Garrels
1965 Walter H. Munk
1964 James Burleigh Thompson, Jr.
1963 Keith Edward Bullen
1962 Hatten Schuyler Yoder
1961 Willard F. Libby
1960 Konrad B. Krauskopf
1959 Sir Edward C. Bullard
1958 John Verhoogen
1957 Hugo Benioff
1956 Alfred O.C. Nier
1955 Earl Ingerson
1954 Marion King Hubbert
1953 John F. Schairer
1952 Sterling Hendricks
1951 Martin J. Buerger
1950 Francis Birch
1949 William Maurice Ewing
1948 George W. Morey

Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal)

Names with links will take you to the citation/response as given at the respective awards ceremony.


Current
Medalist About
the Award How to nominate
Nominations due 1 Feb.
2020 Christopher Spencer
2019 Jessica Creveling
2018 Laurel G. Larsen
2017 Sterling J. Nesbitt
2016 Whitney M. Behr
2015 Brandon Schmandt
2014 Francis A. Macdonald
2013 Naomi E. Levin
2012 Katharine W. Huntington
2011 Jasper A. Vrugt
2010 Dana Royer
2009 Cin-Ty A. Lee
2008 Paul A. Kapp
2007 Carmala N. Garzione
2006 Elizabeth J. Catlos
2005 Demian M. Saffer
2004 Brian K. Horton
2003 Michael Manga
2002 Ariel David Anbar
2001 A. Hope Jahren
2000 Basil Tikoff
1999 Peter C. Burns
1998 Terry Plank
1997 Edouard G. Bard
1996 Paul R. Bierman
1995 Ward Earl Sanford
1994 An Yin
1993 Michael Gurnis
1992 John Peter Grotzinger
1991 Brian Philip Wernicke
1990 Leigh Handy Royden
1989 Mark Cloos

Randolph W. “Bill” and Cecile T. Bromery Award for Minorities

Names with links will take you to the citation/response as given at the respective awards ceremony.


Current
Awardee About
the Award How to nominate
Nominations due 1 Feb.
2020 Martha Gilmore
2019 Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
2018 Rufus Catchings
2017 Aradhna Tripati
2016 Kathleen R. Johnson
2015 Dawn J. Wright
2014 Isaac J. Crumbly
2013 Reginal W. Spiller
2012 Kenneth D. Ridgway
2011 A. Wesley Ward
2010 Marilyn J. Suiter
2009 John T. Leftwich
2008 Lisa D. White

GSA Distinguished Service Award

Names with links will take you to the citation/response as given at the respective awards ceremony.


Current
Awardee About
the Award How to nominate
Nominations due 1 Feb.
2020 Rónadh Cox, Marjorie A. Chan
2019 Christian Koeberl, Nancy Riggs
2018 Nazrul Khandaker, Judith Totman Parrish, Marilyn J. Suiter
2017 Jean Bahr
2016 J. Christopher Hepburn, Lori L. Summa
2015 John W. “Jack” Hess
2014 P. Geoffrey Feiss
2013 Jon Olsen, Stephen G. Pollock, Virginia (Ginger) Williams
2012 Elizabeth (Lisa) Norby / Bob Stewart
2011 Richard Berg / Brendan Murphy
2010 David A. Stephenson
2009 Karl E. Karlstrom
2008 M.E. Bickford, Hugh C. Jenkyns, James M. Robertson
2007 Nancy L. Carlson, Yildirim Dilek, Robert C. Thomas
2006 Abhijit Basu, David E. Fastovsky, Roger L. Kaesler
2005 Ben A. van der Pluijm
2004 Peter W. Lipman, Donna L. Russell
2003 Sharon Mosher
2002 David E. Dunn, John W. Geissman, Samuel S. Adams
2001 Craig H. Jones
2000 Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, Lee R. Kump, Bruce F. Molnia
1999 Sue S. Beggs, Randolph W.Bromery, Lynn M. Walter
1998 June R. Forstrom, George R. Hallberg, Charles J. Mankin
1997 Robert L. Fuchs, Richard A. Hoppin, Faith E. Rogers, Bennie W. Troxel
1996 David M. Fountain, Royann (Gardner) Cygan, Louis C. Pakiser, Jr., Anthony Reso
1995 John E. Costa, Henry T. Mullins, Arthur G. Sylvester
1994 F. Michael Wahl
1993 Michel T. Halbouty
1992 A. R. (Pete) Palmer
1991 Dorothy M. Palmer
1990 William B. Heroy, Jr.
1989 No award given
1988 Campbell Craddock, Robert D. Hatcher, Jr., Eldridge M. Moores, William A. Thomas

Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award

Names with links will take you to the citation/response as given at the respective awards ceremony.


Current
Awardee About
the Award How to nominate
Nominations due 1 Feb.
2020 Marissa Tremblay
2019 Kimberly V. Lau
2018 Andrea Balbas
2017 Sonia M. Tikoo
2016 Christine A. Regalla
2015 Priya M. Ganguli
2014 Ami L. Riscassi
2013 Whitney M. Behr
2012 Phoebe A. Cohen
2011 Naomi E. Levin
2010 Kateryna Klochko
2009 Jaime D. Barnes
2008 Lorraine E. Lisiecki
2007 Tanja Bosak
2006 Elizabeth S. Cochran
2005 Michelle Walvoord
2004 Costanza Bonadonna
2003 Marin K. Clark
2002 Miriam E. Katz
2001 Ingrid Hendy
2000 Emily E. Brodsky
1999 Carrie E. Schweitzer

GSA Florence Bascom Geologic Mapping Award

Names with links will take you to the citation/response as given at the respective awards ceremony.


Current
Awardee About
the Award How to nominate
Nominations due 1 Feb.
2020 Robert D. Hatcher Jr.
2019 Judy Fierstein, E. Wesley Hildreth
2018 Kristján Sæmundsson
2017 Ray E. Wells
2016 Marc Robert St-Onge
2015 John M. Proffett

GSA Public Service Award

Names with links will take you to the citation/response as given at the respective awards ceremony.


Current
Awardee About
the Award How to nominate
Nominations due 1 Feb.
2020 Timothy Bechtel
2019 Craig Schiffries
2018 Joaquin Ruiz
2017 Alexander E. Gates
2016 Rex C. Buchanan
2015 Naomi Oreskes
2014 Mark C. Quigley
2013 Scott D. Sampson
2012 Roger A. Pielke, Jr.
2011 Scott F. Burns
2010 Jonathan G. Price
2009 Bruce F. Molnia
2008 Richard B. Alley
2007 Mary Lou Zoback
2006 Richard A. Kerr
2005 J. David R. Applegate
2004 Robert D. Ballard
2003 Julia A. Jackson
2002 John A. McPhee
2001 G. Brent Dalrymple, Eugenie C. Scott
2000 Orrin H. Pilkey
1999 Stephen Jay Gould

GSA President's Medal

Names with links will take you to the citation/response as given at the respective awards ceremony.


Current
Medalist About
the Award How to nominate
Nominations due 1 Feb.
2020 Solomon Hsiang
2019 Ira Flatow
2018 Iain Stewart
2017 Thure E. Cerling
2016 Sarah Andrews
2015 Steven Squyres
2014 Thomas H. Jordan
2013 Edward Burtynsky
2012 Bill McKibben
2011 Dava Sobel
2010 Keyhole Inc.
2009 Judge John E. Jones III
2008 Roy J. Shlemon
2007 Phil and Amy Mickelson

GSA Honorary Fellow Award

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Victor E. Khain
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Nicholas J. Shackleton
Boris Sergeevich Sokolov
Richard L. Stanton
Manfred Strecker
Rashid A. Khan Tahirkheli
Paul Tapponier
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Bernard P. Tissot
Livio Trevisan
Rudolf Trümpy
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