J. Lawrence Smith Medal
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J. Lawrence Smith Medal is awarded by the National Academy of Sciences
for investigations of meteoric bodies. The medal is in honor of its namesake, J. Lawrence Smith.
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 investigations of meteoric bodies. The medal is in honor of its namesake, J. Lawrence Smith.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1888 | H. A. Newton |
| 1922 | George P. Merrill |
| 1945 | Fred L. Whipple |
| 1954 | Peter Millman Peter Millman Peter Mackenzie Millman was a Canadian astronomer. He worked at the Dunlap Observatory from 1933 until 1940. In early 1941 he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946 he joined the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa... |
| 1957 | Mark G. Inghram |
| 1960 | Ernst Öpik Ernst Öpik Ernst Julius Öpik was a noted Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland.-Education:... |
| 1962 | Harold C. Urey |
| 1967 | John Reynolds |
| 1970 | Edward P. Henderson |
| 1971 | Edward Anders |
| 1973 | Clair C. Patterson Clair Cameron Patterson Clair Cameron Patterson was a geochemist born in Mitchellville, Iowa, United States. He graduated from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, received his Ph.D... |
| 1976 | John A. Wood |
| 1979 | Ralph B. Baldwin |
| 1985 | G. J. Wasserburg |
| 1988 | Alastair G. W. Cameron |
| 1991 | Robert M. Walker (scientist) |
| 1994 | Donald E. Brownlee Donald E. Brownlee Don Brownlee is a professor of astronomy at the University of Washington and the principal investigator for NASA's STARDUST mission. His primary research interests include astrobiology, comets, cosmic dust, and porsche evangelism.... |
| 1997 | Ernst Zinner |
| 2000 | George Wetherill George Wetherill George Wetherill was the Director Emeritus, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, USA.... |
| 2003 | John T. Wasson |
| 2006 | Klaus Keil Klaus Keil Klaus Keil is a professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is the former Director of the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology. He is also the former director of the University of New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics. Klaus... |
| 2009 | Robert N. Clayton |
Further reading
- Willson, Lee Anne. J. Lawrence Smith and his meteorite collections. Presented April 2006.