- Marc Aaronson Memorial Lectureship
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In order to create a fitting tribute to the memory of Marc Aaronson, his family, friends, and colleagues have established and privately endowed the Marc Aaronson Memorial Lectureship to promote and recognize excellence in astronomical research. The Lectureship and cash prize are awarded every eighteen months to an individual or group who, by his or her passion for research and dedication to excellence, has produced a body of work in observational astronomy which has resulted in a significant deepening of our understanding of the universe. Any living scientist is eligible for this award without consideration of race, sex, or nationality. The Marc Aaronson Memorial Lectureship Fund is administered by The University of Arizona; additional funding comes from Steward Observatory and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory.
Recipients
Year Recipient Field 1989 Robert Kirshner Cosmology; supernova-based distance studies 1990 Ken Freeman Galaxy formation, dark matter 1992 John Huchra Cosmology, infrared astronomy 1993 Nick Scoville Dark matter, millimetre-wave astronomy 1994 Wendy Freedman Observational cosmology, galactic evolution 1996 J Anthony Tyson Large-scale sky surveys (now directing LSST project) 1998 John Mather Infra-red astronomy and cosmology. Now senior scientist for JWST, Chief Scientist at NASA 1999 Bohdan Paczyński (died 2007) Stellar astronomy 2001 Ewine van Dishoeck Interstellar molecules 2002 Geoffrey Marcy Extrasolar planets 2004 Lyman Page Microwave background radiation (now lead designer of WMAP) 2005 Brian P. Schmidt Supernova-based studies of cosmic expansion 2007 Andrea Ghez High-resolution imagery; the Galactic centre 2008 Mike Brown Small bodies in the Solar System References
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