- Maurice Ewing Medal
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The Maurice Ewing Medal is awarded by the American Geophysical Union for "significant original contributions to the understanding of physical, geophysical, and geological processes in the ocean; to those who advance oceanographic engineering, technology, and instrumentation; and to those who perform outstanding service to the marine sciences". The award was instituted in 1974 and is jointly sponsored by the United States Navy. The award is named in honor of Maurice Ewing.
Recipients
Year[A] Recipient 1976 Walter H. Munk 1977 Henry Stommel 1978 Edward Bullard 1979 Wallace Smith Broecker 1980 J. Tuzo Wilson 1981 Manik Talwani 1982 John I. Ewing 1983 Fred Noel Spiess 1984 Xavier Le Pichon 1985 Kenneth O. Emery 1986 John Imbrie 1987 William Jason Morgan 1988 Wolfgang H. Berger 1989 Klaus Wyrtki 1990 Carl I. Wunsch 1991 Charles David Keeling 1992 Charles S. Cox 1993 Kirk Bryan 1994 John A. Orcutt 1995 Jean-Guy Schilling 1996 Walter C. Pitman III 1997 Karl K. Turekian 1998 Richard P. Von Herzen 1999 Arnold L. Gordon 2000 Joseph L. Reid 2001 Richard G. Fairbanks 2002 Nicholas Shackleton 2003 Gerard C. Bond 2004 Bruce A. Warren 2005 Francois M. M. Morel 2006 G. Michael Purdy 2007 Marcia Kemper McNutt 2008 Miriam Kastner 2009 Thomas Rossby 2010 William J. Jenkins 2011 Joseph Pedlosky References
- Notes
^ A. The information in the table is according to the "- Maurice Ewing Medal" web page at the official website of the American Geophysical Union unless otherwise specified by additional citations.
External links
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- Geology awards
- Awards established in 1991
- Science and engineering awards
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