Roebling Medal

The Roebling Medal is the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America for scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy.^[1] The award is named for Colonel Washington A. Roebling (1837–1926) who was an engineer, bridge builder, mineral collector, and significant friend of the Mineralogical Society of America. It is awarded for scientific eminence represented by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy. The recipient receives an engraved medal and is made a Life Fellow of the Mineralogical Society.

The Dana Medal, established in 1998, is also awarded by the Mineralogical Society of America and is named in honor of the contributions made by James Dwight Dana (1813–1895) and Edward Salisbury Dana (1849–1935) to the science of mineralogy. It recognizes outstanding scientific contributions through original research in the mineralogical sciences by an individual in the midst of his or her career.^[2]

Roebling Medal Recipients

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1937 – Charles Palache 1938 – Waldemar T. Schaller 1940 – Leonard James Spencer 1941 – Esper S. Larsen Jr. 1945 – Edward H. Kraus 1946 – Clarence S. Ross 1947 – Paul Niggli 1948 – William Lawrence Bragg 1949 – Herbert E. Merwin 1950 – Norman L. Bowen 1952 – Frederick E. Wright 1953 – William F. Foshag 1954 – Cecil Edgar Tilley 1955 – Alexander N. Winchell 1956 – Arthur F. Buddington 1957 – Walter F. Hunt 1958 – Martin J. Buerger 1959 – Felix Machatschki 1960 – Tom F. W. Barth 1961 – Paul Ramdohr 1962 – John W. Gruner 1963 – John Frank Schairer 1964 – Clifford Frondel 1965 – Adolf Pabst 1966 – Max H. Hey 1967 – Linus Pauling 1968 – Tei-ichi Ito 1969 – Fritz Laves 1970 – George W. Brindley 1971 – J. D. H. Donnay 1972 – Elburt F. Osborn 1973 – George Tunell 1974 – Ralph E. Grim 1975 – Michael Fleischer 1975 – O. Frank Tuttle 1976 – Carl W. Correns 1977 – Raimond Castaing

1978 – James B. Thompson 1979 – W. H. Taylor 1980 – Dmitrii S. Korzhinskii 1981 – Robert M. Garrels 1982 – Joseph V. Smith 1983 – Hans P. Eugster 1984 – Paul B. Barton Jr. 1985 – Francis John Turner 1986 – Edwin Roedder 1987 – Gerald V. Gibbs 1988 – Julian R. Goldsmith 1989 – Helen D. Megaw 1990 – Sturges W. Bailey 1991 – E-An Zen 1992 – Hatten S. Yoder Jr. 1993 – Brian Harold Mason 1994 – William A. Bassett 1995 – William S. Fyfe 1996 – Donald H. Lindsley 1997 – Ian S. E. Carmichael 1998 – C. Wayne Burnham 1999 – Ikuo Kushiro 2000 – Robert C. Reynolds Jr. 2001 – Peter J. Wyllie 2002 – Werner F. Schreyer 2003 – Charles T. Prewitt 2004 – Francis R. Boyd 2005 – Ho-kwang Mao 2006 – W. Gary Ernst 2007 – Gordon E. Brown Jr. 2008 – Bernard W. Evans 2009 – Alexandra Navrotsky 2010 – Robert C. Newton 2011 – Juhn G. Liou 2012 – Harry W. Green, II 2013 – Frank C. Hawthorne 2014 – Bernard J. Wood 2015 – Rodney C. Ewing

Dana Medal Recipients

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2001 – George R. Rossman 2002 – Michael F. Hochella, Jr. 2003 – Mark S. Ghiorso 2004 – R. James Kirkpatrick 2005 – William D. Carlson 2006 – Rodney C. Ewing 2007 – Frank S. Spear 2008 – Thomas Armbruster

2009 – Ronald E. Cohen 2010 – Jillian F. Banfield 2011 – Ross John Angel 2012 – Roberta L. Rudnick 2013 – Max W. Schmidt 2014 – Patricia M. Dove 2015 – Marc M. Hirschmann 2016 – Patrick Cordier

References

1. "Roebling Medal". Mineralogical Society of America. 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
2. "Dana Medal". Mineralogical Society of America. 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.