The Leonard Medal honors outstanding contributions to the science of meteoritics and closely allied fields. It is awarded by the Meteoritical Society. It was established in 1962 to honor the first President of the Society, Frederick C. Leonard.[1]
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| Leonard Medal | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | outstanding contributions to the science of meteoritics and closely allied fields. |
| Presented by | Meteoritical Society |
| Reward(s) | Medal |
| First awarded | 1966 |
| Website | https://meteoritical.org/awards/leonard-medalists  |
Leonard Medal Winners
| Year | Name[2] |
|---|---|
| 1966 | Carlyle Smith Beals |
| 1967 | Harvey H. Nininger |
| 1968 | Ernst Öpik |
| 1969 | Harold C. Urey |
| 1970 | Fred L. Whipple |
| 1971 | E. L. Krinov |
| 1972 | Brian Harold Mason |
| 1973 | John Reynolds |
| 1974 | Edward Anders |
| 1975 | Gerald J. Wasserburg |
| 1976 | James R. Arnold |
| 1977 | Hans E. Suess |
| 1978 | John A. Wood |
| 1979 | Paul Ramdohr |
| 1980 | Heinrich Wänke |
| 1981 | George W. Wetherill |
| 1982 | Robert N. Clayton |
| 1983 | Johannes Geiss |
| 1984 | B. Y. Levin |
| 1985 | Eugene M. Shoemaker |
| 1986 | Ralph Belknap Baldwin |
| 1987 | Masatake Honda |
| 1988 | Klaus Keil |
| 1989 | Victor S. Safronov |
| 1990 | Peter Eberhardt |
| 1991 | Donald D. Clayton |
| 1992 | John T. Wasson |
| 1993 | Robert M. Walker |
| 1994 | Alastair Cameron |
| 1995 | Friedrich Begemann |
| 1996 | Donald E. Brownlee |
| 1997 | Ernst Zinner |
| 1998 | S. Ross Taylor |
| 1999 | Grenville Turner |
| 2000 | Günter W. Lugmair |
| 2001 | Harry Y. McSween Jr |
| 2002 | Donald D. Bogard |
| 2003 | Herbert Palme |
| 2004 | Michael Julian Drake |
| 2005 | Joseph I. Goldstein |
| 2006 | Michael J. Gaffey |
| 2007 | Michel Maurette |
| 2008 | Edward R. D. Scott |
| 2009 | Lawrence Grossman |
| 2010 | Hiroshi Takeda |
| 2011 | François Robert |
| 2012 | Donald Burnett |
| 2013 | Ahmed El Goresy |
| 2014 | Roger Hewins |
| 2015 | Jeffrey N. Cuzzi |
| 2016 | Hiroko Nagahara |
| 2017 | Mark H. Thiemens |
| 2018 | Sasha Krot[3] |
| 2019 | Hisayoshi Yurimoto |
| 2020 | Michael Zolensky |
| 2021 | Katharina Lodders |
| 2022 | Kevin McKeegan |
| 2023 | Andrew Davis |
| 2024 | Monica Grady |
See also
References
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