Major Disciplinary Awards from Professional and Scholarly Societies
This category includes only the top awards given to one or two people a year, in various disciplines.
| Awardee | Discipline | Year of Award |
Samuel Myers Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration |
Public Affairs | 2007 |
Daniel L. Kohlstadt Louis Neel Medal of the European Geosciences Union |
Geology & Geophysics | 2005 |
Steven Girshick Plasma Chemistry Society Plasma Chemistry Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 2005 |
John Bryson Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration |
Public Affairs | 2005 |
Leo McAvoy Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research, National Recreation and Park Association |
Kinesiology | 2004 |
Subir Banerjee Louis Neel Medal of the European Geosciences Union |
Geology & Geophysics | 2004 |
Jane H. Davidson American Society of Mechanical Engineers Solar Energy Division John I. Yellot Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 2004 |
Joachim Heberlein ASM International Thermal Spray Hall of Fame Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 2004 |
Nicolai V. Krylov Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research, American Mathematical Society |
Mathematics | 2004 |
William Douglas Wilmer Souder Award, International Association of Dental Research |
Oral Sciences | 2003 |
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou Dalton Medal, European Geophysical Union |
Civil Engineering | 2003 |
Daniel L. Kohlstadt Harry H. Hess Medal of the American Geophysical Union |
Geology & Geophysics | 2003 |
Theodore Galambos OPAL Award, American Society of Civil Engineers |
Civil Engineering | 2002 |
Allen Goldman Fritz London Memorial Prize, International Commission on Low Temperature Physics |
Physics | 2002 |
Anatoly Larkin Onsager Prize in Statistical Physics, American Physical Society |
Physics | 2002 |
Horace Loh Nathan B. Eddy Memorial Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence |
Pharmacology | 2002 |
Gary Parker G.K. Warren Award, National Academy of Sciences |
Civil Engineering | 2002 |
David Y. H. Pui American Society for Aerosol Research David Sinclair Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 2002 |
Mikhail Voloshin Sakurai Prize in Elementary Particle Theory, American Physical Society |
Physics | 2001 |
Karl Smith Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, American Society of Engineering Education |
Civil Engineering | 2000 |
Donald G. Truhlar Award in Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, American Chemical Society |
Chemistry | 2000 |
Marion Anders Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics |
Pharmacology | 1999 |
John S. Chipman Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association |
Economics | 1999 |
Horace Loh Otto Krayer Award in Pharmacology, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics |
Pharmacology | 1999 |
Mikhail Shifman Sakurai Prize in Elementary Particle Theory, American Physical Society |
Physics | 1999 |
Arkady Vainshtein Sakurai Prize in Elementary Particle Theory, American Physical Society |
Physics | 1999 |
Heinz Stefan Hunter Rouse Award, American Society of Civil Engineers Environmental and Water Resources Institute |
Civil Engineering | 1998 |
David Y. H. Pui International Aerosol Research Assembly International Aerosol Fellow Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1998 |
Ronald L. Phillips Monsanto Crop Science Distinguished Career Award |
Agronomy & Plant Genetics | 1997 |
Ephraim M. Sparrow American Institute of Chemical Engineers Donald Q. Kern Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1997 |
Peter H. McMurry American Society for Aerosol Research David Sinclair Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1996 |
Emil Pfender Plasma Chemistry Society Plasma Chemistry Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1995 |
Paul C. Light Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration |
Public Affairs | 1994 |
Benjamin Y. H. Liu International Aerosol Research Assembly Fuchs Memorial Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1994 |
Donald C. Rasmussen Monsanto Crop Science Distinguished Career Award |
Agronomy & Plant Genetics | 1994 |
Ernest G. Bormann Distinguished Scholar Award, National Communication Association |
Communication Studies | 1992 |
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell Distinguished Scholar Award, National Communication Association |
Communication Studies | 1992 |
Robert L. Scott Distinguished Scholar Award, National Communication Association |
Communication Studies | 1992 |
Suhas V. Patankar American Society of American Engineers Heat Transfer Memorial Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1991 |
Phillip S. Portoghese Nathan B. Eddy Memorial Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence |
Pharmacy | 1991 |
Akira Takemori Nathan B. Eddy Memorial Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence |
Pharmacology | 1991 |
Richard J. Goldstein International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer Luikov Medal |
Mechanical Engineering | 1990 |
Richard J. Goldstein Max Jakob Memorial Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Division |
Mechanical Engineering | 1990 |
Anatoly Larkin Fritz London Memorial Prize, International Commission on Low Temperature Physics |
Physics | 1990 |
Arthur G. Erdman American Society of Mechanical Engineers Design Engineering Division Machine Design Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1989 |
Virgil A. Marple American Society for Aerosol Research David Sinclair Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1988 |
Ronald L. Phillips USDA-ARS, Crop Science Research Award |
Agronomy & Plant Genetics | 1988 |
D. K. Barnes USDA-ARS, Crop Science Research Award |
Agronomy & Plant Genetics | 1987 |
G. H. Heichel USDA-ARS, Crop Science Research Award |
Agronomy & Plant Genetics | 1987 |
C. P. Vance USDA-ARS, Crop Science Research Award |
Agronomy & Plant Genetics | 1987 |
Subbiah Ramalingam Society of Manufacturing Engineers Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal |
Mechanical Engineering | 1987 |
Ephraim M. Sparrow American Society of Mechanical Engineers Worcester Reed Warner Medal Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1986 |
Paul G. Gassman James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society |
Chemistry | 1985 |
Ephraim M. Sparrow Pi Tau Sigma and American Society of Mechanical Engineers Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1985 |
Gilbert Mannering Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics |
Pharmacology | 1984 |
Bryce L. Crawford, Jr. Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society |
Chemistry | 1982 |
Earnest R. G. Eckert International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer Luikov Medal |
Mechanical Engineering | 1979 |
Richard J. Goldstein American Society of American Engineers Heat Transfer Memorial Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1978 |
Ephraim M. Sparrow American Society of Engineering Education Ralph Coats Roe Award |
Mechanical Engineering | 1978 |
Leo Hurwicz Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association |
Economics | 1977 |
Ephraim M. Sparrow Max Jakob Memorial Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Division |
Mechanical Engineering | 1976 |
Robert C. Brasted George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, American Chemical Society |
Chemistry | 1973 |
Earnest R. G. Eckert Max Jakob Memorial Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Division |
Mechanical Engineering | 1961 |
I.M. Kolthoff Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society |
Chemistry | 1949 |
C. Fredrick Koelsch Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society |
Chemistry | 1934 |
(updated March 30, 2007)