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Our highest award is the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, awarded for a lifetime of outstanding research in astronomy. Awarded since 1898, the medal has gone to some of the greatest astronomers of the past century. A complete list of past recipients and a Brief History of the Bruce Medal including medalist biographies. The 2009 winner is Frank H. Shu, Distinguished Professor of Physics, the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS) at the University of California, San Diego.
Richard
H. Emmons Award Added to our list of honors in 2006, the Richard H. Emmons Award was inspired by a very generous gift from Jeanne and Allan Bishop, in honor of her father, Richard Emmons. Dr. Jeanne Bishop, a well-known astronomy educator in her own right, wished to honor her father, an astronomer with a life-long dedication to astronomy education, by creating an annual award that recognizes and celebrates outstanding achievement in the teaching of college-level introductory astronomy for non-science majors. List of past winners. Nomination
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The
2009 winner is Thomas Droege,
Batavia, Illinois.
The
2009 winner is Carol Lee Lutsinger,
Brownsville, Texas.
The ASP bestows the annual Klumpke-Roberts Award on those who have made outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. Awardees include Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Chesley Bonestall, Timothy Ferris, Walter Sullivan, Heidi Hammel, and the staffs of Sky & Telescope and Astronomy magazines. List of past awardees. The 2009 winner is Isabel Hawkins, Center for Science Education at the Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. Nomination
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The Robert J. Trumpler Award is given each year to a recent recipient of the PhD degree in North America whose research is considered unusually important to astronomy. List of past awardees and granting institutions. The 2009 winner is Kevin Bundy, Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley. Award
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The Thomas J. Brennan Award recognizes excellence in the teaching of astronomy at the high school level in North America. The winners have demonstrated exceptional commitment to classroom or planetarium education, as well as the training of other teachers. List of past receipients. The 2009 winner is Ardis Herrold, Grosse Pointe North High School, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. Nomination
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The Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award is given for recent significant observational results made possible by innovative advances in astronomical instrumentation, software, or observational infrastructure. List of past winners. The 2009 winner is the Swift Mission team. Award
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Bart Bok was an outstanding research astronomer who made important contributions to our understanding of the Milky Way and of star formation. He received the Bruce Medal for lifetime achievement and in 1982 the Klumpke-Roberts Award for the popularization of astronomy. Throughout his life, and especially as an ASP Board member, Bok was a strong advocate for outreach and education in astronomy. Upon his death in 1983, the Society established the Bart Bok Memorial Fund to support educational projects. At the suggestion of the AAS, the activitivies supported by the Bok Fund were expanded to include the joint sponsorship of an astronomy award at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair.
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The
Astronomical Society of the Pacific honors special accomplishments
in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach
by giving eight annual awards. Nominations are welcome from ASP
Members and members of the astronomical community. Descriptions
of the awards and links to the nomination pages are listed below.