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Professor Barbara L. Dutrow is the Gerald Cire and Lena Grand Williams Alumni Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Louisiana State University (USA) and she has been honored by having a newly discovered mineral species of the tourmaline group named after her: dutrowite.
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Professor Donald Bruce Dingwell, Director of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Munich (Germany), has been awarded the Volcanology and Igneous Petrology (VIP) Career Achievement Award from the Geological Association of Canada (GAC) for his lifelong contributions to volcanology and igneous petrology.
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April 2015
Obituary: Robert A. Berner, 1925-2015
New Executive Director at GSA
AGA Lifetime Achievement Award to Dona Dirlam
Georges Calas Inducted as RSC Foreign Fellow
June 2015
2015 Vetlesen Prize to Steve Sparks
Inaugural Gubelin Scholarship to Gemma Roberts
2014 AGU Fellows
August 2015
2014 Robert Wilheim Busen Medal to Chris Hawkseworth
2014 EMU Medal for Research Excellence Awarded to Encarnacion Ruiz-Agudo
Ian Swainson, Series Editor for RiMG
Geological Association of Canada Awards
August 2015
2015 IMA Medal to Rodney C. Ewing
October 2015
Earth Scientists Elected to the Academia Europaea
2014 Issues -- Volume 10
April 2014
Academia Europaea Recognizes Earth Scientists
Geological Association of Canada Awards
June 2014
Kim Tait Appointed the Inaugural Teck Chair in Mineralogy
Humbolt Foundation Awards
August 2014
2013 EMU Medal for Research Exellence to Diego Gatta
Tappi Leadership & Service Award and Dupont Soy Polymers Prize to Prakash B. Malla
Otto Schott Research Award to Don Dingwell
October 2014
Penrose Medal to Susan Kieffer
New Members Elected to the US National Academy of Sciences
December 2014
GSA MGPV Divison Career Achievement Award to Frederick Frey
EMU Medal for Research Excellence 2013 Awarded at IMA 2014
Dingwell Inducted into Acatech
2013 Issues -- Volume 9
February 2013
Robert A. Berner -- 2013 Benjamin Franklin Medal
J. William Schopf -- US National Academy of Sciences Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences
2012 AGU Fellows
April 2013
Kelly Deuerling First Recipient of AGI Wallace Scholarship
DOE Award for Best University Research to Hope Jahren and Brian Schubert
June 2013
New Members Elected to the US National Academy of Sciences
2013-2014 William L. Fisher Congressional Science Fellow -- Kristen Mitchell
August 2013
Earth Scientists Elected to the Academia Europaea
Shepard Medal to Gerold Wefer
October 2013
IMA Medal Awarded to Nick Sobolev
Collins Medal to Michael Brown
Hap McSween, President Elect of GSA
Order of Merit to Don Dingwell
December 2013
Geological Society of America Awards -- Day Medal, Donath Medal, 2013 Distinguished Geologic Career
2012 Issues -- Volume 8
February 2012
Ernst 80th Celebration
Michael Carpenter Elected President of Magdalene College
April 2012
National Academy of Sciences Honors Hap McSween
IMA Medal to David Green
Academia Europaea Recognizes Earth Scientists
June 2012
Marc Norman Incoming Executive Editor of GCA
James B. Macelwane Medal to Nicolas Duaphas
2011 AGU Fellows
August 2012
ENI Prize to Sherwood Collar
Brantley, Carlson, and Dove Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
October 2012
Allison MacFarlane to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Gordon Brown Honored by AGI
Honorary Doctorates for Donald Dingwell
December 2012
Geoscientists Appointed to the US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship to Terry Plank
2011 Issues -- Volume 7
February 2011
2011 MSA Distinguished Public Service Medal to Jolyon Ralph
2011 Pinch Medal to Alf Olav Larsen
2010 AGU Fellows
June 2011
Jillian Banfield named 2011 North American Laureate
Alexandra Navrotsky elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS)
T. Mark Harrison -- New Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 Jaeger Medal to Ian Jackson
August 2011
Anthony E. Williams-Jones, Logan Medalist
John Ferry, 2011 Distinguished Geologic Career Awardee
Ed Stolper Elected Foreign Member of the Royal Society
October 2011
Rod Ewing on Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Geological Society of America Awards
December 2011
Dingwell Named 3rd Secretary General of the European Research Council
Geochemical Journal Awardees
2010 Issues -- Volume 6
April 2010
On the Cutting Edge wins Spore Prize
Eni Prize to François Morel
3M National Teaching Fellowship to Alan Morgan
June 2010
Alvin Van Valkenburg Award to Maik Lang
Dexter Perkings, North Dakota Professor of the Year
Obituary -- Eric Essene 1939-2010
August 2010
Roberta Rudnick Elected to National Academy of Sciences
EMU Silver Medal to Max Wilke
EGU 2010 Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal to Friedhelm von Blanckenburg
October 2010
Geochemical Journal Award for 2010 to Bau and Koschinsky
"Elements 5" Speakers at IMA 2010
December 2010
International Water Association Global Honor Award
Royal Society of Canada Recognizes Earth Scientists
2009 Issues -- Volume 5
February 2009
USGS Scientist Martin Goldhaber Receives Presidental Rank Award
Carl Sagan Medal to Jeff Taylor
April 2009
IAGC Elects First Two Fellows
Howie Receives Honorary Doctorate
June 2009
Lynn A. Boatner New Fellow of the Materials Research Society
High School Mineralogist wins Intel Talent Search Award
Frank Hawthorne Inducted into Russian Academy of Sciences
October 2009
2009 AGU VGP Fellows
EMU Research Excellence Medal to Anders Meibom
December 2009
Frank Hawthorne wins IMA Medal
Geological Society of America Awards
2008 Issues -- Volume 4
February 2008
EMU Award to Oganov
Ian Campbell Medal to Socolow
Catlos -- One of America's Young Innovators
April 2008
Obituary: Dr. John L. Jambor (1936-2008)
Frank Hawthorne, Officer of the Order of Canada
June 2008
Susan Solomon on Time magazine's 2008 List of World's 100 Most Influential People
Lowell Thomas Award to W. Berry Lyons
Peacock Medal to Kelly Russell
August 2008
2008 AGU VGP Fellows
Tim Drever Honored at the 2008 Goldschmidt Conference
October 2008
Balzan Prize for Science of Climate Change to Wallace S. Broeker
Inaugural IMA Medal to Charles T. Prewitt
Killiam Prize to Frank Hawthorne
Donald B. Dingwell name Chair of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section of the Academia Europaea
December 2008
2008 Hans Bethe Award to Raymond Jeanloz
MSA Awards to Evans and Badro
Obituary: Professor Hitoshi Sakai
2007 Issues -- Volume 3
February 2007
Frost and Ernst Honored at 2006 MSA Awards Luncheon
Falko Langenhorst Awarded a 2007 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
April 2007
Broecker Awarded 2006 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences
2007 MSA Distinguished Public Service Medal to Huizing
New AGU Fellows
June 2007
Ewing and Laverov: Lomonosov Gold Medalists for 2006
August 2007
2007 AGU VGP Fellows
Helmholtz-Humboldt Research Award to Holly Stein
October 2007
Dingwell Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
Schiffries to Head GSA Office in Washington
Vernadsky Medal to Mackenzie
December 2007
Werner Schreyer Honored at the 17th V.M. Goldschmidt Conference
2006 Issues -- Volume 2
April 2006
Mezger Awarded Leibniz Prize
National Medal of Science to Clayton
Obituary: Alfred A. Levinson
August 2006
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal to Richet
Ewing Receives Dana Medal
October 2006
New IMA Council
MAC Foundation Scholarship to Sasha Wilson
CSIRO Geoscientist Awarded Research Medal -- Ravi Anand
2005 Issues -- Volume 1
January 2005
John C. Jamieson Award to Jackson
Mineralogical Society of Japan Award to Murakami
March 2005
Leading Scientists Recognized at the 2004 MSA Awards Luncheon
Yong-Fei Zheng awarded the National Natural Science Award of China
Julie Roberge on the Outreach Path
June 2005
Dana Medal to Carlson
Waston is Goldschmidt Medalist
Clarke Medal to Van Orman
Bruland Awarded Patterson Medal
Bodnar Selected at SEG Distinguished Lecturer
Lopano, Bose, and Goeke Receive MSA Research Grants
December 2005
Balzan Prize to Hemley and Mao
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Bodnar to Receive N.L. Bowen Award