Two international geophysical societies offer awards each year which are named in honor of Maurice Ewing; these are the American Geophysical Union and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

AGU Ewing Medal edit

The Maurice Ewing Medal is awarded by the American Geophysical Union for "significant original contributions to the understanding of physical, geophysical, and geological processes in the ocean; to those who advance oceanographic engineering, technology, and instrumentation; and to those who perform outstanding service to the marine sciences". The award was instituted in 1974 and is jointly sponsored by the United States Navy.[1]

Recipients[1]
Year Recipient
1976 Walter H. Munk
1977 Henry Stommel
1978 Edward Bullard
1979 Wallace Smith Broecker
1980 J. Tuzo Wilson
1981 Manik Talwani
1982 John I. Ewing
1983 Fred Noel Spiess
1984 Xavier Le Pichon
1985 Kenneth O. Emery
1986 John Imbrie
1987 William Jason Morgan
1988 Wolfgang H. Berger
1989 Klaus Wyrtki
1990 Carl I. Wunsch
1991 Charles David Keeling
1992 Charles Shipley Cox
1993 Kirk Bryan
1994 John A. Orcutt
1995 Jean-Guy Schilling
1996 Walter C. Pitman III
1997 Karl Turekian
1998 Richard P. Von Herzen
1999 Arnold L. Gordon
2000 Joseph L. Reid
2001 Richard G. Fairbanks
2002 Nicholas Shackleton
2003 Gerard C. Bond
2004 Bruce A. Warren
2005 Francois M. M. Morel
2006 G. Michael Purdy[2]
2007 Marcia Kemper McNutt
2008 Miriam Kastner
2009 Thomas Rossby[3]
2010 William J. Jenkins
2011 Joseph Pedlosky
2012 Ellen Thomas
2013 Mark Cane
2014 John Andrews Whitehead
2015 Russ E. Davis
2016 Peter George Brewer
2017 Donald W. Forsyth
2018 Nicklas G. Pisias
2019 Maureen E. Raymo
2020 Anthony Brian Watts
2021 Eelco J. Rohling
2022 Ana Christina Ravelo

2023 - Charles H Langmuir

SEG Ewing Medal edit

The Maurice Ewing Medal of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists is awarded to one who is “deserving of SEG’s highest honor through having made distinguished contributions both to the advancement of the science and to the profession of exploration geophysics”.[4]

Recipients[4]
Year Recipient
1978 Cecil Howard Green
1979 C. Hewitt Dix
1981 J. Tuzo Wilson
1982 Frank Press
1983 Harry Mayne
1984 L. L. Nettleton
1985 Nigel Anstey
1986 J. E. White
1987 Arthur A. Brant
1988 Franklyn K. Levin
1989 Sven Treitel
1990 Milo M. Backus
1991 Theodore C. Krey
1992 Jon Claerbout
1993 M. Turhan Taner
1995 Harold O. Seigel
1996 Ken Larner
1997 Thomas R. LaFehr
1998 Robert E. Sheriff
1999 Gerald H. F. Gardner
2000 Stanley H. Ward
2001 Enders A. Robinson
2002 Gordon F. West
2003 Guus Berkhout
2004 Vlastislav Cervený
2005 Robert J. Graebner
2006 Fred Hilterman
2007 Roy Oliver Lindseth
2008 John W. C. Sherwood
2009 David Strangway
2010 Anthony R. Barringer
2010 M. Nafi Toksöz
2011 Amos M. Nur
2012 George A. McMechan
2013 Peter Hubral
2014 Norman Bleistein
2015 Manik Talwani
2016 Arthur Weglein
2017 Samuel Gray
2018 Albert Tarantola
2019 Robert H. Stolt
2020 Leon Thomsen

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Maurice Ewing medal". AGU. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ^ Kostel, Ken (15 December 2006). "G. Michael Purdy, Director of the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Awarded 2006 Maurice Ewing Medal". Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory News. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  3. ^ McLeish, Todd (21 August 2009). "URI scientist awarded Ewing Medal by American Geophysical Union for oceanographic research" (Press release). Narraganset, RI: University of Rhode Island. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Maurice Ewing Medal". SEG Wiki.