Hubbard Medal
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The Hubbard Medal is awarded by the National Geographic Society for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research. The medal is named for Gardiner Greene Hubbard, first National Geographic Society president.
The Hubbard Medal has been presented 33 times. Recipients include polar explorers Robert Peary in 1906, Roald Amundsen in 1907, Capt. Robert Bartlett in 1909, Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1910 and Richard Byrd in 1926; aviators Charles Lindbergh in 1927 and Anne Morrow Lindbergh in 1934; anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey in 1962; Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins in 1970; anthropologist Richard Leakey in 1994; conservationist Jane Goodall in 1995; underwater explorer Robert Ballard in 1996; and balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones in 1999.
[edit] Recipients
- Robert Peary - 1906
- Roald Amundsen - 1907
- Capt. Robert Bartlett - 1909
- Sir Ernest Shackleton - 1910
- Richard E. Byrd - 1926
- Charles Lindbergh - 1927
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh - 1934
- Paul Allen Siple - 1958
- John Glenn - 1962
- Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey - 1962
- Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins - 1970
- Richard Leakey - 1994
- Jane Goodall - 1995
- Robert Ballard - 1996
- Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones - 1999
