Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
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The Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society to a young (less than age 36) astronomer for outstanding achievement in observational astronomical research.
Pierce Prize winners:
- 1974 Edwin M. Kellogg
- 1975 Eric Becklin
- 1976 James Roger Angel
- 1977 Donald N.B. Hall
- 1978 James M. Moran, Jr.
- 1979 D. Harper
- 1980 Jack Baldwin
- 1981 Bruce Margon
- 1982 Marc Davis
- 1983 Alan Dressler
- 1984 Marc Aaronson, Jeremy R. Mould
- 1985 Richard G. Kron
- 1986 Reinhard Genzel
- 1987 Donald E. Winget
- 1988 Sallie L. Baliunas
- 1989 Harriet L. Dinerstein
- 1990 Kristen Sellgren
- 1991 Kenneth G. Libbrecht
- 1992 Alexei Filippenko
- 1993 Arlin P.S. Crotts
- 1994 No award
- 1995 Andrew McWilliam
- 1996 Michael Strauss
- 1997 Alyssa A. Goodman
- 1998 Andrea Ghez
- 1999 Dennis F. Zaritsky
- 2000 Kirpal Nandra
- 2001 Kenneth R. Sembach
- 2002 Amy Barger
- 2003 Xiaohui Fan
- 2004 Niel Brandt
- 2005 Andrew Blain
- 2006 Bryan Gaensler
