Rutherford Medal
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- See Rutherford Memorial Medal for the award presented annually by the Royal Society of Canada.
The Rutherford Medal (known as the Gold Medal until 2000) is the premier award of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and has been awarded annually since 1991 in recognition of people who have made outstanding contributions to New Zealand society and culture in science, mathematics, social science, and technology. The medal is funded by the New Zealand government.
[edit] Recipients
- 1991: Vaughan Jones, mathematician
- 1992: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Group Award
- 1993: Roy Kerr, mathematician
- 1994: Ian Axford, physicist
- 1995: William Denny, oncologist, and Auckland Cancer Research Laboratory
- 1996: No award
- 1997: Thomas (John) Walker, wood technologist
- 1998: William Robinson, seismologist
- 1999: David Vere-Jones, statistician
- 2000: Alan MacDiarmid, chemist
- 2001: Peter Gluckman, biologist
- 2002: Jeff Tallon, physicist
- 2003: George Petersen, biochemist
- 2004: David Penny, theoretical biologist
- 2005: Paul Callaghan, scientist
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