Wilbur Cross Medal
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The Wilbur Cross Medal is an award by the Yale Alumni Association for "distinguished achievements in scholarship, teaching, academic administration, and public service".[1] The award is made to a small number (up to six) of individuals annually, and was first awarded in 1966.
The award is named after Wilbur Lucius Cross, a Yale University dean.
Recipients include:
- Leslie F. Greengard (2011), Bernice A. Pescosolido (2011), Stephen Greenblatt (2010), Laura Kiessling (2009), Michael S. Levine (2009), Richard J. Powell (2009), Eva Brann (2006), Mimi Gardner Gates (2006), Richard Rorty (2005), Eric F. Wieschaus (2005), Julia Phillips (2004), Barbara Schaal (2004), Philip Zimbardo (2004), Francis S. Collins (1999), Heidi I. Hartmann (1996), Catherine A. MacKinnon (1995), Maxine Singer (1991), Eleanor Holmes Norton (1990), Pauline Newman (1989), Grace Evelyn Pickford (1981), Grace Murray Hopper (1972), Leona Baumgartner (1970), George Gaylord Simpson (1969), Joshua Lederberg (1969), Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1967), and Edgar Stephenson Furniss (1966 - the first awardee)
Notes
- ↑ "Wilbur Cross Medal", Yale University (last visited July 30, 2012).
External links
- Wilbur Cross Medal website, Yale University
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