William F. Meggers Award
The William F. Meggers Award is awarded annually to recognize outstanding work in Spectroscopy by The Optical Society of America.[1] It was established in 1970 to honor William Frederick Meggers and his contributions to the fields of spectroscopy and metrology.
Past winners of the Meggers Award
- 2012 Xi-Cheng Zhang
- 2011 Steven T. Cundiff
- 2010 Frédéric Merkt
- 2009 Leo Hollberg
- 2008 Michael S. Feld
- 2007 Pierre Agostini
- 2006 Jun Ye
- 2005 Daniel M. Neumark
- 2004 Brian John Orr
- 2003 Daniel R. Grischkowsky
- 2002 James C. Bergquist
- 2001 Frank C. DeLucia
- 2000 Roger E. Miller
- 1999 David J. Nesbitt
- 1998 William C. Stwalley
- 1997 Takeshi Oka
- 1996 Robert W. Field
- 1995 Robert N. Compton
- 1994 Steven Chu
- 1993 Terry A. Miller
- 1992 Joseph Reader
- 1991 Daniel Kleppner
- 1990 David J. Wineland
- 1989 Ugo Fano
- 1988 W. Carl Lineberger
- 1987 Hans R. Griem
- 1986 Alexander Dalgarno
- 1985 Theodor W. Hänsch
- 1984 Robert D. Cowan
- 1983 William Clyde Martin, Jr.
- 1982 George W. Series
- 1981 Boris P. Stoicheff
- 1980 John G. Conway
- 1978 Robert P. Madden
- 1977 Mark S. Fred, Frank S. Tomkins
- 1976 W. R. S. Garton
- 1975 Jean Blaise
- 1974 Harry L. Welsh
- 1973 Curtis J. Humphreys
- 1972 Charlotte Moore Sitterly
- 1971 Allen G. Shenstone
- 1970 George R. Harrison