Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal

Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal

Awarded for	the encouragement and reward of individual achievement in advancing knowledge of Cambrian or Precambrian life and its history
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Sciences
First awarded	1934
Official website	http://www.nasonline.org/about-nas/awards/early-earth-and-life-sciences.html

Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal is an award presented by the National Academy of Sciences every five years to promote research and study in the fields of Precambrian and Cambrian life and history. ^[1]

The medal was established and endowed in 1934 by the Walcott Fund, a gift of Mary Vaux Walcott, in honor of paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927). The medal was sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser.

Since 2008 the award has been linked to the Stanley Miller Medal and the two medals are now presented alternately, known collectively as the NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences. Each medal is supplemented by a $10,000 award.

Medalists

Source: NAS

1934 David White
1939 Anton H. Westergaard
1947 Alexander G. Vologdin
1952 Franco Rasetti
1957 Pierre Hupé
1962 Armin Öpik
1967 Allison R. Palmer
1972 Elso Sterrenberg Barghoorn

1977 Preston Cloud
1982 Martin Glaessner
1987 Andrew H. Knoll and Simon Conway Morris
1992 Stefan Bengtson
1997 Mikhail A. Fedonkin
2002 Hans J. Hofmann
2007 John Grotzinger
2013 J. William Schopf

References

↑ "The Stanley Miller Medal is scheduled for presentation in 2016". NAS. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

"NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2013-03-30.

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