Mary Clark Thompson Medal
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The Mary Clark Thompson Medal is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
"for most important service to geology and paleontology." Named after Mary Clark Thompson
, it was first awarded in 1921.
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
"for most important service to geology and paleontology." Named after Mary Clark Thompson
Mary Clark Thompson
Mary Clark Thompson , born Mary Lee Clark, was a noted philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson.-Early years:Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York in 1835 to Myron Holley and Zilpha Watkins Clark...
, it was first awarded in 1921.
List of Mary Clark Thompson Medal winners
- 2009: Alfred G. Fischer
- 2006: Steven M. StanleySteven M. StanleySteven M. Stanley is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is best known for his empirical research documenting the evolutionary process of punctuated equilibrium in the fossil record.Stanley received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1968...
- 2003: Frederik J. Hilgen
- 1999: Jan Smit
- 1995: David L. Jones
- 1990: Harry B. WhittingtonHarry B. WhittingtonHarry Blackmore Whittington FRS was a British paleontologist based at the Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, and was affiliated to Sidney Sussex College. He attended Handsworth Grammar School in Birmingham, followed by a degree and Ph.D in geology from the University of Birmingham...
- 1986: J. William Schopf
- 1982: W. A. Berggren
- 1976: James M. Schopf
- 1973: Hollis D. HedbergHollis Dow HedbergHollis Dow Hedberg was an American geologist specialising in petroleum exploration. He taught at Princeton University from 1959 until his retirement in 1971. Hedberg was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 1973...
- 1970: Raymond C. MooreRaymond Cecil MooreRaymond Cecil Moore was an American geologist. In 1970 he was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.- Bibliography :...
- 1967: Wendell P. Woodring
- 1964: Milton N. Bramlette
- 1961: Norman D. NewellNorman D. NewellNorman Dennis Newell was professor of geology at Columbia University, and chairman and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.-Personal life:...
- 1958: Roman KozłowskiRoman KozłowskiRoman Kozłowski was a Polish palaeontologist, best known for his work on graptolites.Kozłowski was born in Włocławek. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and founder of Acta Palaeontologica Polonica...
- 1957: G. Arthur Cooper
- 1954: Alfred S. RomerAlfred RomerAlfred Sherwood Romer was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist and a specialist in vertebrate evolution.-Biography:...
- 1952: Lloyd W. Stephenson
- 1949: Lauge KochLauge KochLauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.He was the renowned leader of 24 Danish government expeditions to Greenland, and the central character in the Lauge Koch Controversy, an international and intra-national conflict...
- 1948: Frank H. McLearn
- 1946: John Bernard Reeside, Jr.
- 1945: Thomas W. Vaughan
- 1944: William Joscelyn ArkellWilliam Joscelyn ArkellWilliam Joscelyn Arkell M.A.; D.Phil.; D.Sc.; FGS.; FRS. was a British geologist and paleontologist, regarded as the leading authority on the Jurassic Period during the middle part of the 20th century.-Childhood:...
- 1943: George G. SimpsonGeorge Gaylord SimpsonGeorge Gaylord Simpson was an American paleontologist. Simpson was perhaps the most influential paleontologist of the twentieth century, and a major participant in the modern evolutionary synthesis, contributing Tempo and mode in evolution , The meaning of evolution and The major features of...
- 1942: Edward W. BerryEdward W. BerryEdward Wilber Berry was an American paleontologist and botanist, the principal focus of his research was paleobotany. Berry studied North and South American flora and published taxonomic studies with theoretical reconstructions of paleoecology and phytogeography. He started his scientific...
and Arthur S. WoodwardArthur Smith WoodwardSir Arthur Smith Woodward was an English palaeontologist.-Biography:Woodward was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England and was educated there and at Owens College, Manchester. He joined the staff of the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in 1882. He became assistant Keeper of... - 1941: David M. Watson
- 1936: Amadeus William GrabauAmadeus William GrabauAmadeus William Grabau was a German-American paleontologist and geologist who was born on January 9, 1870 in Cedarburg, Wisconsin in the United States and died on March 20, 1946 in Peking, China. He was employed as faculty at MIT and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
- 1934: Charles SchuchertCharles SchuchertCharles Schuchert was an American invertebrate paleontologist who was a leader in the development of paleogeography, the study of the distribution of lands and seas in the geological past.-Biography:...
- 1932: Francis A. BatherFrancis Arthur BatherFrancis Arthur Bather FRS was a British palaeontologist, geologist and malacologist.Bather joined the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in 1887...
- 1931: David WhiteDavid White (geologist)David White was an American geologist, born in Palmyra, New York.He graduated from Cornell University in 1886, and in 1889 became a member of the United States Geological Survey. Eventually, he rose to be chief geologist.In 1903 he became an associate curator of paleobotany at the Smithsonian...
- 1930: William B. ScottWilliam Berryman ScottWilliam Berryman Scott was an American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals, and principal author of the White River Oligocene monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology at Princeton University....
and Edward Oscar UlrichEdward Oscar UlrichEdward Oscar Ulrich was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils.-Biography:... - 1928: James P. Smith
- 1925: John M. Clarke
- 1923: Emmanuel de MargerieEmmanuel de MargerieEmmanuel Marie Pierre Martin Jacquin de Margerie ForMemRS was a French geographer after whom the Margerie Glacier was named, which he visited in 1913. He was awarded the Cullum Geographical Medal of the American Geographical Society in 1919. In 1923 de Margerie was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson...
- 1921: Charles Doolittle WalcottCharles Doolittle WalcottCharles Doolittle Walcott was an American invertebrate paleontologist. He became known for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.-Early life:...
External links
- Mary Clark Thompson Medal National Academy of Sciences web site