AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize

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The AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize is awarded by The American Association for the Advancement of Science for public servants, recognized for sustained exceptional contributions to advancing science or scientists, whose career has been distinguished both for scientific achievement and for other notable services to the scientific community. The prize is named after nuclear physicist Philip Abelson.The award consists of an engraved medallion and an honorarium of $5,000. [1]

YearRecipientReferences
1990 George E. Brown, Jr
1991 Bentley Glass
1992 John H. Gibbons
1993 Harvey Brooks
1994 Frank Press
1995 William O. Baker
1996 D. Allan Bromley
1997 Peter H. Raven
1998 Mary L. Good
1999 Neal F. Lane
2000 Leon M. Lederman
2001 Norman E. Borlaug
2002 Vernon J. Ehlers
2003 Norman P. Neureiter
2004 Maxine Frank Singer
2005 Norman R. Augustine
2006 Charles M. Vest
2007 Burton Richter
2008 Richard A. Meserve
2009 Francis S. Collins
2010 Rush Holt [2]
2011 Shirley Ann Jackson [3]
2012 Anita K. Jones [4] [5]
2013 Lewis M. Branscomb [6]
2014 Bruce Alberts
2015 Eric Lander [7]
2016Ioannis Miaoulis
2018 Arthur Bienenstock
2019 Cato T. Laurencin
2020 Chad Mirkin
2021 Anthony S. Fauci

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