Public Welfare Medal
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The Public Welfare Medal is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "in recognition of distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public welfare." It is the most prestigious honor conferred by the Academy. First awarded in 1914, the medal has been awarded annually since 1976.
List of Public Welfare Medal winners
- 1914: George W. Goethals and William C. Gorgas
- 1916: Cleveland Abbe and Gifford Pinchot
- 1917: Samuel W. Stratton
- 1920: Herbert Hoover
- 1921: Charles W. Stiles
- 1928: Charles V. Chapin
- 1930: Stephen T. Mather
- 1931: Wickliffe Rose
- 1932: William H. Park
- 1933: David Fairchild
- 1934: August Vollmer
- 1935: Hugh S. Cumming and F. F. Russell
- 1937: Willis R. Whitney
- 1939: J. Edgar Hoover
- 1943: John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
- 1945: Vannevar Bush
- 1947: Karl T. Compton
- 1948: George H. Shull
- 1951: David Lilienthal
- 1956: James R. Killian, Jr.
- 1957: Warren Weaver
- 1958: Henry A. Moe
- 1959: James H. Doolittle
- 1960: Alan T. Waterman
- 1962: James A. Shannon
- 1963: J. G. Harrar
- 1964: Detlev W. Bronk
- 1966: John W. Gardner
- 1969: Lister Hill
- 1972: Leonard Carmichael
- 1976: Emilio Q. Daddario
- 1977: Leona Baumgartner
- 1978: Donald A. Henderson
- 1979: Cecil H. Green and Ida M. Green
- 1980: Walter S. Sullivan
- 1981: Russell E. Train
- 1982: Paul Grant Rogers
- 1983: Mina Rees
- 1984: Theodore M. Hesburgh
- 1985: I. I. Rabi
- 1986: William D. Carey
- 1987: Dale R. Corson
- 1988: John E. Sawyer
- 1989: David Packard
- 1990: C. Everett Koop
- 1991: Victor F. Weisskopf
- 1992: Philip H. Abelson
- 1993: Jerome B. Wiesner
- 1994: Carl Sagan
- 1995: Harold Amos
- 1996: William T. Golden
- 1997: George W. Thorn
- 1998: David A. Hamburg
- 1999: Arnold O. Beckman
- 2000: Gilbert F. White
- 2001: David A. Kessler
- 2002: Norman E. Borlaug
- 2003: Shirley M. Malcom
- 2004: Maurice F. Strong
- 2005: William H. Foege
- 2006: Norman R. Augustine
- 2007: Maxine F. Singer
- 2008: Norman P. Neureiter
- 2009: Neal F. Lane
- 2010: Eugenie C. Scott
- 2011: Ismail Serageldin
- 2012: Harold T. Shapiro
- 2013: Bill and Melinda Gates
External links
- Public Welfare Medal National Academy of Sciences web site
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