Charles A. Whitten Medal
The Charles A. Whitten Medal is an award in geophysics from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). It is awarded in honor of geodesist Charles A. Whitten (1909-1994) by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, who was Secretary General of the AGU from 1968 to 1974. It has been awarded every two years since 1985 for outstanding achievements in researching the shape and dynamics of the earth and the planets . The first winner was Whitten.
Award winners
- 1985 Charles A. Whitten
- 1987 William Kaula
- 1989 James C. Savage
- 1991 Irwin I. Shapiro
- 1993 Kurt Lambeck
- 1995 Donald Turcotte
- 1997 Gordon Pettengill
- 1999 Richard I. Walcott
- 2001 Byron D. Tapley
- 2004 Wayne Thatcher
- 2006 John M. True
- 2008 Charles C. Counselman III
- 2010 William Richard Peltier
- 2012 David Smith
- 2014 Paul Segall
- 2016 Veronique MA Dehant
- 2018 David T. Sandwell
Web links
- ↑ American Geophysical Union Announces Recipients of the 2018 Union Medals, Awards and Prizes. In: news.agu.org. September 4, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .