The Roebling Medal is the highest award of the

Mineralogical Society of America The Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) is a scientific membership organization. MSA was founded in 1919 for the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, and petrology, and promotion of their uses in other sciences, industry, ...

for scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in

mineralogy Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical mineralogy, optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifact (archaeology), artifacts. Specific s ...

. The award is named for

Colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

Washington A. Roebling Washington Augustus Roebling (May 26, 1837 – July 21, 1926) was an American civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, designed by his father John A. Roebling. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil ...

(1837–1926) who was an engineer, bridge builder,

mineral collector Mineral collecting is the hobby of systematically collecting, identifying and displaying mineral specimens. Mineral collecting can also be a part of the profession of mineralogy and allied geologic specialties. Individual collectors often spe ...

, and significant friend of the

. It is awarded for scientific eminence represented by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy. The recipient receives an engraved medal and is made a Life Fellow of the Mineralogical Society.

Roebling Medal Recipients

The recipients of the medal are: *1937 – Charles Palache *1938 – Waldemar T. Schaller *1940 – Leonard James Spencer *1941 – Esper S. Larsen Jr. *1945 – Edward Henry Kraus *1946 – Clarence S. Ross *1947 – Paul Niggli *1948 –

William Lawrence Bragg Sir William Lawrence Bragg (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British physicist who shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father William Henry Bragg "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by ...

*1949 – Herbert E. Merwin *1950 – Norman L. Bowen *1952 – Frederick E. Wright *1953 – William F. Foshag *1954 – Cecil Edgar Tilley *1955 – Alexander N. Winchell *1956 –

Arthur F. Buddington Arthur Francis "Bud" BuddingtonHarold L. JamesArthur Francis Buddington, 1890–1980 National Academy of Sciences, 1987. Accessed Feb. 11, 2014.B. F. LeonardMemorial of A. F. Buddington ''American Mineralogist'' Vol. 7, 1986, pp. 1268–73. Acces ...

*1957 – Walter F. Hunt *1958 – Martin J. Buerger *1959 – Felix Machatschki *1960 – Tom F. W. Barth *1961 – Paul Ramdohr *1962 – John W. Gruner *1963 – John Frank Schairer *1964 – Clifford Frondel *1965 – Adolf Pabst *1966 – Max H. Hey *1967 –

Linus Pauling Linus Carl Pauling ( ; February 28, 1901August 19, 1994) was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. ''New Scientist'' called him one of the 20 gre ...

*1968 – Tei-ichi Ito *1969 – Fritz Laves *1970 – George W. Brindley *1971 – J. D. H. Donnay *1972 – Elburt F. Osborn *1973 – George Tunell *1974 – Ralph E. Grim *1975 – Michael Fleischer *1975 – O. Frank Tuttle *1976 – Carl W. Correns *1977 – Raimond Castaing *1978 – James B. Thompson Jr. *1979 – W. H. Taylor *1980 – *1981 – Robert M. Garrels *1982 – Joseph V. Smith *1983 – Hans P. Eugster *1984 – Paul B. Barton Jr. *1985 – Francis John Turner *1986 – Edwin Roedder *1987 – Gerald V. Gibbs *1988 – Julian R. Goldsmith *1989 – Helen D. Megaw *1990 – Sturges W. Bailey *1991 – E-An Zen *1992 – Hatten S. Yoder Jr. *1993 – Brian Harold Mason *1994 – William A. Bassett *1995 – William S. Fyfe *1996 – Donald H. Lindsley *1997 – Ian S. E. Carmichael *1998 – C. Wayne Burnham *1999 – Ikuo Kushiro *2000 – Robert C. Reynolds Jr. *2001 – Peter J. Wyllie *2002 – Werner F. Schreyer *2003 – Charles T. Prewitt *2004 – Francis R. Boyd *2005 – Ho-kwang Mao *2006 – W. Gary Ernst *2007 – Gordon E. Brown Jr. *2008 – Bernard W. Evans *2009 –

Alexandra Navrotsky Alexandra Navrotsky (born 20 June 1943 in New York City) is a physical chemist in the field of nanogeoscience. She is an elected member of the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the American Philosophical Society (APS). She w ...

*2010 – Robert C. Newton *2011 – Juhn G. Liou *2012 – Harry W. Green, II *2013 – Frank C. Hawthorne *2014 – Bernard J. Wood *2015 – Rodney C. Ewing *2016 – Robert M. Hazen *2017 - Edward M. Stolper *2018 – E. Bruce Watson *2019 – Peter R. Buseck *2020 – Andrew Putnis *2021 – George R. Rossman * 2022 – John W. Valley * 2023 – Georges Calas * 2024 – Nancy L. Ross * 2025 – Melinda Darby Dyar

References

{{Reflist Mineralogy Geology awards American science and technology awards Awards established in 1937 Earth sciences awards

Roebling Medal Recipients

See also

References