The V. M. Goldschmidt Award is an award given by the

Geochemical Society The Geochemical Society is a nonprofit scientific organization founded to encourage the application of chemistry to solve problems involving geology and cosmology. The society promotes understanding of geochemistry through the annual Goldschmidt Co ...

at the V. M. Goldschmidt Conference for achievements in the fields of

geochemistry Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans. The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the e ...

and

cosmochemistry Cosmochemistry () or chemical cosmology is the study of the chemical composition of matter in the universe and the processes that led to those compositions. This is done primarily through the study of the chemical composition of meteorites and ot ...

. The award in honor of

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (27 January 1888 – 20 March 1947) was a Norwegian mineralogist considered (together with Vladimir Vernadsky) to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classificati ...

, a pioneer in both those fields.

Winners

*1972 Paul W. Gast *1973 Robert M. Garrels *1974

Hans E. Suess Hans Eduard Suess (December 16, 1909 – September 20, 1993) was an Austrian-born United States, American physical chemist and nuclear physicist. He was a grandson of the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess. Career Suess earned his Ph.D. in chemist ...

*1975

Harold C. Urey Harold Clayton Urey ( ; April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium. He played a significant role in the ...

*1976 Hans P. Eugster *1977 Samuel Epstein *1978 Gerald J. Wasserburg *1979

Harmon Craig Harmon Craig (March 15, 1926 – March 14, 2003) was an American geochemist who worked briefly for the University of Chicago (1951-1955) before spending the majority of his career at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1955-2003). Craig was inv ...

*1980

Clair C. Patterson Clair Cameron Patterson (June 2, 1922 – December 5, 1995) was an American geochemist. Born in Mitchellville, Iowa, Patterson graduated from Grinnell College. He later received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and spent his entire prof ...

*1981

Robert N. Clayton Robert Norman Clayton (March 20, 1930 – December 30, 2017) was a Canadian-American chemist and academic. He was the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. Clayton studied cosmochemistry ...

*1982

Konrad B. Krauskopf Konrad Bates Krauskopf (November 30, 1910 – May 4, 2003) was an American geologist, a pioneer in geochemistry, noted for his work in radioactive waste disposal. Krauskopf led expeditions to Mexico, Norway, the Sierra and the Pacific Northwest. Kra ...

*1983 Samuel S. Goldich *1984

Alfred Nier Alfred Otto Carl Nier (May 28, 1911 – May 16, 1994) was an American physicist who pioneered the development of mass spectrometry. He was the first to use mass spectrometry to isolate uranium-235 which was used to demonstrate that 235U could unde ...

*1985 James B. Thompson Jr. *1986

Claude Allègre Claude Allègre (; 31 March 1937 – 4 January 2025) was a French politician and scientist. His work in the field of isotope geochemistry was recognised with the award of many senior medals, including the Crafoord Prize for geosciences in 1986 ...

*1987

Wallace S. Broecker Wallace "Wally" Smith Broecker (November 29, 1931 – February 18, 2019) was an American geochemist. He was the Newberry Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, a scientist at Columbia's Lamont–D ...

*1988 Harold C. Helgeson *1989 Karl K. Turekian *1990

Edward Anders Edward Anders (June 21, 1926 – June 1, 2025) was a Latvian-born American chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago. His major areas of research included the origin and ages of meteorites, the existence of presolar grains i ...

*1991

Alfred Edward Ringwood Alfred Edward "Ted" Ringwood FRS FAA (19 April 1930 – 12 November 1993) was an Australian experimental geophysicist and geochemist, and the 1988 recipient of the Wollaston Medal. The mineral ringwoodite is named after him. Early life and s ...

*1992 Stanley R. Hart *1993 S. Ross Taylor *1994 Heinrich D. Holland *1995 Robert A. Berner *1996 Albrecht W. Hofmann *1997

Devendra Lal Devendra Lal FRS (14 February 1929 – 1 December 2012) was an Indian geophysicist. Life He was born in Varanasi, India. He graduated from Banaras Hindu University. He graduated from Bombay University; his thesis was on cosmic ray physics; h ...

*1998

Werner Stumm Werner Stumm (1924 – 14 April 1999) was a Swiss chemist. After earning his doctorate in inorganic chemistry at the University of Zürich in 1952 he moved to the U.S. where he was active as a professor at Harvard University until 1969. From 197 ...

*1999 *2000

Geoffrey Eglinton Geoffrey Eglinton, FRS (1 November 1927 – 11 March 2016) was a British chemist and emeritus professor and senior research fellow in earth sciences at the University of Bristol. Education Eglinton was educated at Sale Grammar School and the Un ...

*2001 Ikuo Kushiro *2002 John M. Hayes *2003 Bernard J. Wood *2004 James R. O'Neil *2005 E. Bruce Watson *2006

Susan Solomon Susan Solomon is an American atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In 2011, Solomon joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she serves a ...

*2007 Guenter Lugmair *2008 Francis Albarède *2009 Mark H. Thiemens *2010 Minoru Ozima *2011 Frank Millero *2012 Edward M. Stolper *2013 Henry "Harry" Elderfield *2014 Timothy Grove *2015 Miriam Kastner *2016

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 ...

*2017 Jill Banfield *2018 Michael A. Arthur *2019 Donald DePaolo *2020 Richard Carlson *2021 Bernard Marty *2022 Marilyn L. Fogel *2023

Roberta Rudnick Roberta L. Rudnick (born 1958) is an American earth scientist and professor of geology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2010 and was awarded the Dana Medal by the Mine ...

*2024 Donald E. Canfield

References

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