At its meeting in San Francisco in December 2002, the American Geophysical Union bestowed the following medals at a special awards ceremony.
Adam M. Dziewonski, Frank B. Baird Jr Professor of Science at Harvard University, received the society’s top honor, the William Bowie Medal. He was recognized for his “fundamental contributions to the understanding of the structure and dynamics of the Earth and the character and distribution of seismic energy release; for dramatically improving our understanding of how seismic waves propagate; and for his willingness to share his expertise with his colleagues to further this research.”
The Walter Bucher Medal was presented to Stuart Ross Taylor, emeritus professor and a visiting fellow in the department of geology at Australian National University in Canberra, in recognition of his “fundamental contributions to the understanding of the chemical composition, origin, and geochemical evolution of the continental crust.”
The Maurice Ewing Medal...
