Clifford W. Holmes Award
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| - | '''The Clifford W. Holmes Award''' is given to an individual for a "Major Contribution to Popularizing Astronomy." Originally established by Richard Poremba in 1978 as the Astronomy for America Award, it was renamed in 1980 for the founder of the RTMC. Recipients | + | '''The Clifford W. Holmes Award''' is given to an individual for a "Major Contribution to Popularizing Astronomy." Originally established by Richard Poremba in 1978 as the Astronomy for America Award, it was renamed in 1980 for the founder of the RTMC. |
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Revision as of 04:25, 28 April 2011
The Clifford W. Holmes Award is given to an individual for a "Major Contribution to Popularizing Astronomy." Originally established by Richard Poremba in 1978 as the Astronomy for America Award, it was renamed in 1980 for the founder of the RTMC.
Recipients
- 1978: Paul Zurakowski
- 1979: Arthur Leonard
- 1980: Robert E. Cox
- 1981: Richard Berry
- 1982: Dennis di Cicco
- 1983: John Dobson
- 1984: Jim Jacobson
- 1985: Arthur Leonard
- 1986: Bob Schalck
- 1987: Clyde Tombaugh
- 1988: Kevin Medlock
- 1989: David H.Levy
- 1990: Dick Buchroeder
- 1991: Rick Shaffer
- 1992: Ashley McDermott
- 1993: John Sanford
- 1994: Don Parker
- 1995: Don Machholz
- 1996: Gil Clark
- 1997: Randall Wilcox
- 1998: Randy Johnson
- 1999: William Seavey
- 2000: Tom Cave
- 2001: Scott W. Roberts
- 2002: E. C. Krupp
- 2003: Dr. Stephen J. Edberg
- 2004: Dean Ketelsen
- 2005: Mike Simmons
- 2006: Al Fink
- 2007: Dave Rodrigues
- 2008: Bob Eklund and Laura Woodard-Eklund
- 2009: Don Nicholson
- 2010: David Crawford; Special awards to Mount Wilson Observatory staff for motivating firefighters during the Station Fire (Dave Jurasevich, Hal McAlister, Susan McAlister, and Larry Webster)