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The '''Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science''' was established in [[1889]] by the will of [[university president]] [[Frederick A. P. Barnard]], and has been awarded by Columbia, based on recommendations by the [[w:National Academy of Science|National Academy of Science]], every 5 years since [[1895]].
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The '''Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science''' was established in [[1889]] by the will of [[university president]] [[Frederick A. P. Barnard]], and has been awarded by Columbia, based on recommendations by the [[w:National Academy of Science|National Academy of Science]], every 5 years since [[1895]]. If you win a Barnard Medal, you either already have, or will earn a [[w:Nobel prize|Nobel prize]] too (in fact, the Barnard Medal pre-dates the Nobel prizes.) Not to be confused with the [[Barnard Medal of Distinction]].
  
 
== Winners ==
 
== Winners ==
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* 1935 - [[w:Edwin Hubble|Edwin Hubble]]
 
* 1935 - [[w:Edwin Hubble|Edwin Hubble]]
 
* 1940 - [[w:Frédéric Joliot-Curie|Frédéric Joliot-Curie]], [[w:Irène Joliot-Curie|Irène Joliot-Curie]]
 
* 1940 - [[w:Frédéric Joliot-Curie|Frédéric Joliot-Curie]], [[w:Irène Joliot-Curie|Irène Joliot-Curie]]
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* 1945 - No award<ref>The NAS's Barnard Medal Committee unanimously recommended that no award be made in 1945, owing to the fact that World War 2 had "blanketed much of the evidence which should be considered" for the award. [http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/3338 Letter of Barnard Medal Committee Chairman Edwin Hubble to the Secretary of the National Academy of Science, April 11, 1945].</ref><ref>No award recipient for 1945 is listed in list of medal recipients in the [http://books.google.com/books?id=30QrAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA152&ots=0LEGVr_D5l&pg=RA2-PA203#v=onepage&f=false Annual Report of the National Academy of Sciences for 1960 (pg. 203)].</ref>
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* 1950 - [[Enrico Fermi]]
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* 1955 - [[w:Merle Tuve|Merle Tuve]]
 
* 1960 - [[I. I. Rabi]]
 
* 1960 - [[I. I. Rabi]]
 
* 1965 - [[w:William Alfred Fowler|William Alfred Fowler]]
 
* 1965 - [[w:William Alfred Fowler|William Alfred Fowler]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Awards administered by Columbia]]
 
[[Category:Awards administered by Columbia]]

Latest revision as of 13:40, 5 May 2017

The Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science was established in 1889 by the will of university president Frederick A. P. Barnard, and has been awarded by Columbia, based on recommendations by the National Academy of Science, every 5 years since 1895. If you win a Barnard Medal, you either already have, or will earn a Nobel prize too (in fact, the Barnard Medal pre-dates the Nobel prizes.) Not to be confused with the Barnard Medal of Distinction.

Winners

References

  1. ↑ The NAS's Barnard Medal Committee unanimously recommended that no award be made in 1945, owing to the fact that World War 2 had "blanketed much of the evidence which should be considered" for the award. Letter of Barnard Medal Committee Chairman Edwin Hubble to the Secretary of the National Academy of Science, April 11, 1945.
  2. ↑ No award recipient for 1945 is listed in list of medal recipients in the Annual Report of the National Academy of Sciences for 1960 (pg. 203).
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