Roebling Medal

The Roebling Medal is the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America for scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy. The award is named for Colonel Washington A. Roebling (1837–1926) who was an engineer, bridge builder, mineral collector, and significant friend of the Mineralogical Society of America. 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.

The Dana Medal, established in 1998, is also awarded by the Mineralogical Society of America and is named in honor of the contributions made by James Dwight Dana (1813–1895) and Edward Salisbury Dana (1849–1935) to the science of mineralogy. It recognizes outstanding scientific contributions through original research in the mineralogical sciences by an individual in the midst of his or her career.

Roebling Medal Recipients

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• 1937 – Charles Palache
• 1938 – Waldemar T. Schaller
• 1940 – Leonard James Spencer
• 1941 – Esper S. Larsen Jr.
• 1945 – Edward H. Kraus
• 1946 – Clarence S. Ross
• 1947 – Paul Niggli
• 1948 – William Lawrence Bragg
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 1979 – W. H. Taylor
• 1980 – Dmitrii S. Korzhinskii
• 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
• 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

Dana Medal Recipients

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• 2001 – George R. Rossman
• 2002 – Michael F. Hochella, Jr.
• 2003 – Mark S. Ghiorso
• 2004 – R. James Kirkpatrick
• 2005 – William D. Carlson
• 2006 – Rodney C. Ewing
• 2007 – Frank S. Spear
• 2008 – Thomas Armbruster

• 2009 – Ronald E. Cohen
• 2010 – Jillian F. Banfield
• 2011 – Ross John Angel
• 2012 – Roberta L. Rudnick
• 2013 – Max W. Schmidt
• 2014 – Patricia M. Dove
• 2015 – Marc M. Hirschmann
• 2016 – Patrick Cordier