Alexander Agassiz Medal


The Alexander Agassiz Medal is awarded every three years by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for an original contribution in the science of oceanography. It was established in 1911 by Sir John Murray in honor of his friend, the scientist Alexander Agassiz.

Recipients

Source: Johan Hjort Albert I, Prince of Monaco Charles D. Sigsbee Otto S. Pettersson Wilhelm Bjerknes Max Weber Vagn W. Ekman J. Stanley Gardiner Johannes Schmidt Henry B. Bigelow Albert Defant Bjørn Helland-Hansen Haakon H. Gran T. Wayland Vaughan Martin Knudsen Edgar J. Allen Harald U. Sverdrup Frank R. Lillie Columbus Iselin II Joseph Proudman Felix A. Vening Meinesz Thomas G. Thompson Harry A. Marmer H. W. Harvey Maurice Ewing Alfred C. Redfield Martin W. Johnson Anton F. Bruun George E. R. Deacon Roger R. Revelle Sir Edward Bullard Carl H. Eckart Frederick C. Fuglister Seiya Uyeda John H. Steele Walter H. Munk Henry M. Stommel Wallace S. Broecker Cesare Emiliani Joseph L. Reid Victor V. Vacquier Walter C. Pitman, III Charles Shipley Cox Klaus Wyrtki James R. Ledwell Sallie W. Chisholm David Karl