Joseph A. Burton Forum Award
To recognize outstanding contributions to the public understanding or resolution of issues involving the interface of physics and society. The award consists of $5,000, a certificate citing the contributions of the recipient, and an allowance for travel to the meeting of the Society at which the award is presented. It will be awarded annually.
Deadline: Monday, June 3, 2024
2024 Recipient:
Galileo Violini
Director Emeritus, Centro Internacional de Física , Bogota, Colombia
Past Recipients:
- 2023:
Richard A. Meserve - 2022:
Robert L. Jaffe - 2021:
Robert Semper - 2020:
Adam Frank - 2019:
Shirley Ann Jackson - 2018:
Neil F. Johnson - 2017:
Rush D. Holt - 2016:
Ernest Moniz - 2015:
E. William Colglazier - 2014:
Michael M. May - 2013:
Jeremy Bernstein - 2012:
Arian Pregenzer - 2011:
M. Granger Morgan - 2010:
Abdul Nayyar
Pervez Hoodbhoy - 2009:
Patricia Lewis - 2008:
Pierre Goldschmidt - 2007:
Matthew G. Bunn - 2006:
David Albright - 2005:
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss - 2004:
Peter Zimmerman - 2003:
Melba Newell Phillips - 2002:
Adrian Melott - 2001:
David C. Wright
George Lewis
Lisbeth D. Gronlund - 2000:
Steve Fetter
- 1998:
Freeman John Dyson
Robert Lee Park - 1997:
Martin Gardner - 1996:
Kevin Aylesworth - 1995:
John P. Holdren - 1994:
Gary Taubes - 1993:
Harvey Brooks - 1992:
Alberto Ridner
Fernando de Sousa Barros
Luis Masperi
Luis Pinguelli Rosa - 1991:
Victor F. Weisskopf - 1990:
Richard Wilson - 1989:
James Randi - 1988:
Ashton B. Carter - 1987:
Richard A. Scribner - 1986:
Spurgeon Keeny - 1984:
Mike Casper - 1983:
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - 1982:
Philip Morrison - 1980:
William Shurcliff - 1979:
Jeremy Stone - 1978:
Theodore Taylor - 1977:
Frank von Hippel
Joel Primack - 1976:
Herbert York - 1975:
Science News and Comments Staff - 1974:
Ralph Lapp
