URSI Awards

The URSI awards are presented at the Opening Ceremony of the URSI General Assembly.
The "senior" awards are the Balthasar van der Pol Gold Medal, the John Howard Dellinger Gold Medal, the Appleton Prize, and the Booker Gold Medal, and the "junior" award is the Koga Gold Medal.

Recipients of the John Howard Dellinger Medal

2011

Prof. D. H. STAELIN, USA
Citation: "For seminal contributions to the passive microwave remote sensing of planetary atmospheres and the development of remote sensing of the atmosphere and environment of the Earth from space.".

2008

Dr. A.E.E. ROGERS, USA
Citation: "For his outstanding contributions to instrumentation in radio astronomy and its use to make fundamental discoveries about interstellar masers, superluminal expansion of quasars, deuterium abundance in the galaxy, and plate tectonics.".

2005

Prof. J.B. ANDERSEN, Denmark
Citation: "For significant contributions to the theory of antenna characteristics and scattering, wave propagation over inhomogeneous areas in mobile communication, and interaction between electromagnetic fields and biological tissue.".

2002

Prof. D.L. CARPENTER, USA
Citation: "For his discovery of the plasmapause, for pioneering studies of the plasmasphere structure and dynamics and for development and use of whistler-mode waves as diagnostic probes of the magnetosphere.".

1999

Dr. A. ISHIMARU, USA
Citation: "For contributions to the theories and applications of wave propagation and scattering in random media and backscattering enhancement.".

1996

Prof. T. OGUCHI, Japan
Citation: "For theoretical work on the polarization effects of non-spherical raindrops and the multiple scattering effects of hydrometeors.".

1993

Dr. P. STUBBE, Germany
Citation: "For the conception, construction, and operation of a high frequency ionospheric modification facility in the auroral zone and for the theoretical advancement of the understanding of the associated plasma process.".

1990

Dr. G. SWARUP, India
Citation: "Contribution to radioastronomy and cosmology, both in observational research and in conceiving and building radio telescopes.".

1987

Dr. R. GENDRIN, France
Citation: "Study of waves of natural origin propagating in the surroundings of the Earth, and their influence on the behaviour of the magnetosphere.".

1984

Mrs. I. DE PATER, Netherlands
Citation: "Work on noise of planetary origin, the magnetosphere of Jupiter, and shock waves in the magnetosphere of the Earth.".

1981

Dr. J. FEJER, Germany
Citation: "Work on ionospheric modifications, parametric instabilities, ionospheric irregularities and incoherent scatter.".

1978

Prof. D.A. GURNETT, USA
Citation: "Investigations relating to electromagnetic and electrostatic wave propagation in the Earth’s plasma environment.".

1975

Prof. N.M. BRICE, USA
Citation: "Theory of the Earth’s plasmapause and theoretical investigations of the physics of Jupiter’s magnetosphere.".

1972

Prof. A. HEWISH, UK
Citation: "Advances in radio astronomy.".

1969

Prof. H.M. BARLOW, UK
Citation: "Development of waveguides ; the characteristics of surface waves.".

1966

Drs. J.H. CHAPMAN, Canada
Citation: "Radio wave propagation and the Alouette I topside ionosphere sounder.".



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