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Previous winners of the
Hale Prize
More citations will be added as they become available. Any member who has
the text of earlier Hale prize citations is encouraged to contact the Division
Secretary.
Douglas O. Gough, 1994
The 1995 Hale Prize is to be awarded to Professor Douglas Gough
of the University of Cambridge. Gough has contributed with distinction
to many aspects of solar physics, astrophysics and fluid dynamics,
including nonlinear convection in stars, the coupling of turbulent
convection to pulsations, and stellar structure.
Gough's theoretical inquiry has often combined fluid theory and the
detailed physics of stellar structure, as when he showed that the core
of the sun is unstable to gravity modes. This instability may lead to
episodes of mixing, casting some doubt on standard quiescent models.
In recent years, Gough has devoted most of his attention to helioseismology,
to which he has made many notable contributions. He has led the way
in applying inversion techniques to infer the internal structure and the
distribution of angular velocity in the interior, and was the first to use
helioseismic data to determine the depth of the convection zone. He has
also used helioseismic data to investigate solar opacities, the equation
of state, the helium abundance, and the neutrino problem.
Gough has also played a significant role in the development of the
GONG project, the helioseismological experiments on SoHO, and observational
programs in asteroseismology.
Ray Davis, 1996
In recognition of his monumental contribution to solar physics by
conceiving, planning, constructing, operating, and analyzing data from, an
experiment to measure the solar neutrino flux
Tinsley Prize, 1994; Nobel Prize, 2003
Dick Dunn, 1998
For his bold and imaginative innovation of instrumentation for solar
physics, his discovery of important new phenomena on the Sun, and the impact
of his contributions on solar physicists world wide.
John W. Harvey, 1999
The 1999 Hale Prize is awarded to John W. Harvey for his fundamental
contributions to our understanding of the nature of solar magnetic fields
and of the internal structure of the Sun through helioseismology, for his
development of innovative solar instrumentation, and for his selfless and
untiring service to the solar physics community.
Loren Acton, 2000
The 2000 Hale Prize is awarded to Loren Acton for his pioneering,
instrumental, and analytical work in soft x-ray observations of the active
sun and for his unstinting, active, and helpful support of research and
researchers in this and other areas of solar physics.
Alan Title, 2001
The 2001 Hale Prize is awarded to Alan Title for his exceptional leadership
in developing multiple, innovative, high resolution telescopes and
interpreting their data to dramatically advance our understanding of the sun
and for his generous public service on behalf of the solar and
solar-terrestrial communities.
Eric Priest, 2002
The Hale Prize for 2002 is awarded to Eric Priest for his seminal
contributions to investigations of the role of the magnetic field in solar
activity, and for his tireless advocacy of solar physics in all corners of
the world.
Robert Howard, 2003
The 2003 Hale Prize is awarded to Robert F. Howard for his
pioneering discoveries of fundamental properties of
solar magnetic and velocity fields;
initiating modern instrumentation and archiving methods for
long-term solar observations;
and selfless mentoring, collaboration, and leadership of
solar physics research programs and institutions.
Robert Lin, 2004
The 2004 Hale Prize is awarded to Robert Lin for pioneering experimental work
on the detection of high energy solar radiation and particles,
for his many discoveries in the field of high energy solar and heliospheric physics
and for his generous and untiring leadership of, and support for, research programs
and projects in this field.
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