Mineralogical Society of America

The Mineralogical Society of America Award is intended to recognize outstanding published contributions to the science of mineralogy by relatively young individuals or individuals near the beginning of their professional careers. The work must have been accomplished either [1] before the age of 35 or [2] within 7 years of the awarding of the terminal degree. If the former, the candidate must be 36 less on January 1 of the year the award is decided. If the latter, the award must be decided prior to December 31 of the seventh year past the terminal degree. Mineralogy is broadly defined and the candidate need not qualify as a mineralogist. Rather, her/his published record should be related to the mineralogical sciences and should make some outstanding contribution to them.

The recipient of the MSA Award receives a certificate and is made a Life Fellow of the Society.

1951 Orville F. Tuttle
1952 Frederick H. Stewart
1953 L.H. Ahrens
1954 Hatten S. Yoder, Jr.
1955 Julian R. Goldsmith
1956 George C. Kennedy
1957 Rustum Roy
1958 Charles E. Weaver
1959 Harry F.W. Taylor
1960 Donald L. Graf
1961 Joseph V. Smith
1962 Douglas S. Coombs
1963 Nobuo Morimoto
1964 William S. Fyfe
1965 Peter J. Wyllie
1966 David B. Stewart
1967 Alfred E. Ringwood
1968 Barclay Kamb
1969 W. Gary Ernst
1970 Bernard W. Evans
1971 Robert A. Berner

1972 Arthur L. Boettcher
1973 Paul Brian Moore
1974 James J. Papike
1975 Roger G. Burns
1976 Friedrich A. Seifert
1977 J.G. Liou
1978 J. Stephen Huebner
1979 Ho-Kwang Mao
1980 Susan Werner Kieffer
1981 Alexandra Navrotsky
1982 Robert M. Hazen
1983 David R. Veblen
1984 Bernard J. Wood
1985 John M. Ferry
1986 Antonio C. Lasaga
1987 Donald J. DePaolo
1988 Raymond Jeanloz
1989 Michael A. Carpenter
1990 Russell J. Hemley
1991 Mark D. Barton
1992 Jonathan Stebbins

1993 Lukas Baumgartner
1994 Ronald E. Cohen P, A
1995 Zachary S. Sharp P, A
1996 Donald B. Dingwell P, A
1997 Jillian F. Banfield P, A
1998 James M. Brenan P, A
1999 Yingwei Fei P, A
2000 Quentin Williams P, A
2001 Peter C. Burns P, A
2002 John M. Eiler P, A
2003 Guillaume Fiquet P, A
2004 Kevin M. Rosso P, A
2005 Tiziana Boffa-Ballaran P, A
2006 Daniel J. Frost P, A
2007 Richard John Harrison P, A
2008 James Badro P, A
2009 Thomas Patrick Trainor
2010 Benjamin Gilbert

Nominations for the award consist of a completed Nomination Checklist, a cover letter from the nominator outlining the candidate's qualifications in light of the criteria for the award, any supplementary materials, such as abbreviated vitae and selected bibliography of 20 titles or less that bear on the award criteria, and supporting letters from at least three (3) but no more than five (5) other individuals that are focused on how the candidate meets the criteria of the award. The Nomination Checklist is available either online as an html, text, pdf, or MicroSoft Word file that you may copy from the screen or download to complete, or by mail from the MSA Business Office, 3635 Concorde Pwky Ste 500, Chantilly, VA 20151-1100 USA, telephone: +1 (703) 652-9950, fax: +1 (703) 652-9951, e-mail: jaspeer@minsocm.org. The completed nomination package must be sent to the committee chair and received by June 1 for consideration by the Committee for the following year's award.

The committee asks that the nominator compile into a single electronic file the nomination, all letters of support, and supplementary materials before submitting then nomiantion to the Committee Chair. This single electronic nomination package makes it easier and less expensive for the committee members, who are increasingly international, to do their work.

Nominations can be carried over to following years if the nomination package is updated by the sponsor. Any nomination not renewed after 2 years will be not considered further.

The next award will be decided on in 2010. Thus the awardee's birth date must be on or after January 1, 1974 or the terminal degree must have been awarded on or after January 1, 2003.

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