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Revision as of 15:20, 18 January 2015
In order to create a fitting tribute to the memory of Marc Aaronson, his family, friends, and colleagues have established and privately endowed the Marc Aaronson Memorial Lectureship to promote and recognize excellence in astronomical research. The Lectureship and cash prize are awarded every eighteen months to an individual or group who, by his or her passion for research and dedication to excellence, has produced a body of work in observational astronomy which has resulted in a significant deepening of our understanding of the universe. Any living scientist is eligible for this award without consideration of race, sex, or nationality.
Marc Aaronson came to Steward Observatory as a postdoc after receiving his PhD degree from Harvard in 1977 and became an Associate Professor in 1983. His astronomical research focused on many of the most important problems of observational cosmology: the cosmic distance scale, the age of the Universe, the large-scale motion of matter, and the distribution of invisible mass in the Universe. Aaronson made important contributions to our understanding of stellar populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud. In recognition of his research achievements, Aaronson was awarded the George Van Biesbroeck Award[1] by the University of Arizona in 1981, the Bart J. Bok Prize by Harvard University in 1983, and the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize by the American Astronomical Society in 1984.[2]
Aaronson died in 1987 in a freak accident[3] while doing what he loved most, making astronomical observations. He was only 36 years old. Aaronson's passionate love for astronomy continues to serve as a lasting inspiration to his many colleagues, students and friends and serves as the inspiration for this award.
Marc Aaronson[4]
Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Award Citation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 
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Robert Kirshner[5] | For studies of supernovae, supernova remnants, and the large-scale distribution of galaxies |
| 1990 | 
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Ken Freeman[6] | TBD |
| 1992 | John Huchra[7] | For surveys that led to the discovery of large-scale structure in the distribution of galaxies | |
| 1993 | Nick Scoville | TBD | |
| 1994 | Wendy Freedman[8] | For a decade of fundamental contributions to the areas of the extragalactic distance scale and the stellar populations of galaxies | |
| 1996 | J. Anthony Tyson[9] | For consistently advancing observational cosmology over the past 20 years by recognizing new technological opportunities and seizing them to make important and innovative astronomical discoveries | |
| 1998 | 
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John C. Mather[10] | For the conception, design, and execution of a seminal cosmological observation, the measurement of the infrared background with the COBE satellite |
| 1999 | 
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Bohdan Paczyński[11] | For his theories of gamma-ray bursts and for his work on microlensing |
| 2001 | 
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Ewine van Dishoeck | For her comprehensive attack on the problem of chemical evolution of star-forming regions[12] |
| 2002 | 
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Geoffrey Marcy | For his pioneering work on low-mass stars, and for his discovery of more than fifty planets orbiting other stars[13] |
| 2004 | 
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Lyman Page | For his decade-long series of state-of-the-art experiments aimed at the discovery and characterization of degree-scale temperature anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background radiation[14] |
| 2005 | 
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Brian P. Schmidt | For using observations of Type Ia supernovae to discover that the Universe's expansion is accelerating[15] |
| 2007 | File:Ghez andrea download 2.JPG | Andrea Ghez | For her use of speckle and AO and IR imaging to further our understanding of the dark object in the Galactic Center (the supermassive black hole) and for her work on star formation and evolution of pre-main-sequence objects[16] |
| 2008 | 
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Mike Brown | For his outstanding research and lasting contribution to astronomy through the characterization of the outer solar system and the discovery of objects comparable to Pluto[17][18] |
| 2010 | 
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J. Davy Kirkpatrick | For his outstanding research and lasting contribution to astronomy through the discovery and characterization of the lowest mass stars and brown dwarfs[19] |
| 2012 | Pieter van Dokkum | For his studies of the evolution of the most massive galaxies over cosmic time | |
| 2014 | Alice Shapley | For her contributions to the study of how galaxies form in the early universe | |
References
- ^ "George Van Biesbrock award".
- ^ "Newton Lacy Pierce Prize".
- ^ "MARC A. AARONSON, ASTRONOMER, KILLED BY REVOLVING DOME". NY Times. 2 May 1987.
- ^ "Marc Aaronson".
- ^ "Robert Kirshner".
- ^ "Ken Freeman".
- ^ Overbye, Dennis (13 October 2010). "John Huchra". The New York Times.
- ^ "Dr. Wendy Freedman".
- ^ "LSST Director".
- ^ "Dr. John C. Mather".
- ^ "Bohdan Paczyński".
- ^ UA News http://uanews.org/node/4608.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "World Famous Planet Hunter". UA News.
- ^ "Light from the Edge of the Universe". UA News.
- ^ "The Accelerating Universe". UA News.
- ^ "Milky Way's Black Hole". UA News.
- ^ "Mike Brown blog".
- ^ "Planetary Astronomer Michael Brown to Give Aaronson Memorial Lecture". UA News.
- ^ "Secret Lives of Brown Dwarfs". UA News.