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G. Bruce Blair Award
Sponsored byWestern Amateur Astronomers
DateAugust 29, 1954 (1954-08-29)
CountryUSA
Websitewaa.av.org/GBB2X.html

The G. Bruce Blair Award, often called the G. Bruce Blair Medal, Blair Award or Blair Medal, is presented annually by the Western Amateur Astronomers to recognize contributions to amateur astronomy by a living astronomer.[1]

History

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The award was created in memory of Dr. Gordon Bruce Blair, founder of the Western Amateur Astronomers. Blair was

Recipients

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Blair Award Recipients[2]
Year Recipient
1954 Albert G. Engalls
1955 Walter H. Haas
1956 Otto Struve
1957 Margaret Mayall
1958 Dinsmore Alter
1959 Earle G. Linsley
1960 David Barcroft
1961 Carl Wells
1962 Arthur & Natalie Leonard
1963 Thomas Cragg
1964 Walter Scott Houston
1965 Clyde Tombaugh
1966 Clarence P. Custer
1967 Leslie C. Peltier
1968 David Dunham
1969 Thomas R. Cave
1970 Charles F. Capen
1971 George A. Carroll
1972 Clinton Ford
1973 Raymond Coutchie
1974 John Dobson
1975 Clifford W. Holmes
1976 Patrick Moore
1977 Frank Miller
1978 Jackson Carle
1979 Kingsley W. Wightman
1980 Paul Zurakowski
1981 Ashley Thomas McDermott
1982 Douglas Berger
1983 John Sanford
1984 Chesley Bonestell
1985 Betty Neall
1986 Ben Mayer
1987 Jack Borde
1988 Stephen J. Edberg
1989 Harold F. Weaver
1990 David H. Levy
1991 John Westfall
1992 Kevin Medlock
1993 Tom Johnson
1994 (no award)
1995 Donald Machholz
1996 Ed C. Krupp
1997 Robert Stevens
1998 Richard Berry
1999 Denni Frerichs Medlock
2000 Joel W. Goodman
2001 Ron Royer
2002 Michael D. Reynolds
2003 F. Jack Eastman
2004 Jane Houston Jones
2005 David L. Crawford
2006 Johm Christopher "Chris" Butler
2007 Carter Roberts
2008 Marni Berendsen
2009 Mike Simmons
2010 Robert K. Buchheim
2011 Scott Roberts
2012 Jim Benet
2013 Albert J. Highe
2014 Richard Ozer
2015 Timothy Thompson

References

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  1. ^ Wallace, H. A. (Oct 1954). "Sixth Annual Convention of Western Amateur Astronomers". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 66 (392): 260. Bibcode:1954PASP...66..259W. doi:10.1086/126716. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. ^ "G. BRUCE BLAIR AWARD Recipients". Western Amateur Astronomers. Western Amateur Astronomers. Retrieved 23 July 2015.