The Romer-Simpson Medal is the highest award issued by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology for "sustained and outstanding scholarly excellence and service to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology".[1] The award is named in honor of Alfred S. Romer and George G. Simpson.[2]
Past awards
[edit]Source: Society for Vertebrate Paleontology
- 1987 Everett C. Olson
- 1988 Bobb Schaeffer
- 1989 Edwin H. Colbert
- 1990 Richard Estes
- 1991 no award
- 1992 Loris S. Russell
- 1993 Zhou Mingzhen
- 1994 John H. Ostrom
- 1995 Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska
- 1996 Percy Butler
- 1997 Colin Patterson
- 1998 Albert E. Wood
- 1999 Robert Warren Wilson
- 2000 John A. Wilson
- 2001 Malcolm McKenna
- 2002 Mary R. Dawson
- 2003 Rainer Zangerl
- 2004 Robert L. Carroll
- 2005 Donald E. Russell
- 2006 William A. Clemens
- 2007 Wann Langston, Jr.
- 2008 Jose Bonaparte
- 2009 Farish Jenkins
- 2010 Rinchen Barsbold
- 2011 Alfred W. Crompton
- 2012 Philip D. Gingerich
- 2013 Jack Horner
- 2014 Hans-Peter Schultze
- 2015 Jim Hopson
- 2016 Mee-mann Chang[3]
- 2017 Philip J. Currie
- 2018 Kay Behrensmeyer[4]
- 2019 Michael Archer[5]
- 2020 Jenny Clack
- 2021 Blaire Van Valkenburgh
- 2022 David W. Krause[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Romer-Simpson Medal". Society for Vertebrate Paleontology. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Bill Clemens awarded the Romer-Simpson Medal for his contributions to vertebrate paleontology
- ^ SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, OCTOBER 2016, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS, 76th ANNUAL MEETING (PDF, 20,3, MB; S. 25)
- ^ Society Of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 2018, Abstracts Of Papers, 78Th Annual Meeting
- ^ Carroll, Lucy (15 Oct 2019) Society awards top honour to UNSW palaeontologist. Newsroom. University of New South Wales
- ^ https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/front-range-eastern-colorado/museum-paleontologist-receives-lifetime-achievement-award/