Romer-Simpson Medal

Paleontology award

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Romer-Simpson Medal". Society for Vertebrate Paleontology. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  2. ^ Bill Clemens awarded the Romer-Simpson Medal for his contributions to vertebrate paleontology
  3. ^ SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, OCTOBER 2016, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS, 76th ANNUAL MEETING (PDF, 20,3, MB; S. 25)
  4. ^ Society Of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 2018, Abstracts Of Papers, 78Th Annual Meeting
  5. ^ Carroll, Lucy (15 Oct 2019) Society awards top honour to UNSW palaeontologist. Newsroom. University of New South Wales
  6. ^ https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/front-range-eastern-colorado/museum-paleontologist-receives-lifetime-achievement-award/


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