The John C. Lindsay Memorial Award was established to recognize Goddard scientists who exemplify the same level of scientific achievement as Dr. Lindsay.
| Dr. Lindsay, who joined the Goddard
Space Flight Center on December 28, 1958, served as
Associate Chief of the Space Sciences Division and
headed the Goddard solar physics program. He pioneered
in the exploration of the Sun by both satellite and
rocket-borne experiments. He was awarded NASA's Medal
of Exceptional Scientific Achievement for "the
achievement of a major scientific advance in the study
of the Sun and for significant technological progress
in highly precise satellite attitude control." In
addition to his scientific contributions, Dr. Lindsay
conceived and directed the Orbiting Solar Observatory
Project and was manager of several Explorer and
Pioneer missions. The John C. Lindsay Memorial Award was established to recognize Goddard scientists who exemplify the same level of scientific achievement as Dr. Lindsay. |
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| YEAR |
LINDSAY AWARDEE |
LINDSAY LECTURER |
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YEAR | LINDSAY AWARDEE | LINDSAY LECTURER |
| 1966 |
Theodore Stecher |
Bruno Rossi |
1994 |
John E. P. Connerney |
Susan Solomon |
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| 1967 |
William A. Russell,
Jr. |
H. C. van de Hulst |
1995 |
Jay P. Norris |
Vera C. Rubin |
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| 1968 |
Carl E. Fichtel |
Eugene N. Parker |
1996 |
Gordon L. Bjoraker |
G. J. Wasserburg |
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| Donald E. Guss |
1997 |
Hasso B. Niemann |
Thomas Gold |
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| 1969 |
Henry H. Plotkin |
Bengt Stromgren |
1998 |
Jean Hebb Swank |
Eric Priest |
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| 1970 |
Werner M. Neupert |
Harold C. Urey |
1999 |
Mario H. Acuna |
Jeremiah Ostriker |
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| 1971 |
Harry H. Peters |
Leo Goldberg |
2000 |
Tod E. Strohmayer |
Andrew Fabian |
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| 1972 |
Isidore Adler |
Antony Hewish |
2001 |
Donald V. Reames |
Michael Perryman |
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| Jacob I. Trombka |
2002 |
Floyd W. Stecker |
Kip S. Thorne |
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| 1973 |
Rudolf A. Hanel |
Philip Morrison |
2003 |
Charles L. Bennett |
David Helfand |
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| 1974 |
Paul A. Lowman, Jr. |
Martin Rees |
2004 |
Brian Dennis |
Catherine Pilachowski |
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| 1975 |
Norman F. Ness |
Evry Schatzman |
2005 |
Neil Gehrels |
Frank Shu |
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| 1976 |
Patrick Thaddeus |
J. Tuzo Wilson |
2006 |
Scott D. Barthelmy |
Ewine F. Van Dishoeck |
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| 1977 |
Elihu Boldt |
Peter A. Sturrock |
Gary F. Hinshaw |
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| Peter Serlemitsos |
2007 |
L. Drake Deming |
James E. Gunn |
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| 1978 |
David E. Smith |
Richard M. Goody |
2008 |
John Baker |
Claude Canizares |
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| 1979 |
Albert Boggess, III |
Lyman Spitzer, Jr. |
Joan Centrella |
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| 1980 |
Thomas L. Cline |
Jesse L. Greenstein |
2009 |
Michael J. Mumma |
Michael J. Mumma |
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| Reuven Ramaty |
2010 |
Julie McEnery |
Julie McEnery |
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| 1981 |
Kenneth J. Frost |
Edwin E. Salpeter |
David J. Thompson |
David J. Thompson |
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| 1982 |
Frank B. McDonald |
Donald M. Hunten |
2011 |
Michael Flasar |
Michael Flasar | |
| 1983 |
James P. Heppner |
John M. Wallace |
2012 |
Spiro Antiochos |
Spiro Antiochos | |
| 1984 |
Nelson W. Spencer |
Martin Schwarzschild |
Alice Harding | Alice Harding | ||
| 1985 |
Richard F. Mushotzky |
E. Margaret Burbidge |
2013 |
James Klimchuk |
James Klimchuk |
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| 1986 |
Michael G. Hauser |
Irwin I. Shapiro |
2014 |
Paul Mahaffy |
Paul Mahaffy | |
| 1987 |
William K. M. Lau |
Paul J. Crutzen |
2015 |
Steve Snowden |
Steve Snowden | |
| 1988 |
Leonard F. Burlaga |
Raymond Hide |
2016 |
Richard Kelley |
Richard Kelley | |
| 1989 |
S. Harvey Moseley |
Allan R. Sandage |
2017 |
Nat Gopalswamy | Nat Gopalswamy |
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| 1990 |
John C. Mather |
William M. Kaula |
2018 |
Jane Rigby |
Jane Rigby |
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| 1991 |
Bonnard J. Teegarden Jack Tueller |
Rashid Sunyaev |
2019 |
Keith Gendreau Zaven Arzoumanian |
Keith Gendreau Zaven Arzoumanian |
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| 1992 |
Sara R. Heap |
Don L. Anderson |
2020 |
Dennis Reuter Amy Simon |
Dennis Reuter Amy Simon |
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| 1993 |
Stephen S. Holt |
Johannes Geiss |
2022 |
Jonathan Gardner |
Jonathan Gardner | |
| David L. Bertsch |
2023 |
Michael Doyle Smith Geronimo Villanueva |
Michael Doyle Smith Geronimo Villanueva |
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