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⚫ | The '''J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize''' and Medal was awarded by the ], from 1969. Established in memory of US physicist ], the award consisted of a medal, certificate and a $1000 honorarium. It was awarded for "outstanding contributions to the theoretical natural sciences during the preceding decade".{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}} | ||
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⚫ | The '''J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize''' and Medal was awarded by the ], from 1969, until 1984. Established in memory of US physicist ], the award consisted of a medal, certificate and a $1000 honorarium. It was awarded for "outstanding contributions to the theoretical natural sciences during the preceding decade".{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}} The acceptance speech for the inaugural award to Dirac was published as ''The Development of Quantum Theory'' (1971).<ref>{{cite book|last=Dirac|first=P.A.M.|title=The Development of Quantum Theory|publisher=Gordon and Breach|location=New York|year=1971}}</ref> | ||
==Recipients== | ==Recipients== | ||
*1969 |
*1969 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dirac Receives Miami Center Oppenheimer Memorial Prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/22/4/10.1063/1.3035512 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=April 1969 |page=127 |volume=22| doi=10.1063/1.3035512 |access-date=1 March 2015 }}</ref> | ||
*1970 |
*1970 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Theoreticians Name Dyson As Winner of Oppenheimer Prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/23/3/10.1063/1.3022048 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=March 1970 | volume=23|doi=10.1063/1.3022048 |access-date=1 March 2015 |bibcode = 1970PhT....23c..97. }}</ref> | ||
*1971 |
*1971 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize to Salam |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/24/4/10.1063/1.3022707 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=April 1971 | volume=24 |doi=10.1063/1.3022707 |access-date=1 March 2015 }}</ref> | ||
*1972 |
*1972 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Serber is recipient of Oppenheimer Prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/25/4/10.1063/1.3070824 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=April 1972 | volume=25| doi=10.1063/1.3070824 |access-date=1 March 2015 }}</ref> | ||
*1973 |
*1973 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Weinberg awarded Oppenheimer Prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/26/3/10.1063/1.3127994 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=March 1973 | volume=26 | doi=10.1063/1.3127994 |access-date=1 March 2015 |bibcode = 1973PhT....26c..87. }}</ref> | ||
*1974 |
*1974 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Edwin Salpeter wins Oppenheimer Prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/27/3/10.1063/1.3128516 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=March 1974 |volume=27|doi=10.1063/1.3128516 |access-date=1 March 2015 }}</ref> | ||
*1975 |
*1975 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=J. Robert Oppenheimer Prize awarded to Nicholas Kemmer |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/28/4/10.1063/1.3068944 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=April 1975 | volume=28 | doi=10.1063/1.3068944 |access-date=1 March 2015 |bibcode = 1975PhT....28d.109. }}</ref> | ||
*1976 |
*1976 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=J. Robert Oppenheimer Prize awarded to Yoichiro Nambu |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/29/3/10.1063/1.3023388 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=March 1976 | volume=29 |doi=10.1063/1.3023388 |access-date=1 March 2015 }}</ref> | ||
*1977 |
*1977 – ] and ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Gürsey and Glashow share Oppenheimer memorial |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/30/5/10.1063/1.3037556 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=May 1977 |doi=10.1063/1.3037556 |access-date=1 March 2015 }}</ref> | ||
*1978 |
*1978 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=J. Bell-Burnell, received the 1978 J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/31/4/10.1063/1.2995004 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=April 1978 |page=68 |doi=10.1063/1.2995004 |access-date=1 March 2015 |bibcode = 1978PhT....31d..68. }}</ref> | ||
*1979 |
*1979 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Abraham Pais wins Oppenheimer prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/32/4/10.1063/1.2995507 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=April 1979 |doi=10.1063/1.2995507 |access-date=1 March 2015 |bibcode = 1979PhT....32d..70. }}</ref> | ||
*1980 |
*1980 – ]{{sfn|Walter|1982|p=438}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dalitz receives Oppenheimer Prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/33/4/10.1063/1.2914032 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=April 1980 |page=67 |volume=33 | doi=10.1063/1.2914032 |access-date=1 March 2015 }}</ref> | ||
*1981 |
*1981 – ]<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Frederick Reines wins Oppenheimer Prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/34/5/10.1063/1.2914589 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=May 1981 |page=94 | volume=34|doi=10.1063/1.2914589 |access-date=1 March 2015 |bibcode = 1981PhT....34R..94. }}</ref> | ||
*1982 |
*1982 – ] and ]<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Oppenheimer Prize awarded to Goldhaber and Marshak |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/35/9/10.1063/1.2915276 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=September 1982 |page=89 | volume=35|doi=10.1063/1.2915276 |access-date=1 March 2015 |bibcode = 1982PhT....35i..89. }}</ref> | ||
*1983 |
*1983 – ]<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Weisskopf wins Oppenheimer Prize |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/36/7/10.1063/1.2915767 |journal=Physics Today |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=July 1983 |page=77 |doi=10.1063/1.2915767 |access-date=1 March 2015 }}</ref> | ||
*1984 |
*1984 – ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2010-2011/memorials/wheeler_j.html |title=In Memoriam – John A. Wheeler |author=<!--signed by William Powers Jr., President The University of Texas at Austin and Sue Alexander Greninger, Secretary The General Faculty, prepared by a special committee consisting of Professors Steven Weinberg (chair), Austin M. Gleeson, and J. Craig Wheeler--> |date=2011 |website=Office of the General Faculty |publisher=The University of Texas at Austin |access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> | ||
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==See also== | ||
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==Sources== | |||
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*{{cite book |title=Winners, the blue ribbon encyclopedia of awards |last=Walter |first=Claire |year=1982 |publisher=Facts on File Inc. |isbn=9780871963864 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/winnersblueribbo0000walt }} | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:00, 26 August 2023
Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami,The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize and Medal was awarded by the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami, from 1969, until 1984. Established in memory of US physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the award consisted of a medal, certificate and a $1000 honorarium. It was awarded for "outstanding contributions to the theoretical natural sciences during the preceding decade". The acceptance speech for the inaugural award to Dirac was published as The Development of Quantum Theory (1971).
Recipients
- 1969 – Paul Dirac
- 1970 – Freeman Dyson
- 1971 – Abdus Salam
- 1972 – Robert Serber
- 1973 – Steven Weinberg
- 1974 – Edwin Ernest Salpeter
- 1975 – Nicholas Kemmer
- 1976 – Yoichiro Nambu
- 1977 – Feza Gursey and Sheldon Glashow
- 1978 – Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- 1979 – Abraham Pais
- 1980 – Richard H. Dalitz
- 1981 – Frederick Reines
- 1982 – Maurice Goldhaber and Robert E. Marshak
- 1983 – Victor F. Weisskopf
- 1984 – John Archibald Wheeler
See also
References
- ^ Walter 1982, p. 438.
- Dirac, P.A.M. (1971). The Development of Quantum Theory. New York: Gordon and Breach.
- "Dirac Receives Miami Center Oppenheimer Memorial Prize". Physics Today. 22. American Institute of Physics: 127. April 1969. doi:10.1063/1.3035512. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Theoreticians Name Dyson As Winner of Oppenheimer Prize". Physics Today. 23. American Institute of Physics. March 1970. Bibcode:1970PhT....23c..97.. doi:10.1063/1.3022048. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize to Salam". Physics Today. 24. American Institute of Physics. April 1971. doi:10.1063/1.3022707. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Serber is recipient of Oppenheimer Prize". Physics Today. 25. American Institute of Physics. April 1972. doi:10.1063/1.3070824. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Weinberg awarded Oppenheimer Prize". Physics Today. 26. American Institute of Physics. March 1973. Bibcode:1973PhT....26c..87.. doi:10.1063/1.3127994. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Edwin Salpeter wins Oppenheimer Prize". Physics Today. 27. American Institute of Physics. March 1974. doi:10.1063/1.3128516. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "J. Robert Oppenheimer Prize awarded to Nicholas Kemmer". Physics Today. 28. American Institute of Physics. April 1975. Bibcode:1975PhT....28d.109.. doi:10.1063/1.3068944. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "J. Robert Oppenheimer Prize awarded to Yoichiro Nambu". Physics Today. 29. American Institute of Physics. March 1976. doi:10.1063/1.3023388. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Gürsey and Glashow share Oppenheimer memorial". Physics Today. American Institute of Physics. May 1977. doi:10.1063/1.3037556. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "J. Bell-Burnell, received the 1978 J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize". Physics Today. American Institute of Physics: 68. April 1978. Bibcode:1978PhT....31d..68.. doi:10.1063/1.2995004. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Abraham Pais wins Oppenheimer prize". Physics Today. American Institute of Physics. April 1979. Bibcode:1979PhT....32d..70.. doi:10.1063/1.2995507. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Dalitz receives Oppenheimer Prize". Physics Today. 33. American Institute of Physics: 67. April 1980. doi:10.1063/1.2914032. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Frederick Reines wins Oppenheimer Prize". Physics Today. 34. American Institute of Physics: 94. May 1981. Bibcode:1981PhT....34R..94.. doi:10.1063/1.2914589. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Oppenheimer Prize awarded to Goldhaber and Marshak". Physics Today. 35. American Institute of Physics: 89. September 1982. Bibcode:1982PhT....35i..89.. doi:10.1063/1.2915276. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Weisskopf wins Oppenheimer Prize". Physics Today. American Institute of Physics: 77. July 1983. doi:10.1063/1.2915767. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "In Memoriam – John A. Wheeler". Office of the General Faculty. The University of Texas at Austin. 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
Sources
- Walter, Claire (1982). Winners, the blue ribbon encyclopedia of awards. Facts on File Inc. ISBN 9780871963864.