Rittenhouse Medal
The Rittenhouse Medal is awarded by the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society for outstanding achievement in the science of Astronomy. The medal was one of those originally minted to commemorate the Bi-Centenary of the birth of David Rittenhouse on April 8, 1932. In 1952 the Society decided to establish a silver medal to be awarded to astronomers for noteworthy achievement in astronomical science. The silver medal is cast from the die (obverse) used for the Bi-Centennial Rittenhouse Medal.
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate Medal | ||
| 1933 | Frank Schlesinger | Director Yale Observatory |
| 1934 | Robert G. Aitken | Director Lick Observatory |
| 1935 | Harlow Shapley | Mount Wilson Observatory |
| 1936 | Robert McMath | Director McMath-Hulbert Observatory |
| 1937 | Armin O. Leuschner | Berkley Astronomical Department |
| 1938 | Knut Lundmark | Professor of Astronomy, University of Lund, Sweden |
| 1940 | Gustavus Wynne Cook | Director Cook Observatory |
| 1940 | John A. Miller | Director Emeritus, Sproul Observatory |
| 1943 | Forest Ray Moulton | Secretary, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1943 | Samuel Fels | Philanthropist and Donor of Fels Planetarium |
| Silver Medal | ||
| 1952 | Gerard P. Kuiper | Director Yerkes Observatory |
| 1953 | Harlow Shapley | Director Harvard Observatory |
| 1954 | Otto Struve | President International Astronomical Union |
| 1955 | Harold Spencer Jones | Astronomer Royal of England |
| 1958 | Lyman Spitzer, Jr. | Director Princeton University Observatory |
| 1959 | Bengt Stromgren | Professor; Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
| 1960 | Fred Hoyle | Plumian Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge University |
| 1961 | Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin | Professor Harvard University |
| 1965 | Peter Van De Kamp | Director Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore College |
| 1966 | Martin Schwarzschild | Professor; Princeton University |
| 1967 | Helen Sawyer Hogg | Harvard Observatory |
| 1968 | Allan Sandage | |
| 1980 | Carl Sagan | |
| 1988 | Carolyn Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker | |
| 1990 | Clyde Tombaugh | |
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