George Ellery Hale Prize
The George Ellery Hale Prize, or Hale Prize, is awarded annually by the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society for outstanding contributions over an extended period of time to the field of solar astronomy. The prize is named in memory of George Ellery Hale.
Past winners of the Hale Prize are:{{cite web | url =https://spd.aas.org/prizes/hale/previous/ | title = George Ellery Hale Prize – Previous Winners|work=Solar Physics Division | accessdate = 2025-01-18 | publisher = AAS }}
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- 1978 Eugene N. Parker{{Citation | title = E. N. Parker received the George Ellery Hale Prize of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society. | year = 1978 | journal = Physics Today | volume = 31 | issue = 10 | pages = h73| bibcode = 1978PhT....31h..73. | doi=10.1063/1.2994784}}{{Citation | last1 = de | first1 = Jager C. | last2 = \v | first2 = Svestka Z. | title = E. N. Parker first recipient of the George Ellery Hale Prize. | year = 1978 | journal = Solar Physics | volume = 60 | issue = 1 | pages = 3| bibcode = 1978SoPh...60....3D| doi = 10.1007/BF00152327 | s2cid = 124429481 }}
- 1980 John Paul Wild{{Citation | title = J. Paul Wild received the George Ellery Hale Prize. | year = 1980 | journal = Solar Physics | volume = 68 | issue = 2 | pages = 419| bibcode = 1980SoPh...68..419.| doi = 10.1007/BF00156879| s2cid = 189828200 }}
- 1982 John W. Evans{{Citation | title = The George Ellery Hale Prize of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society was awarded to John W. Evans Jr. | year = 1983 | journal = Physics Today | volume = 36 | issue = 4 | pages = R69| bibcode = 1983PhT....36R..69.|doi=10.1063/1.2915596}}
- 1984 Leo Goldberg
- 1986 Peter A. Sturrock
- 1988 Cornelis de Jager
- 1990 Richard N. Tousey{{Citation | title = Richard Tousey received the 1990 George Ellery Hale Prize of the American Astronomical Society. | year = 1990 | journal = Physics Today | volume = 43 | issue = 5 | pages = T98| bibcode = 1990PhT....43T..98. | doi = 10.1063/1.2810571}}
- 1992 Horace W. Babcock{{Citation | title = Horace W. Babcock received the 1992 George Ellery Hale Prize of the American Astronomical Society. | year = 1992 | journal = Physica Scripta | volume = 45 | issue = 7 | pages = 80| bibcode = 1992PhyS...45...80.}}
- 1994 Douglas O. Gough
- 1996 Raymond Davis Jr.
- 1998 Richard B. Dunn{{Citation | title = Richard B. Dunn received the 1997 George Ellery Hale Prize of the American Astronomical Society. | year = 1998 | journal = Physics Today | volume = 51 | issue = 1 | pages = Q73| bibcode = 1998PhT....51Q..73.| doi = 10.1063/1.2802893}}
- 1999 John W. Harvey{{cite web|url=http://spd.stanford.edu/SolarNews/1999/19990401.html|title=Solar News: The Electronic Newsletter of the Solar Physics Division, American Astronomical Society|date=1 April 1999}}
- 2000 Loren W. Acton{{cite web|url=http://spd.stanford.edu/SolarNews/2000/20000315.html|title=Solar News: The Electronic Newsletter of the Solar Physics Division, American Astronomical Society|date=16 March 2000}}
- 2001 Alan M. Title
- 2002 Eric Priest
- 2003 Robert F. Howard
- 2004 Robert P. Lin
- 2005 Spiro Antiochos
- 2006 Peter A. Gilman
- 2007 Mukul R. Kundu
- 2008 Hugh S. Hudson
- 2009 Neil R. Sheeley Jr.{{cite web|url=http://spd.stanford.edu/SolarNews/2009/20090203.html|title=Solar News: The Electronic Newsletter of the Solar Physics Division, American Astronomical Society|date=3 February 2009}}
- 2010 Marcia Neugebauer
- 2011 Henk Spruit (astrophysist){{cite web|url=https://solarnews.nso.edu/2011/20110101.html|title=Solar News: The Electronic Newsletter of the Solar Physics Division, American Astronomical Society|date=1 January 2011}}
- 2012 Don Reames
- 2013 Richard Canfield
- 2014 Thomas Duvall, Jr.
- 2015 George Doschek
- 2016 Terry G. Forbes{{cite web|url=https://aas.org/media/press-releases/aas-announces-2016-award-recipients|title=AAS Announces 2016 Award Recipients|date=15 January 2016|website=aas.org|access-date=2 January 2018|archive-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216054327/https://aas.org/media/press-releases/aas-announces-2016-award-recipients|url-status=dead}}
- 2017 Manfred Schüssler{{cite web|url=https://aas.org/media/press-releases/aas-announces-2017-award-recipients|title=AAS Announces 2017 Award Recipients|date=9 January 2017|website=aas.org|access-date=2 January 2018|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011550/https://aas.org/media/press-releases/aas-announces-2017-award-recipients|url-status=dead}}
- 2018 Sarbani Basu{{cite web|url=http://spd.aas.org/SolarNews/2018/20180101.html|title=Solar News: The Electronic Newsletter of the Solar Physics Division, American Astronomical Society|date=1 January 2018}}
- 2019 Phil Scherrer
- 2020 Kazunari Shibata
- 2021 Russell A. Howard{{cite web|title=Solar Physics Division Announces 2021 Hale & Harvey Prizes |url=https://aas.org/posts/news/2021/01/solar-physics-division-announces-2021-hale-harvey-prizes |website=aas.org |publisher=AAS |access-date=19 January 2021}}
- 2022 Sami Solanki{{cite web|url=https://aas.org/press/aas-names-recipients-2022-awards-prizes|title=AAS Names Recipients of 2022 Awards & Prizes |date=2 February 2022|website=aas.org}}
- 2023 George Fisher
- 2024 Judith Lean
- 2025 James Klimchuk
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