Enrico Fermi Award Explained

The Enrico Fermi Award is a scientific award conferred by the President of the United States. It is awarded to honor scientists of international stature for their lifetime achievement in the development, use or production of energy. It was established in 1956 by the Atomic Energy Commission in memorial of Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi and his work in the development of nuclear power. The award has been administered through the Department of Energy since its establishment in 1977. ^[1] The recipient of the award receives $100,000, a certificate signed by the President and the Secretary of Energy and a gold medal featuring the likeness of Enrico Fermi.^[2]

Winners

• 1956 – John von Neumann
• 1957 – Ernest O. Lawrence
• 1958 – Eugene P. Wigner
• 1959 – Glenn T. Seaborg
  • 1961 – Hans A. Bethe 1962 – Edward Teller
• 1963 – J. Robert Oppenheimer
• 1964 – Hyman G. Rickover
• 1966 – Lise Meitner; Otto Hahn; Fritz Strassmann
• 1968 – John A. Wheeler
• 1969 – Walter Zinn
• 1970 – Norris E. Bradbury
• 1971 – Shields Warren; Stafford L. Warren
• 1972 – Manson Benedict
• 1976 – William L. Russell
• 1978 – Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky; Harold M. Agnew
• 1980 – Rudolf E. Peierls; Alvin M. Weinberg
• 1981 – W. Bennett Lewis
• 1982 – Herbert L. Anderson; Seth Neddermeyer
• 1983 – Alexander Hollaender; John H. Lawrence
• 1984 – Robert R. Wilson; Georges Vendryes
• 1985 – Norman Rasmussen; Marshall Rosenbluth
• 1986 – Ernest Courant; M. Stanley Livingston
• 1987 – Luis Alvarez; Gerald F. Tape
• 1988 – Richard B. Setlow; Victor F. Weisskopf
• 1990 – George A. Cowan; Robley D. Evans
• 1992 – Harold Brown; John S. Foster, Jr.; Leon M. Lederman
• 1993 – Liane B. Russell; Freeman Dyson
• 1995 – Ugo Fano; Martin D. Kamen
• 1996 – Mortimer M. Elkind; H. Rodney Withers; Richard L. Garwin
• 1998 – Maurice Goldhaber; Michael E. Phelps
• 2000 – Sheldon Datz; Sidney D. Drell; Herbert F. York
• 2003 – John N. Bahcall; Raymond Davis, Jr.; Seymour Sack
• 2005 – Arthur H. Rosenfeld
• 2009 – John B. Goodenough; Siegfried Hecker
• 2012 – Mildred Dresselhaus; Burton Richter^[3]
• 2013 – Andrew Sessler; Allen J. Bard
• 2014 – Claudio Pellegrini; Charles V. Shank
• 2023 – Darleane C. Hoffman; Gabor A. Somorjai

See also

• List of engineering awards
• Prizes named after people
• List of things named after Enrico Fermi
• Vannevar Bush Award

Notes and References

1. Web site: Energy. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC for the U. S. Department of. Enrico Fermi Award. 2021-03-02. www.lanl.gov. en.
2. Web site: The Enrico Fermi Award. US Department of Energy. 9 May 2020.
3. Web site: President Obama Names Scientists Mildred Dresselhaus and Burton Richter as the Enrico Fermi Award Winners. Energy.gov. en. 2019-09-15.