Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award - Award given by the US Department of Energy for achievements in the fields of natural sciences, computer science, and national security. Named after Nobel Prize winner Ernest Orlando Lawrence . The prize includes a certificate, a gold medal and 20 thousand dollars. It is handed over to the US scientists, who are in the middle of their career, once every 1-3 years since 1960. The prize awarded to 15 Nobel Prize winners.
The most famous winners
- 1960 Isador Perlman , Norman Ramsay , Alvin Weinberg
- 1961 Panofsky, Wolfgang
- 1962 Richard Feynman , Herbert York
- 1963 Rainwater, Leo James
- 1966 Harold Agnew , Murray Gell-Mann
- 1968 James Arnold , Val Fitch
- 1970 Sessler, Andrew
- 1975 Burton Richter , Samuel Ting
- 1976 Cronin, James Watson
- 1977 Bjorken, James
- 1981 Li Yuanzhe
- 1982 Feigenbaum, Mitchell
- 1984 Laughlin, Robert
- 1986 Simmons, Gustavus James
- 1988 Mary Gaillard
- 1991 Peter Schulz , Richard Small
- 1993 Karl Wiman
- 1994 George Smoot
- 1998 Ahmed Zewale , Joanna Fowler
- 2002 Perlmutter, Sol
- 2006 Alivizatos, Pavlos
- 2014 Carolyn Bertozzi , Ian Paidong
See also
- Enrico Fermi Award