Oersted Medal

Oersted Medal

The Oersted Medal recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics. Established in 1936, it is awarded by the American Association of Physics Teachers. The award is named for Hans Christian Ørsted. It is the Association's most prestigious award.

Well-known recipients include Nobel laureates Robert Andrews Millikan, Edward M. Purcell, Richard Feynman, Isidor I. Rabi, Norman F. Ramsey, Hans Bethe, and Carl Wieman; as well as Arnold Sommerfeld, George Uhlenbeck, Jerrold Zacharias, Philip Morrison, Melba Phillips, Victor Weisskopf, Gerald Holton, John A. Wheeler, Frank Oppenheimer, Robert Resnick, Carl Sagan, Freeman Dyson, Daniel Kleppner, and Lawrence Krauss, and Anthony French, David Hestenes, Robert Karplus, Robert Pohl, and Francis Sears.

The 2008 medalist, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, is the third woman to win the award in its 70-plus year history.

Medalists

  • William Suddards Franklin – 1936
  • Edward Herbert Hall – 1937
  • Alexander Wilmer Duff – 1938
  • Benjamin Harrison Brown – 1939
  • Robert Andrews Millikan – 1940
  • Henry Crew – 1941
  • none awarded in 1942
  • George Walter Stewart – 1943
  • Roland Roy Tileston – 1944
  • Homer Levi Dodge – 1945
  • Ray Lee Edwards – 1946
  • Duane Roller – 1947
  • William Harley Barber – 1948
  • Arnold Sommerfeld – 1949
  • Orrin H. Smith – 1950
  • John Wesley Hornbeck – 1951
  • Ansel A. Knowlton – 1952
  • Richard M. Sutton – 1953
  • Clifford N. Wall – 1954
  • Vernet E. Eaton – 1955
  • George E. Uhlenbeck – 1956
  • Mark W. Zemansky – 1957
  • J. W. Buchta – 1958
  • Paul Kirkpatrick – 1959
  • Robert W. Pohl – 1960
  • Jerrold R. Zacharias – 1961
  • Francis W. Sears – 1962
  • Francis L. Friedman – 1963
  • Walter Christian Michels – 1964
  • Philip Morrison – 1965
  • Leonard I. Schiff – 1966
  • Edward M. Purcell – 1967
  • Harvey E. White – 1968
  • Eric M. Rogers – 1969
  • Edwin C. Kemble – 1970
  • Uri Haber-Schaim – 1971
  • Richard P. Feynman – 1972
  • Arnold Arons – 1973
  • Melba N. Phillips – 1974
  • Robert Resnick – 1975
  • Victor F. Weisskopf – 1976
  • H. Richard Crane – 1977
  • Wallace A. Hilton – 1978
  • Charles Kittel – 1979
  • Paul E. Klopsteg – 1979, Extraordinary Oersted Medal Award
  • Gerald Holton – 1980
  • Robert Karplus – 1981
  • I. I. Rabi – 1982
  • John A. Wheeler – 1983
  • Frank Oppenheimer – 1984
  • Sam Treiman – 1985
  • Stanley S. Ballard – 1986
  • Clifford E. Swartz – 1987
  • Norman F. Ramsey – 1988
  • Anthony P. French – 1989
  • Carl E. Sagan – 1990
  • Freeman Dyson – 1991
  • Eugen Merzbacher – 1992
  • Hans A. Bethe – 1993
  • E. Leonard Jossem – 1994
  • Robert Beck Clark – 1995
  • Donald F. Holcomb – 1996
  • Daniel Kleppner – 1997
  • Edwin F. Taylor – 1998
  • David L. Goodstein – 1999
  • John G. King – 2000
  • Lillian C. McDermott – 2001
  • David Hestenes – 2002
  • Edward W. Kolb – 2003
  • Lawrence Krauss – 2004
  • Eugene D. Commins – 2005
  • Kenneth Ford – 2006
  • Carl Wieman – 2007
  • Mildred S. Dresselhaus – 2008
  • George Smoot – 2009
  • Not Awarded - 2010
  • F. James Rutherford - 2011
  • Charlie Holbrow - 2012

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