The Wigner Medal
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The Wigner Medal, is an award designed "to recognize outstanding contributions to the understanding of physics through Group Theory".[1] The Wigner Medal is administered by The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation, a publicly supported organization. Donations are tax deductible as provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 170 of the Internal Revenue code, a federal code of the USA.
The award was first presented in 1978 to Eugene Wigner, and was first awarded at the Integrative Conference on Group Theory and Mathematical Physics.[2]
[edit] List of Awardees
- 1978 Eugene Wigner
- 1978 Valentine Bargmann
- 1980 Israel Gel'fand
- 1982 Louis Michel
- 1984 Yuval Ne'eman
- 1986 Feza Gürsey
- 1988 Isadore Singer
- 1990 Francesco Iachello
- 1992 Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino
- 1996 Victor Kac and Robert Moody
- 1998 Marcos Moshinsky
- 2000 Lochlainn O’Raifeartaigh
- 2002 Harry Jeannot Lipkin
- 2004 Erdal Inonu
- 2006 Susumu Okubo
[edit] References
- ^ The Wigner Medal Bylaws. The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
- ^ The Wigner Medal. The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
