James B. Macelwane Medal
The James B. Macelwane Medal is awarded annually by the American Geophysical Union to three to five early career scientists. It is named after James B. Macelwane, a Jesuit priest and one of the pioneers of seismology. The medal is regarded as the highest honor for young scientists in the field of Geological and Planetary Sciences.
Medal recipients{{Cite web|url=https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Union-Medals/James-B-Macelwane-Medal|title=James B. Macelwane Medal AGU|website=www.agu.org|access-date=2020-01-08}}
Source:| Year | Recipient |
| 2019 | Amir AghaKouchak, Anton Artemyev, Emily V. Fischer, Francis A. Macdonald, Erik van Sebille |
| 2018 | Steven J. Davis; Walter W. Immerzeel; Isaac R. Santos; Drew L. Turner; Caroline Ummenhofer |
| 2017 | Yan Lavallée; Wen Li; Tiffany A. Shaw; Michael P. Lamb; Robert E. Kopp |
| 2016 | Andy Hooper; Appy Sluijs; Gabriele Villarini; Maureen D. Long; Toshi Nishimura |
| 2015 | Paul Cassak; Bethany L. Ehlmann; Colette L. Heald; Matthew G. Jackson; Katharine Maher |
| 2014 | Rajdeep Dasgupta; Christian Frankenberg; J. Taylor Perron; David Shuster; Jessica Tierney |
| 2013 | Jesse Kroll; Motohiko Murakami; Sonia I. Seneviratne; |
| 2012 | David Richard Shelly; Gabriel J. Bowen; Josef Dufek; |
| 2011 | Tanja Bosak; Nicolas Dauphas; Arlene Fiore; Adam Maloof; Christian Schoof |
| 2010 | David B. Lobell; Rosalind E. Rickaby; Jasper A. Vrugt |
| 2009 | Peter J. Huybers; Miaki Ishii; Benjamin P. Weiss |
| 2008 | James Badro; Emily E. Brodsky; Diane E. Pataki |
| 2007 | Amy C. Clement; Jeanne Hardebeck; Francis Nimmo |
| 2006 | Daniel J. Frost; Jerry Goldstein; Jun Korenaga |
| 2005 | Paul Asimow; A. Hope Jahren; James T. Randerson |
| 2004 | Robin M. Canup; Daniel Sigman; David W. J. Thompson |
| 2003 | Kurt M. Cuffey; Guido Salvucci; Lianxing Wen |
| 2002 | George Katul; John M. Eiler; Michael Manga |
| 2001 | Vassilis Angelopoulos; Daniel P. Schrag; Azadeh Tabazadeh |
| 2000 | Scott Doney ; Erik Hauri ; Quentin Williams |
| 1999 | Jeroen Tromp; Rainer Hollerbach ; Kenneth A. Farley |
| 1998 | Tuija I. Pulkkinen ; Lars P. Stixrude ; |
| 1997 | Edouard Bard; Marc Parlange; Robert van der Hilst |
| 1996 | David Bercovici ; Dara Entekhabi ; David Roy Hanson |
| 1995 | Stephen Fuselier ; Jonathan I. Lunine; Jason Phipps Morgan |
| 1994 | Jeremy Bloxham; Daniel J. Jacob ; John E. Vidale |
| 1993 | Michael Gurnis; David J. McComas ; Margaret A. Tolbert |
| 1992 | Eric Kunze; David G. Sibeck ; Terry C. Wallace |
| 1991 | Thomas A. Herring ; Roderic L. Jones ; Thorne Lay |
| 1990 | Steven M. Gorelick ; Paul Segall ; Ellen R.M. Druffel |
| 1989 | Richard G. Gordon ; Seth A. Stein ; William R. Young |
| 1988 | Douglas R. MacAyeal ; Marcia McNutt; Kevin B. Quest |
| 1987 | J. Leslie Smith ; Toshio Terasawa ; Mary Lou Zoback |
| 1986 | Bradford H. Hager ; Edward M. Stolper ; Robert A. Weller |
| 1985 | William H. Matthaeus ; Susan Solomon ; John M. Wahr |
| 1984 | Mary K. Hudson ; Raymond Jeanloz ; John H. Woodhouse |
| 1983 | William L. Chameides ; Donald J. DePaolo ; Thomas H. Jordan |
| 1982 | Rafael L. Bras ; Donald W. Forsyth; Steven C. Wofsy |
| 1981 | Ronald G. Prinn; David J. Southwood; Donald J. Weidner |
| 1980 | Lawrence Grossman ; Thomas Westfall Hill ; Norman H. Sleep |
| 1979 | Ralph J. Cicerone ; Michael C. Kelley ; R. Keith O'Nions |
| 1978 | John M. Edmond ; Thomas E. Holzer |
| 1977 | Paul G. Richards ; Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe; Christopher T. Russell |
| 1976 | John S. Lewis ; Kurt Lambeck; Robert L. Parker |
| 1975 | Dan McKenzie; Vytenis M. Vasyliunas ; Gerald Schubert |
| 1974 | Amos M. Nur |
| 1973 | R. Allan Freeze |
| 1972 | John Michael Wallace |
| 1971 | Carl I. Wunsch |
| 1970 | Lynn R. Sykes |
| 1969 | Richard S. Lindzen |
| 1968 | Michael B. McElroy |
| 1967 | Manik Talwani |
| 1966 | Don L. Anderson |
| 1965 | Gordon J. F. MacDonald |
| 1964 | Klaus F. Hasselmann |
| 1963 | Alexander J. Dessler |
| 1962 | James N. Brune |