The Rittenhouse Medal is awarded by the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society for outstanding achievement in the science of Astronomy.[1] The medal was one of those originally minted to commemorate the Bi-Centenary of the birth of David Rittenhouse on April 8, 1932. In 1952 the Society decided to establish a silver medal to be awarded to astronomers for noteworthy achievement in astronomical science. The silver medal is cast from the die (obverse) used for the Bi-Centennial Rittenhouse Medal.

Year Recipient Affiliation
Certificate Medal
1933Frank SchlesingerDirector Yale Observatory
1934Robert G. AitkenDirector Lick Observatory
1935Harlow ShapleyMount Wilson Observatory
1936Robert McMathDirector McMath-Hulbert Observatory
1937Armin O. LeuschnerBerkley Astronomical Department
1938Knut LundmarkProfessor of Astronomy, University of Lund, Sweden
1940Gustavus Wynne CookDirector Cook Observatory
1940John A. MillerDirector Emeritus, Sproul Observatory
1943Forest Ray MoultonSecretary, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1943Samuel FelsPhilanthropist and Donor of Fels Planetarium
Silver Medal
1952Gerard P. KuiperDirector Yerkes Observatory
1953Harlow ShapleyDirector Harvard Observatory
1954Otto StruvePresident International Astronomical Union
1955Harold Spencer JonesAstronomer Royal of England
1958Lyman Spitzer, Jr.Director Princeton University Observatory
1959Bengt StromgrenProfessor; Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
1960Fred HoylePlumian Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge University
1961Cecilia Payne-GaposchkinProfessor Harvard University
1965Peter Van De KampDirector Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore College
1966Martin SchwarzschildProfessor; Princeton University
1967Helen Sawyer HoggHarvard Observatory
1968Allan Sandage
1980Carl Sagan
1988Carolyn Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker
1990Clyde Tombaugh

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References

  1. "Rittenhouse Astronomical Society Medal recipients". Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
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