Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award
The Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award, informally known as the Mary Soper Pope Medal, was awarded by the Cranbrook Institute of Science of Detroit, Michigan, for notable achievement in plant sciences.[1] It was inaugurated in 1946, and the last award was in 1970. The medal itself was designed by sculptor Marshall Fredericks.[2]
Recipients
[edit]- 1946 Frans Verdoorn[3]
- 1947 Charles C. Deam[4]
- 1948 William Vogt[5]
- 1949 Jens Christian Clausen, David D. Keck, and William Hiesey[4]
- 1950 David D. Keck[6]
- 1951 Martín Cárdenas[4]
- 1952 Emma Lucy Braun[4]
- 1954 Irving Widmer Bailey[7]
- 1959 Kenneth Neatby[4]
- 1962 Edmund H. Fulling[4]
- 1964 Edgar T. Wherry[8]
- 1966 Hally Jolivette Sax and Karl Sax[4]
- 1969 Stanley A. Cain[4]
- 1970 William Campbell Steere[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States and Canada, 6th ed. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1955, p. 158.
- ^ Walter, Clare. Winners: The Blue Ribbon Encyclopedia of Awards. Facts on File, 1982, p. 451.
- ^ "Dr. Frans Verdoorn". Nature 158, (14 December 1946), 866-866.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Cranbrook Institute of Science Director's Papers". Cranbrook website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016.
- ^ William Vogt Papers, CONS76, Conservation Collection, The Denver Public Library. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016.
- ^ "David D. Keck Records". New York Botanical Gardens, Mertz Library website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016.
- ^ Biographical Memoirs, vol. 45. National Academy of Sciences, Office of the Home Secretary, 1974, p. 41.
- ^ "Edgar Theodore Wherry". USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016.
