Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award

G. Jeffrey Taylor, Professor in the Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, University of Hawai’i (Manoa), was presented the 2011 Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award at the annual NASA Lunar Science Forum in July 2011. Go here.

Stuart Ross Taylor has been selected to receive the Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award for 2012. He is Emeritus Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University. He will be presented the medal at the annual NASA Lunar Science Forum in July 2012. Go Here.

The Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Medal is an annual award given to a scientist who has significantly contributed to the field of lunar science throughout the course of their scientific career. The first Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award was given posthumously to Gene Shoemaker and presented to his wife Carolyn Shoemaker. The award includes a medal with the Shakespearian quote “And he will make the face of heaven so fine, that all the world will be in love with night.”