AGU - Harry H. Hess Medal

Organization: American Geophysical Union

President of the Geodesy Section from 1950 to 1953 and the Tectonophysics Section from 1956 to 1959, Harry H. Hess made many contributions to geology, mineralogy, and geophysics. The medal named for him was established in 1984 to honor outstanding achievements in research of the constitution and evolution of Earth and sister planets. Gerald J. Wasserburg was the first recipient of the Hess Medal, which is given not more often than annually.