Enrico Fermi Award
Recognizing scientists, engineers, and science policy makers for a lifetime of achievement in the field of nuclear energy
On November 16, 1954, President Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission honored Enrico Fermi with a special award for his lifetime of accomplishments in physics and, in particular, for his vital role in the development of atomic energy. Highly accomplished in both theory and experiment, Enrico Fermi was a 1938 recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics, and is widely regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 20th century.
Established in 1956, the Enrico Fermi Award is a presidential award and is one of the oldest and most prestigious science and technology honors bestowed by the U.S. Government. It is given to encourage excellence in research in energy science and technology benefiting mankind, to recognize scientists and engineers, and to inspire people of all ages to explore new scientific and technological horizons.
For additional information, visit the DOE Enrico Fermi Award website.
The Enrico Fermi Award represents a lifetime of achievement in the field of nuclear energy. The recipients noted below spent a part or all of their career at Los Alamos.
Recipients
2009
Siegfried S. Hecker (co-recipient: John B. Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin)
1990
George A. Cowan (co-recipient: Robley D. Evans, MIT)
1988
Victor F. Weisskopf (co-recipient: Richard B. Setlow, BNL)
1987
Luis Alvarez (co-recipient: Gerald F. Tape of Cornell, MIT, and BNL)
1985
Marshall Rosenbluth (co-recipient: Norman Rasmussen, MIT)
1984
Robert R. Wilson (co-recipient: George Vendryes, France)
1982
Herbert L. Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer (co-recipients)
1978
Harold M. Agnew (co-recipient: Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, SLAC)
1970
Norris E. Bradbury
1963
J. Robert Oppenheimer
1962
Edward Teller
1961
Hans A. Bethe
1956
John von Neumann