Enrico Fermi Award

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 2022 Darleane Hoffman 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

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.

Enrico Fermi Award