Leo Szilard Lectureship Award
The Leo Szilard Lectureship Award (originally called the Leo Szilard Award) is given annually by the American Physical Society (APS) for "outstanding accomplishments by physicists in promoting the use of physics for the benefit of society". It is given internationally in commemoration of physicist Leo Szilard. It is often awarded to physicists early in their careers who are active in areas such as environmental issues, arms control, or science policy. the recipient is given $3,000 plus $2,000 travel expenses and is expected to lecture at an APS meeting and at educational or research laboratories, to promote awareness of their activities. Recipients The award is given yearly and was first presented in 1974. 1974 David R. Inglis 1975 Bernard T. Feld 1976 Richard Garwin 1977 not awarded 1978 Matthew Meselson 1979 Sherwood Rowland 1980 Sidney Drell 1981 Henry Way Kendall, Hans Bethe 1982 Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky 1983 Andrei Sakharov 1984 Kosta Tsipis 1985 James B. Pollack, O. Brian Toon, Thomas P. Ackerman, Richard P. Turco, Carl Sagan, John W. Birks, Paul J. Crutzen 1986 Arthur Rosenfeld 1987 Thomas B. Cochran 1988 Robert H. Williams 1989 Anthony Nero 1990 Theodore Postol 1991 John H. Gibbons 1992 Kurt Gottfried 1993 Ray Kidder,