Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Awardees Year Recipient Presenter 1960 Ernest O. Lawrence Edward Teller, Ph.D. 1961 The Becquerel-Curie Georg Charles de Hevesy, Ph.D. Memorial Lecture 1962 Joseph Hamilton & Bertram Low-Beer Glenn T. Seaborg, Ph.D. 1963 Enrico Fermi, Ph.D. Emilio Segre, Ph.D. 1964 Lord Rutherford of Nelson Norman Hilberry, Ph.D. 1965 Geoacchino Failla, Ph.D. Edith H. Quimby, Ph.D. 1966 Otto Hahn, Ph.D. Kasimir, Fajans, Ph.D. 1967 Gilbert N. Lewis, Ph.D. Willard F. Libby, Ph.D. 1968 Pioneers of the 1930’s Gordon Lee Brownell, Ph.D. 1969 Herrman Blumgart, M.D. Marshall Brucer, M.D. 1970 John J. Lawrence, M.D. Joseph F. Ross, M.D. 1971 Glenn T. Seaborg, Ph.D. Charles Dunham, M.D. 1972 Frederick & Irene Joiliot Curie Francis Perrin, Ph.D. 1973 Lise Meitner, Ph.D. Otto Frisch, Ph.D. 1974 Hal O. Anger William G. Myers, M.D., Ph.D. 1975 George V. Taplin, M.D. Henry N. Wagner, Jr., M.D. 1976 David E. Kuhl, M.D. Frederick J. Bonte, M.D. 1977 Those who took part in the “Chicago Pile” experience (1942) Harold M. Agnew 1978 Benedict Cassen, Ph.D. Joseph F. Ross, M.D. 1979 Georg Charles de Hevesy, Ph.D. William G. Myers, M.D., Ph.D. 1980 Merrill Bender, M.D. and Monte Blau, Ph.D. C. Craig Harris, M.S. 1981 William G. Myers, Ph.D., M.D. Henry N. Wagner, Jr., M.D. 1982 William H. Beierwaltes, M.D. Thomas P. Haynie, III, M.D. 1983 None 1984 Henry N. Wagner, Jr., M.D. S. James Adelstein, M.D., Ph.D. 1985 Michel M. Ter-Pergossian, Ph.D. Ronald G. Evens, M.D. 1986 Solomon A. Berson, M.D. and William G. Myers, M.D., Ph.D. Rosallyn S. Yalow, Ph.D. 1987 Eugene L. Saenger, M.D. Henry N. Wellman, M.D. 1988 Louis Sokoloff, M.D., and Seymour S. Kety, M.D. David E. Kuhl, M.D. 1989 John G. McAfee, M.D. Gopal Subramanian, Ph.D. 1990 Niels A. Lassen, M.D. Andrew E. Todd-Pokropek, Ph.D. 1991 Alfred P. Wolf, Ph.D. Joanna S. Fowler, Ph.D. 1992 Michael J. Welch, Ph.D. William C. Eckelman, Ph.D. 1993 C. Craig Harris, M.S. R. Edward Coleman, M.D. 1994 Paul Harper, M.D. Alexander Gottschalk, M.D. 1995 Frederick J. Bonte, M.D. James W. Fletcher, M.D. Paul V. Harper, M.D. Tyra T. Hutchens, M.D. Ralph M. Kniseley, M.D. David E. Kuhl, M.D. Richard E. Peterson, M.D. Joseph F. Ross, M.D. W. Newlon Tauxe, M.D. Henry N. Wagner, M.D. Merril Bender, M.D.* Richard King, M.D.* Joseph Kriss, M.D.* * Deceased 1996 Thomas F. Budinger, M.D., Ph.D. Tom R. Miller, M.D., Ph.D. 1997 William C. Eckelman, Ph.D. Michael J. Welch, M.D. 1998 Nagara Tamaki, M.D. H. William Strauss, M.D. Heinrich R. Schelbert, M.D., Ph.D. 1999 S. James Adelstein, M.D., Ph.D. Barbara J. MacNeil, M.D., Ph.D. 2000 Mathew L. Thakur, Ph.D. Carol S. Marcus, M.D., Ph.D. 2001 Gerd Muehllehner, Ph.D. Joel S. Karp, Ph.D. 2002 H. William Strauss, M.D. Heinrich R. Schelbert, M.D., Ph.D. 2003 Barry A. Siegel, M.D. Michael J. Welch, Ph.D. 2004 Abass Alavi, M.D. Gerald L. Denardo, M.D. 2005 Steven M. Larson, M.D. Mathew L. Thakur, Ph.D. 2006 Walter Wolf, Ph.D. Aaron B. Brill, M.D., Ph.D. 2007 R. Edward Coleman, MD Timothy Turkington, PhD 2008 Peter J. Ell, MD, PhD Ignasi Carrio, MD 2009 Alun G. Jones, PhD James S. Adelstein, MD, PhD Michael J. Abrams, PhD Alan Davison, PhD 2010 Bengt R. Langstrom, PhD David M. Goldenberg, ScD, MD 2011 Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, PhD Michael Phelps, PhD 2012 Daniel S. Berman, MD Jack Ziffer, MD, PhD 2013 S. Ted Treves, MD S. James Adelstein 2014 N. David Charkes, MD Leon S. Malmud, MD 2015 Michael E. Phelps, MD Johannes Czernin, MD 2016 Ross McDougall, MB, ChB, PhD George M. Segall, MD 2017 Joanna S. Fowler, PhD Nora D. Volkow, MD 2018 Richard H. Wahl, MD Barry A. Siegel, MD .