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James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

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To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in the science and application of new materials. This shall include the discovery of new classes of materials, the observation of novel phenomena in known materials leading to both fundamentally new applications and scientific insights, and shall also include theoretical and experimental work contributing significantly to the understanding of such phenomena. The prize consists of $7,500 plus a certificate citing the contribution of the recipient and an allowance for travel to the meeting of the Society at which the award is presented. It is awarded annually.

Deadline: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 

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2008 Recipients:

Arthur F. Hebard
University of Florida

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Jun Akimitsu
Aoyama-Gakuin University

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Robert C. Haddon
University of California, Riverside

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 Past Recipients:
2007: Arthur J. Epstein
Joel S. Miller
2006: Alex Zettl
Hongjie Dai
2005: Yoshinori Tokura
2004: Loren Pfeiffer
2003: Charles M. Lieber
2002: Donald S. Bethune
Sumio Iijima
2001: Arthur Charles Gossard
2000: M. Brian Maple
1999: Eugene E. Haller
Thomas Richard Anthony
1994: Peter Grünberg, Albert Fert, Stuart Parkin
1993: Gordon C. Osbourn
1992: Robert E. Curl, Harold W. Kroto and Richard E. Smalley
1991: Francis J. DiSalvo, Jr. and Frederic Holtzberg
1990: James L. Smith, Hans R. Ott, Frank Steglich and Zachary Fisk
1989: J.B. MacChesney, R.D. Maurer and K.C. Kao
1988: J. Georg Bednorz, C. (Paul) Chu and K. Alex Muller
1987: Dan Schechtman
1986: John Croat, Jan Herbst, Norman C. Koon and Masato Sagawa
1985: Leroy L. Chang, Leo Esaki and Raphael Tsu
1984: J.P. Remeika
1983: David Turnbull
1982: John R. Arthur, Jr. and Alfred Y. Cho
1981: LeGrand G. van Uitert
1980: Pol E. Duwez and William Klement, Jr
1979: J. Eugene Kunzler, Bernd T. Matthias and John K. Hulm
1978: J.H. Sinfelt
1977: Francis Bundy, H. Tracy Hall, Herbert Strong and Robert H. Wentoff, Jr
1976: William G. Pfann and Henry C. Theurer
1975: Heinrich Welker
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