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Joseph A. Burton Forum Award

To recognize outstanding contributions to the public understanding or resolution of issues involving the interface of physics and society. The award consists of $3,000, a certificate citing the contributions of the recipient, and an allowance for travel to the meeting of the Society at which the award is presented. It will be awarded annually.

Deadline: Thursday, July 1, 2010

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2010 Recipients:

Abdul Nayyar
Sustainable Development Policy Institute

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Pervez Hoodbhoy
Quaid-e-Azam University

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Past Recipients:

2009:	Patricia Lewis
2008:	Pierre Goldschmidt
2007:	Matthew G. Bunn
2006:	David Albright
2005:	Lawrence Maxwell Krauss
2004:	Peter Zimmerman
2003:	Melba Newell Phillips
2002:	Adrian Melott
2001:	David C. Wright George Lewis Lisbeth D. Gronlund
2000:	Steve Fetter
1998:	Freeman John Dyson Robert Lee Park
1997:	Martin Gardiner
1996:	Kevin Aylesworth
1995:	John P. Holdren
1994:	Gary Taubes
1993:	Harvey Brooks
1992:	Luis Pinguelli Rosa, Alberto Ridner, Fernando de Sousa Barros, and Luis Masperi
1991:	Victor F. Weisskopf
1990:	Richard Wilson

1989:	James Randi
1988:	Ashton B. Carter
1987:	Richard A. Scribner
1986:	Spurgeon Keany, Jr.
1984:	Mike Casper
1983:	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
1982:	Philip Morrison
1980:	William Shurcliff
1979:	Jeremy Stone
1978:	Theodore Taylor
1977:	Joel Primack and Frank von Hippel
1976:	Herbert York
1975:	Science News and Comments Staff
1974:	Ralph Lapp

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Joseph A. Burton Forum Award