Reginald Fessenden Award (formerly Medal Award)
The Reginald Fessenden Award is given to a person who has made a specific technical contribution to exploration geophysics, such as an invention or a theoretical or conceptual advancement, which, in the opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Board of Directors, merits special recognition. Return to SEG Honors and Awards.
Recipients of the Reginald Fessenden Award
- 2022 Yike Liu
- 2022 Kamini Singha
- 2021 Estella A. Atekwana
- 2021 Boris Gurevich
- 2021 Chengbo Li
- 2020 Felix J. Herrmann
- 2020 Charles C. Mosher
- 2020 Faqi Liu
- 2020 Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte
- 2020 Evert Slob
- 2019 Luis Alonso Gallardo
- 2019 Max A. Meju
- 2018 John Parker Burg
- 2018 Necati Gülünay
- 2017 Andrew Curtis
- 2016 Sheng Xu
- 2016 Gilles Lambaré
- 2016 William Nicholas Goodway
- 2016 Steven Constable
- 2015 Heloise Lynn
- 2014 Yi Luo
- 2014 Svein Vaage (posthumous)
- 2014 Rune Tenghamn
- 2014 Claes Nicolai Borresen
- 2013 Dan Kosloff
- 2012 Xianhuai Zhu
- 2012 Jie Zhang
- 2011 Norman Daniel Whitmore, Jr.
- 2010 Samuel Gray
- 2010 Arthur Benjamin Weglein
- 2009 Keeva Vozoff
- 2008 Paul M. Krail
- 2008 Dwight V. Sukup
- 2007 Paul C. Sava
- 2006 Dan Hampson
- 2005 Matthew L. Greenberg
- 2005 John P. Castagna
- 2004 Biondo L. Biondi
- 2003 Kurt-Martin Strack
- 2002 P.M. (Maurice) Gidlow
- 2002 George C. Smith
- 2001 no award
- 2000 Robert E. Howard
- 1999 John J. Sallas
- 1999 James E. Rickenbacker
- 1998 Roy C. Johnston
- 1998 Robert J. Loofbourrow
- 1998 James Vanderford
- 1998 E.R. (Harry) Harrison
- 1998 Elmer Eisner
- 1998 Donald L. Howlett
- 1998 Ben F. Giles
- 1997 Jean P. Morlet
- 1996 Luis L. Canales
- 1995 Derecke Palmer
- 1994 Donald W. Rockwell
- 1993 Leon Thomsen
- 1992 no award
- 1991 no award
- 1990 Vaino Ronka
- 1989 Reinhard K. Bortfeld
- 1988 no award
- 1987 John H. Koonce
- 1987 Byron L. Gariepy
- 1986 T. R. Madden
- 1985 Ralph A. Harris
- 1984 Richard N. Jolly
- 1984 Franklyn K. Levin
- 1983 Harold A. Sears
- 1982 E. V. McCollum
- 1981 Haines C. Hibbard
- 1980 R. H. Stolt
- 1979 Peter Hubral
- 1978 J. W. Miller
- 1977 Norman H. Ricker
- 1976 Leroy C. Paslay
- 1975 Victor Vacquier
- 1974 Sam P. Worden
- 1973 Jon F. Claerbout
- 1972 W. D. Mounce
- 1971 R. A. Broding
- 1971 G. C. Summers
- 1971 C. B. Vogel
- 1969 Sven Treitel
- 1969 Enders A. Robinson
- 1968 no award
- 1967 William E. N. Doty
- 1967 Milford R. Lee
- 1967 John M. Crawford
- 1966 no award
- 1965 W. Harry Mayne
- 1964 no award
- 1963 no award
- 1962 no award
- 1961 Raoul Vajk
- 1961 Beno Gutenberg (posthumous)
