Acharius Medal
David J. Galloway
in 2008The Acharius Medal is awarded by the International Association for Lichenology (IAL) for lifetime achievement in lichenology.[1] The organization resolved at its 1990 meeting that it would simultaneously honor professional achievement and commemorate Erik Acharius (recognized as the "Father of Lichenology") by presenting a medal in his name.[2]
The first Acharius Medal was made in 1846 by the
dies for the original medal, the IAL arranged for new medals to be made.[3] The first of the new medals were awarded in that same year (1992) at the association's congress in Båstad, Sweden.[4]
The medal
The medal is silver, with Acharius' profile on one side and the recipient's name on the other.
Recipients
Source:[1]
2021:
2018:
2016:
- Thomas George Allan Green
- Josef Hafellner
- Bruce McCune
2014:
2012:
2010:
- Brian J. Coppins
- Thomas Hawkes Nash
2008:
- David J. Galloway
- Hannes Hertel
- Rosmarie Honegger
2006:
- Mark R. D. Seaward
2004:
2003
- David C. Smith
2002:
- David L. Hawksworth
2000:
1996:
1994:
1992:
- Dharani Dhar Awasthi
- Chicita F. Culberson
- William L. Culberson
- Gunnar Degelius
- Aino Henssen
- Peter Wilfred James
- Hildur Krog
- Otto Ludwig Lange
- Josef Poelt
- Rolf Santesson
- John W. Thomson
- Hans Trass
- Antonin Vězda
See also
References
- ^ a b "Acharius Medal". International Association of Lichenology. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Seaward, MRD (1991). "Meeting of IAL, 30 August 1990" (PDF). International Lichenological Newsletter. 24 (1): 12. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Council reports for the period 1987–1992 presented on the IAL General Meeting in Hemmeslöv near Båstad, Sweden, 3 September 1992: Secretary's report" (PDF). International Lichenological Newsletter. Vol. 25, no. 3. December 1992. p. 63. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ISBN 978-3-443-58074-2.