
William Hartmann
Senior Scientist Emeritus
Honors and Awards
Minor Planet 3341 Hartmann
1966, Nininger Meteorite Award for work on lunar and terrestrial cratering
1998, First recipient of Carl Sagan Medal from American Astronomical Society for popular writing and astronomical paintings
2002, Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2002, Co-winner of the Runcorn-Florensky Medal from the European Geophysics Society, for work on Mars cratering chronology
2002, Lucien Rudaux Memorial Award from the International Association of Astronomical Artists, for lifetime contributions to astronomical art
2004, G.K. Gilbert Award from the Geological Society of America for outstanding contributions to the solution of fundamental problems in planetary geology
2007, Election to International Academy of Astronautics as Corresponding Member in the Social Sciences section, in recognition of astronomical artwork and writing
2010, Recipient of Barringer Medal from the Meteoritical Society for research into impact craters, discovery of the Orientale Basin on the moon, work on lunar origin theory, etc.
2013, Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal, from NASA Ames’s Solar System Exploration Virtual Institute