********************************************************** From: Setsuya Nakada <nakada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ********************************************************** Dear IAVCEI members: I am Setsuya Nakada, serving as the new president of IAVCEI since the Perugia meeting. The Awards Committee, chaired by me, invites nomination for the Thorarinsson, Wager and Krafft medals and George Walker Awards for the next General Assembly (Iceland in August 2008). Awards Committee members - Charlie Bacon (USA) - Don Dingwell (Germany) - Setsuya Nakada (Japan, Chair) - Hazel Rymer (UK) - Claus Siebe (Mexico) Nomination packages for all medals and awards should include: (1) a formal nomination letter, not to exceed three pages, (2) a curriculum vitae, and (3) at least three supporting letters originating from different institutions (two such letters are sufficient for the George Walker Awards). * A document certifying the age of the candidate is needed for the Wager Medal. * Certification of the date when the Ph.D. was awarded is needed for the George Walker Awards. Nomination packages are due December 15, 2007 to the IAVCEI Awards Committee, c/o Setsuya Nakada (nakada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan). They should be sent by e-mail (as PDF or DOC documents). A single hard copy of certificates and recommendation letters should also be sent by mail. [THORARINSSON MEDAL] The Thorarinsson Medal honors the memory of Professor Sigurdur Thorarinsson who was born on January 8, 1912, in Vopnafjordur, eastern Iceland, and died in Reykjavik on February 8, 1983. Professor Thorarinsson is known for his pioneering work in volcanology, especially tephrochronology of Iceland. The medal was donated by the Iceland Geoscience Society. The medal is the most senior medal of IAVCEI. It is given every four years at the IAVCEI General Assembly to a scientist of outstanding distinction who made fundamental contributions to research in volcanology. [WAGER MEDAL] The Wager Medal honors the memory of Professor Lawrence Rickard Wager of the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, who was born in 1904 and died in 1965. Professor Wager is best known for the discovery of the Skaergaard layered intrusion and the first detailed structural, mineralogical and petrological study of such intrusions. The medal is given every two years to a single scientist under the age of 40 (see below) who has made outstanding contributions to volcanology, particularly in the eight-year period prior to the Awards. Candidates must be under the age of 40 on the 31 of December of the year preceding the IAVCEI meeting at which the award is made. [KRAFFT MEDAL] The Krafft Medal honors the memory of Katia Krafft (1942-1991) and Maurice Krafft (1946-1991) who were killed while photographing a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, Japan in 1991. The Kraffts were pioneers in filming, photographing and recording volcanoes. The medal is co-sponsored by the Krafft family. The Krafft Medal is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to volcanology through service to the scientific community or to communities threatened by volcanic activity. The Krafft Medal honors those who have shown altruism and dedication to the humanitarian and applied sides of volcanology and those who have made selfless contributions to the volcanological community. [GEORGE WALKER AWARDS] The George Walker Awards honor the memory of Professor George Walker, FRS, who was born on March 2, 1926 and died on January 17, 2005. Professor Walker's discoveries pioneered a modern quantitative approach to physical volcanology and greatly accelerated understanding of volcanic processes. The awards are supported by the George Walker Fund. The awards recognize the achievements of two outstanding recent graduates in the fields of research encompassed by IAVCEI. One of the awards recognizes a recent graduate whose achievements in volcanology involved operating in difficult circumstances. The awards are open to IAVCEI members who received their Ph.D. up to two years before the previous deadline (this time: after 31 December 2002). The winners will receive a certificate, a cash award, free registration at the General Assembly where the award will be made and an invitation to deliver a lecture at that General Assembly. *The decisions of committee will be announced to the winners and their nominators shortly before the deadline of abstract submission for 2008 General Assembly (February 2008). The citation and acceptance speeches will be delivered during the General Assembly, and will be published in the IAVCEI newsletters. Note: deadline of this submission in IAVCEI home page may be incorrect. It will be renewed soon. *** Deadline is December 15, 2007 *** Sincerely, Setsuya Nakada President of IAVCEI ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
