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The Wigner Medal, is an award designed "to recognize outstanding contributions to the understanding of physics through Group Theory". The Wigner Medal is administered by The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation, a publicly supported organization. Donations are tax deductible as provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code, a federal code of the United States.

The award was first presented in 1978 to Eugene Wigner, and was first awarded at the Integrative Conference on Group Theory and Mathematical Physics.

List of Awardees

  • 1978 Eugene Wigner
  • 1978 Valentine Bargmann
  • 1980 Israel Gel'fand
  • 1982 Louis Michel
  • 1984 Yuval Ne'eman
  • 1986 Feza Gürsey
  • 1988 Isadore Singer
  • 1990 Francesco Iachello
  • 1992 Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino
  • 1994 not assigned
  • 1996 Victor Kac and Robert Moody
  • 1998 Marcos Moshinsky
  • 2000 Lochlainn O’Raifeartaigh
  • 2002 Harry Jeannot Lipkin
  • 2004 Erdal İnönü
  • 2006 Susumu Okubo
  • 2008 not assigned
  • 2010 Michio Jimbo
  • 2012 C. Alden Mead
  • 2014 Joshua Zak
  • 2016 Bertram Kostant
  • References

    Wigner Medal Wikipedia


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