The Kirk Bryan Award is the annual award of the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division of the Geological Society of America. It is named after Kirk Bryan, a pioneer in geomorphology of arid regions. The award was established in 1951 and is bestowed upon the author or authors of a published paper of distinction advancing the science of geomorphology or some related field.
List of recipients
2025 Alan Nelson, Christopher B. DuRoss, Robert C. Witter, Harvey M. Kelsey, Simon E. Engelhart, Shannon A. Mahan, Harrison J. Gray, Andrea D. Hawkes, Benjamin P. Horton, Jason S. Padgett 2024 Evan Dethier, Carl E. Renshaw, Francis Magilligan 2023 Simon L. Pendleton, Gifford H. Miller, Nathaniel Lifton, Scott J. Lehman, John Southon, Sarah E. Crump, and Robert S. Anderson 2022 Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Samantha Krause, Tom Guderjan, Fred Valdez Jr, Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz, Sara Eshleman, and Colin Doyle 2021 Maureen H. Walczak, Alan C. Mix, Ellen A. Cowan, Stewart Fallon, L. Keith Fifield, Jay R. Alder, Jianghui Du, Brian Haley, Tim Hobern, June Padman, Summer K. Praetorius, Andreas Schmittner, Joseph S. Stoner, and Sarah D. Zellers 2020 Martha Cary "Missy" Eppes and Russ Keanini 2018 Karen B Gran, Noah Finnegan, Andrea L. Johnson, Patrick Belmont, Chad Wittkop 2017 Les McFadden 2016 Chris Goldfinger, C. Hans Nelson, Ann E. Morey, Joel E. Johnson, Jason R. Patton, Eugene Karabanov, Julia Gutiérrez-Pastor, Andrew T. Eriksson, Eulàlia Gràcia, Gita Dunhill, Randolph J. Enkin, Audrey Dallimore, and Tracy Vallier 2015 Daniel Muhs, Kathleen Simmons, Randall Schumann, Lindsey Groves, Jerry Mitrovica, DeAnna Laurel 2014 John C. Ridge, Greg Balco, Robert L. Bayless, Catherine C. Beck, Laura B. Carter, Jody L. Dean, Emily B. Voytek and Jeremy H. Wei 2013 P.K. House, P.A. Pearthree, and M.E. Perkins 2012 Neal R. Iverson, Thomas S. Hooyer, Jason F. Thomason, Matt Graesch, and Jacqueline R. Shumway 2011 Robert C. Walter and Dorothy J. Merritts 2010 Rolfe D. Mandel 2009 Ellen Wohl 2008 Jon J. Major 2007 Marith Cady Reheis, A.M. Sarna-Wojcicki, R.L. Reynolds, C.A. Repenning, and M.D. Mifflin 2006 David R. Montgomery 2005 John C. Gosse and Fred M. Phillips 2004 Stephen C. Porter 2003 Michael R. Waters, and C. Vance Haynes 2002 Frank J. Pazzaglia and Mark T. Brandon 2001 Richard M. Iverson 2000 Brian Atwater and Eileen Hemphill-Haley 1999 William L. Graf 1998 Vance T. Holliday 1997 Grant A. Meyer, Stephen G. Wells, and A.J. Timothy Jull 1996 Roger T. Saucier 1995 James E. O'Connor 1994 Arthur N. Palmer 1993 William B. Bull 1992 R. Dale Guthrie 1991 Milan J. Pavich 1990 Arthur S. Dyke and Victor K. Prest 1989 Kevin M. Scott 1988 Peter W. Birkeland 1987 Richard B. Waitt 1986 Ronald I. Dorn and Theodore M. Oberlander 1985 No award given 1984 Steven M. Colman 1983 Leland H. Gile, John W. Hawley, Robert B. Grossman 1982 Kenneth L. Pierce 1981 J. Ross Mackay 1980 James A. Clark, William E. Farrell, and W. Richard Peltier 1979 Stanley A. Schumm 1978 Richard L. Hay 1977 Michael A. Church 1976 Geoffrey S. Boulton 1975 James B. Benedict 1974 Robert V. Ruhe 1973 John T. Andrews 1972 Dwight R. Crandell 1971 A. Lincoln Washburn 1970 Harold E. Malde 1969 Ronald L. Shreve 1968 David M. Hopkins 1967 Clyde A. Wahrhaftig 1966 Charles S. Denny 1965 Gerald M. Richmond 1964 Robert P. Sharp 1963 Arthur H. Lachenbruch 1962 Anders Rapp 1961 John T. Hack 1960 John F. Nye 1959 Jack L. Hough 1958 Luna B. Leopold and Thomas J. Maddock Jr.
See also
List of geology awards Prizes named after people
References
http://rock.geosociety.org/qgg/