This society gives the Hubbard Medal, named for its first president , for exploration, discovery & research
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Hubbard Medal - Wikipedia  The Hubbard Medal is awarded by the National Geographic Society for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research. The medal is named for Gardiner Greene Hubbard, first National Geographic Society president.
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Leading American society celebrates 125th birthday - Gulf Times  Gardiner Greene Hubbard became its first president and his son-in-law, Alexander ... Over the years, the Society has sponsored many scientific research and exploration. ... It gives grants to educational organisations and individuals to improve ... The medal is named for Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the first NGS president.
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Meave Leakey and Nainoa Thompson to Receive Hubbard Medal ...  Jun 15, 2016 ... Give to the Society  Attend an Event  Visit the Museum  Apply for a Grant ... Named for the National Geographic Society's first president, Gardiner ... in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in exploration, discovery and research. ... Upon its completion, the voyage will stop in 100 ports, 27 nations and 12...
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Profile: African-American North Pole Explorer Matthew Henson  Jan 15, 2003 ... "The Hubbard Medal is awarded for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research. ... The honor is long overdue," said Society president John Fahey at the 2000 ... Robert E. Peary the Hubbard Medal for reaching the farthest point north, ... In 1890, Henson joined Peary's first Arctic expedition across the...
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The Hubbard Medal  National Geographic's Highest Honor ...  Jun 28, 2013 ... The Hubbard Medal is the National Geographic Society's highest honor ... Society (NGS) awarded its highest honor  the Hubbard Medal  to ... Greene Hubbard  the National Geographic Society's first president and principal founder. ... of incredible accomplishments in exploration, discovery and research...
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President Harry S. Truman | Presidential UFO  Jul 31, 2009 ... President Harry Truman is the first President to have to deal with the UFO phenomena publicly. ... Taking Truman's statements to Moseley, or the Truman Library's ... seen in the sky by people, including attempted UFO landings and UFOs .... that the objects were secret weapons being used by the other side.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition - Wikipedia  The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first ... Jefferson also placed special importance on declaring U.S. sovereignty over the ... set of the expedition's journals was finally compiled by Gary E. Moulton in 2004. ...... 150th anniversary issue, 1954 ..... U.S. postage stamps.
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Darwin & the Geological Society | Darwin Correspondence Project  When Darwin arrived in London in 1836 after the Beagle voyage, he found a thriving ... and March 1838, Darwin became a central figure in the Geological Society, ... his Beagle findings and becoming its secretary (a position he held until 1841). ... President of the Geological Society of London, 18357 and 184951; of the...
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Antarctic Explorers: Charles Wilkes - South-Pole.com  The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-42 is a milestone in ... Wilkes sighted land on several occasions as he sailed along the edge of the ... Thus, Wilkes was the first to provide proof of the existence of an Antarctic continent. ... Upon their return, Pendleton actually asked Congress to reimburse him for his losses!
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Darwin's boulders - Geological Society of America  Charles Darwin considered himself to be a geologist and published ... 3940). Darwin belonged to the Geological Society of London (GSL) and was elected secretary in 1838. ... Darwin's records as naturalist on the HMS Beagle reveal his curiosity ... In On the distribution of erratic boulders (1841b, p. 430), Darwin stated,.
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Andrew Jackson: First Annual Message - The American Presidency ...  The task devolves on me, under a provision of the Constitution, to present to you, as the Federal .... May he not be tempted to name his reward? .... it at the Treasury, aided by the judicious arrangements of the officers of the Bank of the United States. ..... Citation: Andrew Jackson: "First Annual Message," December 8, 1829.
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Richard E. Byrd - Wikipedia  Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN (October 25, 1888  March 11, 1957) was an ... Byrd claimed that his expeditions had been the first to reach both the North Pole ... On June 8, 1912, Byrd graduated from the Naval Academy and was ..... loan from the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. He was a...
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Free Flashcards about INVENTORS-J - StudyStack  THE 1820 DISCOVERY OF THIS CONTINENT IS CLAIMED BY BOTH SAILORS AND SEALERS, ANTARCTICA. IT WAS THE 1ST SUBATOMIC PARTICLE...
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This Month in Physics History - American Physical Society  December 1938: Discovery of nuclear fission. ... Trying to explain a puzzling finding made by nuclear chemist Otto Hahn in Berlin, Meitner and Frisch realized...
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh - Wikipedia  Parent(s), Dwight Whitney Morrow  Elizabeth Cutter Morrow. Awards, Hubbard Medal (1934). Anne Spencer Lindbergh (ne Morrow; June 22, 1906  February 7, 2001) was an American ... Her father was Dwight Morrow, a partner in J.P. Morgan & Co., who became United States Ambassador to Mexico and ..... The Century.
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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen and the Discovery of X-Ray Beams  To highlight the unknown nature of his discovery, he called them X-rays though ... he was honored with the first he first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. ... He won the Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering many properties of the cathode rays.
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Elizabeth Blackwell Medal - Wikipedia  The Elizabeth Blackwell Medal is awarded annually by the American Medical Women's Association. The medal is named in honor of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and a pioneer in promoting ... L'Esperance in 1949, 100 years after Blackwell received her medical degree...
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On This Day: February 21, 1885 - The New York Times  "First in War, First in Peace, First in the Hearts of His Countrymen." ... and first president of the United States, is honored by monuments and place names across the country. ... ceremony for the Washington Monument was held on July 4, 1848. Speaker of the House Robert Winthrop laid the cornerstone and delivered the...
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Explorers of the Pacific Northwest - Bureau of Land Management  The Interpretive Center has a web site that may be of some assistance to you ... Explorers by Association - Names and Dates ... related to the exploration theme. 6 .... An early HBC explorer, Pierre Gaultier La Vernedrye, explored the territory of the ... expedition of the Corps of Discovery led by Meriwether Lewis and William...
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Origins and Early Outings - History - Sierra Club  The advice to "climb the mountains and get their good tidings" has been followed by ... and the pursuit of this goal has played a key role in shaping the Club's history. Years before the founding of the Sierra Club, many of its future leaders and .... of the gold miners or those of the geologic explorers of the nineteenth century.
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Missions to Venus and Mercury | The Planetary Society  As one of the first planets to be visited by spacecraft, Venus witnessed many failed ... planetary exploration mission since the Nozomi probe, which was launched in 1998 ... The mission was named after Giusepppe Colombo, a scientist, engineer, and ... MESSENGER (an acronym of MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment,...