Albert Einstein Award

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The Albert Einstein AwardTemplate:Efn was an award in theoretical physics, given periodically from 1951 to 1979, that was established to recognize high achievement in the natural sciences. It was endowed by the Lewis and Rosa Strauss Memorial Fund in honor of Albert Einstein's 70th birthday. It was first awarded in 1951 and, in addition to a gold medal of Einstein by sculptor Gilroy Roberts,<ref>Wheeler Honored, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 65, June 8, 1965.</ref> it also included a prize money of $15,000,<ref name="mactutor">Biography of J. Schwinger from University of St Andrews, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Last accessed December 17, 2006).</ref><ref name="caltechmonthly" /> which was later reduced to $5,000.<ref name=alvarez /><ref name=rosenbluth /> The winner was selected by a committee (the first of which consisted of Einstein, Oppenheimer, von Neumann, and Weyl<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>) of the Institute for Advanced Study, which administered the award.<ref name="caltechmonthly">The Month at Caltech, April 1954 issue, p. 20 (Last accessed on September 4, 2007).</ref> Lewis L. Strauss used to be one of the trustees of the institute.<ref>Report of the Director for 1948–53 Template:Webarchive, Institute for Advanced Studies, p. 30 (1954). (pdf file last accessed on November 11, 2018).</ref>

This award should not be confused with many others named after the famous physicist, such as the Albert Einstein World Award of Science given by the World Cultural Council (since 1984), the Albert Einstein Medal given by the Albert Einstein Society (since 1979), nor with the Hans Albert Einstein Award, named after his son and given by the American Society of Civil Engineers (since 1988).<ref>Details about the Hans Albert Einstein Award, from the ASCE website (Last accessed on September 11, 2007).</ref> It was established much earlier than these, while Einstein was still alive and was a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. It has been called "the highest of its kind in the United States" by The New York Times.<ref>New Scientist magazine, EBSCO Publishing, vol. 77, p. 272, 1978.</ref> Some considered it as "the prestigious equivalent of a Nobel Prize".<ref name="hawkingbio" />

Recipients

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1951		Template:Sortname	<ref name="mactutor"/> <ref name="godelbio">Template:Cite book</ref>
1951		Julian Schwinger
1954	Picture of Richard Feynman	Template:Sortname	<ref name="caltechmonthly" />
1958		Template:Sortname	<ref name="tellerbio">Edward Teller—Awards & Degrees Template:Webarchive from LLNL website (Last accessed February 11, 2007).</ref>
1959	–	Template:Sortname	<ref>Biography of W. F. Libby at nobelprize.org (Last accessed May 13, 2008).</ref>
1960		Template:Sortname	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1961		Template:Sortname	<ref name=alvarez>Template:Cite book</ref>
1965		Template:Sortname	<ref>Template:Cite book p. 302.</ref>
1967		Template:Sortname	<ref name=rosenbluth>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970	–	Template:Sortname	<ref>Template:Cite book p. 217</ref>
1972		Template:Sortname	<ref name="wigner">Science magazine, vol. 176, p. 896, 1972.</ref>
1978		Template:Sortname	<ref name="hawkingbio">Template:Cite book</ref>
1979	–	Template:Sortname	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>