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AWARDS & HONORS
| FIRST | LAST | RICE | HONOR | AWARDED | LINK |
| Richard | Behnke | 1971 | AMS Fellow | 2015 | AMS |
| David | Black | Adjunct | 1st Chief Scientist for the Space Station Program | 1985 | |
| James | Burch | 1968 | AGU Fellow | 1995 | AGU |
| James | Burch | 1968 | AGU Fleming Medal | 2010 | AGU |
| James | Burch | 1968 | Rice Distinguished Alumnus | 2019 | MMS |
| Bill | Burke | Post-Doc | Air Force Fellows Award | 1998 | |
| Bill | Burke | Post-Doc | Birkeland Lecturer Norwegian Academy of Science | 2005 | |
| Hsiao-Hua | Burke | 1976 | AIAA Fellow | 2013 | |
| Dixon | Butler | 1975 | AMS Cleveland Abbe Award | 2015 | |
| Umbe | Cantu | staff | Rice Distinguished Service Award | 2022 | |
| Rick | Chappell | 1969 | NASA Exceptional Service Medal | 1997 | |
| Rick | Chappell | 1969 | AGU Fellow | 2015 | AGU |
| Rick | Chappell | 1969 | AGU SPARC award | 2015 | SPARC |
| Rick | Chappell | 1969 | AGU Ambassador award | 2015 | AGU |
| Rick | Chappell | 1969 | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal | 1981, 1984 | |
| Hugh | Christian | 1977 | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal | 2000 | WIKI |
| Hugh | Christian | 1977 | AGU Fellow | 2020 | AGU |
| Don | Clayton | Faculty | AAAS Fellow | 1981 | WIKI |
| Don | Clayton | Faculty | Leonard Medal (Meteoritical Society) | 1991 | WIKI |
| Don | Clayton | Faculty | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal | 1992 | WIKI |
| Don | Clayton | Faculty | APS Jesse Beams Medal | 1998 | WIKI |
| Don | Clayton | Faculty | MPI von Humboldt Award | 1977, 1982 | WIKI |
| Elsa | Cleeves | BS 2009 | Packard Award | 2019 | |
| Anthea | Coster | 1983 | ION Fellow (Institute of Navigation) | 2016 | |
| Alex | Dessler | Faculty | AGU Fellow | 1964 | AGU |
| Alex | Dessler | Faculty | Macelwane Medal | 1964 | Macelwane |
| Alex | Dessler | Faculty | AGU Fleming Medal | 1993 | WIKI |
| Alex | Dessler | Faculty | Arctowski Medal | 2015 | WIKI |
| Reginald | Dufour | Faculty | Minor Planet 33994 Regidufour | WIKI | |
| Eli | Dwek | 1977 | Gruber Prize in Cosmology | 2006 | Gruber |
| Eli | Dwek | 1977 | AAAS Fellow | 2013 | |
| Eli | Dwek | 1977 | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal | 2021 | WIKI |
| Robert | Eather | Post-Doc | AGU Spilhaus Award (inaugural) | 2006 | AGU |
| Richard | Fienberg | BA 1978 | Asteroid 9983 Rickfienberg | 2002 | WIKI |
| Richard | Fienberg | BA 1978 | AAAS Fellow | 2003 | |
| Richard | Fienberg | BA 1978 | NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal | 2018 | AAS |
| Richard | Fienberg | BA 1978 | NERAL Walter Scott Houston Award | 2019 | AAS |
| Jerry | Fishman | 1970 | AAS Bruno Rossi Prize | 1994 | WIKI |
| Jerry | Fishman | 1970 | APS Fellow | 1995 | WIKI |
| Jerry | Fishman | 1970 | NASA Exceptional Service Medal | 2011 | WIKI |
| Jerry | Fishman | 1970 | Shaw Prize | 2011 | WIKI |
| John | Freeman | Faculty | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal | ||
| Henry | Garrett | 1974 | Harold Brown Award-Top AF Scientist | 1978 | |
| Henry | Garrett | 1974 | AF R&D Award | 1978 | |
| Henry | Garrett | 1974 | NASA Medal for Exceptional Engineering Achievement | 1994 | NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal |
| Henry | Garrett | 1974 | AF Legion of Merit Medal | 2002 | |
| Henry | Garrett | 1974 | NASA Medal for Exceptional Service | 2006 | NASA Exceptional Service Medal |
| Henry | Garrett | 1974 | AIAA Fellow | 2019 | WIKI |
| Henry | Garrett | 1974 | AIAA James Van Allen Award | 2022 | James A. Van Allen Space Environments Award |
| Holly | Gilbert | Post-Doc | AGU Spilhaus Award | 2015 | AGU |
| Jerry | Goldstein | Post-Doc | AGU Fellow | 2006 | AGU |
| Jerry | Goldstein | Post-Doc | Macelwane Medal | 2006 | WIKI |
| William | Gordon | Faculty, Dean, Provost | AGU Fellow | 1968 | AGU |
| William | Gordon | Faculty, Dean, Provost | Rice Gold Award | 1968 | WIKI |
| William | Gordon | Faculty, Dean, Provost | National Academy of Science | 1968 | WIKI |
| William | Gordon | Faculty, Dean, Provost | National Academy of Engineering | 1975 | WIKI |
| William | Gordon | Faculty, Dean, Provost | Arctowski Medal | 1984 | WIKI |
| William | Gordon | Faculty, Dean, Provost | AAAS Fellow | 1986 | WIKI |
| Thomas | Hill | 1973 | AGU Fellow | 1980 | AGU |
| Thomas | Hill | 1974 | Macelwane Medal | 1980 | Macelwane |
| Dana | Hurley | 1999 | NASA Michael Wargo Exploration Science Award | 2016 | NASA Wargo |
| Richard | Juday | Grad Student | SPIE Fellow | 1994 | |
| Richard | Juday | Grad Student | OSA Fellow (Optical Society of America) | 2007 | |
| Janice | Karty | 1983 | Boeing Senior Technical Fellow | 2018 | |
| Tamara | Ledley | Post-Doc, Faculty Fellow | AGU Excellence in Earth and Space Science Education | 2013 | AGU |
| Robert | Loewenstein | PhD | Loewenstein Peak | 2005 | WIKI |
| Ramon | Lopez | PhD | APS Fellow | 1999 | WIKI |
| Ramon | Lopez | PhD | APS Nicholson Medal | 2002 | WIKI |
| Ramon | Lopez | PhD | SACNAS Distinguished Scientist Award | 2010 | SACNAS |
| Ramon | Lopez | PhD | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | 2011 | WIKI |
| Ramon | Lopez | PhD | APS Edward A. Bouchet Award | 2012 | WIKI |
| Ramon | Lopez | PhD | Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Award for Education and Outreach | 2016 | WIKI |
| Ramon | Lopez | PhD | Fellow of the American Association of Physics Teachers | 2017 | WIKI |
| Ramon | Lopez | PhD | Regents Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Texas System | 2017 | WIKI |
| Ramon | Lopez | PhD | HENAAC Great Minds in STEM Education Award | 2018 | WIKI |
| Frank | Low | Faculty (PhD Phys 59) | AAS Helen Warner Prize | 1968 | WIKI |
| Frank | Low | Faculty (PhD Phys 59) | AAAS Rumford Prize | 1986 | WIKI |
| Frank | Low | Faculty (PhD Phys 59) | ASP Bruce Medal | 2006 | WIKI |
| Gang | Lu | 1991 | AGU Fellow | 2020 | AGU |
| Stephen | Mende | Post-Doc | AGU Fellow | 2006 | AGU |
| Wendell | Mendell | 1976 | NSS Space Pioneer Award | 1989 | WIKI |
| Wendell | Mendell | 1976 | NASA Michael Wargo Exploration Science Award | 2019 | YouTube |
| Curt | Michel | Faculty | Guggenheim Felllow | 1979 | WIKI |
| Curt | Michel | Faculty | MPI Humboldt Prize | 1983 | WIKI |
| James | Newman | 1984 (Physics) | NASA Exceptional Service Medal | 1996 | WIKI |
| James | Newman | 1984 (Physics) | Rice Distinguished Alumnus | 2007 | WIKI |
| James | Newman | 1984 (Physics) | ION Superior Achievement Award (Inst. of Navigation) | 2007 | WIKI |
| Malcolm | O'Neill | 1976 (Physics) | AIAA Honorary Fellow | 2007 | WIKI |
| Malcolm | O'Neill | 1976 (Physics) | Rice Distinguished Alumnus | 2011 | WIKI |
| Patricia | Reiff | 1975 | AGU Fellow | 1997 | AGU |
| Patricia | Reiff | 1975 | AGU Spilhaus Award | 2009 | AGU |
| Patricia | Reiff | 1975 | Birkeland Lecturer Norwegian Academy of Science | 2012 | WIKI |
| Patricia | Reiff | 1975 | AGU SPARC award | 2013 | SPARC |
| John | Riola | 1973 | Baylor Distinguished Alumnus | 2002 | Baylor |
| Mona & Ron | Stebbings | Faculty | Rice Gold Award | 2000 | Rice |
| David | Talent | 1981 | Minor Planet 3154 Talent | 1998 | WIKI |
| Vytenis | Vasyliunas | Visiting faculty | AGU Fellow | 1975 | AGU |
| Vytenis | Vasyliunas | Visiting faculty | Macelwane Medal | 1975 | Macelwane |
| Richard | Vondrak | 1970 | AIAA Fellow | 1994 | WIKI |
| Richard | Wolf | Faculty | AGU Fellow | 1999 | AGU |
| David | Young | 1970 | AGU Fellow | 2008 | AGU |