Acharius Medal

The Acharius Medal is awarded for lifetime achievement in lichenology.[1]

The first Acharius Medal was made by the Royal Swedish Mint for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1846, although the medal's original purpose has not been recorded.[2] In its 1990 meeting at Regensburg, the International Association for Lichenology (IAL) resolved that it would simultaneously honor professional achievement, and commemorate Erik Acharius (recognized as the "Father of Lichenology"), by presenting a medal in his name.[3][4]

Since the Swedish Mint still had the dies for the 1846 medal, the IAL arranged for new medals to be made.[5] The first of the new medals were awarded in that same year (1992) at the association's congress in Båstad, Sweden.[6]

The medal

The medal is silver, with Acharius' profile on one side and the recipient's name on the other.

Recipients

Source: International Association for Lichenology

2018:

2016:

  • Thomas George Allan Green
  • Josef Hafellner
  • Bruce McCune

2014:

  • Peter Crittenden
  • Pier-Luigi Nimis

2012:

2010:

  • Brian J. Coppins
  • Thomas Hawkes Nash

2008:

  • David J. Galloway
  • Hannes Hertel
  • Rosmarie Honegger

2006:

  • Mark R. D. Seaward

2004:

  • John A. Elix
  • Ludger Kappen
  • Marie-Agnès Letrouit-Galinou

2003

  • David C. Smith

2002:

  • David L. Hawksworth

2000:

1996:

1994:

1992:

See also

References
  1. "Plant Science Bulletin, Volume 39, Issue 1, 1993".
  2. "International Association for Lichenology (IAL)". Archived from the original on 2010-06-21.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2009-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. International Lichenological Newsletter, volume 25, number 3 (December 1992), pp 12-13
  5. http://www.lichenology.org/Publications/ILN/ILN_25_3.pdf
  6. Ingvar Kärnefelt; David J. Galloway; Arne Thell (2007). Lichenological contributions in honour of David Galloway. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 103. ISBN 3-443-58074-2.
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