[IGSMAIL-3860]: Fwd: Ivan Mueller will be awarded the Smith Medal on behalf of IGS/IERS

[Ruth E. Neilan]

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IGS Electronic Mail      06 May 14:20:51 PDT 2002      Message Number 3860
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Author: C.K. Shum (via IGS CB)

Dear colleagues,

The following message is forwarded for your information. It would be 
great if people attending the AGU could also make plans to attend 
this ceremony honoring Ivan and recognizing the achievements of the 
IERS and IGS.

regards,

Ruth


>
>Ivan Mueller will be awarded the 2002 American Geophysical Union's
>prestigious Waldo E. Smith Medal, which is "awarded to distinguished
>scientists with extraordinary service to geophysics" 
>(http://agu.org/inside/honors.html ), at a Ceremony during the Spring
>AGU Meeting on May 29, 2002, 5:30 PM, followed by a banquet.
>
>Ivan is cited for:
>
>"Extraordinary leadership to foster international communities and 
>organizations to establish collaborative scientific research 
>programs and to provide services for the advancement of geophysical 
>science, including the critical roles in the initiation and 
>establishment of such important scientific services as the 
>International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS); for the development 
>of fundamental theory and practical realization of the terrestrial 
>reference frame using emerging satellite geodetic measurement 
>systems; and for among the few elites who pioneered the 
>interdisciplinary science discipline of modern satellite geodesy."
>
>Ivan informed me that he will accept the Smith Medal also
>on behalf of IGS and IERS, the groups that make the award
>possible.
>
>He will cited by Chris Reigber during the ceremony and has been nominated
>by myself, and supported by a number of other people.
>
>I would appreciate it if you could distribute this email to everyone in
>IGS and IERS, indicating that this medal is also being an award to these
>two groups, and also invite everyone to attend the Ceremony
>and congratulate Ivan (and IGS/IERS) for this award.  Thanks.
>
>Best regards,
>C.K. Shum
>
>--


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