Two international geophysical societies offer awards each year which are named in honor of Maurice Ewing; these are the American Geophysical Union and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
The Maurice Ewing Medal is awarded by the American Geophysical Union for "significant original contributions to the understanding of physical, geophysical, and geological processes in the ocean; to those who advance oceanographic engineering, technology, and instrumentation; and to those who perform outstanding service to the marine sciences". The award was instituted in 1974 and is jointly sponsored by the United States Navy.[1]
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Walter H. Munk |
| 1977 | Henry Stommel |
| 1978 | Edward Bullard |
| 1979 | Wallace Smith Broecker |
| 1980 | J. Tuzo Wilson |
| 1981 | Manik Talwani |
| 1982 | John I. Ewing |
| 1983 | Fred Noel Spiess |
| 1984 | Xavier Le Pichon |
| 1985 | Kenneth O. Emery |
| 1986 | John Imbrie |
| 1987 | William Jason Morgan |
| 1988 | Wolfgang H. Berger |
| 1989 | Klaus Wyrtki |
| 1990 | Carl I. Wunsch |
| 1991 | Charles David Keeling |
| 1992 | Charles Shipley Cox |
| 1993 | Kirk Bryan |
| 1994 | John A. Orcutt |
| 1995 | Jean-Guy Schilling |
| 1996 | Walter C. Pitman III |
| 1997 | Karl Turekian |
| 1998 | Richard P. Von Herzen |
| 1999 | Arnold L. Gordon |
| 2000 | Joseph L. Reid |
| 2001 | Richard G. Fairbanks |
| 2002 | Nicholas Shackleton |
| 2003 | Gerard C. Bond |
| 2004 | Bruce A. Warren |
| 2005 | Francois M. M. Morel |
| 2006 | G. Michael Purdy[2] |
| 2007 | Marcia Kemper McNutt |
| 2008 | Miriam Kastner |
| 2009 | Thomas Rossby[3] |
| 2010 | William J. Jenkins |
| 2011 | Joseph Pedlosky |
| 2012 | Ellen Thomas |
| 2013 | Mark Cane |
| 2014 | John Andrews Whitehead |
| 2015 | Russ E. Davis |
| 2016 | Peter George Brewer |
| 2017 | Donald W. Forsyth |
| 2018 | Nicklas G. Pisias |
| 2019 | Maureen E. Raymo |
| 2020 | Anthony Brian Watts |
| 2021 | Eelco J. Rohling |
| 2022 | Ana Christina Ravelo |
2023 - Charles H Langmuir
The Maurice Ewing Medal of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists is awarded to one who is “deserving of SEG’s highest honor through having made distinguished contributions both to the advancement of the science and to the profession of exploration geophysics”.[4]
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Cecil Howard Green |
| 1979 | C. Hewitt Dix |
| 1981 | J. Tuzo Wilson |
| 1982 | Frank Press |
| 1983 | Harry Mayne |
| 1984 | L. L. Nettleton |
| 1985 | Nigel Anstey |
| 1986 | J. E. White |
| 1987 | Arthur A. Brant |
| 1988 | Franklyn K. Levin |
| 1989 | Sven Treitel |
| 1990 | Milo M. Backus |
| 1991 | Theodore C. Krey |
| 1992 | Jon Claerbout |
| 1993 | M. Turhan Taner |
| 1995 | Harold O. Seigel |
| 1996 | Ken Larner |
| 1997 | Thomas R. LaFehr |
| 1998 | Robert E. Sheriff |
| 1999 | Gerald H. F. Gardner |
| 2000 | Stanley H. Ward |
| 2001 | Enders A. Robinson |
| 2002 | Gordon F. West |
| 2003 | Guus Berkhout |
| 2004 | Vlastislav Cervený |
| 2005 | Robert J. Graebner |
| 2006 | Fred Hilterman |
| 2007 | Roy Oliver Lindseth |
| 2008 | John W. C. Sherwood |
| 2009 | David Strangway |
| 2010 | Anthony R. Barringer |
| 2010 | M. Nafi Toksöz |
| 2011 | Amos M. Nur |
| 2012 | George A. McMechan |
| 2013 | Peter Hubral |
| 2014 | Norman Bleistein |
| 2015 | Manik Talwani |
| 2016 | Arthur Weglein |
| 2017 | Samuel Gray |
| 2018 | Albert Tarantola |
| 2019 | Robert H. Stolt |
| 2020 | Leon Thomsen |