Awards & Winners

W. Jason Morgan

Date of Birth 10-October-1935
Place of Birth Savannah
(Georgia, United States of America, Chatham County, Area code 912)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Physicist, Geologist
William Jason Morgan is an American geophysicist who has made seminal contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and geodynamics. He retired as the Knox Taylor Professor emeritus of geology and professor of geosciences at Princeton University. He currently serves as a visiting scholar in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University.

Awards by W. Jason Morgan

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2002


National Medal of Science for Physical Science
(For his development of the theories of plate tectonics and of deep mantle plumes, which revolutionized our understanding of the geological forces that control the earth\u2019s crust and deep interior and consequently influence the evolution of the earth\u2019s life and climate.)