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Robert A. Millikan Award
Established 1962

The Robert A Millikan Medal recognizes those who have made outstanding scholarly contributions to physics education.

The Millikan Medal recipient is asked to make a presentation at the Ceremonial Session of an AAPT Summer Meeting. A $7,500 monetary award, The Millikan Medal, an Award Certificate, and travel expenses to the meeting are presented to the recipient.

Award Winners

2007David Sokoloff, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, "Building a New, More Exciting Mouse Trap is Not Enough"
2006Art Hobson, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, "Thoughts on Physics Education for the 21st Century"
2005John S. Rigden, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
"The Mystique of Physics: Relumine the Enlightment"
2004

Kenneth S. Krane, Oregon State University,
"The Challenges of Teaching Modern Physics"

2003

Fred M. Goldberg, San Diego State University,
"Research and Development in Physics Education: Focusing on Students' Thinking"

2002Simon George, California State University,
"Global Study of the Role of the Laboratory in Physics Educations"
2001Sallie A. Watkins, University of Southern Colorado,
"Can "Descriptive" End with "A"?", Am. J. Phys. 70, (2002).
2000Thomas D. Rossing, Northern Illinois University,
"Beauty in Physics and the Arts", Am. J. Phys. 69, 248 (2001).
1999Alan Van Heuvelen, The Ohio State University,
"Research About Physics Learning, Linguistics, Our Minds, and the Workplace", Am. J. Phys. 69, 1138 (2001).
1998Edward F. Redish, University of Maryland,
"Building a Science of Teaching Physics: Learning What Works and Why", Phys. Teach. 37, 136 (1999).
1997David Griffiths, Reed College,
"Is there a Text in This Class?", Am.J. Phys. 65, 1141 (1997).
1996Priscilla W. Laws, Dickinson College,
Phys. Teach. 34, 470 (1996).
1995Dean Zollman, Kansas State University,
"Do They Just Sit There? Reflections on Helping Students Learn Physics", Phys. Teach. 33, 421 (1995).
1994Frederick Reif, Carnegie-Mellon University,
"Understanding and Teaching Important Scientific Thought Processes", Phys. Teach. 32, 454 (1994).
1993James A. Minstrell, Mercer Island High School,
"Creating an Environment for Reconstructing Understanding and Reasoning about the Physical World", Phys. Teach. 31, 332 (1993).
1992Robert G. Fuller, University of Nebraska at Lincoln,
"Hypermedia and the Knowing of Physics Standing Upon the Shoulders of Giants", Am. J. Phys. 61, 299 (1993).
1991Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard Studios,
"Behind the Scenes of Mr.Wizard", Phys. Teach. 29, 488 (1991).
1990Lillian C. McDermott, University of Washington,
"What We Teach and What Is Learned Closing the Gap", Am. J. Phys. 59, 301 (1991).
1989Peter Lindenfeld, Rutgers University,
"The Einsteinization of Physics", Am. J. Phys. 58, 300 (1990).
1988Robert G. Greenler, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee,
"Beetles, Bubbles, and Butterflies Iridescence in Nature", Phys. Teach. 26, 331 (1988).
1987Donald Glenn Ivey, University of Toronto,
"Educational Television An Oxymoron?", Am. J. Phys. 55, 1068 (1987).
1986Mario Iona, University of Denver,
"Why Johnny Can't Learn Physics from Textbooks I have Known", Am. J. Phys. 55, 299 (1987).
1985James Gerhart, University of Washington,
"Handling Numbers", Am. J. Phys. 54, 492 (1986).
1984Earl F. Zwicker, Illinois Institute of Technology,
"Life, Learning, and the Phunomenological [sic] Approach"
1983Gerald F. Wheeler, Montana State University,
"The Emerging Telecommunications Network: New Conduit to Learners", Phys. Teach. 21, 452 (1983).
1982Paul G. Hewitt, City College of San Francisco,
"The Missing Essential A Conceptual Understanding of Physics", Am. J. Phys. 51, 305 (1983).
1981Albert A. Bartlett, University of Colorado at Boulder,
"Are We Overlooking Something?", Am. J. Phys. 49, 1104 (1981).
1980Thomas D. Miner, Garden City High School,(ret.)
"Prides and Prejudices of a Physics Teacher", Phys. Teach. 18, 411 (1980). 
1979Alexander Calandra, Washington University,
"The Art of Teaching Physics", Phys. Teach. 17, 498 (1979).
1978Alfred Bork, University of California at Irvine,
"Interactive Learning", Am. J. Phys. 47, 5 (1979).
1977C. Luther Andrews, State University of New York at Albany,
"Microwave Optics", Phys. Teach. 15, 343 (1977).
1976Tung Hon Jeong, Lake Forest College,
"Holography", Am. J. Phys. 44, 1026 (1976).
1975Harold A. Daw, New Mexico State University,
"Physics Instructional Apparatus and Things"
1974Harald Jensen, Lake Forest College,
"A Retired Physics Teacher Reminisces", Am. J. Phys. 42, 1049 (1974).
1973Frank Oppenheimer, The Exploratorium,
"Teaching and Learning", Am. J. Phys. 41, 1309 (1973).
1972Arnold A. Strassenburg, State University of New York at Stony Brook, "The Evolution of Physics Teaching", Am. J. Phys. 40, 1729 (1972).
1971Harry F. Meiners, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
"Problems of Science Education in Underdeveloped Countries", Am. J. Phys. 39, 468 (1971).
1970Franklin Miller, Jr., Kenyon College,
"A Long Look at the Short Film", Am. J. Phys. 39, 3 (1971).
1969John M. Fowler, University of Maryland,
"Content and Process in Physics Teaching", Am. J. Phys. 37, 1194 (1969).
1968Alan Holden, Bell Telephone Laboratories,
"Artistic Invitations to the Study of Physics", Am. J. Phys. 36, 1081 (1968).
1967Gerald Holton, Harvard University,
"Oildrops and Subelectrons", Am. J. Phys. 35, 905 (1967).
1966Alan M. Portis, University of California, Berkeley
"Electrons, Photons, and Students", Am. J. Phys. 34, 1986 (1966).
1965John G. King, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
"The Undergraduate Physics Laboratory and Reality", Am. J. Phys. 34, 1058 (1966).
1964H. Victor Neher, California Institute of Technology,
"Millikan: Teacher and Friend", Am. J. Phys. 32, 868 (1964).
1962Paul E. Klopsteg, Northwestern University,
"The Early Days of the American Association of Physics Teachers"


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