Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal

The Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal is a medal awarded for lifetime contributions to the field of genetics. The medal is awarded by the Genetics Society of America.

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Award recipients

• 1981 Barbara McClintock and Marcus M. Rhoades
• 1982 Sewall Wright
• 1983 Edward B. Lewis
• 1984 George W. Beadle and R. Alexander Brink
• 1985 Herschel Roman

• 1986 Seymour Benzer
• 1987 James F. Crow
• 1988 Norman H. Giles
• 1989 Dan L. Lindsley
• 1990 Charles Yanofsky

• 1991 Armin Dale Kaiser
• 1992 Edward H. Coe, Jr.
• 1993 Ray D. Owen
• 1994 David D. Perkins
• 1995 Matthew Meselson

• 1996 Franklin W. Stahl
• 1997 Oliver E. Nelson
• 1998 Norman H. Horowitz
• 1999 Salome Waelsch
• 2000 Evelyn M. Witkin

• 2001 Yasuji Oshima
• 2002 Ira Herskowitz
• 2003 David S. Hogness
• 2004 Bruce N. Ames
• 2005 Robert L. Metzenberg

• 2006 Masatoshi Nei
• 2007 Oliver Smithies