Droessler receives Smith Medal
Thomas F. Malone, Earl G. Droessler · Eos · 1993
The Waldo E. Smith Medal for extraordinary service to geophysics was presented to Earl G. Droessler at the 1992 AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony on December 9, 1992. The meeting was held in San Francisco. The award citation, delivered by Thomas Malone, as well as Droessler's response, are presented here. “With consummate wisdom, unfettered imagination, boundless enthusiasm, and gentle persuasion, Earl Droessler has been one of the prime movers in the elevation of geophysics to prominence in the scientific community during the second half of the 20th century. His contributions began [when he was] a key figure in the Geophysics Section of the Office of Naval Research in the 1940s, when ONR was pioneering in establishing productive links between the federal government and the university community.