Gilbert F. White - Recognition

Recognition

White received numerous honours in his lifetime.

  • Honorary Fellowship from the American Geographical Society in 1963, and its Daly Medal in 1971.
  • In 2000 he was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.
  • White was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1973,
  • Fellow, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • Recipient of the United Nations Sasakawa International Environment Prize (1985)
  • Laureat d'Honneur, International Geographical Union (1988)
  • the Volvo Environment Prize (1995)
  • the National Medal of Science from the NSF (2000).

White received honorary doctorates from the University of Colorado, Earlham College, Hamilton College, Haverford College, Michigan State University, Swarthmore College, Augustana College and the University of Arizona.

The Association of State Floodplain Managers makes several awards in his name.

  • The Goddard-White Award honors the contributions made to floodplain management by Gilbert White and Jim Goddard (1906-1994)
  • the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum and the ASFPM Flood Hazard Fellowship.
  • Resources for the Future (RFF) runs the Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
  • There is a Gilbert White Award offered yearly by the Association of American Geographers Hazards Specialty Group.
  • Gilbert F. White Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Geography, University of Colorado.
  • In 2008, a Gilbert White Chair was inaugurated at Arizona State University, occupied by Billie Lee Turner II.
  • In a move organized by John Thompson (Sussex Univ.) the Gilbert F. White Reference Room is archived at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

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