Klumpke-Roberts Award

The Klumpke-Roberts Award, one of seven international and national awards for service to astronomy and astronomy education given by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, was established from a bequest by astronomer Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts to honor her husband Isaac Roberts and her parents.

It recognizes outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. It is open to "individuals involved in science, education, writing/publishing, broadcasting, astronomy popularization, the arts, or other pursuits" from all nations and is the most prestigious award of its kind.

Award winners
Source: Astronomical Society of the Pacific • 1974 Carl Sagan

• 1975  Isaac Asimov

• 1976  Chesley Bonestell

• 1977  Fred Hoyle

• 1978  Patrick Moore

• 1979  William J. Kaufmann III

• 1980  Walter Sullivan

• 1981  Dietrick Thomsen

• 1982  Bart Bok

• 1983  Helen Sawyer Hogg

• 1984  Deborah Byrd

• 1985  James Stokley

• 1986  Timothy Ferris

• 1987  The Editors of Sky and Telescope Magazine

• 1988  Joseph M. Chamberlain

• 1989  Ed Krupp

• 1990  Donald Goldsmith

• 1991  Richard Berry

• 1992  Philip Morrison

• 1993  David Morrison

• 1994  Andrew Fraknoi

• 1995  Heidi Hammel

• 1996  Terence Dickinson

• 1997  Franklyn M. Branley

• 1998  Julieta Fierro

• 1999  Stephen P. Maran

• 2000  Jack Horkheimer

• 2001  Sandi Preston

• 2002  Don Davis and Jon Lomberg

• 2003  Hubble Heritage Project, Space Telescope Science Institute

• 2004  Seth Shostak

• 2005  Jeff Goldstein

• 2006  Jeffrey Rosendhal

• 2007  Noreen Grice

• 2008  Dava Sobel

• 2009  Isabel Hawkins

• 2010  Marcia Bartusiak

• 2011  Paul Davies

• 2012  Ian Ridpath

• 2013  Mary Kay Hemenway

• 2014  Dennis Schatz

• 2015  Robert J. Nemiroff, Michigan Technological University and Jerry Bonnell, University of Maryland

• 2016  Chris Impey, University of Arizona College of Science

• 2017  Paul A. Delaney, York University

• 2019  Jay Pasachoff, Williams College

• 2021  Lars Lindberg Christensen