Robert E. Horton Medal

The Robert E. Horton Medal is given out by the American Geophysical Union to recognize "outstanding contributions to the geophysical aspects of hydrology". The award was created in 1974 and named after Robert E. Horton to honor his contributions to the study of the hydrologic cycle. It was awarded biennially until 1995 and then annually thereafter.

Past recipients
Source: American Geophysical Union • 1976	Walter B. Langbein

• 1978	Harold A. Thomas Jr.

• 1980	William C. Ackermann

• 1982	John R. Philip

• 1984	Charles V. Theis

• 1986	Abel Wolman

• 1988	Peter S. Eagleson

• 1990	Paul A. Witherspoon

• 1992	Luna B. Leopold

• 1994	Mikhail Budyko

• 1995	Don Kirkham

• 1996	Mark Meier

• 1997	John D. Bredehoeft

• 1998	Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

• 1999	Wilfried H. Brutsaert

• 2000	M. Gordon Wolman

• 2001	Donald R. Nielsen

• 2002	Jean-Yves Parlange

• 2003	Shlomo P. Neuman

• 2004	Garrison Sposito

• 2005	Gedeon Dagan

• 2006	Thomas Schmugge

• 2007	Rafael L. Bras

• 2008	Vijay K. Gupta

• 2009 William E. Dietrich

• 2010  Jacob Bear

• 2011  M. Sivapalan

• 2012  Keith Beven

• 2013  Soroosh Sorooshian

• 2014  W. James Shuttleworth

• 2015  Günter Blöschl

• 2016  Thomas Dunne

• 2017  Eric F. Wood

• 2018  Dennis P. Lettenmaier

• 2019  S. Majid Hassanizadeh

• 2020  Rien Van Genuchten

• 2021  Diane M. McKnight

• 2022  Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

• 2023  Andrea Rinaldo