Sorby Medalists and Honorary Members

SORBY MEDALIST
At the 17th International Sedimentological Congress in Fukuoka, the highest award of the International Association of Sedimentologists, the Sorby Medal, has been given to Charlotte Schreiber for "distinction in Sedimentology". The citation by John Caldi and Charlotte Schreiber's acceptance speech is published in the February 2007 issue of Sedimentology.

Previous Sorby Medalists are:

• 1978 R.A. Bagnold, F.P. Shepard (Sedimentology 26, 157-165)
• 1982 F.J. Pettijohn (Sedimentology 30, 149-151)
• 1986 R.G.C. Bathurst (Sedimentology 34, 177-186)
• 1990 R.L. Folk (Sedimentology 38, 191-195)
• 1994 J.R.L. Allen (Sedimentology 42, 191-192)
• 1998 R.N. Ginsburg (Sedimentology 46, 201-203)
• 2002 R. Walker (Sedimentology 50, 113-118)

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HONORARY MEMBER
André Strasser has been awarded the Honorary Membership of the IAS for being "distinguished sedimentologists who has played an important role in the affairs of the Association" Citation is published in Sedimentology of February 2007.

Honorary membership has already been awarded to:

• 1975 A. Vatan
• 1978 Y. Gubler, P. Allen (Sedimentology 26, 157-165)
• 1986 G.M. Friedman, G.V. Middleton (Sedimentology 34, 177-186)
• 1991 H.G. Reading (Sedimentology 39, 353-354)
• 1998 H. Füchtbauer, K.H. Hsu (Sedimentology 46, 205-206)
• 2002 L. Spaletti (Sedimentology 49, 1001-1019)