Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy

The Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Association of University Women on advice from the American Astronomical Society to an untenured postdoctoral woman for distinguished contributions to astronomy. The award is named in honor of American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon.

Prior to 1974, the Cannon Award was awarded by the AAS alone. Cannon awardees are:

Year	Recipient
Awarded by the AAS
1934	Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
1937	Charlotte Moore Sitterly
1940	Julie Vinter Hansen
1943	Antonia Maury
1946	Emma Vyssotsky
1949	Helen Sawyer Hogg
1952	Ida Barney
1955	Helen Dodson Prince
1958	Margaret Mayall
1962	Margaret Harwood
1965	Erika Böhm-Vitense
1968	Henrietta Swope
Awarded by the AAUW with advice of AAS
1974	Beatrice Tinsley
1976	Catharine Garmany
1978	Paula Szkody
1980	Lee Anne Willson
1982	Judith Young
1984	Harriet Dinerstein
1986	Rosemary Wyse
1988	Karen Jean Meech
1989	Jacqueline Hewitt
1990	Claudia Megan Urry
1991	Jane Luu
1992	Elizabeth Lada
1993	Stefi Baum
1994	Andrea Ghez
1995	Suzanne Madden
1996	Joan Najita
1997	Chung-Pei Ma
1998	Victoria M. Kaspi
1999	Marion S. (Sally) Oey
2000	Alycia J. Weinberger
2001	Amy Barger
2002	Vassiliki Kalogera
2003	Annette Ferguson

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