Awards

The Geological Society

The society presented medals on June 5 as follows: Wollaston Medal: Douglas Shearman, emeritus professor of geology at Imperial College, London Lyell Medal: Richard Barrie Rickards, University of Cambridge Murchison Medal: Bernard Wood, University of Bristol William Smith Medal: John Cherry, University of Waterloo, Canada Major John Coke Medal: Peter Cook, ex-director of the British Geological Survey

Major Edward Coke Medal: Michael LeBas, Southampton University Bigsby Medal: James Jackson, University of Cambridge Sue Tyler Friedman Medal: Martin Guntau, Wilhelm Pieck University, Rostock R.H. Worth Prize: Diana Sutherland, University of Leicester Wollaston Fund: Jan Alexander, UEA Murchison Fund: Tim Druitt, Universite Blaise Pascal Clermont Ferrand Lyell Fund: Peter Kokelaar, University of Liverpool William Smith Fund: Stephen Flint, University of Liverpool President's Award: Andrew Kerr, University of Leicester President's Award: Lidia Lonergan, Imperial College, London