First Lawrence Berkeley Lab notice of CMB discovery 1992

2003 Albert Einstein Medal for Dr. Smoot

On June 4, 2003, Professor George Smoot was awarded the Albert Einstein Medal for 2003. The Einstein Prize was presented by Professor Peter Fricker, President of the Albert Einstein Society, at the University of Berne on the day of the hundred year anniversary of the main University building. The Einstein Medal was awarded to honor his outstanding scientific achievements in pioneering work on Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation. During the ceremony Dr. Smoot gave a talk entitled Cosmological Relativity.

PDF Article about COBE from the Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The Albert Einstein Society (Gesellschaft) organizes an annual public ceremony at the University of Berne, Switzerland to honor a person who through outstanding scientific and cultural achievements merits the Einstein medal.

Previous Albert Einstein Medal Winners

1979 Professor Dr. Stephen Hawking, GB
1981 Professor Dr. R.H. Dicke, USA
1982 Dr. T. Wahlen, Minister, CH
1983 Professor Sir H. Bondi, GB
1984 Professor Dr. F. Weisskopf, USA
1985 Professor Dr. E. Witten, USA
1986 Professor Dr. R.L. Mossbauer, Germany
1987 Professor Dr. J. Hersch, CH
1988 Professor J.A. Wheeler, USA
1989 Professor Dr. M. Fierz, CH
1990 Professor Dr. R. Penrose, Oxford
1991 Professor J.H. Taylor, USA
1992 Proiger, Dr. A Meichle, CH
1994 Professor Dr. I. Shapiro, USA
1995 Professor Dr. C. Damour, France
1998 Professor Dr. C. Nicollier, CH
1999 Professor Dr. F.E. Pe G.A. Tammann
2001 Professor Dr. J. Geiss and Prof. Dr. H. Reeves
2003 Professor Dr. G. F. Smoot, USA