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Sir Edmund Hillary 1919-2008

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Daniel A. Bennett

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LOWELL THOMAS AWARDS DINNER
Previous Recipients of the Lowell Thomas Award

The Lowell Thomas Award honors men and women who have distinguished themselves in the field of exploration. Each awards dinner carries a special theme. Since its inception in 1980, the award has been conferred on the following outstanding explorers.

Digging into the Past to Benefit the Future

  • Larry Agenbroad
  • Barry Clifford
  • Michael Novacek
  • Rick Potts
  • Patricia Sutherland

Champions of Conservation

  • Edward O. Wilson
  • Stefanie Powers
  • Alan Rabinowitz
  • Gary Comer
  • Bill Burnham

Future of Exploration: A Global Challenge

  • Brent Bishop
  • Bjorn Heyerdahl
  • Peter Hillary
  • Louise Leakey
  • Scott Lindgren
  • David Stuart

The Storytellers

  • Wade Davis
  • Jerri Nielsen
  • Chris Rainier
  • Simon Winchester

Mountaineering

  • Edmund Hillary
  • Edward Viesturs
  • Barbara Washburn
  • H. Bradford Washburn, Jr.
  • Krzysztof Wielicki

Ocean Exploration

  • Rita R. Colwell
  • Jean-Michel Cousteau
  • David Doubilet
  • Evelyn J. Fields
  • Alfred Scott McLaren
  • Theophil "Phil" Nuytten
  • John Rawlins
  • Andreas B. Rechnitzer
  • Anatoly Sagalevitch
  • Lawrence A. Shumaker
  • Edward B.Tucker
  • Ralph B. White

Pioneering Women of Space

  • Mary Cleave
  • Bonnie Dunbar
  • Mae Jemison
  • Tamara Jernigan
  • M. Rhea Seddon
  • Kathryn Sullivan
  • Kathryn Thornton

Balloon Exploration

  • Donald Cameron
  • Brian Jones
  • Bertrand Piccard

Arctic Submarine Exploration

  • William R. Anderson
  • James Calvert
  • Waldo K. Lyon
  • John Nicholson
  • George P. Steele

Space Exploration

  • Edwin Aldrin, Jr.
  • Michael Collins
  • Scott Carpenter
  • James A. Lovell, Jr.
  • Walter M. Schirra, Jr.
  • Kathryn Sullivan
  • Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.

Underwater Exploration

  • Robert D. Ballard
  • George F. Bass
  • Eugenie Clark
  • Clive E. Cussler
  • Andre Galerne
  • Peter R. Gimbel
  • Ian G. Koblick
  • Emory Kristof
  • R. Duncan Mathewson, III
  • Jean-Louis Michel
  • Dimitri Rebikoff
  • Donald Walsh

General Exploration

  • Isaac Asimov
  • Maxie L. Anderson
  • Kris Anderson
  • Sylvia Earle
  • Edgar D. Mitchell
  • Dan Rather
  • J. Louis Reynolds
  • Henry Waters Taft
  • Lowell Thomas
  • Carl Sagan

 
 
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