The Wigner Medal is an award designed “to recognize outstanding contributions to the understanding of physics through Group Theory”. It is administered by The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation, a publicly supported organization.
The Wigner Medal is unique because it is a truly international award. It is not affiliated with any state or national society. The awarded is chosen by an international selection committee whose members are elected by the Board of Trustees of the Foundation and by the Standing Committee of the International Group Theory Colloquium.
The Wigner Medal was established in 1977/78 and was awarded for the first time at the Integrative Conference on Group Theory and Mathematical Physics (Group7, 1978) to E. P. Wigner and V. Bargmann.
Wigner medalists:
- 2018 Â Pavel Winternitz
- 2016Â Bertram Kostant
- 2014Â Joshua Zak
- 2012 Â Chester A. Mead
- 2010 Â Michio Jimbo
- 2006 Â Susumo Okubo
- 2004  Erdal İnönü
- 2002 Â Harry J. Lipkin
- 2000  Lochlainn O’Raifeartaigh
- 1998 Â Marcos Moshinsky
- 1996  Victor Kac and Robert V. MoodyÂ
- 1992  Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino
- 1990 Â Franchesco Iachello
- 1988 Â Isadore M. Singer
- 1986 Â Feza GĂĽrsey
- 1984  Yuval Ne’eman
- 1982  Louis Michel
- 1980  Israel M. Gel’fand
- 1978 Â Valentin Bargmann
- 1978 Â Eugene P. Wigner