H. Hopkins, Reading University, UK' 1966-1969: Giuliano Toraldo di Francia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy. 1962-1966: André Maréchal, French Institut d’Optique, France. 1959-1962: Erik Ingelstam, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. 1956-1959: S. S. Ballard, USA. 1950-1956: Abraham Cornelis Sebastiaan (Bram) van Heel, Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands. 1947-1950: Thomas Smith, UK. ICO Awards ICO Prize The ICO Prize was established in 1982 and is presented annually to a person who has made a noteworthy contribution to Optics before reaching the age of 40. IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics ICO Galileo Galilei Medal Award This award for the essential missions to recognize the promotion of Optics under difficult circumstances. It was established in 1993 by General Assembly of ICO, and has been awarded annually since 1994. List of the award winners: 1994: Ion N. Mihailescu, Romania. 1995: Rajpal S. Sirohi, India. 1996: Daniel Malacara, Mexico. 1997: Natalyia D. Kundikova, Russia. 1998: Ajoy K. Ghatak, India. 1999: Mario Garavaglia, Argentina. 2000: Vladimir P. Lukin, Russia. 2001: Kehar Singh, India. 2002: Rashid A. Ganeev, Uzbekistan. 2003: Cid B. de Araujo, Brazil. 2004: Milivoj Belic, Serbia and Montenegro and Caesar Saloma, Philippines, ex-aequo. 2005: Valentin Vlad, Romania. 2006: Mohammed M. Shabat, Gaza, Palestine. 2007: Oleg V. Angelsy, Ukraine. 2008: Joewono Widjaja, Thailand. 2009: Marat S. Soskin, Ukraine and Dumitru Mihalache, Romania. 2010: Mohammad Taghi Tavassoly, Iran. 2011: Jan Peřina, Czech Republic. 2012: Mikhail V. Fedorov, Russia. 2013: Kazimierz Rzążewski, Poland. 2014: Chandra Shaker, India. 2015: Aram Papoyan, Armenia. 2016: Guillermo H. Kaufmann, Argentina. 2017: Alexander Nosich, Ukraine. 2018: Debabrata Goswami, India. 2019: Malik Maaza, South Africa. 2020: Jorge Ojeda-Castañeda, México. 2021: Victor Balykin, Russia Gallieno Denardo ICO/ICTP Award See also Society for Imaging Science and Technology References External links ICO website Members of the International Council for Science Optics institutions International scientific organizations International organizations based in the United States Members of the International Science Council