William Watt Hutchison
(photo: Geological Survey Canada)
William Watt “Hutch” Hutchison, was a Scots-born Canadian geologist who served Canada and the IUGS in myriad dynamic and creative ways. For IUGS, he served as the IUGS Secretary General (1976-1980), and as IUGS President (1984-1987). For Canada, he served as Director General of the Geological Survey of Canada and as Assistant Deputy Minister of Earth Sciences. His legacy is also commemorated by the W.W. Hutchison Medal of the Geological Association of Canada, which recognizes the achievements of outstanding young Canadian geoscientists and provides them with opportunities to present and discuss their research at major centres within Canada.
One of Hutchison's last wishes was to establish, under IUGS auspices, a memorial foundation intended to promote the professional growth of deserving and meritorious young scientists from around the world by supporting their participation in important IUGS-sponsored conferences; the International Geological Congress (IGC).
IUGS would like to expand the resources of the Foundation to make it possible also to offer support to attend other important IUGS sponsored scientific meetings.
To see the recipients, click on the tabs below:
Awarded for travel to Busan, South Korea, for the 37th IGC:
Igor Karlović
Croatian Geological Survey, Croatia
Laurynas Šiliauskas
Nature Research Centre, Lithuania
Lucía Fernández Paz
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Michelle U, Hailonga
Geological Survey of Namibia, Namibia
Muhammad Aqqid Saparin
Malaysia
Nkeng Enstein Forchenallah
Cameroon
Raphaela Lopes de Andrade Silva
Gondwana SW Project, CDGG/ Petrobras, Brazil
Ravi Ranjan Kumar
Kumaun University, India
Shekinah Pilamp
Mineral Resources Authority, Papua New Guinea
Silas David
Excel Dynamic Solutionamic Solutions (PTY) LTD, Namibia
Sofia Belén lannelli
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vittoria Vandelli
University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Awarded for travel to Delhi, India, for the 36th IGC:
Michael Anenburg
Australian National University, Australia
Christopher Baiyegunhi
University of Limpopo, South Africa
Roberta Boní
University of Pavia, Italy
Musawenkosi Buthelezi
Golder Associates Africa, South Africa
Emmanuel Chinkaka
Malawi University of Science and Technology, Malawi
Joesfina Hamutoko
University of Namibia, Namibia
Han Zhong
Chengdu University of Technology, China
Santanu Mukherjee
IITGN – Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India
Jean-Robert Nshokano
CRGM – Centre de Recherche Géologiques et Miniéres, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ahmed Radwan
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Luca Smeraglia
Université de Franche-Comté, France
Luke Viljoen
Gold mining company in Japan, from South Africa
Max Webb
Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom
Olga Yakushina
FSBVI – All-Russian Institute of Mineral Resources, Moscow, Russia
Shuang Zhang
Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, USA
Awarded for travel to Brisbane, Australia, for the 34th IGC:
Tandis S. Bidgoli
Arizona, USA
Shaena Montanari
American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
Tiffany Rivera
Idaho, USA
Danielle Thomson
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Shuhong Wang
South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Guangzhou, China
Sandow M. Yidana
University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana
Awarded for travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 31st IGC:
Yaounde, Ananya Biswas
University of Calcutta, India
Ahmed M. Elshishtawy
Tanta University, Egypt
Edanjarlo J. Marquez
University of Philippines, Philippines
M. Sameena
Indian Space Research Orfganization, India
Tatyana G. Shumilova
Komi Science Center of Ural Division, Russia
Jean Pierre Tchouankoue
University of Yaounde, Cameroon
Awarded for travel to Washington, USA, for the 28th IGC:
Witold Zuchiewicz
Jagielbonian University, Poland
Nwoye Barth Ekwene
University of Calabar, Nigeria
Maria Beatriz Aguirre Urreta
National Counil for Scientific Research, Argentina
The Hutchison “Young Scientist” Foundation is a worthy cause that honors a caring man and a distinguished, public-spirited scientist and administrator. The foundation also celebrates and promotes those things that gave Hutch the most professional satisfaction: geology, international scientific collaboration, and stimulating young minds.
The IUGS welcomes contributions to the Hutchison "Young Scientist" Foundation. Please send donations to:
IUGS Treasurer
Emeritus Prof. David Cohen
with a copy to IUGS Secretary General
Dr. Ludwig Stroink
