AAS-AMS-APS Public Service Award

This award was established in 1999 by the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the American Astronomical Society (AAS), and the American Physical Society (APS) to recognize a public figure for his or her sustained and exceptional contributions to public policies that foster support for research, education, and industrial innovation in the physical sciences and mathematics.  As of January 2007, the AMS no longer participates in this award, but instead offers the AMS Public Policy Award.

2006:  No award made.

2005:  No award made.

2004 :  No award made.

Fourth award, 2003 :  To Sherwood L. Boehlert, Alan B. Mollohan, and Pete V. Domenici.

Third award, 2002 :  To James T. Walsh and Barbara Mikulski.

Second award, 2001 : To Vernon Ehlers and Neal Lane.

First award, 2000 : To William Frist, Joseph L. Lieberman, and Harold Varmus.