Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy
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The Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Association of University Women on advice from the American Astronomical Society to an untenured postdoctoral woman for distinguished contributions to astronomy. The award is named in honor of American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon.
Prior to 1974, the Cannon Award was awarded by the AAS alone. Cannon awardees are:
| Year | Recipient |
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Awarded by the AAS</center> | |
| 1934 | Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin |
| 1937 | Charlotte Moore Sitterly |
| 1940 | Julie Vinter Hansen |
| 1943 | Antonia Maury |
| 1946 | Emma Vyssotsky |
| 1949 | Helen Sawyer Hogg |
| 1952 | Ida Barney |
| 1955 | Helen Dodson Prince |
| 1958 | Margaret Mayall |
| 1962 | Margaret Harwood |
| 1965 | Erika Böhm-Vitense |
| 1968 | Henrietta Swope |
| Awarded by the AAUW with advice of AAS | |
| 1974 | Beatrice Tinsley |
| 1976 | Catharine Garmany |
| 1978 | Paula Szkody |
| 1980 | Lee Anne Willson |
| 1982 | Judith Young |
| 1984 | Harriet Dinerstein |
| 1986 | Rosemary Wyse |
| 1988 | Karen Jean Meech |
| 1989 | Jacqueline Hewitt |
| 1990 | Claudia Megan Urry |
| 1991 | Jane Luu |
| 1992 | Elizabeth Lada |
| 1993 | Stefi Baum |
| 1994 | Andrea Ghez |
| 1995 | Suzanne Madden |
| 1996 | Joan Najita |
| 1997 | Chung-Pei Ma |
| 1998 | Victoria M. Kaspi |
| 1999 | Marion S. (Sally) Oey |
| 2000 | Alycia J. Weinberger |
| 2001 | Amy Barger |
| 2002 | Vassiliki Kalogera |
| 2003 | Annette Ferguson |