| Administrative History | The Whitaker Medal is awarded in memory of the distinguished geologist, William Whitaker and was first awarded by the Institution of Water Engineers in 1930 to R.C.S. Walters for his paper on the hydrogeology of the Chalk in England.
Since that time, the Institution and its successors awarded the Medal a further fourteen times to a total of 24 individuals. Since 1996, the Medal has been awarded by the Hydrogeological Group in recognition of an outstanding contribution to hydrogeology.
Awards of the Whitaker Medal made by the Hydrogeological Group of the Geological Society
2017: J Dottridge
2016: J H Tellam
2012: P A Marsland
2011: K M Hiscock
2010: J Aldrick
2009: J A Barker
2008: J Chilton
2007: R C Harris
2005: G Williams
2004: G P Jones
2002: A C Skinner
2000: J D Mather
1999: W M Edmunds
1997: L Clark
1996: M Price |