AGI has announced that Marcia McNutt, geophysicist and president of the National Academy of Sciences, is the 2021 recipient of the AGI Medal in Memory of Ian Campbell for Superlative Service to the Geosciences, AGI's highest award. Marcia was Director of the USGS from 2009 to 2013, and among many other great achievements and contributions, she also has been President of AGU. The Campbell Medal is given in recognition of singular performance in and contributions to the profession of geology. Candidates are measured against the distinguished career of Ian Campbell, state geologist of California from 1959 to 1969, whose service to the profession touched virtually every facet of the geosciences.
