Malinowski Award Recipients

The Malinowski Award is presented each year to an outstanding senior scholar who is recognized for a lifetime commitment to the application of the social sciences to contemporary issues. The Award was intiated in 1973, and its list of distinguished recipients includes:

• 1973 Gonzalo Aguirre Beltran - Mexico
• 1974 Everett C. Hughes - U.S.A.
• 1975 Gunnar Myrdal - Sweden
• 1976 Edward H. Spicer - U.S.A.
• 1977 Sol Tax - U.S.A.
• 1978 Juan Comas - Mexico
• 1979 Laura Thompson - U.S.A.
• 1980 Fei Xiaotung - Peoples Republic of China
• 1981 Raymond Firth - England
• 1982 George Foster - U.S.A.
• 1983 Omer Stewart - U.S.A.
• 1984 Alexander Leighton - U.S.A.
• 1985 Elizabeth Colson - U.S.A.
• 1986 Philleo Nash - U.S.A.
• 1987 Margaret Lantis - U.S.A.
• 1988 Fred Richardson - U.S.A.
• 1989 Lauriston Sharp - U.S.A.
• 1990 St. Claire Drake - U.S.A.
• 1991 Conrad Arensberg - U.S.A.
• 1992 Margaret Clark - U.S.A.
• 1993 Ronald Frankenberg - England
• 1994 Claudio Esteva Fabregat - Spain
• 1995 Michael M. Cernea - U.S.A.
• 1996 Bea Medicine - U.S.A.
• 1997 Ward Goodenough - U.S.A.
• 1998 Robert & Beverly Hackenberg - U.S.A.
• 1999 Thayer Scudder - U.S.A.
• 2000 Maria Eugenia Bozzoli - Costa Rica
• 2001 Walter Goldschmidt - U.S.A.
• 2002 Pertti Pelto
• 2003 Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez - U.S.A.
• 2004 John W. Bennett - U.S.A.
• 2005 Paul L. Doughty - U.S.A.
• 2006 Michael Horowitz - U.S.A.
• 2007 Gretel Pelto - U.S.A.
• 2008 Orlando Fals Borda - Colombia
• 2009 Thomas Weaver - U.S.A.
• 2010 Jean J. Schensul - U.S.A.
• 2011 Salomon Nahmad Sitton - Mexico
• 2012 Clifford Barnett - U.S.A.