简介:TheJamesM.HarrisonAwardforOutstandingAchievementwasestablishedbytheIUGSExecutiveCommitteein2004tohonorindividualswhohaveservedtheUnioninanextraordinaryfashionforalongperiodoftime,andwhohavenorecognizedpositionasanofficeroftheUnion.TheawardisnamedforthelateJamesM.Harrison,aninternationallyknownanduniversallyrespectedCanadiangeologist(GeologicalSurveyofCanada)whowasoneofthefoundingfathersoftheIUGSanditsfirstPresident(1961-1964).