2005 Triennial

Dr. Tanya Marie Atwater was given SWG's 2005 Triennial Gold Medal for her pioneering work in plate tectonics, which has increased the world's knowledge of earth movements from mountaintops to ocean floors.

Dr. Alison Spence Brooks received an Outstanding Achievement Award at the Savannah Triennial for pursuing the theory that human development occurred in Africa much earlier than once believed. She bolstered this theory by developing new dating techniques for materials too old for radiocarbon methods, using fossilized ostrich eggs.