Clifford W. Holmes Award
The Clifford W. Holmes Award is presented annually near Big Bear City, California at the RTMC Astronomy Expo to an individual for a "Major Contribution to Popularizing Astronomy."
Established in 1978 by Richard Poremba as the Astronomy for America Award, it was renamed for Clifford W. Holmes, the founder of the Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC) in 1980.
Recipients of the award are:
- 1978: Paul Zurakowski
- 1979: Arthur Leonard
- 1980: Robert E. Cox
- 1981: Richard Berry (astronomer)
- 1982: Dennis di Cicco
- 1983: John Dobson (astronomer)
- 1984: Jim Jacobson
- 1985: Arthur Leonard
- 1986: Bob Schalck
- 1987: Clyde Tombaugh
- 1988: Kevin Medlock
- 1989: David H. Levy
- 1990: Dick Buchroeder
- 1991: Rick Shaffer
- 1992: Ashley McDermott
- 1993: John Sanford (astronomer)
- 1994: Don Parker
- 1995: Don Machholz
- 1996: Gil Clark
- 1997: Randall Wilcox
- 1998: Randy Johnson
- 1999: William Seavey
- 2000: Tom Cave
- 2001: Scott W. Roberts
- 2002: E. C. Krupp
- 2003: Steve Edberg
- 2004: Dean Ketelsen
- 2005: Mike Simmons