Distinguished Professor Clifford Will has been awarded the 2019 Albert Einstein Medal by the Albert Einstein Society in Bern, Switzerland for his “important contributions to General Relativity, in particular including the Post-Newtonian expansions of approximate solutions of the Einstein field equations and their confrontation with experiments.” The award will be formally conferred at a ceremony on June 6 in Bern.
The Albert Einstein Medal has been awarded annually since 1979 “to deserving individuals for outstanding scientific findings, works, or publications related to Albert Einstein.” Previous winners include Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, John Wheeler, and eight Nobel Laureates. Additional information may be found at http://www.einstein-bern.ch/en/einstein-society .