Distinguished Professor Stephen Garofalini Recipient of the 2024 George W. Morey Award

The George W. Morey Award is presented by the Glass & Optical Materials Division of American Ceramic Society and is sponsored by Guardian Glass, LLC. The award recognizes new and original work in the field of glass science and technology. The criterion for winning the award is excellence in publication of work, either experimental or theoretical, done by an individual and is the highest award presented by the Glass & Optical Materials Division.

George W. Morey spent most of his career (1912–1953) at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, where he and others made major contributions to glass and ceramic science and technology over most of the past century.

Morey was associated with the Geological Survey of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior from 1957 until he died in 1965. A pioneer in the study of glass properties, he was an Honorary Member of The American Ceramic Society. Dr. Morey’s book “The Properties of Glass” is a classic work in the field of glass technology.

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