Harnack Medal
The Max Planck Society has been awarding the Harnack Medal since 1924. It is the highest award presented for services to society.
Recipients of the Harnack Medal
- Peter Gruss, 2017
- Hermann Neuhaus (posthumously), 2008
- Lu Yongxiang, 2006
- Hubert Markl, 2004
- Haim Harari, 2001
- Hans F. Zacher, 1998
- Michael Sela, 1996
- Heinz A. Staab, 1996
- Reimar Lüst, 1993
- Richard von Weizsäcker, 1990
- Hans Merkle, 1984
- Kurt Birrenbach, 1981
- Walther Gerlach, 1974
- Adolf Butenandt, 1973, in Gold 1983
- Carl Wurster, 1970
- Alfred Kühn, 1965
- Heinrich Lübke, 1964
- Otto Heinrich Warburg, 1963
- Georg Schreiber, 1962
- Erich Kaufmann, 1960
- Theodor Heuss, 1959
- Otto Hahn, 1954, in Gold 1959
- Gustav Winkler, 1953
- Ludwig Prandtl, 1936
- Albert Vögler, 1936
- Carl Duisberg, 1934
- Gustav Krupp v. Bohlen und Halbach, 1933
- Max Planck, 1933
- Franz v. Mendelssohn, 1932
- Carl Correns, 1932
- Friedrich Schmidt-Ott, 1929
- Fritz Haber, 1926
- Adolf v. Harnack, 1925
