The Guy Smith Medal Award is given by IUSS Commission Soil Classification in honor of Dr. Guy Smith, a university professor, a soil mapper, an internationally traveled taxonomist, and the principal author of US Soil Taxonomy published in 1975. His body of work in developing a new classification system was exemplary, drawing on experiences of the worldwide community of pedologists and existing systems. The Guy Smith Medal is awarded to a person whose body of work has advanced soil classification.
The awardee of the Guy Smith Medal must have made a significant scientific contribution that has advanced the field of soil classification and be a published author in the field of soil classification.
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