Samuel Eliot Morison Prize
For a body of contributions to military history over a career.
No application41 recipients
About the prize
The Samuel Eliot Morison Prize recognizes not any one specific achievement, but a body of contributions in the field of military history, extending over time and reflecting a spectrum of scholarly activity contributing significantly to the field.
The prize is presented at the Society’s annual meeting.
How recipients are chosen
There is no application. The Morison Prize is awarded by the Society on the recommendation of its awards committee.
Recipients
The prize has been awarded since 1985. No award was made in 1988.
2026
Andrew Wiest, University of Southern Mississippi
2025
Jennifer D. Keene, Chapman University
2024
John Morrow, University of Georgia
In the Journal: John Howard Morrow
2023
Brian McAllister Linn, Texas A&M University
In the Journal: Brian M. Linn
2022
Beth Bailey, University of Kansas
2021
Robert M. Citino, National World War II Museum
2020
Jon Tetsuro Sumida, University of Maryland
2019
Williamson Murray and Brian Holden Reid, Ohio State University; King's College London
2018
Sir Hew Strachan, Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews
2017
John A. Lynn II, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2010s · 7 awards
2016
Conrad C. Crane, Army Heritage and Education Center, United States Army War College
2015
Joseph T. Glatthaar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2014
Rick Atkinson, Washington, DC
2013
Ira D. Gruber, Rice University
2012
Ronald H. Spector, The George Washington University
2011
Gerhard Weinberg, University of North Carolina
In the Journal: Gerhard L. Weinberg
2010
Peter Maslowski, University of Nebraska
2000s · 10 awards
2009
Richard Kohn, University of North Carolina
In the Journal: Richard H. Kohn
2008
Jeremy Black, University of Exeter
2007
James McPherson
In the Journal: James M. McPherson
2006
Robert Doughty
In the Journal: Robert A. Doughty
2005
Dennis Showalter
In the Journal: Dennis E. Showalter