The medal, inaugurated in 1994, has been awarded by the
European Geosciences Union (EGU) since 2004, and before that by the
European Geophysical Society (EGS). The medal is named in honor of
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, a Dutch
geophysicists and geodesist, famous for his invention enabling precise measurements of gravity at sea. The portrait medal was designed by the Hungarian artist , ==Recipients==