The Clifford W. Holmes Award is presented annually near Big Bear City, California at the RTMC Astronomy Expo to an individual for a significant contribution to popularizing astronomy.
Established in 1978 by Richard Poremba as the Astronomy for America Award, it was renamed for Clifford W. Holmes, the founder of the Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC) in 1980.
Recipients of the award are:
1978: Paul Zurakowski
1979: Arthur Leonard
1980: Robert E. Cox
1981: Richard Berry
1982: Dennis di Cicco
1983: John Dobson
1984: Jim Jacobson
1985: Arthur Leonard
1986: Bob Schalck
1987: Clyde Tombaugh
1988: Kevin Medlock
1989: David H. Levy
1990: Dick Buchroeder, ()
1991: Rick Shaffer
1992: Ashley McDermott
1993: John Sanford
1994: Donald C. Parker
1995: Don Machholz
1996: Gil Clark
1997: Randall Wilcox
1998: Randy Johnson
1999: William Seavey
2000: Tom Cave
2001: Scott W. Roberts
2002: Ed Krupp
2003: Steve Edberg
2004: Dean Ketelsen
2005: Mike Simmons
2006: Al Fink
2007: Dave Rodrigues
2008: Laura and Bob Eklund
2009: Don Nicholson
2010: David Crawford ()
2011: Robert Victor
2012: Robert D.
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