Every year the AGU honors leading scientists in various fields of geophysical science. One of the honors is to be selected to present a Bowie Lecture at one of the semi-annual AGU meetings held each spring and fall. The lecture series honor William Bowie, AGU's first president.

Year	Lecturer	Title
2008	Rignot E.	Glaciological studies of the evolution of ice sheets in a warming climate
2007	Larson K.M.	High-Rate GPS Earthquakes, Ice Sheets, and Volcanoes
2006	Ray R.	Tidal Friction in the Earth and Ocean
2005	Nerem R.S.	The Record of Sea Level Change from Satellite Measurements: What Have We Learned?
2004	Watkins M.M.	Time-Variable Gravity Measurements Come of Age (WebCast Presentation)
2003	Dragert H.	Episodic Tremor and Slip in the Cascadia Subduction Zone: A Story of Discovery (WebCast Presentation)
2002	Peltzer G.	Towards Imaging the Earth's Surface in 4 Dimensions
2001
2000	Davis J.L.	GPS Investigations of Postglacial Crustal Motions for Mantle Dynamics, Sea Level Change, and Paleoclimate Studies
1999	Cazenave A.	Satellite Geodesy and Global Climatic Changes
1998	Smith D.E.	Lasers in Earth and Planetary Exploration
1997	Minster J.B.	Geophysical Geodesy: A Peek into the Crystal Ball
1996
1995	Sandwell D.	Ocean Basin Tectonics Revealed with Declassified Geosat Altimeter Data
1994	Wahr J.	Geodesy and Global Change
1993	Dickey J.	Earth Rotation: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Earth System Science
1992	Rapp R.H.	The State of Estimation of the Earth's Gravity Field
1991
1990	Shapiro I.I.	Probing Underfoot by Looking Overhead
1989	Savage J.C.	Interseismic Crustal Deformation in Subduction Zones
1988	Herring T.A.	Applications of Space Geodesy: Results and the Future