The Trotter Prize (named after Dr. Ide P. Trotter Sr., former dean of the Texas A&M Graduate School.) is awarded at
Texas A&M University and is part of an endowed lecture series. It is awarded "for pioneering contributions to the understanding of the role of information, complexity and inference in illuminating the mechanisms and wonder of nature" and includes The Trotter Lecture which "seeks to reveal connections between
science and religion, often viewed in academia as non-overlapping, if not rival, worldviews.
2018
Michael Duff spoke on "The Best of All Possible Worlds";
Donald Knuth spoke on "Translating the Bible into Music".
2015
John Lennox, Philosopher of Science and Christian apologist gave a lecture entitled "God, Science and the Nature of Explanation".
Timothy Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology/Head at King's College London spoke on "What Twins Reveal About the Science of Faith".
2014 Biologist
James A. Shapiro spoke on "The Read-Write (RW) Genome: Taking Some of the Mystery Out of Evolution".
James M. Tour from
Rice University gave a talk on "The Impact of Faith Upon the Life of a Scientist".
2013
Roald Hoffmann, theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry gave a lecture: "INDIGO: A Story of Craft, Religion, History, Science, and Culture". Physicist
Gerald Gabrielse spoke on "God of Antimatter".
2012
Hugh Ross, Founder and President of
Reasons to Believe, spoke on "Theistic Implications of Big Bang Cosmology."
Gerald Schroeder, Lecturer at The Aish HaTorah College of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Israel gave a talk titled "Genesis and the Big Bang."
2011
Henry F. Schaefer, III, Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Computational Chemistry at the University of Georgia gave a talk titled "C.S. Lewis: Science and Scientism."
Francisco J. Ayala, University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine spoke on "Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion."
2009
Owen Gingerich, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and History of Science at
Harvard University spoke on the "Mystery in Science, Reason in Religion: How the Two Intersect and Overlap", and
Charles Townes, professor emeritus at
University of California Berkeley and 1964 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, spoke on "The Parallelism and Likely Eventual Convergence of Science and Religion"
2007
Simon Conway Morris, professor of Earth Sciences and holder of the Chair in Evolutionary Paleobiology at the
University of Cambridge spoke on "Darwin's Compass: How Evolution Discovers the Song of Creation"
2002
Francis Crick, 1962 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine and Physiology who works at
The Salk Institute gave a talk titled "The Astonishing Hypothesis" and
Charles Townes, 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics at the University of California-Berkeley gave a talk titled "The Convergence of Science and Religion"
^Matthew Waller
Darwin expert comes to Baylor U.[dead link] University Wire Article April 24, 2007 "Morris lectured Monday at Texas A&M University as part of the reception of the Trotter Prize whose recipients have included Nobel Prizewinning scientists"
^Nathan Ball
Science versus religionArchived 2013-02-03 at
archive.today; Lecture series invitees discuss implications for scientific progress to support or suppress faith Published: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 The Battalion