Priestley Medal
The Priestley Medal is the highest award of the American Chemical Society.[1] It was inaugurated in 1923 as a triennial award, but has been awarded annually since 1944.[1]
Recipients
- 1923 Ira Remsen
- 1926 Edgar Fahs Smith
- 1929 Francis P. Garvan
- 1932 Charles L. Parsons
- 1935 William A. Noyes
- 1938 Marston T. Bogert
- 1941 Thomas Midgley, Jr.
- 1944 James Bryant Conant
- 1945 Ian Heilbron
- 1946 Roger Adams
- 1947 Warren K. Lewis
- 1948 Edward R. Weidlein
- 1949 Arthur B. Lamb
- 1950 Charles A. Kraus
- 1951 E. J. Crane
- 1952 Samuel C. Lind
- 1953 Robert Robinson
- 1954 W. Albert Noyes, Jr.
- 1955 Charles A. Thomas
- 1956 Carl S. Marvel
- 1957 Farrington Daniels
- 1958 Ernest H. Volwiler
- 1959 Hermann Irving Schlesinger
- 1960 Wallace R. Brode
- 1961 Louis Plack Hammett
- 1962 Joel H. Hildebrand
- 1963 Peter J. W. Debye
- 1964 John C. Bailar, Jr.
- 1965 William J. Sparks
- 1966 William O. Baker
- 1967 Ralph Connor
- 1968 William G. Young
- 1969 Kenneth S. Pitzer
- 1970 Max Tishler
- 1971 Frederick D. Rossini
- 1972 George B. Kistiakowsky
- 1973 Harold C. Urey
- 1974 Paul J. Flory
- 1975 Henry Eyring
- 1976 George S. Hammond
- 1977 Henry Gilman
- 1978 Melvin Calvin
- 1979 Glenn T. Seaborg
- 1980 Milton Harris
- 1981 Herbert C. Brown
- 1982 Bryce Crawford, Jr.
- 1983 Robert S. Mulliken
- 1984 Linus Pauling
- 1985 Henry Taube
- 1986 Karl A. Folkers
- 1987 John D. Roberts
- 1988 Frank H. Westheimer
- 1989 George C. Pimentel
- 1990 Roald Hoffmann
- 1991 Harry B. Gray
- 1992 Carl Djerassi
- 1993 Robert W. Parry
- 1994 Howard E. Simmons
- 1995 Derek H. R. Barton
- 1996 Ernest L. Eliel
- 1997 Mary L. Good
- 1998 F. Albert Cotton
- 1999 Ronald Breslow
- 2000 Darleane C. Hoffman
- 2001 Fred Basolo
- 2002 Allen J. Bard
- 2003 Edwin J. Vandenberg
- 2004 Elias J. Corey
- 2005 George A. Olah
- 2006 Paul S. Anderson
- 2007 George M. Whitesides
- 2008 Gabor A. Somorjai
- 2009 M. Frederick Hawthorne
- 2010 Richard Zare
- 2011 Ahmed H. Zewail
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Raber, Linda R. 85th Anniversary of the Priestley Medal. Chem. Eng. News 2008, 86 (14), 55, <http://pubs.acs.org/cen/acsnews/86/8614acsnews1.html>.
Further reading
- The Priestley Medalists, 1923–2008. Chem. Eng. News 2008, 86 (14), 60–61, <http://pubs.acs.org/cen/acsnews/86/8614acsnews3.html>.
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