The American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal is the highest award of the American Institute of Chemists and has been awarded since 1926.[1]
| American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | Given annually "to a person who has stimulated activities of service to the science of chemistry or the profession of chemist or chemical engineer in the United States of America."[1] |
| Date | 1926 |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Presented by | American Institute of Chemists |
| Website | www |
It is presented annually to a person who has most encouraged the science of chemistry or the profession of chemist or chemical engineer in the United States of America, giving "exemplary service".[2]
Medal recipients
editThe following people have received the AIC Gold Medal:[1][2]
- 1926 Dr. William Blum
- 1927 Dr. Lafayette B. Mendel
- 1929 Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan
- 1930 Mr. George Eastman
- 1931 Mr. Andrew W. Mellon & Mr. Richard B. Mellon
- 1932 Dr. Charles H. Herty
- 1933 Dr. Henry C. Sherman
- 1934 Dr. James Bryant Conant
- 1935 Rev. Dr. Julius Nieuwland[3]
- 1936 Dr. Marston Taylor Bogert
- 1937 Dr. James F. Norris
- 1938 Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell
- 1940 Dr. Gustav Egloff
- 1941 Dr. Henry G. Knight
- 1942 Dr. William Lloyd Evans
- 1943 Dr. Walter S. Landis
- 1944 Dr. Willard H. Dow
- 1945 John W. Thomas
- 1946 Mr. Robert Price Russell
- 1947 Dr. Moses Leverock Crossley
- 1948 Dr. Charles A. Thomas
- 1949 Dr. Warren K. Lewis
- 1950 Dr. Walter J. Murphy
- 1951 Dr. Harry N. Holmes
- 1952 Dr. Fred J. Emmerich
- 1953 Dr. John Christian Warner
- 1954 Dr. William J. Sparks
- 1955 Dr. Carl S. Marvel
- 1956 Mr. Raymond Stevens
- 1957 Dr. Roy Newton
- 1958 Dr. Lawrence Flett
- 1959 Dr. Crawford H. Greenewalt
- 1960 Dr. Ernest H. Volwiler
- 1961 Dr. Alden H. Emery
- 1962 Dr. George W. Parks
- 1963 Dr. Ralph Connor
- 1964 Dr. Roger Adams
- 1965 Brig. Gen Edwin Cox
- 1966 Dr. John H. Nair
- 1967 Dr. Wayne E. Kuhn
- 1968 Dr. Orville E. May
- 1969 Dr. Henry B. Hass
- 1970 Dr. Willard F. Libby
- 1971 Dr. Emmett B. Carmichael
- 1972 Dr. Harold C. Urey
- 1973 Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg
- 1974 Dr. W. E. "Butch" Hanford
- 1975 Dr. William O. Baker
- 1976 Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer
- 1977 Dr. Max Tishler
- 1978 Dr. Norman Hackerman
- 1979 Dr. Melvin Calvin
- 1980 Dr. Arthur M. Bueche
- 1981 Dr. Lewis Sarett
- 1982 Dr. Milton Harris
- 1983 Dr. Mary L. Good
- 1984 Dr. John H. Sinfelt
- 1985 Dr. Herbert C. Brown
- 1986 Dr. N. Bruce Hannay
- 1987 Dr. Arnold O. Beckman
- 1988 Dr. George C. Pimentel
- 1989 Dr. Elias J. Corey
- 1990 Dr. Harry B. Gray
- 1991 Dr. Bruce N. Ames
- 1992 Dr. Roy L. Whistler
- 1993 Dr. Fred Basolo
- 1994 Dr. Arthur Adamson
- 1995 Dr. George Parshall
- 1996 Dr. Harry Drickman
- 1997 Dr. Alfred Bader
- 1998 Dr. F. Albert Cotton
- 2000 Dr. Yie W. Chien
- 2002 Dr. Tobin Marks
- 2003 Dr. Ralph Hirschmann
- 2004 Dr. Carl Djerassi
- 2005 Mr. Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
- 2006 Dr. Roald Hoffmann
- 2007 Dr. George Whitesides
- 2008 Dr. Paul Berg
- 2009 Oliver Smithies[4]
- 2010 Robert Grubbs
- 2011 Dudley Herschbach
- 2012 Elizabeth Blackburn[5]
- 2013 John D. Roberts[6]
- 2014 Ronald Breslow[7]
- 2015 Jacqueline Barton[8][9]
- 2016 Chad Mirkin[2]
- 2017 Stephen J. Lippard[2]
- 2018 E. Gerald Meyer[2]
- 2019 Henry F. Schaefer III[10]
- 2020 (no award was given)
- 2021 Peter J. Stang[2][11]
- 2022 Brian M. Hoffman
- 2023 K. Barry Sharpless
- 2024 Peter G. Schultz
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gold Medal Award Winners". American Institute of Chemists. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal". Science History Institute. March 22, 2018.
- ^ Bogert, Marston Taylor (1935). "Presentation of Professor Julius Arthur Nieuwland, C.S.C., for the Award of the American Institute Medal". Science. 81 (2101): 326–330. doi:10.1126/science.81.2101.326. JSTOR 1660853. PMID 17807080.
- ^ "Nobel Laureate Oliver Smithies to Receive 2009 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. April 22, 2009. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010.
- ^ "Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn to Receive 2012 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. March 30, 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
- ^ "John D. Roberts Receives 2013 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. April 4, 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-07-12.
- ^ "Ronald Breslow to Receive 2014 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. January 28, 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-07-12. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ "Jacqueline Barton to Receive 2015 AIC Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2016-07-12. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Wang, Linda (May 4, 2015). "AIC Gold Medal To Jacqueline Barton". Chemical & Engineering News. 93 (18): 34. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2015.06.095. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Gempf, Kathryn L. (15 Jan 2019). "PCCP Associate Editor Henry F. Schaefer III awarded American Institute of Chemists Gold Award". PCCP Blog. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Wang, Linda (February 1, 2020). "Peter Stang wins AIC Gold Medal". Chemical & Engineering News. 98 (5). Retrieved 18 February 2020.