ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
2009 recipient Garnet K.L Chan (second to right) is
presented his award by sponsor representative
Gary D. Anderson (second to left) ACS President
Elect-Joseph Francisco (left) and ACS President
Thomas Lane (right).
presented his award by sponsor representative
Gary D. Anderson (second to left) ACS President
Elect-Joseph Francisco (left) and ACS President
Thomas Lane (right).
Sponsor: The Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity and the Alpha Chi Sigma Educational Foundation
Purpose: To recognize and encourage fundamental research in pure chemistry carried out in North America by young men and women.
Nature: The award consists of $5,000 and a certificate. Up to $1,000 for travel expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented will be reimbursed.
Eligibility: A nominee must have been born after April 30, 1975 and must have accomplished research of unusual merit for an individual on the threshold of her or his career. Special consideration is given to independence of thought and originality in the research, which must have been carried out in North America.
Deadline: November 1 (annual review).
Establishment & Support: The award was established in 1931 by A. C. Langmuir and was supported by A.C. and Irving Langmuir through 1937. In 1938, James Kendall financed the prize. No award was made in 1939. In 1940, Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity assumed the financial obligation and has continued its support.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036-4801
Phone: (202) 872-4408
Fax: (202) 776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2009 Garnet K.L. Chan
2008 Rustem F. Ismagilov
2007 Xiaowei Zhuang
2006 David R. Liu
2005 Peidong Yang
2004 Mei Hong
2003 Jillian M. Buriak
2002 Hongjie Dai
2001 Carolyn R. Bertozzi
2000 Chaitan Khosla
1999 Chad A. Mirkin
1998 Christopher C. Cummins
1997 Erick M. Carreira
1996 Ann E. McDermott
1995 M. Reza Ghadiri
1994 Gerard F. R. Parkin
1993 Jeremy M. Berg
1992 Charles M. Lieber
1991 Nathan S. Lewis
1990 Peter G. Schultz
1989 Stuart L. Schreiber
1988 Jacqueline K. Barton
1987 George McLendon
1986 Peter G. Wolynes
1985 Ben S. Freiser
1984 Eric Oldfield
1983 Michael J. Berry
1982 Stephen R. Leone
1981 Mark S. Wrighton
1980 John E. Bercaw
1979 Henry F. Schaefer III
1978 Jesse L. Beauchamp
1977 Barry M. Trost
1976 Karl F. Freed
1975 George M. Whitesides
1974 Nicholas J. Turro
1973 John I. Brauman
1972 Roy G. Gordon
1971 R. Bruce King
1970 Harry B. Gray
1969 Roald Hoffmann
1968 Orville L. Chapman
1967 John D. Baldeschwieler
1966 Ronald Breslow
1965 Dudley R. Herschbach
1964 Marshall Fixman
1963 Stuart A. Rice
1962 Harden M. McConnell
1961 Eugene E. van Tamelen
1960 Elias J. Corey
1959 Ernest M. Grunwald
1958 Carl Djerassi
1957 Gilbert J. Stork
1956 Paul M. Doty
1955 Paul Delahay
1954 John D. Roberts
1953 William von E. Doering
1952 Harrison S. Brown
1951 John C. Sheehan
1950 Verner Schomaker
1949 Richard T. Arnold
1948 Saul Winstein
1947 Glenn T. Seaborg
1946 Charles C. Price, III
1945 Frederick T. Wall
1944 Arthur C. Cope
1943 Kenneth S. Pitzer
1942 John Lawrence Oncley
1941 Karl A. Folkers
1940 Lawrence O. Brockway
1938 Paul D. Bartlett
1937 E. Bright Wilson, Jr.
1936 John Gamble Kirkwood
1935 Raymond M. Fuoss
1934 C. Frederick Koelsch
1933 Frank H. Spedding
1932 Oscar K. Rice
1931 Linus Pauling