Recognizing our Heroes of Chemistry
Who are our heroes today? The popular media recognizes athletes and entertainers as well as policemen and firefighters as heroes. At the American Chemical Society (ACS), we appreciate that chemical scientists are everyday heroes who impact our world in ways both great and small.
Since 1996, the ACS Heroes of Chemistry program has recognized chemical scientists whose work in various fields of chemistry and chemical engineering has led to the successful innovation and development of commercial products based on chemistry. The Heroes of Chemistry program highlights the vital role of industrial chemical scientists and their companies in improving human welfare through successful commercial innovations and products. It presents an ideal opportunity to enhance the public image of the chemical and allied industries.
Each year, Heroes of Chemistry are nominated by their own companies to recognize their talent, creativity, and innovation. Our previous Heroes of Chemistry have excelled in innovation at prominent international corporations and developed many commercial products that demonstrate strong financial performance. The commercial success of their products in the marketplace is an important criterion for this honor, because we recognize that good business results follow good science.
2009 Heroes of Chemistry
- 3M Company’s Sumita B. Mitra for the development of Filtek™ Supreme Universal Restorative.
- The Dow Chemical Company’s John E. Cadotte, and William E. Mickols for the invention of High Performance Reverse Osmosis Membranes.
- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research’s Nissim Claude Cohen, Richard Göschke, Peter Herold, Robert Mah, Jürgen Maibaum, Joseph Rahuel, Vittorio Rasetti, Pascal Rigollier, Heinrich Rueeger, Walter Schilling, Stefan Stutz, and Yasuchika Yamaguchi for the development of Tekturna® (Aliskiren).
Heroes of Chemistry
Industry Member Programs
Division of Membership and Scientific Advancement
American Chemical Society
1155 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-872-4591
Fax: 202-872-6098
Email: chemhero@acs.org