ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of lnorganic Chemistry
Sponsor: Strem Chemicals, Inc.
Purpose: To recognize individuals who advanced inorganic chemistry by significant service in addition to performance of outstanding research.
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 demonstrated extensive contributions to the advancement of inorganic chemistry. Activities recognized by the award may include such fields as teaching, writing, research, and administration. The nominee must be an ACS member. The award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background.
Deadline: November 1 (annual review).
Establishment & Support: Strem Chemicals, Inc. assumed sponsorship of the award in 1998. Mallinckrodt, Inc. supported the award from 1965 to 1997. The award, established in 1963, was supported by funds provided by anonymous donors for the first two years.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-4801
Phone: 202-872-4575
Fax: 202-776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2020: Bruce E. Bursten
2019: Debbie C. Crans
2018: Thomas B. Rauchfuss
2017: William B. Tolman
2016: Vincent L. Pecoraro
2015: Kim R. Dunbar
2014: T. Don Tilley
2013: Peter C. Ford
2012: Arnold L. Rheingold
2011: Charles P. Casey
2010: Richard D. Adams
2009: Alan H. Cowley
2008: Tobin J. Marks
2007: Robert J. Angelici
2006: Edward I. Solomon
2005: Thomas G. Spiro
2004: James H. Espenson
2003: Richard Eisenberg
2002: Thomas J. Meyer
2001: John P. Fackler, Jr.
2000: John D. Corbett
1999: Malcolm H. Chisholm
1998: Herbert D. Kaesz
1997: John E. Bercaw
1996: Dale W. Margerum
1995: Marcetta Y. Darensbourg
1994: Stephen J. Lippard
1993: Theodore L. Brown
1992: James A. Ibers
1991: James P. Collman
1990: Richard H. Holm
1989: Neil Bartlett
1988: M. Frederick Hawthorne
1987: Duward F. Shriver
1986: Jack Lewis
1985: Jack Halpren
1984: Harry B. Gray
1983: Norman Sutin
1982: Arthur W. Adamson
1981: Dietmar Seyferth
1980: Arthur E. Martell
1979: Earl L. Muetterties
1978: Harry J. EmÉleus
1977: James L. Hoard
1976: Daryle H. Busch
1975: Fred Basolo
1974: F. Albert Cotton
1973: Ronald J. Gillespie
1972: John C. Bailar, Jr.
1971: Joseph Chatt
1970: Ralph G. Pearson
1969: Anton B. Burg
1968: William N. Lipscomb, Jr.
1967: Henry Taube
1966: George H. Cady
1965: Robert W. Parry