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, DC 20036-4801
Phone: 202-872-4575
Fax: 202-776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
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
