Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
Sponsor: American Chemical Society
Purpose: To recognize outstanding public service by a member of the ACS.
Nature: The award consists of $5,000 and a certificate. Up to $2,500 for travel expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented will be reimbursed. The award is not normally given more than once every two years. However, the ACS Board of Directors may, at its discretion, reduce the interval to one year for a nominee of its choosing if, in its judgment, circumstances in a given year warrant such action.
Eligibility: 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. A nominee must be a member of the ACS and a citizen of the United States, and must have performed outstanding public service. Neither the scientific reputation nor the record of scientific achievement of a member affects her or his eligibility for this award, which unlike most ACS awards is not directed toward recognition of scientific accomplishment or stature. The public service to be recognized may be performed either as a part of or completely outside the regular duties and activities of the nominee's employment. Current members of the ACS Board of Directors are ineligible to receive the award.
Selection of Recipient: Nominations will be solicited from individuals via the channels customary for other awards. Each nominee for the award will remain a nominee for three successive years without re-nomination, unless selected as the recipient. Prior to the ACS spring national meeting, the ACS Board of Directors will be provided with a comprehensive listing of all current nominees for this award. At the spring meeting, the ACS Committee on Professional and Member Relations (P&MR) will present to the ACS Board of Directors a screened list of no more than five nominees. Following the spring meeting, the full Board will be provided with complete nominations for all nominees on the screened list provided by P&MR. The ACS Board of Directors will select the recipient. The ACS Committee on Professional and Member Relations will recommend a time and place for the presentation of the award and the recipient's address depending upon the identity of the recipient and the public service to be honored.
Deadline: November 1 (Presented biennially in odd-numbered years.)
Establishment & Support: The ACS established the award in 1952.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-4801
Phone: 202-872-4575
Fax: 202-776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2019 Attila E. Pavlath
2017 John I. Brauman
2015 Paul H. L. Walter
2013 Geraldine L. Richmond
2011 Michael E. Strem
2009 Glenn A. Crosby and Jane L. Crosby
2007 S. Allen Heininger
2005 Marye Anne Fox
2003 Zafra M. Lerman
2001 Richard N. Zare
1999 Mike McCormack
1995 Alfred Bader
1993 B. R. Stanerson
1991 Mary L. Good
1989 Arnold O. Beckman
1987 Norman Hackerman
1985 Franklin A. Long
1983 James G. Martin
1978 Charles G. Overberger
1976 William Oliver Baker
1974 Russell W. Peterson
1973 Charles C. Price
1970 W. Albert Noyes, Jr.
1967 Donald F. Hornig
1964 Glenn T. Seaborg
1961 George B. Kistiakowsky
1958 Roger Adams
1955 James B. Conant
1952 Charles L. Parsons
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