James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry
Sponsor: ACS Northeastern Section
Purpose: To encourage and reward outstanding contributions to physical organic chemistry.
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.
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.
Deadline: November 1 (annual review)
Establishment & Support: The ACS Northeastern Section established the award in 1963 in commemoration of James Flack Norris. It is maintained from the income of the section's Norris Fund. This award is distinct from the James Flack Norris Award of the ACS Northeastern Section, for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry, which is a local section award administered by the ACS Northeastern Section.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
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Washington, D.C. 20036-4801
Phone: 202-872-4575
Fax: 202-776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2020: Herbert Mayr
2019: Eric V. Anslyn
2018: Cynthia J. Burrows
2017: Robert A. Moss
2016: J.C. (Tito) Scaiano
2015: Charles L. Perrin
2014: Matthew S. Platz
2013: Ned A. Porter
2012: Hans J. Reich
2011: Weston T. Borden
2010: John E. Baldwin
2009: Bernd Giese
2008: Dennis A. Dougherty
2007: Ben L. Feringa
2006: Michael R. Wasielewski
2005: Martin Saunders
2004: C. Dale Poulter
2003: Robert G. Bergman
2002: Charles H. DePuy
2001: Josef Michl
2000: Martin E. Newcomb
1999: Barry K. Carpenter
1998: Peter J. Stang
1997: Julius Rebek, Jr.
1996: Thomas C. Bruice
1995: William P. Jencks
1994: George M. Whitesides
1993: Keith U. Ingold
1992: Joseph F. Bunnett
1991: Kendall N. Houk
1990: Norman L. Allinger
1989: William von E. Doering
1988: Nicholas J. Turro
1987: Paul von RaguÉ Schleyer
1986: John I. Brauman
1985: Paul G. Gassman
1984: Michael J. S. Dewar
1983: Glen A. Russell
1982: Andrew Streitwieser, Jr.
1981: Jay K. Kochi
1980: Ronald Breslow
1979: John D. Roberts
1978: Jerome A. Berson
1977: Edward M. Arnett
1976: Howard E. Zimmerman
1975: Kurt M. Mislow
1974: Gerhard L. Closs
1973: Kenneth B. Wiberg
1972: Stanley J. Cristol
1971: Cheves Walling
1970: Frank H. Westheimer
1969: Paul D. Bartlett
1968: George S. Hammond
1967: Saul Winstein
1966: Louis P. Hammett
1965: Christopher K. Ingold