ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of lnorganic Chemistry Recipients

Congratulations to the past recipients of the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of lnorganic Chemistry, which recognizes individuals who have advanced inorganic chemistry by significant service in addition to the performance of outstanding research.


  • 2023 - Alison Butler
  • 2022 - Alfred P. Sattelberger
  • 2021 - Kenneth D. Karlin
  • 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. Emeléus
  • 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