ACS Award for Encouraging Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences

Congratulations to the past recipients of the ACS Award for Encouraging Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, which recognizes significant accomplishments by individuals in stimulating students, underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering.


  • 2024 - Scott T. Wills
  • 2023 - Ann C. Kimble-Hill
  • 2022 - Kimberly M. Jackson
  • 2021 - Elaine S. Yamaguchi
  • 2020 - Lawrence K. Duffy
  • 2019 - Edward C. Alexander
  • 2018 - Jani C. Ingram
  • 2017 - Saundra Y. McGuire
  • 2016 - Luis A. Colón
  • 2015 - Catherine H. Middlecamp
  • 2014 - Rigoberto Hernandez
  • 2013 - George H. Fisher
  • 2012 - Todd Pagano
  • 2011 - Wilfredo Colón
  • 2010 - Robert L. Lichter
  • 2009 - Shirley McBay
  • 2008 - Susan V. Olesik
  • 2007 - Robyn E. Hannigan
  • 2006 - Susan R. Fahrenholtz
  • 2005 - Jeannette E. Brown
  • 2004 - Zaida C. Morales-Martinez
  • 2003 - Isiah M. Warner
  • 2002 - James P. Shoffner
  • 2001 - Carlos G. Gutierrez
  • 2000 - Slayton A. Evans, Jr.
  • 1999 - Ajay K. Bose
  • 1998 - Zafra Lerman
  • 1997 - Billy Joe Evans
  • 1996 - Samuel P. Massie
  • 1995 - Henry C. McBay