Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry Past Recipients

Congratulations to the past recipients of the Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry, which recognizes and encourages outstanding contributions to research in organic chemistry.


  • 2023 - Carolyn R. Bertozzi
  • 2021 - Kendall N. Houk
  • 2019 - Stephen L. Buchwald
  • 2017 - Hisashi Yamamoto
  • 2015 - Larry E. Overman
  • 2013 - David A. Evans
  • 2011 - Robert H. Grubbs
  • 2009 - Andrew Streitwieser
  • 2007 - Samuel J. Danishefsky
  • 2005 - Jerrold Meinwald
  • 2003 - Albert Eschenmoser
  • 2001 - Ryoji Noyori
  • 1999 - Dieter Seebach
  • 1997 - K. Barry Sharpless
  • 1995 - Barry M. Trost
  • 1993 - Elias J. Corey
  • 1991 - Gilbert J. Stork
  • 1989 - George A. Olah
  • 1987 - Jerome A. Berson
  • 1985 - Donald J. Cram
  • 1983 - A. R. Battersby
  • 1981 - Nelson J. Leonard
  • 1979 - Melvin S. Newman
  • 1977 - William S. Johnson
  • 1975 - Rolf Huisgen
  • 1973 - Georg Wittig
  • 1971 - Herbert C. Brown
  • 1969 - Vladimir Prelog
  • 1967 - John D. Roberts
  • 1965 - Arthur C. Cope
  • 1963 - Paul D. Bartlett
  • 1961 - Robert B. Woodward
  • 1959 - Sir Derek H. R. Barton