Priestley Medal

The Priestley Medal is the highest honor conferred by the oxygen who emigrated to the United States of America in 1794.

The medal was originally awarded once every three years. However, since 1944 it has been awarded yearly.

Recipients

1920s

1923 Ira Remsen
1926 Edgar F. Smith
1929 Francis P. Garvan

1930s

1932 Charles L. Parsons
1935 William A. Noyes
1938 Marston T. Bogert

1940s

1941 Thomas Midgley, Jr.
1944 James Bryant Conant
1945 Ian Heilbron
1946 Roger Adams
1947 Warren K. Lewis
1948 Edward R. Weidlein
1949 Arthur B. Lamb

1950s

1950 Charles A. Kraus
1951 E. J. Crane
1952 Samuel C. Lind
1953 Sir Robert Robinson
1954 W. Albert Noyes, Jr. (son of William A. Noyes)
1955 Charles A. Thomas
1956 Carl S. Marvel
1957 Farrington Daniels
1958 Ernest H. Volwiler
1959 H. I. Schlesinger

1960s

1960 Wallace R. Brode
1961 Louis P. Hammett
1962 Joel H. Hildebrand
1963 Peter J. W. Debye
1964 John C. Bailar, Jr.
1965 William J. Sparks
1966 William Oliver Baker
1967 Ralph Connor
1968 William G. Young
1969 Kenneth S. Pitzer

1970s

1970 Max Tishler
1971 Frederick D. Rossini
1972 George B. Kistiakowsky
1973 Harold C. Urey
1974 Paul J. Flory
1975 Henry Eyring
1976 George S. Hammond
1977 Henry Gilman
1978 Melvin Calvin
1979 Glenn T. Seaborg

1980s

1980 Milton Harris (scientist)
1981 Herbert C. Brown
1982 Bryce Crawford, Jr.
1983 Robert S. Mulliken
1984 Linus Pauling
1985 Henry Taube
1986 Karl A. Folkers
1987 John D. Roberts
1988 Frank H. Westheimer
1989 George C. Pimentel

1990s

1990 Roald Hoffmann
1991 Harry B. Gray
1992 Carl Djerassi
1993 Robert W. Parry
1994 Howard E. Simmons
1995 Sir Derek H. R. Barton
1996 Ernest L. Eliel
1997 Mary L. Good
1998 F. Albert Cotton
1999 Ronald Breslow

2000s

2000 Darleane C. Hoffman
2001 Fred Basolo
2002 Allen J. Bard
2003 Edwin J. Vandenberg
2004 Elias J. Corey
2005 George A. Olah
2006 Paul S. Anderson
2007 George M. Whitesides

References

^ Priestly medal – American Chemical Society

Categories: American Chemical Society

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