Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award
The Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award was established in 1951 by the Iota Sigma Pi Honor Society for Women in Chemistry. The award is given to women under the age of 40 for research in the fields of chemistry or biochemistry .
The award is named after Agnes Fay Morgan (1884–1968). Agnes Fay Morgan was a biochemist and nutritionist born in Peoria , Illinois , USA . She studied at the University of Chicago and taught at the University of California . There she helped organize the housekeeping area in 1919 . As a co-founder of nutritional science, her work focused on the analysis of nutrients in food , the stability of vitamins and proteins during digestion, and the physiological effects of vitamin deficiencies on the human body. Her discovery of the role of pantothenic acid in adrenal functions and pigmentation was particularly noteworthy . Her work for the government and private clients included developing and improving food drainage.
Prize winners
- 1951 Charlotte Roderuck
- 1952 Mary Louise Quaife
- 1954 Donna B. Coslich
- 1957 Marjorie M. Nelson
- 1960 Evelyn L. Oginsky
- 1963 Maxine F. Singer
- 1966 H. Sue Hanlon
- 1969 Mary L. Good
- 1972 Janet Del Bene
- 1975 Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames
- 1978 Joyce Benjamin
- 1981 Marcetta York Darensbourg
- 1984 Marye Anne Fox
- 1987 Marion Thurnauer
- 1990 Victoria L. McGuffin
- 1991 Cynthia Friend
- 1992 Jacqueline K. Barton
- 1993 Geraldine L. Richmond
- 1994 Jeanne Pemberton
- 1995 Jennifer S. Brodbelt
- 1996 Robin Garrell
- 1997 Susan M. Lunte
- 1998 Anne B. Myers
- 1999 Nancy Makri
- 2000 Kim Baldridge
- 2001 Jean Chmielewski
- 2002 Alanna Schepartz
- 2003 Tamar Schlick
- 2004 Carolyn Bertozzi
- 2005 Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
- 2006 Mei Hong
- 2007 Anna Krylov
- 2008 Julia Chan
- 2009 Helen Blackwell
- 2010 Kyoung-Shin Choi
- 2011 Lauren Webb
- 2012 Michelle Chang
- 2013 Malika Jeffries-El
- 2014 Amy Lucia Prieto
- 2015 Jin Kim Montclare
- 2016 Vy Dong
- 2019 Leslie Hicks
(Source: Iota Sigma Pi website)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IOTA SIGMA PI - National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry Professional Awards . Retrieved April 7, 2015.