Priestley Medal
The Priestley Medal (English Priestley Medal ) is the highest award of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The honor, named after the English-American chemist Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), was established in 1922 for excellent achievements in the field of chemistry . It was awarded every three years from 1923 to 1944, and has been awarded annually since 1944. The award is not linked to membership of the American Chemical Society or American citizenship. In addition to the gold medal, the award winner receives a box and a certificate. It is not possible to award multiple awards to one award winner.
Francis P. Garvan is the only non-scientist to have received the medal.
Winner of the award
- 1923: Ira Remsen
- 1926: Edgar F. Smith
- 1929: Francis P. Garvan
- 1932: Charles L. Parsons
- 1935: William A. Noyes
- 1938: Marston T. Bogert
- 1941: Thomas Midgley
- 1944: James Bryant Conant
- 1945: Ian Heilbron
- 1946: Roger Adams
- 1947: Warren K. Lewis
- 1948: Edward R. Weidlein
- 1949: Arthur B. Lamb
- 1950: Charles August Kraus
- 1951: Evan J. Crane
- 1952: Samuel C. Lind
- 1953: Robert Robinson
- 1954: William Albert Noyes junior
- 1955: Charles Allen Thomas
- 1956: Carl S. Marvel
- 1957: Farrington Daniels
- 1958: Ernest H. Volwiler
- 1959: Hermann Irving Schlesinger
- 1960: Wallace R. Brode
- 1961: Louis Plack Hammett
- 1962: Joel H. Hildebrand
- 1963: Peter Debye
- 1964: John C. Bailar junior
- 1965: William J. Sparks
- 1966: William O. Baker
- 1967: Ralph Connor
- 1968: William Gould Young
- 1969: Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer
- 1970: Max Tishler
- 1971: Frederick D. Rossini
- 1972: George Bogdan Kistiakowsky
- 1973: Harold C. Urey
- 1974: Paul Flory
- 1975: Henry Eyring
- 1976: George S. Hammond
- 1977: Henry Gilman
- 1978: Melvin Calvin
- 1979: Glenn Theodore Seaborg
- 1980: Milton Harris
- 1981: Herbert Charles Brown
- 1982: Bryce Crawford
- 1983: Robert Mulliken
- 1984: Linus Carl Pauling
- 1985: Henry Taube
- 1986: Karl August Folkers
- 1987: John D. Roberts
- 1988: Frank Westheimer
- 1989: George C. Pimentel
- 1990: Roald Hoffmann
- 1991: Harry B. Gray
- 1992: Carl Djerassi
- 1993: Robert W. Parry
- 1994: Howard E. Simmons
- 1995: Derek HR Barton
- 1996: Ernest L. Eliel
- 1997: Mary L. Good
- 1998: Frank Albert Cotton
- 1999: Ronald Breslow
- 2000: Darleane C. Hoffman
- 2001: Fred Basolo
- 2002: Allen J. Bard
- 2003: Edwin J. Vandenberg
- 2004: Elias James Corey
- 2005: George A. Olah
- 2006: Paul S. Anderson
- 2007: George Whitesides
- 2008: Gábor A. Somorjai
- 2009: Frederick Hawthorne
- 2010: Richard N. Zare
- 2011: Ahmed Zewail
- 2012: Robert S. Langer
- 2013: Peter J. Stang
- 2014: Stephen J. Lippard
- 2015: Jacqueline K. Barton
- 2016: Mostafa El-Sayed
- 2017: Tobin J. Marks
- 2018: Geraldine Richmond
- 2019: K. Barry Sharpless
- 2020: JoAnne Stubbe
- 2021: A. Paul Alivisatos
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mitch Jacoby: Paul Alivisatos named 2021 Priestley Medalist. In: cen.acs.org. Chemical & Engineering News, June 25, 2020, accessed June 29, 2020 .