American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal

American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal
Awarded for	Given annually "to a person who has stimulated activities of service to the science of chemistry or the profession of chemist or chemical engineer in the United States of America."[1]
Date	1926
Country	U.S.A.
Presented by	American Institute of Chemists
Official website	www.theaic.org/awards_goldmedal.html

The American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal is the highest award of the American Institute of Chemists and has been awarded since 1926.^[1]

It is presented annually to a person who has most encouraged the science of chemistry or the profession of chemist or chemical engineer in the United States of America.

Medal recipients

Source:^[1]

• 1926 Dr. William Blum
• 1927 Dr. Lafayette B. Mendel
• 1929 Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan
• 1930 Mr. George Eastman
• 1931 Mr. Andrew W. Mellon & Mr. Richard B. Mellon
• 1932 Dr. Charles H. Herty
• 1933 Dr. Henry C. Sherman
• 1934 Dr. James Bryant Conant
• 1936 Dr. Marston Taylor Bogert
• 1937 Dr. James F. Norris
• 1938 Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell
• 1940 Dr. Gustav Egloff
• 1941 Dr. Henry G. Knight
• 1942 Dr. William Lloyd Evans
• 1943 Dr. Walter S. Landis
• 1944 Dr. Willard H. Dow
• 1945 John W. Thomas
• 1946 Mr. Robert Price Russell
• 1947 Dr. Moses Leverock Crossley
• 1948 Dr. Charles A. Thomas
• 1949 Dr. Warren K. Lewis
• 1950 Dr. Walter J. Murphy
• 1951 Dr. Harry N. Holmes
• 1952 Dr. Fred J. Emmerich
• 1953 Dr. John Christian Warner
• 1954 Dr. William J. Sparks
• 1955 Dr. Carl S. Marvel
• 1956 Mr. Raymond Stevens
• 1957 Dr. Roy Newton
• 1958 Dr. Lawrence Flett
• 1959 Dr. Crawford H. Greenewalt
• 1960 Dr. Ernest H. Volwiler
• 1961 Dr. Alden H. Emery
• 1962 Dr. George W. Parks
• 1963 Dr. Ralph Connor
• 1964 Dr. Roger Adams
• 1965 Brig. Gen Edwin Cox
• 1966 Dr. John H. Nair
• 1967 Dr. Wayne E. Kuhn
• 1968 Dr. Orville E. May
• 1969 Dr. Henry B. Hass
• 1970 Dr. Willard F. Libby
• 1971 Dr. Emmett B. Carmichael
• 1972 Dr. Harold C. Urey
• 1973 Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg
• 1974 Dr. W. E. "Butch" Hanford
• 1975 Dr. William O. Baker
• 1976 Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer
• 1977 Dr. Max Tishler
• 1978 Dr. Norman Hackerman
• 1979 Dr. Melvin Calvin
• 1980 Dr. Arthur M. Bueche
• 1981 Dr. Lewis Sarett
• 1982 Dr. Milton Harris
• 1983 Dr. Mary L. Good
• 1984 Dr. John H. Sinfelt
• 1985 Dr. Herbert C. Brown
• 1986 Dr. N. Bruce Hannay
• 1987 Dr. Arnold O. Beckman
• 1988 Dr. George C. Pimentel
• 1989 Dr. Elias J. Corey
• 1990 Dr. Harry B. Gray
• 1991 Dr. Bruce N. Ames
• 1992 Dr. Roy L. Whistler
• 1993 Dr. Fred Basolo
• 1994 Dr. Arthur Adamson
• 1995 Dr. George Parshall
• 1996 Dr. Harry Drickman
• 1997 Dr. Alfred Bader
• 1998 Dr. F. Albert Cotton
• 2000 Dr. Yie W. Chien
• 2002 Dr. Tobin Marks
• 2003 Dr. Ralph Hirschmann
• 2004 Dr. Carl Djerassi
• 2005 Mr. Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
• 2006 Dr. Roald Hoffmann
• 2007 Dr. George Whitesides
• 2008 Dr. Paul Berg^[2]
• 2009 Oliver Smithies^[3][2]
• 2010 Robert Grubbs
• 2011 Dudley Herschbach
• 2012 Elizabeth Blackburn^[4]
• 2013 John D. Roberts ^[5]
• 2014 Ronald Breslow^[6]
• 2015 Jacqueline Barton^[7]

See also

List of prizes, medals and awards

References

1. "Gold Medal Award Winners". American Institute of Chemists. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
2. "Past Winners of the AIC Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. 2012.
3. "Nobel Laureate Oliver Smithies to Receive 2009 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. April 22, 2009.
4. "Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn to Receive 2012 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. March 30, 2012.
5. "John D. Roberts Receives 2013 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. April 4, 2013.
6. "Ronald Breslow to Receive 2014 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. January 28, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
7. "AIC Gold Medal: 2015 Medalist: Jacqueline Barton". Chemical Heritage Foundation.