- Perkin Medal
The Perkin Medal is an award given annually by the American section of the
Society of Chemical Industry to a scientist residing in America for an "innovation in applied chemistry resulting in outstanding commercial development." It is considered the highest honor given in the US industrial chemical industry.The Perkin Medal was first granted in 1906 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of mauvine, the world's first synthetic
aniline dye , bySir William Henry Perkin , an English chemist. The award was given to Sir William on the occasion of his famous visit to the United States in the year before he died. It was next given in 1908 and has been given every year since then.Recipients
* 1906 Sir William H. Perkin
* 1908J. B. F. Herreshoff
* 1909Arno Behr * 1910
Edward G. Acheson
* 1911 Charles M. Hall
* 1912Herman Frasch
* 1913James Gayley
* 1914John W. Hyatt
* 1915 Edward Weston
* 1916 Leo H. Baekeland
* 1917Ernst Twitchell
* 1918Auguste J. Rossi
* 1919Frederick G. Cottrell * 1920
Charles F. Chandler
* 1921 Willis R. Whitney
* 1922 William M. Burton
* 1923Milton C. Whitaker
* 1924 Frederick M. Becket
* 1925Hugh K. Moore
* 1926 Richard B. Moore
* 1927John E. Teeple
* 1928Irving Langmuir
* 1929Eugene C. Sullivan * 1930
Herbert H. Dow
* 1931 Arthur D. Little
* 1932Charles F. Burgess
* 1933George Oenslager
* 1934Colin G. Fink
* 1935George O. Curme, Jr.
* 1936Warren K. Lewis
* 1937Thomas Midgley, Jr.
* 1938Frank J. Tone
* 1939Walter S. Landis * 1940 Charles M. A. Stine
* 1941John V. N. Dorr
* 1942Martin Ittner
* 1943Robert E. Wilson
* 1944Gaston F. Dubois
* 1945 Elmer K. Bolton
* 1946Francis C. Frary
* 1947Robert R. Williams
* 1948Clarence W. Balke
* 1949Carl S. Miner * 1950
Eger V. Murphree
* 1951 Henry Howard
* 1952Robert M. Burns
* 1953Charles A. Thomas
* 1954Roger Adams
* 1955 Roger Williams
* 1956Edgar C. Britton
* 1957Glenn T. Seaborg
* 1958William J. Kroll
* 1959Eugene J. Houdry * 1960 Karl Folkers
* 1961Carl F. Prutton
* 1962Eugene G. Rochow
* 1963William O. Baker
* 1964William J. Sparks
* 1965Carl S. Marvel
* 1966Manson Benedict
* 1967Vladimir Haensel
* 1968Henry B. Hass
* 1969Robert W. Cairns * 1970 Milton Harris
* 1971James F. Hyde
* 1972Robert Burns MacMullin
* 1973Theodore L. Cairns
* 1974Edwin H. Land
* 1975Carl Djerassi
* 1976Lewis H. Sarett
* 1977Paul J. Flory
* 1978 Donald F. Othmer
* 1979James D. Idol Jr. * 1980
Herman F. Mark
* 1981Ralph Landau
* 1982Herbert C. Brown
* 1983N. Bruce Hannay
* 1984John H. Sinfelt
* 1985Paul B. Weisz
* 1986Peter Regna
* 1987J. Paul Hogan and Robert L. Banks
* 1988James F. Roth
* 1989Frederick J. Karol * 1990
John E. Franz
* 1991Miguel A. Ondetti
* 1992Edith M. Flanigen
* 1993Lubomyr T. Romankiw
* 1994Marinus Los
* 1995Delbert H. Meyer
* 1996Marion D. Francis
* 1997Stephanie Kwolek
* 1998David R. Bryant
* 1999Albert A. Carr * 2000
Norman N. Li
* 2001Elsa Reichmanis
* 2002Paul S. Anderson
* 2003William H. Joyce
* 2004Gordon E. Moore
* 2005Robert W. Gore
* 2006James C. Stevens
* 2007Herbert Boyer
* 2008Ian Shankland External links
* [http://www.soci.org/SCI/awards/awardsbook/award.jsp?awardID=AW31 Official Perkin Medal home page]
* [http://www.soci.org/SCI/awards/awardsbook/award.jsp?awardID=AW31&pageType=WINNER List of past Perkin Medal recipients]
* [http://www.soci.org/SCI/events/writeups/2008/pdf/ev1202.pdf Announcement of 2008 Winner]
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