The Gustavus John Esselen Award for
Chemistry in the
Public
Interest
Nominations invited for
2007
The Esselen Award for Chemistry in the public interest is one of the most prestigious honors provided by the
Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society. The award annually
recognizes a chemist whose scientific and technical work has
contributed
to the public well-being, and has thereby communicated positive
values of
the chemical profession. The Awardee should be a living resident of
the
United States or Canada at the time of nomination, and the
significance of
this work should have become apparent within the five years preceding
nomination.
The Award was established in 1987 to honor the
memory
of Gustavus John Esselen, a distinguished member of the Northeastern
Section. A brief
history
of the Award as well as a
biography
of Esselen can be accessed from this web page.The first awardees were
F.
Sherwood Rowland and Mario J. Molina, who subsequently received the
Nobel
Prize. As can be seen by the list of past
recipients, any field of chemistry is valid as long as the
scientific
work has clearly contributed to the public well-being and its value
to
society has become apparent within the last five years.
The
award
consists of a medal and a check for $5,000. Travel expenses
incidental to
the conferring of this award will be reimbursed. The award will
usually be
held in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the April meeting of the
Northeastern
Section. The Awardee will deliver an address on the subject of the
work
for which the honor is being conferred, or for work in progress which
is
also directed to chemistry in the public interest.
The Esselen
award for 2006 was presented to Richard
D. DiMarchi, Gill Chair in Biomolecular Sciences and
Professor of
Chemistry, University of Indiana. The 2007 award function will be
held
on Thursday April 12, 2007 at Harvard University.
The nomination
announcement summarizes the nature of the award and the criteria
and
procedure for nominations. Please direct any questions to the 2007
Chair,
Dr. Robert Langer (rlanger@mit.edu),
or to the Secretary to the Committee, Karen Piper,
piper28@attglobal.net
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