Every year the Orange County Section of the American Chemical Society seeks nominations for the Charles R. Bennett "Service Through Chemistry" Award. This award recognizes contributions of chemists to society in the broadest sense.  The award was started in 1972 and was renamed in 2003 to honor Charles R. Bennett, a long-time active member of the Orange County Section. He was a well-respected and highly knowledgeable consultant. He played an active public role on many environmental issues, both international and local, and served on the ACS Committee on Environmental Improvement at the national level.
    Previous Recipients

Dr. Arie Jan Haagen-Smit	1972
Dr. James N. Pitts, Jr.	1973
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman	1974
Dr. F. Sherwood Rowland	1975
Dr. T. Roy Fukuto	1979
Dr. Irving S. Bengelsdorf	1980
Dr. Robert M. Horowitz	1981
Dr. James C. Sternberg	1982
Dr. Donald C. Young	1983
Dr. Miriam Kastner	1984
Dr. Eugene Roberts	1985
Dr. Sidney W. Benson	1986
Dr. Mare Taagepera	1987
Dr. John Seinfeld	1988
Dr. Mario Molina	1989
Dr. Marjorie C. Caserio	1990
Dr. John D. Roberts	1991
Dr. Roshantha A. Chandraratna	1992
Dr. Lloyd R. Snyder	1993
Honorable Edward R. Royce	1994
Dr. George E. Miller	1995
Dr. Maria Linder	1996
Mr. Frank Baumann	1997
Ms. Miriam Cardenas	1998
Dr. Yvonne Shen	1998
Dr. Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts	1999
Dr. John Hemminger	2003
Dr. Don Blake	2004
Ms. Margaret Carlberg	2005
Dr. Patrick Wegner	2007
Dr. Ara Apkarian	2008

Nominations are accepted from any member of this Section or of cooperating Sections.
The deadline for receipt of nominations each year is July 1st.
Send supporting documentation by e-mail to ocacs@sbcglobal.net or submit a letter of support to:
     The OCACS Awards Committee
c/o Orange County Section, ACS
P.O. Box 211
Placentia, CA 92871