William H. Nichols Medal
The William H. Nichols Medal is awarded annually for original research in chemistry. Nominees must have made a "significant and original contribution in any field of chemistry" during the five years preceding the presentation date. The medallist receives a gold medal, a bronze replica and a cash award.
William H. Nichols Medal
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The award was established in 1902 by the New York Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) through a gift from chemist and businessman William H. It was the first award to be approved by the ACS. The medal was first awarded in 1903.
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Key facts
• Name — William H. Nichols Medal • Presenter — American Chemical Society, New York Local Section • Date — 1902 • Website — http: www.newyorkacs.org/meetings/Nominations/Nichols.php
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Recipients
The award is given yearly and was first presented in 1903. • 1903 Edward B. Voorhees • 1904 (no award given) • 1905 Charles L. Parsons • 1906 Marston T. Bogert • 1907 Howard B. Bishop • 1908 William Hultz Walker • 1909 H. H. C. P. Weber • 1909 William A. Noyes • 1910 L. H. Baekeland • 1911 C. W. Easley • 1911 M. A. Rosanof • 1912 Charles James • 1913 (no award given) • 1914 Moses Gomberg • 1915 Irving Langmuir • 1916 Claude S. Hudson • 1917 (no award given) • 1918 Treat Baldwin Johnson • 1919 (no award given) • 1920 Irving Langmuir • 1921 Gilbert N. Lewis • 1922 (no award given) • 1923 Thomas Midgley Jr. • 1924 Charles A. Kraus • 1925 Edward Curtis Franklin • 1926 S. C. Lind • 1927 Roger Adams • 1928 Hugh S. Taylor • 1929 William L. Evans • 1930 Samuel E. Sheppard • 1931 John A. Wilson • 1932 James B. Conant • 1933 (no award given) • 1934 Henry C. Sherman • 1935 Julius A. Nieuwland • 1936 William M. Clark • 1937 Frank C. Whitmore • 1938 P. A. Levene • 1939 Joel H. Hildebrand • 1940 John M. Nelson • 1941 Linus Pauling • 1942 Duncan A. MacInnes • 1943 Arthur B. Lamb • 1944 Carl S. Marvel • 1945 Vincent du Vigneaud • 1946 Wendell M. Stanley • 1947 George B. Kistiakowski • 1948 Glenn T. Seaborg • 1949 I. M. Kolthoff • 1950 Oskar Wintersteiner • 1951 Henry Eyring • 1952 Frank H. Spedding • 1953 Reynold C. Fuson • 1954 Charles P. Smyth • 1955 Wendell M. Latimer • 1956 Robert Burns Woodward • 1957 Louis P. Hammett • 1958 Melvin Calvin • 1959 Herbert C. Brown • 1960 Herman F. Mark • 1961 Peter J. W. Debye • 1962 Paul J. Flory • 1963 Louis F. Fieser • 1964 Arthur C. Cope • 1965 Herbert E. Carter • 1966 Frederick D. Rossini • 1967 Karl Folkers • 1968 William S. Johnson • 1969 Marshall Nirenberg • 1970 Britton Chance • 1971 Henry Taube • 1972 John D. Roberts • 1973 R. Bruce Merrifield • 1974 Harold A. Scheraga • 1975 F. Albert Cotton • 1976 Paul D. Bartlett • 1977 Elias J. Corey • 1978 Frank Alden Bovey • 1979 Choh Hao Li • 1980 Gilbert Stork • 1981 Roald Hoffmann • 1982 Frank H. Westheimer • 1983 Neil Bartlett • 1984 Fred W. McLafferty • 1985 Jerome A. Berson • 1986 Michael J. S. Dewar • 1987 Kurt Mislow • 1988 Ralph F. Hirschmann • 1989 Ronald Breslow • 1990 John D. Baldeschwieler • 1991 J. Calvin Giddings • 1992 Koji Nakanishi • 1993 Richard E. Smalley • 1994 Peter B. Dervan • 1995 Stephen J. Lippard • 1996 K. C. Nicolaou • 1997 Jacqueline K. Barton • 1998 Ahmed H. Zewail • 1999 Samuel J. Danishefsky • 2000 Barry M. Trost • 2001 Stuart L. Schreiber • 2002 Alan G. MacDiarmid • 2003 Harry Gray • 2004 Allen J. Bard • 2005 Richard N. Zare • 2006 K. Barry Sharpless • 2007 Nicholas J. Turro • 2008 Nadrian C. Seeman • 2009 Carolyn R. Bertozzi • 2010 Tobin J. Marks • 2011 Julius Rebek (Jr.) • 2012 Alan G. Marshall • 2013 Richard Eisenberg • 2014 Amos Smith (III) • 2015 Gabor A. Somorjai • 2016 Stephen L. Buchwald • 2017 Chad Mirkin • 2018 Debra R. Rolison • 2019 Vicki Grassian • 2020 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski • 2021 (No award given) • 2022 Alison Butler • 2023 Karen Goldberg • 2024 Emily A. Carter • 2025 Benjamin Cravatt III
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- 1.William H. Nichols Distinguished Symposium, Medal Award Presentation & Dinner 2017 Call For Nominations. American Chemical Society, New York Section.
- 2.The William H. Nichols Medal. Journal of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 6. 4. 274. 1914. 10.1021/ie50064a001.
- 3.Nichols Medalists. American Chemical Society, New York Section.
- 4.McKinney, Donna. NRL's Debra Rolison Honored with ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials. U. S. Naval Research Laboratory. June 30, 2011.
- 5.2018 William H. Nichols Award Symposium.
- 6.Wang, Linda. C&EN Global Enterprise ACS NEWS Vicki Grassian wins Nichols Medal. C&EN. 97. 37. 32. September 23, 2019. 10.1021/cen-09737-awards4.
- 7.Prof. Vicki H. Grassian, 2019 Nichols Medalist. The Indicator. 100. 4. 5–7.
- 8.2022 Nichols Medal is Awarded to Professor Alison Butler. American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee. August 22, 2021.
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