Priestley Medal: Difference between revisions

| descriptionawarded_for = Distinguished service in the field of [[chemistry]]

The '''Priestley Medal''' is the highest honor conferred by the [[American Chemical Society]] (ACS) and is awarded for distinguished service in the field of [[chemistry]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Priestley Medal |url=http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/funding/awards/national/bytopic/CTP_004545 |work=Funding & Awards |publisher=[[American Chemical Society]] |accessdateaccess-date=2013-06-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Schofield |first=Robert E. |title=The Enlightened Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Work from 1773 to 1804 |url=https://archive.org/details/enlightenedjosep1804scho |url-access=limited |publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University Press]] |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/enlightenedjosep1804scho/page/n388 372] |isbn=978-0-271-02459-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bowden |first=Mary Ellen |last2=Rosner |first2=Lisa |title=Joseph Priestley, Radical Thinker |publisher=[[Chemical Heritage Foundation]] |year=2005 |page=16 |isbn=978-0-941901-38-3 }}</ref> Established in 1922, the award is named after [[Joseph Priestley]], one of the discovererdiscoverers of [[oxygen]], who immigrated to the [[United States of America]] in 1794. The ACS formed in 1876, spearheaded by a group of chemists who had met two years previously in Priestley's home.<ref name=85th />

The Priestley Medal is among the most distinguished awards in the chemical sciences, behind the [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry]] and the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ireg-observatory.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ireg-list-academic-awards.pdf |title=IREG List of International Academic Awards |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2019|publisher=[[IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence]] |access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref> Consequently, it is commonly awarded to scientists who are advanced in their fields, as it is intended to commemorate lifetime achievement.<ref name=85th>{{cite web|title=85th Anniversary of the Priestley Medal|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/ |work=Chemical & Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |date=2008-04-07 |accessdateaccess-date=2013-06-10 |last=Raber |first=Linda R.}}</ref> When the ACS started presenting the Priestley Medal in 1923, they intended to award it every three years. This continued until 1944, when it became an annual award.<ref name=85th />

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/cen/acsnews/86/8614acsnews3.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: ACS News -– The Priestley Medalists, 1923-20081923–2008|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1923 [[Ira Remsen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1923remsen.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1923: Ira Remsen (1846-19271846–1927)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1929 [[Francis P. Garvan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1929garvan.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1929: Francis P. Garvan (1875-19371875–1937)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1935 [[William A. Noyes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1935noyes.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1935: William Albert Noyes (1857-19411857–1941) and 1954: W. Albert Noyes Jr. (1898-19801898–1980)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1941 [[Thomas Midgley, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1941midgely.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1941: Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889-19441889–1944)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1944 [[James Bryant Conant]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1944conant.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1944: James Bryant Conant (1893-19781893–1978)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1945 [[Ian Heilbron]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1945heilbron.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1945: Ian Morris Heilbron (1886-19591886–1959)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1946 [[Roger Adams]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1946adams.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1946: Roger Adams (1889-19711889–1971)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1947 [[Warren K. Lewis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1947lewis.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1947: Warren K. Lewis (1882-19751882–1975)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1951 [[E. J. Crane]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1951crane.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal - 1951: Evan J. Crane (1889-1966)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1953 [[Robert Robinson (organic chemist)|Sir Robert Robinson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1953robinson.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1953: Sir Robert Robinson (1886-19751886–1975)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1954 [[W. Albert Noyes, Jr.]] (son of [[William A. Noyes]])

* 1962 [[Joel H. Hildebrand]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1962hildebrand.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1962: Joel H. Hildebrand (1881-19831881–1983)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1963 [[Peter Debye|Peter J. W. Debye]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1963debye.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1963: Peter J. W. Debye (1884-19661884–1966)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1964 [[John C. Bailar, Jr.]]

* 1969 [[Kenneth S. Pitzer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1969pitzer.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1969: Kenneth S. Pitzer (1914-19971914–1997)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1970 [[Max Tishler]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1970tishler.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1970: Max Tishler (1906-19891906–1989)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1972 [[George B. Kistiakowsky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1972kistiakowsky.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1972: George B. Kistiakowsky (1900-19821900–1982)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1973 [[Harold C. Urey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1973urey.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1973: Harold C. Urey (1893-19811893–1981)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1978 [[Melvin Calvin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1978calvin.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1978: Melvin Calvin (1911-19971911–1997)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1979 [[Glenn T. Seaborg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1979seaborg.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1979: Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-19991912–1999)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1982 [[Bryce Crawford|Bryce Crawford, Jr.]]

* 1984 [[Linus Pauling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1984pauling.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal -– 1984: Linus C. Pauling (1901-19941901–1994)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1988 [[Frank H. Westheimer]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=ACS 1988 National Award Winners|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|volume=65|issue=35|year=1987|pages=48|issn=0009-2347|doi=10.1021/cen-v065n035.p048|doi-access=free}}</ref>

* 1989 [[George C. Pimentel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/priestley/recipients/1989pimentel.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal - 1989: George C. Pimentel (1922-1989)|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 1998 [[F. Albert Cotton]]<ref name="DaganiRawls1997">{{cite journal|last1=Dagani|first1=Ron|title=Cotton to Receive Priestley Medal|last2=Rawls|first2=Rebecca|title=COTTON TO RECEIVE PRIESTLEY MEDAL|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|volume=75|issue=16|year=1997|pages=9|issn=0009-2347|doi=10.1021/cen-v075n016.p009}}</ref>

* 1999 [[Ronald Breslow]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/hotarticles/cenear/990322/priest1.html|title=PRIESTLEY MEDAL PROFILE|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2000 [[Darleane C. Hoffman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/hotarticles/cenear/032700/print/7813pries.html|title=PRIESTLEY MEDAL PROFILE: SMALL-TOWN IOWA GIRL MAKES GOOD|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2001 [[Fred Basolo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/7914/7914basolo.html|title=C&EN: COVER STORY -– PRIESTLY MEDALIST -– A CHEMIST FROM COELLO|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2002 [[Allen J. Bard]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/topstory/7915/7915notw4.html|title=C&EN: NEWS OF THE WEEK: PRIESTLEY MEDAL GOES TO BARD|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2003 [[Edwin J. Vandenberg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/8112/8112vandenberg.html|title=C&EN: PRIESTLEY MEDALIST -– A POLYMER MAN'S HERCULEAN EFFORT|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2004 [[Elias J. Corey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/82/i13/ABOVE-BEYOND-ORGANIC-SYNTHESIS.html|title=ABOVE AND BEYOND ORGANIC SYNTHESIS|author=A. MAUREEN ROUHI, C&EN WASHINGTON|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2005 [[George A. Olah]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8214/8214notw5.html|title=C&EN: LATEST NEWS -– OLAH WINS 2005 PRIESTLEY MEDAL|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2006 [[Paul S. Anderson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/84/8413PaulAnderson.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2007 [[George M. Whitesides]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/85/8513cover2.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: Cover Story -– Always On The Move|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2008 [[Gabor A. Somorjai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/86/8614cover.html|title=Chemical & Engineering News: Cover Story -– Surface Science's Sage|author=Chemical & Engineering News|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2009 [[M. Frederick Hawthorne]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/87/i12/2009-Priestley-Medal.html|title=The 2009 Priestley Medal|author=Rudy Baum|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2010 [[Richard Zare]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/88/i12/Bubbling-Enthusiasm.html|title=Bubbling With Enthusiasm|author=Celia Henry Arnaud|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2011 [[Ahmed H. Zewail]]<ref name="JacobyReisch2010">{{cite journal|last1=Jacoby|first1=Mitch|last2=Reisch|first2=Marc|title=ZEWAILZewail WINSWins 2011 PRIESTLEYPriestley MEDALMedal|last2=Reisch|first2=Marc|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|volume=88|issue=25|year=2010|pages=5|issn=0009-2347|doi=10.1021/cen-v088n025.p005}}</ref>

* 2012 [[Robert S. Langer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://news.mit.edu/2011/langer-priestley-medal|title=Robert Langer wins top chemistry award|author=Melanie L Miller - Chemical engineering|date=21 June 2011|work=MIT News|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2013 [[Peter J. Stang]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i30/Peter-J-Stang-Named-Priestley.html|title=Peter J. Stang Named Priestley Medalist|author=Elizabeth K. Wilson|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

* 2014 [[Stephen J. Lippard]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Stephen Lippard Named Priestley Medalist |url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i23/Stephen-Lippard-Named-Priestley-Medalist.html|work=Chemical & Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |date=2013-06-10|accessdateaccess-date=2013-06-10|last=Halford |first=Bethany}}</ref>

*2015 [[Jacqueline Barton]] <ref>{{cite web|title=Jacqueline Barton Named Priestley Medalist |url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i24/Jacqueline-Barton-Named-Priestley-Medalist.html |work=Chemical & Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |date=2014-06-10|accessdateaccess-date=2013-06-12|last=Wilson |first=Elizabeth K.}}</ref>

*2016 [[Mostafa El-Sayed]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = GT {{!}} Georgia Institute of Technology -– News Center -– Mostafa El-Sayed Wins 2016 Priestley Medal|url = http://www.news.gatech.edu/2015/07/06/mostafa-el-sayed-wins-2016-priestley-medal|website = www.news.gatech.edu|accessdateaccess-date = 2015-08-19}}</ref>

*2017 [[Tobin J. Marks]] <ref>{{cite web|title=Tobin Marks Wins Priestley Medal |url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i25/Tobin-Marks-wins-Priestley-Medal.html |work=Chemical & Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |date=2016-06-20|accessdateaccess-date=2016-06-20|last=Wilson |first=Elizabeth K.}}</ref>

*2018 [[Geraldine L. Richmond]] <ref>{{cite web|title=Geraldine Richmond named 2018 Priestley Medalist |url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i24/Geraldine-Richmond-named-2018-Priestley-Medalist.html |work=Chemical & Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |date=2017-06-07|accessdateaccess-date=2017-06-08|last=Kemsley |first=Jyllian}}</ref>

* 20102020 [[JoAnne Stubbe]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cen.acs.org/people/awards/JoAnne-Stubbe-named-2020-Priestley-Medalist/97/i25|title=JoAnne Stubbe Named 2020 Priestley Medalist|author=Celia Henry Arnaud|publisher=|accessdateaccess-date=19 June 2019}}</ref>

* {{Cite journal| author1 = Charles L. Parsons | title = Priestley memorial and medal | doi = 10.1021/ed009p643 | journal = Journal of Chemical Education | volume = 9 | issue = 4 | page = 643| year = 1932 | pmid = | pmc = | bibcode = 1932JChEd...9..643P}}

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