Garvan-Olin Medal
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The Francis P. Garvan–John M. Olin Medal is an annual award that recognizes distinguished service to chemistry
by women chemists. The Award is offered by the American Chemical Society
(ACS), and consists of a cash prize (US$5,000) and a medal. The medal was designed by Margaret Christian Grigor.
Any individual may nominate a single eligible chemist in one year. Nominees must be a female citizen of the United States.
The award was established by Francis Garvan and Mabel Brady Garvan in 1936 in honor of their daughter. It was initially an essay contest, that ran for seven years, as a memorial to their daughter (the American Chemical Society's Prize Essay Contest). It was solely funded by the Francis P. Garvan Medal Endowment from its establishment in 1936 until 1979. W. R. Grace & Co. assumed co-sponsorship of the award from 1979 to 1983. In 1984, Olin Corporation assumed co-sponsorship. Mabel Brady Garvan remained involved with the Award through 1967.
The Garvin–Olin Award is the ACS' third-oldest award, and the first award established to honor women chemists.
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
by women chemists. The Award is offered by the American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...
(ACS), and consists of a cash prize (US$5,000) and a medal. The medal was designed by Margaret Christian Grigor.
Any individual may nominate a single eligible chemist in one year. Nominees must be a female citizen of the United States.
The award was established by Francis Garvan and Mabel Brady Garvan in 1936 in honor of their daughter. It was initially an essay contest, that ran for seven years, as a memorial to their daughter (the American Chemical Society's Prize Essay Contest). It was solely funded by the Francis P. Garvan Medal Endowment from its establishment in 1936 until 1979. W. R. Grace & Co. assumed co-sponsorship of the award from 1979 to 1983. In 1984, Olin Corporation assumed co-sponsorship. Mabel Brady Garvan remained involved with the Award through 1967.
The Garvin–Olin Award is the ACS' third-oldest award, and the first award established to honor women chemists.
Award Recipients
- 1937 Emma P. CarrEmma P. CarrEmma Perry Carr was an American spectroscopist and chemical educator.Carr was born in Holmesville, Ohio, the third child of Edmund and Anna Carr. She went to high school in Coshocton, Ohio, before attending Ohio State University from 1898 until 1899, and then Mount Holyoke College from 1900 until...
- 1940 Mary Engle PenningtonMary Engle PenningtonMary Engle Pennington was an American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer.-Early Life and Education:...
- 1942 Florence B. Seibert
- 1946 Icie Macy Hoobler
- 1947 Mary Lura Sherrill
- 1948 Gerty CoriGerty CoriGerty Theresa Cori was an American biochemist who became the third woman—and first American woman—to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Cori was born in Prague...
- 1949 Agnes Fay Morgan
- 1950 Pauline Beery Mack
- 1951 Katharine B. Blodgett
- 1952 Gladys A. Emerson
- 1953 Leonora N. Bilger
- 1954 Betty Sullivan
- 1955 Grace Medes
- 1956 Allene R. Jeanes
- 1957 Lucy W. Pickett
- 1958 Arda A. Green
- 1959 Dorothy V. Nightingale
- 1960 Mary L. Caldwell
- 1961 Sarah Ratner
- 1962 Helen M. Dyer
- 1963 Mildred CohnMildred CohnMildred Cohn was an American biochemist. She graduated from high school at 14 and went on to receive her Bachelor's from Hunter College in 1931, her master's in 1932 from Columbia University, and her PhD in physical chemistry in 1938 from Columbia...
- 1964 Birgit Vennesland
- 1965 Gertrude E. Perlmann
- 1966 Mary L. Peterman
- 1967 Marjorie J. Vold
- 1968 Gertrude B. Elion
- 1969 Sofia Simmonds
- 1970 Ruth R. BeneritoRuth R. BeneritoRuth Mary Rogan Benerito is an American scientist and inventor known for her work related to the textile industry, including the development of wash-and-wear cotton. She holds 55 patents.-Personal life:...
- 1971 Mary Fieser
- 1972 Jean'ne M. Shreeve
- 1973 Mary L. GoodMary L. GoodMary Lowe Good is an inorganic chemist who does industrial research and has worked in government. She received her BS from the University of Central Arkansas and in 1955 received her PhD in from the University of Arkansas...
- 1974 Joyce J. Kaufman
- 1975 Marjorie C. Caserio
- 1976 Isabella L. Karle
- 1977 Marjorie G. Horning
- 1978 Madeleine M. Joullié
- 1979 Jenny P. Glusker
- 1980 Helen M. Free
- 1981 Elizabeth K. Weisburger
- 1982 Sara Jane Rhoads
- 1983 Ines Mandl
- 1984 Martha L. Ludwig
- 1985 Catherine C. Fenselau
- 1986 Jeanette G. Grasselli
- 1987 Janet G. Osteryoung
- 1988 Marye Anne FoxMarye Anne FoxMarye Anne Payne Fox is a physical organic chemist and university administrator. She was the first female chief executive of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. In April 2004, Fox was named Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego.-Early years:Fox was born in...
- 1989 Kathleen C. Taylor
- 1990 Darleane C. HoffmanDarleane C. HoffmanDarleane C. Hoffman is an American nuclear chemist who was among the researchers who confirmed the existence of Seaborgium, element 106. She is a faculty senior scientist in the Nuclear Science Division of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and a professor in the graduate school at UC Berkeley.She...
- 1991 Cynthia M. Friend
- 1992 Jacqueline K. BartonJacqueline BartonJacqueline K. Barton is an American chemist. She is the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology...
- 1993 Edith M. FlanigenEdith M. FlanigenEdith Marie Flanigen is an American chemist, known for her work on synthesis of emeralds, and later zeolites for molecular sieves at Union Carbide. She was the first female recipient of the Perkin Medal in 1992....
- 1994 Barbara J. Garrison
- 1995 Angelica M. Stacy
- 1996 Geraldine L. Richmond
- 1997 Karen W. Morse
- 1998 Joanna S. FowlerJoanna S. FowlerJoanna S. Fowler, a senior chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the Director of Brookhaven’s Center for Translational Neuroimaging, has been named the 2005 recipient of the Distinguished Basic Scientist of the Year Award from the Academy of Molecular...
- 1999 Cynthia A. MaryanoffCynthia A. MaryanoffCynthia Anne Maryanoff is an American organic and materials chemist.-Background and contributions:...
- 2000 F. Ann Walker
- 2001 Susan S. Taylor
- 2002 Marion C. Thurnauer
- 2003 Martha GreenblattMartha GreenblattMartha Greenblatt, a chemist, researcher, and faculty member at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, is the only female chair of a science department in the School of Arts and Science to date . Greenblatt took the position of Chair of the Chemistry Department at Rutgers while pursuing...
- 2004 Sandra C. Greer
- 2005 Frances H. Arnold
- 2006 Lila M. Gierasch
- 2007 Laura L. KiesslingLaura L. KiesslingLaura L. Kiessling is an American biochemist, and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, at University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the director of the Keck Center for Chemical Genomics, and the NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program....
- 2008 Elizabeth C. Theil
- 2009 Kathlyn A. Parker
- 2010 Judith C. Giordan
- 2011 Sherry J. Yennello