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P r i s e Winners in Chemistry (Cont'd) J A M E S A. F U N K H O U S E R , University o f New H a m p s h i r e , D u r h a m , Ν . Η . Mendel
T
HE M E N D E L M E D A L is awarded annually by Villanova College 1 t o a Catholic
DATE
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1
tary.
Medal
who has signally advanced t h e cause of science. T h e medal is to commemorate
studies
of Abbé
Gregor
ADDRESS
A W A R D E D TO
John A. Kolmer Albert F. Zahm Karl F. Herzfeld Francis P. Garvan Hugh Stott Taylor Georges Lemaitre Francis Owen Rice Julius A. Nieuwland
t h e biological Mendel.
Temple University Medical School Director of Aeronautical Research, Library of Congress Professor of Research Physics, Johns Hopkins University President of the Chemical Foundation, Inc. Chairman of the Chemistry Dept., and David B. Jones Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University Professor of Astral Physics, Catholic University of Louvain Johns Hopkins University' Professor of Chemistry, Notre D a m e University 1
Information supplied by the alumni secre-
» New York Times, May 8. 1935. » IND. ENG. CHEM., NEWS ED., 14, 248 (1936).
Theodore William Richards Medal
A
GOLD M E D A L was established in 1929 by the Northeastern Section of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY to commemorate the many fundamental contributions which Theodore William Richards
made t o chemistry during his tion with Harvard University for five years. This medal will be awarded Northeastern Section a t intervals
connectwentyby the of two
years or, if circumstances should warrant, slightly more often. T h e honor will always go to a chemist who is well known a n d recognized for conspicuous achievement in his chosen field.1
DATE
A W A R D E D TO
ADDRESS
CONTRIBUTION
1930 1932 1934
Theodore W. Richards Arthur Amos N o y e s Gregory Paul Baxter
Harvard University California Institute of Technology Harvard University
1936
Charles A . Kraus
Brown University
(Posthumously.) Outstanding work in physical chemistry.* Atomic weight determinations; refined measurements of physical properties.* In recognition of his work in the field of non-aqueous solvents. 4
1
* Ibid., 14, 79 (1936); The Nucleus, 13, 165 (1936).
Tbid., 10, 16, 126 (1932). *Ibid., 12, 99 (1934).
IND. ENG. CHEM., N E W S E D , 8, No. Π , 8
(1930).
A . C . S . Award i n P u r e C h e m i s t r y
T
HE
AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY
Award in Pure Chemistry was estab lished in the spring of 1931 a t the sugges tion of Arthur C. Langmuir who gener ously assumed the financial burden of the
award for the first few years. Designed to encourage- and recognize outstanding chemical research in pure science, t h e award is to be made a t the fall meeting of the
AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY
to
a
person who is less t h a n thirty-one years of age and of American university or college connection. The award consists of a certificate a n d a check for one thousand dollars.
DATE
A W A R D E D TO
ADDRESS
T I T L E OF R E S E A R C H
1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
Linus Pauling Oscar Knefler Rice F . H. Spedding C . Frederick Koelsch Raymond M. Fuoss
California Institute of Technology Harvard University University of California University of Wisconsin Brown University
1936
John Gamble Kirkwood
Cornell University
Studies on crystal structure and the nature of the chemical bond. 1 Mechanism of reactions. 8 Spectroscopic studies dealing with atomic and molecular structure. 3 Researches on the chemistry of condensed ring systems. 4 Comprehensive theory of electrolytic solutions which applies t o all solvents and all electrolytes at low concentrations.* Work on the dielectric properties of matter under high pressures. 6
1
*Ibid., 11, 274 (1933). *Ibid., 12, 114. 331 (1934).
IND. ENG. CHEM., NEWS ED., 9, 269. 272
(1931). *Ibid., 10, 217 (1932).
*Tbid., 13, 191 (1935). •Ibid., U , 150 (1936).
P o p u l a r S c i e n c e M o n t h l y Prize P R I Z E of ten thousand dollars is awarded in behalf of Popular Science
Monthly by a committee of scientists a n d business and industrial leaders for t h e
DATE
A W A R D E D TO
ADDRESS
1931
George H. Whipple George R. Minot Irving Langmuir
University of Rochester } Harvard University J General Electric Co.
1932 1
IND. ENG. CHEM.. NEWS ED., 8f No. 1, 9
(1930).
current achievement in science of great est value to the world. 1
CONTRIBUTION
Discovery of a cure for pernicious anemia. 9 Invention of the nitrogen-filled incandescent electric light bulb a n d atomic arc welding.*
*Ibid.t 9. 5 (1931) Feb.. 1931, p. 30.
Popular Sci.
(To be continued)
Monthly,
•Ibid., 10, 49 (1932); Popular Sci. Monthly, April, 1932, p . 20.
