P E R K I N M E D A L AWAR-D
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HE Perkin Medal for 1933 was presented to George Oenslager, research chemist of The B. F. Goodrich
Company, Akron, Ohio, on January 6 a t a joint meeting of scientific societies under the auspices of the American Section of the Society of Chemical Industry in New York, N. Y. H. L. Trumbull, of the B. F. Goodrich Company, described the accomplishments of the medalist, followed by the presentation of the mdeal by Marston T. Bogert of Columbia University, and the address of the medalist himself. A. E. Marshall, chairman of the award committee, presided. The Perkin Medal may be awarded annually by the Ameri-
can Section of the Society of Chemical Industry for the most valuable work in applied chemistry. The award may be made to any chemist residing in the United States of America for work which he has done a t any time during his career, whether this work proved successful a t the time of execution or publication, or whether it became valuable in subsequent development of the industry. The medalist is chosen by a CHEMICAL committee representing this society, the AMERICAN SOCIETY, the American Electrochemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Soci6t6 de Chimie Industrielle. It was founded in 1906 by Sir William H. Perkin, the first medal being presented to Sir William himself.
PERKIN MEDALAWARDS DATE 1906
AWARDED TO Sir William H. Perkin
1908 J. B. F. Herreshoff
1909
Arno Rehr
1910 E. G. Acheson
1911 Charles M.Hall
1912
Herman Frasch
1913 James Gayley 1914 John W.Hyatt 1915 Edward Weston
1916
Leo H. Baekeland
1917
Ernst Twitchell
1918 Auguste J. Rossi 1919
F. G . Cottrell
1920 Charles F . Chandler
1921 Willis R. Whitney
1922
William M. Burton
PRINCIPAL ACHIEVEMENTS
DATE
Pioneer work in synthetic dye industry.
AWARDED TO
1923 Milton C. Whitaker
Improvements in chamber process for sulfuric acid: development of the contact process for sulfuric acid, a roasting furnace for pyrites fines, a copper smelting furnace, and electrolytic refining of copper. Work in field of corn products, including grape sugar, crystallized dextrose, mill starch: and utilization of various byproducts. Development of Carborundum, artificial graphite, graphitized electrodes, s o f t graphite, deflocculated graphite, Siloxicon, Aquadag, and Oildag. Development of process for manufacture of aluminum by electrolysis of alumina in fused cryolite bath. Contribution to refining of Cltnadian and Ohio petroleums and his method of mining sulfur. Invention of dry air blast for manufacture of iron. Discovery of celluloid a n d development of its manufacture. Achievements in electrodeposition of metals, electrolytic refining of copper, construction of electric generators and motors, arc and incandescent illumination, electric measuring instrumenta, and the weston standard cell. Discovery of Velox paper, Bakelite, and of other synthetic resins. Discovery and development of use of organic sulio acids as catalysts in hydrolysis of oils and fats for production of fatty acids and glycerol. Achievements in field o i titanium steel and other titanium alloys. Recovery of helium from natural-gas wells and electrical precipitation of suspended particles. Work as educator and expert, in field of industrial chemistry, as pioneer in field of sanitary chemistry, and for invention o i system of assay weights. Achievements as research director of General Electric Company, in development of metallized incandescent filaments of Gem lamps, tungsten lamps, gas-filled lamps, insulating materials, alloys, and new apparatus and electric equipment. High-temperature process c,f cracking petroleum under pressure.
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PRINCIPAL ACHIEVEMEYTS Achievements in manufacture of alcohol, ethyl acetate, acetone, other solvents, and the utilization of by-products.
1924
Frederick 31. Becket
Processes for extraction of rare metals from ores, manufacture of calcium carbide, and reduction of rare metals and alloys.
1925
Hugh K . Moore
Development of electrolytic processes for chlorine and caustic soda, and recovery and utilization of by-products in pulp and paper industry.
1926
R. B. Moore
Achievement in field of helium and radioactive elements.
1927 John E . Teeple
Achievement in manufacture of acids, alkalies, chlorine, permanganate, special chemicals: design of plants for same, distillation of hardwoods: utilization of pine oil; and chiefly for recovery of potash and borax a t Searles Lake, Calif.
1928 Irving Langmuir
.4ccomplishments in field of low pressures: conduction, convection, and radiation of heat; vapor pressure of metals; new vacuum pumps and vacuum gages; atomic and crystal structure: electronic and ionic currents; high-power vacuum tubes; theories of absorption, evaporation, and passivity: first to apply argon and nitrogen in tungsten lamps; atomic hydrogen flame for welding: and conception of space charge in thermionic tubes.
1929
E. C. Sullivan
Development of special glasses for heat resistance, for transmission of certain light rays, and for other purposes.
1930
Herbert H . Dow
Developments in bromine and electrolytic production of chlorine and alkali: in manufacture of metallic magnesium and its salts; and in introduction of novel processes for phenol, aniline, and other organic chemicals.
1931 Arthur D. Little
1932
Charles F. Burgess
1933 George Oenslager
Work as a pioneer in the application of research to industry and development of processes for chrome-tanned leather, chlorate of potash, cellulose acetate,. smoke filters, newsprint from southern woods, recovery of naval stores from lumbering wastes, and vapor-phase cracking of petroleum. Work on electrolytes, electrolytic iron and its alloys: metallurgy of zinc, corrosion of iron and other metals, and development of the dry cell. Development of nitrogenous organic accelerators for vulcanization of rubber and contributions to development of carbon black tread for tires.
