Awards Granted by The New York Section
AWARD I - WILLIAM H. NICHOLS MEDAL AWARD – Founded in 1902
AWARD II - NICHOLS FOUNDATION CHEMISTRY TEACHER AWARD
AWARD III - NEW YORK SECTION OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD
AWARD IV - DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST OF WESTCHESTER AWARD
NATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED BY THE NEW YORK SECTION
Chemluminary Award for Outstanding Large Section Award
ACS Fellows
ACS Scholars
50 & 60 Year Members (2014)
AWARD I
WILLIAM H. NICHOLS MEDAL AWARD – Founded in 1902
1 . To encourage original research by recognizing an outstanding contribution in the field of chemistry.
2. This annual award consists of two Medals, one gold and a bronze replica. The medals are presented at the William H. Nichols Meeting that consists of a Distinguished Symposium related to the medalist's field of expertise and the Medal Award Dinner. The event is held in March or April.
3. The award was established in 1902 by Dr. William H. Nichols, a President of the ACS. First presented in 1903, it is the first award authorized by the American Chemical Society. The Nichols Foundation, Inc. supports the purchase of the medals and the attendance of students and faculty from New York Section colleges. Travel and hotel costs are paid by the Section. Letters requesting nominations are sent in April. Nominations forms and data must be received by May 30 th . A call for nominations is published in the April Indicator , in C&E News and on the NY Section website www.newyorkacs.org . Nominations are active for five consecutive years.
4. Investigators who have published a significant and original contribution in any field of chemistry during the five calendar years preceding the presentation meeting are eligible for consideration by the Nichols Medal Jury.
Click here to obtain a Nomination Form. For information about this award please contact the New York Section office, Marilyn Jespersen, or at 516-883-7510.
List of Nichols Medalists
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AWARD II
NICHOLS FOUNDATION CHEMISTRY TEACHER AWARD
1. To recognize highly effective teaching and inspirational leadership to students in chemistry.
2. Presented annually to an outstanding high school chemistry teacher in the ACS, New York Section. The award consists of a plaque and $1000. The award is presented at the New York Section's General Meeting and Section-wide Conference held in January. Letters are sent in March to all area high schools requesting nominations. A selection is made by the Nichols Teacher Award Jury by September.
3. Established in 1958 by Charles W. Nichols, Sr. The $1000 monetary award is funded by the Nichols Foundation, Inc. The New York Section contributes the engraved plaque and a luncheon for the awardee and the awardee's family guests.
4. The rules of eligibility are as follows: The nominee must:
- posses a bachelor's degree with a major in chemistry
- have at least five years of teaching experience
- be currently employed as a chemistry teacher at the senior high school level
- must live or teach within the New York Section of the American Chemical Society
The award recipient will be selected on the basis of accomplishments that demonstrate:
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a. high quality teaching
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b. an ability to challenge and inspire students
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c. extracurricular work in chemistry (including science fairs, science clubs, and other activities that stimulate the interest of young people in chemistry and related science)
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d. a willingness to keep up-to-date in the field of chemistry (as evidenced by publications, enrollment in courses and summer institutes, attendance at scientific meetings)
Contact Information: Nichols Teacher Award Jury Chair: Mr. Stephen Radice, 718-258-9283, Email
Nichols Foundation Chemistry Teacher Awardees
| 1958 |
Abraham Kerner |
Stuyvesant High School, New York NY |
| 1959 |
Joseph G. Zobian |
Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights NY |
| 1960 |
John W. Karr |
Wellington C. Mepham High School, Belmore NY |
| 1961 |
Kenneth E. Borst |
Borst Leonia High School, Leonia NY |
| 1962 |
Dr. Helen Lewinson |
Richmond Hill High School, Richmond Hill NY |
| 1963 |
Abraham Breslau |
Bushwick High School, Brooklyn NY |
| 1964 |
Adolph Amend, Jr. |
Englewood School for Boys, Englewood NJ |
| 1965 |
Morris Leinkram |
White Plains High School, White Plains NY |
| 1966 |
Elizabeth A. Keneally |
John Adams High School, Ozone Park NY |
| 1967 |
Joseph C. Kastka |
Martin Van Buren High School, Queens NY |
| 1968 |
Dr. Richard S. Siegel |
Bronx High School of Science, Bronx NY |
| 1969 |
Dr. Saul Geffner |
Forest Hill High School, Forest Hill NY |
| 1970 |
Dr. Louis Weiss |
Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn NY |
| 1971 |
Joseph H. Bishop |
Hasbrouk Heights High School, Hasbrouk Heights NJ |
| 1973 |
Sidney P. Harris |
John Bowne High School, Flushing NY |
| 1973 |
Harold L. Rasbeck |
Sleepy Hollow High School, North Tarrytown NY |
| 1974 |
Gerard A. Kass |
Northport High School, Northport NY |
| 1975 |
George Kapp |
James Madison High School, Brooklyn NY |
| 1976 |
Edith Stillwaggon |
Division Avenue High School, Levittown NY |
| 1977 |
Nadia E. Makar |
Hudson Catholic High School, Jersey City NJ |
| 1978 |
Everett Goldstein |
Bergenfield High School, Bergenfield NJ |
| 1979 |
Barbara Krahm |
Jericho High School, Jericho NY |
| 1980 |
Dorothy A. Buzzell |
Pearl River High School, Pearl River NY |
| 1981 |
Anthony A. Galitsis |
Sleepy Hollow High School, North Tarrytown NY |
| 1982 |
Thomas Szell |
UN International High School, New York NY |
| 1983 |
Anne C. McGuire |
Clarkstown High School, Rockland County NY |
| 1984 |
Dr. C. V. Kirshnan |
East Islip High School, East Islip NY |
| 1985 |
Dr. Stanley Shapiro |
Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn NY |
| 1986 |
Dr. Nicholas Tzimopoulos |
Sleepy Hollow High School, North Tarrytown NY |
| 1987 |
Warren M. Hirsch |
Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn NY |
| 1988 |
Carole Stearns |
Horace Mann High School, Riverdale NY |
| 1989 |
Michael J. Bannon |
Brentwood High School, Brentwood NY |
| 1990 |
Audrey Sterenfield |
Hewlett High School, Hewlett NY |
| 1990 |
Del P. Presowitz |
Plainview-Old Bethpage, Plainview NY |
| 1991 |
Rosslyn Zook |
Horace Greely High School, Chappaqua NY |
| 1992 |
Joan Laredo-Liddell |
St. Barnabas High School, Bronx NY |
| 1993 |
Henry Conklin |
Sleepy Hollow High School, North Tarrytown NY |
| 1994 |
Elise Hilf Levine |
Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville NY |
| 1995 |
Harvey Wiener |
Mepham High School, Bellmore NY |
| 1996 |
Harry Kranepool |
Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Brooklyn NY |
| 1997 |
Erika Zelicof |
High School for the Humanities, New York NY |
| 1998 |
Edward Gruber |
Valley Stream North Nigh School, Valley Stream NY |
| 1999 |
Kristin Wynne-Jones |
Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn NY |
| 2000 |
Najla Hallak |
Office of Superintendent of Brooklyn Schools, Brooklyn NY |
| 2001 |
James Signorelli |
Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood NJ |
| 2002 |
Joseph Sencen |
Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff NY |
| 2003 |
Josephine Parlagreco |
Wellington C. Mepham High School, Bellmore NY |
| 2004 |
Richard Goodman |
Horace Greely High School Chappaqua, NY |
| 2005 |
Rebecca Isseroff |
Stella K Abram High School, Hewlett Bay Park, NY |
| 2006 |
Sara Henry McCoy |
The Collegiate School, Manhattan NY |
| 2007 |
Stephen Radice |
Edward R Murrow High School, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2008 |
Aparna Subramanian |
Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NY |
| 2009 |
Steven Borneman |
Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY |
| 2010 |
Kay Sirianni |
Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2011 |
Ara Kahyaoglu |
Bergenfield High School, Bergenfield NJ |
| 2012 |
Dr. Steven O'Malley |
Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY |
| 2013 |
Dr. Mina Aramani |
Union City High School, Union City, NJ |
| 2014 |
Mr. Matthew Christiansen |
Islip Union Free District High School, Islip, NY |
| 2015 |
Ms. Yolette Wright |
Roosevelt High School, Roosevelt, NY |
| 2016 |
Mrs. Kristyn Pluchino |
Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY |
2017 |
Ms. Carol E. Conti |
Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor, NY |
2018 |
Dr. Stephanie O’Brien |
Commack High School, Commack, NY |
2019 |
Mr. Paul Orbe |
Union City High School, Union City, NJ |
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AWARD III
NEW YORK SECTION OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD
1. To recognize the efforts of members of the New York Section who provide their time, leadership skills and dedicated service in promoting quality programs that contribute to the excellence of the Section.
2. This annual award consists of an engraved ACS plaque that is presented at the New York Section's General Meeting and Section-wide Conference in January. The awardee becomes a member of the Outstanding Service Award Committee for four years. A call for nominations appears in the April and May Indicators .
3. This award was established in 1976 and is supported by the New York Section. 4. Eligible are members of the New York Section whose nomination data has been sent to the Outstanding Service Award Committee by June 30 th .
Nominations with supporting data should be sent to the Office Administrator.
OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARDEES
| YEAR |
AWARDEE |
| 1976 |
Johann C. F. Schulz |
| 1976 |
George Abraham |
| 1976 |
Grace B. Borowitz |
| 1977 |
J. Trygve Jensen |
| 1978 |
Arthur D. F. Toy |
| 1978 |
Herman Gershon |
| 1979 |
Satinder Ahuja |
| Honorable Mention |
Peter P. Mazzella |
| 1980 |
Peter P. Mazzella |
| Honorable Mention |
Jack P. Gilbert |
| 1981 |
Joan E. Shields |
| 1981 |
Jack P. Gilbert |
| 1982 |
Donald D. Clarke |
| 1983 |
Frances S. Sterrett |
| 1984 |
Harry L. Lindsay |
| 1985 |
Edward N. Walsh |
| 1986 |
Harry E. Whitmore |
| 1987 |
William Batt, FSC |
| 1988 |
Richard D. Cassetta |
| 1989 |
John B. Sharkey |
| 1990 |
Anne T. O'Brien |
| 1991 |
Paul Barkan |
| 1992 |
Hiroko I. Karan |
| 1992 |
Evelyn Sarnoff |
| 1993 |
Patricia A. Redden |
| 1994 |
Mary L. Maier |
| 1995 |
Neil D. Jespersen |
| 1996 |
Nancy M. Tooney |
| 1997 |
G. R. Padmanabhan |
| 1998 |
Ronald P. D'Amelia |
| 1999 |
Nadia E. Makar |
| Honorable Mention |
Ernest L. Siew |
| 2000 |
Yorke E. Rhodes |
| 2001 |
Richard M. Goodman |
| 2002 |
Jean D. Delfiner |
| 2002 |
Joan A. Laredo-Liddell |
| 2003 |
Lesley Davenport |
| 2004 |
Robert H. Beer |
| 2005 |
David N. Rahni |
| 2006 |
Frank R. Romano |
| 2007 |
Vijaya L. Korlipara |
| 2008 |
Barbara Petrack |
| 2009 |
David Sarno |
| 2010 |
James Canary |
| 2011 |
Barbara Hillery |
| 2012 |
Stephen Z. Goldberg |
| 2013 |
Marc A. Walters |
| 2014 |
Jill Rehmann |
2015 |
George Rodriguez |
2016 |
Paris Svoronos |
2017 |
JaimeLee Rizzo |
2018 |
Paul Sideris |
2019 |
Brian R. Gibney |
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AWARD IV
DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST OF WESTCHESTER AWARD
1. To recognize a scientist who resides or works in Westchester County and who has distinguished himself/herself in chemical industry or academia.
2. This annual award consists of an engraved ACS plaque and is presented at a special meeting of the Westchester Chemical Society. A call for nominations appears in the November and December Indicators . The award is presented is the Spring. Nominations remain active for three consecutive years.
3. This award was established in 1991 and is supported by the Westchester Chemical Society, a subsection of the ACS, New York Section.
4. Eligible are scientists of stature that reside or work in Westchester County , New York .
Contact information:
Westchester Chemical Society Chairs: Jean D. Delfiner , Joan A. Laredo-Liddell - 914-476-6860
Distinguished Scientist Awardees
|
1991 |
Edward Hedaya |
Bayer/ Miles, Inc. |
1992 |
Lubomyr Romankiw |
IBM T. J. Watson Center |
1993 |
Dietrich Hoffman |
American Health Foundation |
1994 |
Soldano Ferrone |
New York Medical College, Valhalla |
1995 |
John Weisburger |
American Health Foundation |
1997 |
David N. Rahni |
Pace University |
1998 |
Stephen D. Pastor |
Ciba Specialty Chemical Corporation |
1999 |
John C. McGiff |
New York Medical College, Valhalla |
2000 |
Paul Barkan |
Westchester Community College, Professor Emeritus |
2001 |
Anne T. O'Brien |
American Cyanamide/Lederle/Wyeth |
2002 |
Paul Beckett |
Emisphere Technologies, Inc. |
2003 |
Shantu Amin |
American Health Foundation |
2004 |
Sr. Mary Virginia Orna |
College of New Rochelle |
2005 |
Dr. Gary M. Williams |
New York Medical College |
2006 |
Dr. Richard M. Goodman |
RMG Consulting LLC |
2007 |
Dr. Mary Cowman |
Polytechnic University |
2008 |
Dr. David Fairhurst |
Colloid Consultants Ltd. |
2009 |
Dr. Thomas Hintze |
New York Medical College |
2010 |
Dr. Michael S. Wolin |
New York Medical College |
2011 |
Dr. Assieh Alexy Melikian |
New York University, School of Medicine |
2012 |
Dr. Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, MD, Ph.D. |
New York Medical College |
2013 |
Dr. Sunghee Lee |
Iona College |
2014 |
Dr. James J. Wynne |
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center |
2015 |
Kenrick M. Lewis, Ph.D. |
Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. |
2016 |
Stephen Cooke, Ph.D. |
Purchase College - SUNY |
2017 |
Dr. Jon Friedrich |
Fordham University |
2018 |
Dr. Eugene Mananga |
Bronx Community College |
2019 |
Dr. Louis Massa |
Hunter College |
2020 |
Dr. George A. Policello |
Momentive Performance Materials |
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NATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED BY THE NEW YORK SECTION
The Chemluminary Awards are presented annually at the Fall National Meeting of
the American Chemical Society following the year it was earned. The New
York Section has been highly recognized over the years with Chemluminary Awards.
1982 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1981 - Large Size Category
1987 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1986 - Large Size Category
1992 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1991 - Large Size Category
1993 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1992 - Large Size Category
1994 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1993 - Large Size Category
1995 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1994 - Large Size Category
1996 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1995 - Large Size Category
1997 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1996 - Large Size Category
1998 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1997 - Large Size Category
1999 Local Section Outstanding Performance Award for 1998 - Large Size Category
2001 Outstanding High School Student Program Award
2001 Outstanding High School Student Program
2004 Outstanding High School Student Program Award
2005 Outstanding Performance by a Local Section - Very Large Size Category
2005 Outstanding High School Student Program Award
2008 Outstanding Performance by a Local Section - Very Large Size Category
2008 Outstanding High School Student Program
2009 ACS Student Affiliates Chapter Interaction Award
2009 Outstanding High School Student Program Award
2009 Outstanding Regional Meeting - MARM 2008
2010 Outstanding High School Student Program Award
2010 Outstanding On-going NCW Event
2011 Outstanding New Local Section Younger Chemists Committee
2012 Outstanding Project SEED Program Award
2013 Outstanding Performance by a Local Section - Very Large Size Category Award
2013 Outstanding High School Student Program Award
2013 Global Engagement Award
2015 Outstanding Performance by a Local Section - Very Large Size Category Award
2015 Outstanding High School Student Program Award
2015 Global Engagement Award : Local Section
2016 Outstanding Performance by a Local Section - Very Large Size Category Award
2018 Outstanding Performance by a Local Section - Very Large Size Category Award
2018 Outstanding On-going NCW Event
2018 Outstanding Project SEED Program Award
2018 Outstanding Outstanding Local Section-Technical Division Collaboration
2019 Outstanding Performance by a Local Section - Very Large Size Category Award
2019 Chemists with Disabilities Inclusion Award
2019 Outstanding Project SEED Program Award
2019 Outstanding Outstanding Local Section-Technical Division Collaboration
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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY FELLOWS IN THE NEW YORK SECTION
New York Section ACS Fellows
The ACS Fellows program recognizes ACS members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession, and the Society.
Several
ACS Fellows are members of the New York Local Section.
John Alexander
Spiro Alexandratos
John S. Blanchard
Anita J. Brandolini
Ronald Breslow (deceased, 2017)
James W. Canary
Sally Chapman (deceased, 2012)
Jingguang G. Chen
Donald D. Clarke
Peter W.R. Corfield
Ronald P. D'Amelia
Jean Delfiner
William H. Flank
Ping Furlan
Nicholas E. Geacintov
Brian R. Gibney
Barbara Hillery
Benjamin S. Hsiao
Neil D. Jespersen
Eric W. Kaler
Hiroko Karan
Steve Koch
Vijaya L. Korlipara
Joan Laredo-Liddell
Qinghuang Lin
Nadia Makar
Maria C. Nagan
Koji Nakanishi (deceased, 2019)
Pauline Newman
Anne T. O'Brien
Iwao Ojima
Mary Virginia Orna
Kathlyn Parker
Gerard Parkin
Eli M. Pearce (deceased, 2015)
JaimeLee Rizzo
Patricia Ann Redden
Yorke E. Rhodes
George Rodriguez
Frank Romano
Nicole S. Sampson
John B. Sharkey
Eleanor D. Siebert
Gilbert Stork (deceased, 2017)
Paris Svoronos
Erik A. Talley
Nicholas J. Turro (deceased, 2012)
Ed Walsh
Marc Walters
Michael D. Ward
