Advancing the fields of spectrochemical analysis and optical spectrometry in one or more of the following:
- Conceptualization and development of unique instrumentation that has made a significant impact on the field.
- Development of novel and important instrumentation.
- Elucidation of fundamental events or processes important to the field.
- Authorship of important research papers and/or books that have had an influential role in the development of the field. role in the use of chemical instrumentation.
This Award consists of a plaque and $2500. The latter may be used to help defray travel expenses associated with the recipient’s participation in the Division’s award ceremony (typically held at the ACS Fall National Meeting each year) which are not covered separately by the Division.
| 1987: James D. Winefordner |
| 1988: Velmer A. Fassel |
| 1989: Gary M. Hieftje |
| 1990: P. W. J. Boumans |
| 1991: John C. Wright |
| 1992: Jean Michel Mermet |
| 1993: Richard Keller |
| 1994: Sanford Asher |
| 1995: Michael Morris |
| 1996: Gary Horlick |
| 1997: Paul Bohn |
| 1998: David L. Allara |
| 1999: D. Bruce Chase |
| 2000: Joseph A. Caruso |
| 2001: M. Bonner Denton |
| 2002: Geri Richmond |
| 2003: Norman J. Dovichi |
| 2004: (no award given) |
| 2005: Raoul Kopelman |
| 2006: Mary Wirth |
| 2007: Robert Corn |
| 2008: Isiah M. Warner |
| 2009: John W. Olesik |
| 2010: Stephen Cramer |
| 2011: Tuan Vo-Dinh |
| 2012: R. Samuel Houk |
| 2013: David Walt |
| 2014: Tim Harris |
| 2015: Frank V. Bright |
| 2016: Richard Russo |
| 2017: Zhong-Qun Tian |
| 2018: Weihong Tan |
| 2019: Joel Harris |
| 2020: Linda McGown |
| 2021: Jeanne E. Pemberton |
| 2022: Garth Simpson |
| 2023: Renato Zenobi |
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