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POLYMER DIVISION AWARDS

 

    * Division of Polymer Chemistry Awards


          o Herman F. Mark - Division of Polymer Chemistry Award

          o Mark Scholars Program
          o
Carl S. Marvel - Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
          o
Paul J. Flory - Polymer Education Award
          o POLY Fellows Award
          o
Distinguished Service, Special Service and POLYED Service Awards

 

 

    * Industrial Advisory Board Awards


         o Industrial Polymer Scientist Award for outstanding industrial innovation.

         o POLY Graduate Student Travel Awards

         o Curriculum Development Award

         o Public Perception of Polymers (discontinued in 2005)

         o Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science Symposium Award for best paper and poster at the ACS National Meeting

             


    * POLYED


          o AkzoNobel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research

[From 2006-2008 this award was sponsored by National Starch & Chemical, From 1991-2003 this award was sponsored by the Unilever Co.]

          o ICI Student Award in Applied Polymer Science
          o
Excellence in High School or Junior High Teaching of Polymers

 

    * Other Awards ACS Awards in Polymers and materials Science and other private awards.

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Division of Polymer Chemistry Awards (Mark, Marvel, Flory)

 

Herman F. Mark - Division of Polymer Chemistry Award

 (click for award information and solicitation)

Sponsored by the Elsevier,
the publishers of the journal Polymer.

 

Awardees

1976 P. J. Flory 1978 C. S. Marvel 1980 M. L. Huggins
1982 H. F. Mark 1984 J. D. Ferry 1986 C. G. Overberger
1988 W. H. Stockmayer 1990 M. Szwarc 1992 E. Vandenberg
1994 H.R. Allcock 1996 J.E. McGrath 1998 J. Economy
2000 M. Goodman, R. Lenz, R. H. Grubbs, L. Mandelkern, H. Hall, Jr., O. Vogl 2002 William J. MacKnight
2005 Donald R. Paul 2007 Robert Langer
2009 Jean Frechet

 

 

Mark Scholars Program

(click for award information and solicitation)

Sponsored by the Elsevier,
the publishers of the journal Polymer.


Awardees

 

2007 Young Scholar Award - Professor Gregory Tew
Scholar Award - Professor Craig Hawker
Senior Scholar Award - Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
2009 Scholar Award:  Karen Wooley
Senior Scholar Award:  Jim Crivello

 

 

 

Carl S. Marvel - Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
(click for award information and solicitation)

 

 

Awardees

1981 L. J. Fetters 1983 W. L. Mattice 1985 E. L. Thomas
1987 G. Wilkes 1989 R. Langer 1991 D. Tirrell
1993 S. K. Tripathy 1995 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski 1997 Bruce M. Novak
1999 Joe DeSimone 2001 Craig J. Hawker 2003 James Hedrick
2005 Timothy M. Swager 2007 Anne Mayes 2009 Geoffrey W. Coates

Paul J. Flory - Polymer Education Award
(click for award information and solicitation)

 


Awardees

1982 H. F. Mark 1984 C. S. Marvel 1986 P. J. Flory
1988 M. Morton 1990 G. B. Butler 1992 E. Pearce
1994 Leo Mandelkern 1996 Eric Baer 1998 Roger S. Porter
2000 James Mark 2002 Ulrich W. Suter 2004

James McGrath, Garth L. Wilkes

 and Thomas C. Ward

2006 William J. MacKnight 2008 Frank N. Kelley 2010 Harry Allcock

 

 

 

POLY Fellows Program

(Award information and award solicitation)

 

 Founding Fellows: To inaugurate the Fellows program, a group of 59 distinguished past recipients of POLY awards, listed below, were inducted as founding POLY Fellows.    Inaugural class 2010  

 Awardees 

2010 Inaugural class

Harry R. Allcock Alan D. English James E. Mark Joseph C. Salamone
Eric Baer Lewis J. Fetters W. Harry Mandeville Richard S. Stein
Frank D. Blum Jean Frechet Jimmy W. Mays Robson F. Storey
Neta L. Byerly Robert H. Grubbs Anne M. Mays Ulrich W. Suter
William J. Brittain Henry K. Hall Wayne L. Mattice Timothy M. Swager
Charles E. Carraher Janelle M. Hampton Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Gregory N. Tew
H. N. Cheng Craig J. Hawker James E. McGrath Edwin L. Thomas
Geoffrey W. Coates James Hedrick Robert B. Moore David A. Tirrell
James Crivello Paul M. Hergenrother Robert S. Moore S. Richard Turner
Bill M. Culbertson S. Randall Holmes-Farley Bruce M. Novak S. Reddy Venumbaka
Frederick R. Dammont Richard M. Ikeda Thomas J. Pacansky Otto Vogl
William H. Daly Frank N. Kelley Donald R. Paul Thomas C. Ward
Joseph M. DeSimone Robert S. Langer Eli M. Pearce Garth L. Wilkes
John P. Droske Robert W. Lenz Lloyd M. Robeson Karen L. Wooley
James Economy William J. MacKnight Ann B. Salamone

 

Distinguished Service, Special Service and POLYED Awards

 

Distinguished Service Awardees

 

Sponsored by the Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.


 

Awardees

1983 E. J. Vandenberg, J. Lal 1984 W. J. Bailey, O. Vogl, F. Dammont 1985 B. M. Culbertson, F. R. Mayo, F. H. Winslow
1986 W. Stockmayer, E. M. Fettes, J. C. H. Hwa 1987 C. S. Marvel, C. G. Overberger, W. E. Gibbs 1988 B. H. Ullyot
1989 J. C. Salamone 1990 J. Vogl 1991 E. Pearce, Frederick Bailey
1992 R. Ikeda, P. Hergenrother 1993 Stan Israel 1994 Val Metanomski
1996 Ann B. Salamone 1999 James E. McGrath, Neta Byerly 2001 William H. Daly, Robson F. Storey, Robert B. Moore
2002 Frank D. Blum 2005 Thomas Pacansky, H. N. Cheng 2006 William J. Brittain, William H. Daly, Robert B. Moore, Robert S. Moore, Reddy Venumbaka
2008 Janelle HamptonJimmy Mays 2009 Frederick R. Dammont 2010  Warren Ford

 

 

Special Service Awardees

 

Sponsored by the Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.

 

Awardees

 

1995 F. Dammont, B. M. Culbertson, E. J. Vandenberg 1999 Eli M. Pearce, William H. Daly 2003 James E. McGrath

 

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Joint POLY/PMSE POLYED Award

 

Sponsored by the Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.


Awardees

1995 J. Droske, C. Carraher 2003 Ann B. Salamone

 

 

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Industrial Advisory Board Awards

 

(previously the Industrial Sponsors Awards)

 

 

Industrial Polymer Scientist Award
for outstanding industrial innovation
(click for award information and solicitation)

 

 

Sponsored by the Industrial Advisory Board

Previously named the POLY Industrial Sponsors prior to 2007


Awardees

2000 W. Harry Mandeville and S. Randall Holmes-Farley 2001 Alan D. English 2002 Lloyd M. Robeson
2004 Bill M. CulbertsonCraig J. Hawker 2006 James Hedrick 2008 Richard Turner

 

POLY Graduate Student Travel Awards

 

Sponsored by the POLY Industrial Advisory Board

(click for award information and solicitation)

 

(previous winners page and flyer

 

Curriculum Development Award
(click for award information and solicitation)

 

Sponsored by the POLY Industrial Advisory Board(Joint with POLYED)

 

Call for Proposals - 99 . Deadline March 1, 1999

 

Public Perception of Polymers

discontinued in 2005
(click for award information)

 

Sponsored by the POLY Industrial Advisory Board


Awardees

1994 The Science Alliance of Delaware 1996 R. Stein (U. Mass.) and V. Wilcox (Natl. Plastics Center)

 

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POLYED Awards
(Joint Polymer Education Committee )


For more information on their activities, see the POLYED web page or contact them at polycent@uwspmail.uwsp.edu  or 715.346.3703.

 

Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry
(click for award information and solicitation)

 

A POLYED Award

Sponsored by AkzoNobel

see previous award winners

 

From 2006-2008 this award was sponsored by National Starch & Chemical,
From 1991-2003 this award was sponsored by the Unilever Co.


Awardees

 

From 2006-2008 sponsored by National Starch & Chemical

Previous Awards
Year Awardee Institution Advisor
09 Christopher J. Bettinger MIT Robert Langer

From 2006-2008 sponsored by National Starch & Chemical

08 Nick Tsarevsky Carnegie Mellon University Kris Matyjaszewski
07 Jason Rolland University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Joe DeSimone
06 Jiaxing Huang University of California, Los Angeles Richard B. Kaner
From 1991-2003, Sponsored by the Unilever Company
03 Christopher W. Bielawski California Institute of Technology Robert H. Grubbs
02 Kristi L. Kiick University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, David A. Tirrell
01 Shu Yang Cornell University, Ithica, NY Christopher K. Ober
00 Linda Chen U. Rochester Samson Jenekhe
99 Scott G. Gaynor Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, PA Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
98 James J. Watkins U. Massachusetts, Amherst Thomas J. McCarthy
97 Dong-Yu Kim U Massachusetts-Lowell Sukant Tripathy
96 Kristi S. Anseth U. Colorado, Boulder Christopher Bowman
95 Rangaramanujam M. Kannan California Institute of Tech. Julia Kornfield
94 Timothy J. Deming U. Massachusetts, Amherst Bruce Novak
93 Christopher N. Bowman Purdue U. Nicholas Peppas
92 Richard A. Register U. Wisconsin, Madison Stuart Cooper
91 Christopher B. Gorman California Institute of Tech. Robert Grubbs

AzkoNobel Student Award in Applied Polymer Science

(click for award information and solicitation)

 

Sponsored by POLYED

Deadline March 1, 2000

This award was the Sherwin Williams Award (1985-1996) and the ICI Award (1997-2008)

 

 

 Previous Awardees

 

Year Awardee Institution Advisor
07 Kelly A. Burke Case Western Reserve U
06 Megan L. Ruegg University of California, Berkeley
05 Youngseon Choi University of Michigan
04 Christopher J. Ellison Northwester University John Torkelson
03

Finalists Announced

Winner: Brian K. Johnson

Princeton University
02 Jinsang Kim Massachusetts Institute of Technology Timothy M. Swager
01 Brian E. Priore Carnegie Mellon Lynn M. Walker
00 Amy K. Poshusta (Burkoth) University of Colorado Krisit S. Anseth
99 Shu Yang Cornell University Christopher Ober
98 David B. Hall Northwestern University
97 Ellen C. Lee University of California at Berkeley
96 Hong Yee Low Case Western Reserve University
95 Valarie Sheares University of North Carolina
94 Michael L. Greenfield University of California at Berkeley
93 Joan K. Vrtis University of Massachusetts at Amherst
92 Nathan A. Mehl Princeton University
91 Kathryn E. Uhrich Cornell University
90 Lori P. Engel University of Florida at Gainesville
89 Rubing Cai University of North Caroline
88 Peter J. Ludovice MIT
87 Bruce M. Novak California Institute of Technology
86 Krishna Venkataswamy Washington State University
85 Stephen R. Holmes-Farley Harvard University

 

 

Excellence in Polymer Education by a High School or Junior High School Teacher
(click for award information and solicitation)

 

Sponsored by POLYED

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Other Awards

 

Check the ACS Server for more information about ACS awards, including the ones below which relate to polymer chemistry.

   

* ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry sponsored by ExxonMobil Chemical Company. To recognize outstanding contributions to polymer chemistry.
   

* ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science sponsored by Eastman Chemical Company . To recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in the science or technology of plastics, coatings, polymer composites, adhesives, and related fields.
   

* ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials sponsored by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. To recognize and encourage creative work in the chemistry of materials.
    * Awards from other ACS Divisions are available on the ACS Division page.

 

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