THE PAUL J. FLORY POLYMER EDUCATION AWARD

Purpose: To recognize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding achievements by an individual or team in promoting undergraduate and/or graduate polymer education.

The Flory Award commemorates the achievements of the late Paul Flory, a Nobel Prize recipient who was a chemist at Stanford University.  It was created to recognize, encourage, and stinulate outstanding achievements by an individual in promoting undergraduate or graduate polymer education.

Nature: The award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $2000. The award is usually presented biennially in even-numbered years at the Spring meeting of the Polymer Chemistry Division. The recipient or recipients are expected to present award addresses at a symposium organized in their honor. Reasonable travel expenses to the meeting are paid in addition to the honorarium.

Establishment and Support: The award was established in 1981 and is administered and sponsored by the Polymer Chemistry Division. The Rohm and Haas Company sponsored the award through 2009. Albemarle Corporation is sponsoring the award in 2012.

Previous Recipients: Herman F. Mark, Carl S. Marvel, Paul J. Flory, Maurice Morton, Charles G. Overberger, George B. Butler, Eli M. Pearce, Leo Mandelkern , Eric Baer, Roger Porter, James E. Mark, U. W. Suter, the team of James E. McGrath, Garth L. Wilkes and Thomas C. Ward, William MacKnight, Frank Kelley, Harry Allcock, and Bob Cohen.

Rules for Eligibility: A nominee must be a member or affiliate of the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry at the time of nomination. The award shall be granted to an individual or team for significant contributions in furthering polymer education. The award shall be granted to an individual or team without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

Nomination Procedure: All submission and review of nominating documents is now being handled electronically. The nominating package, including a synopsis of the accomplishments of the nominee, a curriculum vitae, and a maximum of five reprints or other supplementary material, shall be submitted electronically as pdf files to the Awards Chairman for distribution to the selection committee. A maximum of three supporting letters, which contain factual information about the candidate not provided in the nominating document may be submitted. A single pdf file containing all the nominating and supporting information is preferred but separate pdf files are acceptable. Nominators are asked to avoid excessively lengthy nomination packages and adhere to a 100 page limit for the entire package.

The nomination and its accompanying material for the 2012 award must be received by the Awards Chair no later than July 1, 2011. Email nominating material to: Professor Thomas A. P. Seery, Institute of Materials Science, U-136, University of Connecticut, 97 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3136, seery@mail.ims.uconn.edu.