 
10. AWARDS
Since 1964, the ACS has administered an annual Award in Polymer Chemistry, sponsored first by the Witco Chemical Corp. and now by the ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Another polymer-related award, called the ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science has been sponsored first by the Borden Chemical Co. and more recently by the Phillips Petroleum Co. While the Division is not directly involved with the administration of these awards, the awardees have invariably been members of the Division. In their honor as well as that of the recipients of the Divisional Awards, the Division continued to have special symposia, receptions, and banquets.
Herman F. Mark Division of Polymer Chemistry Award
In 1976, the Division established its own biennial Division of Polymer Chemistry Award, named later as the Herman F. Mark Division of Polymer Chemistry Award, to recognize outstanding research and leadership in polymer science. The Award is sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company Foundation.
Harry R. Allcock (r) 1994 Herman F. Mark Division of
Polymer Chemistry Award Recipient.
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Among its early recipients were such pioneers as Paul Flory, Carl Marvel, Maurice Huggins, Herman Mark, John Ferry, Charles Overberger, Walter Stockmayer, and Michael Szwarc. The last decade's winners include Edwin Vandenberg, Harry Allcock, James McGrath, and James Economy. In 2000, the Award was given to six distinguished polymer scientists, Murray Goodman, Robert Grubbs, Henry Hall, Robert Lenz, Leo Mandelkern, and Otto Vogl, at the POLY Millennial Symposium in Hawaii in December 2000.
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Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
Sukant K. Tripathy (r) - 1993 Recipient |
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (l) - 1995 Recipient |
Bruce M. Novak (r) - 1997 Recipient |
Paul J. Flory Polymer Education Award
In 1982, the Polymer Education Award, later named as the Paul J. Flory Polymer Education Award, was established to recognize, encourage and stimulate outstanding achievements by an individual in promoting undergraduate and/or graduate polymer education. The Award was originally supported by the Procter and Gamble Co. and is now sponsored by the E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co.
Its first recipient was Herman F. Mark, and the early recipients were Carl Marvel, Paul Flory, Maurice Morton, and George Butler. The last decade's winners were Eli Pearce, Leo Mandelkern, Eric Baer, Roger Porter, and James Mark in 2000.
Eli M. Pearce (r) - 1992 Recipient |
James E. Mark (r) - 2000 Recipient |
Distinguished Service and Special Service Awards
The annual Distinguished Service Award was initiated in 1983 to recognize many years of continuing service to the Division. Its first recipients were Edwin Vandenberg and Joginder Lal. The Award winners in the last decade were Fred Bailey, Eli Pearce, Paul Hergenrother, Dick Ikeda, Stan Israel, Val Metanomski, Ann Salamone, Jim McGrath, Neta Byerly, Bill Daly, Bob Moore, and Rob Storey.
A second Special Service Award has been given less regularly to recognize members who have performed significant and sustained contributions to the Division well beyond the Distinguished Service Award criteria. Those awarded this special Award in the 1990s were Fred Dammont, Bill Culbertson, Ed Vandenberg, and Eli Pearce.
Fred E. Bailey (c) - 1991 Recipient |
Eli M. Pearce (c) - 1991 Recipient |
Richard Ikeda(l) and Paul Hergenrother (r) 1992 Recipients |
Stanley C. Israel (c) - 1993 Recipient |
W. Val Metanomski (l) - 1995 Recipient Picture also shows (l to r) Fred Dammont, Bill Culbertson, and Ed Vandenberg - 1995 Recipients of the Special
Service Award
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Neta Byerly (r) 1999 Recipient |
Ann B. Salamone, 1996 Recipient/TD> |
Industrial Polymer Scientist
| The newly established POLY Award is the Industrial Polymer Scientist Award to recognize outstanding industrial innovation and creativity in the application of polymer science, conducted by individual scientists or research teams. The 2000 recipients were S. Randall Holmes-Farley and W. Harry Mandeville. |
Harry Mandeville (l) and Randail Holmes-Farley (r)
2000 Recipients of the First Industrial Polymer Scientist Award
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Unilever Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry
Kristi Anseth (l) 1996 Unilever Award for
Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry
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The Unilever Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry, established in 1991 and administered by POLYED, recognizes a graduate student or recent graduate who has completed an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in research accepted by a U.S. or Canadian university. Its first recipient was Christopher Gorman, and the recipient of the Award in 2000 was X. Linda Chen. |
A detailed list of Award winners for the period 1976-2001 is provided in APPENDIX E.
ACS Awards to the Division
The Division received the ACS Outstanding Large Division Award in 1982, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1994, and 1995, meeting such criteria as outstanding technical programs, educational thrusts, interdivisional, intersociety, and international interactions, membership growth, and excellent administrative and financial positions. It might be mentioned with pride that POLY was a runner-up in 1990, 1992, and 1993. This award was eliminated by the ACS in 1996.
Division of Polymer Chemistry Receives 1994
ACS Outstanding Large Division Award
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Division of Polymer Chemistry Receives 1995 ACS Outstanding Large Division Award |
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In 2000, the Division was honored as one of the best ACS Divisions by being awarded an ACS 2000 ChemLuminary Award for excellent novel membership services. The Award was for POLY pioneering work in making the electronic version of Polymer Preprints a reality, for the success of POLY Web site and the POLY discussion list, for providing Industrial Advisors to the Program Committee to make programming more relevant to industrial scientists, and for innovative and successful 2000 X 2000 membership drive.
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Division of Polymer Chemistry Receives 2000
ChemLuminary Award |
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