Welch Award in Chemistry
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The Welch Award in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Robert A. Welch Foundation, based in Houston, Texas, to encourage and recognise basic chemical research for the benefit of mankind. [1] The award, which has been given since 1972, is one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the field of chemistry.[2] Several of its recipients subsequently were awarded the Nobel Prize.[3][4][5][6][7]
The award is named in honor of Robert Alonzo Welch, who made a fortune in oil and minerals and had a strong belief in the ability of chemistry to make the world a better place. In his will, Mr. Welch stated: “I have long been impressed with the great possibilities for the betterment of Mankind that lay in the field of research in the domain of Chemistry.” [8] The prize has a value of $500,000.[9]
Recipients
[edit]Source: Welch Foundation
Year | Recipient |
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1972 | Karl August Folkers, The University of Texas at Austin |
1974 | Albert Eschenmoser, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
1976 | Neil Bartlett, University of California, Berkeley |
1978 | Edgar Bright Wilson, Harvard University |
1980 | Sune Bergström, Karolinska Institute |
1981 | Paul Doughty Bartlett, Texas Christian University |
1982 | Frank Westheimer, Harvard University |
1983 | Henry Taube, Stanford University |
1984 | Kenneth Pitzer, University of California, Berkeley |
1985 | Duilio Arigoni, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
1986 | George C. Pimentel, University of California, Berkeley |
1987 | Harry George Drickamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
1988 | Richard Barry Bernstein, University of California, Los Angeles |
1989 | Norman R. Davidson, California Institute of Technology |
1990 | John D. Roberts, California Institute of Technology |
1990 | William von Eggers Doering, Harvard University |
1991 | Earl R. Stadtman, National Institutes of Health |
1991 | Edwin G. Krebs, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington |
1992 | Richard Smalley, Rice University |
1993 | Gilbert Stork, Columbia University |
1994 | Jack Halpern, The University of Chicago |
1994 | F. Albert Cotton, Texas A&M University |
1995 | Jeremy R. Knowles, Harvard University |
1995 | Robert H. Abeles, Brandeis University |
1996 | Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University |
1997 | Ahmed Zewail, California Institute of Technology |
1998 | Pierre Chambon, College de France |
1999 | Richard Zare, Stanford University |
2000 | A. Ian Scott, Texas A&M University |
2000 | Sir Alan R. Battersby, Cambridge University |
2001 | Roger D. Kornberg, Stanford University |
2002 | Harden M. McConnell, Stanford University |
2003 | Ronald Breslow, Columbia University |
2004 | Allen J. Bard, The University of Texas at Austin |
2005 | George M. Whitesides, Harvard University |
2006 | Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., University of California, Berkeley |
2007 | William H. Miller, University of California, Berkeley |
2007 | Noel S. Hush, University of Sydney |
2008 | Alexander Rich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2009 | Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology |
2010 | JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Christopher T. Walsh, Harvard Medical School |
2011 | John S. Waugh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2012 | David A. Evans, Harvard University |
2013 | Louis E. Brus, Columbia University |
2014 | Robert G. Bergman, University of California, Berkeley |
2015 | Stephen C. Harrison, Harvard Medical School |
2016 | Richard H. Holm, Harvard University; Stephen J. Lippard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2017 | John B. Goodenough, University of Texas at Austin |
2018 | Adriaan Bax, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
2019 | Armand Paul Alivisatos, University of California Berkeley; Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University |
2020 | Steven L. McKnight, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
2021 | Chi-Huey Wong, The Scripps Research Institute |
2022 | Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Stanford University |
2023 | Jacqueline Barton, California Institute of Technology |
2024 | Eric N. Jacobsen, Harvard University |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Welch Award in Chemistry". Welch Foundation. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Zare receives prestigious Welch Award for lifetime achievement in chemistry". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Cocrystal Pharma Announces Appointment of Nobel Laureate and Scientific Advisor, Roger D. Kornberg, Ph.D., to Board of Directors". www.cocrystalpharma.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Britto, Brittany (2019-10-09). "UT professor John B. Goodenough awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry". HoustonChronicle.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "(IUCr) R.E. Smalley". www.iucr.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Shwartz, Mark (2005-11-17). "Henry Taube, recipient of Nobel Prize in chemistry, dead at 89". Stanford University. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Zewail, Ahmed H." history.aip.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Foundation Overview". www.welch1.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Welch Award in Chemistry". www.welch1.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.