Distinguished Service Awardees
The Chicago Section gives an annual award to a member (or members) who deserve(s) special recognition for a long period of distinguished service to the Chicago Section.
Awardees have demonstrated commitment to the Chicago Section of the ACS, its goals, and its operations. Some worked hard to establish awards. Many served as Section Chair. All have done the heavy lifting required to further activities unique to the Chicago Section, not necessarily thos of the global ACS.
Some notable examples:
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William A. Converse (1977) founded the Willard Gibbs Award, which is universally recognized as the third most prestigious award in the field of Chemistry, after the Nobel Prie and Priestley Medal.
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Julius Stieglitz (1980) served as Chair of the American Chemical Society (1933), Chemistry Department Chair of the University of Chicago (1915-1933), and inspired the Stieglitz Lecture, a joint venture between the U. of Chicago and the Chicago Section.
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YEAR |
AWARDEES |
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1974 |
Victor Conquest |
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1975 |
Hoylande Young Failey |
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1976 |
David Klein |
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1977 |
William A. Converse |
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1978 |
Walter S. Guthmann |
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1979 |
Richard Maltoon |
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1980 |
Herman S. Bloch |
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1981 |
Vivian B. Biske |
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1982 |
Bernard S. Friedman |
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1983 |
Clifford W. Crosby |
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1984 |
James J. Doheny |
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1985 |
Roy H. Bible |
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1986 |
Carl E. Moore |
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1987 |
Elaine R. Anderson |
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1988 |
Nellie M. Payne |
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1989 |
Louis J. Sacco |
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1990 |
Thomas J. Kucera |
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1991 |
James P. Shoffner |
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1992 |
Margaret Lally Huston |
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1993 |
Herbert S. Golinkin |
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1994 |
Stephen Sichak, Sr. |
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1995 |
Marie Ann Liskha |
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1996 |
Gayle E. O’Neill |
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1997 |
Fran Karen Kravitz |
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1998 |
Marilyn Kouba |
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1999 |
Charles E. Cannon |
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2000 |
Ellis K. Fields |
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2001 |
Stanley W. Drigot |
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2002 |
Cherlynlavaughn Bradley |
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2003 |
Lawrence E. Thielen |
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2004 |
Lawrence U. Berman |
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2005 |
Seymour Patinkin |
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2006 |
L. Jewel Nichols |
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2007 |
Barbara Moriarty |
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2008 |
Margaret Stowell Levenberg |
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2009 |
Susan M. Shih |
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2010 |
Russell Johnson |
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2011 |
David Crumrine |
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2012 |
Sanford “Sandy” Angelos |
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2013 |
Milt Levenberg |
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2014 |
Frank Jarzembowski |
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2015 |
Richard Cornell |
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2016 |
Ken Fivizzani |
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2017 |
Avrom Litin |
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2018 |
Amber Arzadon |
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2019 |
Josh Kurutz |
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2020 |
Michael Koehler |
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2021 |
Paul Brandt |
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2022 |
Irene Cesa |
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2023 |
Tim Marin |
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2024 |
Sherri Rukes |
