Good morning,

In response to some questions overnight, the list of previous winners of the Pimentel award is below. The CER award began just three years ago. The 2007 inaugural winner was Dudley Herron, and the 2008 winner was Dorothy Gabel. The 2009 winners will be announced in January. Nominations for 2010 awards are due November 1, 2009.

It should be noted that among the rules for all ACS awards (more details at the ACS website):

"An individual who has received an ACS National award may be nominated for a different ACS award if (1) the nomination is for clearly different work from the previous award. (the letter of nomination for the award must address the differences between the work performed for the previous ACS award and that which is addressed in the current nomination packet) or (2) at least five years has elapsed since the previous ACS award was received."

So, for example, whatever work was cited in awarding one of the individuals below for the Pimentel work cannot be used again to support a nomination for the CER award.

Stacey

2008 Richard N. Zare
2007 A. Truman Schwartz
2006 F. Albert Cotton
2005 James N. Spencer
2004 Nicholas J. Turro
2003 George M. Bodner
2002 Michael P. Doyle
2001 Harry B. Gray
2000 Jerry A. Bell
1999 Mary Virginia Orna
1998 Stanley G. Smith
1997 Arthur B. Ellis
1996 Roald Hoffmann
1995 Ernest L. Eliel
1994 Glenn T. Seaborg
1993 George B. Kauffman
1992 Fred Basolo
1991 John W. Moore
1990 George C. Pimentel
1989 Joseph J. Lagowski
1988 Marjorie H. Gardner
1987 Linus Pauling
1986 Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
1985 Glenn A. Crosby
1984 Arthur W. Adamson
1983 Michell J. Sienko
1982 Anna J. Harrison
1981 Derek A. Davenport
1980 Henry A. Bent
1979 Gilbert P. Haight, Jr.
1978 Lloyd N. Ferguson
1977 Robert W. Parry
1976 Leallyn B. Clapp
1975 William T. Lippincott
1974 George S. Hammond
1973 Robert C. Brasted
1972 J. Arthur Campbell
1971 Laurence E. Strong
1970 Hubert N. Alyea
1969 L. Carroll King
1968 William F. Kieffer
1967 Louis F. Fieser
1966 W. Conway Pierce
1965 Theodore A. Ashford
1964 Alfred B. Garrett
1963 Edward L. Haenisch
1962 William G. Young
1961 John C. Bailar, Jr.
1960 Arthur F. Scott
1959 Harry F. Lewis
1958 Frank E. Brown
1957 Norris W. Rakestraw
1956 Otto M. Smith
1955 Gerrit Van Zyl
1954 Raymond E. Kirk
1953 Howard J. Lucas
1952 Joel H. Hildebrand


Stacey Lowery Bretz, Ph.D.
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Miami University
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