Charles Lathrop Parsons Award Explained

Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
Awarded For:	Public service
Presenter:	American Chemical Society
Country:	United States
Reward:	$5,000

The Charles Lathrop Parsons Award is usually a biennial award that recognizes outstanding public service by a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Recipients are chosen by the American Chemical Society Board of Directors, from a list of no more than five recipients presented by the ACS Committee on Grants and Awards.^[1] They have the discretion to offer the award in successive years if they so wish.^[2] It was established in 1952, and is named in honor of its first recipient, Charles Lathrop Parsons.^{[3] [4]} The first woman to receive the award was Mary L. Good in 1991.^[5]

Award recipients

• 2021 Ruth Woodall
• 2019 Attila E. Pavlath^[6]
• 2017 John I. Brauman
• 2015 Paul H. L. Walter^[7]
• 2013 Geraldine L. Richmond
• 2011 Michael E. Strem^[8]
• 2009 Glenn A. Crosby and Jane L. Crosby^[9]
• 2007 S. Allen Heininger^[10]
• 2005 Marye Anne Fox
• 2003 Zafra M. Lerman
• 2001 Richard N. Zare
• 1999 Mike McCormack
• 1995 Alfred Bader
• 1993 B. R. Stanerson^{[11] [12]}
• 1991 Mary L. Good^[5]
• 1989 Arnold O. Beckman
• 1987 Norman Hackerman
• 1985 Franklin A. Long
• 1983 James G. Martin
• 1978 Charles G. Overberger
• 1976 William Oliver Baker
• 1974 Russell W. Peterson
• 1973 Charles C. Price
• 1970 W. Albert Noyes, Jr.
• 1967 Donald F. Hornig
• 1964 Glenn T. Seaborg
• 1961 George B. Kistiakowsky
• 1958 Roger Adams
• 1955 James B. Conant
• 1952 Charles Lathrop Parsons

See also

• List of chemistry awards

Notes and References

1. Book: Awards Administered by American Chemical Society. 2002. American Chemical Society. 9.
2. Web site: Charles Lathrop Parsons Award. American Chemical Society. 2016-01-14.
3. Book: Skolnik. Herman. Reese. Kenneth M.. A Century of chemistry: the role of chemists and the American Chemical Society. May 1, 1976. The Society. 35.
4. Murphy. Walter J.. Editorial: The Charles Lathrop Parsons Award. The Chemist. 1952. 29. 581.
5. Mary Good Wins ACS's Parsons Award for Public Service. Chemical & Engineering News. June 11, 1990. 68. 24. 16–18. 10.1021/cen-v068n024.p016. free.
6. Wang . Linda . Attila E. Pavlath wins Parsons Award . C&EN . June 21, 2018 .
7. Wang. Linda. Paul Walter Wins Parsons Award Honors: ACS past-president honored for his lifetime of service to the chemistry community. Chemical & Engineering News. June 11, 2014. 29 January 2018.
8. McCoy. Michael. Charles Lathrop Parsons Award. Chemical & Engineering News. January 24, 2011. 89. 4. 39–40 . 29 January 2018.
9. News: Retirees devoted careers to chemistry education. 29 January 2018. Washington State University News. March 19, 2009.
10. Raber. Linda. ACS Honors Heininger, Hoffman Selected For ACS Service Awards; CAS To Be Chemical Landmark. Chemical & Engineering News. June 12, 2006. 84. 24. 11. 29 January 2018.
11. Carpenter. Ernest L.. Bradford Stanerson Wins ACS's Charles Lathrop Parsons Award. Chemical & Engineering News. 18 May 1992. 70. 20. 21–23. 10.1021/cen-v070n020.p021. free.
12. Book: Annual Report. 1992. American Chemical Society. 19.