Herman Skolnik Award Explained

The Herman Skolnik Award is awarded annually by the Division of Chemical Information of the American Chemical Society, "to recognize outstanding contributions to and achievements in the theory and practice of chemical information science". the award is of 3,000 US dollars.^[1]

It is named for Herman Skolnik (1914-1994), who was a co-founder of the then ACS Division of Chemical Literature in 1948 and a key figure in the Division.^[2] The first award was made to him.

Recipients

Source:

1970s

• 1976: Herman Skolnik
• 1977: Eugene Garfield
• 1978: Fred A. Tate

1980s

• 1980: William J. Wiswesser
• 1981: Ben H. Weil
• 1982: Robert Fugmann
• 1983: Russell J. Rowlett, Jr.
• 1984: Montagu Hyams
• 1986: Dale B. Baker
• 1987: William Theilheimer
• 1988: David R. Lide, Jr.
• 1989: Michael F. Lynch and Stuart Marson

1990s

• 1990: Ernst Meyer
• 1991: Todd Wipke
• 1992: Jacques-Emile Dubois
• 1993: Peter Willett
• 1994: Alexandru T. Balaban
• 1995: Reiner Luckenbach and Clemens Jochum
• 1996: Milan Randic
• 1997: Johann Gasteiger
• 1998: Gary D. Wiggins
• 1999: Stuart M. Kaback

2000s

• 2000: Stephen R. Heller and G. W. A. Milne
• 2001: Guenter Grethe
• 2002: Peter Norton
• 2003: Frank H. Allen
• 2004: Peter Johnson
• 2005: Lorrin Garson
• 2006: Hugo Kubinyi
• 2007: Robert S. Pearlman
• 2008: Gerald M. Maggiora
• 2009: Yvonne Connolly Martin

2010s

• 2010: Anton J. Hopfinger
• 2011: Alexander Lawson^[3]
• 2012: Peter Murray-Rust and Henry Rzepa
• 2013: Richard D. Cramer
• 2014: Engelbert Zass
• 2015: Jürgen Bajorath
• 2016: Steve Bryant and Evan Bolton^[4]
• 2017: David Winkler
• 2018: Gisbert Schneider
• 2019: Kimito Funatsu

2020s

• 2020: Wendy A. Warr^[5]
• 2023 Patrick Walters

See also

• List of chemistry awards
• List of computer science awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of recipients with descriptions . ACS Division of Chemical Information . January 21, 2024.
2. Chemical Information Bulletin . 47 . 2 . Spring 1995. Metanomski. W. Val. In memoriam Herman Skolnik. 20 September 2013.
3. Warr . Wendy . Winter 2011 . Honoring Prof. Alexander (Sandy) Lawson Information Services in Chemical Sciences: Perspectives . Chemical Information Bulletin . 63(4) . 18-25.
4. Web site: NCBI's Bryant and Bolton receive 2016 Herman Skolnik Award for PubChem database. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. 7 January 2017.
5. Web site: Dr. Wendy Warr, CSA Trustee, is Recipient of the 2020 Herman Skolnik Award . Chemical Structure Association Trust . 21 January 2024 . en . 19 September 2019.