William H. Nichols Medal Explained

William H. Nichols Medal
Presenter:	American Chemical Society, New York Local Section
Website:	http://www.newyorkacs.org/meetings/Nominations/Nichols.php

The William H. Nichols Medal is awarded annually for original research in chemistry. Nominees must have made a "significant and original contribution in any field of chemistry" during the five years preceding the presentation date. The medallist receives a gold medal, a bronze replica and a cash award.^[1] The award was established in 1902 by the New York Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) through a gift from chemist and businessman William H. Nichols.^[2] It was the first award to be approved by the ACS. The medal was first awarded in 1903.

Recipients

The award is given yearly and was first presented in 1903.^[3]

• 1903 Edward B. Voorhees
• 1904 (no award given)
• 1905 Charles L. Parsons
• 1906 Marston T. Bogert
• 1907 Howard B. Bishop
• 1908 William Hultz Walker
• 1909 H. H. C. P. Weber
• 1909 William A. Noyes
• 1910 L. H. Baekeland
• 1911 C. W. Easley
• 1911 M. A. Rosanof
• 1912 Charles James
• 1913 (no award given)
• 1914 Moses Gomberg
• 1915 Irving Langmuir
• 1916 Claude S. Hudson
• 1917 (no award given)
• 1918 Treat Baldwin Johnson
• 1919 (no award given)
• 1920 Irving Langmuir
• 1921 Gilbert N. Lewis
• 1922 (no award given)
• 1923 Thomas Midgley Jr.
• 1924 Charles A. Kraus
• 1925 Edward Curtis Franklin
• 1926 S. C. Lind
• 1927 Roger Adams
• 1928 Hugh S. Taylor
• 1929 William L. Evans
• 1930
• 1931 John A. Wilson
• 1932 James B. Conant
• 1933 (no award given)
• 1934 Henry C. Sherman
• 1935 Julius A. Nieuwland
• 1936 William M. Clark
• 1937 Frank C. Whitmore
• 1938 P. A. Levene
• 1939 Joel H. Hildebrand
• 1940 John M. Nelson
• 1941 Linus Pauling
• 1942 Duncan A. MacInnes
• 1943
• 1944 Carl S. Marvel
• 1945 Vincent du Vigneaud
• 1946 Wendell M. Stanley
• 1947 George B. Kistiakowski
• 1948 Glenn T. Seaborg
• 1949 I. M. Kolthoff
• 1950
• 1951 Henry Eyring
• 1952 Frank H. Spedding
• 1953 Reynold C. Fuson
• 1954 Charles P. Smyth
• 1955 Wendell M. Latimer
• 1956 Robert Burns Woodward
• 1957 Louis P. Hammett
• 1958 Melvin Calvin
• 1959 Herbert C. Brown
• 1960 Herman F. Mark
• 1961 Peter J. W. Debye
• 1962 Paul J. Flory
• 1963 Louis F. Fieser
• 1964 Arthur C. Cope
• 1965 Herbert E. Carter
• 1966 Frederick D. Rossini
• 1967 Karl Folkers
• 1968 William S. Johnson
• 1969 Marshall Nirenberg
• 1970 Britton Chance
• 1971 Henry Taube
• 1972 John D. Roberts
• 1973 R. Bruce Merrifield
• 1974 Harold A. Scheraga
• 1975 F. Albert Cotton
• 1976 Paul D. Bartlett
• 1977 Elias J. Corey
• 1978
• 1979 Choh Hao Li
• 1980 Gilbert Stork
• 1981 Roald Hoffmann
• 1982 Frank H. Westheimer
• 1983 Neil Bartlett
• 1984 Fred W. McLafferty
• 1985 Jerome A. Berson
• 1986 Michael J. S. Dewar
• 1987 Kurt Mislow
• 1988 Ralph F. Hirschmann
• 1989 Ronald Breslow
• 1990 John D. Baldeschwieler
• 1991 J. Calvin Giddings
• 1992 Koji Nakanishi
• 1993 Richard E. Smalley
• 1994 Peter B. Dervan
• 1995 Stephen J. Lippard
• 1996 K. C. Nicolaou
• 1997 Jacqueline K. Barton
• 1998 Ahmed H. Zewail
• 1999 Samuel J. Danishefsky
• 2000 Barry M. Trost
• 2001 Stuart L. Schreiber
• 2002 Alan G. MacDiarmid
• 2003 Harry Gray
• 2004 Allen J. Bard
• 2005 Richard N. Zare
• 2006 K. Barry Sharpless
• 2007 Nicholas J. Turro
• 2008 Nadrian C. Seeman
• 2009 Carolyn R. Bertozzi
• 2010 Tobin J. Marks
• 2011 Julius Rebek (Jr.)
• 2012 Alan G. Marshall
• 2013 Richard Eisenberg
• 2014 Amos Smith (III)
• 2015 Gabor A. Somorjai
• 2016 Stephen L. Buchwald
• 2017 Chad Mirkin
• 2018 Debra R. Rolison^{[4] [5]}
• 2019 Vicki Grassian^{[6] [7]}
• 2020 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
• 2021 (No award given)
• 2022 Alison Butler^[8]

See also

• List of chemistry awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: William H. Nichols Distinguished Symposium, Medal Award Presentation & Dinner 2017 Call For Nominations. American Chemical Society, New York Section. 29 January 2016.
2. The William H. Nichols Medal. Journal of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 274. 6. 4. 10.1021/ie50064a001. 1914.
3. Web site: Nichols Medalists. American Chemical Society, New York Section. 29 January 2016.
4. Web site: McKinney . Donna . NRL's Debra Rolison Honored with ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials . U. S. Naval Research Laboratory . 21 February 2020. June 30, 2011.
5. Web site: 2018 William H. Nichols Award Symposium.
6. Wang . Linda . C&EN Global Enterprise ACS NEWS Vicki Grassian wins Nichols Medal . C&EN . September 23, 2019 . 97 . 37 . 32 . 10.1021/cen-09737-awards4 . 21 February 2020. free .
7. News: Prof. Vicki H. Grassian, 2019 Nichols Medalist . 21 February 2020 . The Indicator . 4. 100. 5–7.
8. Web site: 2022 Nichols Medal is Awarded to Professor Alison Butler. American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee. 28 September 2024. August 22, 2021.