The recipients of the 2023 Joseph B. Lambert HIST Award of the History of Chemistry (HIST) Division of the American Chemical Society are Professor Geoffrey Rayner-Canham and Marelene Rayner-Canham. The HIST Award is for outstanding achievement in the history of chemistry and is international in scope.  This award is the successor to the Dexter Award (1956-2001) and the Sydney M. Edelstein Award (2002-2009), also administered by the Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) of the American Chemical Society.

The HIST Award consists of an engraved plaque and a check for $1500 and will be presented to the Rayner-Canhams at the fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco in August, 2023.  Additional information about the award can be found on the HIST website at

http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/awards/hist_award.php