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The recipient of the 2022 Paul R. Jones Outstanding Paper Award of the Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) of the American Chemical Society is Charles S. Weinert. The paper was “Die Chemie ist Schwierig: Winkler and the Discovery of Germanium,” Bulletin of the History of Chemistry, v45 (issue 1), 2020, pp. 8-15. The award is presented to the authors of the best paper published in the Bulletin for the History of Chemistry during the previous three years, 2020, 2021, 2022.
The Paul R. Jones Outstanding Paper Award consists of an engraved plaque and a check for $250 from HIST and a book award plus a check for $150 from the Science History Institute. Additional information about the award can be found on the HIST website at
http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/awards/paper.php
2023-11-20
The recipient of the 2021 Paul R. Jones Outstanding Paper Award of the Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) of the American Chemical Society is Vera V. Mainz and Professor Gregory S. Girolami (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Dean F. Martin (University of South Florida). The paper was “The First African American Chemistry Doctorate Recipient,” Bulletin of the History of Chemistry, v46 (issue 1), 2021, pp. 83-107. The award is presented to the authors of the best paper published in the Bulletin for the History of Chemistry during the previous three years, 2019, 2020, 2021.
The Paul R. Jones Outstanding Paper Award consists of an engraved plaque and a check for $250 from HIST and a book award plus a check for $150 from the Science History Institute. Additional information about the award can be found on the HIST website at
http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/awards/paper.php
2023-11-20
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.
2023-02-14