Gold Medal Award

The Gold Medal is The Institute's highest award.  It is given annually to a person who has stimulated activities of service to the science of chemistry or the profession of chemist or chemical engineer in the United States of America.  In recognition of their achievements, Gold Medallists are given Life Fellowship in The Institute.

The nominations for the 2005 AIC Gold Medal Award is now closed.  The winner is Mr. Robert L. McNeil, Jr.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2006 Gold Medal Award.


  AIC Awards - Gold Medal 2000 - Present 

 ChemistYearSorted By Year In Ascending Order
Dr. Yie W. Chien2000
Dr. Tobin Marks2002
Dr. Ralph Hirschmann2003
Dr. Carl Djerassi2004
Mr. Robert L. McNeil, Jr.2005
Dr. Roald Hoffmann2006
Dr. George Whitesides2007

* Gold medalist is Deceased.

  AIC Awards - Gold Medal 1920 - 1929 

 ChemistYearSorted By Year In Ascending Order
Dr. William Blum*1926
Dr. Lafayette B. Mendel*1927
Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan * 1929

  AIC Awards - Gold Medal 1930 - 1939 

 ChemistYearSorted By Year In Ascending Order
Mr. George Eastman*1930
Mr. Andrew W. & Mr. Richard B. Mellon*1931
Dr. Charles H. Herty*1932
Dr. Henry C. Sherman*1933
Dr. James Bryant Conant*1934
Dr. Marston Taylor Bogert*1936
Dr. James F. Norris*1937
Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell*1938

  AIC Awards - Gold Medal 1940 - 1949 

 ChemistYearSorted By Year In Ascending Order
Dr. Gustav Egloff*1940
Dr. Henry G. Knight*1941
Dr. William Lloyd Evans*1942
Dr. Walter S. Landis*1943
Dr. Willard H. Dow*1944
Dr. John W. Thomas*1945
Mr. Robert Price Russell*1946
Dr. Moses Leverock Crossley*1947
Dr. Charles A. Thomas*1948
Dr. Warren K. Lewis*1949

  AIC Awards - Gold Medal 1950 - 1959 

 ChemistYearSorted By Year In Ascending Order
Dr. Walter J. Murphy*1950
Dr. Harry N. Holmes*1951
Dr. Fred J. Emmerich*1952
Dr. J. C. Warner*1953
Dr. William J. Sparks*1954
Dr. Carl S. Marvel*1955
Mr. Raymond Stevens*1956
Dr. Roy Newton*1957
Dr. Lawrence Flett*1958
Dr. Crawford H. Greenewalt*1959

  AIC Awards - Gold Medal 1960 - 1969 

 ChemistYearSorted By Year In Ascending Order
Dr. Ernest H. Volwiler1960
Dr. Alden H. Emery*1961
Dr. George W. Parks*1962
Dr. Ralph Connor*1963
Dr. Roger Adams*1964
Grig. Gen Edwin Cox*1965
Dr. John H. Nair*1966
Dr. Wayne E. Kuhn1967
Dr. Orville E. May*1968
Dr. Henry B. Hass*1969

  AIC Awards - Gold Medal 1970 -1979 

 ChemistYearSorted By Year In Ascending Order
Dr. Willard F. Libby*1970
Dr. Emmett B. Carmichael*1971
Dr. Harold C. Urey*1972
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg*1973
Dr. W. E. "Butch" Hanford*1974
Dr. William O. Baker1975
Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer*1976
Dr. Max Tishler*1977
Dr. Norman Hackerman1978
Dr. Melvin Calvin1979

  AIC Awards - Gold Medal 1980 - 1989 

 ChemistYearSorted By Year In Ascending Order
Dr. Arthur M. Bueche*1980
Dr. Lewis Sarett1981
Dr. Milton Harris*1982
Dr. Mary L. Good1983
Dr. John H. Sinfelt1984
Dr. Herbert C. Brown1985
Dr. N. Bruce Hannay1986
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman*1987
Dr. George C. Pimentel*1988
Dr. Elias J. Corey1989

  AIC Awards - Gold Medal 1990 - 1999 

 ChemistYearSorted By Year In Ascending Order
Dr. Harry B. Gray1990
Dr. Bruce N. Ames1991
Dr. Roy L. Whistler1992
Dr. Fred Basolo1993
Dr. Arthur Adamson*1994
Dr. George Parshall1995
Dr. Harry Drickman1996
Dr. Alfred Bader1997
Dr. F. Albert Cotton1998

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