The Francis P. Garvan–John M. Olin Medal is an annual award that recognizes distinguished scientific accomplishment, leadership and service to chemistry by

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. The Award is offered by the

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(ACS), and consists of a cash prize (US$5,000) and a medal. The medal was designed by Margaret Christian Grigor.

Background

Any individual may nominate a single eligible chemist in one year. Nominees must be a female citizen of the United States. The award was established by

Francis Garvan Francis Patrick Garvan (June 13, 1875 – November 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, government official, and long-time president of the Chemical Foundation, Inc. The Chemical Foundation was established to administer in the public interest 4,500 G ...

and Mabel Brady Garvan in 1936 in honor of their daughter. It was initially an essay contest, that ran for seven years, as a memorial to their daughter (the American Chemical Society's Prize Essay Contest). It was solely funded by the Francis P. Garvan Medal Endowment from its establishment in 1936 until 1979. W. R. Grace & Co. assumed co-sponsorship of the award from 1979 to 1983. In 1984, Olin Corporation assumed co-sponsorship. Mabel Brady Garvan remained involved with the Award through 1967. The Garvan–Olin Award is the ACS' third-oldest award, and the first

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established to honor women chemists.

Award recipients

* 1937 Emma P. Carr * 1940

Mary Engle Pennington Mary Engle Pennington (October 8, 1872 – December 27, 1952) was an American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer. Early life and education Mary Engle Pennington was born in Nashville, Tennessee; her parents were Henry and Sarah M ...

* 1942

Florence B. Seibert Florence Barbara Seibert (October 6, 1897 – August 23, 1991) was an American biochemist. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pure form of tuberculin, puri ...

* 1946 Icie Macy Hoobler * 1947 Mary Lura Sherrill * 1948

Gerty Cori Gerty Theresa Cori (; August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was an Austro-Hungarian and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Me ...

* 1949 Agnes Fay Morgan * 1950 Pauline Beery Mack * 1951 Katharine B. Blodgett * 1952 Gladys A. Emerson * 1953 Leonora N. Bilger * 1954 Betty Sullivan * 1955 Grace Medes * 1956 Allene R. Jeanes * 1957 Lucy W. Pickett * 1958 Arda A. Green * 1959 Dorothy Virginia Nightingale * 1960 Mary L. Caldwell * 1961 Sarah Ratner * 1962 Helen M. Dyer * 1963

Mildred Cohn Mildred Cohn (July 12, 1913 – October 12, 2009) was an American biochemist who furthered understanding of biochemical processes through her study of chemical reactions within animal cells. She was a pioneer in the use of nuclear magnetic re ...

* 1964 Birgit Vennesland * 1965 Gertrude Perlmann * 1966 Mary L. Peterman * 1967 Marjorie J. Vold * 1968

Gertrude B. Elion Gertrude "Trudy" Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black for their use of innovat ...

* 1969 Sofia Simmonds * 1970

Ruth R. Benerito Ruth Mary Rogan Benerito (January 12, 1916 – October 5, 2013) was an American chemist and inventor known for her work related to the textile industry, notably including the development of wash-and-wear cotton fabrics. She held 55 patents. Pe ...

* 1971 Mary Fieser * 1972 Jean'ne M. Shreeve * 1973

Mary L. Good Mary Lowe Good (June 20, 1931 – November 20, 2019) was an American inorganic chemist who worked academically, in industrial research and in government. Good contributed to the understanding of catalysts such as ruthenium which activate or speed ...

* 1974 Joyce J. Kaufman * 1975 Marjorie C. Caserio * 1976 Isabella L. Karle * 1977 Marjorie G. Horning * 1978 Madeleine M. Joullié * 1979 Jenny P. Glusker * 1980 Helen M. Free * 1981 Elizabeth K. Weisburger * 1982 Sara Jane Rhoads * 1983 Ines Mandl * 1984 Martha L. Ludwig * 1985 Catherine Clarke Fenselau * 1986 Jeanette G. Grasselli * 1987 Janet G. Osteryoung * 1988 Marye Anne Fox * 1989 Kathleen C. Taylor * 1990

Darleane C. Hoffman Darleane Christian Hoffman (born November 8, 1926) is an American nuclear chemist who was among the researchers who confirmed the existence of Seaborgium, element 106. She is a faculty senior scientist in the Nuclear Science Division of Lawrenc ...

* 1991 Cynthia M. Friend * 1992

Jacqueline K. Barton Jacqueline K. Barton (born May 7, 1952 New York City, NY), is an American chemist. She worked as a Professor of Chemistry at Hunter College (1980–82), and at Columbia University (1983–89) before joining the California Institute of Technology. ...

* 1993

Edith M. Flanigen Edith Marie Flanigen (born January 28, 1929) is a noted American chemist, known for her work on synthesis of emeralds, and later zeolites for molecular sieves at Union Carbide. Early life and education Edith Marie Flanigen was born January 28, ...

* 1994 Barbara J. Garrison * 1995 Angelica Stacy * 1996

Geraldine L. Richmond Geraldine Lee Richmond (born January 17, 1953 in Salina, Kansas) is an American chemist and Physical chemistry, physical chemist who is serving as the Under Secretary of Energy for Science in the US Department of Energy. Richmond was confirmed to ...

* 1997 Karen W. Morse * 1998 Joanna S. Fowler * 1999 Cynthia A. Maryanoff * 2000 F. Ann Walker * 2001

Susan S. Taylor Susan Taylor (born 1942) is an American biochemist who is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego. She is known for her research on protein kinases, particularly prote ...

* 2002 Marion C. Thurnauer * 2003 Martha Greenblatt * 2004 Sandra C. Greer * 2005 Frances H. Arnold * 2006 Lila M. Gierasch * 2007 Laura L. Kiessling * 2008 Elizabeth C. Theil * 2009 Kathlyn A. Parker * 2010 Judith Giordan * 2011 Sherry J. Yennello * 2012 Sue B. Clark * 2013 Susan M. Kauzlarich * 2014

Marsha I. Lester Marsha Isack Lester is an American physical chemist. She is currently the Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Lester uses both theoretical and experimental methods to study the physical chemistry ...

* 2015 Angela K. Wilson * 2016 Annie B. Kersting * 2017 Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts * 2018 Valerie J. Kuck * 2019

Lisa McElwee-White Lisa McElwee-White is currently the Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida. Career Lisa McElwee-White received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1979, and complet ...

* 2020 Caroline Chick Jarrold * 2021 Carol J. Burns * 2022 Anne McCoy

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garvan-Olin Medal Awards established in 1936 Awards of the American Chemical Society Science awards honoring women Lists of women scientists 1936 establishments in the United States Chemistry awards

Background

Award recipients

See also

References

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