A Lavoisier Medal is an award named and given in honor of
Antoine Lavoisier
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, considered by some to be a father of modern chemistry.
[7 Cornellians receive prestigious national and international honors](_blank)
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At least three organizations independently give awards for achievement in chemical-related disciplines, each using the name Lavoisier Medal. Lavoisier Medals are awarded by the following organizations:
French Chemical Society (''Société Chimique de France (SCF)'')
The
French Chemical Society
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's Médaille Lavoisier is given for work or actions which have enhanced the perceived value of chemistry in society.
International Society for Biological Calorimetry (ISBC)
The ISBC's Lavoisier Medal is awarded to an internationally acknowledged scientist for an outstanding contribution to the development and/or the application of direct calorimetry in biology and medicine
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from the ISBC web page, retrieved 14 August 2007
Source
ISBC
:*1990:
Ingemar Wadsö, Lund, Sweden
:*1992:
Richard B. Kemp, Aberystwyth, UK
:*1994
Lee Hansen Provo, USA
:*1997:
Ingolf Lamprecht, Berlin, Germany
:*1999:
Anthony E. Beezer, London, UK
:*2001:
Lena Gustafsson, Göteborg, Sweden
:*2003:
Erich Gnaiger, Innsbruck, Austria
:*2006:
Mario Monti
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, Lund, Sweden
:*2010:
Edwin Battley, Stony Brook NY, USA
:*2014:
Urs von Stockar, Lausanne, Switzerland
DuPont
The
DuPont
DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. The company played a major role in ...
company's Lavoisier Medal for Technical Achievement is presented to DuPont scientists and engineers who have made outstanding contributions to DuPont and their scientific fields throughout their careers. Antoine Lavoisier mentored the founder of the company,
E. I. du Pont, more than 200 years ago.
It was awarded 95 times from 1990 to 2013.
Stephanie Louise Kwolek received the award in 1995.
As of June 2014, she is the only female DuPont employee to receive the honor.
Partial list of recipients
Source (1990-2012)
Dupont
Source: (2011 onwards)
:* 1990:
Dr. Charles W. Todd
:* 1990:
Thomas H. Chilton (posthumously awarded).
:* 1990:
Nathaniel Wyeth
:* 1991:
Crawford Greenewalt
Crawford Hallock Greenewalt (August 16, 1902 – September 28, 1993) was an American chemical engineer who served as president of the DuPont Company from 1948 to 1962 and as board chairman from 1962 to 1967.
Early life
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:* 1992:
Herman E. Schroeder
:* 1993: Donald R. Johnson Pioneer of automatic clinical diagnostic instrumentation-Dupont Lavoisier Medal
:* 1995:
Stephanie Kwolek (only woman recipient)
[
:* 1995: Herbert S. Eleuterio
:* 1996: Owen Wright Webster
:* 1997: ]William C. Drinkard
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D ...
:* 1997: Charles Stine
:* 1999: Albert Moore
:* 2000: Ivan Maxwell Robinson
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:* 2003: Rudolph Pariser
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Harry Kamack
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, Mel Kohan
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[Highest DuPont Honor for Scientific Innovation Given to Three Outstanding DuPont Scientists](_blank)
- DuPont press release retrieved 14 August 2007
:* 2007: Edward J. Deyrup, Charles Joseph Noelke
:* 2008: D. Peter Carlson, Noel C. Scrivner
:* 2009: Calvin Chi-Ching Chien, George P. Lahm
:* 2010: Robert L. Segebart
:* 2011: Marc C. Albertsen
:* 2012: Scott V. Tingey
:* 2013: Mario Nappa[
:* 2015: Stephen Smith, Ronald McKinney
:* 2016: Mick Ward, Tom Carney
:* 2017: Joe Lachowski, George Weber ]Peter Trefonas
Peter Trefonas (born 1958) is a retired DuPont Fellow (a senior scientist) at DuPont, where he had worked on the development of electronic materials. He is known for innovations in the chemistry of photolithography, particularly the developme ...
See also
* List of chemistry awards
This list of chemistry awards is an index to articles about notable awards for chemistry. It includes awards by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical Industry and awards by other organizations.
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* List of engineering awards
This list of engineering awards is an index to articles about notable awards for achievements in engineering. It includes aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, structural e ...
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