The Chemical Industry Medal is an annual American award given to an industrial chemist by the

Society of Chemical Industry The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) is a learned society set up in 1881 "to further the application of chemistry and related sciences for the public benefit". Offices The society's headquarters is in Belgrave Square, London. There are semi-in ...

(SCI). The medal has been awarded since 1933, when it replaced the Grasselli Medal. It was initially given to "a person making a valuable application of chemical research to industry. Primary consideration shall be given to applications in the public interest." As of 1945, the criterion became "a person who ... has rendered conspicuous service to applied chemistry." More recently it has been awarded "for contributions toward the growth of the chemical industry."

Recipients

* Source
SCI Chemical Industry Medal Past Winners
*1933 James G. Vail, Philadelphia Quartz Company *1934 Floyd G. Metzger, Air Reduction *1935 Edward R. Weidlein, Mellon Institute *1936

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, American Cyanamid *1937

Evan J. Crane Evan Jay Crane (February 14, 1889 – December 30, 1966) was an American chemist and the editor of ''Chemical Abstracts'' 1915–1958. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1911, and received an Honorary D.Sc. there in 1938. In 1951 he was a ...

, Chemical Abstracts *1938 John V. N. Dorr, Dorr *1939 Robert E. Wilson, Standard Oil of Indiana, PanAmerican Petroleum *1941 Elmer K. Bolton, Dupont *1942 Harrison Howe, ACS *1943 John Grebe, Dow *1944 Bradley Dewey, Dewey & Almy *1945 Sidney Dale Kirkpatrick, Chemical & Metallurgical *1946 Willard H. Dow, Dow *1947 George W. Merck, Merck *1948 James A. Rafferty, Union Carbide *1949 William B. Bell, American Cyanamid *1950 William M. Rand, Monsanto *1951 Ernest W. Reid, Corn Products *1952 J. R. Donald,

Crawford H. 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 Crawford Hallock Greene ...

, Dupont *1953 Charles S. Munson, Air Reduction *1954

Ernest H. Volwiler Ernest Henry Volwiler (August 22, 1893 – October 3, 1992) was an American chemist. He spent his career at Abbott Laboratories working his way from staff chemist to CEO. He was a pioneer in the field of anesthetic pharmacology, assisting in th ...

, Abbot *1955 Joseph George Davidson, Union Carbide *1956

Robert Lindley Murray Robert Lindley Murray (November 2, 1892 – January 17, 1970) was an American chemist and tennis player. Early life Robert Lindley Murray was born in San Francisco, California to Augustus Taber Murray and Nellie Howland Gifford. He graduated fr ...

, Hooker Electrochemical *1957 Clifford Rassweiler, Johns Manville *1958 Fred J. Emmerich, Allied *1959 Harry B. Mcclure, Union Carbide *1960 Hans Stauffer, Stauffer *1961 William Edward Hanford, Olin Mathieson *1962 Kenneth H. Klipstein, American Cyanamid *1963

Max Tishler Max Tishler (October 30, 1906 – March 18, 1989) was president of Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories where he led the research teams that synthesized ascorbic acid, riboflavin, cortisone, pyridoxine, pantothenic acid, nicotinamide, me ...

, Merck *1964 Leland I. Doan, Dow *1965

Ralph Connor Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

, Rohm and Haas *1966 Monroe E. Spaght, Shell *1967 Chester M. Brown, Allied *1968 Harold W. Fisher, Standard Oil of New Jersey *1969 Charles B. McCoy, Dupont *1970 William H. Lycan, Johnson & Johnson *1971 Carroll A. Hochwalt, Thomas & Hochwalt, Monsanto *1972 Jesse Werner, Gaf *1973

Ralph Landau Ralph Landau (May 19, 1916 – April 5, 2004) was a chemical engineer and entrepreneur active in the chemical and petrochemical industries. He is considered one of the top fifty foundational chemical engineers of the first half of the 20th century ...

, Scientific Design *1974 Carl A. Gerstacker, Dow *1975 Leonard P. Pool, Air Products & Chemicals *1976 Harold E. Thayer, Mallinckrodt *1977 F. Perry Wilson, Union Carbide *1978 Jack B. St. Clair, Shell *1979

Irving S. Shapiro Irving Saul Shapiro (July 15, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American lawyer and businessman, best known for being the first lawyer to become CEO of DuPont. Shapiro served as DuPont chairman from December 1973 to 1981. In 1987, he took over ...

, Dupont *1980 Edward Donley, Air Products *1981 Thomas W. Mastin, Lubrizol *1982 H. Barclay Morley, Stauffer *1983 Paul F. Orrefice, Dow *1984 James Affleck, American Cyanamid *1985 Louis Fernandez, Monsanto *1986

Edward G. Jefferson Edward G. Jefferson (July 15, 1921, London – February 9, 2006) was a British-born American chemical engineer, chemist, businessman, CEO and Chairman of DuPont corporation. During Jefferson's leadership as Chairman, DuPont suffered from num ...

, Dupont *1987 Edwin C. Holmer, Exxon *1988 Vincent L. Gregory Jr., Rohm and Haas *1989 Richard E. Heckert, Dupont *1990 George J. Sella Jr., American Cyanamid *1991 Dexter F. Baker, Air Products *1992 H. Eugene McBrayer, Exxon *1993 W. H. Clark, Nalco *1994 Keith R. McKennon, Dow Corning *1995 Robert D. Kennedy, Union Carbide *1996 John W. Johnstone Jr., Olin *1997 J. Roger Hirl, Occidental Chemical *1998 Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Dupont *1999 J. Lawrence Wilson, Rohm and Haas *2000

Vincent A. Calarco Vincent A. Calarco (born May 29, 1942) is a former Chief Executive Officer and President at Chemtura. He has a BS from Polytechnic Institute of New York University and an MBA from Harvard University. He has been awarded the highest honor by the A ...

, Crompton *2001

William S. Stavropoulos William Spyros Stavropoulos (born 12 May 1939) is a Greek-American businessman and philanthropist. He is the past CEO and Chairman of The Dow Chemical Company, and the current CEO and Chairman of the Michigan Baseball Foundation. Early life an ...

, Dow Chemical *2002 Earnest W. Deavenport Jr., Eastman Chemical *2003 Whitson Sadler, Solvay *2004 Thomas E. Reilly, Reilly Industries *2005 Daniel S. Sanders, ExxonMobil & Company *2006

Jon Huntsman, Sr. Jon Meade Huntsman Sr. (June 21, 1937 – February 2, 2018) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and executive chairman of Huntsman Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals. Huntsman p ...

, Huntsman Corporation *2007 Raj Gupta, Rohm and Haas *2008 Dennis H. Reilley, Praxair *2009 Jeffrey M. Lipton,

Nova Chemicals NOVA Chemicals Corporation is a Canadian petrochemical company that has been in operation since 1954. NOVA was formed as provincial crown corporation called the Alberta Gas Trunk Line Company Limited to manage Alberta's natural gas collection sy ...

*2010 Michael E. Campbell, Arch Chemicals, Inc *2011 J. Brian Ferguson, Eastman Chemical *2012 David N. Weidman, Celanese *2013

Andrew Liveris Andrew N. Liveris (born 5 May 1954) is an Australian former CEO and chairman of The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Michigan. Liveris has been a member of Dow's board of directors since February 2004, CEO since November 2004 and was elected as ...

, Dow Chemical *2014 Sunil Kumar, International Speciality Products *2015 Stephen D. Pryor, President of ExxonMobil Chemical *2016

James L. Gallogly James L. Gallogly (born September 1, 1952 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada) is a former American university administrator and retired business executive who was the 14th President of the University of Oklahoma. He has held executive positi ...

, LyondellBasell *2017 Andreas C. Kramvis, Honeywell * 2018, Cal Dooley, American Chemistry Council * 2019, Neil A. Chapman, Exxon Mobil Corporation

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{{reflist Chemistry awards American science and technology awards Awards established in 1933 1933 establishments in the United States

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