ACS Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Award Program

Charge of the Program

The purpose of the Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (TAOC) award program is to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from Bachelor's and Master's level chemists, or their equivalents, pursuing careers in chemical industry at research institutes.

Selection of Awardees

Awardees are selected by the TAOC Awards Committee from a pool of candidates usually nominated by their respective employers, and are approved by the Executive Committee of the Division of Organic Chemistry. Nomination materials are sent to the Chairman of the TAOC Awards Committee and must include the following materials: (a) a letter (not e-mail), containing the address of the nominator and information written on company stationary, of nomination that presents evidence that illustrates the accomplishments, creativity and independence of the nominee (b) a copy of the nominee's CV (including work address and e-mail) that includes a description of their educational background and experience, and publication and patent record and (c) any other information that documents the special achievements and/or contributions made by the nominee. Seconding letters and copies of selected publications will be considered, but are not necessary.

Events Associated with TAOC Awards

There are two events associated with the TAOC Awards. There is a luncheon for the awardees, typically on Wednesday of the ACS Fall National Meeting. The Awards are typically presented at this luncheon. There is a symposium (half or full day depending on the number of awardees), typically on Wednesday of the ACS Fall National Meeting.

Awardee Responsibilities

Awardees present their recent discoveries in basic or developmental research during 30 minute presentations (time period is flexible depending on number of awardees) at the ACS National Fall Meeting. As an awards symposium, under ACS bylaws there is no question and answer period.

Nominations

We encourage nominators to select candidates who are both excellent scientists and good communicators. To nominate a Bachelor- or Master-level chemist for this symposium, please send a letter describing the nominee's contributions and include a copy of the candidate's curriculum vitae. (Additional letters and supporting documents are most welcome, but not essential.) Nominees should hold at least a Bachelor Degree (or equivalent), be currently working in chemistry, and should not have received a previous Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Award. Nomination materials should be mailed to:

Dr. Robert D. Larsen
Amgen Inc
One Amgen Center Drive
M/S: 29-M-A
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

Questions should be directed to Rob Larsen at rlarsen@amgen.com

Nominations due by December 31, 2007

History

This program was initiated in 1992, and as of 2007, there have been a total of 201 awards. A list of awardees and their affliations follows:

Award Winners 2007
Charles Alt	Eli Lilly
Charles Clark	Bristol Myers Squibb
Kevin Curran	Wyeth
Kevin Dack	Pfizer
Mark Embrey	Merck
Andy Freeman	GlaxoSmithKline
Matthew Graneto	Pfizer
John Miller	GlaxoSmithKline
Michael Staszek	Eli Lilly
Biqi Wu	Wyeth
Award Winners 2006
David Betebenner	Abbott
Rodolfo Cadilla	GSK
Norman Colbry	Pfizer
Gary C. Davis	GE
Christine Ng DiMarco	Merck
Michael J. Hawkins	J & J
Julia Lam Lee	GE
Yimin Lu	Fluorous Technologies
John Moliterni	Roche
Amarnauth Prashad	Wyeth
Peter Ruminski	Pfizer
Gerry Sullivan	Abbott
Michael B. Wallace	Takeda
Award Winners 2005
Natasha Andrievsky	Eastman Kodak (Rochester)
Schuyler Antane	Wyeth (Princeton)
Michael Breslin	Merck (West Point)
Andre Giroux	Merck Frosst (Quebec)
Susan Hagen	Pfizer (Ann Arbor)
Yansong (Jack) Lu	Novartis (East Hanover)
Joseph Payack	Merck (Rahway)
Mark Pozzo	Pfizer (Kalamazoo)
Peter Rose	Pfizer (Groton)
Uresh Shah	Wyeth (Pearl River)
Award Winners 2004
Kenneth J. Bordeau	Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Ying Chen	Amgen Inc.
Peter H. Dorff	Pfizer Inc, Groton
Robert P. Gomez	Merck Research Laboratories
Tracy F. Gregory	Pfizer Inc, Ann Arbor
Jeffrey L. Havens	Pfizer Inc, Kalamazoo
Richard F. Heier	Pfizer Inc, St. Louis
Brian E. Kornberg	Pfizer Inc, Ann Arbor
Matthew J. Laufersweiler	Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Joseph McKenna	Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.
Bradley J. Newhouse	Array BioPharma
Efren G. Delos Santos	Wyeth Research
Marjorie S. Waters	Merck Research Laboratories
Award Winners 2003
Douglas C. Beshore	Merck West Point
Larry Black	Abbott
Michael Collini	Wyeth, Collegeville
Mila Du	Wyeth, Pearl River
Richard Frenette	Merck Frosst
Paul D. Johnson	Pfizer
Donald Ludovici	J&J PRI
William R. Perrault	Pfizer
John Rizzo	Lilly
Mel Schroeder	Pfizer, Ann Arbor
John Tucker	Pfizer, Groton
Joseph W. Wilson	Lilly
Award Winners 2002
Michael Castaldi	Pfizer/Groton
Michele M. Cudahy	Pharmacia
James F. Dropinski	Merck/Rahway
Claude Dufresne	Merck Frosst
James P. Guare	Merck/West Point
Denis Har	Novartis
Timothy Z. Hoffman	Scripps Research Institute
Daniel Ortwine	Pfizer/Ann Arbor
Sai P. Shum	Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Gary Shrum	Proctor & Gamble
Ronald Sorcek	Boehringer-Ingelheim
Bryan Sorensen	Abbott Sorensen
Joseph Swistok	Hoffman-La Roche
Thomas M. Wilson	Lilly
Award Winners 2001
Glen Brons	ExxonMobil
Robert Chambers	Pfizer (Groton)
Hassan Elokdah	Wyeth-Ayerst
Pierre Hamel	Merck Frosst
Alan Hruza	Schering-Plough
Micheal E. LeTourneau	Eli Lilly
Kyle J. Lindstrom	3M Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Dennis McNamara	Pfizer (Ann Arbor)
Julie Miyashiro	Pharmacia
Pat O'Brien	Pfizer (Ann Arbor)
James Perkins	Merck
Christopher Rito	Eli Lilly Laboratories
Kenneth C. Rupert	RW Johnson
Robert Steffan	Wyeth-Ayerst
Elizabeth Thomasco	Pharmacia
Award Winners 2000
James Aikens	Eli Lilly
Kevin Allen	Shell Chemical Company
Stephen Barret	Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals
Rick Clark	Abbott Pharamaceuticals
Gary Dabbagh	Bell Labs
David Damon	Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Jeffrey Grimm	RW Johnson Pharmaceuticals
Sean Klopfenstein	Procter & Gamble
Todd Kohn	Eli Lilly
Lynette Oh	DuPont Pharmaceuticals
Usha Patel	Boehringer Ingelheim
Linda Payne	Merck-West Point
Toni-Jo Poel	Pharmacia & Upjohn Medchem
John Scheigetz	Merck Frosst
Award Winners 1999
James. L. Bullington	RW Johnson Pharmaceuticals
P. J. Dollings	Wyeth-Ayerst
Robert L. Hoffman	Pharmacia and Upjohn
John J. Parlow	Searle Monsanto
Li-Jen Ping	SmithKline Beecham
Paresh M. Thakker	Genetics Institute, Inc.
Anthony J. Villiani	SmithKline Beecham
William B. Vreeland	Eastman Kodak
Henry S. Wong	Bristol-Myers Squibb
Award Winners 1998
Todd Butler	Pfizer
John Catt	Bristol Myers Squibb
Earl Clark	Phillips Petroleum
Judith Cohen	RW Johnson
David Eickhoff	Procter and Gamble
John Gilmore	Parke Davis
Susie Haadsma-Svensson	Pharmacia and Upjohn
William Hoffman	Merck Research Laboratories
Suresh Kapadia	Boehringer Ingelheim
Natalie Merrill	Exxon Chemical Company
Marcia Schilling	Lucent Technologies
Joe Strohbach	Pharmacia and Upjohn
Mark Webster	Hoechst Marion Rousel
Michael Wilson	Parke-Davis
Award Winners 1997
Jon A. Ashley	The Scripps Research Institute
Leo S. Bleicher	SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc.
Brent A. Dellacoletta	FMC Corp.
C. A. Franke	Eastman Kodak
L. F. Frey	Merck
Sigmond G. Johnson	RW Johnson
Paul D. May	Pharmacia and Upjohn
Kimberly S. Para	Parke Davis
J. T. Repine	Parke Davis
Victor W. Rosso	Bristol Myers Squibb
Thomas J. Tucker	Merck
Michael P. Walker	DuPont Agricultural Products
R. E. White	Procter and Gamble
William J. Zembroski	Pfizer
Award Winners 1996
H. Zhou	Parke-Davis
Robert M. DiPardo	Merck
Nancy A. Wicnienski	Pharmacia & Upjohn
Andrew M. Blum	DuPont Merk
Danny J. Garland	Searle Research and Development
Douglas W. Beight	Hoechst Merion Roussal
G. D. Harris	DuPont Merck
Wenjie Li	Merck
F. L. Ciske	Hoechst Marion Roussel
G. Kris Huang	SmithKline Beecham
D. A. Lust	Bristol-Myers Squibb
Pamela E. Outt	Procter and Gamble
T. M. Judge	Pharmacia and Upjohn
Lisa S. Silverman	Schering-Plough Research Institute
Award Winners 1995
Richard J. Carmosin	R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute
D. Bankston	Glaxo Research Institute
Sharon A. Jackson	Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
Karl W. Aston	Monsanto
Jolanta Nowakowski	Pfizer
Paul P. Spara	Eastman Kodak
Jerry W. Misner	Eli Lilly
W. H. Darlington	Upjohn
James A. Linn	Burroughs Wellcome
J. Kelly	Schering-Plough
Robert J. Altenbach	Abbott
David A. Hay	Marion Merrell Dow
M. Mellinger	SmithKline Beecham
Paul M. Dybas	Procter and Gamble
Award Winners 1994
John J. Court	Sterling Winthrop
M. L. Baker	Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
R. T. Shuman	Eli Lilly and Company
Russel J. Shine	Pfizer
Elaine C. Lee	Abbott
David L. Varie	Eli Lilly
Susana Neira	DuPont
M. D. Dutia	Lederle
R. C. Crouch	Burrough Wellcome
Ann M. Diederich	SmithKline Beecham
Award Winners 1993
Gary M. Coppola	Sandoz Research Institute
Ruth E. TenBrink	The Upjohn Company
Allen J. Lovey	Hoffmann-LaRoche
M. R. Powers	Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
A. C. Scotese	Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
Harry R. Howard	Pfizer, Inc.
M. J. Urbanski	R. W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute
G. D. Hiler II	Procter and Gamble
Theodore J. Lambros	Hoffmann-LaRoche
John E. Feaster	DuPont
C. Hoelscher	PPG Industries
R. Lee	Ethyl Corporation
Brian K. Cheng	Monsanto
Award Winners 1992
David F. McComsey	R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Christiane Yoakim	Bio-Méga Inc.
Raymond G. Lovey	Schering-Plough Research Institute
S.R. Turner	The Upjohn Company
Timothy Shepherd	Eli Lilly & Co.
Yves Leblanc	Merck Frosst, Canada
Jacques Y. Gauthier	Merck Frosst
J. J. McNally	R. W. Johnson
Donald P. Matthews	Marion Merrell Dow
Kanu M. Patel	DuPont
Donn G. Wishka	Upjohn
S. Shilcrat	SmithKline Beecham