History of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Graduate Research Fellowships Program Terminated in 2016

The Division of Organic Chemistry has given out 398 Graduate Research Fellowships (See below) since the program started in 1981 with generous support from Organic Syntheses, Organic Reactions, and numerous companies.  Unfortunately, industrial support has declined markedly in recent years from 11 fellowships in 2006-2007, to 7 in 2010-2011, to 2 in 2013-2014, to 1 in 2015-2016, and to 0 for 2016-2017. Thus, we were forced to terminate the program.


Comprehensive list of Fellowship Winners

Juliet Alderson    University of Wisconsin, Madison
2015 Fellowship
Advisor: Jennifer Schomaker
Sponsor: Troyansky Fellowship

Nicole Camasso    University of Michigan
2015 Fellowship
Advisor: Melanie Sanford
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Joshua Hummel    Yale University
2015 Fellowship
Advisor: Johnathan Ellman
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Zachrey Kasun    University of Texas, Austin
2015 Fellowship
Advisor: Michael Krische
Sponsor: Nelson J. Leonard Fellowship

Matthew Larsen    University of California, Berkeley
2015 Fellowship
Advisor: John Hartwig
Sponsor: Org. React. & Org. Syn.

Liana Hie    University of California, Los Angeles
2014 Fellowship
Advisor: Neil Garg
Sponsor: Amgen

Gregory Lackner    University of California, Irvine
2014 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry Overman
Sponsor: Org. React. & Org. Syn.

Caitlin McMahon    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2014 Fellowship
Advisor: Erik Alexanian
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Eduardo Mercado-Marin    University of California, Berkeley
2014 Fellowship
Advisor: Richmond Sarpong
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Robert Newberry    University of Wisconsin, Madison
2014 Fellowship
Advisor: Ron Raines
Sponsor: Nelson J. Leonard Fellowship

Alan H. Cherney    California Institute of Technology
2013 Fellowship
Advisor: Sarah Reisman
Sponsor: Amgen

Patrick Fier    University of California, Berkeley
2013 Fellowship
Advisor: John Hartwig
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

James Payne    University of Chicago
2013 Fellowship
Advisor: Jared C. Lewis
Sponsor: Nelson J. Leonard Fellowship

Cale D. Weatherly    University of Wisconsin
2013 Fellowship
Advisor: Jennifer M. Schomaker
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Michael Joseph Ardolino    Boston College
2012 Fellowship
Advisor: James P. Morken
Sponsor: Merck/DOC

Adam Goetz    University of California, Los Angeles
2012 Fellowship
Advisor: Neil Garg
Sponsor: Org. React. & Org. Syn.

Aaron T. Herrmann    University of California, Santa Barbara
2012 Fellowship
Advisor: Armen Zakarian
Sponsor: Genentech

Jeffrey C. Holder    California Institute of Technology
2012 Fellowship
Advisor: Brian M. Stoltz
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Alison Metz    University of Pennsylvania
2012 Fellowship
Advisor: Marisa Kozlowski
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Rebecca Murphy    University of California, Berkeley
2012 Fellowship
Advisor: Richmond Sarpong
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

John Duy Nguyen    Boston University
2012 Fellowship
Advisor: Corey R. J. Stephenson
Sponsor: Amgen

Bradley D. Rose    University of Oregon
2012 Fellowship
Advisor: Michael M. Haley
Sponsor: Troyansky Fellowship

Nicholas Calandra    Yale University
2011 Fellowship
Advisor: Seth Herzon
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Daniel Tzvi Cohen    Northwestern University
2011 Fellowship
Advisor: Karl A. Scheidt
Sponsor: Org. React. & Org. Syn.

Kaid Harper    University of Utah
2011 Fellowship
Advisor: Matthew S. Sigman
Sponsor: Nelson J. Leonard Fellowship

Julia Kalow    Princeton University
2011 Fellowship
Advisor: Abigail Doyle
Sponsor: Pfizer Inc.

Justin Malinowski    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2011 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey S. Johnson
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Lindsay Repka    California Institute of Technology
2011 Fellowship
Advisor: Sarah E. Reisman
Sponsor: Genentech

Joseph Tucker    Boston University
2011 Fellowship
Advisor: Corey R. J. Stephenson
Sponsor: Amgen

Adam B. Weinstein    University of Wisconsin, Madison
2011 Fellowship
Advisor: Shannon S. Stahl
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Adam Brown    Harvard University
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: Eric N. Jacobsen
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Ming Chen    Scripps Research Institute
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: William Roush
Sponsor: Pfizer Inc.

Hee Yeon Cho    Boston College
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry Scott, James Morken
Sponsor: Roche

Juana Du    University of Wisconsin
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: Tehshik Yoon
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Claire Filloux    Colorado State University
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: Tomislav Rovis
Sponsor: Genentech

Dawn Makley    Vanderbilt University
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey Johnston
Sponsor: Org. React. & Org. Syn.

Kyle Quasdorf    University of California, Los Angeles
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: Neil Garg
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Daniel Robbins    University of iIlinois
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: John Hartwig
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Danielle Schultz    University of Michigan
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: John Wolfe
Sponsor: Nelson J Leonard Fellowship

Gretchen Stanton    University of Pennsylvania
2010 Fellowship
Advisor: Patrick Walsh
Sponsor: Amgen

Judy Chen    Columbia University
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Nicholas Turro
Sponsor: Org. React. & Org. Syn.

Alison Donnelly    University of Kansas
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Brian Blagg
Sponsor: Roche

Brett Fors    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen L. Buchwald
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Stephen Lathrop    Colorado State University
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Tom Rovis
Sponsor: Sanofi Aventis

Jeremy Lenhardt    Duke University
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen Craig
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Connor Martin    University of California, Irvine
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry Overman
Sponsor: Amgen

Jason Schmink    University of Connecticut
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Nicholas Leadbeater
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Ellen Sletten    University of California, Berkeley
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Carolyn Bertozzi
Sponsor: Genentech

Kara Stowers    University of Michigan
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Melanie Sanford
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Joann Um    University of California, Los Angeles
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: Ken Houk
Sponsor: Novartis

Kathy Woody    Georgia Institute of Technology
2009 Fellowship
Advisor: David Collard
Sponsor: Nelson J. Leonard Fellowship

Katrien Brak    University of California, Berkeley
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Jonathan Ellmaan
Sponsor: Wyeth

Erin Daly    University of Notre Dame
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Richard Taylor
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Brian A. DeChristopher    Stanford University
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul A. Wender
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Jared Delcamp    University of Illinois
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: M. Christina White
Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis

Nam Lee    Washington University, St. Louis
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Karen Wooley
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Darren Lipomi    Harvard University
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: George Whitesides
Sponsor: Novartis

Thomas Maimone    Scripps Research Institute
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Phil S. Baran
Sponsor: Pfizer Inc.

David Michaelis    University of Wisconsin, Madison
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Teshik Yoon
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Eric Phillips    Northwestern University
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Karl A. Scheidt
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Brad Rosen    University of Pennsylvania
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Virgil Percec
Sponsor: Roche

Matthew Siebert    University of California, Davis
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Dean J. Tantillo
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Sarah Slavoff    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: Alice Ting
Sponsor: Genentech

Craig Smith    Ohio State University
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: T.V. RajanBabu
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Tameka Walker    University of Alabama, Huntsville
2008 Fellowship
Advisor: William Setzer
Sponsor: Nelson J. Leonard Fellowship

Aaron Edward Albers    University of California, Berkeley
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Christopher Chang
Sponsor: Troyansky Fellowship

Brian M. Andresen    Stanford University
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Justin Du Bois
Sponsor: Wyeth

Keith Michael Gligorich    University of Utah
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Matthew S. Sigman
Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis

Jeremiah Johnson    Columbia University
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Nicholas J. Turro
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Vincent Lavallo    University of California, Riverside
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Guy Bertrand
Sponsor: Pfizer Inc.

Barbara Jane Morgan    University of Pennsylvania
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Marisa C. Kozlowski
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Kay A. Morris    Texas A&M University
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Daniel Romo
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Jaclyn M. Murphy    University of Illinois
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: John F. Hartwig
Sponsor: Nelson J. Leonard Fellowship

Andrea Lindsay Nold    Scripps Research Institute
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Kimberly S. Petersen    Johns Hopkins University
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Gary Posner
Sponsor: Genentech

Troy E. Reynolds    Northwestern University
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Karl A. Scheidt
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Clinton R. South    Georgia Institute of Technology
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Marcus Weck
Sponsor: Novartis

Benjamin Robert Taft    University of California, Santa Barbara
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Bruce H. Lipshutz
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Nicole S. White    University of California, Irvine
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry E. Overman
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Stephan J. Zuend    Harvard University
2007 Fellowship
Advisor: Eric N. Jacobsen
Sponsor: Hoffman La-Roche

Emily P. Balskus    Harvard University
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Eric N. Jacobsen
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Megan L. Bolla    University of California, Irvine
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Scott Rychnovsky
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Matthew B. Boxer    University of Chicago
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Hisashi Yamamoto
Sponsor: Novartis

Anthony A. Estrada    University of California, San Diego and Scripps
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

David J. Gorin    University of California, Berkeley
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Dean Toste
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Kami L. Hull    University of Michigan
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Melanie Sanford
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Luke D. Lavis    University of Wisconsin, Madison
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Ronald T. Raines
Sponsor: Genentech Foundation

Jean-Philip G. Lumb    University of California, Berkeley
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Dirk Trauner
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Matthew Myers    Columbia University
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Colin Nuckolls
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Jason M. Nichols    University of Maryland, College Park
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Michael Doyle
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Joshua G. Pierce    University of Pittsburgh
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter Wipf
Sponsor: Wyeth Research

Christopher C. Scarborough    University of Wisconsin, Madison
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Shannon S. Stahl
Sponsor: Nelson J. Leonard Fellowship

Joshua D. Sieber    Boston College
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: J. P. Morken
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Andrew H. Weiss    Stanford University
2006 Fellowship
Advisor: Barry M. Trost
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Timothy E. Barder    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen L. Buchwald
Sponsor: Novartis

M. Kevin Brown    Boston College
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Amir Hoveyda
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Daniel D. Caspi    California Institute of Technology
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Brian M. Stoltz
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Arthur Catino    University of Maryland, College Park
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Michael Doyle
Sponsor: Troyansky Fellowship

Juan Diaz    University of California, Irvine
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Gregory Weiss
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Matthew B. Harney    University of Maryland
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Lawrence Sita
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Robert M. Hughes    University of North Carolina
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Marcey Waters
Sponsor: Albany Molecular Research

Jason Lowe    Boston University
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: James Panek
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Anita E. Mattson    Northwestern University
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Karl A. Scheidt
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Steven Mennen    Boston College
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Scott Miller
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Joshua E. Ney    University of Michigan
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: John Wolfe
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Brian Northrop    University of California, L.A.
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Fraser Stoddard andKen Houk
Sponsor: Nelson J. Leonard Fellowship

Izzat Raheem    Harvard University
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Eric N. Jacobsen
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Valentin Rodionov    Scripps Research Institute
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: M. G. Finn
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Thomas Snyder    Harvard University
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: David Liu
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Benjamin D. Stevens    University of Pittsburgh
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Scott Nelson
Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis

Mark Tichenor    Scripps Research Institute
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Dale Boger
Sponsor: Roche Pharmaceuticals

Ryan Yoder    Indiana University
2005 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey Johnston
Sponsor: Wyeth Research

Erik J. Alexanian    Princeton University
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Erik J. Sorensen
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Irwin Chen    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Alice Ting
Sponsor: Wyeth Research

Andrew D. Cohen    Johns Hopkins University
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: John P. Toscano
Sponsor: Aventis Pharmaceuticals

Jennifer M. Heemstra    University of Illinois
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey S. Moore
Sponsor: Org. Syn., Nelson J. Leonard Fellow

Audris Huang    University of California, Irvine
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry E. Overman
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Peter D. Jarowski    University of California, L.A.
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Ken Houk and Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Jennifer E. Klare    Columbia University
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Colin Nuckolls
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Tamara E. Munsch    Purdue University
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul G. Wenthold
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

David A. Nicewicz    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey S. Johnson
Sponsor: Novartis

Jason T. Roland    University of California, Irvine
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Zhibin Guan
Sponsor: Albany Molecular Research, Inc.

Jennifer M. Schomaker    Michigan State University
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Babak Borhan
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

W. Michael Seganish    University of Maryland, College Park
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Philip DeShong
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Raissa M. Trend    California Institute of Technology
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: Brian Stoltz
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Jimmy Wu    Harvard University
2004 Fellowship
Advisor: David A. Evans
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Christopher T. Calderone    Harvard University
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: David R. Lius
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Kacey A. Claborn    University of Washington
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Bart Kahr
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Kevin P. Cole    University of Minnesota
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Richard P. Hsung
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Benjamin L. Frankamp    University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Vincent M. Rotello
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Jeffrey B. Johnson    University of Wisconson
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Charles P. Casey
Sponsor: Troyansky Fellowship

Jeremy A. May    California Institute of Technology
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Brian M. Stoltz
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Jason A. Miller    Northwestern University
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: SonBinh T. Nguyen
Sponsor: Org. Syn., Nelson J. Leonard Fellow

Adam J. Morgan    Boston College
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Scott J. Miller
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Carol A. Mulrooney    University of Pennsylvania
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Marisa C. Kozlowski
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Emily A. Peterson    University of California, Irvine
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry Overman
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Christina A. Risatti    University of Notre Dame
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Richard E. Taylor
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Elizabeth S. Sattely    Boston College
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Amir H. Hoveyda
Sponsor: Wyeth Research

Matthew B. Soellner    University of Wisconsin
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Ronald T. Raines
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Eric R. Strieter    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen L. Buchwald
Sponsor: Albany Molecular Research, Inc.

Carissa J. Wiederholt    Johns Hopkins University
2003 Fellowship
Advisor: Marc M. Greenbergs
Sponsor: Aventis Pharmaceuticals

Mark L. Bushey    Columbia University
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Colin Nuckolls
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

David Chavez    Harvard University
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Eric N. Jacobsen
Sponsor: Albany Molecular Research Inc.

Stefan Debbert    Cornell University
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Barry Carpenter
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Tom G. Driver    University of California, Irvine
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Keith Woerpel
Sponsor: Novartis

Christine Espino    Stanford University
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Justin Du Bois
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Andrew M. Harned    University of Kansas
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul R. Hanson
Sponsor: Org. Syn., Nelson J. Leonard Fellow

Ivory D. Hills    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Gregory C. Fu
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Erick B. Iezzi    Virginia Polytechnic
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Harry C. Dorn
Sponsor: Aventis Pharmaceuticals

David Jensen    University of Utah
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Matthew Sigman
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Richard Keaton    University of Maryland
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Lawrence Sita
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Bianca Sculimbrene    Boston College
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Scott Miller
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Matthew D. Simon    University of California, Berkeley
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Kevan Shokat
Sponsor: Pfizer Inc.

Kian L. Tan    University of California, Berkeley
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert G. Bergman
Sponsor: Wyeth Research

Chad D. Tatko    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Marcey Waters
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Benjamin Travis    Michigan State University
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Babak Borhan
Sponsor: Pharmacia Corp.

Matthew G. Woll    University of Wisconsin, Madison
2002 Fellowship
Advisor: Samuel H. Gelman
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Aaron Aponick    University of Michigan
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: William H. Pearson
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Christopher S. Callam    Ohio State University
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Todd L. Lowary
Sponsor: Aventis Pharm.

William P. Gallagher    Michigan State University
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert E. Maleczka
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

David J. Guerin    Boston College
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Scott J. Miller
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Howard C. Hang    University of California, Berkeley
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Sponsor: DuPont Pharm.

Frank W. Kotch    University of Maryland
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey T. Davis
Sponsor: AstraZeneca

Shaun MacMahon    New York University
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: David I. Schuster
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Tara R. Rheault    North Dakota State University
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Mukund P. Sibi
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

John E. Robinson    Indiana University
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: P. Andrew Evans
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Anthony John Roecker    Scripps Research Institute
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou
Sponsor: Novartis

Rebecca T. Ruck    Harvard University
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Eric N. Jacobsen
Sponsor: Albany Molecular

Jennifer V. Schaus    Boston University
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: James S. Panek
Sponsor: Wyeth-Ayerst

Andrew E. Taggi    Johns Hopkins University
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Tom Lectka
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Ryan W. Van De Water    University of California, Santa Barbara
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Thomas R. R. Pettus
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

John J.M. Wiener    California Institute of Technology
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: David W. C. MacMillan
Sponsor: Pharmacia Corp.

Scott E. Wolkenberg    Scripps Research Institute
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Dale L. Boger
Sponsor: Procter & Gamble

Aaron D. Wrobleski    University of Kansas
2001 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey Aubé
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Chris Bielawski    California Institute of Technology
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert H. Grubbs
Sponsor: Rhom and Hass

Peter A. Bloomgren    University California, Santa Barbara
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Bruce H. Lipshutz
Sponsor: Aventis Pharm

Andrew K. Boal    University Massachusetts, Amherst
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Vincent M. Rotello
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Theresea Chang    University California, Los Angeles
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: J. Fraser Stoddard
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Jason J. Chruma    University of Pennsylvania
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Amos B. Smith, III
Sponsor: Wyeth–Ayerst

Pablo Davidov    University California, Los Angeles
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: M. E. Jung
Sponsor: DuPont Pharm Co.

Lara Estroff    Yale University
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Andrew Hamilton
Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham

Stephen Jarboe    University of Illinois
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter Bead
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Lisa Marcaurelle    University California, Berkeley
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Carolyn Bertozzi
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

H. Michael Petrassi    Scripps Research Institute
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey W. Kelly
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Obadiah J. Plante    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter Seeberger
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Gretchen Schroeder    Stanford University
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Barry Trost
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Jason Sello    Harvard University
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Stuart L. Schreiber
Sponsor: Pharmacia, Upjohn

Sarah A. Tabacco    University California, Irvine
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Keit Woerpel
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Steven J. Taylor    University of North Carolina
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: James P. Morken
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

David Vosburg    Scripps Research Institute
2000 Fellowship
Advisor: Erik J. Sorenson
Sponsor: AstraZeneca

Matthew M. Bio    Columbia University
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: James L. Leighton
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Nicole M. Brunkan    University of North Carolina
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Michel R. Gagne
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Frederick Cohen    University California, Irvine
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry E. Overman
Sponsor: Pharmacia, Upjohn

Gregory T. Copeland    Boston College
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Scott Miller
Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham

Amy B. Dounay    University of Minnesota
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Craig J. Forsyth
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Soren Giese    University of Utah
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Frederick G. West
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Michael D. Groaning    Colorado State University
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Albert I. Meyers
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Karl Haushalter    Harvard University
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Gregory L. Verdine
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Robert O. Hughes    Scripps Research Institute
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou
Sponsor: Hoechst, Marion Roussel

Kathryn M. Koeller    Scripps Research Institute
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Glenn Micalizio    University of Michigan
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: William R. Roush
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Kevin P. Minbiole    University of Pennsylvania
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Amos B. Smith, III
Sponsor: DuPont Pharm. Co.

Anthony B. Pinkerton    Stanford University
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Barry M. Trost
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Joseph M. Ready    Harvard University
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Eric N. Jacobsen
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Tanya L. Schneider    Yale University
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Alanna Schepartz
Sponsor: Zeneca Pharm. Grp.

Andrew J. Souers    University California, Berkeley
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Johnathan Ellman
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Shana J. Sturla    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen L. Buchwald
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Alice Y. Ting    University California, Berkeley
1999 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Vladimir B. Birman    University of Chicago
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Viresh H. Rawal
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Ronald K. Castellano    Scripps Research Institute
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Julius Rebek, Jr.
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Eric Dowdy    University of Colorado Boulder
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Gary A. Molander
Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham

Alaric Dyckman    Stanford University
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul A. Wender
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Nathaniel S. Gray    University California, Berkeley
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Molly Hoke    University Maryland, College Park
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Philip DeShong
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Christopher J. Kuehl    University of Utah
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter Stang
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Daniel S. La    Boston College
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Amir Hoveyda
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Stephanie A. Lodise    University of Pennsylvania
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Amos B. Smith, III
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Eric S. Meadows    Washington University
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: George W. Gokel
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Sarah E. O’Connor    California Institute of Technology
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Barbara Impeiali
Sponsor: Pharmacia, Upjohn

Joshua Pak    University of Oregon
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Michael M. Haley
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Daniel E. Patterson    Stanford University
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Barry M. Trost
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Daniel J. Pippel    University of Illinois
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter Beak
Sponsor: DuPont Pharm. Co.

Gregory N. Tew    University of Illinois
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Samuel I. Stupp
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Adam L. Tomasi    University California, Irvine
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry E. Overman
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Nicolas Winssinger    Scripps Research Institute
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou
Sponsor: Zeneca Pharm. Grp.

Thomas F. Woiwode    Stanford University
1998 Fellowship
Advisor: Thomas J. Wandless
Sponsor: Hoechst, Marion Roussel

Victor Arredondo    Northwestern University
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Frank E. McDonald
Sponsor: Wyeth-Ayerst

Jeffery Axten    University of Pennsylvania
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey Winkler
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Helen Blackwell    California Institute of Technology
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert H. Grubbs
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Michael Brodney    Emory University
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Albert Padwa
Sponsor: Dupont Merck Pharm

Rebecca L. Calvo    SUNY, Buffalo
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Huw M. L. Davies
Sponsor: Hoechst, Marion Roussel

Michael Chabinyc    Stanford University
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: John I. Brauman
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Christopher Cox    Johns Hopkins University
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Thomas Lectka
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc.

Alison Frontier    Columbia University
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Samuel Danishefsky
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Robert M. Garbaccio    Scripps Research Institute
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Dale L. Boger
Sponsor: Zeneca Pharm. Grp.

Kevin Gardinier    University California, Berkeley
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: James W. Leahy
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Paul Hergenrother    University Texas, Austin
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen F. Martin
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Corky Jensen    Yale University
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: William Jorgensen
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Benjamin King    University of Colorado Boulder
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Josef Michl
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Hilal Lashuel    Scripps Research Institute
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Jefferey W. Kelly
Sponsor: Pharmacia, Upjohn

Jennifer Love    Stanford University
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul A. Wender
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Erin T. Pelkey    Dartmouth College
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Gordon W. Gribble
Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham

Jared T. Shaw    University California, Irvine
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Keith Woerpel
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

David Scott Thompson    University of Illinois
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Jeffrey S. Moore
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

John P. Wolfe    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1997 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen L. Buchwald
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Bradley Backes    University California, Berkeley
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Jonathan Ellman
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Janet Gunzner    Scripps Research Institute
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou
Sponsor: Aldrich Chemical Co.

Mary Kay Hamm    Yale University
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Alanna Schepartz
Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Karl B. Hansen    Harvard University
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Eric N. Jacobsen
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Kevin W. Hinkle    University of Virginia
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: James A. Marshall
Sponsor: Dupont Merck Pharm.

T. Brian Hurley    University of Colorado
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Tarek Sammakia
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Thomas Keating    University of California, Los Angeles
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert Armstrong
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Bryan W. King    University North Carolina
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Michael Crimmins
Sponsor: Org. Reax & J. Wiley

Dan Larson    University California, Berkeley
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Clayton Heathcock
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Craig E. Masse    Boston University
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: James S. Panek
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

D. Tyler McQuade    University of Wisconsin, Madison
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Samuel H. Gelman
Sponsor: Pharmacia, Upjohn

Colin Nuckolls    Columbia University
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Thomas J. Katz
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Michele Randall    Boston College
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Marc L. Snapper
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Jamie Roseman    University of Delaware
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: P. Andrew Evans
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

John Slater    University of Delaware
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Iwao Ojima
Sponsor: Schering-Plough Research Institute

Emily Stocking    Colorado State University
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert M. Williams
Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham

Brian Stoltz    Yale University
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: John L. Wood
Sponsor: Wyeth-Ayerst

Kami Thoen    Purdue University
1996 Fellowship
Advisor: Hikka Kenttamaa
Sponsor: Zeneca Pharm. Grp.

Bridget D. Brandes    Harvard University
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Eric N. Jacobsen
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Stephen L. Craig    Stanford University
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: John I. Brauman
Sponsor: Dupont Merck Pharm

Jared N. Cumming    Johns Hopkins University
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Gary H. Posner
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Mark M. Gleason    Northwestern University
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Frank McDonald
Sponsor: Glaxo Wellcome

Aaron W. Harper    University Southern California
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry R. Dalton
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Jonathan B. Houze    Stanford University
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul A. Wender
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Michael B. Jarstfer    University of Utah
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: C. Dale Poulter
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Nataxha M. Kablaoul    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen L. Buchwald
Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham

Adam J. Matzger    University California, Berkeley
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter C. Vollhardt
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Steven J. Metallo    Yale University
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Alanna Schepartz
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Kathleen H. Mortell    University of Wisconsin
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Laura L. Kiessling
Sponsor: Upjohn Co.

Alexander R. Muci    Harvard University
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: David A. Evans
Sponsor: Zeneca Pharm. Grp.

David B. Rozema    University of Wisconsin, Madison
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Samuel H. Gelman
Sponsor: Aldrich Chemical Co.

Robert W. Scott    University California, Berkeley
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: Clayton Heathcock
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

Marcey L Waters    University of Chicago
1995 Fellowship
Advisor: William D. Wulff
Sponsor: Org. Reax & J. Wiley

Stephen C. Alley    University of Washington
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul B. Hopkins
Sponsor: R. W. Johnson Pharm

Andrew Balog    University of Pittsburgh
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Dennis P. Curran
Sponsor: American Cyanamid

James Chen    Harvard University
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Stuart L. Schreiber
Sponsor: Zeneca Pharm. Grp.

Natalia Colocci    California Institute of Technology
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter B. Dervan
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Virginia Cornish    University of California
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Mary Didiuk    Boston College
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Amir Hoveyda
Sponsor: Monsanto

Alexandra E. Gould    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Rick L. Danheiser
Sponsor: Org. Reax & J. Wiley

Rodney K. Guy    Scripps Research Institute
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Andrew Morehead, Jr    Duke University
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Michael Pirrung
Sponsor: Upjohn Co.

Thomas R. Pettus    University of Rochester
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Richard Schlessinger
Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham

Scott K. Silverman    California Institute of Technology
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Dennis A. Dougherty
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

James R. Vyvyan    University of Minnesota
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Thomas R. Hoye
Sponsor: Organic Syntheses

M. David Weingarten    Emory University
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Albert Padwa
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Edward A. Wintner    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1994 Fellowship
Advisor: Julius Rebek
Sponsor: Glaxo Res. Labs

Nancy S. Barta    Michigan State University
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: John Stille
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Xenia Beebe    University California, Davis
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Kurth & Schore
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Richard T. Beresis    Boston University
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: James Panek
Sponsor: Upjohn Co.

David Louis Clark    University California, Berkeley
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Clayton Heathcock
Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Erin M. Duffy    Yale University
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Bill Jorgensen
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Linda C. Hsieh    University of California, Berkeley
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter Schultz
Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham

Richard Hsung    University of Chicago
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Bill Wulff
Sponsor: R. W. Johnson Pharm

Douglas S. Johnson    Scripps Research Institute
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Dale L. Boger
Sponsor: ICI Americas Pharm.

Jeehiun Lee    University of Pittsburgh
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Joe Grabowski
Sponsor: Dow Chemical

James T. Link    Columbia University
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Sam Danishefsky
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Marc J. McKennon    Colorado State University
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Al Meyers
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

James P. Morken    Boston College
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Amir Hoveyda
Sponsor: Glaxo Res. Labs

Paul R. Rablen    Yale University
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Kenneth Wiberg
Sponsor: American Cyanamid

Chris Willowghby    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen L. Buchwald
Sponsor: Monsanto

Theodore Ashburn    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter Lansbury
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Kathlynn C. Brown    University of Texas
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: Kodadek
Sponsor: Dow Chemical

Andrew J. Carpenter    University of S. Carolina
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert Coleman
Sponsor: Glaxo Res. Labs

Steve W. Elmore    Ohio State University
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: Leo A. Paquette
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Stewart L. Fisher    California Institute of Technology
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: Barbara Impeiali
Sponsor: American Cyanamid

Allan C. Krueger    Wayne State University
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: James Rigby
Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham

Ralph Lambalot    Brown University
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: David Cane
Sponsor: Monsanto

James L. Leighton    Harvard University
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: Stuart L. Schreiber
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Mark E. Schnute    University of Illinois
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: Scott E. Denmark
Sponsor: ICI Americas Pharm.

Erik J. Sorensen    Scripps Research Institute
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou
Sponsor: R. W. Johnson Pharm

Nikolaos Willmore    Columbia University
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: Thomas Katz
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Michael G. Yang    Boston University
1992 Fellowship
Advisor: James Panek
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

John Anthony    University California, Los Angeles
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Francois Diederich
Sponsor: R. W. Johnson Pharm

Steve Chamberlin    University of Chicago
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: William Wulff
Sponsor: American Cyanamid

Craig Coburn    Brown University
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Kathlyn A. Parker
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Peter S. Dragovich    California Institute of Technology
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Andrew G. Myers
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Christine M. Hudson    Washington University
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Kevin D. Moeller
Sponsor: Monsanto

Stefan Loren    University California, Berkeley
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Joel M. Hawkins
Sponsor: Smith, Kline, French

Jonathan Parquette    Stanford University
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Barry M. Trost
Sponsor: ICI Americas Pharm.

Karen R. Romines    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Rick L. Danheiser
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Michael K. Rosen    Harvard University
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Stuart L. Schreiber
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Todd Underiner    University of Wisconsin
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Charles P. Casey
Sponsor: Dow Chemical

Gregory Welmaker    University S. Carolina
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: James A. Marshall
Sponsor: Glaxo Res. Labs

Wendy B. Young    Princeton University
1991 Fellowship
Advisor: Edward C. Taylor
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

William Chapman    Penn. State University
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Przemyslaw Maalak
Sponsor: Eastman Kodak

Wendy L. Corbett    Purdue University
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Dale L. Boger
Sponsor: ICI Americas Pharm.

Christopher Dinsmore    University of Minnesota
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Thomas Hoye
Sponsor: Glaxo Res. Labs

Catherine Gasparski    University of Notre Dame
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Marvin Miller
Sponsor: R. W. Johnson Pharm

Christopher Gorman    California Institute of Technology
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert H. Grubbs
Sponsor: Smith, Kline, French

Randall Halcomb    Yale University
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Samuel Danishefsky
Sponsor: Monsanto

Michael M. Haley    Rice University
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: W. E. Billups
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Donald L. Hertzog    Emory University
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Albert Padwa
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Philip A. Hipskind    Stanford University
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Barry Trost
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Kristina A. Kreutzer    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen L. Buchwald
Sponsor: Dow Chemical

Rachel C. Lum    Harvard University
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Joseph Grabowski
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Vinh D. Tran    University California, Irvine
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Larry E. Overman
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Hernando Trujillo    Dartmouth College
1990 Fellowship
Advisor: Russell P. Hughes
Sponsor: American Cyanamid

Benjamin Anderson    University of Chicago
1989 Fellowship
Advisor: William D. Wulff
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Jeffrey B. Arterburn    University of Arizona
1989 Fellowship
Advisor: Eugene A. Mash
Sponsor: Smith, Kline, French

Edmund L. Ellsworth    University California, Santa Barbara
1989 Fellowship
Advisor: Bruce H. Lipshutz
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

William S. Jenks    Columbia University
1989 Fellowship
Advisor: Nicholas J. Turro
Sponsor: Monsanto

John A. Porco, Jr.    Harvard University
1989 Fellowship
Advisor: Stuart L. Schreiber
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

George L. Maynard    Ohio State University
1989 Fellowship
Advisor: Leo A. Paquette
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Patrick E. O’Bannon    University of Pennsylvania
1989 Fellowship
Advisor: William P. Daily
Sponsor: Dow Chemical

Daniel J. O’Leary    University California, Los Angeles
1989 Fellowship
Advisor: Frank A. L. Anet
Sponsor: Eastman Kodak

Michelle A. Sparks    Boston University
1989 Fellowship
Advisor: James S. Panek
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Erik C. Chelius    Northwestern University
1988 Fellowship
Advisor: Joseph B. Lambert
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Robert J. DeVita    University of Rochester
1988 Fellowship
Advisor: Andrew S. Kende
Sponsor: Smith, Kline, French

Mark A. Dombroski    Brandeis University
1988 Fellowship
Advisor: Barry B. Snider
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Alan T. Johnson    Oregon State University
1988 Fellowship
Advisor: James D. White
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Michael A. Kropp    University of Illinois
1988 Fellowship
Advisor: Gary B. Schuster
Sponsor: Eastman Kodak

Thomas C. Lectka    Cornell University
1988 Fellowship
Advisor: John McMurry
Sponsor: Monsanto

Bruce M. Novak    California Institute of Technology
1988 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert H. Grubbs
Sponsor: Dow Chemical

James S. Nowick    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1988 Fellowship
Advisor: Rick L. Danheiser
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Christopher E. Smith    University of Chicago
1988 Fellowship
Advisor: David G. Lynn
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Steven V. Barancyk    Northwestern University
1987 Fellowship
Advisor: Frederick D. Lewis
Sponsor: Eastman Kodak

William E. Bauta    University of Chicago
1987 Fellowship
Advisor: William D. Wulff
Sponsor: Monsanto

Melissa Egbertson    Yale University
1987 Fellowship
Advisor: Samuel Danishefsky
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Susan T. Graul    Purdue University
1987 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert R. Squires
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

John H. Griffin    California Institute of Technology
1987 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter B. Dervan
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Philip D. Hampton    Stanford University
1987 Fellowship
Advisor: James P. Collman
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Alan D. Palkowitz    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1987 Fellowship
Advisor: William R. Roush
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Roger B. Ruggeri    University Cali, Berkeley
1987 Fellowship
Advisor: Clayton Heathcock
Sponsor: Smith, Kline, French

Theodore Underiner    University of Wisconsin
1987 Fellowship
Advisor: Harlan L. Goering
Sponsor: Dow Chemical

Matthew Callstrom    University of Minnesota
1986 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul G. Gassman
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Michael J. Eis    Cornell University
1986 Fellowship
Advisor: Bruce Ganem
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Stephen V. Frye    University of North Carolina
1986 Fellowship
Advisor: Ernest L. Eliel
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Douglas Grotjahn    University California, Berkeley
1986 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter C. Vollhardt
Sponsor: Monsanto

Max Kopelevich    University California, Los Angeles
1986 Fellowship
Advisor: Frank A. L. Anet
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Bruce A. Lefker    Colorado State University
1986 Fellowship
Advisor: Albert I. Meyers
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Laurence M. Principe    Indiana University
1986 Fellowship
Advisor: Philip Magnus
Sponsor: Smith, Kline, French

Brett Turner Warson    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1986 Fellowship
Advisor: Stephen L. Buchwald
Sponsor: Dow Chemical

Mary Jennifer Young    Ohio State University
1986 Fellowship
Advisor: Matthew S. Platz
Sponsor: Eastman Kodak

Gloria A. Breault    Brown University
1985 Fellowship
Advisor: Kathlyn A. Parker
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Ronald M. Jarret    Yale University
1985 Fellowship
Advisor: Martin Saunders
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Jeffrey Kelly    University of North Carolina
1985 Fellowship
Advisor: Slayton A. Evans
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Nathan Mantlo    Utah State University
1985 Fellowship
Advisor: Daniel L. Comins
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

William D. McGhee    University California, Berkeley
1985 Fellowship
Advisor: Robert G. Bergman
Sponsor: Monsanto

Eugene M. Oltz    Columbia University
1985 Fellowship
Advisor: Koji Nakanishi
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Edward Turos    Penn. State University
1985 Fellowship
Advisor: Steven M. Weinreb
Sponsor: Dow Chemical

Mark D. Bednarski    Yale University
1984 Fellowship
Advisor: Samuel Danishefsky
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Ellen C. Beedle    University of Idaho
1984 Fellowship
Advisor: George M. Rubottom
Sponsor: Monsanto

Daniel A. Bors    University California, Berkeley
1984 Fellowship
Advisor: Andrew Streitwieser
Sponsor: Rohm and Haas

Mark E. Welker    Florida State University
1984 Fellowship
Advisor: Lanny S. Liebeskind
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Regina Zibuck    University of Pennsylvania
1984 Fellowship
Advisor: Amos B. Smith, III
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Douglas Horsey    Rice University
1983 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul S. Engel
Sponsor: Monsanto

Todd K. Jones    University of Illinois
1983 Fellowship
Advisor: Scott E. Denmark
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Michael J. Martinelli    Wesleyan University, CT
1983 Fellowship
Advisor: Peter A. Jacobi
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Michael A. Poss    University of Rochester
1983 Fellowship
Advisor: R.H. Schlessinger
Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.

Dennis J. Bellville    University of Texas
1982 Fellowship
Advisor: Nathan L. Bauld
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

J. Jeffrey Howbert    Stanford University
1982 Fellowship
Advisor: Paul A. Wender
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories

Joseph J. Grabowski    University of Colorado
1981 Fellowship
Advisor: Charles H. DePuy
Sponsor: Procter and Gamble

Edward Leete Award

Purpose

To recognize outstanding contributions to teaching and research in Organic Chemistry

Nature

The award will be presented no more than biennially during the fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society. The Award consists of a $1,500 cash prize. The Leete and Gassman Awards are the only two awards selected by the Executive Committee of the Organic Division.

Establishment

The award is named in honor of Edward Leete who, through his contributions to science and education, fostered an appreciation and love for organic chemistry. The award was endowed by contributions from Professor Leete’s students and colleagues.

Rules of Eligibility

Nominees must be members of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society who have made outstanding contributions to both teaching and research. Teaching should be considered in the broadest sense, including of professional chemists, the dissemination of information about chemistry to prospective chemists, to members of the profession, to students in other areas and to the general public. A nominee must also have accomplished outstanding creative work in any area of organic chemistry. Nominations should emphasize both the nominee’s teaching and research contributions.

A nomination document should include:

  1. Primary Nomination of not more than 750 words containing an evaluation of the nominee’s accomplishments and a specific identification of the work recognized.
  2. Up to two seconding letters (each not more than 400 words), containing information not given in the letter of nomination, may be included. Nominations should emphasize the nominee’s education contributions.
  3. A biographical sketch, including date of birth
  4. A list of publications and patents by the nominee.

All text should be at least 11 pt font. Nominations should be submitted as a single PDF file (Name the PDF file with candidate’s name, for example: JessicaSmith-LeeteNomination.pdf) via the online Leete Award Nomination Form. Nominations due by May 6, 2025.

About Edward Leete (1928-1992)

Leete1Edward Leete was born on April 18, 1928 in Leeds, England. In 1948, he received the B.Sc. degree from the University of Leeds where he also completed the Ph.D. in 1950 with William Bradley in the organic chemistry of colors and dyestuffs. He was awarded a two-year Goldsmiths Company Traveling Fellowship, which he spent with the well-known French-Canadian alkaloid chemist, Leo Marion and with whom he continued until 1954 as a NRC Canada Postdoctoral Fellow in Ottawa. He began his academic career at UCLA as instructor, then assistant professor, and moved to the University of Minnesota in 1958 where he became full professor in 1963. Among his awards, are the first Phytochemistry Prize and Medal (1990) and University of Minnesota Distinguished Teaching Award (1976).

Beginning in his postdoctoral work at NRC, research on alkaloids became his career choice and passion which he followed with a consistent focus to answer the encompassing question: how do plants take the available amino acids and make such complex and variable structures as the alkaloids? He pursued the field of “alkaloid biogenesis” with all methods available at that time: both radioactive and non-radioactive tracer analysis and NMR spectroscopy. His work was internationally recognized and appeared in some 250 publications.

Eddie, as he was affectionately known to many, loved to teach and to work in the laboratory. His classes were very large and frequently scheduled at 8 am by his choice so that he would have the rest of the day in the lab. His lecture demonstrations are memorable: one fire-blowing demonstration at a chemistry banquet assured that the department was not invited to return next year. He was a juvenile diabetic, which he compensated by being an accomplished marathon runner. He was regularly seen jogging to work bearing a backpack.

Eddie Leete had the curiosity and naiveté of an outstanding scientist; spunky to him, every observation and discovery was a new delight. He radiated energy and optimism and was courageous to the end, which came on February 8, 1992 when he succumbed to brain cancer (taken in part from the eulogy by Wayland E. Nolan and the obituary published in Phytochemistry. Phytochemistry, 1992 , 31, 3303-5)

For More Information see:
The University of Minnesota’s Page on Ed Leete
Vitae
Eulogy by Wayland E. Noland

The Leete Awardees

Established in 1995, the Leete Award recognizes outstanding contributions to teaching and research in Organic Chemistry. The award honors Edward Leete of the University of Minnesota, who, through his contributions to science and education, fostered an appreciation and love for organic chemistry. The award consists of a plaque and a cash award and will be formally presented at the Fall ACS National Meeting.

Marisa Kozlowski (the 2023 Awardee)

Marisa Kozlowski. The 2023 Leete Awardee

The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry is pleased to announce that Marisa Kozlowski is the 2023 Leete Award winner. The award honors Edward Leete of the University of Minnesota, who, through his contributions to science and education, fostered an appreciation and love for organic chemistry. The award consists of a plaque and a cash award and will be formally presented at the ACS National Meeting.

Prof. Kozlowski received an A.B. in Chemistry from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley for work on the rational design of enzyme inhibitors under the direction of Paul Bartlett. After studying asymmetric catalysis in the laboratories of David A. Evans at Harvard University as a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, she joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and currently holds the rank of Professor of Chemistry.

The major focus of Professor Kozlowski’s research is the development of new catalytic methods for efficient organic synthesis using computation and high throughput screening. Professor Kozlowski’s contributions have been recognized by a DuPont Young Investigator Award, an NSF CAREER Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, an American Cancer Society Beginning Research Scholar Award, the Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club Award in 2010, election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012, the Philadelphia ACS Section Award in 2012, election as an American Chemical Society Fellow in 2013, and the ACS Cope Scholar Award in 2022. Prof. Kozlowski has authored over 170 independent publications. She has also served in several leadership roles for the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society and on numerous study sections including a term as Chair of the American Cancer Society CDD Study Section. She is currently Editor-In-Chief of Organic Letters.

Professor Kozlowski is committed to education on several fronts. First, Kozlowski coauthored with Professor Patrick Walsh the book “Fundamentals of Asymmetric Catalysis”, available from University Science Books.  In addition, she created an archive of articles for graduate level chemists “Experimental Techniques to Study Organic Chemistry Mechanisms” on her website.  This has become the authoritative resource for those wanting to dive deeper into how reactions work. Finally, as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, she worked to implement remote labs and recently published these studies in the Journal of Chemical Education.  For these collective efforts, Professor Kozlowski was awarded the Charles Ludwig Distinguished Teaching Award in 2020 and the Dennis DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching in 2021.

Richmond Sarpong (the 2021 Awardee)

Richmond Sarpong. The 2021 Leete Awardee

The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry is pleased to announce that the 2021 Leete Award has been bestowed upon Professor Richmond Sarpong at the University of California, Berkeley.

Established in 1995, the Leete Award recognizes outstanding contributions to teaching and research in Organic Chemistry. The award honors Edward Leete of the University of Minnesota, who, through his contributions to science and education, fostered an appreciation and love for organic chemistry. The award consists of a plaque and a cash award and will be formally presented at the ACS National Meeting in San Diego, in March 2022.

Richmond Sarpong received his BS in chemistry from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN where he performed undergraduate research with Prof. Rebecca C. Hoye. He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in May 2001 from Princeton University, working with Prof. Martin F. Semmelhack, then he joined Caltech as an UNCF- Pfizer Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Brian Stoltz. In 2004, Sarpong joined the faculty at UC Berkeley, where he is now a full professor and serves as Executive Associate Dean in the College of Chemistry.

Sarpong’s independent research career is defined by creativity and productivity in the field of total synthesis of alkaloids and diterpenoids, as well as methodology development. Recently, he launched a new direction of his research program focusing on C–C bond cleavage/functionalization reactions. These non-intuitive transformations are meant to reduce structural complexity, but add synthetic value, since the resulting molecules cannot be easily prepared by other approaches. Sarpong’s research group has published over 110 papers and he has received numerous awards in recognition of his research. He and his coworkers have written several reviews that go beyond the usual collection of facts and seek to teach the community about complex topics in organic synthesis.

Richmond Sarpong has also been passionate about teaching and mentoring since early-on in his career. As a postdoc, he worked tirelessly with his graduate student colleagues and served as a mentor to them. His golden touch has continued at Berkeley with many of his students and mentees moving on to highly productive and distinguished careers of their own in academia and industry. He enjoys teaching and was the recipient of the 2009 UC Berkeley Department of Chemistry teaching award and the 2016 Noyce Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the Physical Sciences at Berkeley. If you have not had the pleasure of listening to one of Richmond’s lectures, you can watch a TEDxBerkeley talk that he gave a few years ago, which also describes his remarkable journey from Africa to the US.

Neil Garg (the 2019 Awardee)

Neil Garg. The 2019 Leete Awardee.

Professor Neil Garg received his BS degree from New York University and his PhD from Cal Tech, where he worked with Brian Stoltz in the field of total synthesis. Following a NIH postdoctoral fellowship at UC Irvine with Larry Overman, Garg joined the faculty of UCLA in 2007.

Garg’s independent research encompasses numerous aspects of synthetic organic chemistry. His creative work in synthetic methodology has included the synthesis and applications of strained heterocycles such as indolynes, pyridynes, and azacyclic allenes, which provide access to complex alkaloids and medicinally relevant substances. A notable example appears in the Garg lab’s total syntheses of welwitindolinone alkaloids, which are among the best-known of syntheses of over 20 intricate natural product syntheses that the group has published. More recently, Garg has published groundbreaking studies on nickel-catalyzed reactions of amides, belying the conventional view of amides as unreactive functionalities. Recognition for his research efforts has included receipt of the EJ Corey and Cope Scholar Awards from the American Chemical Society. He was selected as a Fellow of both the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018.

Throughout his career, Neil Garg has demonstrated a profound commitment to education. He and his family live in the UCLA dormitories as part of the UCLA Faculty-in-Residence Program. With regard to organic chemistry teaching, nominator Professor Ken Houk states that Garg “has an uncanny knack for taking one of the most feared and commonly disliked classes – organic chemistry – and making it fun and accessible to young people, despite making his course quite challenging.” In addition to excellence in teaching, Garg has produced teaching resources that have been widely adopted among the chemistry community and the public. These include learnbacon.com, an independent learning tutorial for organic chemistry students, qrchem.net, the Backside Attack smartphone application, and a chemistry coloring book for children. His efforts in education have been recognized through many awards, including being named California’s Professor of the Year in 2015 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Education, and his receipt of the 2018 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, which is the largest university teaching prize anywhere in the world.

Jeffrey Aubé (The 2017 Awardee)

Jeffrey Aubé. The 2017 Leete Awardee.

Jeffrey Aubé received his BS from the University of Miami, where he did undergraduate research with Professor Robert Gawley. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1984 from Duke University, working with Professor Steven Baldwin, and was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at Yale University with Professor Samuel Danishefsky. From 1986 until 2015, he held a faculty position in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Kansas. In 2015, he retired from KU and moved to the University of North Carolina, where he is an Eshelman Distinguished Professor in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry. In addition to holding a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry, Aubé is a member of the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery and the Lineberger Cancer Center.

Aubé’s research interests lie in the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds and their applications to problems in medicinal organic chemistry. One of his group’s signature accomplishments was the discovery, with Greg Milligan, of the intramolecular Schmidt reaction. Some current interests in bioorganic chemistry include collaborations in opioid pharmacology (with Laura Bohn), steroid biosynthesis inhibitors (with Emily Scott), and in the discovery of anti-tuberculosis agents (with Carl Nathan).

Professor Aubé enjoyed a life-long collaboration with his undergraduate mentor, Bob Gawley, which included co-authorship of the graduate text “Principles of Asymmetric Synthesis”, currently in its second edition and, with Professor Oliver Reiser of the University of Regensburg, the development of a trans-Atlantic dual undergraduate degree program. The “Atlantis” program was jointly funded by the US Department of Education and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Education and Culture and mobilized undergraduate students to study at KU, the Universities of Arkansas and Regensburg, and Dublin City University. This program was recognized by the award of the Nikolai N. Khaladjan International Award for Innovation in Higher Education in 2008. Aubé received several teaching awards at KU, including the university-wide HOPE Award and the Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence at KU. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society.

Jeffrey Moore (The 2015 Awardee)

Jeff Moore. The 2013 Leete Award Winner Jeffrey Moore received his B.S. in chemistry (1984) and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering with Samuel Stupp (1989), both from the University of Illinois. He then went to Caltech as an NSF postdoctoral fellow working with Robert Grubbs. In 1990, he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and then in 1993 returned to UIUC where he is currently the Murchison-Mallory Chair in the Department of Chemistry. He has published over 300 articles covering topics from technology in the classroom to self-healing polymers, mechanoresponsive materials and shape-persistent macrocycles. Jeff’s excellence in scientific research and teaching are recognized with several awards. He received the UIUC Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and has been recognized as a “Faculty Ranked Excellent by their Students.” In 2014, he was selected as an HHMI Professor. Jeff is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Chemical Society.

Professor Moore’s approach to teaching and research embody the qualities of the Award namesake, Edward Leete. His work has benefited hugely from the synergy between teaching and research. For example, the inspiration for Jeff’s mechanophore concept came from re-learning pericyclic reactions for a sophomore organic course directly leading to the idea that mechanical force may be able to bias reaction pathways. This endeavor ultimately found itself on the cover of “Nature.” When asked for comments, Jeff responded “Thousands of students pass through our organic chemistry classrooms each year. For many, ours may be their last formal course in chemistry. We shouldn’t miss the opportunity to send them away with an amazing appreciation about how our subject will impact their lives.”

Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award

Purpose of the Gassman Award

To recognize outstanding service to the organic chemistry community.

Nature of the Gassman Award

The award consists of $1,500 and a cut crystal plaque. The award will be presented no more than biennially at the Fall executive committee dinner in even-numbered years. Travel expenses to attend the national meeting will also be provided.

Dr. Angie Angles (R), 2024 DOC Chair presents the 2024 Gassman Award to Professor Lisa McElwee-White
Dr. Angie Angles (R), 2024 DOC Chair, presents the 2024 Gassman Award to Professor Lisa McElwee-White

Establishment of the Gassman Award

The award was established in 1994 with financial help from the Bayer Corporation’s Pharmaceutical Division, located in West Haven, CT, and Bayer’s Polymer and Materials Divisions, located in Pittsburgh, PA. In 2007, The award was endowed by the Midwest Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry Consortium with a supporting contribution from the Division of Organic Chemistry. The winner of this award and of the Leete Award are the only two awards actually selected by the Organic Division.

Rules of Eligibility for the Gassman Award

Nominees must be long-standing members of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society who through their contributions to the organic chemical community in the United States have significantly enhanced the welfare of its members. Contributions to the American Chemical Society and/or the Organic Chemistry Division, including significant accomplishments in the management and function of the ACS that impact the environment of organic chemistry, leadership and innovation in the Division, and conspicuous service on behalf of organic chemists are appropriate considerations.

Nominations for the Gassman Award

Nominations should emphasize the candidate’s service contributions. The nomination letter (2 pages max, with minimum font size 11pt), seconding letters (up to five, 1 page each, with minimum font size 11pt), and the candidate’s C.V. should be submitted as a single PDF file via the online form (please name the PDF file with the candidate’s name (for example: JohnSmith-GassmanNomination.pdf).

Deadline: The due date for the 2024 award nominations is April 1, 2024.

About Paul G. Gassman (1935-1993)

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Paul G. Gassman

Paul Gassman was born June 22, 1935 in Alden, New York, son of Joseph Martin Jasmine and Florence Marie Rautenstrauch Gassman, of German Swiss parentage. In 1957, he graduated with a B.S. degree from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He received his Ph.D. in 1960 from Cornell University, where he worked with Prof. Jerrold Meinwald, and continued as a postdoctoral fellow during 1960 before beginning an appointment as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Ohio State University, moving to theUniversity of Minnesota as a Professor in 1974. He served the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry as a member of the Executive Committee (1976-88), Chairman-elect (1980), Chairman (1981), and Councilor (1983-1988). He also served as the ACS President for 1990.

Paul Gassman’s research was centered in the area of organic reaction mechanisms, and focused on mechanisms of catalysis (including hydrocarbon metathesis), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, chemistry of highly strained molecules, neighboring group participation in carbocation chemistry, cycloaddition reactions, enzyme mechanisms, organoelectro-chemistry, carbanion chemistry, synthesis of heterocyclic molecules, oxidation of hydrocarbons, nitrenium ion chemistry, and electron-transfer reactions. The work resulted in over 300 publications in scientific journals, 32 patents, and 11 books in which he is listed as an editor, and provided training for 72 Ph.D. and 13 M.S. students, as well as dozens of postdoctoral fellows and a number of undergraduate researchers. At the age 57, Paul Gassman was at home on the evening of April 17, 1993 when he suffered a torn aorta. The following day he underwent emergency open-heart surgery, but suffered irreversible brain damage and never regained consciousness. He died on April 21, 1993. (Taken in part from the University of Minnesota’s Senate Minutes.). A lectureship to honor Professor Gassman is given annually at the University of Minnesota.

Recent Awardees of the Gassman Award

Lisa McElwee-White – 2024

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Lisa McElwee-White

Professor Lisa McElwee-White is the Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida. She received her BS in chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1979 and a PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 1983 under the direction of Dennis Dougherty. She then completed postdoctoral studies with James Collman at Stanford University and began her independent career there in 1985. In 1993, she moved to the University of Florida (UF) as an associate professor and was promoted to full professor in 1997. While at UF, she served as Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs, the Director of the Beckman Scholars program, and is currently the Chair of the Chemistry Department.

The Paul G. Gassman Award Distinguished Service Award has been bestowed upon Professor McElwee-White for her many significant contributions to the Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) and the organic chemistry community through several prominent elected and appointed roles. For example, as a member of the DOC’s Executive Committee, she served as national Program Chair, Member-at-Large, and Chair. From 2006 to 2024 she, along with Professor Huw Davies, organized the annual Academic Young Investigators symposia, which provides a stage for assistant professors to showcase their work. Professor McElwee-White has also served as a member of several editorial advisory boards for prominent journals including, the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organometallics, and ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, as well as the Committee of Visitors for the NSF Chemistry Division and myriad ACS committees. Professor McElwee-White’s research focuses on applying organometallic chemistry to materials deposition, including chemical vapor and focused electron- and ion beam-induced depositions. A particular focus of her work is mechanism-based design of single source precursors for these materials.

Professor McElwee-White is a Fellow of both the American Chemical Society and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Her awards include the ACS’s Francis P. Garvin- John M. Olin Medal, and the Charles H. Herty Medal (Georgia Section ACS), the Florida Award (Florida Section ACS) and the Charles H. Stone Award (Carolina-Piedmont Section ACS).

P. Andrew Evans – 2022

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P. Andrew Evans

Professor P. Andrew Evans is the Alfred R. Bader Chair of Organic Chemistry and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Organic and Organometallic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. He is also a Changjiang Scholar at Central South University in Changsha, Hunan, P. R. China. He received a B.Sc. with honors in Applied Chemistry at Newcastle Polytechnic in 1987 and a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1991 under the supervision of Andrew B. Holmes, FRS. He then completed postdoctoral studies with Philip D. Magnus, FRS, at the University of Texas at Austin as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow. In 1993, he initiated his independent career at the University of Delaware, where he was promoted through the ranks to Professor in 2000. He then moved to Indiana University in 2001 and the University of Liverpool in 2006, where he was the Heath Harrison Chair of Organic Chemistry before starting his current position in July 2012.

The Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award has been bestowed upon Professor Evans for his many significant contributions to the Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) and the organic chemistry community through several prominent elected and appointed roles. For example, as a member of the Division’s Executive Committee, he served as Member-at-Large, Councilor, and Chair. He also organized the successful 2007 National Organic Chemistry Symposium at Duke University. In 2010, with Gary Molander, he initiated the highly acclaimed Graduate Research Symposium, which provides rising fifth-year graduate students an opportunity to interact with leaders from academia, industry, various funding agencies, and publishers. It is now regarded as one of the most innovative and important programs provided by the Division, and it has recently been recognized with an ACS ChemLuminary Award. Professor Evans has also served as a member of several editorial boards for prominent journals and is currently an Associate Editor for the Thieme journal, Synthesis. In addition, he is the current Editor-in-Chief and President of Organic Reactions, a preeminent source of authoritative and comprehensive reviews that also supports several philanthropic initiatives through the Division.

Professor Evans’ research focuses on developing new synthetic transformations that permit the expeditious synthesis of functional molecules. A unique and striking feature of this research program is the ability to access new chemical reactivity through mechanistic studies, which provides the insight to combine these reactions in sophisticated multi-component processes for the stereoselective construction of complex molecular systems. Professor Evans is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and has received numerous awards for his contributions to the field. Recent awards include the Harry and Carol Mosher Award, the Changjiang Scholar Award, an ACS Cope Scholar Award, and the RSC Pedler Award. In addition, several prominent pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Novartis, GlaxoWellcome, Eli Lilly, and AstraZeneca, have also recognized his research work through their award programs.

Pat N. Confalone – 2020

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Pat N. Confalone

Pat Confalone received his BS degree from MIT and his PhD from Harvard University where he worked with Professor R.B. Woodward. After ten years at Hoffmann-La Roche, Dr. Confalone joined Dupont Life Sciences where his Bioorganic Chemistry group developed the fluorescent dye-labeled reagents that were used in automated DNA sequencing, eventually employed in the human genome project. With DuPont Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Confalone recruited a world class Medicinal Chemistry department that discovered CozaarTM, a major anti-hypertensive based on angiotensin II antagonism. After 22 years in Discovery Research, he moved into pre-clinical development and built a highly successful Chemical Process R&D organization that carried out the chemical development of CozaarTM and SustivaTM, a highly successful NNRTI used to treat AIDS. For the last 7 years of his industrial career he was the Vice President for R&D at DuPont Crop Protection. His organization twice received Agrow Magazine’s award for best R&D pipeline in the Crop Protection Industry. He has published over 130 publications and has obtained 40 patents. He has held adjunct professorships at the University of Colorado, Rutgers University and Drew University.

Dr. Confalone has been an exemplary role model for industrial chemists with regards to his service to the ACS and the greater community of organic chemistry. He has served the Division of Organic Chemistry in many capacities as a member of the Executive Committee including as Chair. He has been a tireless supporter of funding for organic chemistry in academic labs through congressional lobbying for federal support of R&D funding for the NIH, NSF, DOD and DOE. As Chairman of the Board of Directors for the ACS, Dr. Confalone represented organic chemistry at the highest level of the society. Notably, Dr. Confalone is a co-founder of the French-American Chemical Society where organic chemists from France and America have built lasting friendships and collaborations over the course of the last 30 years. Pat has supported this project throughout its existence and was the chair of the FACS-IV conference. He is also a past chair of the Natural Products Gordon Research Conference.

Dr. Confalone is an ACS Fellow and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received many awards and honors, including the Alpha Chi Sigma award, Harvard Graduate Society Prize, Samuel M. McElvain Industrial Speaker (1982), Robert A. Welch Foundation Lecturer (1988-1989), Esther Humphrey Lecturer (1990), Philadelphia Organic Chemistry Club Industrial Award (2005) and the Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management (2021).

Cynthia A. Maryanoff – 2018

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Cynthia A. Maryanoff

Cynthia A. Maryanoff received her B.S. degree in chemistry from Drexel University and her Ph.D. degree from Princeton University. After conducting postdoctoral work at Princeton, she joined the Medicinal Chemistry Department at Smith, Kline & French in Philadelphia. In 1981, she moved to Johnson & Johnson (J&J), and advanced to the highest scientific position in the company, Distinguished Research Fellow, retiring in 2013 after 32 years of service. At J&J her work involved rapidly moving new molecular entities (NMEs) from small-scale to large-scale chemical synthesis, the development of formulations and analytical methods, thereby advancing NMEs to first-in-human and proof-of-principle studies in record time relative to industry standards. She is now affiliated with the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute as Foundation Distinguished Professor and the Pennsylvania Drug Discovery Institute as Professor of Drug Delivery.

Cyndie is very active in the scientific community both locally and nationally, especially within the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry where she currently serves on the Executive Committee (1988-present). As a member of the Organic Division’ s executive committee she served as a Councilor or Alternate Councilor for many years, organized and chaired over 30 award symposia, and served as the first female Chair. For the past 30 years, Cyndie chaired the Division’s Award Committee, where she initiated and obtained funding to support the Travel Award program to help outstanding students and faculty at undergraduate institutions attend ACS National Meetings and National Organic Symposia. This program has supported more than a thousand students and faculty over the last 30 years. Cyndie also created the Organic Division’s Technical Achievement Award (TAOC), an annual award symposium that recognizes outstanding contributions to organic chemistry by industrial or government chemists at the non-Ph.D. level. The Travel Award and TAOC Award programs have earned ACS ChemLuminary Awards for the Division. Additionally, Cyndie currently serves the ACS on the ACS Governing Board of Publishing and the International Affairs Committee.

Cyndie is an inaugural ACS Fellow and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has received numerous national, local, and internal corporate awards that encompass both scientific and managerial achievements, most notably: The Perkin Medal (2015); The ACS Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management; The ACS Garvan–Olin Medal; the ACS Henry F. Whalen, Jr. Award for Business Development. Cyndie has served for many years as a member of the Drexel University Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Sciences.

Gary A. Molander – 2016

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Gary A. Molander

Professor Molander received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Iowa State University and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. After a postdoctoral stint at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he began his independent career as an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, rising through the ranks to professor before moving to the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor Molander has a long history of service to the organic community in elected and appointed positions, both at the local and national levels. He has served the Organic Division for over 15 years as member of the Executive Committee, including as Executive Officer of the 37th National Organic Symposium, Secretary-Treasurer, and Chair of the Division. One of the most important initiatives he established, in collaboration with Andrew Evans, is the Division’ s Graduate Research Symposium. This symposium was started in order to reach young DOC members and is now in its 6th year. It is considered one of the Division’ s most innovative programs, and was recognized by the ACS with a ChemLuminary Award. Locally, he served as Chair of the Philadelphia Section of the ACS and the Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club. He has been on many editorial advisory boards and is currently serving as an Associate Editor of Organic Letters, co-Editor-in-Chief of Comprehensive Organic Synthesis II, and the Editorial Advisory Board of Science of Synthesis.

Professor Molander’ s research interests are in the development of new synthetic methods for organic synthesis, particularly in the invention of transition metal-catalyzed protocols for the construction of carbon-carbon bonds. Professor Molander is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and has received numerous honors for his research and teaching, including an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, a Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, the Philadelphia Section Award, and The American Chemical Society Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods.

Amos B. Smith, III – 2014

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Amos B. Smith

Professor Smith received his early education at Bucknell University, where in 1966 he earned Bucknell University’s first combined four-year B.S.-M.S. degree in Chemistry. After a year in medical school (University of Pennsylvania), he earned his Ph.D. degree (University of Pennsylvania, 1972) and completed a year as a Research Associate at Rockefeller University. In 1973, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania; currently, he is the Rhodes-Thompson Professor of Chemistry. He is a Member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, and from 1976-2000, he was a Member of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM). In 2001, he was appointed as an Honorary Member at the Kitasato Institute, where he has served as Visiting Director.

In a timeframe spanning over 30 years, Amos has served the organic community through his active participation in the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry and various editorial advisory boards and study sections and beginning in 2012, the ACS governing board for publishing. For the DOC he began volunteering in the 1980′ s, assuming different roles on the Executive Committee such as chairing the National Organic Symposium at Montana State University in 1993, and chairing the Executive Committee in 1996. Shortly thereafter, Professor Smith assumed the role of Founding Editor-in-Chief for Organic Letters, a new ACS journal for chemical communications in organic chemistry. Under Professor Smith’s guidance Organic Letters has experienced extraordinary worldwide success and rapidly became a premiere journal for publications in the field.

Smith’s research interests encompass three diverse areas: natural product synthesis, bioorganic chemistry and materials science. To date more than 85 architecturally complex natural products have been prepared in his Laboratory. In addition, Smith, in collaboration with Ralph Hirschmann, has achieved the design and synthesis of non-peptide peptidomimetics of neuropeptideic hormone/transmitters and protease enzyme inhibitors and, also with Stephen Benkovic (Penn State), haptens for the production of catalytic antibodies capable of peptide bond formation. At Monell, in collaboration with Peter Jurs (Penn State), he pioneered the use of computerized pattern recognition techniques for the analysis of primate chemical communication. Collaborative programs at the LRSM include the chemistry and physics of novel liquid crystals and the fullerenes. More recent studies with the late Professor Robin Hochstrasser involve the development of ultrafast photochemical triggers to explore peptide/protein folding.

Amos has been recognized for his contributions to our science by numerous national and international awards including the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (1991), the ACS Ernest Guenther Award (1993), the ACS Award for Creativity in Organic Chemistry (1997), the Centenary Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, (2002), the Yamada Prize (Tokyo, Japan) (2003), the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon from the Government of Japan (2004), RSC Simonsen Medal (2008), Inaugural Fellow, American Chemical Society (2009), D.Sc. (honoris causa), Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2009) and the William H. Nichols Award from the New York Section of the ACS (2014)

Franklin A. Davis – 2012

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Franklin Davis

Professor Davis received his B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1962 having completed undergraduate research studies with Peter S. Wharton and completed his Ph.D. work with Donald C. Dittmer at Syracuse University in 1966. After completing Post-doctoral studies at the University of Texas with Michael J.S. Dewar he began his academic career at Drexel University in 1968. In 1995 he moved to Temple University as Professor of Chemistry and became the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Chemistry in 2009. Professor Davis has been advancing the interests of the members of the Division of Organic Chemistry as a member of the Executive Committee for over twenty four years. Frank served as the first National Program Chair and was instrumental in the development of the first scheduling software for ACS meetings. In 2005 he pioneered and developed the function of Regional Meeting Liaison to encourage organic programming at regional meetings, a position he still holds today. He has also served as Division Chair, Counselor, and on various committees, advisory boards, study sections and editorial boards. Professor Davis is well known for his work in the design and application of sulfinimines (N-sulfinyl imines) to the asymmetric synthesis of amines. Two of these reagents bear his name, the Davis oxaziridine and the Davis sulfinimine. He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has received numerous awards including the Cope Scholar Award, the Philadelphia John Scott Award, and a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Arthur C. Cope Award

Purpose of the Cope Award

To recognize outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry, the significance of which has become apparent within the five years preceding the year in which the award will be considered.

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The 2024 Cope Scholar Awardees: Pictured (L to R): Amy Howell (DOC 2024 Chair-Elect), Armido Studer, Tristan Lambert, Olynm Kwon, Thomas Lectka, Michelle Arkin, William Jorgensen, Dennis Hall, Uttam Tambar, Philip Dawson, Mark Levin, Angie Angeles (DOC 2024 Chair), Song Lin (not pictured)
See the picture galleries (far left, listing of years) for additional pictures from Cope Award Symposia.

 

Nature of the Cope Award

The award consists of $25,000, a medallion with a presentation box, and a certificate. Reasonable travel expenses to the spring national meeting at which the award will be presented and to the fall national meeting to deliver an award address will be reimbursed. The medallion will be presented during the award address.

An unrestricted grant-in-aid of $150,000 for research in organic chemistry, under the direction of the recipient, designated as an Arthur C. Cope Fund Grant, will be made to any university or nonprofit institution selected by the recipient. A recipient may choose to assign the Arthur C. Cope Fund Grant to an institution for use by others for research or education in organic chemistry.

Establishment

In 1972 the ACS Board of Directors accepted responsibility for administering an award created under the terms of the will of Arthur C. Cope.

Rules of Eligibility for the Cope Award

The award will be granted without regard to age or nationality for outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry. See the ACS Page on the Cope Award for nomination procedures.

Arthur C. Cope (1909-1966)

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Arthur C. Cope

Arthur Clay Cope,was born on June 27, 1909 in Indiana. In 1929 he received the bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Butler University in Indianapolis, then, with the support of a teaching assistantship, moved to the University of Wisconsin for graduate work. His thesis advisor at Wisconsin was S. M. McElvain, whose research program included the synthesis of organic compounds with possible pharmaceutical uses-especially local anesthetics and barbiturates. Cope’s thesis work was completed in 1932. In 1933, he moved to Harvard to work with E. P. Kohler. In 1934, Cope accepted his first academic position, associate in chemistry at Bryn Mawr College. After spending a summer at the University of Illinois as an assistant professor in 1935, he was promoted to the same position at Bryn Mawr and to associate professor in 1938. While at Bryn Mawr, Cope spent some time trying to determine the structure of Grignard reagents by precipitation procedures. Cope eventually directed his attention to developing new synthetic reactions for substituted barbiturates and novel aminoalcohol local anesthetics. More important for organic chemistry as a whole was his discovery of a facile thermal rearrangement from one carbon to another in a three-carbon system of an allyl group. In 1939, Cope’s career was given a boost through his election as secretary of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society. In 1941 he moved to Columbia University as associate professor, and when World War II started, joined the Office of Scientific Research and Development as technical aide and section chief of Division 9 of the National Research Council. He was responsible for projects ranging from chemical warfare agents and insect repellents to antimalarial drugs and, in 1946, received the Certificate of Merit for his contributions to the war effort. In 1945 he moved to MIT to head the Department of Chemistry, where he began to work on the synthesis of cyclooctatetraene which lead to various project directions including whole new areas of physical organic endeavor. One significant example is “valence tautomerism,” where a compound isomerizes reversibly without intervention of external agents (except heat) by processes in which bonds are broken and made, usually simultaneously. What Cope and his coworkers discovered was the change of 1,3,5­ cyclooctatriene into bicyclo[4.2.0]-2,4-octadiene. One of the last important achievements of Cope’s research program was his ingenious resolution of the optical isomers of trans-cyclooctene and trans-cyclononene.

After the war, Cope began to expand his service to chemistry on the national scene. In 1945, he was appointed to the editorial board of Organic Syntheses and he was the Organic Reactions’ editor-in-chief from 1960 to 1966. He served the American Chemical Society with great distinction: chairman of the Division of Organic Chemistry in 1946; councillor (1950-1951); president of ACS (1961); and chairman of the Board (1959-1960, 1962-1966). Among other accomplishments as an American Chemical Society leader, Arthur Cope had much to do with averting collapse of Chemical Abstracts around 1960, a time when chemical abstracting services were failing. He died suddenly on June 4, 1966 at the age of fifty-six in Washington, D.C., where he had gone for American Chemical Society and National Academy of Sciences business.

For More Information see
The ACS Page on the Cope Award
Biography by Roberts and Sheenan, National Academy of Sciences
25 Years of the Cope Award (C&EN, 1999, 77, 33–37)
Arthur C. Cope on Wikipedia
Arthur C. Cope Award on Wikipedia

Technical Achievement Awards (TAOC)

Charge of the Program

The purpose of the Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Program is to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished, professional chemists holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent. The program has split into these two programs to recognize more individuals:

  • The Early Career -Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (EC-TAOC) Award is for individuals who are currently pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors and are no more than 10 years from undergraduate (bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s) school
  • The Mid Career -Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (MC-TAOC) Award is for individuals who are currently pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors and are more than 10 years from undergraduate (bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s) school

Selection of Awardees

Awardees are selected by the Early and Mid Career TAOC Awards Committee from a pool of candidates nominated by their respective employers, and are approved by the Executive Committee of the Division of Organic Chemistry. Nominations are accepted through the online Early Career or Mid Career TAOC Nomination Form and must include the following materials: (a) a letter containing the address of the nominator and information written on company letterhead of nomination that presents evidence that illustrates the scientist’s promise, creativity, independence and productivity. (b) the nominee’s CV (including work address and email) 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 (i.e. mentorship, leadership). 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 Early Career /Mid Career TAOC Awards. There is a dinner for the awardees, typically on Sunday evening of the ACS Fall National Meeting in combination with the Early and Mid-Career Investigator Awardees. There is a symposium typically on Wednesday of the ACS Fall National Meeting.

Awardee Responsibilities

Awardees presents a 30 minute scientific talk at the Fall ACS meeting that contains a substantial amount of the scientist’s own work (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 candidate for the Early or Mid Career TAOC Award you would need to complete the appropriate online nomination form-due January 21, 2025. Nominators must be members or affiliates of the ACS Organic Division. The form requires a letter describing the nominee’s contributions and the nominee’s curriculum vitae. Additional letters and supporting documents are most welcome, but not essential. For EC-TAOC nominees must be no more than 10 years from graduating (bachelor’s or master’s) for MC-TAOC nominees must be more than 10 years from graduating (bachelor’s or master’s) and are a current researcher in a non-academic setting (e.g. industry, government or non-profit laboratory). Nominations from women and minorities who are typically under-represented in chemistry are especially encouraged.

Questions may be directed to Elizabeth Swift and Vanessa Marx.

Submittal Process

Nominations are to be submitted as a single PDF file (named using the format: Nominee’sLast Name_First Name_TAOC.pdf i.e. Smith_Jane_TAOC.pdf) through these online forms:
Early Career-TAOC
Mid Career-TAOC

Your PDF file should have the following parts in the following order:

  1. Nomination Letter on Company Letterhead
  2. Nominee’s CV
  3. Supplementary Information (optional)

History

The TAOC was initiated in 1992, and with the 2025 Awardees, there have been a total of 458 awards. A list of awardees and their affliations can be found HERE.

Roger Adams Award

Purpose of the Roger Adams Award

To recognize and encourage outstanding contributions to research in organic chemistry defined in its broadest sense.

Nature

The award consists of a medallion, a certificate, and $25,000. The award is presented biennially in odd-numbered years. The recipient delivers a lecture at the Biennial National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS) of the American Chemical Society National Meeting and Symposium. The travel expenses to the Symposium are covered

ESTABLISHMENT

The award was established in 1959 by Organic Syntheses, Inc. and Organic Reactions, Inc., the Division of Organic Chemistry, and the American Chemical Society. The first award was made in 1959.

SPONSORSHIP

The award is currently funded by Organic Syntheses, Inc. and Organic Reactions® along with Wiley (which provides the funds for the medal and a portion of the award dinner), and the Organic Division (which organizes the award address at NOS). Sponsorship entails covering the $25,000 award and significant overhead costs to administer the award.

RULES OF ELIGIBILITY

The award is granted to an individual without regard to nationality for outstanding contributions to research in organic chemistry defined in its broadest sense.


About Roger Adams (1889-1971)

feature2Roger Adams was born in Boston on January 2, 1889. He graduated from Harvard with an A.B. in 1908 with a major in chemistry. Adams went on to pursue his Ph.D. at Radcliffe where he initially worked with H. A. Torrey whose premature death in 1910 caused Adams to seek help from several other faculty to complete his thesis in 1912. He subsequently was awarded a traveling fellowship which allowed him to move to Berlin to work with Fisher and Diels then with Willstãtter. Adams returned to Harvard in 1913 as research assistant to C. L. Jackson and shortly undertook the duties of instructor in chemistry. In 1916, Adams joined the University of Illinois Chemistry Department as an assistant professor. At Illinois, Adams pursued research on the preparation of local anesthetics. Adams was drawn into research for the army in 1917 and spent the last few months of 1918 in uniform as a major. After the World War, Adams focused on catalytic hydrogenation (Adams catalyst-discovered by an excellent example of serendipity), local anesthetics, synthesis of naturally occurring compounds, and the stereochemistry of compounds with restricted rotation and of deuterium compounds.

His contributions to the foundation of how graduate chemistry are carried out is noteworthy. One example, of his efforts includes that, in 1954, he designed the program for the Sloan Foundation that gives unrestricted grants to promising young professors. Adams also helped start the Organic Syntheses series including serving as Editor for Volumes 1 and 8. In 1942, the Organic Reactions series was initiated and Adams served as Editor-in-Chief for 19 years. He served as personal research director for 198 Illinois Ph.D. recipients. He served as the Chair of the ACS, Division of Organic Chemistry in 1921 and as ACS president in 1935. He retired as a research professor in 1957 and he Died July 6. 1971 at the age of 81 after a short illness.

Taken in part from the biography published by D. Stanley Tarbell and Ann Tracy Tarbell

History of the Award-Presentation at the 2022 NOS

 


MORE INFORMATION on The Adams Award

ACS Page on the Roger Adams Award
The Tarbell Biography from the National Academy of Sciences (PDF not available at NAS 8/4/2024)
Also available at National Academies Press (Vol. 53, 1982, p 1-47)
Tarbell, D. Stanley; Tarbell, Ann Tracy. Roger Adams: scientist and statesman, 1981, American Chemical Society. ISBN 0-8412-0598-1
Voices of Illinois-Roger Adams (parts 1-3)
University of Illinois Page on Roger Adams
The Roger Adams Papers Archive
Roger Adams on Wikipedia

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