Linus Pauling Award

The Linus Pauling Award recognizes outstanding achievement in chemistry and is presented annually by the Puget Sound, Oregon, and Portland Sections of the American Chemical Society. The award is named after Dr. Linus Pauling, a native of the Pacific Northwest, because of the inspiration of his example. A nominee shall have made outstanding contributions to chemistry of a character that have merited national and international recognition.

 

 

2020 Winner – Paul J. Chirik

Professor Paul Chirik of Princeton University was selected as the 2020 recipient of the Pauling Award Medal for his work on catalysis with Earth-abundant elements and his impact on sustainable chemistry.

The Linus Pauling Award Symposium in honor of Prof. Chirik was held at the University of Washington in Seattle on October 9, 2021. Visit the Award Symposium page.

 

 

 

Past Winners of the Linus Pauling Award:

1966 – Linus Pauling 1967 – Manfred Eigen 1968 – Herbert C. Brown 1969 – Henry Eyring 1970 – Harold C. Urey 1971 – Gerhard Herzberg 1972 – E. Bright Wilson 1973 – E. J. Corey 1974 – Roald Hoffmann 1975 – Paul Doughty Bartlett 1976 – F. Albert Cotton 1977 – John A. Pople 1978 – Dudley Herschbach 1979 – Daniel E. Koshland 1980 – John D. Roberts 1981 – Henry Taube 1982 – George Pimentel

1983 – Gilbert Stork 1984 – John S. Waugh 1985 – Harold A. Scheraga 1986 – Harry B. Gray 1987 – Harden M. McConnell 1988 – Keith Ingold 1989 – Neil Bartlett 1990 – James P. Collman 1991 – Rudolph Marcus 1992 – Kenneth B. Wiberg 1993 – Richard N. Zare 1994 – James A. Ibers 1995 – Alexander Rich 1996 – Kyriacos C. Nicolaou 1997 – Ahmed H. Zewail 1998 – Allen J. Bard 1999 – Peter B. Dervan

2000 – Gabor A. Somorjai 2001 – Tobin J. Marks 2002 – John I. Brauman 2003 – Robert H. Grubbs 2004 – Martin Karplus 2005 – George Whitesides 2006 – Peter J. Stang 2007 – Jacqueline K. Barton 2008 – Thomas C. Bruice 2009 – Stephen J. Lippard 2010 – Armand Paul Alivisatos 2011 – Larry R. Dalton 2012 – Robert Cava 2013 – Chad Mirkin 2014 – Stephen Buchwald 2015 – Barry M. Trost 2016 – Timothy M. Swager

2017 – Christopher C. Cummins 2018 – Geraldine Richmond 2019 – Catherine Murphy 2020 – Paul J. Chirik

Questions about nominations for the next award cycle can be directed to Jim Tung, Awards Chair for the Portland Section of the American Chemical Society.

Questions about the October 9, 2021 Symposium in honor of Paul Chirik can be directed to Diana Knight at the University of Washington Department of Chemistry.