Herman F. Mark Award
2000

 

 

SIX WIN THE HERMAN F. MARK POLYMER CHEMISTRY AWARD

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary, The Division of Polymer Chemistry of the American Chemical Society has selected the following six prominent scientists to receive the Herman F. Mark Award in Polymer Chemistry, sponsored by The Dow Chemical Foundation:

Professor Murray Goodman
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Univeristy of California at San Diego
http://www-chem.ucsd.edu/Faculty/Research_text/goodman.html

 

Professor Robert H. Grubbs
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
http://chemistry.caltech.edu/faculty/grubbs/index.html

 

Professor Henry K. Hall, Jr.
Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona
http://www.chem.arizona.edu/faculty/hall/hallx.html  

 

Professor Robert Lenz
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts
http://www.pse.umass.edu/faculty/lenz.html

 

Professor Leo Mandelkern
Department of Chemistry, Florida State University

 

Professor Otto Vogl
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts
http://www.pse.umass.edu/faculty/vogl.html 

The award recognizes outstanding research and leadership in polymer science and consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $2000. The award is presented biennially in even-numbered years and will be presented, this year, at the Plenary Herman F. Mark Award Symposium held during POLY Millennial 2000, Tuesday, December 12, 2000.

 

For other POLY DIVISION sponsored awards, see: http://www.chem.umr.edu/~poly/awards.html