OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD
- Purpose. To recognize and encourage outstanding scholarship in the history of chemistry.
- Nature. The award consists of $100, a plaque, and ~$150 in books from a sponsoring publisher (currently the Chemical Heritage Foundation)
- Establishment and Support.The award was established in 1984 by the Division.
- Rules of Eligibility. The award is presented to the author of the best paper published in the Bulletin for the History of Chemistry during the previous three years. Prior to 1989, the award was given for the best oral presentation of a HIST paper. Presentation is at the Fall National ACS meeting
Award Committee and Guidelines for Award Committee
| Year | Author(s) | Affiliation at Time of Award | Title | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Clarence J. Murphy | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | Charles James, B. Smith Hopkins, and the Tangled Web of Element 61 | Bull. Hist. Chem. 31(1), (2006), 9-18. |
| 2007 | Patricia Swain | School teacher (retired) | Bernard Courtois (1777-1838), Famed for Discovering Iodine (1811), and His Life in Paris from 1798 | Bull. Hist. Chem. 30(2), (2005), 103-111. |
| 2006 | Lyman R. Caswell | Independent Scholar | Andres del Rio, Alexander von Humboldt, and the Twice-Discovered Element | Bull. Hist. Chem. 28(1), (2003), 35-41. |
| 2005 | Kaji Masanori | Tokyo Institute of Technology | D. I. Mendeleev's Concept of the Chemical Elements and The Principles of Chemistry | Bull. Hist. Chem. 27(1), (2002), 4-16. |
| 2004 | * | |||
| 2003 | James L. Marshall and Virginia R. Marshall | University of North Texas | Ernest Rutherford, the "True Discoverer" of Radon | Bull. Hist. Chem. 28 (2003), 76-83. |
| 2002 | Vladmir Karpenko | Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic | Die Edelgeborne Jungfer Alchymia: The Final Stage Of European Alchemy | Bull. Hist. Chem. 25 (2000), 50-63. |
| 2001 | Mordecai Rubin | Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel | The History of Ozone. The Schönbein Period, 1839-1868 | Bull. Hist. Chem. 26 (2003), 40-56. |
| 2000 | Helge Kragh and Malene M. Bak | History of Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark | Christopher H. Pfaff and the Controversy Over Voltaic Electricity | Bull. Hist. Chem. 25 (2000), 83-90. |
| 1999 | Louis Rosenfeld | New York University School of Medicine | Otto Folin and Donald Van Slike: Pioneers of Clinical Chemistry | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 24 (1999), 40-47. |
| 1998 | Martin D. Saltzman | Providence College | Thomas Martin Lowry and the Mixed Multiple Bond | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 20 (1997), 10-17. |
| 1997 | David E. Lewis | South Dakota State University | Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zaitzev (1841-1910): Markovnikov's Conservative Contemporary | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 17-18 (1995), 21-30. |
| 1996 | David J. Rhees | The Bakken Library and Museum of Electricity in Life, Minneapolis | The Chemists' War:The Impact of World War I on the American Chemical Profession | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 13-14 (1992-1993), 40- 47. |
| 1995 | Kenneth L. Caneva | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Robert Mayer and the Conservation of Matter | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 13-14 (1992-1993), 27-29. |
| 1994 | Leonello Paoloni | University of Polermo, Italy | Stereochemical Models of Benzene, 1869 - 1875 | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 12 (1992), 10-24. |
| 1993 | June Z. Fullmer and Melvyn C. Usselman | Ohio State University (JZF) and University of Western Ontario (MCU) | Faraday's Election to the Royal Society: A Reputation in Jeopardy | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 11 (1991), 17- 28. |
| 1992 | Alan J. Rocke | Case Western reserve University | "Between Two Stools": Kolbe, Kopp, and the History of Chemistry | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 7 (1990), 19- 24. |
| 1991 | Denis Quane | East Texas State University | The Reception of Hydrogen Bonding by the Chemical Community: 1920-1937 | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 7 (1990), 3-13. |
| 1990 | Reynold E. Holmen | 3M Company (retired) | Kasimir Fajans (1887-1974): The Man and His Work. Part I: Europe. Part II: America. | Bull. Hist. Chem. No.4 (1989), 15-23; No. 6 (1990), 7-15. |
| 1989 | James J. Bohning | Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre PA | The 1893 World's Congress of Chemists: A Center of Crystallization in a Molecular Melange | Bull. Hist. Chem. No. 3 (1989), 16-21. |
| 1988 | Jeffrey L. Sturchio | Center for History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA. | Charles Frederick Chandler (1836 - 1925) and the American Chemical Society | Book of Abstracts, 193rd National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Denver, CO, 5 April - 10 April 1987; Abstract HIST 7. |
| 1987 | Grant Urry | Department of Chemistry, Tufts University | Herman Irving Schlesinger: The Man, His Chemistry, and His Impact Upon the Department of Chemistry at Chicago | Book of Abstracts, 190th National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, 8 September - 13 September 1985; Abstract HIST 26. |
| 1986 | Carleton A. Sperati | Chemical Engineering Department, Ohio University, Athens, OH | Recent Developments in PTFE Resins | |
| 1985 | John J. Luecken and J. P. Ferrin | Monsanto Company, Rubber Chemicals Division, Akron, OH | Historical Development of Rubber Chemicals | Book of Abstracts, 188th National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, 26 August - 31August 1984; Abstract HIST 34. |
| 1984 | M. Christine King | Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario | Chemical Explanations: Free Radicals in the Development of Reaction Mechanisms | Book of Abstracts, 186th National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 28 August - 2 September 1983; Abstract ORGN 261. |
* From 1984-2003, the Outstanding Paper Award was designated with the year prior to the year of its presentation. For example, in 2004, James L. Marshall and Virginia R. Marshall (University of North Texas) received the OPA for the best paper published in The Bulletin in the three year period 2001-2003. James L. Marshall's and Virginia R. Marshall’s award plaques were dated 2003, the year before they actually received the award but the last year of the three years of the paper's eligibility period. To minimize any possible confusion, in HIST's listing of Outstanding Paper awardees, all awards from 2005 onwards are designated by the year in which the award was actually presented. Therefore the * designation for 2004 indicates a modification in the manner in which the OPAs are tabulated, not a year in which an award was not given.