ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences

The Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences is an American Chemical Society (ACS) award, sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, was instituted in 1993 with the intention of recognizing "significant accomplishments by individuals in stimulating students, underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering." It is awarded by the American Chemical Society as part of their national awards program. Recipients receive $5,000, a certificate, up to $1,500 for travel expenses, and a grant of $10,000 to their designee of choice. The first recipient was Henry C. McBay.^[1]

Recipients

2018 Jani C. Ingram,^[2] Northern Arizona University

2017 Saundra Y. McGuire,^[3] Louisiana State University

2016 Luis A. Colón,^[4] University of Buffalo

2015 Catherine H. Middlecamp,^[5] University of Buffalo

2014 Rigoberto Hernandez,^[6] Georgia Institute of Technology

2013 George H. Fisher, Barry University

2012 Todd Pagano, Rochester Institute of Technology

2011 Wilfredo Colón, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2010 Robert L. Lichter, Merrimack Consultants

2009 Shirley McBay, Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

2008 Susan V. Olesik, Ohio State University

2007 Robyn E. Hannigan

2006 Susan R. Fahrenholtz

2005 Jeannette E. Brown

2004 Zaida C. Morales-Martinez

2003 Isiah M. Warner

2002 James P. Shoffner

2001 Carlos G. Gutierrez

2000 Slayton A. Evans, Jr.

1999 Ajay K. Bose

1998 Zafra Lerman

1997 Billy Joe Evans

1996 Samuel P. Massie

1995 Henry C. McBay

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