EDELSTEIN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Purpose. To recognize an outstanding career of contributions to the history of chemistry.

Nature. The award consists of $3500 and a plaque.

Establishment and Support. The award was established in 2002 and is generously sponsored by Ruth Edelstein Barish in honor of Sidney M. Edelstein. In addition, for many years, the Chemical Heritage Foundation has provided additional support for this award.

The award is international in scope, and is presented annually at the fall national ACS meeting

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Award Committee

Year	Awardee	Affiliation at Time of Award	Award Address	Reference
2008	Sir John Shipley Rowlinson	Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford
2007	Anthony S. Travis	Sidney M. Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel	What A Wonderful Empire is the Organic Chemistry	Bull. Hist. Chem. 33 (2008), 1-12.
2006	Peter J. T. Morris	Science Museum, London	Writing the History of Modern Chemistry	Bull. Hist. Chem. 32 (2007), 2-9.
2005	William B. Jensen	University of Cincinnati	Textbooks and the Future of the History of Chemistry as an Academic Discipline	Bull. Hist. Chem. 31 (2006), 1-8.
2004	Joseph B. Lambert	Northwestern University	The Deep History of Chemistry	Bull. Hist. Chem. 30 (2005), 1-9.
2003	David Knight	Durham University, Durham, England	Making Chemistry Popular	Bull. Hist. Chem. 29 (2004), 1-8.
2002	John Parascandola	National Library of Medicine	To Bond or Not to Bond:Chemical versus Physical Theories of Drug Action	Bull. Hist. Chem. 28 (2003), 1-8.