Seeking nominations for Chicago’s Herman Pines Award

2003 Herman Pines Award in Catalysis

 
The Catal­y­sis Club of Chica­go is solic­it­ing nom­i­na­tions for the Her­man Pines Award for out­stand­ing research in the field of catal­y­sis. Her­man Pines was an out­stand­ing research sci­en­tist, and his work rev­o­lu­tion­ized the gen­er­al under­stand­ing of organ­ic chem­istry, par­tic­u­lar­ly the chem­istry of hydro­car­bons inter­act­ing with strong acids.

The award in his hon­or is spon­sored by UOP where Her­man began his indus­tri­al career in 1930 and amassed 145 US patents over a 23 year peri­od. The award is being co-spon­sored by the Catal­y­sis Club of Chica­go of which Pro­fes­sor Pines was a found­ing mem­ber. The award will be pre­sent­ed at the 2003 Spring Sym­po­sium of the Catal­y­sis Club of Chica­go. The recip­i­ent will receive a cash award of $1,000 and reim­burse­ment for trav­el and lodg­ing as a ple­nary speak­er at the Spring Symposium.

Past Herman Pines Award winners have been:

  • 1999 Pro­fes­sor Harold Kung, North­west­ern University
  • 2000 Dr. John Mon­nier, East­man Chem­i­cal Company
  • 2001 Pro­fes­sor Lan­ny Schmidt, Uni­ver­si­ty of Minnesota
  • 2002 Dr. James Brazdil, BP

The recip­i­ent will be cho­sen based on the fol­low­ing cri­te­ria: Impor­tance of catal­y­sis research com­plet­ed in the past five years. Alter­na­tion of the award between indus­tri­al and academic/national lab­o­ra­to­ry researchers. 

Recip­i­ent must be a res­i­dent of North Amer­i­ca. For the award to be giv­en in 2003, nom­i­na­tions for AN ACADEMIC/NATIONAL LABORATORY RESEARCHER are sought by Jan­u­ary 31, 2003. Nom­i­na­tions should describe the spe­cif­ic work for which the nom­i­nee should be rec­og­nized. Please send your nom­i­na­tion either through Inter­net Nom­i­na­tion Form or direct­ly via reg­u­lar mail by the dead­line to:
 
Lar­ry Satek
6208 North Van Guilder Road
Fre­mont, IN 46737
satekwinery@voyager.net
(260) 495‑9463
 
The recip­i­ent will be noti­fied in Feb­ru­ary of 2003, and the award address will take place at the Spring Sym­po­sium in May of 2003.