Pittsburgh Award
The Pittsburgh Award was established in 1932 by the Pittsburgh Section of ACS to recognize outstanding leadership in chemical affairs in the local and larger professional community. This Award symbolizes the honor and appreciation accorded to those who have rendered distinguished service to the field of chemistry. The Award, consisting of a plaque, is presented annually at a Section dinner open to the public.
Members of the Pittsburgh Section, or in exceptional cases, nonmembers, who have done work worthy of recognition toward increasing chemical knowledge, promoting the chemical industry, benefiting humanity, or advancing the Pittsburgh Section, are eligible for consideration. Nominations for the Pittsburgh Award are solicited from the membership of the Pittsburgh Section. Click here for the nomination packet.
Nominations for the Pittsburgh Award are typically accepted through August 16 of the award year. Please submit nominations to the Chair-Elect of the section, Dr. Niharika Botcha at [email protected].
2025 Recipient – Dr. Nathaniel Rossi
Past Recipients
2025 Nathaniel Rossi
2024 Evan Granite
2023 Alexander Deiters
2022 Dennis Simpson
2021 W. Richard Howe
2020 Leigh-Ann Humbert
2019 Michael Mautino
2018 Steven Little
2017 Debra Singer
2016 Neil Donahue
2015 Kay Brummond
2014 Jeffry Madura
2012 Peter Wipf
2011 Kurt Olson
2010 Alan J. Russell
2009 Theodore Cohen
2008 Stephen G. Weber
2007 Richard D. McCullough
2006 Dennis F. Curran
2005 David W. Pratt
2004 Terrence J. Collins
2003 C. Gordon McCarty
2002 Sanford A. Asher
2001 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
2000 Kenneth D. Jordan
1999 Theodore J. Weismann
1998 John T. Yates, Jr.
1997 David M. Hercules
1997 Virginia Fisher
1995 Gerd Leston
1994 Guy C. Berry
1993 Konrad M. Weis
1992 Andrew G. Sharkey Jr.
1991 Bruce M. LaRue
1991 Bodie E. Douglas
1990 Herbert L. Retcofsky
1980 G. Arthur Webb
1979 Ronald Bentley
1978 George Jeffrey
1977 Frederick Kaufman
1976 Edward M. Arnett
1975 John A. Pople
1974 Bernard Lewis
1973 W. Edward Wallace
1972 Edmund O. Rhodes
1971 Paul C. Cross
1970 Tobias H. Dunkelberger
1969 W. Conard Fernelius
1968 Irving Wender
1967 R. R. Friedel
1966 Earl K. Wallace
1965 Foil A. Miller
1964 Henry S. Frank
1963 Harold P. Klug
1962 Klaus H. Hoffman
1961 Earl A. Gulbransen
1960 Robert B. Anderson
1959 Frederick D. Rossini
1958 Max A. Lauffer
1957 Alfred R. Powell
1956 Robert F. Mehl
1955 George D. Beal
1954 Paul D. Foote
1953 Paul H. Emmett
1952 Homer H. Lowry
1951 William A. Gruse
1950 William A. Hamor
1949 Harry V. Churchill
1948 Henry H. Storch
1947 Chester G. Fisher
1946 William P. Yant
1945 John C. Warner
1944 Leonard H. Cretcher
1943 Junius D. Edwards
1942 Charles G. King
1941 Webster N. Jones
1940 Alexander Silverman
1939 Edward R. Weidlein
1938 George H. Clapp
1937 Francis C. Frary
1936 Richard B. Mellon
1936 Andrew W. Mellon
1934 Charles E. Nesbit
1933 Ralph E. Hall