The Francis P. Garvan–John M. Olin Medal, previously called the Francis P. Garvan Medal, is an annual award that recognizes distinguished scientific accomplishment, leadership and service to

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. The Award is offered by the

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(ACS), and consists of a cash prize (US$5,000) and a medal. The medal was designed by Margaret Christian Grigor.

Background

Any individual may nominate a single eligible chemist in one year. Nominees must be a female citizen of the United States. The award was established by

Francis Garvan Francis Patrick Garvan (June 13, 1875 – November 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, government official, and long-time president of the Chemical Foundation, Inc. The Chemical Foundation was established to administer in the public interest 4,500 ...

and Mabel Brady Garvan in 1936 in honor of their daughter. It was initially an essay contest, that ran for seven years, as a memorial to their daughter (the American Chemical Society's Prize Essay Contest). It was solely funded by the Francis P. Garvan Medal Endowment from its establishment in 1936 until 1979. W. R. Grace & Co. assumed co-sponsorship of the award from 1979 to 1983. In 1984, Olin Corporation assumed co-sponsorship. Mabel Brady Garvan remained involved with the Award through 1967. The Garvan–Olin Award is the ACS' third-oldest award, and the first

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established to honor women chemists.

Award recipients

* 1937 Emma P. Carr * 1940

Mary Engle Pennington Mary Engle Pennington (October 8, 1872 – December 27, 1952) was an American bacteriological chemist, food scientist and refrigeration engineer. She was an innovator in the preservation, handling, storage, and transportation of perishable foods ...

* 1942 Florence B. Seibert * 1946 Icie Macy Hoobler * 1947

Mary Lura Sherrill Mary Lura Sherrill (July 14, 1888 – October 27, 1968) was recognized for her achievements in chemical research, particularly the synthesis of antimalarial compounds, and for her teaching at Mount Holyoke College. In 1947, she received th ...

* 1948

Gerty Cori Gerty Theresa Cori (; August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was a Bohemian-Austrian and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Me ...

* 1949

Agnes Fay Morgan Agnes Fay Morgan (May 4, 1884 – July 20, 1968) was an American chemist and academic. She was the longtime chair of the home economics program at the University of California. Her program was strongly grounded in science, and students admitted ...

* 1950 Pauline Beery Mack * 1951

Katharine B. Blodgett Katharine Burr Blodgett (January 10, 1898 – October 12, 1979) was an American physicist and chemist known for her work on surface chemistry, in particular her invention of "invisible" or nonreflective glass while working at General Electric. S ...

* 1952 Gladys A. Emerson * 1953 Leonora N. Bilger * 1954 Betty Sullivan * 1955

Grace Medes Grace Medes (November 9, 1886 – December 31, 1967) was an American biochemist, who discovered tyrosinosis—a metabolic disorder today known as tyrosinemia—and studied fatty acid metabolism. She was awarded the Garvan-Olin Medal in 1955 for ...

* 1956 Allene R. Jeanes * 1957 Lucy W. Pickett * 1958 Arda A. Green * 1959 Dorothy Virginia Nightingale * 1960 Mary L. Caldwell * 1961 Sarah Ratner * 1962

Helen M. Dyer Helen Marie Dyer (May 26, 1895 – September 20, 1998) was an American biochemist and cancer researcher. Her main work concerned the mechanism of carcinogenesis; she also worked with metabolism and nutrition. Life Dyer was born on 26 May 1895 ...

* 1963

Mildred Cohn Mildred Cohn (July 12, 1913 – October 12, 2009) was an American biochemist who furthered understanding of biochemistry, biochemical processes through her study of chemical reactions within animal cell (biology), cells. She was a pioneer in ...

* 1964

Birgit Vennesland Birgit Vennesland (17 November 1913 — 15 October 2001) was a Norwegian-American biochemist. Vennesland spent the majority of her career as an academic for the University of Chicago from 1941 to 1968. While at Chicago, she compared the enzymes th ...

* 1965 Gertrude Perlmann * 1966 Mary L. Peterman * 1967

Marjorie J. Vold Marjorie J. Vold (October 25, 1913 – November 4, 1991) was an American chemist. Her research focused on colloids, and was recognized with a Garvan-Olin Medal from the American Chemical Society in 1967. Early life and education Marjorie Jean ...

* 1968 Gertrude B. Elion * 1969 Sofia Simmonds * 1970 Ruth R. Benerito * 1971 Mary Fieser * 1972 Jean'ne M. Shreeve * 1973 Mary L. Good * 1974 Joyce J. Kaufman * 1975 Marjorie C. Caserio * 1976 Isabella L. Karle * 1977 Marjorie G. Horning * 1978 Madeleine M. Joullié * 1979 Jenny P. Glusker * 1980 Helen M. Free * 1981 Elizabeth K. Weisburger * 1982 Sara Jane Rhoads * 1983 Ines Mandl * 1984 Martha L. Ludwig * 1985

Catherine Clarke Fenselau Catherine Clarke Fenselau (born 15 April 1939) is an American scientist who was the first trained mass spectrometrist on the faculty of an American medical school; she joined Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1968. She specializes in biomedica ...

* 1986 Jeanette G. Grasselli * 1987 Janet G. Osteryoung * 1988

Marye Anne Fox Marye Anne Payne Fox (9 December 1947 – 9 May 2021) was an American physical organic chemist and university administrator. She was the first female chief executive of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. In April 2004, Fo ...

* 1989 Kathleen C. Taylor * 1990 Darleane C. Hoffman * 1991 Cynthia M. Friend * 1992 Jacqueline K. Barton * 1993

Edith M. Flanigen Edith Marie Flanigen (born January 28, 1929) is a noted American chemist, known for her work on synthesis of emeralds, and later zeolites for molecular sieves at Union Carbide. Early life and education Edith Marie Flanigen was born January 28, ...

* 1994

Barbara J. Garrison Barbara Jane Garrison (born March 7, 1949) is an American chemist who is emeritus professor at Pennsylvania State University. She is the former Shapiro Professor of Chemistry and head of the department. She is a Fellow of the American Physical So ...

* 1995

Angelica Stacy Angelica M. Stacy is the associate vice provost for the faculty, and professor of chemistry, at University of California, Berkeley. Stacy was one of the first women to receive tenure in the college of chemistry at UC Berkeley. At UC Berkeley, Stac ...

* 1996 Geraldine L. Richmond * 1997 Karen W. Morse * 1998 Joanna S. Fowler * 1999 Cynthia A. Maryanoff * 2000 F. Ann Walker * 2001 Susan S. Taylor * 2002 Marion C. Thurnauer * 2003 Martha Greenblatt * 2004 Sandra C. Greer * 2005 Frances H. Arnold * 2006

Lila M. Gierasch Lila Mary Gierasch (born 1948 in Needham, Massachusetts, Needham, Massachusetts) is an United States, American biochemist and biophysicist. At present, she is a distinguished Professor working on "protein folding in the cell ...

* 2007 Laura L. Kiessling * 2008 Elizabeth C. Theil * 2009 Kathlyn A. Parker * 2010 Judith Giordan * 2011 Sherry J. Yennello * 2012 Sue B. Clark * 2013

Susan M. Kauzlarich Susan M. Kauzlarich is an American chemist and is presently a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). At UC Davis, Kauzlarich leads a research group focused on the synthesis and characterization ...

* 2014 Marsha I. Lester * 2015 Angela K. Wilson * 2016 Annie B. Kersting * 2017 Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts * 2018 Valerie J. Kuck * 2019

Lisa McElwee-White Lisa McElwee-White is currently the Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida. Career Lisa McElwee-White received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1979, and complet ...

* 2020 Caroline Chick Jarrold * 2021 Carol J. Burns * 2022 Anne McCoy * 2023 Jeanne E. Pemberton * 2024 Donna M. Huryn

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garvan-Olin Medal Awards established in 1936 Awards of the American Chemical Society Science awards honoring women Lists of women scientists 1936 establishments in the United States Chemistry awards

Background

Award recipients

See also

References

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