The Herman Skolnik Award is awarded annually by the Division of Chemical Information of the

American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all ...

, "to recognize outstanding contributions to and achievements in the theory and practice of chemical information science". the award is of 3,000 US dollars. It is named for Herman Skolnik (1914-1994), who was a co-founder of the then ACS Division of Chemical Literature in 1948 and a key figure in the Division. The first award was made to him.

Recipients

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1970s

*1976: Herman Skolnik *1977:

Eugene Garfield Eugene Eli Garfield (September 16, 1925 – February 26, 2017) was an American linguistics, linguist and businessman, one of the founders of bibliometrics and scientometrics. He helped to create ''Current Contents'', ''Science Citation Index'' ( ...

*1978: Fred A. Tate

1980s

*1980: William J. Wiswesser *1981: Ben H. Weil *1982: Robert Fugmann *1983:

Russell J. Rowlett, Jr. Russell may refer to: People * Russell (given name) * Russell (surname) * Lady Russell (disambiguation) * Lord Russell (disambiguation) ** Bertrand Russell *Justice Russell (disambiguation) Places *Russell Island (disambiguation) *Mount Russel ...

*1984: Montagu Hyams *1986: Dale B. Baker *1987: William Theilheimer *1988: David R. Lide, Jr. *1989: Michael F. Lynch and Stuart Marson

1990s

*1990: Ernst Meyer *1991: Todd Wipke *1992: Jacques-Emile Dubois *1993:

Peter Willett Peter Willett is an Emeritus Professor of Information Science at the University of Sheffield, England. Life and education Willett was born 20 April 1953, obtained an Honors degree in Chemistry from Exeter College, Oxford in 1975 and then wen ...

*1994: Alexandru T. Balaban *1995:

Reiner Luckenbach Reiner may refer to: *Reiner (crater), a crater on the Moon, named after Vincentio Reiner People with the given name Reiner *Reiner Knizia, a board game designer * Reiner Schöne (born 1942), German actor People with the surname Reiner * Alysia Re ...

and Clemens Jochum *1996: Milan Randic *1997:

Johann Gasteiger Johann Gasteiger (27 October 1941 in Dachau) is a German Chemist and a Chemoinformatician on which he wrote and edited various books. Life Johann Gasteiger studied Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, ETH Zurich and Universit ...

*1998: Gary D. Wiggins *1999: Stuart M. Kaback

2000s

*2000: Stephen R. Heller and G. W. A. Milne *2001: Guenter Grethe *2002:

Peter Norton Peter Norton (born November 14, 1943) is an American programmer, software publisher, author, and philanthropist. He is best known for the computer programs and books that bear his name and portrait. Norton sold his software business to Symante ...

*2003: Frank H. Allen *2004: Peter Johnson *2005: Lorrin Garson *2006: Hugo Kubinyi *2007: Robert S. Pearlman *2008: Gerald M. Maggiora *2009: Yvonne Connolly Martin

2010s

*2010: Anton J. Hopfinger *2011:

Alexander Lawson Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...

*2012:

Peter Murray-Rust Peter Murray-Rust is a chemist currently working at the University of Cambridge. As well as his work in chemistry, Murray-Rust is also known for his support of open access and open data. Education He was educated at Bootham School, a priva ...

and

Henry Rzepa Henry Stephen Rzepa (born 1950) is a chemist and Emeritus Professor of Computational Chemistry at Imperial College London. Education Rzepa was born in 1950 and was educated at Wandsworth Comprehensive School in London. He then entered the che ...

*2013: Richard D. Cramer *2014: Engelbert Zass *2015:

Jürgen Bajorath Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (1930–2024), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 1962), German race car drive ...

*2016: Steve Bryant and Evan Bolton *2017:

David Winkler David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...

*2018: Gisbert Schneider *2019: Kimito Funatsu

2020s

*2020: Wendy A. Warr * 2023 Patrick Walters * 2024 Alexandre Varnek * 2025 Matthias Rarey

References

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