A Lavoisier Medal is an award named and given in honor of
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier ( ; ; 26 August 17438 May 1794), When reduced without charcoal, it gave off an air which supported respiration and combustion in an enhanced way. He concluded that this was just a pure form of common air and that i ...
, considered by some to be a father of modern chemistry.
[7 Cornellians receive prestigious national and international honors](_blank)
- news.cornell.edu retrieved 14 August 2007
At least three organizations independently give awards for achievement in chemical-related disciplines, each using the name Lavoisier Medal. Lavoisier Medals are awarded by the following organizations:
French Chemical Society (''Société Chimique de France (SCF)'')
The
French Chemical Society's Médaille Lavoisier is given for work or actions which have enhanced the perceived value of chemistry in society.
International Society for Biological Calorimetry (ISBC)
The ISBC's Lavoisier Medal is awarded to an internationally acknowledged scientist for an outstanding contribution to the development and/or the application of direct calorimetry in biology and medicine
[The Lavoisier Medal](_blank)
from the ISBC web page, retrieved 14 August 2007
Source
ISBC
:*1990:
Ingemar Wadsö, Lund, Sweden
:*1992:
Richard B. Kemp
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, Aberystwyth, UK
:*1994
Lee Hansen Provo, USA
:*1997:
Ingolf Lamprecht, Berlin, Germany
:*1999:
Anthony E. Beezer, London, UK
:*2001:
Lena Gustafsson, Göteborg, Sweden
:*2003:
Erich Gnaiger, Innsbruck, Austria
:*2006:
Mario Monti
Mario Monti (; born 19 March 1943) is an Italian politician, economist and academic who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013, leading a Technocratic government (Italy), technocratic government in the wake of the European sov ...
, Lund, Sweden
:*2010:
Edwin Battley, Stony Brook NY, USA
:*2014:
Urs von Stockar, Lausanne, Switzerland
DuPont
The
DuPont
Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, duPont, or du Pont may refer to:
People
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company's Lavoisier Medal for Technical Achievement is presented to DuPont scientists and engineers who have made outstanding contributions to DuPont and their scientific fields throughout their careers. Antoine Lavoisier mentored the founder of the company,
E. I. du Pont, more than 200 years ago.
It was awarded 95 times from 1990 to 2013.
Stephanie Louise Kwolek received the award in 1995.
She was the first female DuPont employee to receive the honor.
Partial list of recipients
Source (1990-2012)
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Source: (2011 onwards)
:* 1990: Dr. Charles W. Todd
:* 1990: Thomas H. Chilton (posthumously awarded).
:* 1990: Nathaniel Wyeth
:* 1991: Crawford Greenewalt
:* 1992: Herman E. Schroeder
:* 1993: Donald R. Johnson Pioneer of automatic clinical diagnostic instrumentation-Dupont Lavoisier Medal
:* 1995: Stephanie Kwolek[
:* 1995: Herbert S. Eleuterio
:* 1996: Owen Wright Webster
:* 1997: William C. Drinkard
:* 1997: ]Charles Stine
Charles Milton Altland Stine (18 October 1882 – 28 May 1954) was a chemist and a vice-president of DuPont who created the laboratory from which nylon and other significant inventions were made. He was also a devout Christian who authored a boo ...
:* 1999: Albert Moore
:* 2000: Ivan Maxwell Robinson
:* 2002: Wilfred Sweeny
:* 2003: Rudolph Pariser[Highest DuPont Honor for Scientific Innovation Given to Three Outstanding DuPont Scientists](_blank)
- DuPont press release retrieved 14 August 2007
:* 2007: Edward J. Deyrup, Charles Joseph Noelke
:* 2008: D. Peter Carlson, Noel C. Scrivner
:* 2009: Calvin Chi-Ching Chien, George P. Lahm
:* 2010: Robert L. Segebart
:* 2011: Marc C. Albertsen
:* 2012: Scott V. Tingey
:* 2013: Mario Nappa[
:* 2015: Stephen Smith, Ronald McKinney
:* 2016: Mick Ward, Tom Carney
:* 2017: Joe Lachowski, George Weber
:* 2018: Andrew Morgan, Scott Power, Peter Trefonas]
See also
* List of chemistry awards
* List of engineering awards
This list of engineering awards is an index to articles about notable awards for achievements in engineering. It includes aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, structural e ...
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Chemistry awards
Materials science awards
Chemical engineering awards