:Othmer Gold Medal
{{Short description|Science award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Othmer Gold Medal
| current_awards =
| image = First Othmer Gold Medal CHF-Heritage-Day-2017-159.jpg
| imagesize =
| alt =
| caption = First Othmer Gold Medal, awarded 1997
| awarded_for = Contributions to chemical and scientific heritage through innovation, entrepreneurship, research, education, public understanding, legislation, or philanthropy.
| presenter = Science History Institute, American Chemical Society (ACS), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), The Chemists' Club, Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section)
| sponsor =
| host =
| date = {{Start date|1997}}
| location =
| country =
| reward =
| year =
| year2 =
| holder =
| website =
| network =
| runtime =
| ratings =
| previous =
| main =
| next =
}}
The Othmer Gold Medal recognizes outstanding individuals who contributed to progress in chemistry and science through their activities in areas including innovation, entrepreneurship, research, education, public understanding, legislation, and philanthropy. The medal is presented annually under the sponsorship of the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) and four affiliated organizations: the American Chemical Society (ACS), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), The Chemists' Club, and the American section of the Société de Chimie Industrielle, at the Science History Institute's Heritage Day.
The Othmer Medal commemorates chemist Donald Othmer (1904–1995), a researcher, engineer, inventor, philanthropist, professor, and co-editor of the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Each year, the recipient of the award designates an institution to receive a copy of the 26 volume Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.{{cite web|title=Othmer Gold Medal|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/othmer-gold-medal|publisher=Science History Institute|access-date=1 February 2018|date=2016-05-31}}
Recipients
The award is given yearly and was first presented in 1997.
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
- Dame Carol V. Robinson, 2020
- Sangeeta N. Bhatia, 2019
- Joshua Boger, 2018
- Richard Zare, 2017{{cite news|title=Professor Richard Zare Wins CHF Othmer Gold Medal |url=https://chemistry.stanford.edu/news/professor-richard-zare-wins-chf-othmer-gold-medal|access-date=12 October 2017|work=Stanford Chemistry News|date=April 26, 2017}}
- Mukesh Ambani, 2016{{cite news|last1=Pruthi|first1=Rupali|title=Mukesh Ambani awarded with Othmer Gold Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership|url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/mukesh-ambani-awarded-with-othmer-gold-medal-for-entrepreneurial-leadership-1463998490-1|access-date=12 October 2017|work=Jagran Josh|date=May 23, 2016}}
- Phillip Allen Sharp, 2015{{cite press release|last1=Gussman|first1=Neil|title=Phillip Sharp to Receive 2015 Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/phillip-sharp-to-receive-2015-othmer-gold-medal-300044293.html|website=PR Newswire|access-date=March 2, 2015}}
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, 2014{{cite news|title=Dr Kiran Mazumdar first Indian to receive 'Othmer Gold Medal 2014'|url=http://www.biospectrumasia.com/biospectrum/news/214825/dr-kiran-mazumdar-indian-receive-othmer-gold-medal-2014|access-date=12 June 2014|work=BioSpectrum|date=16 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519194020/http://www.biospectrumasia.com/biospectrum/news/214825/dr-kiran-mazumdar-indian-receive-othmer-gold-medal-2014|archive-date=19 May 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Laranang-Mutlu|first1=Theresa|title=USP Congratulates Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Recipient of 2014 Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://www.usp.org/news/usp-congratulates-kiran-mazumdar-shaw-recipient-2014-othmer-gold-medal|access-date=12 June 2014|publisher=U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention|date=16 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602154615/http://www.usp.org/news/usp-congratulates-kiran-mazumdar-shaw-recipient-2014-othmer-gold-medal|archive-date=2 June 2014}}{{cite news|title=Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw receives Othmer Gold Medal 2014|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-19/news/49948890_1_kiran-mazumdar-shaw-chemical-heritage-foundation-outstanding-activity|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140613190225/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-19/news/49948890_1_kiran-mazumdar-shaw-chemical-heritage-foundation-outstanding-activity|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 13, 2014|access-date=12 June 2014|work=The Economic Times|date=19 May 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Gussman|first1=Neil|title=CHF Presents Awards to Innovators from Around the World at Heritage Day 2014|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chf-presents-awards-to-innovators-from-around-the-world-at-heritage-day-2014-2014-05-19|access-date=12 June 2014|work=MarketWatch: The Wall Street Journal|date=19 May 2014}}
- Harry B. Gray, 2013{{cite news|last1=Gussman|first1=Neil|title=Harry B. Gray to Receive Othmer Gold Medal at Heritage Day 2013|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2013/02/08/DC57141|access-date=12 June 2014|work=The Business Journals|date=8 February 2013}}{{cite news|title=Harry B. Gray Receives Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://www.cce.caltech.edu/content/harry-b-gray-receives-othmer-gold-medal|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Chemistry and Chemical Engineering|publisher=California Institute of Technology|date=18 September 2013}}
- Marye Anne Fox, 2012{{cite news|title=Alumna to Receive Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://www.notredamecollege.edu/about/news/announcements/alumna-receive-othmer-gold-medal|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Notre Dame College|date=31 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124128/http://www.notredamecollege.edu/about/news/announcements/alumna-receive-othmer-gold-medal|archive-date=14 July 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Gussman|first1=Neil|title=Marye Anne Fox to Receive Othmer Gold Medal at Heritage Day 2012|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2012/01/30/DC41232|access-date=12 June 2014|work=The Business Journals|date=30 January 2013}}
- Kazuo Inamori, 2011{{cite news|last1=Gussman|first1=Neil|title=Kazuo Inamori to Receive 2011 Othmer Gold Medal at 10th Annual Heritage Day|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/16/idUS234179+16-Dec-2010+PRN20101216|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140613190337/http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/16/idUS234179+16-Dec-2010+PRN20101216|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2014|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Reuters|date=16 December 2010}}
- George M. Whitesides, 2010{{cite news|last1=Gussman|first1=Neil|title=Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present Othmer Gold Medal to George M. Whitesides|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chemical-heritage-foundation-to-present-othmer-gold-medal-to-george-m-whitesides-82604012.html|access-date=12 June 2014|work=PR Newswire|date=25 January 2010}}
- Ahmed Zewail, 2009{{cite news|title=Chemical Heritage Foundation Presents Ahmed Zewail with Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://www.chromatographytechniques.com/news/2009/01/chemical-heritage-foundation-presents-ahmed-zewail-othmer-gold-medal|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Chromatography Techniques|date=27 January 2009}}
- Yuan Tseh Lee, 2008{{cite news|title=Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present 2008 Othmer Gold Medal to Yuan Tseh Lee|url=http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/publications/news/2008/2008_othmer_gold_medal.php|access-date=12 June 2014|work=College of Chemistry|publisher=University of California, Berkeley|date=26 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430011032/http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/publications/news/2008/2008_othmer_gold_medal.php|archive-date=30 April 2013}}{{cite news|title=Academician Yuan Tseh Lee Awarded 2008 Othmer Gold Medal by Chemical Heritage Foundation|url=http://newsletter.sinica.edu.tw/en/news/read_news.php?nid=580|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Academica Sinica E-News|publisher=Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China|date=2008}}
- Thomas R. Cech, 2007{{cite news|last1=Gussman|first1=Neil|title=Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present 2007 Othmer Gold Medal to Thomas Cech|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chemical-heritage-foundation-to-present-2007-othmer-gold-medal-to-thomas-cech-54533812.html|access-date=12 June 2014|work=PR Newswire|date=7 February 2007}}
- Ronald Breslow, 2006{{cite news|last1=Zurer|first1=Pamela|title=At Heritage Day, Honors For Chemists|url=https://pubs.acs.org/cen/acsnews/84/8426acsnews.html|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Chemical & Engineering News|date=28 June 2006}}
- James D. Watson, 2005{{cite news|title=James D. Watson to receive 2005 Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://psychcentral.com/news/archives/2005-02/chf-jdw022305.html|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Psych Central|date=23 February 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206011311/http://psychcentral.com/news/archives/2005-02/chf-jdw022305.html|archive-date=6 February 2015}}
- Jon Huntsman, Sr., 2004{{cite news|title=Chemical Heritage Foundation names Jon M. Huntsman to receive 2004 Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-02/chf-chf021604.php|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Eureka Alert|date=17 February 2004}}
- John D. Baldeschwieler and George S. Hammond, 2003{{cite news|title=Chemical Heritage Foundation names John Baldeschwieler and George Hammond 2003 Othmer Gold Medalists|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-04/chf-chf040103.php|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Eureka Alert|date=1 April 2003}}
- Robert S. Langer, 2002{{cite news|title=MIT professor to receive the 2002 Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-01/chf-mpt012802.php|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Eureka Alert|date=28 January 2002}}
- Gordon E. Moore, 2001{{cite journal|last1=Voith|first1=Melody|last2=Reisch|first2=Marc|title=Gordon Moore Awarded the Othmer Gold Medal|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|date=14 May 2001|volume=79|issue=20|pages=62|doi=10.1021/cen-v079n020.p062}}
- Arnold O. Beckman, 2000 (In addition to the regular award for 2000, a Special Millennium Edition was given out.)
- Carl Djerassi, 2000{{cite journal|last1=Reisch|first1=Marc|title=Carl Djerassi Receives Othmer Gold Medal|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|date=5 June 2000|volume=78|issue=23|pages=79|doi=10.1021/cen-v078n023.p079|doi-access=free}}
- P. Roy Vagelos, 1999{{cite journal|last1=Reisch|first1=Marc|title=Vagelos Becomes Third Recipient Of Othmer Gold Medal|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|date=31 May 1999|volume=77|issue=22|pages=38|doi=10.1021/cen-v077n022.p038|doi-access=free}}
- Mary Lowe Good, 1998
- Ralph Landau, 1997{{cite news|title=Distinguished member awarded Othmer Medal|url=http://www.chemconsult.org/news_ma1998.htm|access-date=12 June 2014|work=The Chemical Consultant|volume=9|date=1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707153635/http://www.chemconsult.org/news_ma1998.htm|archive-date=7 July 2010|url-status=dead}}
}}
=Photo Gallery=
File:Sangeeta N. Bhatia-Heritage-Day-2019-115.jpg | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (2019)
File:Joshua Boger Othmer medal 2018 180509 SHI 191.JPG | Joshua Boger (2018)
File:Richard Zare 2017 Othmer Medal CHF-Heritage-Day-2017-064-064.jpg|Richard Zare (2017)
File:Phillip Allen Sharp CHF-Heritage-Day-2015-263.jpg | Phillip Allen Sharp (2015)
File:Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw BNC.jpg| Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (2014)
File:Harry Gray HD2013 Othmer Gold Medal 002.JPG | Harry Gray (2013)
File:Marye Anne Fox CHF Heritage Day 2012 Rush 003.JPG| Marye Anne Fox (2012)
File:Kazuo Inamori 2011 Heritage Day HD2011-71.JPG| Kazuo Inamori (2011)
File:George Whitesides HD2010 Othmer Gold Medal portrait6.JPG | George Whitesides (2010)
File:Ahmed Zewail HD2009 Othmer Gold Medal portrait.JPG | Ahmed Zewail (2009)
File:Yuan Tseh Lee HD2008 Othmer Gold Medal portrait.JPG | Yuan Tseh Lee (2008)
File:Thomas Cech HD2007 Othmer Gold Medal portrait2.JPG | Thomas Cech (2007)
File:Ronald Breslow HD2006 Othmer Gold Medal portrait.JPG | Ronald Breslow (2006)
File:James Watson 2005 Othmer Gold Medal.TIF|James D. Watson (2005)
File:Jon Huntsman Sr 2004 Huntsman Award Ceremony.jpg | Jon Huntsman, Sr. (2004)
File:John Baldeschwieler CHF Grand Gala 7 Nov 2008 DAL0077.JPG | John D. Baldeschwieler (2003;
photo from 2008)
File:Robert Langer MTMLecture 2008 09 25 portrait.JPG | Robert Langer (2002;
photo from 2008)
File:Gordon Moore ID2004 crop.jpg | Gordon Moore (2001;
photo from 2004)
File:Carl Djerassi HD2004 at podium crop.JPG | Carl Djerassi (2000;
photo from 2004)
File:Arnold Beckman early portrait 2.65.tif | Arnold Beckman (2000 Millennium;
photo ca. 1921)
File:P. Roy Vagelos JPS 2005 03 10 crop.TIF | P. Roy Vagelos (1999;
photo from 2005)
File:Mary Lowe Good 1998 Othmer Gold Medal Heritage Day.TIF | Mary Lowe Good (1998)
File:Ralph Landau othmer luncheon 1997.tif | Ralph Landau (1997)
See also
References
{{reflist}}