Kołos Medal

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The Kołos Medal (Polish: Medal im. Włodzimierza Kołosa) is a prestigious medal awarded every two years by the University of Warsaw and the Polish Chemical Society for distinction in theoretical or experimental physical chemistry. It was established in 1998 to commemorate the life and career of Włodzimierz Kołos, one of the founding fathers of modern quantum chemistry.

The medal features the picture of Kołos, his date of birth and death, the Latin inscriptions Societas Chimica Polonorum, Universitas Varsoviensis and Servire Veritatis Kołos Lectio Praemiumque as well as the name of the recipient.

Recipients

The winners of the award so far have been:{{cite news|url=https://www.chem.uw.edu.pl/nagrody-medale/medal-kolosa/laureates/ |title=Kołos Medal laureates |access-date=17 November 2019}}

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2022

| Jacek Klinowski{{Cite web |url=https://www.chem.uw.edu.pl/2022/10/18/uroczystosc-wreczenia-medalu-im-wlodzimierza-kolosa-17-11-2022/ |language=pl |title=Uroczystość wręczenia Medalu im. Włodzimierza Kołosa 17.11.2022 |access-date=17 April 2023}}

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2017

| Walter Thiel

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2015

|Frederic Merkt

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2013

| Philip Coppens

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2011

|Y. T. Lee

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2009

| Joachim Sauer

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2007

| Jeremy M. Hutson

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2005

| Jan Peter Toennies

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2002

| Paul von Ragué Schleyer

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2000

| Richard Bader

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1998

| Roald Hoffmann

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Source: [http://www.chem.uw.edu.pl/people/AMyslinski/Kolos/recipients.html Warsaw University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119223910/http://www.chem.uw.edu.pl/people/AMyslinski/Kolos/recipients.html |date=2015-01-19 }}

See also

References

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