The Harry and Carol Mosher Award

This award was established in 1980 by the Santa Clara Valley Section of ACS to: (1) recognize and encourage outstanding work in chemistry; (2) advance chemistry as a profession; and (3) recognize service to ACS. The award is named for the late Dr. Harry S. Mosher of Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, and Carol W. Mosher of SRI, Menlo Park, California, husband and wife, charter members and long-time supporters of this section.

The first scientists to receive this award were Drs. Harry and Carol Mosher in recognition of the inspiration of their example. The committee noted that the Moshers, including a brother, Dr. William A. Mosher, also a chemist and former Chairman of the Department of Chemistry at University of Delaware, are outstanding examples of the qualities to be recognized and honored by this award.

Any scientist residing in the United States who is a member of the ACS eligible to nominated for the Mosher Award. Five copies of the nomination, including printed materials (reprints) should be furnished for distribution to the Mosher Award Selection Committee. The nomination should address the criteria listed above in the first paragraph: outstanding work in chemistry, accomplishments in advancing chemistry as a profession, and service to the ACS. Send nominations to:
   Chair, Mosher Award Committee
   Santa Clara Valley Section
   American Chemical Society
   PO BOX 395
   PALO ALTO, CA 94302-0395

The deadline for submission of nominations for the 2008 award is Saturday, May 31, 2008.

Past recipients include:

  1.   Harry and Carol Mosher, Stanford University and SRI International
  2.   Robert C. Brasted, University of Minnesota
  3.   Ernest L. Eliel, University of North Carolina
  4.   Alfred and Helen Free, Miles Laboratories
  5.   Albert C. Zettlemoyer, Lehigh University
  6.   Malcolm Renfrew, University of Idaho
  7.   Robert and Gloria Lyle, South West Research Institute and UTSA
  8.   John G. Verkade, Iowa State University
  9.   Richard M. Lemmon, Lawrence Berkeley Lab and University of California, Berkeley
  10.   Arthur W. Adamson, University of Southern California
  11.   Fred Basolo, Northwestern University
  12.   Jean'ne M. Shreeve, University of Idaho
  13.   Carl R. Johnson, Wayne State University
  14.   Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University
  15.   Peter Beak, University of Illinois
  16.   Ned D. Heindel, Lehigh University
  17.   Joginder Lal, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
  18.   Joseph A. Dixon, Pennsylvania State University
  19.   Glenn A. Crosby, Washington State University
  20.   20-year recognition. No award given.
  21.   Darleane Hoffman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  22.   James Morrison, University of New Hampshire
  23.   C. Marvin Lang, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
  24.   Joseph Lambert, Northwestern University
  25.   Paul S. Anderson, DuPont Merck
  26.   Michael Doyle
  27.   Robert Parry
  28.   Dennis Curran
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