Carol Mosher and Peter Stang at the dinner meeting
Mosher
Award
for 2007
The Carol and Harry Mosher
Award
was named for married chemists who played a central role in founding
our Section in 1954. The award has been given annually since 1980. It
presently consists of an engraved plaque and an honorarium of $2000.
It is the highest award our Section gives.
The
Santa Clara Valley Section’s highest honor is the Harry and
Carol Mosher Award. This award is granted annually to an ACS member
chosen from the national community who has demonstrated excellence in
chemistry, worked to insure advancement of the chemical profession
and has participated fully in the ACS on a national, regional and
local level. This award was established in 1980 in honor of Harry
and Carol Mosher, two founding members of the Santa Clara Valley
section who both epitomize these values. The Mosher award recipient
is presented with an engraved plaque and honorarium at the January
2007 dinner meeting of the Santa Clara Valley Section.
The recipient of the 2006 Harry and Carol Mosher Award was Robert W. Parry, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, University of Utah, and former ACS President. Unfortunately, Dr. Parry passed away in December 2006 before the Mosher award could be presented to him. We were comforted by the fact that Dr. Parry was aware that he was the recipient of this award prior to his death. Dr. Parry was honored at the January, 2007 dinner meeting through a presentation given by his former colleague, Dr. Peter Stang. Dr. Stang’s presentation was titled: “Chemical Publishing in the 21st Century: Perspectives of a JACS Editor.”
The 2007 award was won by Dr. Dennis Curran of the University of
Pittsburgh. The award will be presented to him in January, 2008, at the
Section's mothly dinner meeting; it has been our custom to invite our
Mosher Award winners to be the speaker at our January meetings.
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picture on next page)