Emil Fischer Medal

In 1951, he received the Emil Fischer Medal of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, and in 1957, the Grosse Verdienstkreuz (Grand Service Cross) of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart conferred upon him the honorary doctorate of Dr. ing. h.c. The Saxon Academy of Science and the Leopoldina in Halle, East Germany, elected him an honorary member. His scientific work, which found expression in 328 publications and 16 patents, is characterized by originality and a comprehensive command of experimental method. 

Fischer was allied with the German Chemical Society, and was several times its president and a member of different commissions. Duisberg was associated with the Union of German Chemists and was also its president for many years. Later both were also honorary members of the sister societies, and Duisberg and the Union introduced the Emil Fischer Medal, which was awarded to Fischer in 1912. ... 

A similar picture is seen in the list of winners of the Emil Fischer Medal of the German Chemical Society, another highly regarded prize. It is considered to be the highest award for work in organic chemistry. The list of winners between 1912 and 1935 is given in Table 4. 

Following Emil Fischer s death in 1919, the German Chemdrail Society estabhshed the Emil Fischer Memorial Medal. In 1952, Fischer s oldest son dedicated the Emil Fischer Library, containing his father s books and reference compounds, at the University of California at Berkeley. 

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