Perkin Medal

From the Periodic Table to Production. Speech on receiving Perkin Medal. 

Among his numerous medals and awards were the first Medal International in Synthetic Rubber (1961), the Lavoisier Medals (1963), the STATS Medal (1962), the Lamonsor Medal (1969), and the Perkin Medal of Dyers and Colourists (1963). 

Let US follow Thomas Midgley s journey of discovery of his revolutionary refrigerant. When he received the 1937 Perkin Medal for his development of both antiknock motor fuels and safe refrigerants, he wrote an article From the Periodic Table to Production (Midgley 1937) that described how he did it. 

Wilson, R. E. 1937. Perkin Medal the Medalist. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 29(2) 239-241. 

Sulfur in Louisiana and Texas. Prospectors who were boring for petroleum in Louisiana in 1865 discovered a great sulfur deposit beneath a layer of quicksand five hundred feet thick (251). After several companies had failed in all attempts to exploit this sulfur, Herman Frasch in about 1890 began to study the problem. His method of attack is carefully recorded in his address of acceptance of the Perkin Medal in 1912. 

Presentation of the Perkin Medal to Herman Frasch, Met. Chem. Eng.,... 

M. Heroult also made many important contributions to the electrometallurgy of iron and steel. He made frequent trips to the United States, and when the Perkin Medal was awarded to Charles M. Hall in 1911, M Heroult crossed the ocean in order to be present at the ceremony and congratulate him. By this gracious act, he proved himself to be a worthy successor of his great, generous countryman, Henri Sainte-Claire Deville (II, 52). Dr. Heroult and C. M. Hall both died in 1914. 

CHARDONNET, H. (1839-1924). A native of France, he has been called the lather of rayon because of his successful research in producing what was then called artificial silk from nitrocellulose. He was able in extrude fine threads of this semi-synthetic material through a spinnetetle-like nozzle, and Ihe textile product was made on a commercial scale in several European countries. He was awarded Ihe Perkin medal for his work... 

PERKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1838-1907). An English chemist who was the first to make a synthetic dyestuff (1856). He studied under Hofman at the Royal College of London. Perkin s first dye was called mauveine, but he proceeded to synthesize alizarin and coumarin, the first synthetic perfume. In 1907 he was awarded the first Perkin Medal, which has ever since been awarded by the American Division of the Society of Chemical Industry for distinguished work in chemistry. Not withstanding the fact that Perkin patented and manufactured mauve dye in England, the center of the synthetic dye industry shifted to Germany, where it remained until 1914. 

Among Reichmanis s many honors is the Society of Chemical Industry s 2001 Perkin Medal for her pioneering contributions to designing materials that allow silicon chips to continue shrinking in size while also improving in performance. She has authored more than 120 journal articles, edited five books, and organized and chaired numerous national and international symposia. She holds 17 U.S. patents. Reichmanis earned her B.S. (1972) and Ph.D. (1975) at Syracuse University. She resides in Westfield, NJ. 

Company, makers of billiard balls. Previously, billiard balls had been made of ivory obtained from elephant tusks. Because of the devastation of the elephant population in Africa, however, ivory was becoming more difficult to obtain, and Phelan and Collender were looking for an inexpensive substitute. Hyatt discovered that substitute when he found a way (nearly identical to that of Parkes s) to dissolve nitrated cellulose in a mixture of alcohol, ether, and camphor. Hyatt called his product celluloid. Although he was not awarded the 10,000-prize, he was honored later in life for this and other discoveries with the Perkin Medal of Honor from the Society of Chemical Industry. 

Kwolek remained with DuPont for the rest of her working life, retiring in 1986. She has remained active in the field of chemistry since her retirement. She serves as a consultant to DuPont and to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Kwolek was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1995, only the fourth woman to be so honored, and received the National Medal of Technology in 1996. She was also awarded the Perkin Medal in 1997, only the second woman to receive that award. 

Ted s contributions to science and technology were recognized by several awards The American Chemical Society award for creative work in synthetic organic chemistry (1968) the Perkin medal of the British Society of Chemical Industry (1973) and the Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute (1974). 

Perkin Medal.— The American Society of Chemical Industry established a medal known as The Perkin Medal the first impression of which was presented to Sir Wm. Perkin in person. The medal is now awarded annually to the American chemist who has contributed the most important work on industrial chemistry. The men who have been awarded the medal, up to 1921, are the following ... 

Honors in steady stream were awarded to Marvel during his career, culminating in the Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Air Force Materials Laboratory and the National Medal of Science. Other awards included the Nichols, Gibbs, Priestley, and Perkin Medals and election to the Plastics Hall of Fame. 

He was given many awards and honors including Nichols Medal (1915 and 1920) Hughes Medal (1918) Rumford Medal (1921) Cannizzaro Prize (1925) Perkin Medal (1928) School of Mines Medal (Columbia University, 1929) Chardler Medal (1929) Willard Gibbs Medal (1930) Popular Science Monthly Award (1932) Franklin Medal and Holly Medal (1934) John Scott Award (1937) Modern Pioneer of Industry (1940) Faraday Medal (1944) and Mascart Medal (1950). He was a foreign member of the Royal Society of London, a fellow of the American Physical Society, and an honorary member of the British Institute of Metals and the Chemical Society (London). He served as president of the American Chemical Society and as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received over a dozen honorary degrees. 

General Motors and then became vice president of Ethyl Corporation, as well as of the Ohio State University Research Foundation. His innovative genius was responsible for the development of organic lead compounds for antiknock gasoline and later for the discovery of fluorocarbon refrigerants for which he did the basic research. He was recipient of many of chemistry s highest honors including the Nichols medal, the Perkin medal, and the Priestly medal. 

Jacoby, M. Norman Li Wins Perkin Medal. Chem. Eng. News (March 6, 2000), 78 (10), 60-61. 

FIGURE 2 J. Paul Hogan and Robert L. Banks receiving the Perkin Medal in 1987. 

S. L. Kwolek, a woman scientist of DuPont, invented the liquid crystal aromatic polyamides which eventually paved the way to the first commercial liquid crystalline polymer product—poly-p-phenyleneterephthalamide under the trade name Kevlar. She recently recalled, When I dissolved the PBA (poly-p-aminobenzamide) polymer at 10% concentration in tetram-ethylurea with 6.5% LiCl, the solution was unusually fluid, turbid, stir-opalescent, and butter-milk-like in appearance. The fiber that was spun turned out to be extremely strong with a modulus of 430 gpd This discovery in 1964 remains a milestone of this field. In recognition of her contribution, the American Society of Chemistry Industry awarded Kwolek the 1997 Perkin Medal. 

Baekeland earned many honors and awards, including the Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute (1940), and the Perkin Medal (1916) and Messel Medal (1938) of the Society of the Chemical Industry. He was also elected president of the Chemists Club of New York (1904) the American Electrochemical Society (1909) the American Institute of Chemical Engi-... 

Perkin Medal by the American Chemical Society in 1992. She was the first woman to win this award. Tradition dictated that the winner wear a mauve-colored tie (in honor of William H. Perkin, who synthesized mauve, the first dye derived from coal tar). In keeping with the spirit, if not the letter, of this tradition, Flanigen purchased a spectacular mauve-colored dress for the occasion of her award. 

Chardonnet, however, has the distinction of being the first to produce multifilament yarns by forcing a cellulose solution through very small holes in a spinnerette and to produce and market rayon. He was awarded the Perkin medal in 1914 for this achievement. 

Count Louis Marie Hilaire Chardonnet, an assistant to Louis Pasteur, patented the process of producing filaments by forcing Collodion through small holes (spinnerets) in 1884. This "Chardonnet sifi" was a sensation at the Paris Exposition in 1891. Because of its inherent flammabiHty, this fiber was called "mother-in-law silk". Nevertheless, Chardonnet received the Perkin Medal in 1914 for this development. The carbon fibers used by Swan Edison in the nineteenth century were also used a century later as reinforcements for sophisticated plastic composites. 

Perkin Medal, American Section, Society of the Chemical Industry... 

Dr. Hogan is a recipient of 40 patents fi-om the U.S. Patent office. He received the Creative Inventor Award from the American Chemical Society in 1959, was named inventor of the year by the Oklahoma Bar Association in 1976, was named a chemical pioneer by the American Institute of Chemists in 1972, and a pioneer in polymer science by Polymer News in 1981. He and Robert Banks were corecipients of the Perkin Medal in 1986. 

In addition to sharing the Perkin Medal with coinventor J.P. Hogan, Robert L. Banks, was the recipient of the Petroleum Chemistry award by the American Chemical Society in 1978, the Oklahoma Chemistry award in 1974 and the Chemistry Pioneer award by the American Institute of Chemists in 1981. He was named a Pioneer in Polymer Science by Polymer News in 1985. 

Dr. Rochow is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, a member of the American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement for Science, and Society de Chemie Industrielle. He was awarded an honorary A.M. degree by Harvard and an honorary D.Sc. degree by Braunschweig University. He was named a Pioneer in Polymer Science by Polymer News (1988), and is the recipient of the following awards Baekeland Medal (1941), Myer award (1951), Matiello Lecture award (1958), Perkin Medal (1961), Honor Scroll of the American Institute of Chemists (1964), Kipping award (1965), the Chemist Pioneer award from the American Institute of Chemists, Chemical Manufacturers Association Catalyst award (1971), GE Inventors award (1971) and the James Flack Norris Education award (1973). 

States, The Society of Chemical Industry awards a Perkin Medal each year to an outstanding industrial chemist. ... 

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