The James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public is an award presented annually by the American Chemical Society to an individual who has increased public understanding of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related chemical fields.James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public at the American Chemical Society website Typically the winner must have communicated to the public through "the press, radio, television, films, the lecture platform, books, or pamphlets for the lay public."
The award was established in 1955 as the James T. Grady Medal. Grady, who served as Director of Public Information at Columbia University and managing editor of ACS News Service from 1923 to 1948, advocated that scientists should share their findings with the public through popular media. In 1984, the name of James H. Stack, managing editor of ACS News Service from 1948 to 1960, was posthumously added to the award's name.
The award is presented annually at the American Chemical Society's Spring Meeting. Recipients of the award receive a commemorative certificate, medallion, and prize of $5,000.
Recipients
1957 David H. Killeffer 1958 William L. Laurence 1959 Alton L. Blakeslee 1960 Watson Davis 1961 David Dietz 1962 John F. Baxter 1963 Lawrence Lessing 1964 Nate Haseltine 1965 Isaac Asimov 1966 Frank E. Carey 1967 Irving S. Bengelsdorf 1968 Raymond A. Bruner 1969 Walter S. Sullivan 1970 Robert C. Cowen 1971 Victor Cohn 1972 Daniel Q. Posin 1973 O. A. Battista 1974 Ronald Kotulak 1975 Jon Franklin 1976 Gene Bylinsky 1977 Patrick Young 1978 Michael Woods 1979 Peter Gwynne 1980 Edward Edelson 1981 Robert W. Cooke 1982 Albert Rosenfeld 1983 Matt Clark 1984 Cristine Russell 1985 Joe Alper 1986 Ben Patrusky 1987 Al Rossiter Jr. 1988 Arthur Fisher 1989 Robert Kanigel 1990 Jerry E. Bishop 1991 Betty Debnam 1992 Malcolm Browne 1993 Tom Siegfried 1994 Don Herbert 1995 Ivan Amato 1996 Elizabeth Pennisi 1997 Richard Lipkin 1998 Joe Palca 1999 Joseph A. Schwarcz 2000 Jeff Wheelwright 2001 David Perlman 2002 Curt Suplee 2003 Boyce Rensberger 2004 William S. Hammack 2005 Robert L. Wolke 2006 Philip Ball 2007 Stuart F. Brown 2008 Harold McGee 2009 Roald Hoffmann 2010 Ron Seely 2011 Theodore Gray 2012 Paul Raeburn 2013 Shirley O. Corriher 2014 Alan Alda 2015 Deborah Blum 2016 Peter Atkins 2017 Thomas Hager 2018 Bassam Shakhashiri 2019 Sir Martyn Poliakoff 2020 Raychelle Burks 2021 Sam Kean 2022 Jennifer L. Maclachlan 2023 Mitch Jacoby 2024 Christopher M. Reddy 2025 Andy Brunning 2026 Stephen M. Cohen
See also
List of chemistry awards
References
External links
Award webpage List of recipients of the award