The Local Section of the American Chemical Society has awarded the Herty Medal since 1933 in honor of Charles Herty. The medallion is solid gold and is inscribed with the words "pro scientia et patria - Herty 1933." The Latin phrase translates roughly as "for science and country".
This yearly award recognizes outstanding chemists who have significantly contributed to their chosen fields. All chemists in academic, government, or industrial laboratories who have been residing in the southeastern United States for at least 10 years are eligible. (For this purpose Southeastern United States is defined as the union of the following states: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina.)
As of 2025, 91 Herty Medalists have been honored. The 75th Herty Award was commemorated with a special celebration that included a special luncheon at the Coca-Cola Headquarters honoring over 10 Herty Medalists, a Graduate Student Symposium at Georgia Tech with several Medalists as speakers, Future Medalists Symposia at local high schools, and the first Herty Medal Undergraduate Research Symposium (HMURS). Notably, Charles Herty was awarded the second Herty Medal in 1934.
Recipients
Year Institution 2025James D. MartinNorth Carolina State University2024John A. McLeanVanderbilt University2023C. David SherrillGeorgia Institute of Technology2022H. N. ChengU.S. Department of Agriculture, New Orleans2021Anne-Frances MillerUniversity of Kentucky2020Susan D. RichardsonUniversity of South Carolina2019Lisa McElwee-WhiteUniversity of Florida2018Sandra RosenthalVanderbilt University 2017 Rigoberto Hernandez Georgia Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University 2016 Brooks H. Pate University of Virginia 2015 David Beratan Duke University 2014 Luigi G. Marzilli Louisiana State University 2013 David G. Lynn Emory University 2012 Alvin L. Crumbliss Duke University 2011 R. Mark Wightman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2010 Ken B. Wagener University of Florida 2009 Craig L. Hill Emory University 2008 Gregory H. Robinson University of Georgia 2007 Luis Echegoyen Clemson University 2006 Gary B. Schuster Georgia Institute of Technology 2005 Dennis C. Liotta Emory University 2004 Michael T. Crimmins University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2003 Alan G. Marshall Florida State University 2002 Lanny S. Liebeskind Emory University 2001 F. Ivy Carroll Research Triangle Institute 2000 James C. Powers Georgia Institute of Technology 1999 Richard D. Adams University of South Carolina 1998 Gordon L. Nelson Florida Institute of Technology 1997 Fredric M. Menger Emory University 1996 David W. Boykin Georgia State University 1995 R. Bruce King University of Georgia 1994 William D. Ehmann University of Kentucky 1993 Leon H. Zalkow Georgia Institute of Technology 1992 Isiah M. Warner Emory University 1991 Ernest L. Eliel University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1988 Jett C. Arthur, Jr. Milliken Research Corp. Spartanburgh, SC 1987 Charles K. Bradsher Duke University 1986 Lockhart E. Rogers University of Georgia 1985 Raymond B. Seymour University of Southern Mississippi 1984 Eugene C. Ashby Georgia Institute of Technology 1983 Albert Padwa Emory University 1982 Norman L. Allinger University of Georgia 1981 Jacob H. Goldstein Emory University 1980 Irwin Fridovich Duke University 1979 Mary E. Carter Southern Regional Research Center, USDA, New Orleans 1978 George B. Butler University of Florida 1977 William L. Marshall Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1976 Henry C. R. McBay Morehouse College 1975 Mary L. Good Louisiana State University 1974 John Montgomery Southern Research Institute, Birmingham 1973 D. Stanley Tarbell Vanderbilt University 1972 Kent C. Brannock Tennessee Eastman Company, Eastman Kodak, Kingsport, TN 1971 S. William Pelletier U. of Georgia, Athens 1970 Robert E. Lutz University of Virginia 1969 George L. Drake, Jr. Southern Regional Research Center, USDA, New Orleans 1968 Charles N. Reilley University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1967 G. H. Cartledge Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1966 James E. Copenhaver (1896–1982) University of South Carolina 1965 Charles T. Lester Emory University 1964 S. Y. Tyree, Jr. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1963 Jack Hine Georgia Institute of Technology 1962 Charles R. Hauser Duke University 1961 Howard E. Skipper (1915–2006) Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL 1960 Arthur E. Wood Mississippi College 1959 C. Harold Fisher USDA, New Orleans 1958 Lucius A . Bigelow Duke University 1957 S. J. Floyd 1956 M. P. Etheridge Mississippi State 1955 Frank J. Soday The Chemstrand Corp., Decatur, AL 1954 John R. Sampey Furman University 1953 Raymond W. McNamee Carbide & Carbon Chemical Company, WV 1952 Alton E. Bailey Humko Company, Inc., Tennessee 1951 J. T. MacKenzie American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Alabama 1950 R. W. Bost University of North Carolina 1949 Osborne R. Quayle University of Georgia 1948 W. F. Rudd Medical School of Virginia 1947 E. Emmett Reid Johns Hopkins University 1946 W. A. Lazier Southern Research Institute 1945 P. M. Gross Duke University 1944 J. E. Mills Sonoco Products Company 1943 J. H. Yoe University of Virginia 1942 T. R. Leigh University of Florida 1941 W. F. Hand Mississippi State College 1940 J. Sam Guy Emory University 1939 F. K. Cameron University of North Carolina 1938 C. E. Coates Louisiana State University 1937 J. L. Howe Washington and Lee University 1936 W. H. MacIntire University of Tennessee 1935 F. P. Dunnington University of Virginia 1934 Charles H. Herty (1867–1938) Herty Laboratory 1933 Fred Allison Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Alabama
See also
List of chemistry awards
References