The Ira Remsen Award was inaugurated in 1946 in honor of Ira Remsen who was the first Chairman of the Chemistry Department at Johns Hopkins University and the second President of the University. The recipients of the Remsen award are chemists of outstanding achievement in keeping with Ira Remsen’s long and devoted career as an exponent of the highest standards in teaching and research in chemistry. The Award culminates in a Remsen memorial lecture given by the recipient, followed by presentation of a plaque and an honorarium.
Nominations Solicited
The recipient of the Remsen Award is chosen annually by the Remsen award committee, consisting of a chairman and members of the chemistry faculty at Johns Hopkins University. Nominations are solicited through advertisements in Chemical & Engineering News.
Please submit the following nomination materials
Letter including a short statement describing the outstanding contributions of the nominee to scientific research and education.
CV of the nominee including his/her list of publications.
Nominations may be sent to Dr. Dana Ferraris at danaferraris@yahoo.com. The deadline for submission is in October of the year prior to the award–contact Dr. Ferraris for specific dates.
Previous Recipients of the Remsen Award
2023 Steven Sibener
2019 Catherine J. Murphy
2018 Chad Mirkin
2015 JoAnne Stubbe
2014 Emily Carter
2013 Eric Jacobsen
2012 Daniel G. Nocera
2011 Graham R. Fleming
2010 John T. Groves
2009 Jean Frechet
2008 John C. Tully
2007 Peter F. Leadlay
2006 Gabor A. Somorjai
2005 Judith P. Klinman
2004 Samuel Danishefsky
2003 Henry F. Schaefer III
2002 Matthew S. Platz
2001 Ad Bax
2000 Alexander Pines
1999 Tom Meyer
1998 Peter Dervan
1997 Bill Miller
1996 David A. Evans
1995 Alfred G. Redfield
1994 Edward L. Solomon
1993 Christopher T. Walsh
1992 William Klemperer
1991 Rudolph A. Marcus
1990 Robert G. Bergman
1989 K. Barry Sharpless
1988 Mildred Cohn
1987 Stephen J. Lippard
1986 Gilbert Stork
1985 Richard N. Zare
1984 Earl L. Muetterties
1983 George M. Whitesides
1982 Harden McConnell
1981 Koji Nakanishi
1980 Roald Hoffman
1979 Harry B. Gray
1978 John Charles Polanyi
1977 Ronald Breslow
1976 William N. Lipscomb, Jr.
1975 Henry Taube
1974 Elias J. Corey
1973 Frank H. Westheimer
1972 Charles H. Townes
1971 George C. Pimentel
1970 George S. Hammond
1969 Albert L. Lehninger
1968 Har G. Khorana
1967 Marshall W. Nirenberg
1966 Paul H. Emmett
1965 James R. Arnold
1964 Paul D. Bartlett
1963 Harold C. Urey
1962 George Porter
1961 Herbert C. Brown
1960 Henry Eyring
1959 Edward Teller
1958 Robert B. Woodward
1957 Melvin Calvin
1956 Farrington Daniels
1955 Willard F. Libby
1954 Vincent du Vigneaud
1953 Edward L. Tatum
1952 W. Mansfield Clark
1951 Hugh S. Taylor
1950 Edward C. Kendall
1949 Joel H. Hildebrand
1948 Elmer V. McCollum
1947 Samuel C. Lind
1946 Roger Adams