[CHEM-HIST] 2021 HIST Award - Press Release

[Mainz, Vera V]

The Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Mary Virginia Orna will received the 2021 HIST Award for outstanding achievement in the history of chemistry "for her exemplary leadership in the worldwide community of the history of chemistry, especially for her original research in the area of color and pigment chemistry and the discovery of the elements, her commitment to education, her decades of service to the Division of History of Chemistry, and her continuing role in supporting and participating in the worldwide research in the archeology of chemistry."  The award is international in scope and is the successor to the Dexter Award (1956-2001) and the Sydney M. Edelstein Award (2002-2009), also administered by the Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) of the American Chemical Society.
The HIST Award consists of an engraved plaque and a check for $1500 and will be presented to Dr. Orna at the spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego in March 2022. Additional information about the award can be found on the HIST website at

http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/awards/hist_award.php

Dr. Orna's short bio is attached, as is the photograph in the bio.  If you need another photograph, please let me know. If you are receiving this email in error, please let me know and if you have the contact information for the person to whom it should be sent.


Vera V. Mainz, Sec/Treas HIST Division
American Chemical Society


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