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2009
Joseph M. DeSimone, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University
"Bridging Fields and Harnessing Diversity for the Sake of Innovation: Tackling Unmet Needs in the Life Sciences by Exploiting Developments in Materials"
2008
Bernard Bigot, High Commissioner, French Atomic Energy Commission
"The French Choice: Nuclear Power and Other Energies for a Sustainable Future"
2007
Shirley Tilghman, President, Princeton University
"Strategy or Happenstance: Science Policy in the U.S.A."
2006
Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
"How Humans Can Cause Global Climate Change"
2005
Marye Anne Fox, Noted Chemist and Academic Leader
"The American Workforce in the New Century: Perils and Promise"
2004
Phillip A. Sharp, Nobel Laureate
"Chemistry, RNA Interference, and Biotechnology: Perspectives and Prospects"
2003
Alfred Bader, Art Collector, Entrepreneur, Scientist
"Learning from Experience:
The Aldrich Story, the Rocky Road to Success"
2002
Jacqueline K. Barton, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
"DNA: A Different Perspective"
2001
Robert S. Langer, Kenneth J. Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Biomaterials and How They Will Change Our Lives"
2000
Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University
"Challenges to the Realization of the Promise of Chemistry in the 21st Century"
1999
George B. Rathmann, Chairman, President and CEO, ICOS Corporation
"Biotechnology: The Merger of Chemistry and the Life Sciences"
1998
Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Eastman Chemical Company
"Surviving the Witch Trials: How the Chemical Industry Can Replace Public Skepticism with Public Support"
1997
P. Roy Vagelos, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, University of Pennsylvania
"Drug Discovery for Diseases of the Developed and Third World"
1996
Harold E. Varmus, Director, National Institutes of Health
"Chemistry and the Future of Medical Research"
1995
Carl Djerassi, Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
"Science-in-Fiction Is Not Science Fiction. Is It Autobiography?"
1994
Orlando A. Battista, O. A. Battista Research Institute
"Uphill All the Way"
1993
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Enhancing the Quality of Science Education in the United States"
1992
Maxine F. Singer, President, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.
"Genes, Genomes, and Disease"
1991
Harry B. Gray, Beckman Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology
"The Chemistry Revolution"
1990
Mary L. Good, Senior Vice President for Technology, Allied Signal, Inc.
"Chemically Based Technology for 2010" |