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NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA—29 August 2007—The Society of the Chemical Industry (SCI), American Section, will award the fourth SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal to Paul A. Sagel, a principal engineer at the Procter & Gamble Mason Business Center. He will be presented with the medal at Innovation Day 2007 at Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) in Philadelphia on 11 September. Innovation Day gathers more than 200 scientific leaders from the chemical and molecular science industries to discuss cutting edge research. Immediately following this all-day event will be the Perkin Medal dinner, now in its 101st year.
Sagel is awarded the SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal for designing one of
the biggest innovations in home oral care in decades: Crest Whitestrips. The invention of Crest Whitestrips married a proprietary strip delivery system with novel design elements to deliver intrinsic tooth whitening to the consumer in a safe and effective manner. As a result, over $1 billion of Whitestrips have been sold.
"A consummate innovator, Paul is the kind of person who translates brilliant ideas into practical products that meet consumers' needs and desires," said Matthew J. Doyle, director and senior researcher, Global Oral Care R&D. "He is a credit to P&G and demonstrates our commitment to touching lives and improving life for consumers around the world."
About Paul A. Sagel
Sagel joined P&G in 1993, initially focusing on chewing gum technology, chemical technology for dentifrice, packaging, and clinical imaging methods. In 1996 he began working on tooth whitening and invented Crest Whitestrips in early 1997. Sagel was awarded the John G. Smale Innovation Award in 2000 for his accomplishments and has been featured in leading publications as a breakthrough product innovator. Sagel currently holds 18 patents with 17 others pending. He also has 45 publications.
Sagel graduated summa cum laude in chemical engineering from the University of Cincinnati, which awarded him its Herman Schneider Medal. As an undergraduate Sagel worked for the Drackett Company, where he received a Presidents Award for breakthrough developments in household cleaning products.
He is an Elected Fellow in the International Association of Dental and Facial Esthetics. He has been featured as a top innovator in Fast Company, Financial Times, Rising Tide and Cincinnati magazines and listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering and Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care.
About the SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal
The Society of Chemical Industry established the SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal as the premier recognition for early career success in innovation, as reflected in both market impact and improvement to the quality of life. By highlighting extraordinary individuals and their work, the SCI aims to promote public understanding of research and development in the modern chemical industries, enhance the interest of students in applied chemistry by providing role models, and emphasize the role of creative research in the global economy. The award recognizes a significant innovation made by an industrial scientist early in his or her career and is given annually during the Innovation Day symposium organized by the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
About the Society of Chemical Industry
The Society of Chemical Industry is an international society founded in London in 1881 to foster applied chemistry in all branches and facilitate the exchange of ideas. The America Section, established in 1894, is one of the Society's largest sections. www.soci.org
About the Chemical Heritage Foundation
The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) serves the community of the chemical and molecular sciences, and the wider public, by treasuring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future. CHF maintains a world-class collection of materials that document the history and heritage of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries; encourages research in its collections; and carries out a program of outreach and interpretation in order to advance an understanding of the role of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries in shaping society.
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