CHF Press Releases

27 October 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Presents the First Annual T. T. Chao Symposium on Innovation
"Houston on the Molecular Frontier" at Rice University, Thursday, 12 November 2009

5 October 2009
CHF and AAAS Co-Host “The Rise of Technological Medicine: Consequences for Patients, Doctors and Health Care Reform” on October 7
The seminar will be given by Stanley Reiser, M.D., Ph.D.

1 October 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Museum and Conference Center Awarded with Architectural Excellence

23 September 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Hosts International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC) 2009 Summer Symposium

22 September 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Hosts Innovation Day 2009

25 August 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Hosts International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC) 2009 Summer Symposium

7 August 2009
Emma Parmee to Receive 2009 Gordon E. Moore Medal
Parmee to be honored for playing a key role in the discovery of the dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor Januvia.

23 July 2009
Richard B. Silverman, Creator of Lyrica, to Receive Perkin Medal
Richard B. Silverman to be honored for his outstanding work in applied chemistry.

17 July 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Honored by New York Festivals Awards
CHF’s Distillations podcast recognized for excellence in broadcasting.

7 July 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Denise Creedon Vice President of Institutional Advancement

19 June 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Hosts Composition to Commerce: Chemistry, History, and the Wider World
Conference on the historiography of chemistry draws almost 100 participants on 12–13 June.

6 May 2009
Robert T. Fraley to Receive 2009 Biotechnology Heritage Award
Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) and Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) to present award at BIO 2009 in Atlanta.

1 May 2009
Zoltek Founder Zsolt Rumy to Receive 2009 Winthrop-Sears Award from the Chemists’ Club of New York and the Chemical Heritage Foundation
Rumy will be honored at a dinner on Thursday, 14 May, in Philadelphia as the final event of the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s Heritage Day celebration.

28 April 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award for Supporting Industries to David and Alice Schwartz
Life sciences pioneers David and Alice Schwartz will be honored on Thursday, May 14, at Heritage Day 2009 at Chemical Heritage Foundation.

22 April 2009
Nobel Laureate Oliver Smithies to Receive 2009 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal
Smithies, a recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will be presented with the AIC Gold Medal at Heritage Day 2009 at Chemical Heritage Foundation.

23 February 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present Pittcon Heritage Award to Alfred Bader
Chemist, collector, author, entrepreneur will receive eighth annual award at the opening plenary session of Pittcon 2009, McCormick Place, Chicago, on Sunday, 8 March.

23 February 2009
Region's Museums Celebrate Museum Week 27 April-3 May
Special discounts on admission, gift shops, and other services at over 50 regional attractions.

16 February 2009
Mohamed Al-Mady to Receive 2009 Petrochemical Heritage Award
SABIC CEO Will Be Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to the Petrochemical Community at the International Petrochemical Conference in San Antonio.

6 February 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Four to Board of Directors
New directors were seated at November 2008 meeting. They will serve three-year terms.

27 January 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present 2009 Othmer Gold Medal to Ahmed Zewail
Nobel laureate, creator of femtochemistry, global speaker and advocate for science education will be honored at Heritage Day 2009, a full-day ceremony beginning with the 12th annual presentation of the Othmer Gold Medal.

22 January 2009
Robin Clark to Receive Inaugural Franklin-Lavoisier Prize
Clark will receive the award at the Chimie et Art conference in Paris on Wednesday, 28 January 2009.

20 January 2009
Take a Sensory Journey into the Lives of Plants
sLowlife Exhibition Opens at Philadelphia’s Chemical Heritage Foundation Museum 2 March 2009.