Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award
The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award is sponsored and administered by the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia. Each year the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia recognizes an outstanding member of the catalysis community, who has made significant contributions to the advancement of Catalysis. Such advancement can be scientific, technological, or in organizational leadership. The Award consists of a plaque and a $1000 cash prize presented at the Spring Symposium or the Award Lecture. Article IX of the Club’s by-laws defines the nomination and selection process.
The announcement for nominations is posted in the ‘News’ section of the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia website in January of each year.
2023 Award Winner
Past Recipients of the Award
1968 Adalbert Farkas 1969 Charles J. Plank 1970 Paul H. Emmett 1971 G. Alex Mills 1972 Alfred E. Hirschler 1973 Paul B. Weisz 1974 Roland C. Hansford 1975 Paul Venuto 1976 Heinz Heinemann 1977 G.C.A. Schuit 1978 George W. Parshall 1979 Alvin B. Stiles 1980 Abraham Schneider 1981 James F. Roth 1982 Robert Eischens 1983 Edward Rosinski 1984 James R. Katzer 1985 N.Y. Chen | 1986 Bruce C. Gates 1987 James E. Lyons 1988 George Kokotailo 1989 Maurice Mitchell, Jr. 1990 Werner O. Haag 1991 John A. Sofranko 1992 Fran Waller 1993 George Kerr 1994 Theodore A. Koch 1995 John N. Armor 1996 Mae Rubin 1997 Leo E. Manzer 1998 Ray Gorte 1999 Anne M. Gaffney 2000 Henry C. Foley 2001 Mark Barteau 2002 Steven D. Ittel 2003 Frank E. Herkes | 2004 Jingguang Chen 2005 Israel Wachs 2006 James Dumesic 2007 John Vohs 2008 David Olson 2009 Ted Oyama 2010 Chuck Coe 2011 Chunshan Song 2012 Rostam Madon 2013 Daniel Resasco 2014 Haiying Chen 2015 Sourav Sengupta 2016 Dion Vlachos 2017 Thomas Colacot 2018 Carmo Pereira 2019 Fabio Ribeiro 2020 Raul F. Lobo 2021 Alan M. Allgeier | 2022 John R. Monnier 2023 Hasan Dindi |