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2009 releases

27 October 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Presents the First Annual T. T. Chao Symposium on Innovation

19 October 2009
Joseph M. DeSimone to Present 2009 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture at Chemical Heritage Foundation, 19 November, 6:00 p.m.

7 October 2009
William Brock to Receive 2009 Roy G. Neville Prize for Bibliography or Biography

5 October 2009
CHF and AAAS Co-Host “The Rise of Technological Medicine: Consequences for Patients, Doctors and Health Care Reform” on October 7

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

23 July 2009
Richard B. Silverman, Creator of Lyrica, to Receive Perkin Medal

17 July 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Honored by New York Festivals Awards

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

6 May 2009
Robert T. Fraley to Receive 2009 Biotechnology Heritage Award

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

28 April 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award for Supporting Industries to David and Alice Schwartz

22 April 2009
Nobel Laureate Oliver Smithies to Receive 2009 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal

23 February 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present Pittcon Heritage Award to Alfred Bader

23 February 2009
Region's Museums Celebrate Museum Week 27 April-3 May

16 February 2009
Mohamed Al-Mady to Receive 2009 Petrochemical Heritage Award

6 February 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Four to Board of Directors

27 January 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present 2009 Othmer Gold Medal to Ahmed Zewail

22 January 2009
Robin Clark to Receive Inaugural Franklin-Lavoisier Prize


2008 releases

19 December 2008
Take a Sensory Journey into the Lives of Plants

17 November 2008
Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Kara Mitzel Director of Development

10 November 2008
Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Shelley Wilks Geehr Director, Roy Eddleman Institute for Interpretation and Education

14 October 2008
Spotlight on Cosmetic Ingredients Conference

30 September 2008
Chemical Heritage Foundation Opens New Museum

9 September 2008
Dow Scientist to Receive 2008 SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal

25 August 2008
Molecules That Make a Difference

31 July 2008
Honeywell's Shankland awarded 2008 Perkin Medal

15 June 2008
Henri A. Termeer to Receive 2008 Biotechnology Heritage Award

12 May 2008
Chemical Heritage Foundation Presents Making Modernity and Unveils New Museum and Conference Space

24 April 2008
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Hold Eighth Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE 8) Conference, 28–29 April 2008

14 February 2008
Peter R. Huntsman and Dave C. Swalm to Receive 2008 Petrochemical Heritage Award

4 February 2008
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present 2008 Othmer Gold Medal to Yuan T. Lee

14 January 2008
Leroy Hood to Receive 2008 Pittcon Heritage Award


7 January 2008
CHF President and CEO, Thomas R. Tritton, Launches New Blog


1 January 2008
Thomas R. Tritton Becomes Second President of Chemical Heritage Foundation


2007 releases

17 December 2007
Chemical Heritage Foundation Creates Distillations, a Weekly Podcast

12 December 2007
Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Anke Timmermann Historian

4 October 2007
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present Second Roy G. Neville Prize to Michael D. Gordin

29 August 2007

Procter & Gamble Scientist to Receive 2007 SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal

27 August 2007
Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Jody Roberts Manager for Environmental History and Policy

19 June 2007
Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Thomas R. Tritton President

7 May 2007
Ronald Cape to Receive 2007 Biotechnology Heritage Award

3 May 2007
Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp to Receive the 2007 Winthrop-Sears Award from The Chemists' Club of New York

23 April 2007
Eugene Garfield to Receive Chemical Heritage Foundation's 2007 Award for Supporting Industries

3 April 2007
George M. Whitesides to Receive 2007 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal

22 March 2007
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Hold Seventh Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE 7) Conference, 16–17 April 2007

20 March 2007
Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Founders Club to Present Petrochemical Heritage Award to Dan L. Duncan

8 February 2007

Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present 2007 Pittcon Heritage Award to David Schwartz

7 February 2007

Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present 2007 Othmer Gold Medal to Thomas Cech


2006 Releases

13 November 2006
Ralph Cicerone to Present 2006 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture at Chemical Heritage Foundation

15 October 2006
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present First Roy G. Neville Prize to Robert E. Schofield

6 April 2006
Alejandro Zaffaroni to Receive 2006 Biotechnology Heritage Award

6 April 2006
Chemical Heritage Foundation Selects Ralph Appelbaum Associates to Design Signature Exhibition Space

6 April 2006
Audra Wolfe Named Editor in Chief of Chemical Heritage Newsmagazine

27 March 2006
Celgene Founder Sol J. Barer to Receive 2006 Winthrop-Sears Award from The Chemists' Club of New York

22 March 2006
Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Will Cosponsor FDA Centennial Conference at CHF on Tuesday, 16 May 2006

8 March 2006
Richard Bolte, Sr., to Receive New Award from Chemical Heritage Foundation

7 March 2006

Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Ronald S. Brashear Director of Othmer Library

28 February 2006
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Hold Sixth Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE) Conference, 26–27 April 2006

23 February 2006

Roald Hoffmann to Receive American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal

22 February 2006

Robert L. Wolke to Discuss the Science of Good Cooking at The Book and The Cook Event at Chemical Heritage Foundation

25 January 2006
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present 2006 Othmer Gold Medal to Ronald Breslow


2005 Releases

16 December 2005
Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Founders Club to Present Petrochemical Heritage Award to J. Virgil Waggoner

4 November 2005
Chemical Heritage Foundation and Pittcon to Present Pittcon Heritage Award to Masao Horiba

15 September 2005
Marye Anne Fox to Present 2005 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture

30 June 2005
Chemical Heritage Foundation Names Shelley Wilks Geehr Director, Communications and Marketing

20 May 2005
Robert L. McNeil, Jr., to Receive AIC Gold Medal

16 May 2005
Arthur Daemmrich Named Diretor of New Center for Contemporary History and Policy at Chemical Heritage Foundation

13 April 2005
Paul Berg to Receive 2005 Biotechnology Heritage Award

8 April 2005
Library Exhibit Connects Poetry and Chemistry

21 February 2005
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Hold Fifth Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE) Conference, 27–28 April 2005

22 January 2005
Chemical Heritage Foundation to Present 2005 Othmer Gold Medal to James D. Watson

17 January 2005
Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Founders Club to Present Petrochemical Heritage Award to Ting Tsung "T. T." Chao