2014 Pauling Medalist:
Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephen L. Buchwald, the Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been awarded the 2014 Linus Pauling Medal Award, for “outstanding contributions to chemistry meriting national and international recognition.” Buchwald will be honored at a symposium and banquet on October 11th, 2014 at Western Washington University. The Linus Pauling Medal Award has been given annually since 1966 by the ACS Puget Sound, Oregon, and Portland Sections of the American Chemical Society. The award is named after its first winner Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, a native of the Pacific Northwest.
SYMPOSIUM:
October 11, 2014
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Viking Union Building – Multipurpose Room
Speakers:
Prof. Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan
Prof. Phil Baran, The Scripps Research Institute
Prof. David Nicewicz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BANQUET RECEPTION & RESEARCH POSTER SESSION:
October 11, 2014
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Viking Union Building – Multipurpose Room
BANQUET:
October 11, 2014
6:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Viking Union Building – Multipurpose Room
The symposium, sponsored by these ACS sections, and hosted by the Puget Sound Section and Western Washington University, is free and open to the public (no registration required). The Award Banquet requires semi-formal/business-informal attire, registration and the purchase of a banquet ticket. The deadline for registration is October 3, 2014.
Non-student banquet tickets are $30 each.
Student banquet tickets are $15 each. The first 50 student banquet tickets are $5 each!
The link to registration is HERE.
Award Chair
Dr. David L. Patrick
Dept. of Chemistry
Western Washington University
david.patrick@wwu.edu
Symposium Chairs
Dr. John D. Gilbertson
Dept. of Chemistry
Western Washington University
john.gilbertson@wwu.edu
Dr. David A. Rider
Dept. of Chemistry
Western Washington University
david.rider@wwu.edu