Chemistry International
Vol. 22, No. 2
March 2000
Awards
Guy
Ourisson Wins Maison de la Chimie Foundation Prize
Prof. Guy Ourisson, Membre de l'Institut, Président
de l'Académie des Sciences, and former IUPAC Secretary General
from 1975-1983, has won the Maison de la Chimie Foundation Prize for
2000. This prestigious award, created in 1986, is intended to honor
an original work in chemistry of benefit to mankind, society, or nature.
This year's award has a value of 150 000 FF. A jury of three former
laureates and six scientists whose nationality is other than French
chose Prof. Ourisson as the prize winner by majority vote. Prof. Ourisson
presented a lecture on his work entitled "Une piste pour les années
2000: vers líorigine de la vie?" at the award ceremony on
18 January 2000 at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris.
Upendra Pandit Receives
ìHonoris Causaî from University of Milan
Prof. Upendra Pandit, Instituut voor Moleculaire Chemie,
Faculteit Der Scheikunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam and President of
IUPAC's Divison of Organic Chemistry (III) (now Division of Organic
and Biomolecular Chemistry) from 1992-1999, has been awarded a prestigious
honorary doctorate degree, the "Honoris Causa" in pharmacy,
by the University of Milan. Prof. Giorgio Cignarella of the Facoltà
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Milano presented the award
to Prof. Pandit at a ceremony at the university campus in Milan on 25
January 2000.
Ram Lamba Wins American Chemical Society Presidential Award for Excellence
in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring
Prof. Ram S. Lamba, a National Representative from Puerto
Rico on IUPAC's Committee on Teaching of Chemistry (CTC), is one of
ten 1999 winners of an American Chemical Society Presidential Award
for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. The
award honors those who have guided a significant number of students
over a sustained period of time. Particular consideration is given in
the award selection process to mentors who have encouraged minorities,
women, and people with disabilities to embark upon careers in scientific,
engineering, and other technical fields.
A professor of chemistry and dean of academic affairs
at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Prof. Lamba's "mentees"
have included nine university science professors and more than 500 science
teachers.