This award was established in honor of Professor Edward E. Smissman of the University of Kansas, on the occasion of his untimely death in 1974. The Smissman Award is presented in odd years by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry at the Fall National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. It is given to a living scientist whose research, teaching or service has had a substantial impact on the intellectual and theoretical development of the field of Medicinal Chemistry. The award includes an engraved plaque and a $6,000 honorarium. Normally, the award is intended for scientists relatively late in their active scientific careers whereupon a substantial body of creative work is available, and sufficient time has passed to put their work in perspective.
The award is funded by a generous contribution from the Bruce E. and Cynthia A. Maryanoff Endowment Fund.
Call for nominations
The ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry invites nominations for the Edward E. Smissman Award. This Award is open to a living scientist, in the U.S. or abroad, whose research, teaching, and/or service have had a substantial impact on the intellectual and theoretical development of the field of medicinal chemistry. Normally, the Award is intended for scientists relatively late in their active scientific careers whereupon a substantial body of creative work is available and sufficient time has passed to place their work in perspective. Nominations may be submitted beginning in May of even numbered years, and must include a letter of nomination, up to two seconding letters and a copy of the nominee's most recent curriculum vitae. Nomination packets should be submitted electronically as a single file.
Submission deadline: November 1st, even-numbered years
The Edward E. Smissman Award, sponsored by the Maryanoff Endowment
Kevin Shokat
John E. Macor
Kenneth Jacobson
Dennis Liotta
Richard B. Silverman
James A. Wells
Bruce E. Maryanoff
Kenner Rice
Dan Rich
Ronald T. Borchardt
Arthur A. Patchett
Ralph F. Hirschmann
Joseph Cannon
John Montgomery
Leroy Townsend
Phil Portoghese
Les Mitscher
Robert Abeles
EJ Ariens
Hameo Umezawa
Adrien Albert
Everette May
Alfred Burger
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