Call for Nominations for the 2009 Baekeland Award

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The North Jersey Section of the American Chemical Society is soliciting nominations for the 2009 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award. The award is sponsored by Union Carbide Corporation and consists of a gold medal and a $5,000 honorarium. The Section presents the award biannually to commemorate the technical and industrial achievements of Leo Hendrik Baekeland and to encourage younger chemists to emulate his example. The Award is given in recognition of accomplishments in pure or applied chemistry to an American chemist as characterized by the initiative, creativeness, leadership, and perseverance of the individual (indicated by published or unpublished evidence) and who will be under the age of 40 as of Jan. 1, 2009.

Nominations for the Award should include a letter describing the nominee's achievements, a brief biography, and a list of the nominees more important publications. Successful nomination packets include two to three recommendation letters supporting the candidate. Re-nominations are encouraged, provided the age requirement is still met.

Please submit materials  by Dec. 31, 2008  to:

Dr. Michael M. Miller

Baekeland Award Committee

2008 Section Chair, North Jersey ACS

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

311 Pennington-Rocky Hill Road

Pennington, NJ 08534

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