The Penn Chemistry Distinguished Alumni Award was introduced as a way to honor those alumni who have made seminal contributions in the chemical sciences since their time at Penn and brought distinction to the Department and the University.
Recipients:
2010: P. Roy Vagelos, C’50
2011: Stanley B. Prusiner, C’64 M’68
2012: Ei-ichi Negishi, GR'63
2013: Barry Trost, C'62
2014: JoAnne Stubbe, C'68
2015: William A. Eaton, C'59 M'64 GR'67
2016: Madeleine M. Joullié, G’50 GR’53 HOM’68
2017: Judith Klinman, CW'62
2018: Ahmed Zewail, GR'74 Hon'97
2019: Michael Brown, C'62 M'66 Hon'86
2022: Martin Zanni, PD'02
2023: John Wood, GR'91