| Charles Lathrop Parsons Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Public service |
| Date | 1952 |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | American Chemical Society |
| Reward(s) | $5,000 |
| Website | https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/charles-lathrop-parsons-award.html  |
The Charles Lathrop Parsons Award is usually a biennial award that recognizes outstanding public service by a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Recipients are chosen by the American Chemical Society Board of Directors, from a list of no more than five recipients presented by the ACS Committee on Grants and Awards.[1] They have the discretion to offer the award in successive years if they so wish.[2] It was established in 1952, and is named in honor of its first recipient, Charles Lathrop Parsons.[3][4] The first woman to receive the award was Mary L. Good in 1991.[5]
- ^ Awards Administered by American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society. 2002. p. 9.
- ^ "Charles Lathrop Parsons Award". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ Skolnik, Herman; Reese, Kenneth M. (May 1, 1976). A Century of chemistry: the role of chemists and the American Chemical Society. The Society. p. 35.
- ^ Murphy, Walter J. (1952). "Editorial: The Charles Lathrop Parsons Award". The Chemist. 29: 581.
- ^ "Mary Good Wins ACS's Parsons Award for Public Service". Chemical & Engineering News. 68 (24): 16–18. June 11, 1990. doi:10.1021/cen-v068n024.p016.