Herman Skolnik Award

The Herman Skolnik Award is awarded annually by the Division of Chemical Information of the American Chemical Society, "to recognize outstanding contributions to and achievements in the theory and practice of chemical information science". As of 2024 the award is of 3,000 US dollars.[1]

It is named for Herman Skolnik (1914-1994), who was a co-founder of the then ACS Division of Chemical Literature in 1948 and a key figure in the Division.[2] The first award was made to him.

  1. ^ "List of recipients with descriptions". ACS Division of Chemical Information. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Metanomski, W. Val (Spring 1995). "In memoriam Herman Skolnik". Chemical Information Bulletin. 47 (2). Retrieved 20 September 2013.