– photos by David Singer and M.Z. Hoffman
Presentation of the Award
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- Gabor Somorjai (University of California Berkeley), recipient of the 2016 Theodore William Richards Medal for Conspicuous Achievement in Chemistry, holds the silver medal and the celebratory shadowbox flanked (l-r) by Lee Johnson (NESACS Chair), Omar Yaghi (University of California Berkeley), introducer of the awardee, and Jerry Jasinski (Richards Award Committee Chair).
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- The silver Richards Medal.
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- The celebratory shadowbox.
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- Gabor Somorjai, at center, with the members of the NESACS Richards Award Committee: (l-r) Morton Hoffman, Mary Jane Shultz, Sheila Hauck, Jerry Jasinski.
The Award Address
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- Omar Yaghi introducing the awardee.
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- Gabor Somorjai presenting the Richards Medal Award Address, “Molecular Catalysis Science. The Development of Surface Science toward Integration of Heterogeneous, Homogeneous, and Enzyme Catalysis on the Nanoscale.”
At the reception
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- Gabor Somorjai and his wife, Judith.
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- Gabor Somorjai and his colleague, Omar Yaghi.
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- l-r) Omar Yaghi, Judith Somorjai, Gabor Somorjai, Jerry Jasinski.
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- Gabor Somorjai with Martin Karplus (Harvard University), recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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- Gabor Somorjai with Dudley Herschbach (Harvard University), recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
At the dinner
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- (l-r) Judith Somorjai, Gabor Somorjai, Omar Yaghi.
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- (l-r) Cynthia Friend (Harvard University), Mary Jane Shultz (Tufts University), Dudley Herschbach (Harvard University).
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- Lee Johnson, at left, and Jerry Jasinski.
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- (l-r) Sunney Xie (Harvard University), Gabor Somorjai, Omar Yaghi.
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- Dudley Herschbach toasting the awardee.
Happy Attendees
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- From MCPHS University: (l-r) Josephine Sproull, Erica Chong-Ng, Lily Gu, Samantha Bova, Sarah McCord.
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- Caitlyn Mills (NSYCC Chair-elect), at left, and Mindy Levine (NESACS Chair-elect).
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- (l-r) Caitlyn Mills (NSYCC Chair-elect), Lee Johnson (NESACS Chair), Katherine Lee (former NESACS Chair), Brian D’Amato (NESACS Membership Chair), Catherine Rawlins (NSYCC Chair).
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- (l-r) Erica Chong-Ng (MCPHS University), Lily Gu (MCPHS University), Lee Johnson (NESACS Chair), Dorothy Phillips (ACS Board of Directors), Dudley Herschbach (Harvard University), Samantha Bova (MCPHS University), Josephine Sproull (MCPHS University).
A happy ending to a joyous event
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- (l-r) Morton Hoffman, Lee Johnson, Mary Jane Shultz,, Gabor Somorjai, Judith Somorjai, Sheila Hauck, Omar Yaghi, Jerry Jasinski.
