– photos by M.Z. Hoffman
- Xiaoliang Sunney Xie (Harvard University), center, receiving the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry from Mark Thompson (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company), at right, and Diane Grob Schmidt (ACS President).
- Adam Ezra Cohen (Harvard University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute), center, receiving the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry from Mark Evaniak (Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity), at right, and Diane Grob Schmidt (ACS President).
- Charles Perrin (University of California, San Diego), winner of the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry sponsored by NESACS, with Katherine Lee (NESACS Chair).