July 27, 2009

Three Stanford Chemistry Professors honored as inaugural class of ACS Fellows

Three faculty members of the Stanford Chemistry Department have been chosen to be in the first class of American Chemical Society Fellows for excellence in chemistry: Professor Edward I. Solomon, Professor Richard N. Zare and ProfessorCarl Djerassi. These three distinguished faculty will join 162 other members who "share a common set of accomplishments, namely true excellence in their contributions to the chemical enterprise coupled with distinctive service to ACS or to the broader world of chemistry," says Immediate Past-President Bruce E. Bursten, who championed creation of the program and shepherded it through board approval last year. Learn more by clicking here.