Call for Radding Award nominations

The ACS Santa Clara Valley Section seeks nominations for the 2017 Shirley B. Radding Award, which honors leadership, service, and significant contributions to industrial, applied, or academic chemistry and to the American Chemical Society through elected or appointed positions at local, district, and national levels. Nominees must have been an ACS member for at least 20 years.

The award consists of an honorarium of $1,000 and an inscribed memento. Nominations must include at least one letter of nomination stating how the nominee’s work relates to the award criteria. Seconding letters are also strongly encouraged.

Nominations are due on May 1 and should be sent to radding-award@scvacs.org or Radding Award Committee, Santa Clara Valley Section ACS, P.O. Box 395, Palo Alto, CA 94302. For more information, visit the section’s website at scvacs.org.