Elias James Corey

Synthetic Organic Chemist

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Born: July 12, 1928 (age 86), Methuen, Massachusetts, United States

Known for Landmark:  Retrosynthetic Analysis

Notable Students: K.C.Nicolaou, Ryōji Noyori, Hisashi Yamamoto, William L. Jorgensen, J. William Suggs, Phil Baran, David E. Cane.

Notable awards:  ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1960)

1.Chevreul Medal (1964)

2.Fritzsche Award (1967)

3.Intra-Science Foundation Award (1967)

4.Harrison Howe Award (1970)

5.Centenary Medal (1971)

6.Ciba Foundation Medal (1972)

7.Linus Pauling Award (1973)

8.Dickson Prize (1973)

9.George Ledlie Prize (1973)

10.Remsen Award (1974)

11.Arthur C. Cope Award (1976)

12.Buchman Memorial Award (1978)

13.Franklin Medal (1978)

14.Scientific Achievement Award Medal (1979)

15.J. G. Kirkwood Award (1980)

16.C. S. Hamilton Award (1980)

17.Chemical Pioneer Award (1981)

18.Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award (1981)

19.Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1982)

20.etrahedron Prize (1983)

21.Willard Gibbs Award (1984)

22.Paracelsus Award (1984)

23.Madison Marshall Award (1985)

24.V.D. Mattia Award (1985)

25.Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1986)

26.Silliman Award (1986)

27.Robert Robinson Medal (1988)

National Medal of Science (1988)

28.Japan Prize (1989)

29.Janot Medal (1990)

30.Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1990)

31.Roger Adams Award (1993)

32.Priestley Medal (2004)