JEWISH RECIPIENTS OF THE WELCH AWARD IN CHEMISTRY
(29% of recipients)
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Listed below are recipients of the Welch Award in Chemistry who were, or are, Jewish.  The Welch Award recognizes outstanding contributions in chemical research and carries a  $300,000 honorarium.
  • Frank Westheimer (1982)
  • Richard Bernstein (1988)
  • Norman Davidson (1989)
  • Gilbert Stork 1 (1993)
  • Jack Halpern (1994)
  • Robert Abeles (1995)
  • Richard Zare (1999)
  • Roger Kornberg (2001)
  • Ronald Breslow (2003)
  • Allen Bard (2004)
  • Daniel Koshland, Jr. (2006)
  • Alexander Rich (2008)

NOTES
1. See interview in Candid Science III: More Conversations with Famous Chemists, by Istvan Hargittai (Imperial College Press, London, 2003, p. 117).


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