The Edward Goodrich Acheson Award was established by The Electrochemical Society (ECS) in 1928 to honor the memory of Edward Goodrich Acheson, a charter member of ECS. The award is presented every 2 years for "conspicuous contribution to the advancement of the objectives, purposes, and activities of the society (ECS)".
Recipients of the award receive a gold medal, wall plaque, and cash prize, ECS Life membership, and a complimentary meeting registration.
History
The Edward Goodrich Acheson Award is the first and most prestigious award of The Electrochemical Society. The award was established by a gift of $25,000 from past president (and namesake of the award) Edward Goodrich Acheson. Originally, recipients were presented with a prize of $1,000, a gold medal, and a bronze replica, with the intention that the gold medal would "find its way to the safe deposit box," while the replica was reserved for "everyday use". The Acheson family later agreed to have the medal be electroplated gold in order to keep the award fund in balance. Thanks to continuous donations from the Acheson family between 1942 and 1991, the endowment fund has allowed the monetary prize to be increased 3 times since its establishment.
Recipients of the award
As listed by ECS:
2018 Tetsuya Osaka
2016 Barry Miller
2014 Ralph J. Brodd
2012 Dennis W. Hess
2010 John S. Newman
2008 Robert P. Frankenthal
2006 Vittorio de Nora
2004 Wayne L. Worrell
2002 Bruce Deal
2000 Larry R. Faulkner
1998 Jerry M. Woodall
1996 Richard C. Alkire
1994 J. Bruce Wagner, Jr. 1992 Dennis R. Turner 1990 Theodore R. Beck 1988 Herbert H. Uhlig 1986 Eric M. Pell 1984 Norman Hackerman 1982 Henry C. Gatos 1980 Ernest B. Yeager 1978 Dan A. Vermilyea 1976 N. Bruce Hannay 1974 Cecil V. King 1972 Charles W. Tobias 1970 Samuel Ruben 1968 Francis L. LaQue 1966 Warren C. Vosburgh 1964 Earl A. Gulbransen 1962 Charles L. Faust 1960 Henry B. Linford 1958 William J. Kroll 1956 Robert M. Burns 1954 George W. Heise 1952 John W. Marden 1950 George W. Vinal 1948 Duncan A. MacInnes 1946 H. Jermain Creighton 1944 William Blum 1942 Charles F. Burgess 1939 Francis C. Frary 1937 Frederick M. Becket 1935 Frank J. Tone 1933 Colin G. Fink 1931 Edwin Fitch Northrup 1929 Edward Goodrich Acheson