The Linus Pauling Award is an award recognizing outstanding achievement in chemistry. It is awarded annually by the American Chemical Society, and is named after the US chemist Linus Pauling (1901–1994). It was first awarded in 1966.
Laureates
* 1966 - Linus Pauling
* 1967 - Manfred Eigen
* 1968 - Herbert C. Brown
* 1969 - Henry Eyring
* 1970 - Harold C. Urey
* 1971 - Gerhard Herzberg
* 1972 - E. Bright Wilson
* 1973 - E. J. Corey
* 1974 - Roald Hoffmann
* 1975 - Paul Bartlett
* 1976 - F. Albert Cotton
* 1977 - John A. Pople
* 1979 - Daniel E. Koshland
* 1980 - John D. Roberts
* 1978 - Dudley Herschbach
* 1981 - Henry Taube
* 1982 - George Pimentel
* 1983 - Gilbert Stork
* 1984 - John S. Waugh
* 1985 - Harold A. Scheraga
* 1986 - Harry B. Gray
* 1987 - Harden M. McConnell
* 1988 - Keith Ingold
* 1989 - Neil Bartlett
* 1990 - James P. Collman
* 1991 - Rudolph Marcus
* 1992 - Kenneth Wiberg
* 1993 - Richard N. Zare
* 1994 - James A. Ibers
* 1995 - Alexander Rich
* 1996 - Kyriacos C. Nicolaou
* 1997 - Ahmed H. Zewail
* 1998 - Allen J. Bard
* 1999 - Peter B. Dervan
* 2000 - Gabor A. Somorjai
* 2001 - Tobin J. Marks
* 2002 - John I. Brauman
* 2003 - Robert H. Grubbs
* 2004 - Martin Karplus
* 2005 - George Whitesides
* 2006 - Peter Stang
* 2007 - Jacqueline K. Barton
* 2008 - Thomas C. Bruice
* 2009 - Stephen J. Lippard
Sources
* Linus Pauling Medallists, Portland State University Chemistry Department
