The South Carolina section is pleased to offer a number of awards.  Please notice the deadline dates which differ by award.  Nominations not selected are kept in the pool for consideration for three subsequent years.  Updates may be made at any time.

 

The South Carolina Section offers the following awards:

 

Outstanding South Carolina Chemist

Nomination Deadline: January 31.

The recipient must be a member of the South Carolina Section. 

Send nomination letter and supporting documents to Jim Deavor via email at deavorj@cofc.edu.

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS

YEAR           AWARDEE                           AFFILIATION

1965            James E. Copenhaver             Sonoco Products

1966            H. Williard  Davis                    University of South Carolina

1967            Samuel A. Wideman               Industry

1971            Joseph W. Bouknight               University of South Carolina

1973            William M. McCord                  Industry

1979            William R. Cook                      Sonoco Products Company

1980            John Miglarese                        Industry

1981            Elmer L. Amma                       University of South Carolina

1986            Wayne Fish                            Medical University of South Carolina

1988            John Dawson                          University of South Carolina

1989            James E. Hardwicke, Jr.           Hardwicke Chemical Company

2000            Charles Beam                         College of Charleston

2001            Richard Adams                       University of South Carolina

2002            Daniel R. Knapp                      Medical University of South Carolina

2004            Suzanne Thorpe & John Baynes  University of South Carolina

2005            Gamil Guirgis                      Beyer Chemical Corp./USC//College of Charleston

2006            Roy E. Wuthier                        University of South Carolina

2007            Robert & Ruta Bly                 University of South Carolina

2008            Daniel L. Reger                        University of South Carolina

2009            Lukasz Lebioda                       University of South Carolina

2010            Hans Conrad zur-Loye              University of South Carolina

2011            Stephen L. Morgan                   University of South Carolina

2012            S. Michael Angel                     University of South Carolina           

2013            Pamela Riggs-Gelasco            College of Charleston

2014            Mark A. Berg                          University of South Carolina

2015            Ken Shimizu                           University of South Carolina

2016            Qian  Wang                            University of South Carolina

2017            Donna Chen                            University of South Carolina

2018            Michael Myrick                        University of South Carolina 

2019            Timothy Shaw                       University of South Carolina

2020            John Ferry                           University of South Carolina

2022            Vitaly Rassolov                     University of South Carolina

2023             Caryn Outten                     University of South Carolina

 

 

Daniel J. Antion High School Teacher of the Year

Nomination Deadline: January 31

The recipient must teach chemistry in a high school within the geographic boundaries of the South Carolina Section. The late Dan Antion was a strong advocate of pre-college chemical education in South Carolina.

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS 

YEAR                    AWARDEE                                           HIGH SCHOOL

1961                       A. Mason Turner                         Orangeburg-Wilkinson        (Inaugural award)

1962                       Mary Wells Purdy                       Edmunds

1963                       Marvin Humbert O’Neal                Camden

1964                       Charles Calhoun Bolger               Charleston

1965                       Thomas W. Stokes                      A. C. Flora

1966                       Lois McKay Watson                    Latta

1967                       George Warren Chavous              Allendale-Fairfax

1968                       Joel Wyman Frampton                Porter-Gaud

1969                       Edith Barnwell Tobin                   McClenaghan

1970                       James Michael Graves                Burke

1971                       Mary Jane Purvis                        Columbia

1972                       Charles Calhoun Bolger              Charleston

1975                       Mary Elizabeth Bass Crum         Denmark-Olar

1976                       Kathryn J. Farnell                       Spring Valley

1977                       Johanna O. Killoy                       Dreher

1978                       Caroline Helen Bowers                Spring Valley

1981                       Anne E. Neely                           Lamar and Spaulding

1982                       Linda G. Connor                        Brookland-Cayce

1983                       Gregory J. Galenian                   Summerville

1984                       Kay Bass Black                        Richland Northeast

1986                       Robbie A. Tweito                       Irmo

1989                       Martha Fout                              Socastee

1990                       Clarice Wenz                            Goose Creek

1992                       Regis Goode                             Ridge View

1998                       Sondra F. Wieland                     Heathwood Hall Episcopal

2002                       Michael H. McClure                   Richland Northeast

2003                       Lisa Gantt                                 Lexington

2005                       Kay Bass Black                        Spring Valley      ***

2009                       Sarah J. Hudson                       Summerville

2013                       Kathy Dunne                            Hammond

2014                       Elaine Smith                            Marion

 

Send Nomination Form and supporting documents to Scott Goode via email or US Mail to Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208

 

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E. Ray McAfee Distinguished Service to the Section

Nomination Deadline: January 31

 

Ray McAfee served as section chair in 2005, 200 7, 2009, and 2011 before his untimely death in 2011.

Send nomination letter and supporting materials to Jim Deavor via email at deavorj@cofc.edu.

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS

YEAR                    AWARDEE                                           AFFILIATION

1979                       Daniel J. Antion             University of South Carolina (Inaugural Award)

1981                       Oscar D. Bonner            University of South Carolina

1984                       J. Bayne Doughty          Industry

1989                       Stephen D. Hudson       Charleston Southern University

1992                       William H. Breazeale, Jr.        Francis Marion University

1996                       Sondra F. Wieland         Heathwood Hall Episcopal School

2002                       Daniel J. Antion             Retired, University of South Carolina

2004                       Frederick J. Heldrich, III  College of Charleston

2005                       James P. Deavor            College of Charleston

2008                       Ray McAfee                  Industry

2009                       Scott Goode                 University of South Carolina

 E. RAY McAFEE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE SECTION AWARD

In 2011 the award was renamed in memory of E. Ray MacAfee.

2012              Angela Peters                          Claflin Univeristy

2014              Sondra Wieland                       Retired, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School

2017              Jennifer Kelley                         Francis Marion University

2018              Neal Tonks                              College of Charleston

2019               Larry Metcalf                            Retired

2021               Regis Goode                            Retired

2022                Stephon Void                         Claflin University

 

Outreach Volunteer of the Year

Nomination Deadline: November 30

 

This award is given in conjunction with the ACS national Committee of Community Activities (CCA) which established the Local Section Outreach Volunteers of the Year recognition program. Each local section has an opportunity to recognize one member of the section annually for demonstrating extraordinary outreach. 

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS

2014    Linda Shimizu                University of South Carolina    

2015    Wendy Cory                  College of Charleston

2016    Jennifer Kelley               Francis Marion University 

2017    Pamela Riggs-Gelasco  College of Charleston 

2018    Chuanbing Tang             University of South Carolina

2019    Neal Tonks                     College of Charleston

2020   Daniel Cain

2022    Regis Goode                   Retired

2023 Chaunbing Tang                 University of South Carolina

 

Send nomination letter and any supporting documents to Jim Deavor via email at deavorj@cofc.edu.

 

 Outstanding Undergraduate Chemistry or Biochemistry Major

Nomination Deadline: March 15

Each 4-year college or university within the geographic boundaries of the South Carolina Section is allowed to nominate one  chemistry or biochemistry graduate during the current academic year to be recognized by the section.  Each institution may nominate only one student who has a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA is free to devise their own selection mechanism.  Please send the appropriate nomination form to Brooke van Horn via email or US Mail to School of Sciences & Mathematics, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424.

 

South Carolina Section ACS Fellows

 2010  W.H. Breazeale, Francis  Marion University

2010 John Dawson, University of South Carolina
2010 C. Gordon McCarty, University of South Carolina Beaufort

2011 Daniel J. Antion, University of South Carolina
2011 Michael A. Matthews, University of South Carolina
2011 Hans Conrad zur-Loye, University of South Carolina
2012 James Ritter, University of South Carolina

2014 Patrick M. Woster, Medical University of South Carolina

2016 Scott Goode, University of South Carolina

2016 Susan Richardson, University of South Carolina 

2017 Regis Goode, Ridge View High School

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