Langmuir prize
DOI: 10.1063/1.3047509
The American Physical Society and the American Chemical Society, with the sponsorship of the General Electric Foundation, have joined in establishing a new $5000 prize, to be called the Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics. The two societies will alternate each year in selecting a scientist, residing in the US, who has made an outstanding contribution to chemical physics or physical chemistry within the ten preceding years.