My Life in the Golden Age of Chemistry by Cotton F. Albert

Author:Cotton, F. Albert [Cotton, F.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780128013380
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: 2014-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

In the meantime, Carlos had designed and commissioned the casting of the award Medal and formulated the rules for selection of recipients.My advice, based on my experience with several other ACS sectional medals was to have a local committee, supplemented by a few outside members, carry out the entire process, and that is how it was set up.

At the banquet where Jack Lewis and several others made opening comments, Alan called on Derek Barton, who first said that “since I know how much Al likes a good bottle, I shall present him with one.” He then gave me an empty bottle of Chateau Barton, a fine Bordeaux wine. Then, turning serious, he said that he had been asked to announce that the selection committee, of which he was a member, after much deliberation had decided that the first F. A. Cotton Medal should go to F. A. Cotton. While, as most people who know me realize full well, I am not excessively modest, I was really taken by surprise, and somewhat embarrassed by this. I don’t recall that my acceptance remarks were particularly articulate. Had I been aware of what was going to happen I would not have had so much to drink up to that time.

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