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00:11:08 Thank you, Dr. Lowry, and good evening.

00:11:12 It's very difficult for a New York accent to follow a Texas accent.

00:11:19 I would like to welcome everyone here tonight,

00:11:23 and I would particularly like to recognize some of our special guests.

00:11:29 In doing so, I ask them to stand briefly.

00:11:33 Please withhold your applause until they all are standing.

00:11:37 First, ACS Past Presidents William J. Bailey.

00:11:43 Where are you, Bill?

00:11:46 Fred Bisolo.

00:11:49 Ellis Fields.

00:11:52 Second, the President of the Royal Society of Chemistry,

00:11:56 Professor John Ward and his wife, Mrs. Gwenda Ward.

00:12:02 We are also pleased to have with us the President of the American Ceramic Society,

00:12:07 Dr. William W. Rhodes,

00:12:11 and the Executive Director of that society, Paul W. Holbrook.

00:12:16 Finally, I would like to recognize a distinguished scientist,

00:12:20 after whom a prestigious ACS award is named.

00:12:24 This is Dr. Alfred Bader, who is honored as namesake

00:12:28 of the Alfred Bader Award in Bio-Inorganic or Bio-Organic Chemistry.

00:12:35 And now you may applaud.

00:12:48 It gives me great pleasure to introduce Dr. George C. Pimentel,

00:12:53 a remarkable scientist, educator, and administrator

00:12:58 who is recipient of the Priestly Medal for 1989.

00:13:03 Dr. Pimentel earned his Ph.D. in 1949

00:13:07 at the University of California, Los Angeles.

00:13:11 During World War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project,

00:13:16 served in the U.S. Navy, and at the Office of Naval Research.

00:13:22 Upon receiving his Ph.D., he joined the faculty

00:13:26 of the University of California at Berkeley as a chemistry instructor.

00:13:33 He rose rapidly through the ranks to become Professor of Chemistry

00:13:38 and from 1966 through 1968, Chairman of the Chemistry Department.

00:13:45 In 1977, Dr. Pimentel moved to Washington for a three-year term

00:13:52 as Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation.

00:13:57 Since 1980, he has been Associate Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

00:14:03 and Director of its Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics.

00:14:08 There are few individuals who could be nominated for the Priestly Medal

00:14:12 with more justification than George Pimentel.

00:14:17 His contributions to chemistry have been simply outstanding.

00:14:21 Among these are the development of the chemical laser,

00:14:25 matrix isolation of free radicals,

00:14:28 and many advances in photochemistry, chemical dynamics,

00:14:33 spectroscopy, and studies of hydrogen bonding.

00:14:39 Dr. Pimentel's influence on chemistry goes well beyond his published research.

00:14:45 As an educator, his demanding standards have inspired many.

00:14:52 His former students are now faculty members

00:14:55 at several of our nation's prominent and foremost universities.

00:15:00 Dr. Pimentel is a brilliant lecturer,

00:15:03 known for the clarity, depth, and eloquence of his presentations.

00:15:10 In addition to his outstanding scientific and educational excellence,

00:15:15 George Pimentel has made extraordinary contributions

00:15:19 to the chemical community through membership on

00:15:23 and chairmanship of a number of hard-working committees.

00:15:28 And finally, as President of the American Chemical Society,

00:15:33 the Pimentel Report, Opportunities in Chemistry,

00:15:37 has focused much beneficial attention on chemistry

00:15:41 in our nation's capital and around the nation and in the world.

00:15:47 The honor which we confer on Dr. Pimentel this evening

00:15:51 is the highest that the American Chemical Society can bestow.

00:15:57 Initiated in 1923, the Priestly Medal has been awarded

00:16:03 to 52 outstanding members of our profession.

00:16:08 The citation for the Priestly Medal is brief and the same every year.

00:16:15 For recipients of the caliber of our Priestly Medalists,

00:16:19 no embellishment need be made on the words

00:16:23 for distinguished service to chemistry.

00:16:28 More than four decades of brilliant contributions to chemistry

00:16:32 have clearly established our 1989 recipient, Dr. George Pimentel,

00:16:40 in that group that is honored in this succinct and exclusive fashion.

00:16:47 Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to present

00:16:51 the 1989 Priestly Medal for Distinguished Services to Chemistry

00:16:56 to George C. Pimentel.

00:16:59 Thank you.