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5/6/2005
Israel Wachs receives Herman Pines Award

The Catalysis Club of Chicago is pleased to announce that the 2005
Herman Pines Award in Catalysis is presented to Professor Israel E.
Wachs from Lehigh University.

The Herman Pines Award is presented annually by the Catalysis Club of
Chicago at its Spring Symposium for outstanding research in the field of
catalysis. Herman Pines was an outstanding research scientist, and his
work revolutionized the general understanding of organic chemistry,
particularly the chemistry of hydrocarbons interacting with strong
acids. The award in his honor is sponsored by UOP where Herman began his
industrial career in 1930 and amassed 145 US patents over a 23-year
period. The award is being co-sponsored by the Catalysis Club of Chicago
of which Professor Pines was a founding member.

Formal presentation of the award will take place at the 2005 Spring
Symposium of the Catalysis Club of Chicago on Wednesday, May 18, 2005,
where Professor Wachs will present the keynote address.

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