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Topsøe Awarded Winthrop-Sears Medal by The Chemists' Club of New York

Haldor Topsøe, founder of the company that bears his name, has received The Chemists' Club of New York's Winthrop-Sears Medal for 2008. The medal was presented at a May 15 ceremony at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF; www.chemheritage.org) in Philadelphia, PA. during the CHF's seventh annual Heritage Day celebration.

First presented in 1970, The Winthrop-Sears Medal recognizes individuals who, by their entrepreneurial action, have contributed to the vitality of the chemical industry and the betterment of society. The award is named in honor of two early chemical entrepreneurs John Winthrop, Jr., and John Sears.

In 1940, Topsøe, a chemical engineering alumnus of the Technical Univ. of ...

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