Malcolm Pruitt Award Winners

2007: Dr. Herbert Eleuterio
Dr. Eleuterio, a former DuPont executive, is now the Visiting Professor of Engineering at the National University of Singapore and the Centre for Management of Innovation and Technopreneurship. The award recognized Dr. Eleuterio for demonstrating leadership in all three pillars represented by CCR. He received the Pruitt Award for his pioneering contributions to chemistry and industrial research, especially in the area of olefin metathesis.

 

2006: Dr. Bruce Gates, University of California at Davis
Dr. Gates has been a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering on the faculty of the University of California since 1992. Dr. Gate's research area is catalysis. He received the Pruitt Award for raising catalysis from the level of art and alchemy to hard science. His research and pedagogy have deeply intertwined fundamental science with technology.

 

2005: Dr. Charles L. Liotta, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Liotta is the Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he has taught chemistry and chemical engineering since 1965. His research activities involve both synthesis and physical-organic chemistry. He received the Pruitt Award for exemplifying the characteristics of a professional deeply committed to facilitating interactions among the three sectors represented by CCR: government, academia, and industry.

 

2004: Dr. William B. Krantz, University of Cincinnati
In 1999, Dr. Krantz accepted the Rieveschl Ohio Element Scholar Chair in Membrane Technology at the University of Cincinnati and is the Director of the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Applied Science and Technology. Dr. Krantz received the Pruitt Award in recognition of his distinguished research career; his establishment of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Membrane Research Center; for significant contributions in cooperative research with industry and government to develop synfuels technologies; for developing and teaching continuing education programs for industry and government; and his continuing record of promoting collaborations in the research sector.

 

2003: Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, UOP LLC
Dr. Holmgren joined UOP in 1987 upon completion of her post-doctoral appointment. At UOP, she has been a pioneer in establishing combinatorial chemistry techniques. Of particular importance to the award decision were her successful efforts to extend UOP's external collaborations in research through a NIST Advanced Technologies Program grant. The effort brought together a consortium of academic and industry partners to create a robust technology platform. The resulting methodology has now been proven in six different technology applications and Dr. Holmgren has been recognized a leader in the fields of heterogeneous catalysis and combinatorial chemistry. Dr. Holmgren is also the first woman to receive the Pruitt Award.