HEVESY MEDAL AWARD 2013

The Hevesy Medal Award Selection Panel 2013 (HMASP-13) is pleased to announce thatProfessor Dr. Hab. Rajmund S. DYBCZYŃSKI (r.dybczynski@ichtj.waw.pl) of theInstitute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warszawa, Poland, has been selected toreceive the Hevesy Medal Award 2013 (HMA-13) in recognition of his outstanding
contributions to the field of radiochemical neutron activation analysis (RNAA), inparticular for proposing the idea of “definitive” methods by RNAA, and to thecertification of reference materials.
The Hevesy Medal and a Scroll will be presented to Professor DYBCZYŃSKI at the
APSORC’13 - 5th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Radiochemistry to be held in Kanazawa,Japan during 2013 September 22-27.
The HMASP-13 consisted of Professor Tibor BRAUN (Hungary, also representing JRNC),
Professor CHAI Zhifang (China), Professor Amares CHATT (Canada, also Chair ofHMASP-13), Professor Elisabete A. de Nadai FERNANDES (Brazil), Dr. Robert R.
GREENBERG (U.S.A.), Professor Boris F. MYASOEDOV (RUSSIA), and Dr. Yuichiro
NAGAME (Japan, also representing APSORC’13). In accordance with the rules of theAward, a secret ballot was conducted.
The George Hevesy Medal Award is the premier international award of excellence inradioanalytical and nuclear chemistry. It is named after George de HEVESY (18851966) who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1943 for his work on the use of
isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes. The George Hevesy Medal isawarded to an individual in recognition of excellence through outstanding, sustained
career achievements in the fields of pure as well as applied nuclear and radiochemistry,in particular applications to nuclear analytical chemistry. Established originally in 1968
by the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (JRNC) and Professor Tibor
BRAUN (Editor-in-Chief of JRNC), the Hevesy Medal Award was given 19 times during
1968-86. This Award was reactivated in 2000 by Professor BRAUN. It is sponsored by
JRNC and adjudicated by the International Committee on Activation Analysis/Modern
Trends in Activation Analysis (ICAA/MTAA). The Award has no monetary value. TheGeorge Hevesy Medal Award comprises an engraved bronze medal in a presentationcase and an ornamental scroll, which are presented at a major international
radiochemical conference being held in the year of the award.

List of Hevesy Medal Award Recipients (1968-2013):
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W. Wayne MEINKE
Albert A. SMALES
Ivan Pavlovich ALIMARIN
Philippe ALBERT and Julien HOSTE
Tibor BRAUN and Juraj TÖLGYESSYFrancesco GIRARDI
Saadia AMIEL and Richard E. WAINERDI
Robert E. JERVIS
Vincent P. GUINN
William S. LYON and Max PEISACH
Edward V. SAYRE and Garman HARBOTTLE
Georges AMSEL
Nobuo SUZUKI
Emile A. SCHWEIKERTFrans DE CORTE
Amares CHATT and Eiliv STEINNES
Enrico SABBIONI
Jeroen J.M. DE GOEIJ
Attila VÉRTES
Zhifang CHAI, Gregory CHOPPIN, Nicholas M. SPYROUJan KUČERARobert R. GREENBERG
Syed M. QAIM
Richard M. LINDSTROM
Darleane C. HOFFMAN
Peter BODE
Boris F. MYASOEDOV
Rajmund S. DYBCZYŃSKIAnnouncement issued by:Professor Dr. A. Chatt
Chair, Hevesy Medal Award Selection Panel 2013
President, ICAA/MTAA
a.chatt@dal.ca
2013 May 06