The St. Louis section established the ACS Midwest Regional Award in 1944 to publicly recognize outstanding achievements in chemistry made in the Midwest region. The award is conferred annually on a scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the advancement of pure or applied chemistry or chemical education, and the profession of chemistry. To be eligible, a nominee's cited work must have been performed while he or she was residing within the Midwest Region of the ACS, which includes Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Southern Illinois, and South Dakota. However, the nominee does not have to be nor have been an ACS member. Neither the nominee nor the nominator has to currently reside in any of these locations.
Nominees can be from industry, academia, government or private practice.
The winner of the 56th Midwest Award is Professor Joyce Corey , Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri - St. Louis. The award for 2000 will be presented at the 35th Midwest Regional Meeting to be held in St. Louis, Missouri on Thrusday, Oct 26th. Professor Corey's award address will be at 5pm, followed by a reception at 6pm and, starting at 7 pm, the ceremonies will feature a dinner honoring the medalist, and the presentation of the Award, which will be a medallion and a monetary award.