Charles Frederick Chandler Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1914
notes: label: Description
content: Charles Frederick Chandler was a chemist, a professor, and an active proponent of public health and consumer safety. Following his retirement from Columbia University, alumni established the Charles Frederick Chandler Medal for outstanding achievements in chemical science. Leo Baekeland was the first recipient. This is his gold medal. The obverse has a portrait bust facing right, and “THE CHARLES FREDERICK CHANDLER MEDAL / 1864-1910.” The reverse has “AWARDED TO / LEO HENDRICK / BAEKELAND / BY / COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY / 1914” and “TIFFANY & CO.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Bakelite
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William Karraker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0034.33d
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0034.33d
label: accession number
content: 1982.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Charles Frederick Chandler Medal
label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 mm; 1 7/8 in