LeRoy Sheldon Palmer (1887 - 1944) is generally credited for popularizing chromatography and providing specific applications which sparked interest in the area. The Palmer Award was created by MCF to recognize and to encourage the art and science of chromatography, in particular as to how it is relates to the membership of the MCF. It is given to those individuals whose professional, as well as scientific accomplishments, have fostered progress in the separation sciences. The award consists of an inscribed plaque and has been presented at our Spring Symposium since the 1980's.
In order to be considered for the Palmer Award individuals must be nominated using the form linked below. Nominations must be received by the Chair of the Palmer Award Committee ([email protected]) by May 9, 2025 and will remain active for three years. The award recipient will then be selected via blind balloting.
Previous recipients of the Palmer Award include: 1980 Les Ettre 1981 Larry Bell 1982 Don Hagen 1983 Walter Jennings 1984 Peter Carr 1985 Lloyd Snyder Larry Bowers 1986 Susan Price Brenner 1987 James Fritz 1988 Jon DeVries 1989 Shoukry Khalil 1990 Kay Olson 1991 Craig Markell 1992 Gary Reineccius 1993 Dennis Johnson 1994 Ed Yeung 1995 John Freeburg 1996 Jim Broge 1997 Wils Bergstrom 1998 Pat Sackett 1999 Steve Pierson 2000 Peter Johnson 2001 David Ehresman 2002 John Dolan 2003 Daron Decker 2006 Ronald Majors 2008 Larry Felice 2009 Robert Synovec 2011 Richard Henry 2012 Mark Schure 2013 LeeAnn Higgins 2014 Hernan Cortes 2015 Stephen Weber 2016 Dwight Stoll 2017 Tony Borgerding 2018 Doug Raynie 2019 Paul Mahaffy