Raymond Lemieux - Awards

Awards

Dr. R.U. Lemieux received numerous awards and honours for his work in chemistry:

  • Induction into the Royal Society of Canada (1954)
  • C.S. Hudson Award of the American Chemical Society (1966)
  • Became the first western Canadian to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society (England) (1967)
  • Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada (1968)
  • Hawarth Award and Medal (1983)
  • The Tishler Award, Harvard University (1983)
  • Gairdner Foundation International Award (1985)
  • Made Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Stockholm (1988)
  • Induction into the Alberta Order of Excellence (1990)
  • King Faisal International Award for Science (first Canadian) (1990)
  • NSERC Gold Medal in Science (1991)
  • Albert Einstein World Award in Science (1992)
  • Made Companion of the Order of Canada (1994)
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1999)

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