Royal Society of Chemistry - President

President

The president is elected biennually and wears a badge in the form of a spoked wheel, with the standing figure of Joseph Priestley depicted in enamel, mainly in red and blue, on a hexagonal medallion in the centre. The rim of the wheel is gold, and the twelve spokes are of non-tarnishable metals.

The current president is Lelsey Yellowlees (2012–2014). Past presidents of the society have been:

  • 1980-1982 Sir Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (1911–2002)
  • 1982-1984 Sir John Ivan George Cadogan (1930-)
  • 1984-1986 Richard Oswald Chandler Norman (1932–1993)
  • 1986-1988 Sir Jack Lewis (1928–)
  • 1988-1990 John Mason Ward
  • 1990-1992 Sir Rex Edward Richards (1922- )
  • 1992-1994 Charles Wayne Rees (1927–2006)
  • 1994-1996 John Howard Purnell (1925–1996)
  • 1996-1998 Edward William Abel (1931-)
  • 1998-2000 Anthony Ledwith (1933-)
  • 2000-2002 Steven Victor Ley (1945-)
  • 2002-2004 Sir Harold Kroto (1939-)
  • 2004-2006 Simon Campbell (1941-)
  • 2006-2008 James Feast (1938-)
  • 2008-2010 David Garner (1941-)
  • 2010-2012 David Phillips (1939-)
  • 2012-2014 Lesley Yellowlees MBE BSc PhD FRSC FRSE

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