Degrees and Awards
He received many Honorary Doctor of Science degrees from the University of Chicago, the University of Groningen, Brandeis University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He received these awards from each of the universities in 1955, 1964, 1974, and 1975, respectively. Also, the Netherlands Government knighted him in 1947 as a Commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau. The American Chemical Society recognized Dr. Kolthoff for his work in modern analytical chemistry, awarding him with the William H. Nichols Medal in 1949. He also received the Robert Boyle Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry in England, the Charles Medal of the Charles University in Prague, and the Fisher Award, among other awards and medals. On his eightieth birthday, the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society sponsored the I.M. Kolthoff 80th Anniversary Symposium. The Regents of the University of Minnesota named the new chemistry research building Kothoff Hall in 1972 in his honor.
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