Death and Honors
Noyes received the Priestley Medal, the American Chemical Society's highest award, in 1935. He died on October 24, 1941.
The Noyes Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was so named in his honor in 1939. The lab was originally built in 1902, expanded under Noyes in 1916 (more than doubling its size) and named an ACS National Historical Chemical Landmark by the ACS in its 100th year, 2002.
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