Don Tucker Memorial Award
The Don Tucker Memorial Award is made to a graduate student member of AChemS who makes an outstanding presentation at the annual AChemS meeting. The awardee's name is added to a plaque at the entrance to the Don Tucker Memorial Conference Room at Florida at State University. The award is $500, which is mailed to the recipient after the meeting. The award announcement is made at the following year's Welcome/Awards Ceremony. To apply, check the appropriate box during the online abstract submission process in addition to submitting the required supporting documentation.

Eligibility:
Graduate students who are AChemS members. The graduate student must be the first author on the abstract and the presenter of the poster or talk that is being considered for the award.

Documentation for the nomination must include:
1) A letter from the student, including a summary of the student’s contribution to the work, asking to be considered for the Don Tucker Memorial Award
2) A letter of recommendation from the student’s advisor supporting the nomination
3) A copy of the abstract to be considered. No reprints should be submitted.

No more than two students from a laboratory will be considered for the award in any given year. All nominations must be postmarked by January 3, 2011 and sent electronically to info@achems.org.

Past Awardees
1984 G. Herman
1985 C. Wirsig
1986 J. Pevsner
1987 D. Wellis
1988 J. White
1989 P. Moore
1990 M. Stengl
1991 P. Hwang
1992 D. Fadool
1993 W. Li
1994 H. Zhao
1995 L. Stone
1996 M. Wachowlak
1996 M.E. Dinkins
1998 Gricelly Vargas
1999 Carole J. Burns
2000 Michelle Schaefer
2001 Josef Lazar
2002 Pengcheng Han
2003 Hessamedin Alimohammadi
2004 Jessica Brann
2005 Yiling Nie
2006 Jason Aungst
2007 Nicolás Pírez
2008 Aaron Beyerlein
2009 Kristal Tucker
2010 Mavis Irwin