George W. Beadle (second from right) receives the Priestley Award from President Howard Rubendall ('31) for his work in genetics and cytology on March 15, 1967. 

Far left: Professor Horace Rogers ('24).  Far right: Professor William B. Jeffries.

Wallace S. Broecker, 1990 recipient of the Priestley Award, lectures to a class while at Dickinson.

Karl Taylor Compton receives the Priestley Award from President William Edel on April 22, 1954. 

Far left: Chemistry Professor Ernest A. Vuilleumier ; Third from left: C. Scott Althouse

Francis Crick signs programs in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium after the ceremony in which he received the Priestley Award (in foreground) on September 14, 1988.

Dr. Henry Eyring (right) receives the Priestley Award from President Rubendall on March 28, 1974.

Dr. Harry B. Gray lectures after receiving the Priestley Award on October 8, 1991.

Dr. Donald Knuth (right) receives the Priestley Award from President Banks on March 10, 1981.

Margaret Mead receives the Priestley Award from President Rubendall on March 9, 1971.

Dr. Arno Penzias, the Priestley Award recipient, lectures to a class at Dickinson in September 1989.

President Howard Lane Rubendall presents George C. Pimentel (left) with the Priestley Award on March 30, 1972.

Carl Sagan, the 1975 recipient of the Priestley Award, looks through Joseph Priestley's burning glass on April 10, 1975.

President William Wilcox Edel stands next to Sir Hugh Stott Taylor (left) as he receives the first ever Joseph Priestley Award on March 20, 1952 for his research and teaching in chemistry.