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.
Dr. Paul Rufus Burkholder '24 (center) receives the Priestley Award on March 10, 1953.
Left: President Edel. Right: John Watson Pedlow (Class of 1929 and Trustee)
Priestley Award recipient Karl T. Compton (third from left) poses with Professor Vuilleumier (second from left) and President Edel (far right) next to Priestley's burning glass on April 22, 1954.
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
Dr. Edward Teller (second from left) receives the Priestley Award from President Edel (far left) on March 28, 1957 for his work in thermonuclear energy.
Second from right: National Cylinder Gas Company Vice President W. Roberts Wood, presenting cash grant.
Far right: Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis L. Strauss
Dr. Robert B. Woodward, an organic chemist, poses with his newly received Priestley Award and a statue of Joseph Priestley on March 30, 1962.
Dr. Robert Burns Woodward (center) receives Priestley Award on March 30, 1962.
Dr. Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer receives the Priestley Award on March 14, 1963.
Second from left: Professor Horace Rogers. Third from left: President Howard Rubendall ('31).
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.
Margaret Mead receives the Priestley Award from President Rubendall on March 9, 1971.
President Howard Lane Rubendall presents George C. Pimentel (left) with the Priestley Award on March 30, 1972.
Dr. Henry Eyring (right) receives the Priestley Award from President Rubendall on March 28, 1974.
Carl Sagan, the 1975 recipient of the Priestley Award, looks through Joseph Priestley's burning glass on April 10, 1975.
Dr. John Kemeny (left) holds the Priestley Award he received on March 8, 1976. President Samuel Alston Banks (center) stands next to Dr. Kemeny.
W. Frank Blair (right), 1977 Priestley Award recipient, with President Samuel Banks.
Dr. Donald Knuth (right) receives the Priestley Award from President Banks on March 10, 1981.
Dr. Hubert N. Alyea, the 1984 Priestley Award recipient, demonstrates chemistry in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.
Priestley Award recipient Dr. Harold P. Furth speaks at the ceremony in his honor on March 28, 1985.
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.
Francis Crick speaks at the ceremony held in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium in which he received the Priestley Award on September 14, 1988.
Dr. Arno Penzias, the Priestley Award recipient, lectures to a class at Dickinson in September 1989.
Dr. Arno Penzias speaks at the Priestley Award ceremony on September 28, 1989.
Wallace S. Broecker, 1990 recipient of the Priestley Award, lectures to a class while at Dickinson.
Dr. Harry B. Gray lectures after receiving the Priestley Award on October 8, 1991.
Dr. Solomon H. Snyder, a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, speaks after receiving the 1992 Priestley Award.
