Merrifield Award

NEWS FLASH (April 2, 1999)

The winner of the 1999 Merrifield Award is Daniel H. Rich, the Ralph F. Hirschmann Professor of Medicinal and Organic Chemistry, of the University of Wisconsin College of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry. Click here for details.

The American Peptide Society will present the Merrifield Award, endowed by Dr. Rao Makineni. The recipient will be a living scientist whose research, teaching, and service has had a substantial impact on the intellectual and practical development of peptide science. The award recognizes scientists at a point in their careers where a substantial body of creative work is available and sufficient time has passed to place their work in perspective. All members of the American Peptide Society are invited to submit nominations for the Merrifield Award to be presented at the 16^th American Peptide Symposium. The nomination documents should contain:

a written statement of no more than 1000 words containing an evaluation of the nominee's accomplishments and a specific identification of the work to be recognized
a curriculum vitae
a list of publications
up to five reprints of articles, patents or reviews (do not include books or tapes)
one additional letter in support of the nominee

Eight copies of the nominating documents should be mailed directly to the Chair of the Awards Committee: Dr. Murray Goodman, Department of Chemistry, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0343, U.S.A.; phone 619-534-4466, fax 619-534-0202, e-mail mgoodman@ucsd.edu. The deadline for nominations for the Merrifield Award is March 1, 1999.

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