List of Iota Sigma Pi members

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Iota Sigma Pi is an American honor society for women in the sciences, especially chemistry.[1] It was created by the merger of three chemistry honor societies for women that were established in the early 20th century.[2] Following are some of the society's notable members.

Notable members

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Name Chapter Notability References
Carolyn Bertozzi chemist and winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [3]
Emmanuelle Charpentier microbiologist, biochemist, and co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [3]
Lillian Cohen inorganic chemist [4]
Zada Mary Cooper pharmacist and professor at the University of Iowa [5]
Jennifer Doudna chemist and co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [3]
Kathryn Ferguson Fink biochemist [6]
Ruby Hirose Cincinnati biochemist and bacteriologist [7]
Allene Jeanes chemical researcher [8]
Joan Priscilla Kilbourn microbiologist and educator [9]
Nell I. Mondy University of Texas at Austin biochemist [10]
Jin Kim Montclare biomolecular engineer
Agnes Fay Morgan Hydrogen chair of the home economics program at the University of California [11]
Nina Roscher Purdue chemist
Glenola Rose chemist
Diane Grob Schmidt Radium chemist [12]
Dorothy Martin Simon physical chemist
Paola S. Timiras endocrinologist [13]
Hoylande Young chemist [14]

Honorary members

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The highest award from Iota Sigma Pi is the National Honorary Member which is given to female chemists who have made an exceptional and significant achievement in the field.[15][16]

Name Year Notability References
Frances Arnold 2020 chemical engineer and winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [11]
Bridgette Barry 1999 biophysicist and biochemist [11]
Ruth R. Benerito 1975 scientist and inventor [11]
Jeanette Grasselli Brown 1987 chemist [11]
Emma P. Carr 1945 chair of the chemistry department at Mount Holyoke College [11]
Mildred Cohn 1988 biochemist [11]
Gerty Cori 1949 biochemist and winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [11]
Marie Curie 1921 physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, co-winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, and winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [11]
Helen Dyer 1972 biochemist [11]
Gladys Anderson Emerson 1966 historian, biochemist, and nutritionist [11]
Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts 2017 atmospheric chemist [11]
Edith M. Flanigen 1986 chemist [11]
Rosalind Franklin 1982 x-ray crystallographer [11]
Helen Murray Free 1978 chemist and educator [11]
Ellen Gleditsch 1929 radiochemist [11]
Mary L. Good 1983 inorganic chemist [11]
Vicki Grassian 2020 chemist [11]
Icie Hoobler 1949 biochemist [11]
Dorothy Hodgkin 1966 chemist and 1964 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry [11]
Darleane C. Hoffman 1933 nuclear chemist [11]
Marjorie G. Horning 1985 biochemist and pharmacologist [11]
Susan M. Kauzlarich 2011 chemist [11]
Ines Mandl 1979 biochemist [11]
Janet G. Osteryoung 1990 chemist [11]
Mary Engle Pennington 1940 bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer [11]
Gertrude Perlmann 1969 biochemist and structural biologist [11]
Florence R. Sabin 1935 medical scientist [11]
Florence B. Seibert 1942 biochemist [11]
Jean'ne Shreeve 1984 chemist [11]
Betty Sullivan 1972 biochemist [11]
Patricia Thiel 2008 surface chemist [11]
Lidia Vallarino 1996 inorganic chemist who was chemistry lecturer at the University of Milan [11]
Elizabeth Weisburger 1981 chemist [11]
Angela K. Wilson 2023 professor in the Department of Chemistry of Michigan State University [11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Brown, Jeannette (2012). American Women Chemists. Oxford University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9780199742882.
  2. ^ Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 612–613.
  3. ^ a b c "Women In Chemistry". Iota Sigma Pi. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  4. ^ "Meeting Professor Cohen". UMN Libraries News & Events. April 20, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  5. ^ Henderson, Metta Lou. “Zada Mary Cooper: Grand and Glorious Lady of Pharmacy.” Pharmacy in History vol. 40, no. 2/3 (1998): 81. JSTOR 4111187
  6. ^ "In Memoriam: Kathryn Ferguson Fink, Medicine: Los Angeles". University of California. 1989. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  7. ^ "Ruby Hirose, Biochemist & Bacteriologist". Rediscover STEAM. September 13, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  8. ^ "Women who made a Difference". Iowa State University Library. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  9. ^ "Joan Kilbourn Obituary (2011)". The Oregonian. Portland, OR. May 15, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Legacy.com.
  10. ^ "Guide to the Nell Mondy papers, 1932–2005". Cornell University Library. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "Past Award Winners". Iota Sigma Pi. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  12. ^ "For President-Elect: Diane Grob Schmidt". Chemical & Engineering News. 91 (37). September 16, 2013 – via deltamudelta.org.
  13. ^ "In Memoriam Paola S. Timiras". University of California. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  14. ^ Kravitz, Fran (June 2005). "Hoylande Denune Young | Women Chemists Committee". American Chemical Society Chicago. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  15. ^ "Professional awards". Iota Stigma Pi: National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  16. ^ Chemical Heritage. Vol. 19–21. Chemical Heritage Foundation. 2001. p. 50.