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unusual facts about The Franklin Institute Awards



Eugene C. Bingham

He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Certificate of Merit in 1921 for his variable pressure viscometer.

Henry Selby Hele-Shaw

He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Certificate of Merit in 1933.

Robert H. Grubbs

Grubbs's many awards have included: Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1974–76), Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (1975–78), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (1975), ACS Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry (2000), ACS Herman F. Mark Polymer Chemistry Award (2000), ACS Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods (2001), the Tolman Medal (2002), and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2005).

Yakir Aharonov

1991: The Elliott Cresson MedalThe Franklin Institute


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