The James M. Van Lanen Distinguished Service Award

Background

James M. Van Lanen (1934-1974) was the Director of Research at Hiram Walk & Sons (Peoria, IL) and a pioneer in fermentation technology. He dedicated his service to the ACS Division of Microbial and Biochemical Technology. This nominated award recognizes an individual for outstanding contributions to the ACS Division of Biochemical Technology through committed and sustained service since 1985.

At the ACS annual meeting for which BIOT chooses to program, an award of a commemorative plaque will be made on behalf of the Division by the Division Executive Committee. The award will be presented to the recipient at the conference.

Nomination

All nominations are conducted by self-nomination. Nominations are judged based on the impact on the development of the Division through service. Service may include exceptional leadership activities, significant new program or initiative development, significant existing program or initiative enhancement, extensive and sustained operational effort, exceptional technical program organization and/or other impactful activities on behalf of the Division.

For further details and anonymous submissions, please go to acsbiot.submit.com.

Previous Awardees

2024: Mark Blenner
2023: John Kim
2022: Glen Bolton
2021: Cynthia Collins
2019: Varnika Roy
2018: Anne Kantardjieff
2017: Nitin Rathore
2016: Scott Banta
2015: David Roush
2014: Hari Pujar
2013: Claire Komives
2012: Anne Robinson
2011: Sadettin Ozturk

2010: Weichang Zhou
2009: Mark Marten
2008: Jonathan Coffman
2007: Terry Papoutsakis
2006: Sam Guhan
2005: Erik Fernandez
2004: Jacqueline Shanks
2003: Kent Goklen
2002: Michael Betenbaugh
2001: Richard Willson
2000: Govind Rao