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International Palladium Medal


In 1958, the Société de Chimie Industrielle instituted the International Palladium Medal, which "may be awarded biennially to an individual who has distinguished himself or herself by reason of outstanding contribution to the chemical industry of such character and scope as to enhance the international aims and objectives of the Société de Chimie Industrielle".

2024 International Palladium Medal

Dow Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer Jim Fitterling received the International Palladium Medal at a black-tie dinner in his honor on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in the Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton Midtown.

For further details, the press release is available for viewing.

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2022 International Palladium Medal

Eastman Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer Mark J. Costa will receive the International Palladium Medal at a black-tie dinner in his honor on Monday, September 12, 2022 in the Trianon Ballroom of the New York Hilton Midtown.

For further details, the press release is available for viewing.


2019 International Palladium Medal

FMC Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pierre Brondeau received the International Palladium Medal at a black-tie dinner in his honor on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 in the Grand Ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.

For further details, the press release is available for viewing.

2019 Awardee - Pierre Brondeau
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, FMC Corporation
2019 Palladium Medal Presentation

James M. Weatherall, President of Société de Chimie Industrielle and Peter Young, Chairman of the International Palladium Medal Committee, present the Palladium Medal to Pierre Brondeau on May 22, 2019 at the Roosevelt Hotel.
Photo: Hechler Photographers


2019 International Palladium Medal Dinner Photo Album - May 22, 2019

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2019 International Palladium Medal Dinner - May 22, 2019



2017 International Palladium Medal

Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Air Products, received the International Palladium Medal at a black-tie dinner in his honor on Thursday, June 1, 2017 in the Grand Ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.

2017 Awardee - Seifi Ghasemi
President and Chief Executive Officer, Air Products

Seifi Ghasemi - 2017 Palladium Medal
Peter Young, President of Société de Chimie Industrielle and Joseph Coote, Chairman of the International Palladium Medal Committee, present the Palladium Medal to Seifi Ghasemi on June 1, 2017 at the Roosevelt Hotel.
Photo: Hechler Photographers


2017 International Palladium Medal Dinner Photo Album - June 1, 2017

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2017 International Palladium Medal Dinner



2015 International Palladium Medal


2015 Awardee - Ellen Kullman
Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, DuPont


2015 E. Kullman
Joseph Coote, President of Société de Chimie Industrielle and
Dwight Glover, Chairman of the International Palladium Medal Committee,
present the Palladium Medal to Ellen Kullman
on May 7, 2015 at the Roosevelt Hotel.
Photo: Hechler Photographers

May 7, 2015 Event Photos

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International Palladium Medal Dinner - May 7, 2015
 

Othmer Gold Medal Award

The Othmer Gold Medal is awarded annually by the Science History Institute  in Philadelphia. It recognizes an individual who has contributed in multiple ways to the world's chemical heritage. The Société de Chimie Industrielle, as a member of Science History Institute's Heritage Council, participates in identifying and nominating candidates for this award.

Winthrop-Sears Award

Société de Chimie Industrielle also nominates a candidate for the Winthrop-Sears Medal, given by the Chemists´ Club. The Winthrop-Sears Medal was established in 1970 by the Chemical Industry Association to recognize individuals who, by their entrepreneurial action, contributed to the vitality of the chemical industry and the betterment of mankind.

Recipients of the Palladium Medal

2024 Jim Fitterling

2022 Mark J. Costa

2019 Pierre Brondeau

2017 Seifi Ghasemi

2015 Ellen Kullman

2013 Andrew N. Liveris

2011 Stephanie A. Burns

2009 Chad O. Holliday, Jr.

2007 Jeffery M. Lipton

2005 Dr. Jürgen F. Strube

2003 Vincent A. Calarco

2001 William S. Stavropoulos

1999 Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.

1997 Thomas L. Gossage

1995 Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.

1994 Frank Popoff

1993 Jean-Renee Fourtou

1991 Robert D. Kennedy

1989 Konrad M. Weis

1987 Harry Corless

1985 Gerald D. Laubach

1983 Thomas G. Gibian

1981 Paul F. Oreffice

1979 Edward R. Kane

1977 J. Peter Grace

1975 Werner C. Brown

1972 William Wayne Keeler

1968 Karl Winnacker

1967 Henry Smith Wingate

1965 Paul Toinet

1964 Monroe Jackson Rathbone

1963 Charles Allen Thomas

1961 Ernest-John Solvay