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Show CHAPTER V HONORS AND ACCLAIM The Utah period of Eyring's Tife was fiTTed with exciting research and contacts with scientists throughout the world. It was aiso the period of his career when he received many honors and awards commending him for his outstanding work and his important contributions to science and to chemistry in particuTar. That his work at Princeton had received important recognition is evidenced by his receiving the 1932 prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and his eiection to the NationaT Academy of Science in 1945. recognition after his move to Utah. That work gained further In addition he received simiTar acknowTedgements for his Utah achievements. WhiTe at Utah, he received over forty major awards for his Princeton and Utah scientific accompTishments. The first of these major awards came from the Research Corporation of New York in early 1949. The Research Corporation's principaT work was the securing of patents on scientific inventions, then using the money earned to suppTy research grants to universities and other non-profit institutions. This organization had funded research projects at Utah. Its administrators were deepTy impressed with Eyring and decided to give its 1948 achievement award to him. The award, in addition to pro- viding an engraved pTaque and a citation enumerating his scientific accompTishments, carried a $2,500 honorarium. The presentation was made |
