Oesper Award

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Oesper Award
Date1981 (1981)
CountryUnited States of America
Presented by University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society

The Ralph and Helen Oesper Award or Oesper Award was first given in 1981 by the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes "outstanding chemists for lifetime significant accomplishments in the field of chemistry with long-lasting impact on the chemical sciences". [1] It was established with a bequest from Ralph E. Oesper and his wife, Helen Wilson Oesper. [2] [3]

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