F. Albert Cotton - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	09-April-1930
Place of Birth	Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
Nationality	United States of America
Profession	Chemist
Frank Albert Cotton was an American chemist. He was the W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. He authored over 1700 scientific articles. Cotton was recognized for his research on the chemistry of the transition metals.

Awards by F. Albert Cotton

Check all the awards nominated and won by F. Albert Cotton.

2000

Wolf Prize in Chemistry	(For opening up an entirely new phase of transition metal chemistry based on pairs and clusters of metal atoms directly linked by single or multiple bonds.)

1998

Priestley Medal

1990

NAS Award in Chemical Sciences	(For his broad contribution to modern inorganic chemistry and, in particular, for having established the existence and importance of multiple metal-to-metal bonding.)

1982

National Medal of Science for Chemistry	(For contributions of unique range, depth, and importance to inorganic and structural chemistry, especially the discovery and elucidation of multiple metal-metal bonds and the application of group theory to chemical problems.)

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