The annual Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry was established by the Theoretical Chemistry Institute in 1991 from funds donated by Professor Joseph O. Hirschfelder (1911-1990) and his widow, Dr. Elizabeth S. Hirschfelder.  Professor Hirschfelder had a distinguished career of teaching, research and public service at the University of Wisconsin for over forty years.

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JOSEPH O. HIRSCHFELDER PRIZE
recipients



2007-08        Robert J. Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2006-07        Hans C. Andersen, Stanford University

2005-06        Henry F. Schaefer, University of Georgia

2004-05        James T. Hynes, University of Colorado

2003-04        Eric J. Heller, Harvard University

2002-03        Stuart A. Rice, University of Chicago

2001-02        Bruce J. Berne, Columbia University

2000-01        Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University

1999-00        Joshua Jortner, Tel Aviv University, Israel

1998-99        David Chandler, University of California, Berkeley

1997-98        Ernest R. Davidson, Indiana University

1996-97        William H. Miller, University of California, Berkeley

1995-96        Michael E. Fisher, University of Maryland

1994-95        Martin Karplus, Harvard University

1993-94        John A. Pople, Northwestern University

1992-93        Rudolph Marcus, California Institute of Technology

1991-92        Benjamin Widom, Cornell University