Gilbert Stork (born December 31 1921) is a Belgian-born U.S. organic chemist. He is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University. The Stork enamine synthesis is named in his honor.
1982 National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences
1983 National Medal of Science; Pauling Award
1985 Tetrahedron Prize
1986 Remsen Award, Maryland ACS; Cliff S. Hamilton Award,
1987 Monie A Ferst Award and Medal, Georgia Tech.
1991 Roger Adams Award
1992 George Kenner Award, Liverpool
1992 Robert Robinson Lectureship, University of Manchester
1992 Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists
1993 Robert A. Welch Award
1994 Allan R. Day Award, Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club
1995 Wolf Prize, Israel
2002 D. H. Barton Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry
Prof. Stork also holds honorary doctorates from Lawrence University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Paris, the University of Rochester, and Columbia University.
References
The Pfizer Lecture Series biography. Retrieved on March 20, 2006.