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Alison Butler has never met Canadian chemist and philanthropist Alfred Bader, but they have something important in common.
Harvard-educated Bader is considered by the American Chemical Society (ACS) to be “one of the top 75 distinguished contributors to the chemical enterprise in the last 75 years.” Among his many achievements: the endowment of an ACS prize in bioinorganic or bioorganic chemistry that bears his name.
Now Butler, a professor of chemistry at UC Santa Barbara, is the newest recipient of that award. She will receive $5,000 and a certificate, plus a paid trip to the 2018 ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, where she will give a keynote address about her research. A symposium will be held in her honor.
“I was so surprised and pleased to get the phone call from the president of the American Chemical Society,” said Butler, who is also UCSB’s associate vice chancellor for academic personnel. “It an honor just to be nominated let alone selected. I view the Bader Award as a reflection of the tremendous accomplishments of my students and postdocs. I’m so proud of their achievements, and I feel lucky to have them on my team.”
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