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Provides information on the 2005 American Chemical Society national award winners in the U.S. Research conducted by chemistry professor K. C. Nicolaou on natural products; Discoveries of professor Donna G. Blackmond in the field of selective catalysis; Expertise of physical organic chemist Weston T. Borden on the electronic structure and properties of di-radicals.

The article presents a corporate profile for professor John E. Adams, a candidate for the American Chemical Society's board of directors in the U.S. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Missouri and got his doctoral degree at the University of California-Berkeley. Adams was an Outstanding Faculty Academic Adviser at the University of Missouri in 2005 and got the Marj Leave Outstanding Learning Community Partner Award in 2003.

Features Alan R. Fersht, the Herchel Smith Professor of Organic Chemistry at England's Cambridge University and director of its Centre for Protein Engineering who received the Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry administered by the American Chemical Society for 2005. Career background; Major accomplishments.

Features David W. C. MacMillan, a professor of chemistry at California Institute of Technology who received the American Chemical Society's 2005 Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator. Academic and career background; Major accomplishments.

Features Jeffrey R. Long, associate professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, who received the National Fresenius Award administered by the American Chemical Society for 2005. Career background; Major accomplishments.

The article reports on the 20th Gustavus John Esselen Award given to Richard D. Dimarchi, Professor and Gill Distinguished Chair in Biomolecular Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington and chairman of Ambrx Inc. The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society recognizes his achievement in scientific and technical work. Dimarchi's career background is provided.

Announces the winners of Carbohydrate Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society for 2005. C. Fred Brewer, professor of molecular pharmacology and of microbiology and immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, New York city; Todd L. Lowery of the Ohio State University; Zhongwu Guo of Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University.

Features Jack R. Norton, a professor of chemistry at New York City's Columbia University who received the 2005 American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry. Academic and career background; Major accomplishments.

Features D. Wayne Goodman, the Robert A. Welch Chair in chemistry at Texas A&M University who received the Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis administered by the American Chemical Society for 2005. Career background; Major accomplishments.

Features Stephen J. Benkovic, the Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University who received the Nakanishi Prize administered by the American Chemical Society for 2005. Career background; Major accomplishments.

Lists honorable mention awardees and members of the American Chemical Society for the 2003-2004 academic year. Awards to institutions, chapter presidents and faculty advisers; Award categories; Membership to societies, institutes and universities.