<p>[Stephen</a> Lippard Named Priestley Medalist | June 10, 2013 Issue - Vol. 91 Issue 23 | Chemical & Engineering News](<a href=“http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i23/Stephen-Lippard-Named-Priestley-Medalist.html]Stephen”>http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i23/Stephen-Lippard-Named-Priestley-Medalist.html)</p>
<p>Stephen J. Lippard, the Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will receive the 2014 Priestley Medal, the American Chemical Society’s most prestigious honor. Lippard, 72, is being recognized “for mentoring legions of scientists in the course of furthering the basic science of inorganic chemistry and paving the way for improvements in human health,” according to the society.</p>
<p>A native of Pittsburgh, Lippard was a premed student focusing on English literature at Haverford College before his fascination with chemistry led him to choose it as his major.</p>