List of Iota Sigma Pi members

Iota Sigma Pi is an American honor society for women in the sciences, especially chemistry.[1] It was created by the merger of three chemistry honor societies for women that were established in the early 20th century.[2] Following are some of the society's notable members.

Notable members

Name Chapter Notability References
Carolyn Bertozzi chemist and winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [3]
Emmanuelle Charpentier microbiologist, biochemist, and co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [3]
Lillian Cohen inorganic chemist [4]
Zada Mary Cooper pharmacist and professor at the University of Iowa [5]
Jennifer Doudna chemist and co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [3]
Kathryn Ferguson Fink biochemist [6]
Ruby Hirose Cincinnati biochemist and bacteriologist [7]
Allene Jeanes chemical researcher [8]
Joan Priscilla Kilbourn microbiologist and educator [9]
Nell I. Mondy University of Texas at Austin biochemist [10]
Jin Kim Montclare biomolecular engineer
Agnes Fay Morgan Hydrogen chair of the home economics program at the University of California [11]
Nina Roscher Purdue chemist
Glenola Rose chemist
Diane Grob Schmidt Radium chemist [12]
Dorothy Martin Simon physical chemist
Paola S. Timiras endocrinologist [13]
Hoylande Young chemist [14]

Honorary members

The highest award from Iota Sigma Pi is the National Honorary Member which is given to female chemists who have made an exceptional and significant achievement in the field.[15][16]

Name Year Notability References
Frances Arnold 2020 chemical engineer and winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [11]
Bridgette Barry 1999 biophysicist and biochemist [11]
Ruth R. Benerito 1975 scientist and inventor [11]
Jeanette Grasselli Brown 1987 chemist [11]
Emma P. Carr 1945 chair of the chemistry department at Mount Holyoke College [11]
Mildred Cohn 1988 biochemist [11]
Gerty Cori 1949 biochemist and winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [11]
Marie Curie 1921 physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, co-winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, and winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [11]
Helen Dyer 1972 biochemist [11]
Gladys Anderson Emerson 1966 historian, biochemist, and nutritionist [11]
Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts 2017 atmospheric chemist [11]
Edith M. Flanigen 1986 chemist [11]
Rosalind Franklin 1982 x-ray crystallographer [11]
Helen Murray Free 1978 chemist and educator [11]
Ellen Gleditsch 1929 radiochemist [11]
Mary L. Good 1983 inorganic chemist [11]
Vicki Grassian 2020 chemist [11]
Icie Hoobler 1949 biochemist [11]
Dorothy Hodgkin 1966 chemist and 1964 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry [11]
Darleane C. Hoffman 1933 nuclear chemist [11]
Marjorie G. Horning 1985 biochemist and pharmacologist [11]
Susan M. Kauzlarich 2011 chemist [11]
Ines Mandl 1979 biochemist [11]
Janet G. Osteryoung 1990 chemist [11]
Mary Engle Pennington 1940 bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer [11]
Gertrude Perlmann 1969 biochemist and structural biologist [11]
Florence R. Sabin 1935 medical scientist [11]
Florence B. Seibert 1942 biochemist [11]
Jean'ne Shreeve 1984 chemist [11]
Betty Sullivan 1972 biochemist [11]
Patricia Thiel 2008 surface chemist [11]
Lidia Vallarino 1996 inorganic chemist who was chemistry lecturer at the University of Milan [11]
Elizabeth Weisburger 1981 chemist [11]
Angela K. Wilson 2023 professor in the Department of Chemistry of Michigan State University [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Jeannette (2012). American Women Chemists. Oxford University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9780199742882.
  2. ↑ Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 612–613.
  3. 1 2 3 "Women In Chemistry". Iota Sigma Pi. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Meeting Professor Cohen". UMN Libraries News & Events. April 20, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  5. ↑ Henderson, Metta Lou. “Zada Mary Cooper: Grand and Glorious Lady of Pharmacy.” Pharmacy in History vol. 40, no. 2/3 (1998): 81. JSTOR 4111187
  6. ↑ "In Memoriam: Kathryn Ferguson Fink, Medicine: Los Angeles". University of California. 1989. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ruby Hirose, Biochemist & Bacteriologist". Rediscover STEAM. September 13, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Women who made a Difference". Iowa State University Library. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Joan Kilbourn Obituary (2011)". The Oregonian. Portland, OR. May 15, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Legacy.com.
  10. ↑ "Guide to the Nell Mondy papers, 1932–2005". Cornell University Library. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 "Past Award Winners". Iota Sigma Pi. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  12. ↑ "For President-Elect: Diane Grob Schmidt". Chemical & Engineering News. 91 (37). September 16, 2013 – via deltamudelta.org.
  13. ↑ "In Memoriam Paola S. Timiras". University of California. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  14. ↑ Kravitz, Fran (June 2005). "Hoylande Denune Young | Women Chemists Committee". American Chemical Society Chicago. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Professional awards". Iota Stigma Pi: National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  16. ↑ Chemical Heritage. Vol. 19–21. Chemical Heritage Foundation. 2001. p. 50.
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