Award Description
The John Arrend Timm award was created in 1972 to memorialize this outstanding teacher and textbook author from Simmons College. The award is not necessarily given every year.
This award is given to recognize an individual who has been instrumental in the furtherance of the study of chemistry. The recipient should be a person who has made exceptional contributions to the education of young people in chemistry.
Achievements worthy of recognition might be:
- effective motivation of students to continue their study of Chemistry
- development of new and effective instructional techniques
- assistance of the work of chemistry teachers in general
- promotion of public recognition of the importance of Chemistry
- others in a similar vein.
Past Recipients
| Name |
Professional Affiliation |
Year of Award |
| Edward Brush | Bridgewater State University | 2024 |
| Meledath Govindan | Fitchburg State University | 2023 |
| Bassam Shakhashiri |
University of Wisconsin |
2021 |
| Rein Kirss |
Northeastern University |
2019 |
| Mark Turnbull |
Clark University |
2016 |
| Ruth Tanner |
University of Massachusetts Lowell |
2012 |
| William Tobey Dills |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
2010 |
| Stephen J. Stepenuck |
Keene State College, NH |
2008 |
| David J. Olney |
Lexington High School, MA |
2006 |
| Richard Stein |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
2005 |
| James and Elaine Magyar |
Rhode Island College |
2003 |
| Morton Hoffman |
Boston University |
2002 |
| Mary Virginia Orna |
College of New Rochelle |
2001 |
| Babu George |
Sacred Heart University |
2000 |
| Bette Bridges | Bridgewater-Raynham High School, MA |
1998 |
| Judith Kelley |
University of Massachusetts Lowell |
1997 |
| David Harpp |
McGill University, Quebec, Canada |
1996 |
| Irwin Talesnick |
Queen's College, Ontario, Canada |
1995 |
| William (Flick) Coleman |
Wellesley College |
1993 |
| Mary C. Christian |
Exeter-West Greenwich High School, RI |
1992 |
| Madeline P. Goodstein |
Central Connecticut State College |
1991 |
| Barbara B. Lewis |
Champlain Valley Union HS and University of Vermont |
1990 |
| James L. Fasching |
University of Rhode Island |
1989 |
| Robert C. Plumb |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
1988 |
| Dana W. Mayo and Ronald M. Pike, jointly |
Bowdoin College and Merrimack College, respectively |
1987 |
| Jerry A. Bell |
Simmons College |
1986 |
| Alexander R. Amell |
University of New Hampshire |
1985 |
| Robert F. O’Malley |
Boston College |
1984 |
| Rev. Michael H. Custer OSB |
St. Anselm College |
1983 |
| Robert D. Eddy |
Tufts University |
1982 |
| Wallace J. Gleekman |
Brookline High School, MA |
1981 |
| Rose M. Paternostro |
Newington High School, CT |
1980 |
| Donald C. Gregg |
University of Vermont |
1978 |
| Benjamin A. Peterson |
East Providence High School, RI |
1977 |
| Marco H. Scheer |
Nashua High School, NH |
1976 |
| Leallyn B. Clapp |
Brown University |
1974 |
| John A. Timm (Posthumously) |
Simmons College |
1972 |
