The John A. Timm Award

Current Timm Award Committee Chair:

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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:

  1. effective motivation of students to continue their study of Chemistry
  2. development of new and effective instructional techniques
  3. assistance of the work of chemistry teachers in general
  4. promotion of public recognition of the importance of Chemistry
  5. others in a similar vein.

Please fill out the form below to suggest a nominee for the John A. Timm Award. Preference is given to NEACT members, but all nominees will be given thorough consideration. The deadline for all nominations is March 1st of each calendar year.
 

Please enter a detailed explanation as to why you think s/he should get this award.

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Name Professional Affiliation Year of Awardsort icon
Ruth Tanner University of Massachusetts, Lowell 2012
William Tobey Dills University of Mass. at Dartmouth 2010
Stephen J. Stepenuck Keene State College [NH] 2008
David J. Olney Lexington, MA High School 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 Raynham-Bridgewater High School, MA 1998
Judith Kelley University of Massachusetts, Lowell 1997
David Harpp McGill University, Montreal, Que. 1996
Irwin Talesnick Queen's College, Ontario, Canada 1995
William (Flick) Coleman Wellesley College, MA 1993
Mary C. Christian Exeter-West Greenwich HS, RI 1992
Madeline P. Goodstein Central Connecticut State College, CT 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