Honors for Mallinckrodt

Mallinckrodt Chemical Laboratory's donor gained another honor this week. Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. '00, former overseer and famed chemist, won the 1952 Midwest Award of the American Chemical Society for "meritorious contributions to the advancement of chemistry and chemical education."

Mallinckrodt helped develop the atomic bomb and has pioneered in the purification of ether. He was an overseer from 1927 to 1933 and was also vice-president of the Alumni Association.