1996 Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Burnabv llunson and Frank H. Field for the Derelopment and Application of Chemical Ionizalion Mass Spectrometrl

The 1996 ASMS Ar,ard for a academic laboratories throughout Distinguished Contribution in the rvorld. Chemical Mass SpectromeLn recognizes a was the first of the "soft focused, singular achier-ement that ionization" techniques. rvhich 'tr,.,li , 'rll'l: significantlv changed the practice have repeatedlv rer-olutionized of mass spectrometn-. The 1996 mass spectrometn. As such. Award will be presented to chemical ionization dramaticallr' Professor Burnabl' Munson. extended the information that University of Delarvare and mass spectrcmetrv could provide Professor Frark Field, Rockefeller and the range of sample materials Burnaby Munson Frank H. Field University', emeritus. on May 16. to rvhich mass spectrometrv could 1996. at this Conference. Professors Munson and Field are be usefully applied. recognized for the development of chemical ionization (CI) This is the seventh ASMS Award for a Distinguished mass spectrometr,v, r.vhich was first described in an article in Contribution in Mass Spectrometry. The awardees rvill the Journal of the Americal Chemical Societr. 88. 2621 receive a cash arvard and a recognition plaque. The au'ard ( 1 966). presentation is 7:30 PM, Thursday followed b-v lectures b1' In the course of their research on -molecule reaction Professors Munson and Field. kinetics carried out in the research laboratories of Esso (norv Exron), Professors Field and Murson in 1965 made the first Previous Award Recipients: mass spectrometric verification of the reactions of from 1990 Ronald D. Macfarlane, Plasma Desorption lonization methane ll'ith added trace compounds. Ther. recognized that the characteristic product ions formed in such ion-molecule 1991 Michael Barber, lonization reactions could be used to identifv the additive molecules. 1992 John B. Fewt, Electrospray Ionization and further, that such spectra had the advantage over ordinan'electron ionization spectra in that the identification 1993 Christie G. Enke and Richard A. Yost, Triple could be based on only a few peaks. Munson and Field Qu adrupo I e Mass Spe ctrome te r proceeded to develop a nerv analytical technique based on 199'l Donald F. Hunt, !{egative Ion Chemical lonization the observation ofproduct ions from ion-molecule reactions. rr'hich they called chemical ionization. 1995 Keith R. Jennings, Collision Induced Dissociation After its introduction, chemical ionization mass spectrometry was quickly recognized as a valuable new technique, a technique which is still rvidelv used to solve analvtical problems in industrial, governmental, and The 1996 RESEARCH AWARDS

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