The Ellis R. Lippincott Award is awarded annually to recognize "an individual who has made significant contributions to vibrational spectroscopy as judged by his or her influence on other scientists."
It was jointly established in 1975 by The Optical Society of America

Optical Society of America

The Optical Society is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of light—optics and photonics—in theory and application, by means of publishing, organizing conferences and exhibitions, partnership with industry, and education. The organization has members in more than 100 countries...

, The Coblentz Society

Coblentz Society

The Coblentz Society is an American organization promoting and fostering the understanding and variety of applications of all types of molecular or vibrational spectroscopy founded in 1954. It's the oldest such organization in the United States....

, and The Society for Applied Spectroscopy

Society for Applied Spectroscopy

The Society for Applied Spectroscopy is an organization promoting research and education in the fields of spectroscopy, optics, and analytical chemistry. Founded in 1958, it is currently headquartered in Frederick, MD...

. The award honors Ellis R. Lippincott, a vibrational spectroscopist who worked at the University of Maryland

University of Maryland

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. Lippincott was one of the developers of the Diamond anvil cell

Diamond anvil cell

A diamond anvil cell is a device used in scientific experiments. It allows compressing a small piece of material to extreme pressures, which can exceed 3,000,000 atmospheres ....

, which is used in high pressure

High pressure

High pressure in science and engineering is studying the effects of high pressure on materials and the design and construction of devices, such as a diamond anvil cell, which can create high pressure...

 research.

Past winners of the Lippincott Award

• 2011 Isao Noda
• 2010 Martin Moskovits
• 2009 Michael D. Fayer
• 2008 Richard P.Van Duyne
• 2007 Jonathan Tennyson
• 2006 Hai-Lung Dai
• 2005 Jaan Laane
• 2004 Richard A. Mathies
• 2003 Shaul Mukamel
• 2002 Sanford A. Asher
• 2001 Lester Andrews
• 2000 Donald Levy
• 1999 Mitsuo Tasumi

• 1998 Takeshi Oka
• 1997 Robin Hochstrasser
• 1996 Giuseppe Zerbi
• 1995 Giacinto Scoles
  Giacinto Scoles
  Giacinto Scoles is a European and North American chemist and physicist who is best-known for his pioneering development of molecular beam methods for the study of weak van der Waals forces between atoms, molecules, and surfaces...
  
  
• 1994 Herbert L. Strauss
• 1993 John F. Rabolt
• 1992 Richard Saykally
• 1990 Robert W. Field
  Robert W. Field
  Robert W. Field is the Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been a professor since 1974. His AB degree is in chemistry from Amherst College, and his PhD is in chemistry from Harvard University, where he worked with Bill Klemperer...
  
  
• 1989 Marilyn E. Jacox
• 1988 Andreas C. Albrecht
• 1987 C. Bradley Moore

• 1986 Wolfgang Kaiser
• 1985 Ira W. Levin
• 1984 Jon T. Hougen
• 1983 John Overend
• 1982 Michel Delhaye
• 1981 Ian M. Mills
• 1980 George C. Pimentel
  George C. Pimentel
  George Claude Pimentel was the inventor of the chemical laser. He also developed the modern technique of matrix isolation in low-temperature chemistry. In theoretical chemistry, he proposed the three-centre four-electron bond which is now accepted as the best simple model of hypervalent...
  
  
• 1979 E. Bright Wilson
• 1978 Bryce L. Crawford, Jr.
• 1977 Lionel Bellamy
• 1976 Richard C. Lord
  Richard c. lord
  Professor Richard Collins Lord was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He received the Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Johns Hopkins University in 1936...