3M

This lecture series was established in 1962. It closed in 2019. 

Past 3M Series Lecturers

Note: Nobel Laureates are in bold.

  • 2019 Omar M. Yaghi, UC Berkeley
  • 2017 James Mayer, Yale University
  • 2015 Angela Belcher, M.I.T.
  • 2013 Ian Manners, Bristol
  • 2010 Harry Gray, Caltech
  • 2009 Didier Astruc, Université Bordeaux
  • 2008 Paul Corkum, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, NRC
  • 2007 Kohei Tamao, Kyoto University
  • 2006 Kenneth Raymond, University of California at Berkeley
  • 2005 Norm Dovichi, University of Washington
  • 2004 Albert Padwa, Emory University/Atlanta GA
  • 2003 Dieter Fenske, Universität Karlsruhe
  • 2002 Robert R. Birge, Connecticut/Syracuse
  • 2001 K. C. Nicolaou, Scripps/UC San Diego
  • 2000 Ian Dance, New South Wales
  • 1999 Robert W. Field, M.I.T
  • 1998 Jean M. J. Frechet, Berkeley
  • 1996 R. Huisgen, Munich
  • 1994 A. J. Bard, U. Texas, Austin
  • 1993 H. Schmidbauer, Munich
  • 1992 K. U. Ingold, NRC
  • 1991 D. A. Shirley, Berkeley
  • 1990 D. Seyferth, M.I.T.
  • 1989 D.J. Cram, U.C.L.A.
  • 1988 R.A. Marcus, Cal. Tech.
  • 1987 M. H. Chisholm, Indiana
  • 1986 J. M. Lehn, Strasbourg
  • 1985 D. R. Hershbach, Harvard
  • 1984 M. L .H. Green, Oxford
  • 1983 R. Breslow, Columbia
  • 1982 Sir John Meurig Thomas, Cambridge
  • 1981 J. Halpern, Chicago
  • 1980 W.P. Jencks, Brandeis
  • 1979 J. A. Pople, Carnegie-Mellon
  • 1978 J. Chatt, Sussex
  • 1977 D. Arigoni, E.T.H., Switzerland
  • 1976 J. A. Morrison, McMaster
  • 1975 R. J. P. Williams, Oxford
  • 1974 G. Stork, Columbia
  • 1973 W.A. Klemperer, Harvard
  • 1972 R.G. Pearson, Northwestern
  • 1971 F.H. Westheimer, Harvard
  • 1970 S.A. Rice, Chicago
  • 1969 H. Taube, Stanford
  • 1968 A. Eschenmoser, E.T.H, Switzerland
  • 1967 J. O. Hirschfelder, Wisconsin
  • 1966 F. A. Cotton, M.I.T.
  • 1965 S. Winstein, U.C.L.A.
  • 1963 Sir Ronald Nyholm, University College
  • 1962 Sir Derek H.R. Barton, Imperial College