Charles Frederick Chandler Medal
Charles Frederick Chandler Medal
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- Description
- Charles Frederick Chandler was a chemist, a professor, and an active proponent of public health and consumer safety. Following his retirement from Columbia University, alumni established the Charles Frederick Chandler Medal for outstanding achievements in chemical science. Leo Baekeland was the first recipient. This is his gold medal. The obverse has a portrait bust facing right, and “THE CHARLES FREDERICK CHANDLER MEDAL / 1864-1910.” The reverse has “AWARDED TO / LEO HENDRICK / BAEKELAND / BY / COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY / 1914” and “TIFFANY & CO.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Charles Frederick Chandler Medal
- medal
- date made
- 1914
- Physical Description
- gold (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 48 mm; 1 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1982.0034.33d
- catalog number
- 1982.0034.33d
- accession number
- 1982.0034
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. William Karraker
- subject
- Bakelite
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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