2007 Fankuchen Award to Frank Herbstein

Frank Herbstein’s work has illuminated chemical crystallographic perceptions for over half a century and has now culminated in the recent publication of his two-volume encyclopedic work on Crystalline Molecular Complexes and Compounds. For the emerging generation of crystallographers this achievement should set an example of true scholarship combined with critical (and self-critical) attitudes towards a vast and complex body of information. Herbstein’s book will be a guide to the perplexed for many years. His lifetime achievements in research, teaching and scholarship eminently qualify him as a most suitable candidate for the 2007 Fankuchen Memorial Award.

Award Committee:  Tom Koetzle (Chair), Lachlan Cranswick, Kathy Kantardijeff, Bob Swee