Gary Posner, Scowe Professor of Chemistry in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, has been honored by the world's largest scientific society for 35 years of outstanding work in the field of organic chemistry. He received the 2004 Arthur C. Cope Senior Scholar Award at the American Chemical Society's 228th annual national meeting, held recently in Philadelphia.

Established by the ACS in 1984 under the terms of noted chemist Arthur C. Cope's will, the Senior Scholar Award annually recognizes four scientists ages 50 and older who have made significant contributions to the field of chemistry. The award consists of $5,000, a certificate and a $40,000 unrestricted research grant to be assigned by the recipient to any university or nonprofit institution.

Posner's achievements include groundbreaking work in creating compounds aimed at battling both malaria and cancer, as well as helping to develop a modified form of vitamin D that seems to delay the onset and reduce the number of skin cancers in laboratory mice without causing calcium to seep from their bones.

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