Thursday, November 7, 2013, 7 p.m.

The Joseph Priestley Award was

presented by Dickinson College in

memory of Joseph Priestley,

discoverer of oxygen, to a

distinguished scientist whose

work has contributed to the

welfare of humanity. The Priestley

Award, first presented in 1952,

recognizes outstanding

achievement and contribution to

our understanding of science and

the world.

This year Dr. James E Hansen

receives the priestly award. Dr.

Nancy A. Roseman, President of

Dickinson College formally greeted

the audience to the ATS

auditorium. Dr. Gregory J.

Howard, Assistant Professor of

Environmental Studies,

introduced the speaker. Among

others, Dr. Anis Rahman, past

chair of the local section of the

American Chemical Society (ACS)

(www.sepsacs.org) was present at

the event. He formally thanked the

speaker on behalf of the ACS.

Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen

Dr. Nancy A. Roseman, President of Dickinson College greeting the audience

Dr. Gregory J. Howard, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies seen in

the audience.

Mrs. Christina Van Buskirk, Associate Provost, in the audience

Reception prior to the lecture

James E. Hansen receiving the Priestley award from Dr. Nancy A. Roseman,

President of Dickinson College

Speaker bio

Dr. James E. Hansen, former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space

Studies, is adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, where he

directs the program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions. He was

trained in physics and astronomy in the space science program of James Van

Allen at the University of Iowa. His early research on the clouds of Venus

helped identify their composition as sulfuric acid. Since the late 1970s, he has

focused his research on Earth’s climate, especially human-made climate

change. Hansen is best known for his testimony on climate change to

congressional committees in the 1980s, which helped raise broad awareness of

global warming. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1995

and was designated by Time magazine in 2006 as one of the 100 most

influential people on Earth. He has received numerous awards, including the

Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, the Roger Revelle Medal, the Sophie Prize

and the Blue Planet Prize. Hansen is recognized for speaking truth to power,

identifying ineffective policies as greenwash, and outlining actions that the

public must take to protect the future of young people and other life on our

planet.