Organic Division Initiatives:
M. A. Battiste Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Tarrant Distinguished Visiting Professorship of Organic Chemistry
Tarrant Summer Graduate Research Scholarship
W. M. Jones Award for Originality and Creativity
History
University of Florida Professor Emeritus Paul Tarrant created this professorship to honor the memory of his beloved wives, Viola and Marian. Paul graduated from Duke University and Sanford College and was the first chairman of the fluorine division of the American Chemical Society. In 1966, he received the Florida Award of the Florida Section of the American Chemical Society, which recognizes leadership and contributions toward the advancement of the profession of chemistry. He retired in 1980 after 34 years as professor of chemistry at the University of Florida.
Upcoming Recipient
The University of Utah
April 11th, 2022 – April 14th, 2022
Past Recipients
 Benjamin Davis University of Oxford Feb. 10-14 & 17-20, 2020 |
 Masayuki Inoue University of Tokyo Nov. 17-24, 2019 |
 Peter Schreiner Justus-Liebig-University March 12-16 & 19-22, 2019 |
 Masanari Kimura Nagasaki University Sept. 10 – 14, 2018 Tarrant Lecturer |
 David Lupton Monash University Feb. 26 – Mar. 7, 2018 Tarrant Lecturer |
 David Leigh The University of Manchester Oct. 13-30, 2017 |
 Ken Houk UCLA Apr. 8-14, 2017 |
 Janine Cossy ESPCI ParisTech Nov. 12-18, 2016 |
 Jye-Shane Yang National Taiwan University Jan. 24-30, 2016 Tarrant Lecturer |
 Stefan Matile University of Geneva November 30–December 4, 2015 |
 Kyoko Nozaki The University of Tokyo March 17-20, 2015 Tarrant Lecturer |
 Eric Kool Stanford University September 15-19, 2014 |
 Manfred Reetz Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung March 31-April 10, 2014 |
 David Milstein Weizmann Institute of Science November 11-15, 2013 |
 Shu Wang Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences April 12-18, 2013 Tarrant Lecturer |
 Martin R. Bryce Durham University March 16-23, 2013 |
 Tetsuro Majima Osaka University February 29, 2012 Tarrant Lecturer |
 Peter Bäuerle Universität Ulm February 13-17, 2012 |
 Ben Feringa University of Groningen November 7-17, 2011 |
 Herbert Meier Johannes Gutenberg – Universität Mainz Institute of Organic Chemistry April 3-April 7, 2011 |
 John Gladysz Texas A&M Oct. 18-31, 2009 Tarrant Lecturer |
 Rene Janssen Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) March 30-April 3, 2009 |
 Pierre Audebert Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (France) |
 Hisashi Yamamoto University of Chicago Feb. 2-14, 2009 |
 Philip J. Kocienski University of Leeds (UK) Nov. 1-18, 2007 |
 Haruo Inoue Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan) April 14-21, 2007 Tarrant Lecturer |
 Vladimir I. Minkin Rostov University (Russia) Nov. 4-11, 2006 |
 Francois Diederich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland) Sept. 17-Oct. 1, 2005 |
 Nick Turro Columbia University Feb. 6-19, 2005 |
 Irina Beletskaya Moscow State University (Russia) Oct. 31-Nov. 7, 2004 |
 Robert Grubbs California Institute of Technology April 1-14, 2004 |
 Leo E. Manzer DuPont Central Research Feb. 23-27, 2004 |
 E. W. “Bert” Meijer Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) Oct. 5-25, 2003 |
 Michael Makosza Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) April 12-25, 2003 |
 Frank Würthner University of Würzburg (Germany) March 4-7, 2003 Tarrant Lecturer |
 David Whitten QTL Biosystems Jan. 26 – Feb. 7, 2003 |
 Joachim Schantl Universität Innsbruck (Austria) Mar. 11-21, 2002 |
 Günter Haufe University of Münster (Germany) Jan. 22-Feb. 8, 2002 |
 Josef Michl University of Colorado at Boulder Oct. 1-29, 2001 |
 Goverdhan Mehta Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India) May 14-31, 2001 |
 Steven Ley University of Cambridge (UK) March 26-29, 2001 |
 Paul Wender Stanford University Feb. 14-18, 2000 |
 Armin de Meijere University of Gottingen (Germany) Jan. 5-14, 2000 |
 Richard D. Chambers Durham University (UK) Jan. 26-March 25, 1999 |