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Awards and Scholarships
CINF Lifetime Award
Helen A. "Bonnie" Lawlor was selected as the Division's third recipient of
the Lifetime Award. The award was established by the Executive
Committee of the Division of Chemical Information in 2006 and recognizes
long-term membership and outstanding service and active contributions to
the Division over the years. The recipient must have been a member of the
Division for at least 20 years.
Bonnie joined the American Chemical Society in 1972, including the
technical division of the Society now known as the Division of Chemical
Information (CINF). From the beginning she has been an active member.
Bonnie served a number of roles in CINF including that of Assistant Editor
(1973-1977) and Editor (1978-1982) of the Chemical Information Bulletin.
She was elected Secretary (1984-1987), Chair-Elect (1988), Chair (1989), and Past-Chair (1990), and
is currently one of the Division's Councilors, a position she has held since 1992. As a result of her
many elected offices she has been on the CINF Executive Committee for almost 30 years. Bonnie has
been both a member and a chair of several CINF committees. She is currently the CINF Archivist and
is a member of the CINF Communications and Publications Committee.
As a Councilor she has held elected committee positions in the American Chemical Society at the
national level. Some of these are: Committee on Committees (2012-present), Council Policy
Committee (voting 2006-2011, nonvoting 1997-1999), Committee on Nominations & Elections (2000-
2005, Vice-Chair 2003, Secretary 2001), Committee on Divisional Activities (1994-1999, Chair 1997-
1999), and Committee on Copyrights (1990-1998, Chair 1993-1995, Committee Associate 1989).
Bonnie has held many key positions in CINF and has been a role model for younger members of the
Division. She is involved in work to reinvigorate the Division to make it more appealing to new
members of ACS. Bonnie is always volunteering to do things and gets them done well.
In 2006 Bonnie received the Val Metanomski Meritorious Service Award. This award is given to
recognize outstanding contributions to the Division. She was made an NFAIS Honorary Fellow in
2014 and was inducted as an ACS Fellow in 2013.
In 2010 Bonnie was interviewed by the then Editor of Chemical Information Bulletin Svetla
Baykoucheva. That interview can be found at: http://bulletin.acscinf.org/node/188.
Congratulations to Bonnie Lawlor on her well-deserved selection as the recipient of
the CINF Lifetime Award!
(Information about the CINF Lifetime Award is at: http://www.acscinf.org/content/cinf-lifetime-award)
Andrea Twiss-Brooks, Chair, CINF Awards Committee

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