SCC Merit Award

The Society of Cosmetic Chemists Merit Award is presented to an individual in recognition of outstanding service, distinguished leadership, and exceptional contributions to the Society on a National level.

All completed nomination forms MUST be submitted by July 31, 2025 (11:59PM ET).

Eligibility & Judging Criteria

The following criteria shall be considered in the selection and evaluation of nominees:

• SCC Membership is required.
• A minimum of ten years of service to the Society on the National level.
• May be awarded only once to an individual.
• Awarded annually, provided a deserving awardee is identified.

Selection of Awardee

All complete nominations received by the published deadline are evaluated by the Achievement Awards Committee.  No late submissions will be considered.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, uses both objective and subjective means in the evaluation process including, but not limited to: quality of submission; completeness of submission; and demonstrated match to the published award criteria.  Nominations are evaluated individually and subsequently ranked by the Committee against all other submissions received that given year.  In its sole discretion, Committee reserves the right to request additional information regarding any nominee but is not obligated to do so.  The Committee does not provide feedback to nominees.  For all awardee selections, the Committee’s decision is final and non-appealable.
 

Note :  the nomination form cannot be saved and should be completed in one session. You may want to intially write your submission information in a separate document, so that you have a backup should you encounter any issues while submitting your nomination.
 

RECENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

2024 - Cathy Anglin

2023 - Elisabeth (Liz) Streland

2022 – Bartley D. Maxon

2021 – Perry Romanowski

2020 – Martha Tate, PhD

Have someone in mind who should win, complete the form below to send your nomination.

Past Awardees in 1970s

1970 – William Mueller, Warren Dennis, Shirley DeRagan

1971 – Marshall Sorkin, Mitchell Schlossman, Shaw Mudge

1972 – Karl Laden

1973 – Phyllis Carter

1974 – Rosemarie Wallisch

1975 – Paul Thau

1976 – Martin Grief

1977 – Graham Barker

1978 – Maurice Rosenthal

1979 – Harry Isacoff

Past Awardees in 1980s

1980 – Hilda Feinberg, Louis Burris

1981 – Gerald Goldberg, George Pollack

1982 – Stanley Allured

1983 – Warren Hintz

1984 – Harvey Schnur

1985 – David Steinberg

1986 – William Snyder

1987 – Harry Hess

1988 – Morton Pader

1989 – Stanley R. Milstein

Past Awardees in 1990s

1990 – Anne Wolven-Garrett

1991 – Jerome Feit

1992 – Virginia Kickertz

1993 – Adele Levy

1994 – Gail P. Bucher

1995 – No Award

1996 – Robert Saute

1997 – Edwina Ramsey

1998 – No Award

1999 – No Award

Past Awardees in 2000s

2000 – Don Katz

2001 – Ken Klein

2002 – No Award

2003 – Carl Eastman

2004 – Linda Rhein

2005 – No Award

2006 – Robert Lochhead, Ph.D.

2007 – Randy Wickett, Ph.D.

2008 – Colleen Rocafort

2009 – James Akerson

Past Awardees in 2010s

2010 – Mindy S. Goldstein

2011 – Ken Marenus

2012 – Joseph Pavilichko

2013 – Stephen Greenberg, Ph. D.

2014 – Joel Zatz, Ph.D.

2015 – No Award

2016 – Not awarded due to the 29th IFSCC Congress

2017 – Guy Padulo

2018 – Amy Wyatt

2019 – Anthony O’Lenick