What type of chemist was the American who was a fellow of a United states nonprofit governmental organization?
National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
Francis Patrick Garvan Francis Patrick Garvan (June 13, 1875 – November 7, 1937) was an American lawyer and long-time president of the Chemical Foundation. The American Chemical Society awarded him its highest honor, the Priestley Medal, in 1929. Garvan established what is now known as the American Chemical Society's "Francis P. Garvan - John M. Olin Medal" to "recognize distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists" in 1936.