+Professor Negishi was a prolific researcher, with ~400 publications on an array of problems in synthetic organic chemistry, leading to numerous awards. To name just a few, the list includes the Chemical Society of Japan Award (1997), the American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry (1998), the McCoy Award (1998), the Sigma Xi Award at Purdue (2003), the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010), the Order of Culture in Japan (2010), the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (2010), the Indiana Sagamore of the Wabash (2011) and the Purdue Order of the Griffin (2011). He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. Professor Negishi was leading the Negishi-Brown Institute, which had continued his work on catalytic organic synthesis. Dr. Negishi was passionate about the prospects for catalytic approaches to the reduction of carbon dioxide to enable large scale production of useful products from this environmental waste product. It is very fitting that Purdue bestow an honorary doctorate degree on Professor Negishi, whose accomplishments and contributions will have a permanent impact on Purdue’s stature and global recognition.
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