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==Awards and honors== E.J. Corey has received more than 40 major awards including the [[Linus Pauling Award]] (1973), [[Franklin Medal]] (1978), [[Tetrahedron Prize]] (1983), [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry]] (1986), [[National Medal of Science]] (1988), [[Japan Prize]] (1989), [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1990), Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] (1991),<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref> Roger Adams Award (1993), and the [[Priestley Medal]] (2004).<ref name=major-awards>See the E.J. Corey, About E.J. Corey, Major Awards tab {{cite news | title = Compiled Works of Elias J. Corey | date = July 12, 2008 | url = http://ejcorey.org/corey/about/majorawards.html | access-date = November 15, 2013}} </ref> He was inducted into the [[Alpha Chi Sigma]] Hall of Fame in 1998.<ref name="alphachisigma.org"/> As of 2008, he has been awarded 19 honorary degrees from universities around the world including [[Oxford University]] (UK), [[Cambridge University]] (UK), and [[National Chung Cheng University]].<ref>See the E.J. Corey, About E.J. Corey, Honorary Degrees tab{{cite news | title = Compiled Works of Elias J. Corey | date = July 12, 2008 | url = http://ejcorey.org/corey/about/honorarydegress.html | access-date = November 15, 2013}} </ref> In 2013, the E.J. Corey Institute of Biomedical Research (CIBR) opened in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China.<ref>{{cite news |title = The grand opening ceremony of E.J. Corey Institute of Biomedical Research (CIBR) |publisher = E.J. Corey Institute of Biomedical Research |date = June 29, 2013 |url = http://www.cibrnobel.org/news_show.aspx?cateid=61&newsid=71 |access-date = August 26, 2013 |url-status = usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150620113216/http://www.cibrnobel.org/news_show.aspx?cateid=61&newsid=71 |archive-date = June 20, 2015 }}</ref> Corey was elected a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1998|Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1998]].<ref name=formemrs>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018215239/https://royalsociety.org/people/elias-corey-11263/|archive-date=October 18, 2015|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/elias-corey-11263/|title=Professor Elias Corey ForMemRS Foreign Member|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|location=London}}</ref>
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