Editing Edward W. Morley (section)

==Honors==
Morley was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1892.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Edward Williams Morley |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/edward-williams-morley |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> He was the president of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] in 1895 and he was the president of the [[American Chemical Society]] in 1899. In 1903, he was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Edward+W.+Morley&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Davy Medal]], named for the great British chemist [[Sir Humphry Davy]], by the [[Royal Society]] of London in 1907. He also won the [[Elliott Cresson Medal]], awarded by the [[Franklin Institute]] of [[Pennsylvania]], in 1912, for important contributions to the science of chemistry.<ref name=r1/> He received the [[Willard Gibbs Award]] of the Chicago Section of the [[American Chemical Society]] in 1917.<ref name="ACS-Chicago">{{cite web | url=http://chicagoacs.org/content.php?page=Willard_Gibbs_Award | title=Willard Gibbs Award | publisher=American Chemical Society Chicago Section | access-date=7 April 2015}}</ref>

The [[Moon|lunar]] [[Impact crater|crater]] [[Morley (crater)|Morley]] on the near side was named for him. The [[West Hartford Public Schools#Elementary schools|Morley Elementary School]] in [[West Hartford, Connecticut]], was also named for him, as was the Morley Scientific Laboratory on the Williams College campus. [[Edward W. Morley House|His house]] in West Hartford was made a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1975.

The [https://www.acscleveland.org/ Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society] (Cleveland-ACS) annually sponsors a regional award named in honor of Edward W. Morley, which consists of the [https://www.acscleveland.org/2021/09/call-for-nominations-2022-edward-w-morley-award/ Morley Medal] in addition to a monetary honorarium. The purpose of this annual award by the Cleveland-ACS is to recognize contributions to chemistry through outstanding achievements in research, teaching, research administration, engineering, and public service. The contributions for which the award is given should have been made within about 250 miles of Cleveland, the research home of Edward W. Morley. Notable early awardees include [[Melvin Spencer Newman|Melvin S. Newman]] (1969) (known for Newman projections in organic chemistry), and Nobel Prize laureate [[George Andrew Olah|George A. Olah]] in 1970. A list of all previous awardees to date is maintained by the [https://www.acscleveland.org/ ACS-Cleveland Section].