Robert B. Woodward, Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry, Thursday night received the 1955 Research Corporation award for contribution to science. His work in synthesizing cortisone and other drugs won for him an honorarium of $2500, a plaque, and a citation.

Joseph W. Barker, president and chairman of the Research Corporation, announced the selection and noted that Woodward, in becoming the twentieth recipient of the award, "joined a distinguished company including Vannevar Bush, Percy W. Birdgman, Ernest C. Lawrence, Bruno Rossi, Edwin M. McMillan, Edward C. Kendall, Samuel A. Goudsmit, and George E. Uhlenbeck."

The prize, inaugaurted in 1925, was given periodically until 1935, when it became annual if a worthy candidate could be found.