Professor Elizabeth Theil has been awarded the 2008 Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal by the American Chemistry Society. The award recognizes distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists, and was established in 1936 through a donation from Francis P. Garvan and has been supported by a fund set up at that time. The award was sponsored by W. R. Grace and Co. from 1979 to 1983. The Olin Corp. began sponsoring the award in 1984.
