George Kistiakowsky. In 1942, Pickett and Carr traveled to Chicago to attend a conference on spectroscopy organized by Robert S. Mulliken. Lucy worked with Milliken in 1952 on theoretical interpretations of the spectrum of the benzenium ion. Her colleagues and students created The Lucy Pickett Lectureship, a lectureship designed to bring outstanding speakers to the Mount Holyoke campus. The first speaker was Robert Mulliken, 1966 Chemistry Nobel laureate, with whom Pickett had published a paper in 1954. In the 1970s, Pickett requested that the funds be used to honor women scientists. Publications The effect of X-rays on chemical reactions...An X-ray study of the structure of organic compounds. Honors and awards Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955. In 1957 she received the Francis P. Garvan Medal from the American Chemical Society for her research in molecular spectroscopy. Honorary D.Sc. from Ripon College in 1958 Honorary D.Sc. from Mount Holyoke College in 1975 Upon her retirement, colleagues, students, and friends honored Pickett's many contributions to Mount Holyoke by establishing a lectureship in her name. The chemistry department's Lucy W. Pickett annual lecture series, which brings outstanding women scientist to campus, continues to this day. In 1975, awarded the honorary doctor of science References Further reading Fleck, George. "Lucy Weston Pickett," in Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook. Edited by L.S. Grinstein, R.K. Rose, and M. Rafailovich. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1993. External links Obituary MIT Chemist to Deliver Lucy W. Pickett Lecture Expert on Cell Surfaces to Deliver Lucy W. Pickett Lecture November 20 20th-century American zoologists American women chemists 1904 births 1997 deaths Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Mount Holyoke College alumni Mount Holyoke College faculty University of Illinois alumni Recipients of the Garvan–Olin Medal 20th-century American women scientists 20th-century American chemists American women academics Scientists from Massachusetts People from Beverly, Massachusetts Goucher College faculty and staff