Addendum 4

Medals and honours  [99][100]

 Medals

• 1954 Francis J. Clamer Medal of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
• 1954 James Douglas Gold Medal of the American Institute of Mines and Metallurgy
• 1955 Albert J. Sauveur Plaque of the American Society for Metals 
• 1955 Heyn Denkmünze of the Gesellschaft für Metallkunde, Köln
• 1958 Perkin Gold Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry U.S.A.
• 1958 Edward Goodrich Acheson Gold Medal of the Electrochemical Society, U.S.A.
• 1960 Castner Gold Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry, London
• 1968 Platinum Medal of the Institute of Metals, London

Dr honoris causa

• 1953 Oregon State University
• 1955 Université de Grenoble
• 1958 University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metals
• 1960 Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen
• 1969 Université libre de Bruxelles

Other Honours

• 1954 Ordre de la couronne de chêne, Luxembourg
• 1972 Creation of The W. J. Kroll Medal and Prize, Institute of Metals [101]
• 1975 (?) Creation of the William J. Kroll Zirconium Medal, ASTM International
• 1987 Creation of the Kroll Medal, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) [102]
• 2000 Entry into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in the USA [103]
• 2018 Highschool in Esch-sur-Alzette named: “Lycée Guillaume Kroll” [104]
• Creation of the Prix William-Kroll by the Association jeunes scientifiques Luxembourg
• Road named rue Guillaume J. Kroll in Luxembourg City
• Road named rue Guillaume J. Kroll in Esch-sur-Alzette

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[99] Luxemburger Wort, 05/01/1947, page 5

[100] “William J. Kroll, A Luxembourg Scientist”, Fondation Nicolas Lanners, 1978, page 22 

[101] Metals and Materials, No 6, 1972, page 65

[102] The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

[103] National Inventors Hall of Fame

[104] MÉMORIAL A N° 665 du 8 août 2018