The award consists of a simple plaque and a $500 honorarium, typically presented in person to the recipient(s) at a CHAL reception at one of the two ACS national meetings in the year it is awarded. CHAL instigated the award in 2012, in honor of Howard and Sally Peters, both longtime members of the Santa Clara Valley (now Silicon Valley) Local Section, as well as CHAL itself. Howard was instrumental in establishing CHAL as a subdivision of the Division of Chemical Information (CINF) during the 1980’s. Sally was a Charter Member of CHAL. They combined have 60+ years of membership in CHAL, about 60 years of service on the ACS Council, and 100 years of ACS membership. Howard has laboratory research experience in high explosives at SRI International, Menlo Park and is now retired after a 30-year career as a patent attorney in the Silicon Valley. Sally has laboratory research experience at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA and the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University. She is now retired after 28 years as a chemical information specialist with XEROX PARC in Palo Alto, CA. The Peters’ are often better known as “Mr. & Mrs. Chocolate” for their long-running fun presentations on, “Chocolate – Food of the Gods” in many nationwide venues. The most recent recipients were long-time CHAL executive committee members and intellectual property lawyers, Justin and Sarah Hasford. Justin and Sarah frequently presented in CHAL’s non-traditional career symposia, and have long served as mentors to other ACS members looking to transition to a career in law.