Mary Lura Sherrill (July 14, 1888 – October 27, 1968) was recognized for her achievements in chemical research, particularly the synthesis of antimalarial compounds, and for her teaching at Mount Holyoke College.

[2] After the war, Stieglitz recommended Sherrill to Emma Perry Carr, chair of the Mount Holyoke chemistry department.

"[2] The chemistry department at Mount Holyoke was organized as a research group, in which faculty, master's students and undergraduates worked together.

Sherrill advocated the combination of teaching and active research investigation for its benefits to both teachers and students.

Mary Sherrill's contribution to the group was the synthesis and purification of organic compounds, in preparation for spectroscopic examination.

Understanding the action of organic compounds and finding alternative treatments for malaria became an important area of work for the war effort.

[9][10] Sherrill and others including Emma Perry Carr, Mary Mercury Roth, Eleanor Anderson and Jean Crawford worked on the synthesis of antimalarial drugs for the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD).

"[8] In recognition of both her teaching and research work, Mary Lura Sherrill was awarded the Garvan Medal for women in chemistry in 1947.

[15] She is one of three women from her research group at Mount Holyoke College who have independently won the prestigious award, the others being Emma Perry Carr (1937) and Lucy W. Pickett (1957).

[15] With Emma Perry Carr, she received the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society in Spring 1957.