HISTMonday, 11 September 2006

9:00 AM-11:55 AM San Francisco Marriott -- Pacific Room H, Oral
Celebrating a Legacy: Fifty Years of the Dexter and Edelstein Awards
Organizer:Jeffrey I. Seeman
Organizer, Presiding:Anthony S. Travis
9:00 AMIntroductory Remarks. J. I. Seeman
9:10 AMNewton's alchemical work and the creation of economic value
Kenneth J. Knoespel
9:40 AMHistory of alcohol as a motor fuel
John Kenly Smith
10:10 AMHistory of the colloid- macromolecular/polymer debate in biochemistry during the first half of the 20th century
Ute Deichmann
10:40 AMIntermission
10:55 AMPurple: The dye of dyes
Zvi C. Koren
11:25 AM150th Anniversary of the synthetic dye industry
Anthony S. Travis

Celebrating a Legacy: Fifty Years of the Dexter and Edelstein Awards -- Next Session

Symposium Grid -- Division of the History of Chemistry -- Session Listing

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006