National Chemistry Week: Twenty years of growth, success, and great chemistry

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Robert M. de Groot, rdegroot@caltech.edu, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology – Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials, 1200 E. California Blvd., Chemical Engineering Mail Code 210-41, Pasadena, CA 91125-4100, C. Marvin Lang, cmlang@uwsp.edu, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI 54481, A. Gregory Wall, gwall37@msn.com, Department of Chemistry, St. Louis Community College, 4044 Oleatha Ave, St. Louis, MO 63116-3606, Lynn Hogue, hoguelm@muohio.edu, Center for Chemistry Education, Miami University Middletown, 4200 E. University Blvd, Middletown, OH 45042, Tracy A. Halmi, tracy@psu.edu, School of Science, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, 5091 Station Road, Erie, PA 16563-0203, and Kara M. Jackson, kara.jackson@stjude.org, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale Street, Mail Stop 507, Memphis, TN 38105-2794.
National Chemistry Day, first celebrated in 1987 was the vision of former American Chemical Society (ACS) President and University of California Berkeley professor George C. Pimentel (1922-1989). His goal was for ACS to hold a simultaneous event nationwide to impress on the public the importance of chemistry in everyday life. The first celebration was kicked off with a parade down the streets of Washington, DC. In 1989 the celebration was expanded to a biannual week-long event, and in 1993 National Chemistry Week (NCW) became an annual celebration. NCW has become one of the premier community-based outreach programs of the ACS. It reaches the public with positive messages about chemistry and promotes a positive change in the public's impression of chemistry. This presentation will showcase highlights and successes of NCW since the first National Chemistry Day in 1987. NCW 2007: “The Many Faces of Chemistry” celebrates 20 years of dedication, vision, and success of ACS volunteers who have coordinated the largest and longest running celebration chemical sciences in the world. For more information, email ncw@acs.org or visit chemistry.org/ncw.
 

20th Anniversary of National Chemistry Week
1:30 PM-4:35 PM, Monday, August 20, 2007 Seaport -- Plaza B, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007