| HIST | Sunday, April 6, 2008 | ||
1:30 PM-4:45 PM Marriott Convention Center -- Fulton, Oral | |||
Women Chemists in the National Inventors' Hall of Fame: Telling Their Stories | |||
| Sponsored by: | HIST | ||
| Cosponsored by: | CHED, TECH, WCC, and IEC | ||
| Organizer, Presiding: | Mary Virginia Orna | ||
| 1:30 PM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 1:35 PM | 6 | Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown: A remarkable collaboration in the discovery and purification of Nystatin Mary Virginia Orna | |
| 2:00 PM | 7 | Gertrude Elion and the birth of rational drug design Mark Michalovic | |
| 2:25 PM | 8 | Experiences of an industrial chemist Edith Flanigen | |
| 2:50 PM | Intermission | ||
| 3:00 PM | 9 | Serendipity, chemistry, and me Helen M. Free | |
| 3:25 PM | 10 | Stephanie Louise Kwolek: "Guy" who invented Kevlar Janan M. Hayes, Patricia L. Perez | |
| 3:50 PM | 11 | Chance favors the prepared mind: Unplanned experimental results can lead to products that enhance the quality of our lives Patsy O. Sherman | |
| 4:15 PM | 12 | Creativity and serendipity in the workplace Mary Virginia Orna, Edith Flanigen, Helen M. Free, Patsy O. Sherman | |
| 4:40 PM | Concluding Remarks | ||
Symposium Grid -- Division of the History of Chemistry -- Session Listing
The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008