An ACS Presidential Symposium Honoring Rudy Baum on the Occasion of His Retirement as Editor-in-Chief of C&EN.

Organized and hosted by
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, ACS President

Cosponsors
ACS Publications Division
ACS Office of Public Affairs

This event was held at the 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
August21, 2012

The event that has introduced hundreds of thousands of young people to the wonders of science ― and helped launch careers in science, technology, engineering, medicine and other fields ― is being honored at a special symposium here today. The observance of the 25th
anniversary of National Chemistry Week (NCW) takes place during the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society.
 
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Ph.D.
President, American Chemical Society, Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Alan Leshner, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Publisher, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Ira Flatow 
Executive Producer/Host, Science Friday®, National Public Radio (tentative)

Theodore Gray
Wolfram Research, Inc./Touch Press/Element Collection (tentative)