1998
From: American Chemical Society
Nobel Laureates To Discuss Significance Of Basic Research Six Nobel laureates, whose discoveries range from plutonium to the link between CFCs and the ozone hole, and National Science Foundation director Rita Colwell will gather in Boston on Sunday, Aug. 23, to discuss the essential role of basic scientific research in developing practical technology for advancing our society. The recent emphasis by Congress on measuring the performance of federally-funded research programs has generated concerns among some scientists that fundamental research may be neglected to the detriment of the nation's technological leadership.The symposium, titled "Chemistry and the National Agenda: The Contribution of Research to the Nation," is part of the national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, Aug. 23-27. All panelists will be available to talk one-on-one with reporters following the session. When Sunday, August 23, 8:30 a.m.-noon Where Westin Hotel
10 Huntington Ave.
Staffordshire Room, 3rd Floor Who Dr. George A. Olah
Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute
University of Southern California Dr.Dudley R. Herschbach
Department of Chemistry
Harvard University Dr. Rudolph A. Marcus
Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics
California Institute of Technology Dr. F. Sherwood Rowland
Department of Chemistry
University of California-Irvine Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of California-Berkeley Dr. William N. Lipscomb
Department of Chemistry
Harvard University Dr. Rita R. Colwell
Director, National Science Foundation For further information contact:
Nancy Blount at (202) 872-4451. From August 20-27, Press Room, Convention Center, Room 308. Phone: (617) 351-6808; FAX: (617) 351-6820 A nonprofit organization with a membership of more than 155,000 chemists and chemical engineers as its members, the American Chemical Society publishes scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences, and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.
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