AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY DIV U OF IL
EIN 52-6055746 · Education (B)
What they do
THE PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE is to ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE and APPRECIATION of THE HISTORY of THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES AMONG CHEMISTS, STUDENTS, HISTORIANS of SCIENCE, and THE BROADER PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING RESERACH and SCHOLARSHIP IN HISTORY of THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES; PROVIDING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT for THE DISCUSSION of HISTORY of CHEMISTRY IN A VARIETY of VENUES, PARTICULARLY IN SYMPOSIA AT NATIONAL ACS MEETINGS; SERVING AS A RESOURCE for CHEMICAL SCIENTISTS IN GENERAL,AND MEMBERS of THE ACS IN PARTICULAR,WHO SEEK to UNDERSTAND THE ROOTS of THEIR DISCIPLINE, SUB-DISCIPLINE, or INTERDISCIPLINARY SUBJECT; RECOGNIZING MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS FROM THE PAST IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES and THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS; PUBLISHING A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL IN HISTORY of CHEMISTRY; INTERACTING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY of SCIENCE; and ADDING VALUE to THE ACS BY HELPING IT ACHIEVE ITS VISION and MISSIONS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- 2709 HOLCOMB DR, URBANA, IL 61802-7724
- County
- Champaign
- In care of
- % DR VERA V MAINZ