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In 1874, a group of American chemists gathered at the Joseph Priestley House to mark the 100th anniversary of Priestley's discovery of oxygen.Although there was an American scientific society at that time (the American Association for the Advancement of Science, founded in 1848), the growth of chemistry in the U.S. prompted those assembled to consider founding a new society that would focus ...
In 1976, New York University founded the John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master's Program in Humanities and Social Thought (Draper Program) [28] in honor of his lifelong commitment to interdisciplinary study. In 2001, Draper and the founding of the American Chemical Society were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark at New York ...
Warren Dexter Niederhauser (January 2, 1918 – January 23, 2005) was an American chemist who was the President of the American Chemical Society (ACS). He worked at Rohm and Haas chemical company from 1943 to 1985.
He was instrumental in building the chemical supply business in the U.S. The specialty materials business of Honeywell traces its roots back to a small sulfuric acid company he started in 1870. Nichols was one of the original founders of the American Chemical Society, serving as president in 1918 and 1919.
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1931 Irving Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society. [34] [196] 1933 Elected Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences [198] 1936 Elected Member of the United States American Philosophical Society [199] 1940 Alpha Chi Sigma, professional chemistry fraternity. [200] 1941 Nichols Medal, New York Section, American Chemical Society ...
Draper was considered an outstanding chemist who later became a founder of the American Chemical Society. [2] In an interview conducted by Gerhard Hershfeld, Nichols revealed that the greatest characteristic of his father (George Henry Nichols) was his "bent for research."
Hill served on the boards of the American Chemical Society (1971–1978) and Rohm & Haas, and he was a trustee of Johnson C. Smith University. Hill also worked in the area of consumer safety, serving as chairman of the Compliance Committee of the National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council and was a member of the Information Council on ...