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C H E M I C A L H E R I T A G E F O U N D A T I O N

M i s s i o n

To foster dialogue on science and technology in society.

CHF’s staFF and Fellows study tHe past in order to understand tHe present and inForm tHe Future. We focus on the sci-

ences and technologies of matter and materials and their effect on our modern world, in territory ranging from the physical sciences

and industries, through the chemical sciences and engineering, to the life sciences and technologies.

We collect, preserve, and exhibit historical artifacts. We engage communities of scientists and engineers. We tell the stories of the

people behind breakthroughs and innovations.

Public EngagementTo promote science and technology as crucial cultural and social

forces, we will establish major cross-functional projects that com-

municate the history of matter and materials, upgrade traditional

and digital media to reach multiple audiences, and fully realize

the ability of our museum to share CHF’s collections.

International Relevance and PresenceTo build our reputation on a global scale, we will strive to make

CHF more visible to international audiences, involve communi-

ties outside the United States in CHF activities, and launch CHF

branches linked to institutions outside the United States.

A R E A s O F s T R A T E G I C F O C U s

Leadership of ThoughtTo gain authority as thought leaders, we will enhance CHF’s

reputation as a research institute, build our capacity to trans-

late our research for diverse audiences, increase our visibility

beyond the academic community, and pursue collaborations

that take our work beyond Philadelphia.

Collecting and ProcessingTo ensure the continuing relevance of our vast and rapidly

growing collections, we will build and sustain a state-of-the-

art digital presence, including online digital collections with

value-added digital content, and further integrate CHF’s

research activities with its collections and collecting activities.

Strategic PlanC H E M I C A L H E R I T A G E F O U N D A T I O N

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CHF is about connecting the past, present, and future of science and technology. In other words, it is about you: so many of CHF’s

supporters are brilliant scientists, innovative engineers, creative entrepreneurs, and other pioneers that the very history we are col-

lecting is reflected in our present community. Now, in partnership and friendship with CHF, you have enabled us to present and tell this

history through your involvement during such an extraordinary year.

The sciences and technologies that have made and are making our modern world are continuously breaking new ground. The late histo-

rian of science Derek de Solla Price in the 1960s reflected that, if the exponential growth of science in modern times continued unchecked

into the future, every woman, man, child, and dog on Earth would have to subsidize two scientists each. This did not happen, of course,

but science and engineering are still among the most dynamic and rapidly evolving human endeavors. To cover, preserve, and collect this

rich and ever-growing heritage, CHF needs to break new ground as well.

So we did last year. We literally broke new ground when we opened the John C. Haas Archive of Science and Business. We laid founda-

tions for future research in acquiring manuscripts, books, and letters at an unprecedented pace in quantity and quality. We connected to

our audiences in various new ways, from innovative museum programming, to novel uses of social media, to a public television special.

We attracted brilliant scholars from all over the world to join us in the ongoing attempt to understand and make known the dynamics of

science and technology in the modern world. We celebrated the makers of history through our awards and provided platforms for engage-

ment, discussions, and meetings. We opened up new vistas for growth and development with our strategic plan.

Who makes up this “we”? “We” are the staff members and fellows of CHF, the friends and supporters who make it possible for us to break

new ground, everyone who contributes to making CHF and our mission known to audiences all over the United States and internation-

ally. It has made me proud to lead the development of this community since August 2013. Enjoy on the following pages a record of what

we have achieved in the past year. And join this “we” in attending our events, contributing to our stories, and continuing your support.

CaRsTEn REInhaRdTPresident of the Chemical Heritage Foundation

Letter from the President

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History for All

“There’s a danger within the history of science that we end up talking just to

one another and not the wider world,” said Robert Fox, an Oxford professor, Cain

Distinguished Fellow, and recently elected CHF board member. “Here we have an

opportunity, and at CHF it’s seized.”

Under CHF’s roof scholars mix with museum interpreters and public-programming

experts, a combination that creates events and programs that spark the curiosity

of not just historians and scientists but also the general public. CHF instills a

lifelong awareness of the role science and technology has played in our past—and

will play in our future.

Public Programs#1

hIghLIghTs In BRIEf

• CHFpresentedthelarge-scale

initiative Sensing Change, an exhibit

and programs about art, science,

and the environment.

• ConflictsinChemistry,arole-playing

game about plastics, was imple-

mented in classrooms nationally.

• “FeedingtheWorld”wasthetopic

of the 5th annual T. T. Chao sympo-

sium, which featured Per Pinstrup-

Andersen, winner of the 2001 World

Food Prize, and renowned New York

Times journalist Andrew Revkin.

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Every morning from May 1, 2013, to April 30, 2014, a small glass bottle

with the day’s date was placed under a rain collector at CHF. The next

day a CHF staff member took the bottle, capped it, and placed it on

a shelf in the museum’s Hach Gallery along with all the preceding

bottles—regardless of whether or not the bottle contained any rain-

water. The result was hundreds of bottles showing a record of rainfall

over 12 months, not in numbers and graphs on an electronic screen but

in a tactile, arresting, and physical way. This artwork, Calendar of Rain,

gave viewers a new way to consider a common type of environmental

data, data that most of us ignore during the course of our daily lives.

Calendar of Rain was just one part of Sensing Change, CHF’s initiative

on art and the environment. In a time when people experience the

weather mostly through the windows of air-conditioned buildings

and view data about the environment through news stories on their

smartphones, Sensing Change encouraged visitors to see their environ-

ment, both locally and globally, with new eyes.

“It’s important to bring a fresh perspective when we feel like we’ve en-

countered the same argument over and over again,” says Jody Roberts,

one of the initiative’s team leaders. “It’s about, how do I disrupt my

everyday experience so that I start to pay attention again?”

The hub of Sensing Change was CHF’s Hach Gallery, where six

artworks were displayed. But the initiative reached beyond the walls

of the museum. Off-site was the largest spectacle: the six-story-tall

installation Particle Falls, projected onto the Wilma Theater on one of

Philadelphia’s busiest streets. The projection, a continually cascading

luminescent waterfall, was a real-time representation of particulate

matter in the air, as measured by a nearby nephelometer. When the

level of particulate matter in the air increased, the waterfall lit up

with orange sparkles. Particulates—typically invisible to the naked

eye—were suddenly made visible to thousands of passersby. Then in

May 2014 artist Eve Mosher presented a public-art piece, HighWater-

Line. Using a chalk-line drawer (the kind used on baseball diamonds),

Mosher, along with a group of community members, drew a line

along streets in northeastern Philadelphia to mark the projected

Delaware River flood zone based on a 10-foot rise in sea level, which

is predicted as climate change continues.

This different kind of initiative captured different kinds of visitors.

“Sensing Change brought audiences into the museum that we’d never

seen before,” said Stephanie Corrigan, a member of CHF’s museum

staff, “particularly those in the art world.” Our desire to reach new au-

diences also allowed new partnerships in the community to blossom,

with more than a dozen government, nonprofit, and arts organiza-

tions signing on.

Though the physical exhibit was based in Philadelphia, an online Sens-

ing Change exhibit featuring the history of environmental measuring

devices and interviews with artists and scientists reached audiences

nationally and internationally. However, the online offerings weren’t

enough for one guest who, after reading an article on the initiative in

the journal Chemistry International, flew in from Chicago just to see

it in person. In the end Sensing Change welcomed more than 12,000

visitors onsite and online.

The title Sensing Change took on something of a double meaning for

CHF, being both the title of the exhibit and indicative of a change

within the institution itself as we take on more large-scale initiatives.

From the museum, to Chemical Heritage magazine, to oral histories,

every department contributed to the initiative’s success. Shortly after

the exhibit closed we began work on our next collaborative initiative:

the Beckman Legacy Project in 2015 (see page 27).

sensing CHange

Public ProgramsP U B L I C P R O G R A M S

OPPOSITE PAGE// Visitors discuss the dye exhibit in CHF’s museum at a First Friday. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

LEFT// Village Green, a series of small suspended greenhouses, allowed visitors to see at eye level the natural environment that is normally underfoot. Village Green was part of CHF’s sensing Change initiative. RIGHT// Onlook-ers gaze at the six-story-tall art installation Particle Falls. [Photos

by Conrad Erb]

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publiC leCtures

• tHe roHm and Haas Fellow in FoCus leCture gives fellows in CHF’s Beckman Center

for the History of Chemistry an opportunity to present their work to a broad public

audience interested in history, science, and culture. This year featured Robert Fox,

emeritus professor of the history of science at Oxford University, who presented a

talk titled “Mapping the Universe of Knowledge: Internationalism and Nationalism

in Modern Science,” and Alex Csiszar, assistant professor in the Department of the

History of Science at Harvard University and a John C. Haas Fellow at CHF, who

presented “The Invention of Peer Review.”

• RichardHolmes,celebratedauthorofThe Age of Wonder, gave a book leCture on

his newest work, Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air, about the early history

of ballooning.

• tHe Heinz Heinemann memorial leCture was given in honor of the distinguished

scientist with a long, illustrious career in industry and academia. The lecture, “The

Rewards and Responsibilities of Freedom,” was presented by Bassam Shakhashiri,

professor of chemistry and William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin

Idea at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

• ThisyearsawthedebutofthesyntHesis leCture series, which seeks to shed light

on the history of chemistry, broadly construed, and the diverse roles chemistry has

played in society. The lecture series is based on the book series of the same name,

developed by the Chemical Heritage Foundation in conjunction with the Univer-

sity of Chicago Press. The first lecture, in May 2014, featured Angela N. H. Creager,

who gave a talk titled “Atomic Tracings: Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine,”

an examination of one aspect of her broader-themed book Life Atomic: A History

of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine. Creager is the Philip and Beulah Rollins

Professor of History at Princeton University, where she teaches history of science.

Author Richard Holmes describes the drama, beauty, and intrigue of the golden age of hot-air ballooning. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

TOP// Robert Fox, Cain Distinguished Fellow at CHF and Oxford professor, delivers a Rohm and Haas Fellow in Focus talk. BOTTOM// Princeton professor Angela N. H. Creager visits the atomic age as part of the Synthesis Lecture Series. [Photos by Conrad Erb]

hIghLIghTs fRom nEws CovERagE

“BigSky,BigData:ArtMadefrom AtmosphericScience”inNautilus, January 8, 2014.

“ComingtoOurSenses,”coverstory for the January/February issue of Chemistry International.

“DataandAesthetics,”a10-minuteTVsegment on Sensing Change on WHYY’s Friday Arts.

“ParticleFallsPhiladelphia”intheAsso-ciated Press’s The Big Story, November 4, 2014.

“Role-PlayingGameTeachesStudentsaboutPlastics”inChemical and Engi-neering News, October 14, 2014.

P U B L I C P R O G R A M S

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First Fridays

In Element Pictionary “germanium” is relatively easy to portray. If one can draw a map

of Europe that doesn’t look like amoebas smashed together, adding an arrow pointing to

Germany typically does the trick. “Bromine” is more difficult. One participant at a First

Friday drew a man with a baseball cap on backwards and a popped collar—a play off the

slang term “bro.” It worked, and everyone burst out laughing.

First Fridays give an audience of young professionals, students, and empty nesters the

chance to engage with CHF’s museum in relaxed, memorable, and interesting ways. Titles

this year included “Some Like it Cold” (on the history and science of ice cream); “Night at

the Alchemical Lab;” “Cider, Cyder, or Cidre;” “Breadmaking;” and “Shall We Talk about the

Weather?” (on meteorology). From game nights (as described above) to demonstrations of

alchemical painting techniques, First Fridays cover a range of topics and formats. In FY2014

First Friday was a top weekend pick in the Philadelphia Inquirer, NewsWorks, and Philadel-

phia CityPaper.

P U B L I C P R O G R A M S

As scientists engineered new ways to control temperature, frozen treats changed greatly over time. Visitors learned this history and sampled locally made frozen favorites as part of First Friday: Some Like It Cold. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

LEFT// Improvised, on-stage chemistry stories get a great reaction at First Friday: StorySlam. RIGHT// CHF’s Stephanie Corrigan discusses the science of cider during First Friday: Cider, Cyder, or Cidre? [Photos by Conrad Erb]

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t. t. CHao symposium

In its fifth year CHF’s T. T. Chao Sympo-

sium brought experts together in Houston

to discuss a great issue facing humanity:

food production and food security. From

planting to policy, how does a civilized

society provide for the basic nutrition of its

people? What will prevent a hunger crisis in

the 21st century as the world’s population

grows from seven billion to a projected ten

billion by 2050? The T. T. Chao Sympo-

sium examined these complex issues and

featured opening remarks by Per Pinstrup-

Andersen of Cornell University, winner of

the 2001 World Food Prize, and a panel of

experts moderated by renowned New York

Times journalist Andrew Revkin.

Since its conception in 2008 by CHF and

Houston business leaders T. T. Chao and his

sons, Albert and James Chao, the sympo-

sium has continuously grown in reputation

and reach. That’s why in FY2014 the T. T.

Chao Symposium was webcast for the first

time, allowing for viewership and engage-

ment everywhere. More information on the

symposium can be found at

chemheritage.org/chao.

ConFliCts in CHemistry

In 2013 CHF completed testing on a role-playing game for high-school science and his-

tory classes. In the game students are asked to consider the benefits and risks of plastics

to modern life. Taking on assigned roles representing positions on all sides of the plas-

tics debate—from activists to manufacturers—students are asked to reach a consensus

about the ways that the production, use, and disposal of plastics should or should not

be regulated and to create legislation that solves some of the negative aspects of plastics

without inhibiting the positive role they play in our lives. After a successful pilot

program at three area high schools, the game launched nationally via CHF’s website in

FY2014. In its first year over 100 teachers in 32 states and 5 countries downloaded the

student materials and requested teaching guides. The resources are available online at

chemheritage.org/conflictsinchemistry.

P U B L I C P R O G R A M S

TOP// CarstenReinhardtwithmembersoftheChaofamily:(lefttoright)JamesChao,LydiaChao,DorothyJenkins,AnneChao,andAlbertChao. [Photo by George Wong] BOTTOM// Students at Palisades High School discuss the benefits and challenges of plastics as part of the role-playing game Conflicts in Chemistry. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

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s e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 3

A. N. Sreeram, Vice President of Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company

“Adapting to the Shale Gale: Abundance Creates Shortage”

o C t o b e r 2 0 1 3

Andrew Place, President and Interim Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Shale Development

“Social License to Operate: Standards, Validation, Collaboration”

n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3

John Felmy, Chief Economist, American Petroleum Institute

“Energizing America: Facts for Addressing Energy Policy”

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 4

Chris Pappas, President and CEO, Styron

“Private Equity and the Chemical Industry: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities”

m a r C H 2 0 1 4

Miles P. Drake, Senior Vice President, Research and Development, and Chief Technology Officer, Weyehaeuser Company (retired)

“Sustainability-Driven Innovation: A Mandate for Cross-Industry Partnership”

a p r i l 2 0 1 4

JPS Symposium

Lawrence D. Sloan, President and CEO, Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA); V. M. (Jim) DeLisi, President, Fanwood Chemical, Inc.; and Lynn L. Bergeson, Founding Member and Managing Partner, Bergeson & Campbell, PC.

“Sustainability-Driven Innovation: Chemical Risk Policy—2014 and Beyond”

m a y 2 0 1 4

K’Lynne Johnson, CEO and President, Elevance Renewable Sciences

“Renewicals: Chemicals through the Power of ‘And’”

JosepH priestley soCiety

Close to 100 chemical industry professionals gather at CHF monthly from fall to spring each year to discuss

science, technology, and industry, with an emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship. Typically involving a

networking reception followed by a speaker or panel discussion, the Joseph Priestley Society meetings feature

leaders from a wide variety of large and small chemical companies and the financial, consulting, and academic

communities. The Joseph Priestley Society is enabled and has endured because of the tireless work of a volunteer

Executive Committee and its chair, Wayne Tamarelli.

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Andrew G. Place, Presi-dent and interim executive director, Center for Sustain-able Shale Development; Mary Ellen Ternes, share-holder, McAfee & Taft; and James R. Ladlee, associate director, Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, Penn State University; joined John J. Walliser, vice president, legal and govern-mental affairs, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, as part of the Joseph Priestley Society luncheon “Social Li-cense to Operate: Standards, Validation, Collaboration.” [Photo by Conrad Erb]

P U B L I C P R O G R A M S

An Experimental Year

The places where we work, learn, and play are shifting rapidly. The average American

spends 23 hours a week communicating online—a statistic that grows with each

passing year. By 2016 the number of people using social media is projected to reach

two billion worldwide. For CHF the message is clear: to engage more people in the

history of science and technology, we need to use the latest technology.

In a quickly changing landscape, following the same path that has worked before

can be dangerous. To remain relevant it’s vital to experiment. FY2014 was a year of

new digital efforts for CHF, one with tremendous successes and one that laid new

groundwork for future innovations.

Media#2

hIghLIghTs In BRIEf

• iPadappChemCrafterdownloaded

340,000 times in two months.

• Women in Chemistry TV special

broadcast in major markets

nationally.

• CHFexpandeditsdigitalofferings

to include more blog content, web-

casts, and social media initiatives.

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CHemCraFter

ChemCrafter brings back the chemicals so many older chemists remember fondly from their

childhoods, though in a slightly different form. These chemicals are virtual, and they react

behind the safety of an iPad screen.

Based on an idea by Roy Eddleman and supported by him and the Alfred P. Sloan Founda-

tion, this free iPad app has become one of the most successful outreach tools CHF has made

to date. Within just two months ChemCrafter was downloaded an incredible 340,000 times

in over a hundred countries. But the surprise? The United States isn’t the top downloading

country. Instead it’s Russia, which accounts for 180,000 downloads. A dozen pages of reviews

of the app are in Cyrillic. There is even a seven-minute instructional YouTube video made by

a user in Russian.

“We wish we knew why ChemCrafter is popular where it is popular,” said Shelley Wilks

Geehr, director of the Roy Eddleman Institute at CHF. “Our best guess is that countries

with a strong science education program for students ages 10 to 16 who have limited

disposable income are the best places for a free science app. But there could be many other

factors at work.”

The app was created by Bluecadet, a Philadelphia-based digital media firm that specializes in

digital projects for nonprofit, cultural, and educational institutions.

“We designed ChemCrafter to make the experience of the 20th-century chemistry set acces-

sible to 21st-century kids,” said Geehr. “We would have been delighted with a tenth as many

downloads as we have had so far. Our current and continuing success is beyond all expecta-

tions,” Geehr said.

M E D I A

“We designed ChemCrafter to make the experience of the 20th-century chemistry set accessible to 21st-century kids.

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OPPOSITE PAGE// Pioneering chemists Mary Lowe Good and Uma Chowdhry join WHYY reporter Maiken Scott and director Glenn Holsten at WHYY’s studios to discuss the broadcast special WomeninChemistry:LessonsfromLifeandtheLaboratory. [Photos by Conrad Erb]

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#CosmosCHat

During spring 2014 between three and five million people tuned in each week to a rare

event: a prime-time exploration of science on a major network. The TV series Cosmos,

hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, sparked conversations about science, technology, and

history across the United States.

Within CHF’s walls are historians of science eager to bring their knowledge to bear on

these kinds of conversations. CHF’s staff and fellows became part of this conversation

by developing and running a weekly hour-long live Twitter chat called #CosmosChat.

Staff members from CHF’s Institute for Research, Beckman Center, Eddleman Institute,

and Communications area collaborated to run each Twitter chat session. The chat was

a first for CHF and allowed us to demonstrate in-house expertise, connect with other

institutions and prominent individuals in the history-of-science community, and estab-

lish a new platform on which to host conversations.

In addition to drawing in historians, scientists, and lay participants, the chat drew the

attention of Cosmos producer Steven Holtzman, who visited CHF and participated in

a live chat.

hIghLIghTs fRom nEws CovERagE

“ADigitalComebackforanOld-Fash-ionedScienceToy—JustNotHere,” in WHYY Newsworks, May 2, 2014

“MakingChemistrySetsIntriguing— onaniPad,”inPhiladelphia Inquirer, May 3, 2014

“The21st-CenturyChemistrySet,”inChemical and Engineering News, April 9, 2014

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Cosmos producer Steven Holtzman visits CHF’s rare book room and is given a tour by James R. Voelkel, CHF’s curator of rare books.[PhotobyBenjaminGross]

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online and broadCast proJeCts

CHF and the production company FreshFly created

the Women in Chemistry film series in 2013. The

series featured 15-minute videos on the lives of eight

leading women in the chemical and molecular sci-

ences. Those videos were reedited into an hour-long

special, Women in Chemistry: Lessons from Life and

the Laboratory, and the special was picked up by PBS

stations across the United States, reaching 88% of

the country’s major media markets. Many stations

aired the special multiple times. The broadcast’s total

“reach” was 230,000,000 potential viewers.

Fresh off the success of Women in Chemistry, CHF

began developing its second major video project in

FY2014. The Scientists You Must Know series tells

the stories of exceptional, world-changing scientists:

Arnold O. Beckman, leader of the “instrumentation

revolution” in the 20th century; Gordon Moore,

semiconductor pioneer and cofounder of Intel;

George Rosenkranz, inventor of the oral contracep-

tive; Robert Gore, inventor of Gore-Tex; and Robert

Langer, biotech pioneer. A website will launch in

December 2014 featuring the videos and more infor-

mation, and three of the segments will be combined

and reedited into an hour-long special to be broadcast on PBS stations around the country

in January 2015.

From August 2013 to May 2014 CHF hosted #HistChem, an hour-long live webcast featuring

Michal Meyer, editor-in-chief of Chemical Heritage magazine, and Robert O. Kenworthy,

CHF’s manager of affiliate relations and a former chemist for DuPont. Each episode featured

invited guests, including historians, scientists, and artists, discussing a topic at the intersec-

tion of science and culture. Such show titles as “How the Chicken Became a Nugget and

Other Tales of Processed Food” and “Drawing History: Telling the Stories of Science through

Comics and Graphic Novels” drew an international web audience who submitted questions

and comments via Twitter that hosts and guests responded to during the broadcast.

Webcasting and recording became a frequent media offering during FY2014, and various

lectures and talks are available for viewing on YouTube (youtube.com/chemheritage) and

Vimeo (vimeo.com/chemheritage). These include talks by NPR correspondent Joe Palca and

a History Live interview with biotechnology pioneer Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.

CHF also began two efforts on the increasingly popular blogging site Tumblr. The

Othmer Library of Chemical History launched Othmeralia, an image-based blog

that showcases treasures from the library’s collections, including pages of rare books,

illustrations, and photographs.

Chemical Heritage increased its online presence this year, with a Tumblr blog featuring

news and commentary complementing the magazine’s content. The magazine broadened

its reach on social media, resulting in a three-fold increase in the number of visitors to

online articles.

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The website for Women in Chemistry.

“Women in Chemistry: Lessons from Life and the Laboratory was picked up by PBS stations across the United States, reaching 88% of the country’s major media markets.

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A Home for the PastIt’s common for us to revere the past. But when we think of scientific and technological breakthroughs, we sometimes forget that those behind great achievements were, like us, curious human beings.

By preserving the objects, writings, scientific instruments, and art from the history of science and technology, CHF is also preserving our connection to the humanity of their makers. These objects can reveal hidden human details that may not have made it into historical accounts, and CHF’s collections are full of such artifacts: the handwritten instruction taped to the front of an x-ray crystallography camera, the comic doodle of a big-nosed man on a 15th-century alchemical manuscript page, the perfect brush strokes on a painting by a Dutch master. The objects themselves can speak to our common humanity in a way that words alone cannot.

CHF collects and preserves the full breadth of materials from the chemical and molecular sciences, from rare books, to scien- tific instruments, to paintings to objects, and this year marked one of the most important years in the history of CHF’s collections.

Collections#3

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CollectionshIghLIghTs In BRIEf

• CHFacquiredatroveofrareearly

medieval alchemical manuscripts,

transforming its collection.

• TheJohnC.HaasArchiveofScience

andBusiness,CHF’snewcollections

facility, was completed.

• ThelargestloanofartworkinCHF’s

history was made to Germany’s Mu-

seum Kunstpalast for an alchemical

art exhibit.

C O L L E C t I O n S

aCquisition oF medieval manusCripts

In fall 2013 CHF made one of the largest and most important acquisitions in its 30-

year history: a collection of early alchemical manuscripts, some dating from before

the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press. Of the nine manuscripts in the collection,

seven date to the 15th century, one as early as the 1430s. Among them is Petrus Bo-

nus’s Pretiosa margarita novella (The Precious New Pearl), written circa 1450–1480—

one of only six known complete copies of that work in existence. The collection also

includes three framed, illuminated miniatures of alchemical imagery from around

1450. Previously the earliest dated book in CHF’s collections was a printed copy of

the Bible from 1478. Many noted early alchemical authors are represented, including

Johannes Rupescissa, Arnaldus of Villanova, Petrus Bonus, Ramon Lull, Pseudo-Lull,

and Christophorus Parisiensis.

The manuscripts became part of the rare-book collection of CHF’s Donald F. and Mil-

dred Topp Othmer Library of Chemical History. The acquisition was made possible

by funds from the Ralph Landau and Laurie Landeau Collections Fund, established

in 2010 by CHF board chair Laurie Landeau. Additional funding was provided by the

National Endowment for the Humanities and an anonymous donor. This funding

greatly enhances CHF’s ability to make more strategic acquisitions for its collections.

“In the past we relied almost exclusively on donated material,” said Ronald Brashear,

Arnold Thackray Director of the Othmer Library of Chemical History at CHF, “and

our collections were idiosyncratic as a result.”

The breadth of the collection now provides CHF with, in the words of James R.

Voelkel, CHF’s curator of rare books, a “nucleus with which to add more collections.”

“Because of the extreme rarity of this kind of material, it would have been difficult to

make the commitment to collect it one piece at a time,” said Voelkel. “The acquisition

of this collection as a whole launches CHF into the position of one of the leading col-

lections of 15th-century alchemical manuscripts in North America.”

OPPOSITE PAGE// Chemicals from Griffin’s Chemical Laboratory, a mid-19th-century chemistry cabinet. It cur-rently holds the distinction of being the oldest chemistry cabinet in CHF’s collection. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

Ramon Lull’s Ars brevis, and Ars abbreviata praedi-canda, versio latinus II, one of CHF’s newly acquired me-dieval manuscripts, rests on a table during Acquisitions Night. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

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C O L L E C t I O n S

CHF is home to over 120,000 printed volumes; 30,000 photographs;

and the papers of hundreds of illustrious scientists, engineers,

companies, and organizations. But it wasn’t always that way. In the

early 1980s all of CHF was housed in two rooms in the basement of a

building at the University of Pennsylvania.

John C. Haas, philanthropist and retired chairman of Rohm and

Haas Company, was there with CHF from the beginning—in fact,

before the beginning. Haas’s support and advocacy played a major

role in CHF’s establishment and helped transform CHF (then

known as the Center for the History of Chemistry) from a modest

organization to the internationally renowned organization that it

is today.

CHF honored Haas with the dedication of the John C. Haas Archive

of Science and Business, a building that will serve the history-of-

science and history-of-business community for years to come. Located

on 3rd Street just across the parking lot from CHF’s headquarters, the

archive building contains CHF’s growing collection of papers of

scientists, engineers, and innovators; the historical records of busi-

nesses and industries that have a strong science, technology, and

medical connection; and the papers of scientific and engineering

societies and organizations. Further, the space provided by the John

C. Haas Archive allows for the acquisition of materials that may not

otherwise have been attainable.

tHe JoHn C. Haas arCHive oF sCienCe and business

“The archive helps improve the chances of collections being preserved

that otherwise might not find a home,” says Ronald Brashear, director of

the Othmer Library. Without the archive building, “if we were offered a

collection, we might have to decide we couldn’t take it, and there might

not be another place that could take the collection. Not everyone has

the same priorities we have.”

Originally built in 1855, the building has a classic mid-19th-century

brownstone façade: ornate but modest—the kind of place one could

imagine housing a roaring fire on a winter’s night. But now the inside is

all business. Massive, solid-gray steel shelving units, standing three-and-

a-half stories tall, reach to the ceiling, many accessible only by a lift.

According to Brashear, this move will help lead to more discoveries on

the part of researchers. “If you have all this material in one place, you

can start making connections between different collections that might

not be obvious on the surface,” says Brashear. “The more you have in

one place, the more you can dig in and make serendipitous discoveries.”

The building was dedicated on October 10, 2013, at a ceremony at-

tended by the Haas family, former Dow company historian Ned Brandt,

and Richard Negrin, a deputy mayor of the City of Philadelphia. Not long

after the dedication, CHF won a Grand Jury Award from the Preservation

Alliance of Greater Philadelphia for the restoration of the building’s his-

toric façade. The first collections to be moved into the new building were,

appropriately, the archives of the Rohm and Haas Company.

LEFT// The exterior of the John C. Haas Archive of Science and Business at CHF, with its restored 1855 brownstone façade. [Photo by David Haldeman] RIGHT// David Haas, chair of the William Penn Foundation, and Carsten Reinhardt cut the ribbon at the opening of the John C. Haas Archive of Science and Business. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

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What were laboratory practices like in the 19th century? This year CHF obtained a

remarkable notebook from that era that will help us learn more. The notebook is from

the laboratory of the noted chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and contains descrip-

tions of more than 200 experiments conducted between 1820 and 1825, half in the

handwriting of Gay-Lussac, the others in the handwriting of unknown collaborators

or assistants.

After having spent years locked away in an office building and storage locker near

Dallas, the archives of one of the largest instrument companies in the world was

obtained by CHF. The collection contains archival material on the Thermo Electron

Corporation, which became a major provider of analytical instruments and services

for a variety of industries. The archives belonged to Arvin Smith, one of the com-

pany’s cofounders, and will form an important resource for historians working on

the impact of electronic instrumentation on the chemical, physical, and biological

sciences.

CHF also acquired the personal papers of Ernst Berl, an Austrian chemist at what

is now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Berl fled the Nazi regime for the

United States in 1933 and upon arrival turned his attention to chemical research that

helped the U.S. war effort. With the belief that if the United States should ever run out

of coal, chemists could make up the difference, his advances in coal and gas synthesis

proved important in helping turn the tide of the war toward the Allies. Berl died not

long after the war ended, and his papers were given to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial

Museum in Washington, D.C. Recently however, owing to their scientific content, the

archivists felt that CHF had the necessary expertise to process them. With the permis-

sion of the Berl family the papers were permanently transferred to CHF, where we will

preserve the work of this pioneering chemist and Holocaust survivor.

The 1940s and 1950s was a period of extremes in science, from the automobile chang-

ing culture forever to destructive weapons changing how wars were fought. Richard W.

Dodson was a scientist in the center of the storm. Dodson joined the National Defense

Research Council in 1940 to conduct chemical warfare research at Caltech and then

became a group leader for the Manhattan Project and assistant division leader of the

Chemistry Division at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. CHF obtained Dodson’s per-

sonal papers, which will add considerably to our understanding of the development of

atomic energy and this remarkable era in U.S. scientific research.

hIghLIghTs fRom nEws CovERagE“VintageChemistrySetsShowWeUsedtoBeWayMoreChillAboutChemicals,”in Wired, June 5, 2014

“ScholarsLandAlchemyCache”inChemical and Engineering News, January 13, 2014

“ManuscriptTroveIlluminatestheRootsofChemistry,”inPhiladelphia Inquirer, November 27, 2013

“ScientificArchivesHaveHipNewAddress,”inPhiladelphia Business Journal, October 9, 2013

Richard Dodson (far right) and colleagues at the Royal Institute of Technology, February 1960, from the papers of Richard Dodson, CHF Archives. [Photo copyright Royal

Institute of Technology]

personal papers and Company arCHives

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aCquisitions nigHt

On a cold night in December, CHF’s com-

munity gathered in the Othmer Library of

Chemical History for a new event: Acquisi-

tions Night. Under the cozy illumination

of table lamps rested recently acquired

treasures from CHF’s collections: books

and manuscripts from the aforementioned

alchemical manuscript collection, blowpipe

kits, chemistry sets dating from the 19th

century, even An Atlas of Gas Poisoning.

The evening began with CHF rare-book

curator James R. Voelkel and renowned al-

chemical history scholar Lawrence Principe

giving talks on the new alchemical collec-

tion. Afterward Voelkel and Principe, along

with a dozen CHF curators, were on hand,

showing items and answering questions.

Guests were given the opportunity to adopt

items, and the event raised over $20,000.

Some items are still available for adoption

on CHF’s website at chemheritage.org/

adoptabook.

The event was a huge success and will be

expanded. “Acquisitions Night allowed us

to engage with donors in a new way,” said

Ron Brashear.

tHe düsseldorF loan

In March 2014 six of CHF’s most important paintings from the collections, along with a

manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton, were meticulously packed into 300-pound crates to travel

by plane and truck to Düsseldorf, Germany.

“This is the largest loan in CHF’s history,” said Amanda Shields, curator of fine art at CHF.

“These really are the gems of our collection.”

The paintings, from CHF’s Fisher and Eddleman Collections, were loaned to Museum

Kunstpalast for its exhibit Art and Alchemy: The Mystery of Transformation. The exhibit fea-

tured alchemical works from antiquity to the present day, and CHF’s pieces hung alongside

works by Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Max Ernst, and more than 200 others. The exhibit

was based on research conducted by experts at the Max Planck Institute for the History of

Science in Berlin and CHF. More than 45,000 people visited the exhibit during its run from

April 4 through August 10, 2014.

“It’s just wonderful to see our collection hanging in a space with other collections,” said

Shields during the exhibition. “To be in the presence of works by famous artists like Rem-

brandt, to have our works visible in a new, much broader way—you don’t get that opportu-

nity every day.”

CHF staff shows off new collections items available for adoption during Acquisitions Night, a new kind of event for CHF.

At the Museum Kunstpalast, Amanda Shields and a paintings conservator inspect the condition of the art after its long journey to Düsseldorf. [Photo by James R. Voelkel]

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Collection Highlights 2013-2014

[1] book of secrets, northwestern italy, c. 1425–1450. Booksofsecretswereawell-established genre of alchemical writings that contained recipes for a wide range of chemical processes. This early medieval manuscript gives how-to instruc-tions that range from transmuting one metal into another to creating invisible

inks, hair dyes, and veterinary treatments. [Photo by Les Enluminures]

[2] alchemical miscellany, northwestern italy, c. 1450–1475. This alchemical manuscript contains a number of short alchemical texts. It’s written on parchment, anditisoneofthemostexquisitelyboundinourmedievalmanuscriptacquisition.

[Photo by Les Enluminures]

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[3] petrus bonus, Pretiosa margarita novella [the precious new pearl], spain (Catalonia), c. 1450–1480. This manuscript is one of only six complete copies in existence. The author defends alchemy and claims that if rightly understood, it provides knowledge—even proof—of Christian doctrines. [Photo by Les Enluminures]

[4] three alchemical miniatures from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit, southern germany or austria, c. 1450–1475. This alchemical miniature is part of three, andtheyareofaqualitythatsuggeststheywereoncepart of an unusually deluxe alchemical manuscript of Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit(TheBookoftheHolyTrinity),theearliestalchemicalworkinGerman.[Photo by Les Enluminures]

[5] pseudo-lull, Codicillus, northern italy (or ger-many?), 1472; italy, c. 1450–1500, probably c. 1470–1500. RamonLull(1232–1316)wassuchaninfluentialthinkerthat a huge amount of alchemical writing was ascribed to him—even though he was not an alchemist. Codicillus is probably the most famous of all these pseudo-Lullian alchemical texts. [Photo by Les Enluminures]

[6] ramon lull, Ars brevis, and Ars abbreviata praedi-canda, versio latinus II, southern netherlands, c. 1490−1550; and germany, c. 1490–1520. These authentic RamonLull(1232–1316)textsarerespectivelycenteredon his system of thought and his theories of preaching. [Photo by Les Enluminures]

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[7] blowpipe kit. Beforespectralanalysisbecametheprimary way of exploring the chemical composition of a substance, the blowpipe was the tool of choice. This portable kit from 1870 has everything needed to analyze the percentage of silver and gold in a sample of ore. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

[8] liebig’s extract of meat Company trading card. Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company began producing trading cards in 1872, and they were nothing short of a sensation. In the years that followed, these full-color lithographs covered a sprawling range of topics, includ-ing advances in chemistry. [CHF Collections]

[9] Neueste Erfindung einen Luftballon durch adler zu Regieren, 1801 (newest invention, an air balloon being piloted by eagles). First published in Jakob Kaiserer’s Ueber meine Erfindung from 1801, this illustra-tion portrays an air balloon steered by two harnessed eagles. The use of birds to steer wind-blown balloons was considered realistic by a number of designers in the years following the balloon’s invention. [CHF Collections]

[10] documents created, assembled, and donated by arvin smith. Collected by Thermo Electron’s cofounder Arvin smith, these archives contain material from a major 20th-century analytical instrument and services company. [Photo by David Haldeman]

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ColleCted interviewsEach year CHF

interviews scientists,

engineers, historians,

and others to collect

and preserve their

thoughts and recollec-

tions. Their memories

and perspectives give

us insight into the past

and can inform the

future. We’re grateful

for the participation of

these individuals who

were interviewed in

FY2014:

SalvatoreBoccutiSydneyBrennerNancy ChangGordon Chase Fred Conner, Jr.Gregory CookeJack DelConteCarol DiPietro BernadetteDoughertyHelen DuTeau Jim Feeney Anne M. Gaffney Tim Hughes EnriqueIglesiaRaymond E. March Kiran Mazumdar-shawAnne McDonoughPaul OrefficeRobert ParrBethPillingVictor RomanoBruceD.RothEduardo Rovira Yang shao-Horn Gioia smithGabor somorjai Kenneth G. standing William stavropoulosLynwood swansonKathleen C. Taylor sharon VargasAlan WaltonJohn C. Warner Ruthie WeeksJames Wei Flo Wise John Zaharchuk

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Research & Fellowships#4

Past Knowledge, Future InnovationsModern science is built on the discoveries of the past, and CHF’s Institute for Research and Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry lie at this intersection of the past and present.

Historical knowledge is crucial to a full appreciation of science and technology, the roles they play in our modern world, and the ways they will help shape the future. It is from this idea that the Institute for Research grounds its work. CHF’s Institute for Research initiates, coordinates, and conducts research at the core of CHF’s mission to foster dialogue on science and technol-ogy in society. Through work in oral history and applied history, Institute for Research staff and fellows capture history in the making and make it relevant for contemporary conversations.

The Beckman Center is home to CHF’s Fellowship Program, a community of 24 scholars from institutions around the world who are studying the history of science, technology, and medicine. The Beckman Center has become the largest private fellowship program in the history of science and technology in the United states. In addition to giving scholars access to CHF’s wealth of collections, the Fellowship Program allows scholars to interact, share ideas, and make connections—both historical and personal—with each other and with CHF.

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Research & Fellowships

hIghLIghTs In BRIEf

• TheBeckmanCenterhadthelargest

number of applicants for fellowships

in its history.

• Fournewfellowshipswerecreated

as part of the Eugene Garfield Grants

program.

• InnovationDaycelebratedits10th

anniversary.

innovation day

An industrial lab can be an isolating place if you’re a young researcher. Whereas

academic researchers are expected to tout their findings, industrial researchers often

must keep their work quiet—a necessary part of staying competitive in a marketplace

relentlessly hunting for the next big idea.

“What we hear is that young researchers working in industry often don’t travel outside

the lab,” says Jody Roberts, director of the Institute for Research. “They have little op-

portunity to do research at the peer level or to interact with other young researchers in

a smaller group and in a meaningful way.”

In an age of rapidly growing interconnectivity and complexity, success is increas-

ingly going to those scientists who connect face-to-face with their peers and look

beyond only technical matters to become aware of the broader implications of their

work. The Institute for Research created Innovation Day to introduce over a hundred

young researchers each year to the interwoven social, scientific, and regulatory issues

inherent in their work, and let the researchers meet and learn from senior executives

and scientists.

The key component of Innovation Day is the Schlinger Symposium. The Schlinger

Symposium consists of breakout sessions on topics with wide industrial and social

implications. The event is named after Warren Schlinger, once a young industry

researcher himself who became a renowned chemist. He and his wife Katharine pro-

vided the support that launched Innovation Day in 2003, making the 2013 Innovation

Day the 10th anniversary of the event.

Rather than the agenda being top down, Innovation Day topics are selected through

surveys conducted at the end of each symposium as well as by a committee of industry

chief technology officers. Topics covered at Innovation Day 2013 included high-

performance polymers, chemical and molecular solutions for energy storage, innovat-

ing for developing economies, and more.

“The participants themselves pick what’s useful,” says Jody Roberts. “That’s why it has

been so successful.”

Innovation Day also includes the presentation of the Gordon E. Moore Medal by

the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), which partners with CHF on the event.

This year the award went to Jerzy Klosin, a research fellow at The Dow Chemical

Company, for his contributions to the advancement of industrial chemistry in the

discovery, scale-up, and commercialization of a new generation of catalysts.

OPPOSITE PAGE// The poster session at Innovation Day, during which young researchers discuss their work. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

TOP// Jerzy Klosin, research fellow at The Dow Chemical Company and winner of the SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal, stands with (left) Jack Kruger, Dow corporate fellow, The Dow Chemical Company, and (right) Howard Ungerleider, CFO of The Dow Chemical Company. BOTTOM// Overhead view of the poster session in the Dow Public Square. [Photos by Conrad Erb]

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FellowsHips

The Beckman Center has seen a record number of applicants to the Center’s Fellowship

Program over the past couple of years, and this year was no exception. In fact, FY2014 drew

the highest number of applicants in the Beckman Center’s 27-year history. From around the

world 92 scholars applied for a CHF fellowship—up from 70 the year before. Further, the

Beckman Center hosted more events than at any other point in its history with the addition

of the Synthesis Lecture to its existing public-lecture series, including the Fellow in Focus

lecture (see page 4). This interest has led to an increasingly active alumni network, and the

Beckman Center has created a newsletter for former fellows as well as a group on social

media for continued interaction.

This year also saw the creation of the Eugene Garfield Grants Program thanks to support

from the pioneering information scientist of the same name. The additional four fellow-

ships cover a wide range of topics: information science, law, documentation, and chemical

engineering. The new fellowships are

R E S E A R C H & F E L L O w S H I P S

While conducting research CHF fellows have the option to engage public audiences. Here, CHF fellow Elisabeth Berry Drago talks about her research into alchemi-cal art techniques. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

Cain ConFerenCe

The history of science and technology can-

not be separated from the other historical

events that took place during the same

period. To consider the external forces

that shaped the history of chemistry, CHF

hosts the annual Gordon Cain Conference,

which includes workshops, a public talk,

and a resulting published volume. This year

the conference, organized by Lissa Roberts

at the University of Twente, was themed

“Chemical Reactions: Chemistry and

Global History” and included a lecture by

University of London professor Ian Inkster.

“This was one of our biggest Cain confer-

ences ever,” said Carin Berkowitz, director

of the Beckman Center. “It was very inter-

national, with experts on East Asia, India,

the Americas, and from different disciplin-

ary backgrounds. It felt like something

special.”

• Theodore and Mary Herdegen Fellowships in the History of scientific Information

• Noshir T. Mistry Fellowship in the History of Chemical Engineering

• Paul Otlet Fellowship in the History of Information science

• RaquelandArthurSeidelFellowshipin the History of Intellectual Property and Patents

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Center For oral History

Science is as much about scientists as it is about the experiments they perform. But the

practice of science and the knowledge it generates are typically relegated to publications in

journals and in textbooks; the experience of science and the lives of scientists are often lost,

missing from the annals of history. CHF’s Center for Oral History helps ensure that the his-

tory of modern science is preserved in the words, beliefs, thoughts, and actions of its current

practitioners—and not just in scientific publications.

In FY2014 the Center for Oral History expanded the number of oral histories conducted to

allow more interviews with various award winners, instrument makers, and other luminaries

in science. Further, though most interviews took place in the United States, the Center for

Oral History is developing a training institute for researchers to serve as CHF’s oral history

interviewers around the world. The Center for Oral History has also seen external interest

grow over the past several years: the number of requests for our interviews from scholars and

researchers grew by 20% over last year alone.

Marye Anne Fox, one of the Center for Oral History’s interviewees in FY2014, examines a Columbia wax cylinder from CHF’s collections during a tour in 2012. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

“In 2014 the Center for Oral History expanded the number of oral histories conducted to allow more interviews with various award winners, instrument makers, and other luminaries in science.

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C a i n d i s t i n g u i s H e d F e l l o w

( 4 MONTHS IN RES IDENCE )

robert Fox, University of Oxford, UK

l o n g - t e r m p o s t d o C t o r a l

F e l l o w s

( 9 MONTHS IN RES IDENCE )

donna bilak,BardGraduateCenter,EdelsteinFellow

alex Csiszar, Harvard University, Haas Fellow

Juan-andres leon, Harvard University, Cain Fellow

emily stanback, CUNY Graduate Center, Haas Fellow

l o n g - t e r m d i s s e r t a t i o n F e l l o w s

( 9 MONTHS IN RES IDENCE )

elisabeth berry drago, University of Delaware, Allington Fellow

nicholas Harris, University of Pennsylvania, Price Fellow

Joel klein, Indiana University, Visiting Dissertation Fellow

evan Hepler-smith, Princeton University, Herdegen Fellow

iain watts, Princeton University, Edelstein Fellow

s H o r t - t e r m F e l l o w s

Juan luis delgado, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, spain, Doan Fellow

michelle dimeo, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Allington Fellow

rebecca guenard, Temple University, société de Chimie Industrielle Fellow

georgiana della Hedesan, University of Oxford, UK, Allington Fellow

leah mcewen, Cornell University, Otlet Fellow

Jarmo pulkkinen, University of Oulu, Finland, AllingtonFellow(1month)

viviane quirke,OxfordBrookesUniversity,UK,DoanFellow(1month)

R E S E A R C H & F E L L O w S H I P S

Fellows gather after the November 2013 Rohm and Haas Fellow in Focus Lecture. Bottom row, left to right: Iain Watts, Benjamin Gross, Leah McEwen, Emily Stanback, Evan Hepler-Smith, Robert Fox. Top row, left to right: Donna Bilak, Carin Berkowitz, Thibaut Serviant-Fine, Juan Andres Leon. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

Fellows Fy2014

linda richards, Oregon state University, Doan Fellow

gildo m. dos santos, University of são Paulo, Brazil,UllyotScholar

thibaut serviant-Fine, Université Claude BernardLyon1,France,DoanFellow

nicholas shapiro, University of Oxford, UK, Doan Fellow

robert slate, George Mason University, Doan Fellow

Heather smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, société de Chimie Industrielle Fellow

peter westin, Georgia Institute of Technology, Doan Fellow

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R E S E A R C H & F E L L O w S H I P S

I navideoprofileofArnoldO.BeckmaninCHF’sScientists You Must Know series, Harry Gray, Arnold O.

BeckmanProfessorofChemistryattheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology,saysthis:“It’shardtogoina

roomorachemistrylaboratoryandnotseesomethingthathaditsorigininanArnoldO.Beckmaninstrument.”

Indeed,Dr.Beckman’sinstrumentswerekeytothelaunchoftheInstrumentationRevolutioninscience,andhe

was also vital to the development of the computer industry and helped established the first silicon electronics

lab in what became silicon Valley. In spring 2014 CHF received a transformative $3 million grant from the Arnold

andMabelBeckmanFoundationforafour-yearprojecttoresearchDr.Beckman’slegacyasascientistandphi-

lanthropist. Working with CHF’s archivists, the research team will explore the connections between the research

undertakenbyDr.Beckmanhimselfandthatofcontemporaryresearcherswhoworkaspartoftheongoing

Beckmanlegacyinscience,technology,andmedicine.Thisresearchwillthenbesharedwiththebroaderpublic

in keeping with CHF’s mission to cultivate and support a conversation about science, technology, and society.

Arnold O. Beckman Legacy Project

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Honoring Historic Achievement

Because CHF examines the history of science and technology, we know how

people in these fields can harness social forces to create sweeping social change.

This knowledge puts us in a powerful position to identify those people whose work

has influenced—and will continue to influence—the course of history. CHF’s awards

program is dedicated to honoring those researchers, educators, business leaders,

and entrepreneurs who have made extraordinary contributions to scientific and

technological history.

Awards#5

hIghLIghTs In BRIEf

• HeritageDayawardeeswereKiran

Mazumdar-shaw, Atsushi Horiba,

andRonaldC.D.Breslow.

• NPRradiohostJoePalcadelivered

the Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture.

• MaryJoNyewasawardedtheRoy

G.NevillePrizeinBibliographyor

Biography.

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Heritage day

othmer gold medal

Established in 1997, the Othmer Gold

Medal honors outstanding individuals

who have made multiple contributions to

our chemical and scientific heritage. This

year’s Othmer Gold Medalist was kiran

mazumdar-sHaw, founder, chairman, and

managing director of Biocon Limited.

The award was given in recognition of her

extraordinary entrepreneurship and pio-

neering work in the Indian biotechnology

industry, for her commitment to bringing

affordable drugs to all parts of the world,

and for her efforts to raise the level of

civic-mindedness in India.

CHF’s signature event, Heritage Day, is a

yearly celebration of the achievements and

promise of the sciences and technologies

that shape material culture and the people

behind those achievements. Three awards

are presented at Heritage Day:

OPPOSITE PAGE// Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award for Supporting Industries winner Atsushi Horiba in CHF’s museum with the Horiba Mexa-200, a CO analyzer that became the standard for monitoring auto emissions. [Photo by sofia Negron]

David Manuta introduces Atsushi Horiba during Heritage Day 2014. Left to right: Lawrence Evans, Ronald C. D. Breslow, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Richard J. Bolte Jr., Atsushi Horiba, Carsten Reinhardt, and Joe Palca. [Photo by sofia Negron]

AwardsA wA R D S

richard J. bolte sr. award for supporting industries

The Award for Supporting Industries rec-

ognizes outstanding contributions by

a leader who provides products or ser-

vices vital to the continuing growth and

development of the chemical and molecu-

lar sciences community. atsusHi Horiba,

president and CEO of Horiba Ltd., was this

year’s awardee. The award was presented in

recognition of his commitment to develop-

ing innovative analytical and measurement

systems that play essential support roles

for a broad range of industries critical to

modern society.

aiC gold medal

First awarded by the American Institute

of Chemists in 1926, and jointly awarded

with CHF since 2003, the Gold Medal is the

AIC’s highest award. It recognizes service to

the science of chemistry and to the profes-

sion of chemists or chemical engineers in

the United States. This year’s AIC Gold

Medalist was ronald C. d. breslow, Samuel

Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry

and University Professor at Columbia Uni-

versity, for his important work in develop-

ing and synthesizing novel molecules and

for his contributions to chemistry through

his role as a teacher and mentor.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw talks to Jeffery L. Sturchio, president and CEO of Rabin Martin and a member of CHF’s Board of Overseers, about building a global biotech firm. The talk was live streamed as part of CHF’s History Live series. [Photo by sofia Negron]

Ronald C. D. Breslow speaks at Heritage Day. [Photo by sofia Negron]

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ullyot publiC aFFairs leCture

Joe palCa, science correspondent for National Public Radio, delivered a talk titled “Covering

Complex Science, or How I Explained a Frank-Kasper σ Phase in Sphere-Forming Block

Copolymer Melts to a Radio Audience.” Speakers invited to give the Ullyot Lecture are distin-

guished in their fields, nationally recognized, and able to communicate to a broad audience.

tHe roy g. neville prize in bibliograpHy or biograpHy

mary Jo nye was awarded the Neville Prize for her biography Michael Polanyi and His

Generation: Origins of the Social Construction of Science. Nye is the Thomas Hart and Mary

Jones Horning Professor in the Humanities and a professor of history emeritus at Oregon

State University.

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LEFT// Oregon State University professor Mary Jo Nye receives the Neville Prize. RIGHT// NPR’s Joe Palca talks science communication for a general audience at the 2013 Ullyot Lecture. [Photos by Conrad Erb]

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partner awards

P I T T C O n H e R I T A g e A w A R D Presented in partnership with Pittcon

Lynwood Swanson

P e T R O C H e M I C A l H e R I T A g e A w A R DPresented in partnership with the Founders Club and American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

Frank Popoff

F R A n k l I n - l A v O I s I e R A w A R DPresented in partnership with Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie

Fred Aftalion

hIghLIghTs fRom nEws CovERagE“RonaldBreslowWinsAmericanInstituteofChemists’GoldMedal”inChemical and Engineering News, Janu-ary 29, 2014

“BioconMDtoGetOthmerGoldMedal”in the New Indian Express, January 23, 2014

“TopU.S.AwardforIndia’sBiotechQueen”inSiliconIndia, January 23, 2014

B I O T e C H n O l O g Y H e R I T A g e A w A R DPresented in partnership with the Biotechnology Industry Organization

Robert Langer

s C I g O R D O n e . M O O R e M e D A lPresented in partnership with the Society of Chemical Industry, America Section

Jerzy Klosin

A wA R D S

Left to right: CHF Chancellor Arnold Thackray; Fred Aftalion, author of the seminal work A History of the International Chemical Industry and winner of the 2014 Franklin-Lavoisier Award; Barbara du Pont; and Irénée du Pont Jr. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

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Conference Center#6

Spaces Steeped in History with meeting and event facilities located in the heart of CHF’s headquarters, the Conference Center at CHF is surrounded by history. great ideas through the ages are celebrated here, and from that atmosphere great ideas emerge.

The Conference Center not only rents 13,500 square feet of space for business or casual purposes, it also provides many of the technical, catering, and plan-ning services behind CHF’s awards, lectures, conferences, and parties. If you have attended a recent event at CHF, the Conference Center played a vital role in making it memorable. A wide variety of clients booked events and meetings at the Conference Center in FY2014, among them large multinational corporations, universities, nonprofits, and governmental organizations.

hIghLIghTs In BRIEf

• FirstfullyeartheConference

Center was operated fully by CHF

• Bookingsincreasedsignificantly

over previous year

• Expandedtoincludeprominent

local caterers, such as Garces

Group and Feast Your Eyes.

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year in review

Fiscal year 2014 was the first full year in which the Conference

Center was fully integrated within CHF’s structure. Previously, it

was owned by CHF but managed by a local Philadelphia events firm.

With a 16% increase in guest attendance in FY2014, and the number

of events and meetings having risen by 7.75%, the move appears to

have been the right one.

The Conference Center also made other advancements this year, in-

cluding the development of a sustainability policy and the addition

of multi-meeting incentives, menu and beverage package upgrades,

and full in-house meeting and event services—the latter of which

includes hotel arrangements, sightseeing tours, and restaurant-

reservation coordination among other elements.

A place setting at a conference center open house. [Photo by Conrad Erb]

Conference Center

LEFT// Guests relax at the Overlook Lounge during a Joseph Priestley Society function. RIGHT// A discussion in the Conference Center’s Franklin Rooms. [Photos by Conrad Erb]

OPPOSITE PAGE// Guests at the Ullyot, a lecture and dining hall. [Photo by sofia Negron]

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when a donor provides support to CHF, we know that the transaction does not end when the check is cashed; it is part of

a longer relationship with trust at its core. We must earn this trust through transparency and sound financial steward-

ship. CHF has been blessed with a very generous community of donors and a strong endowment, which makes stewardship of

support all the more important. With this in mind, I’m pleased to report that FY2014 was a strong year financially.

Net assets increased $21.5 million (10.5%) from $205.3 million on June 30, 2013, to $226.8 million by June 30, 2013. This increase

was due principally to a return of 17.9% earned on CHF’s endowment investments. Total support and revenue of $13.7 million

was $2.4 million (21%) higher than in FY2013, reflecting an increase in contributions of $1.6 million and higher endowment

support of $0.7 million. Operating expenses were $1.3 million higher than in FY2013, principally due to higher collection acqui-

sitions and the development costs of the ChemCrafter iPad application. Net investment in property increased by $0.5 million,

representing the final expenditures for the John C. Haas Archive of Science and Business dedicated in October 2013.

The endowment allocation and investment income provided 60% of CHF’s revenue in FY2014, down from 66% in the previous

year, reflecting new and expanded programming funded by contributions and grants. Development and general support continue

to total less than 20% of total operating expenses.

We thank the members of the Investment Committee, chaired by board member Lewis Gasorek; the Finance Committee, chaired

by retiring board member John Baldeschwieler; and the Audit Committee, chaired by Peter Lederman and board member

Richard Bolte Jr. for stewarding CHF’s financial resources.

KEvIn CavanaughVice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Letter from the Chief Financial Officer

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ChEmICaL hERITagE foundaTIon and suBsIdIaRy

Consolidated Statement of Activities

June 30, 2014 June 30, 2013

sUPPORT & REVENUE

Contributions $ 4,922,808 $ 3,323,118EndowmentAllocation 6,929,272 6,195,565OtherInvestmentIncome 1,345,247 1,182,262ProgramIncome 497,842 608,177

total support & revenue $ 13,695,169 $ 11,309,122

EXPENsEs

ProgramLibrary, Collections, & Research $ 4,050,173 $ 3,211,989Public Education 4,101,991 3,943,405ContemporaryHistoryStudies 1,263,611 1,237,780

support servicesPublic Affairs 1,488,241 1,348,379Development 972,215 1,152,505GeneralSupport 1,382,426 1,080,982

total expenses $ 13,258,657 $ 11,975,040

CHange in net assets From operations $ 436,512 $ (665,918)

Total Non-Operating Activity $ 21,017,318 $ 10,500,049

tota l C H a n g e i n n e t a s s e ts $ 21,453,830 $ 9,834,131

NetAssets,BeginningofYear $ 205,348,741 $ 195,514,610

NetAssets,EndofYear $ 226,802,571 $ 205,348,741

expenses by FunCtion

31% 31% 10% 11% 7% 10%

Library, Collections, & Research

Public Education Contemporary History studies

Public Affairs Development General support

For tHe years ending

Financials

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ChEmICaL hERITagE foundaTIon and suBsIdIaRy

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

June 30, 2014 June 30, 2013

Current Assets $ 5,454,382 $ 7,821,523Long-TermInvestments 191,391,536 170,347,176Property(netofaccumulateddepreciation) 38,992,897 38,569,289GrantsandPledgesReceivable 7,964,462 5,794,547OtherAssets 1,428,610 1,402,297

tota l a s s e ts $ 245,231,887 $ 223,934,832

Current Liabilities $ 1,403,910 $ 1,280,993BondsPayable 16,555,000 16,555,000Non-CurrentLiabilities 470,406 750,098

tota l l i a b i l i t i e s $ 18,429,316 $ 18,586,091

Unrestricted Net AssetsUndesignated $ 8,078,612 $ 7,755,492NetInvestmentinProperty 21,894,607 21,383,570BoardReserves 19,717,000 17,779,461

total unrestricted $ 49,690,219 $ 46,918,523

Temporarily RestrictedProgram $ 4,373,205 $ 3,050,252Planned Gifts 100,304 89,802Capital 5,372,066 6,769,822

total temporarily restricted $ 9,845,575 $ 9,909,876

permanently restricted $ 167,266,777 $ 148,520,342

total net assets $ 226,802,571 $ 205,348,741

tota l l i a b i l i t i e s & n e t a s s e ts $ 245,231,887 $ 223,934,832

expenses by sourCe

Endowment Allocation Contributions Program Income Other Investment Income

50% 36% 4% 10%

For tHe years ending

Financials

fiscal year 2014 was an invigorating time for CHF. We welcomed Carsten Reinhardt as our third president, and he hit the ground

prepared, knowledgeable, and ready to run. With support and input from our governance committees, staff, and friends like you, he

led CHF in creating and adopting a new strategic plan. And with that blueprint in place we immediately began to build on our strengths

in collecting and communicating the heritage of the chemical sciences and technologies.

In other words, it was a year of great change, and CHF’s generous community of supporters embraced opportunity, enabling us to sustain

our fiscal health and move forward nimbly during an important period of transition.

Notable foundation gifts came from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, for the Arnold O. Beckman Legacy Project, and the

Wyncote Foundation, for construction of CHF’s new John C. Haas Archive of Science and Business, maintenance of the building, and

archival processing and cataloguing. Notable corporate gifts came from The Dow Chemical Company, for the creation of new program-

matic initiatives at CHF as well as ongoing mission-based programs, and ExxonMobil, for a joint project with the Gulf Petrochemicals

and Chemicals Association and the symposium “Shale Gas: Not Just Energy.” In addition June Felley helped CHF reach the halfway point

in building a permanent fund of $250,000 for the Rohm and Haas Fellow in Focus lecture series.

Overall online giving to CHF increased by 26% over last year, which is double the industry standard of 13%. In addition, over the past two

years we’ve secured $207,000 in pledges to the Robert Boyle Society, whose members provide annual unrestricted funds to support CHF

programming, publications, research, collections, and exhibits. Sixteen individuals joined the Boyle Society in FY2014 compared with

nine in FY2013, and we hope to see this expansion continue.

We are immensely pleased with our progress in the past year, but there is still so much exciting work that needs to be done, from expand-

ing our programs and research to growing our international presence. We are fortunate to be able to move forward knowing that we have

such an engaged and loyal community behind us.

Thank you again for all you did this year to support CHF through periods of both consistency and transition. Despite this being a time

of transformation for CHF, our founding purpose—highlighting the impact of science and technology on society—stays with us through

our history.

Letter from the Chair of the Board

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LauRIE J. LandEauChair,CHFBoardofDirectors

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annual giFts

IndIvIduaLs

$10,000 to $24,999

Paul s. Anderson

AlfredR.Bader

JohnD.Baldeschwieler

Roy T. Eddleman

Mary K. Gall

Madeleine M. Joullié

Laurie J. Landeau

JamesB.Porter

Margaret A. Riecker *

sheldon L. Thompson

$5,000 to $9,999

Edward M. Acton

EdwinD.Becker

Craig Farr

June P. Felley

scott Jordan

Joseph A. Miller

Michael H. Ott

Gary D. Patterson

Joseph H. Pyne

Carsten Reinhardt

KarlB.Schnelle

Robert E. stevens

Anthony M. stonis

Wayne Tamarelli

William J. Tuszynski

Charles K. Valutas

George A. Vincent

$1,000 to $4,999

Alfred H. Aftalion

David s. Alcorn

Gary D. Anderson

Anonymous

Fred C. Anson

BarryArkles

JohnJ.Baldwin

ConradBergo

DavidL.Black

JohnK.Borchardt*

EllisN.Brandt

RonaldBrashear

RonaldC.D.Breslow

DonB.Brodie

KathrynR.Bullock

JamesD.Burke

Roy D. Caton

Kevin J. Cavanaugh

BarbaraCharton

scott J. Childress

Uma Chowdhry

sheldon W. Dean

Gary D. Ellis

LawrenceB.Evans

Robert J. Feeney

John R. Ferraro

Robert E. Finnigan

BruceG.Fischer

Edmund H. Fording

Ethan C. Galloway

Lewis E. Gasorek

Eduardo D. Glandt

William C. Golton

George G. Hazen

s. A. Heininger

Elmer W. Jensen

Thomas E. Johnstone

Hugh Karraker

Robert O. Kenworthy

William G. Kofron

Kenji Kojima

Nicholas J. Kovich

John A. Krol

Monika Krug

Gerald D. Laubach

PeterB.Lederman

Horst W. Lichtenberger

stephen J. Lippard

John E. Lyons

James F. Mathis

BrianMaurer

Catherine C. Maxey

Donald E. Morel

HenryB.Morley

William E. Oakley

Paul F. Oreffice

John A. Pannucci

Christopher D. Pappas

Rudolph Pariser

Michael D. Parker

Robert G. Parr

Lanny R. Patten

Frank P. Popoff

Ronald W. Reynolds

Edward Richman

John D. Roberts

John E. Roberts

Frederic T. selleck

Orrin D. sparkman

Peter H. spitz

John E. stauffer

Douglas K. struck

Jeffrey L. sturchio

BarryL.Tarmy

Frederick W. Telling

Curtis E. Thomsen

Thomas R. Tritton

David H. Vahlsing

Alan Warren

Edel Wasserman

Neale W. Watson

Kenneth E. Wattman *

Alfred E. Wechsler

Richard V. Westerman

Henry F. Whalen

BruceW.Wilkinson

DianeB.Wilsey

Robert A. Woods

$250 to $999

Gordon Aitken

Weston A. Anderson

Anonymous

Tom Archibald

JerryA.Bell

PeterA.Benoliel

PeterR.Bernstein

JosephP.Bevak

RowlandS.Bevans

C.J.Blankley

JosephF.Borzelleca

J.M.Bowman

WilliamBreneman

RobertA.Brooks

JosephA.Burke

MauriceM.Bursey

George L. Cohen

Paul M. Cook

Charles P. Costanza

Joseph Dannenberg

Joseph M. Desimone

Douglas Dethy

John W. Drew

Robert P. Elefante

Richard E. Emmert

James F. Fisher

William H. Flank

George M. Fohlen

Carl Frieden

J. E. Fyrwald

s. R. Gambino

Frederick A. Golec

Jerome Goodkin

Gretchen R. Hall

Hans Hasche-Kluender

John G. Hildebrand

James E. Hilyard

Ernst Homburg

Jeffrey Hurst

Madeleine s. Jacobs

Eileen K. Jaffe

StephenB.Jaffe

Daniel W. Kappes

Thomas J. Katz

KarlB.Kauffman

Leonard C. Keifer

William E. Keller

Neil R. Kestner

Charles E. Kolb

Edward N. Kresge

James H. Krieger

Jay Labinger

Richard D. Ludescher

Colin F. Mackay

Clelia W. Mallory

Robert J. McGorrin

John M. Mcshane

Charles O. Metzger

E. G. Meyer

Dennis Mitchell

Luis D. Montes

Kenneth G. Moore

William C. Moore

BurnabyMunson

Girish Nair

Mary L. Nebel

sarah E. Newcomb

Kevin Nordt

stephen J. Olah

Cynthia Palmer

Hans P. Panzer

Floy Pelletier

Ralph H. Petrucci

Joseph F. Pilaro

Gian s. Porro

Robert D. Pruessner

Rill A. Reuter

Richard saferstein

Purnesh seegopaul

James C. shaeffer

Len shustek

RichardB.Silverman

Robert A. skogsberg

Dion A. stams

Mildred sudarsky

Robert D. swain

Nancy J. szabo

Morris Tanenbaum

Joseph P. Vacca

Asha Varma

Edward F. Wagner

Francis J. Waller

Vern W. Weekman

John Weikart

Jodi L. Wesemann

Robert W. Widing

Robert K. Wismer

DanleyB.Wolfe

$100 to $249

Hervey W. Ackerman

Paul M. Adriani

Anthony s. Albanese

MaryB.Alexander

Monica Ali

Fred Ambrose

shirley Anderson

Anonymous

F. M. Armbrecht

Donn R. Armstrong

Edward M. Arnett

Arthur K. Asbury

R.C.Bailey

LouisBaker

ZacharyM.Baker

JamesBarber

CharletonC.Bard

ChadJ.Bardone

ChesterF.Barszcz

WilliamH.Barton

ThomasR.Baruch

JonathanL.Bass

JohnT.Bearden

RobertBeaudet

RonaldS.Beckley

JeanC.Beckman

EdwardJ.Behrman

ElanaBenamy

JayB.Benziger

MichaelE.Berg

RichardI.Bergman

GeraldBerkelhammer

RaffaeleBernetti

R.S.Berry

PaulBickart

J.P.Bingham

JamesD.Birkett

JohnM.Birmingham

EugeneR.Bissell

WendyBisset

RonaldC.Blatchley

JohnBlock

UldisBlukis

JudyP.Boehlert

*Deceased

Donors JULY 1 , 2013– JUNE30, 2014

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RickE.Bolesta

JosephBordogna

WilsonE.Born

CharlesP.Bourne

CarlosM.Bowman

AlfredC.Boyd

HenryJ.Bremer

JohnJ.Brennan

LisaA.Brenskelle

WallaceS.Brey

CharlesS.Brown

SethN.Brown

EvanBuck

JohnBuckley

Jean-ClaudeG.Buenzli

CharlesW.Buffington

DonaldM.Burland

ElizabethC.Burns

CharlesW.Busenhart

MargaretH.Butler

Albert H. Caesar

Richard A. Cahill

John C. Cairns

Joseph Calabrese

BrantleyM.Callaway

Anthony G. Cannone

Margaret A. Carlberg

Norman A. Carlson

Will D. Carpenter

Mary-Joan Carson

William G. Carson

Perry C. Cartwright

MiltonB.Carus

Eugene C. Cashour

James E. Cassidy

Jose A. Cervantes

Kenneth M. Chapman

Fengchi W. Chen

Ralph N. Childs

Harold C. Choitz

BiswajitChoudhury

Kurt M. Christoffel

Roy W. Clark

Thomas J. Clark

Donald D. Clarke

Roy s. Clarke

Albert C. Claus

Noriko Clement

stephanie K. Clendennen

Nye A. Clinton

Charles A. Coderre

Murray s. Cohen

sheldon H. Cohen

seetha Coleman-Kammula

Robert L. Collin

Lloyd H. Conover

Deborah H. Cook

Jan Cook

Dale E. Cooper

Thomas Corette

sam R. Coriell

Alfred C. Cottrell

Arthur Coury

Eugene F. Cox

Timothy H. Cronin

sigmund M. Csicsery

Carol F. Culhane

Dennis W. Cunningham

George E. Cushmac

Elizabeth M. Dabrowski

Horst s. Daemmrich

Joel A. Dain

David Dalrymple

Robert Damrauer

Karen David

James E. Davis

Thomas F. Degnan

Anthony L. Dent

Henry A. DePhillips

Charles K. Derr

Rolf Dessauer

lAURIe lAnDeAUAlthough a dedicated veterinarian, Laurie

Landeau also has strong ties to the chemical

world through her father, Ralph Landau—

chemical engineer, cofounder of Halcon-

Scientific Design Company and Oxirane

Company, and recipient of the National

Medal of Technology, the Perkin Medal, and

CHF’s Othmer Gold Medal.

Landeau became closely involved with CHF

after her father’s death in 2004 and shares

CHF’s dedication to fostering dialogue

about the impact of science and technology

on society and culture. Her love of CHF’s

collections prompted her to create the

Ralph Landau and Laurie Landeau Collec-

tions Fund, which supports acquisition and

conservation, exemplified by CHF’s recent

purchase of 15th-century alchemical manu-

scripts. Landeau is the chair of CHF’s Board

of Directors and a member of CHF’s Robert

Boyle and Irving Langmuir Societies.

donoR PRofILE

John K. Detrick

Howard D. Dewald

PhillipB.Dewey

RaymondA.DiBerardo

Lawrence J. Dieterman

James E. DiGuglielmo

Walter Ding

Robert E. Dininny

Ruth A. Doan

William P. Donahoo

Elizabeth Dorland

BonnieB.Dorwart

Michael P. Doyle

William H. Dresher

Lois Durham

James R. Durig

PatriciaJ.Dwyer-Hallquist

Gareth R. Eaton

Darrell D. Ebbing

Richard Ebeling

Paul E. Eckler

James R. Eichna

Richard Edward Elden

G.B.Ellison

Dale Embry

sven W. Englund

F. I. Ettre

Thomas F. Evans

Fred P. Ewald

Russell E. Farris

David L. Felley

Ricardo Feltre

Penelope A. Fenner-Crisp

Arthur Fentin

Robert N. Ferguson

Alexander C. Fergusson

John R. Ferron

Carl E. Fieber

Edwin L. Field

Robert E. Finnigan

Jed F. Fisher

Edith M. Flanigen

steven A. Fleming

Frederick H. Flor

James L. Foght

Thomas A. Ford

RobertB.Fox

David J. Frances

Curtis W. Frank

stephen E. Frazier

Moira R. Frey

Jane Frommer

Thomas A. Furtsch

William G. Gaboda

Marguerite s. Gadel

Gregory Gajda

Kevin J. Gallagher

Robert P. Galloy

A. J. Gambro

Alberto Garibi

LucilleB.Garmon

susan M. Gasper

Gilbert Gavlin

Cecil W. Gayler

Harvey George

Tirthankar Ghosh

Norman W. Gill

Jim Glanville

Allen M. Gold

Alfred L. Goldberg

Alan s. Goldfarb

Howard Goldfine

Harold Goldwhite

Waldo R. Golliher

Marco A. Gonzalez

Alan L. Goodman

Valentina Gordin

William W. Gorman

Thomas M. Grace

Richard s. Greeley

Mark A. Griep

Martin M. Griffin

Michael Gross

A. T. Guertin

Randolph J. Guschl

C. D. Gutsche

Alfred A. Hagedorn

Rolf M. Hahne

Fred A. Hajduk

Marcel L. Halberstadt

Lowell Hall

Ralph R. Hamerla

Robert Hamill

J. s. Hamilton

BarbaraHampton

Patrick T. Hardesty

John A. Hardy

William W. Hargrove

Jackson E. Harrar

Harold H. Harris

James N. Harton

samuel E. Harvey

James H. Haynes

Arthur D. Henderson

Eric Henderson

JamesB.Henderson

N. D. Hershey

Raymond K. Hertz

Elliot P. Hertzenberg

Marion E. Hill

William R. Hill

Warren W. Hillstrom

Richard L. Hinman

Roland F. Hirsch

Albert Hirschberg

Terry N. Hirshorn

Karen P. Hoff

Darleane C. Hoffman

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William D. Holland

BernardE.Hoogenboom

Gordon J. Howard

Arthur E. Howerton

EarleB.Hoyt

Robert M. Hoyte

R. D. Hulse

BryanA.Huston

Alison Hyslop

Don C. Iffland

Eric D. Imhof

George C. Inglessis

Michael V. Intenzo

Kenneth A. Jacobson

Carl R. Johnson

Eric A. Johnson

suzanne M. Johnson

William G. Johnston

William V. Johnston

CharlesB.Jones

Frank Jones

Mark E. Jones

David Jordan

Daniel J. Kallus

Harvey W. Kalweit

Osamu Kamei

s. W. Kapranos

samuel P. Katz

James Kauer

Dale L. Keairns

Leroy Kean

Henry A. Kingsley

Tom Kinneman

Louis J. Kirschenbaum

Peter T. Kissinger

Frederick C. Klaessig

Edward A. Knaggs

Yutaka Kobayashi

Truman L. Koehler

Ernest I. Korchak

BernardM.Kosowski

Thomas A. Koster

stanley J. Kostka

Roger H. Kottke

A. P. Krapcho

Fran K. Kravitz

Douglas Kriebel

Nerses H. Krikorian

Thomas R. Krugh

Roger W. Kugel

Charles R. Kurtak

Joseph L. Kurz

Raymond J. Lagomarsino

H. T. Lamborn

Robert M. Langer

BruceL.Larson

Richard Laura

Ronald G. Lawler

Michaeleen P. Lee

AlFReD BADeRForced in 1938, at the age of 14, to flee

his native Vienna to escape Nazi persecu-

tion, Alfred Bader found safety briefly in

England before ironically being detained by

the British government as an “enemy alien”

and sent to an internment camp in Canada,

where he suffered various hardships before

winning his release. He eventually was able

to attend Queen’s University in Kingston,

Ontario, where he earned degrees in history

and chemistry before going on to earn a

PhD in chemistry at Harvard University. In

1951 he cofounded the chemical enterprise,

Aldrich Chemical Company, which became

highly successful under Bader’s leader-

ship, earning a reputation for service to the

research community. Aldrich merged with

Sigma Chemical Corporation in 1975 to

form Sigma-Aldrich Corporation. Bader

served as chairman of the newly created

firm until 1991.

Since then Bader has pursued a successful

career as both an art dealer and a generous

philanthropist. His strong interest in the

history of chemistry has made him a loyal

supporter of CHF. An engaging speaker,

Bader served as the 2003 Ullyot Public

Affairs Lecturer. In 2009 CHF and the Pitts-

burgh Conference jointly awarded Bader

the Pittcon Heritage Award in recognition

of his important contributions to research

through the development of Aldrich and

Sigma-Aldrich.

donoR PRofILE

Terrence A. Lee

Wilson Lee

Yuan C. Lee

Wardwell C. Leonard

Robert Leonetti

Paul Lepse

Marvin L. Lewbart

BruceV.Lewenstein

Flint H. Lewis

susanne Lewis

Lembit U. Lilleleht

James G. Lindberg

William F. Linke

William J. Linn

John H. Litchfield

Marcia D. Litwack

Julia Lobotsky

RobertB.Loftfield

Joan C. Long

Frank J. Loprest

Jairo H. Lora

AnitaB.Loscalzo

Marilyn Loveless

John R. Lovett

Robert D. Lowery

Gwen s. Lubey

Craig A. Lucas

Claude A. Lucchesi

Albert W. Lutz

Merrill Lynn

Mark P. Maguire

Vera V. Mainz

Theodore E. Majewski

Joseph T. Maloy

Merritt Marbach

EugeneB.Marino

Richard A. Markle

William E. Marklewitz

Dean F. Martin

Thompson A. Mashburn

Dawn Mason

W. R. Mason

Charles T. Matheson

Louis R. Matlack

Donald s. Matteson

William G. Mays

James D. McChesney

John J. McCormack

James E. McGahan

Robert E. McHarg

Donald R. McKelvey

Estelle K. Meislich

Dan Melamed

Kenneth R. Metz

Michael J. Micklus

GeorgeB.Miles

Foil A. Miller

Jack M. Miller

James M. Miller

Jane A. Miller

John W. Miller

Gary N. Mock

Robert H. Moen

William E. Moerner

stephanie Mohr

George G. Moore

Nicole J. Moreau

Alpha L. Morehouse

stephen D. Morton

Vincent J. Moser

BenjaminMosier

John Mosser

Mamie W. Moy

Hans K. Mueller

John H. Munch

Takeshi Murayama

Koji Nakanishi

Arvind Nandedkar

Douglas C. Neckers

David L. Nelson

George D. Nelson

Frank A. Newby

Thomas W. Newton

Charles A. Nickolaus

A. Hirotoshi Nishikawa

Yves Noel

Parry M. Norling

AnneT.O’Brien

John P. O’Connell

James H. O’Mara

FloydB.O’Neal

Philip H. Ogata

William H. Okamura

John P. Olatta

susan L. Oldham-Fritts

Ernest J. Oliveras

Roy A. Olofson

Thomas L. Ortel

soni O. Oyekan

Garth R. Parker

Donald R. Paul

Roger O. Pelham

Lynn s. Penn

Margaret Pennypacker

Dale L. Perry

John T. Perry

Nancy L. Perry

Thomas J. Perun

Howard M. Peters

W. C. Petersen

Walter J. Pfendner

Dale Pillsbury

James D. Pipkin

Elena s. Pisciotta

George C. Pliszka

J. K. Poggenburg

Joseph V. Porcelli

Matthew Poselwait

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Joseph D. Powers

Dennis C. Prieve

suzanne T. Purrington

Ronald T. Raines

Margaret H. Rakowsky

Willis H. Ray

David R. Rea

Peter J. Reilly

Donald J. Renn

Ashby L. Rice

Thomas M. schmitt

BernardSchneier

Robert s. schroeder

Linda D. schultz

Helmut schwab

W. R. schwandt

William W. schwarze

Eugene schwoeppe

Roger F. sebenik

BruceE.Seeley

Mary selman

Algi K. serelis

Peter M. serokis

Jole R. shackelford

Irving shain

Louis H. sharpe

Jean’ne M. shreeve

Adam shrier

W. R. siegart

Mary singleton

Frederick C. skvara

FrankB.Slezak

Jane E. smedley

Robert A. smiley

James L. smith

Linda C. smith

Henry smithies

Malcolm A. smook

Virginia songstad

Martin J. spalding

BlakeSpeaker

LeonardB.Spiegel

Leo H. spinar

Langley A. spurlock

stewart stabley

Daniel M. steffenson

Thomas R. stein

Martin J. steindler

Fred W. stone

M. R. stoner

JoyceB.Storey

Marshal s. strahl

Eldon H. sund

Milton L. sunde

William R. sutton

Donald swanson

David D. Taft

Gail Tanzer

Charles M. Taubman

Dean Taylor

Dene H. Taylor

DeniseB.Taylor

Howard Taylor

Robert Techo

Melvin Tecotzky

John s. Thayer

Mark A. Thompson

Ralph N. Thompson

Marion C. Thurnauer

THe ARnOlD AnD MABel BeCkMAn FOUnDATIOnArnold O. Beckman had a transformative influence on scientific prog-

ress. His pH meter ushered in the instrumentation revolution that has

increased the pace and volume of scientific and medical discovery. His

work with William Shockley on electronics and his pursuit of automa-

tion helped launch the information age.

Dr. Beckman’s innovations made him wealthy, and with his wife, Mabel,

he decided to give away his fortune to benefit scientific progress. In the

end they founded the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to carry

on their philanthropy. Today that foundation is one of the most promi-

nent in California. It focuses its giving on research in chemistry and the

life sciences and “on the invention of methods, instruments, and materi-

als that will open up new avenues of research in science.”

Arnold Beckman became involved with CHF in the 1980s. He found

value in CHF’s mission to record and make known the heritage and

history of the chemical and molecular sciences and technologies. A

$2 million endowment gift to CHF in 1987, which Dr. Beckman made

through his foundation, was the first major gift that CHF, then known

as the Center for the History of Chemistry, received. This generous grant

not only put CHF on firmer financial footing, but it bestowed on the

fledgling organization Arnold Beckman’s and the Beckman Foundation’s

stamps of approval—a great boost to CHF’s prestige that encouraged

future donors.

donoR PRofILE

Laszlo Tokes

Margaret E. Tolbert

Victor J. Tortorelli

Kathleen M. Trahanovsky

Paul M. Treichel

Roberta M. Tremain

sergio C. Trindade

Anthony M. Trozzolo

Joseph F. Valle-Riestra

Jean-Paul Valles

Frederick Varricchio

George Vassilatos

Alan G. Veith

Arlen E. Viste

Jay Vroom

Clarence W. Wade

Klaus P. Wagner

David E. Wainwright

William A. Wallace

Jack Warner

steven F. Watkins

James M. Watt

Kent R. Weber

Oscar W. Weber

James Wei

Robert F. Weimer

Joseph Weinstock

Karl Weiss

Ronald Weiss

Roger M. Wells

Wen-Yang Wen

Orville C. Wetmore

Edward White

samuel Wiener

Robert Wilczynski

George T. Wildman

Thomas M. Willard

Mary Ann Williams

stephen T. Wilson

Richard E. Winston

Walter J. Wolf

James K. Wood

Howard W. Woodham

Nancy D. Wright

sandra s. Wright

Peter M. Yacoe

Wilbur Yellin

John E. Yocom

Earl D. York

Harold W. Young

Laura L. Zaika

Andrew W. Zanella

CoRPoRaTIons, foundaTIons, and oRganIzaTIons

American Chemical society

American Chemistry Council

M. K. Roberson

Julian L. Roberts

Charles A. Robinson

Judith M. Rodia

Robert L. Rorschach

Josh Rubinsky

Joseph Rucker

Klaus Ruedenberg

George W. Ruger

Ernest F. Ruppe

Thomas W. Russell

Carolyn Ruth

James R. Ryffel

Alfred A. sagarese

Ronald salovey

susan C. saltzman

stanley I. sandler

JohnB.Sardisco

Robert C. scarrow

Michael schattman

Jeannine M. schetzen

Edward W. schindler

Fred schindler

Michael schmidt

CourtesyoftheBeckmanFamily

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American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American society for Mass spectrometry

American Textile History Museum

AOAC International

TheWilburBallFoundationTrust

BolteFamilyFoundation

Charkit Chemical Corporation

Chester County Community Foundation, Inc.

The CHG Charitable Trust

The Electrochemical society, Inc.

The Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation

GlaxosmithKline

Global Impact

Johnson & Johnson

Merck Partnership for Giving

Pfizer Foundation

The Quaker Chemical Corporation

giFts in-kind

CoRPoRaTIons, foundaTIons, and oRganIzaTIons

California Institute of Technology

Horizon Technologies

Microsoft Corporation

IndIvIduaLs

Joe Alessi

Phil Allegretti

Robert G. Anderson

ConradBergo

PeterBrandén

Richard A. Cahill

Kenneth L. Caneva

Laurie Casselman

stuart W. Churchill

David Collins

David L. Cummings

Loretta DeFranceschi

Donald Dodson

Gareth R. Eaton

Robert Fox

Gerald E. Gallwas

BrianGeorge

Robert K. Gillette

Robert W. Gore

Elliott Greenberg

Milton G. Gugenheim

David Haas

Gerhard J. Haas *

BertHansen

Arleigh Hartkopf

Phebe Hemphill

Jack D. Henion

Harrell E. Hurst

Lynn D. Johnson

Wolf Karo

Marcy Kupchella

slawomir Lotysz

Curt Lundbeck

Joseph W. Lynch

Tom Nikosey

Ronald Offley

Richard A. Paselk

Gary D. Patterson

Harry L. Pinch

HeRB PRATTSince CHF was founded, one of the great-

est supporters was the chemist Herbert

T. Pratt. Pratt was a founding member

of our John Carrington Bolton Society, a

group of enthusiastic chemical bibliophiles,

and its first leader, or “Chief Bibliophile.”

Pratt had amassed an extensive collection

of books over his lifetime on topics from

chemistry to religion to labor history. He

was particularly fascinated with the chemist

John Dalton and owned a number of his

first editions and an important manuscript

letter that illuminates the development of

Dalton’s atomic theory.

Sadly, Pratt passed away in 2014, but his

family generously contributed a selection

of scientific books and manuscripts from

the collection. The total donation consisted

of over 2,000 items, including works by

Robert Boyle, John Dalton, Humphry Davy,

and Michael Faraday. The works will be

cataloged and added to our collection in the

coming year.

donoR PRofILE

Everchem, LLC

TheBethandBobGowerFoundation

Grayslake North High school

Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers’ Association

La Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie

LabChem, Inc.

Laurie Landeau Foundation LLC

North American Catalysis society

Obermayer Foundation, Inc.

Occidental Chemical Corporation

Pew Heritage Philadelphia Program

The Philadelphia Foundation

Plastics Pioneers Association

Princeton Independent Consultants

Roxborough Manayunk Wissahickon Historical society

Royal society of Chemistry U.s. section

The Warren and Katharine schlinger Foundation

shamrock Technologies, Inc.

shimadzu scientific Instruments, Inc.

société de Chimie Industrielle

society for Applied spectroscopy

society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates

strem Chemicals, Inc.

University of the sciences in Philadelphia

CoRPoRaTE maTChIng gIfTs

ArnoldandMabelBeckmanFoundation

TheBoeingMatchingGiftProgram

Bristol-MyersSquibbCompany

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC

ChevronTexaco Matching Gift Program

ConocoPhillips

ExxonMobil Foundation

GE Foundation

Herbert T. Pratt *

Lawrence M. Principe

Alan J. Rocke

Douglas K. shaffer

Mimi sheller

Arvin H. smith

Marianne steinberg

Kathryn W. Torgeson

BetsyUllrich

Ronald J. Versic

G. J. Wasserburg

Lawrence M. Young

Honorary giFts

sharon L. Haynie Chemical workers who died by accidental exposure to phosgene

Nancy L. PerryLester J. Dankert

stephen J. WeiningerCarsten Reinhardt

Marc R. InverThomas R. Tritton

BenjaminH.GrossJames Voelkel

Nicholas HarrisJames Voelkel

Joel A. KleinJames Voelkel

memorial giFts

CurtisW.BajakHenry W. Bajak

NancyBerkheimerHenry E. Berkheimer

David R. ReaEdward S. Bloom

Marion C. ThurnauerLilo Closs

Frederick Golec, sr.Dorothy Cudak Golec

Robert DamrauerCharles H. DePuy

G.B.EllisonCharles H. DePuy

Mary Jane EdwardsJohn A. Edwards

BierceRileyCharles A. Emmerich

susan L. FeaginRoy C. Feagin

Asha VarmaG. M. Varma & J. D. Varma

Frederick A. Golec, Jr.Frederick Golec, Sr.

BarbaraHamptonRobert R. Hampton

Raymond K. HertzDurbin Hertz

Photo by Conrad Erb

*Deceased

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David R. ReaSheldon E. Isakoff

Harvey JacobsZelda F. Jacobs

sondra JacobsZelda F. Jacobs

Thomas E. JohnstoneJohn W. Johnstone

Karen DavidJerome G. Kaufman

Princeton Independent Consultants

Frank W. Long

Andrew MangraviteMary S. and Dominic Mangravite

Margaret PennypackerKarl Pfister

Andrea P. AllenThomas J. Porro

Gian s. PorroThomas J. Porro

ExxonMobil FoundationYolanda Stein

Thomas R. steinYolanda Stein

sergio C. TrindadePaulo Jose A. Trinidade

Peter M. YacoeElizabeth B. Yacoe

saundra McGuireRobert E. Yancy

direCted giFts

EvEnT undERwRITERs

AmericanAirLiquideHoldings, Inc.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Airgas, Inc.

Alkermes Inc.

Alpha Chi sigma Fraternity

AlwaysByDesign

American Chemical society

American Chemical society, Philadelphia section

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Institute of Chemists

American society for Mass spectrometry

Arizona Chemical Company

Arkema Inc.

RichardJ.BolteJr.

Chemtura Corporation

CitizensBank

J.s. Cornell & son, Inc.

sheldon W. Dean

The Dow Chemical Company

DuPont

Eastman Chemical Company

ExxonMobil Chemical Company

Fluidics, Inc.

FMC Corporation

FreshFly

Garrison Printing Company

Gelest, Inc.

W. R. Grace & Co.

Honeywell International, Inc.

Independence Park Hotel

Johnson & Johnson

Momentive specialty Chemicals, Inc.

Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP

MooreBrothersWineCompany

Northstar Museums

Omni Hotel at Independence Park

Philadelphia Energy solutions

The Pittsburgh Conference

The Quaker Chemical Corporation

Keith Ragone

Richman Chemical Inc.

Royal society of Chemistry U.s. section

snyderCreative, Inc.

société de Chimie Industrielle

society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates

solvay Rhodia

strem Chemicals, Inc.

Univar UsA Inc.

West Pharmaceutical services, Inc.

WFGD studio

sPECIaL PRoJECTs and funds

Corporations, Foundations, and Organizations

Dr. Curt and Alice BambergerFund

ArnoldandMabelBeckmanFoundation

California Institute of Technology

Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation

The Herbert and Junia Doan Foundation

RICHARD J. BOlTe JR.Many of the world’s leading chemical, phar-

maceutical, and biotech companies depend

on BDP International, a company that

provides important transport and logistics

support for the chemical industry around

the world.

BDP is led

by Richard J.

Bolte Jr., its

chairman and

CEO. He took

the helm of

BDP in 2006

upon the

death of his

father, Rich-

ard (Dick)

Bolte Sr., who was BDP’s founder. Over

four decades Bolte Sr. had built BDP from a

Philadelphia-centric firm into an interna-

tional giant. In the past decade, through key

acquisitions and joint ventures, Bolte Jr. has

developed and expanded BDP’s interna-

tional transport and logistics network, and

he has integrated the work of this net-

work by investing in a unified, web-based

operational infrastructure that supports the

company’s core operations.

Along with other members of the Bolte

family, Richard Bolte Jr. is an important

supporter of CHF, serving on its Board of

Directors and Board of Overseers. Since

2007 the Bolte family and BDP have been

the sponsors of CHF’s award to supporting

industries. This award was created in 2006,

and its first recipient was Richard Bolte Sr.

In 2007 the award was renamed the Richard

J. Bolte Sr. Award for Supporting Industries.

This prestigious prize is presented each year

at CHF’s Heritage Day to an entrepreneur

who has founded a firm that provides sup-

port to science-based industries.

donoR PRofILE

The Dow Chemical Company

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

The sidney and Mildred Edelstein Foundation

Paul J. Gutman Library, Philadelphia University

JanssenBiotech,Inc.

The John s. and James L. Knight Foundation

Laurie Landeau Foundation LLC

GordonandBettyMooreFoundation

National science Foundation

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Pew Heritage Philadelphia Program

Public Health Fund

Alfred P. sloan Foundation

société de Chimie Industrielle

spectroscopy society of Pittsburgh

Wyncote Foundation

IndIvIduaLs

David s. Alcorn

PeterA.Benoliel

EdwardR.Biehl

Willo Carey

Uma and Vinay Chowdhry

June P. Felley

John Gassner

sally L. Honey

Harvey Jacobs

sondra Jacobs

ThomasB.Lewis

Joseph Labovsky *

Dwight Miller

Gilbert s. Omenn & Martha Darling

Lila snow

*Deceased

Photo by Conrad Erb

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B O A R D O F D I R e C T O R sRobert G. W. AndersonBritish Museum, retired

JohnDicksonBaldeschwielerCalifornia Institute of Technology

RichardJ.BolteJr.BDP International, Inc.

John C. Chen*Lehigh University

Lewis E. GasorekListowel, Incorporated

Eduardo D. Glandt University of Pennsylvania

sharon L. HaynieDuPont Central Research

Ned D. HeindelLehigh University

Madeleine M. JoulliéUniversity of Pennsylvania

Laurie J. LandeauListowel, Incorporated

JamesB.PorterDuPont, retired

Carsten ReinhardtChemical Heritage Foundation

Jeffrey I. seemanUniversity of Richmond

Charles K. ValutasSunoco, retired

George A. VincentThe HallStar Company

H e R I T A g e C O U n C I lDavid stewart AlcornMember-at-Large

Gary Don AndersonAlpha Chi Sigma Fraternity

Tom ArchibaldAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers

JohnP.BaltrusThe Pittsburgh Conference, Inc.

BernardBigotFondation de la Maison de la Chimie

EmmersonBowesRoyal Society of Chemistry

EdmundJamesBradfordAOAC International

KathrynR.BullockThe Electrochemical Society

Martha CarperAmerican Association of Textile Chemists & Colorists

Mark C. CesaInternational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

stuart W. ChurchillMember-at-Large

James R. CooperAmerican Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

BurtronH.DavisNorth American Catalysis Society

Anthony L. DentThe National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers

Marc D. DonohueCouncil for Chemical Research

Nancy C. EasterbrookCommercial Development and Marketing Association

Roger Allen EgolfAmerican Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry

Ernest R. GilmontSociété de Chimie Industrielle

Michael A. GraysonAmerican Society for Mass Spectrometry

L. Louis HegedusNational Academy of Engineering (observer)

Ned D. HeindelMember-at-Large

C. Tucker HelmesSociety of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates

W. Richard HoweMember-at-Large

John R. KretzschmarPlastics Pioneers Association

PeterB.LedermanMember at Large

David M. ManutaAmerican Institute of Chemists, Inc.

AnneT.O’BrienAmerican Chemical Society

Gary D. PattersonMember-at-Large

Joseph F. PilaroMember-at-Large

Herbert T. Pratt*American Association of Textile Chemists & Colorists

John M. RiceChemical Educational Foundation

Nader RifaiAmerican Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.

J. Lawrence RobinsonColor Pigments Manufacturers Association

MarquitaT.RobinsonThe Chemists’ Club

Jeffrey I. seemanMember-at-Large

JohnB.SharkeyAmerican Chemical Society

Thomas Kevin swiftAmerican Chemistry Council

Alan Wayne TamarelliJoseph Priestley Society

BarryL.TarmyAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers

David s. TrimbleSociety for Applied Spectroscopy

B O A R D O F O v e R s e e R sAlfred H. AftalionMaison de la Chimie

Ivan AmatoAuthor

Paul s. AndersonMerck & Company, retired

JohnJ.BaldwinVitae Pharmaceuticals

RudyM.BaumChemical and Engineering News

RonaldCharlesDavidBreslowColumbia University

Mark CardilloThe Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

Roy T. EddlemanSpectrum Laboratories

LawrenceBoydEvansCofounder, Rive Technology

Robert Emmet FinniganFinnigan Corporation

Marye Anne FoxUniversity of California, San Diego, retired

Eugene GarfieldInstitute for Scientific Information

James M. GentileResearch Corporation

Robert W. GoreW. L. Gore and Associates

GovernanceHarryBarkusGrayThe Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology

Robert H. GrubbsCalifornia Institute of Technology

Rajiv L. GuptaAvantor Performance Materials

David W. HaasThe William Penn Foundation

BruceJ.HachHach Scientific Foundation

Dudley Robert HerschbachHarvard University

Roald HoffmannCornell University

James L. KinseyRice University

Carver Andress MeadCalifornia Institute of Technology

Joseph A. Miller, Jr. Corning Corporation

Gordon E. MooreIntel Corporation

Mary Jo NyeOregon State University, retired

Michael Herman OttPolysciences, Inc.

Rudolph PariserDuPont

CecilBrucePickettSchering-Plough Research Institute

John D. RobertsCalifornia Institute of Technology

Warren Gleason schlingerThe Warren and Katharine Schlinger Foundation

Phillip A. sharpMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Harold A. sorgentiSorgenti Investment Partners

Peter H. spitzChem Systems

Jeffrey Louis sturchioRabin Martin

Alan Wayne TamarelliAWT Private Investments

John Meurig ThomasUniversity of Cambridge

Holden H. ThorpUniversity of North Carolina

Richard Neil ZareStanford University

*Deceased

JULY 1 , 2013– JUNE30, 2014

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ROY eDDleMAnGrowing up in Kannapolis, North Carolina,

Roy Eddleman was an early convert to the

excitement and promise of the chemical

sciences. He became president of his high

school’s flourishing science club, and was

the first freshman elected to the committee

of the Chemistry Club at the University of

North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Thanks to his

success in a (then Westinghouse, now Intel)

science competition, Eddleman received an

alchemical print from Fisher Scientific, and

a love affair was launched.

Years later in Los Angeles, and as the suc-

cessful founder of Spectrum Laboratories,

Eddleman was in a position to launch his

own collection of Dutch-genre alchemi-

cal paintings. In the year 2000 he began

transferring (with the intention of gifting

the entire collection in time) his remark-

able range of alchemical art to the Chemical

Heritage Foundation, where it has joined

the very Fisher collection that had sparked

his interest long ago. “It is a powerful way to

protect and share the art that affected me as

a young man,” he says. In total, 89 paintings

and nearly 250 engravings and drawings

are contained within CHF’s Fisher and

Eddleman Collections, which together form

the world’s finest repository of alchemical

art. The Chemical Heritage Foundation

is proud to exhibit selections from these

paintings in a permanent exhibit titled

Transmutations: Alchemy in Art.

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The Robert Boyle SocietyThe robert boyle soCietyhonorsthe17th-centuryBritishscientistknown as the founder of modern chemistry. Through annual tax-deductible gifts, members provide unrestricted funds to support CHF’s educational programming, publications, research, collections, and exhibits.

For more information about CHF’s giving societies, visit chemheritage.org/givingsocieties.Photo by Douglas Lockard

g i v i n g s o C i e t i e s at C H F

we were pleased to welcome the following new Boyle society members in 2013–2014:

Fred C. Anson

ConradBergo

BarbaraCharton

Gary D. Ellis

Craig Farr

June Felley

Richard O. Gordon

George Hazen

Thomas E. Johnstone

BrianMaurer

Donald E. Morel

Carsten Reinhardt

Norman schwartz

Douglas K. struck

Richard V. Westerman

BruceW.Wilkinson

Irving Langmuir SocietyThe irving langmuir soCiety honors one of America’s most celebrated scientists and the first industrial chemist awarded a Nobel Prize. The society recognizes those who have made cumulative lifetime contributions of $50,000 or more and represent CHF’s philanthropic leaders.

Othmer Legacy SocietyThe otHmer legaCy soCiety honors Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer, two of CHF’s foremost philanthropists. Through generous gift planning that benefits members and their families now and CHF in the future, the society provides much-needed support for new and continuing projects.

we were pleased to welcome the following new Irving Langmuir society members in 2013–2014:

John C. Chen Mildred sudarsky

we were pleased to welcome the following new othmer Legacy society members in 2013–2014:

James P. Porter

Anthony stonis

William J. Tuszynski

A. Wayne Tamarelli

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