Meetings in the History of the RSC US Section
1981

Spring Meeting:

Fall Meeting/AGM: October 19th

1982

Spring Meeting:  The Chemists Club, New York, May 21st
Speaker:  Mr. David Hollamby, Vice-Consul (Commercial) of the British Trade Development Office
Topic:  UK-US Trade from 1770 to the present

Fall Meeting/AGM: The Chemists Club, New York, October 29th

Speaker: Dr Samuel Gerber:
Topic: Sherlock Holmes - The Chemist

1983

Spring Meeting:  The Princeton Club, New York, April 15th
Speaker: Dr. Ernest T. Theimer, (Ret'd VP) International Flavors and Fragrances Corporation
Topic:  Flavors and Fragrances 

Fall Meeting/AGM:   The Princeton Club, New York, October 14th

Speaker: Professor James M.Bobbitt, University of Connecticut at Storrs
Topic: The Chemistry of Home Wine Making
Distinguished Guest:  Mr. Stanley  Langer RSC HQ, UK

1984

Spring Meeting:   The Princeton Club, New York, May 18th.
Speaker: Ms. Marie-Claude Stockl, Nestlé Corporation
Topic: How Chocolate is made and How the Magic was put back into Halloween

Fall Meeting/AGM:  The Princeton Club, New York

Speaker:  Dr. Melvin L. Depamphilis, The Roche Institute of Molecular Biology
Topic:  Engineering New forms of Life in the Twenty-first Century

1985

Spring Meeting:   The Princeton Club, New York, May 17th.  Joint with the British Commonwealth  Medical Society of New York

Speaker:  Dr. Edwin R. Littman
Topic:  Chemistry in Archaeology

Fall Meeting/AGM: The Princeton Club, New York, November 8th

Speaker:
Topic:

1986

Spring Meeting:  Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA, May 9th
Speaker:  Dr.Joseph Nagyvary, Texas  A&M University
Topic: Rennaissance Chemistry and Violin Making 
Distinguished Guest: Dr. Anne Keller, President of the Chemical Society of Washington

Fall Meeting/AGM:  The Princeton Club, New York, November 7th

Speaker:  Mr. Malcolm Cormack, Curator of Paintings, Yale University Center for British Art
Topic:  Forgery Detection in Art

1987

Spring Meeting: The British Embassy, Washington DC, May 8th.  Joint with the ACS Washington Section
Speaker:  Dr. Richard S. Fiske, The Smithsonian Institution
Topic:  Krakatoa 1883 - The Classic Volcanic Eruption

Fall Meeting:

AGM:  The Princeton Club, New York, November 6th

Speaker:  Dr. Richard Saferstein, Chief Forensic Scientist, New Jersey State Police
Topic: Science in the Service of Criminal Justice

1988

Spring Meeting:  The Washington Club, Washington DC, May 13th.  Joint meeting with the ACS Washington Section  
Speaker:
Fall meeting:   Madison, CT, September 17th.  Event: Garden Party

AGM:  The Princeton Club, New York, November 4th.

Speaker:  Professor Ned D. Heindel, Lehigh University
Topic: Folk Medicine of the 19th Century

1989

Spring Meeting:   The National Zoo, Washington, DC.  Joint with the Washington Section of the ACS
Speaker: Michael Robinson, Director of the National Zoo
Topic: Adventures in Tropical Biology

Fall Meeting: Westport CT, September 23rd Event: Garden Party (Barry Kilbourn)

AGM:   The Princeton Club, New York, December 1st.

Speaker: Dr. William R. Moomaw, Director, Center for Environmental Management, Tufts University
Topic:  The Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Layer Depletion, Acid rain and Other Problems

1990

Spring Meeting:   Navy Museum, Washington, DC, May 11th. Joint with the Chemical Society of Washington
Speaker:  Professor George Whitesides, Harvard University
Topic:  Enzymes and Carbohydrates

Fall Meeting:   Madison, CT Event: Garden Party - Indoors!

AGM:

1991

Spring Meeting:   Washington, DC, May 10th. Joint with the Chemical Society of Washington
Speaker:  Dr. Barbara W. Low, Columbia University
Topic:  Snakes: Their Venom, from Myths, Medicine to Molecules
Special event: Reg Roberton received recognition on the occasion of the 150th. Anniversary 
of the Founding of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Fall Meeting:  Martinsville, NJ, September 28th.
Event:  Garden Party (Sam Gerber)

AGM:  The Princeton Club, New York, November 15th.

Speaker:  Dr. Robert C. Shaler,   Director of the Department of Forensic Biology,
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for New York
Topic:  DNA Profiling: A New Tool for Criminal Justice

1992

Spring Meeting:   May 8th. Chadd's Ford, PA.  Joint with ACS Washington Section. 
Speaker:  Dr. Suzanne Q. Lomax,  The National Gallery of Art
Topic: Application of Chemistry in the Examination of Works of Art

Fall Meeting: Madison, CT, September 12th 

Event: Garden Party

AGM:   The Princeton Club, New York, November 13th 

Speaker:  Dr. Natalie Foster, Lehigh University. 
Topic:  Strong Poison: Chemistry in the Mysteries of  Dorothy L Sayers

1993

Spring Meeting:  May 21st. The British Embassy, Washington DC.  
Speaker: Dr. Robert P. Bates, University of Florida, Gainesville, 
Topic: What you always wanted to know about Chemicals in Food but were afraid to Eat"

Fall Meeting:  Madison, CT, August 21st

Event: Garden Party

AGM:  The Princeton Club, New York, November 5th.

Speaker:  Dr. Braja D. Mookherjee, Vice President (R&D), International Flavors and Fragrances Corporation
Topic:  The Chemistry of Flowers, Fruits and Spices; Live versus Dead: A New Dimension in Fragrance Research
Distinguished Guest:  Dr. J. Howard Purnell, OBE, RSC President Elect

1994

Spring Meeting:   Mystic Connecticut, May 20th
Speaker:  Professor Michael E. Q. Pilson, University of Rhode Island
Topic: The Oceans and the Carbon Dioxide Problem

Fall Meeting: Madison, CT, September 24th

Event: Garden Party
AGM: The Princeton Club, New York November 4th 

Speaker:  Dr. John Weisburger, Naylor Dana Institute for Disease Prevention
Topic: A New Lifestyle to stay Healthy and save Money

1995

Special Event: Woodbury, CT, February 11th.
Surprise Baby Shower for our first "Royal Baby" (Edward Moore)

Spring Meeting:  Chadd's Ford, PA. May 20th.
Speaker:  Professor Yorke E. Rhodes, New York University
Topic:  New Molecules in Astrochemistry

Fall Meeting:

AGM:   The Princeton Club, New York November 3rd.

Speaker:  Dr. Edwin Faulkner, Sun Chemical Company
Topic:  Is the face of the Decorative Cosmetic Industry All Make Up? (Is a $17 Lipstick really better than a $1 one?) 

1996

Spring Meeting: Sturbridge, MA, May

Speaker: Ms Christie White, OSV Society 
Topic Medicinal Herbs in the 17th Century Household

Fall Meeting:  Madison, CT, September 21st.

Event:  Garden Party  

AGM:   The Princeton Club, New York November 9th.

Speaker:  Dr. Henry Lee, Director of the Connecticut State Police Forensic Laboratory 
Topic:  Forensic Science in the detection of Crime  
Show:  CATS

1997

Spring Meeting:   Lancaster, PA. May 10th.  
Speaker:  Dr. Mary L. Good, US Science Advisor
Topic:  The Role of R&D in the Global Economy

Fall Meeting:   Kingston, NY. September 13th 

Event: Cruise on the Hudson River on the Motor Yacht "Teal"

AGM:    The Princeton Club, New York November 8th.  

Speaker:  Dr. Sheldon Pinnell, Chief of Clinical Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center.
Topic: Two Common Substances (Vitamin C and Zinc oxide) that help solve Age Old Problems. 
Show:  Miss Saigon

1998

Spring Meeting:   May 16th.  New Haven, CT
Speaker:  Mr. Joaquin Pissaro, Curator of European Paintings and Art
Topic:
Special Events: Lunch at Mory's
Guided tour of Yale Art Gallery and Museum 

Fall Meeting: Madison, CT. September 12th.  Event:  Garden Party

AGM:    The Princeton Club, New York November 7th. 

Speaker:  Emeritus Professor Sydney Ross, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
Topic:  Wordsworth, Dalton and the English Lakes 
Show: "On the Town"

1999

Spring Meeting :   May 8th.  The British Embassy, Washington DC. Joint with ACS Washington Section
Speaker:  Professor Mary Virginia Orna, OSU, College of New Rochelle.
Topic: Doing Chemistry at the Art/Archeology Interface
Joint with ACS Washington Section.

Fall Meeting:   September 18th.

Event:  Essex Steam Train and Boat Ride on the Connecticut River

AGM:    The Princeton Club, New York November 13th.  

Speaker:  Dr. Eugene Zampieron, University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine. 
Topic: The Natural medicine Chest: Natural Medicines to keep you and your family thriving into the next Millenium
Show:  Ragtime.

2000

Spring Meeting:   May 20th. Princeton, New Jersey.  
Speaker:  Dr. Ian Burrow, Hunter Research Inc. 
Topic:  "Archeology: a Career in Ruins"
Special Event: Visit to Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Fall Meeting: September 16th. 

Event: Garden Party. Highlight - a Pig roast.    

AGM:   November 11th.  The Princeton Club, New York. 

Speaker:  Dr. Arnold Thackray, President of The Chemical Heritage Foundation. 
Topic: Treasures of our Chemical Heritage 
Show: Kiss Me Kate. 
Distinguished Guest:  Stanley Langer from RSC HQ, UK 

2001

Spring Meeting:   Wilmington, Delaware, May 19th 
Speaker:  Dr. Dorit L. Noether
Topic:  Water: A 360- Degree View 
Fall Meeting: Madison, CT, October 13th
Event:  Garden Party
AGM:  The Princeton Club, New York, November 10th 
Speaker: Dr. Attila Pavlath, President of the American Chemical Society
Topic:  The Worldwide Public Image of Chemistry
Show: Chicago
 2002  

Spring Meeting:  Newport, Rhode Island, May 4th

Speakers:  Dr. Paul and Brenda Cohen, The College of New Jersey
Topic: America's Scientific Treasures

Fall Meeting:  Philadelphia, PA, September 14th.

Speaker: Mr. Kenneth Klein, President, Cosmetech Laboratories Inc. Topic: Cosmetics and Toiletries Products Demystified Distinguished guest: Ms Pauline Meakins, MIPR, Local Activities Manager RSC-UK

AGM:  The Princeton Club, New York, November 9th

Speaker. Dr. Paul Stonehart, President of Founder of Stonehart Associates Topic:  How Impressionism differed from the prior art and how developments in photography, color dyes & pigments, and artists materials influenced the art for representation of natural colors in portraiture, fruit, flowers, and clothing.  

2003 

Spring Meeting:  The British Embassy, Washington DC, May 10th

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