JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
A. C. S. LEADERS TRAINED IN LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES JOHN R. SAMPEY and JANE SAMPEY Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
SURVEYS on the origins of American scientists have shown that liberal arts colleges have a higher proportion of students continuing to the Ph.D. in the physical sciences than any other type of institution of higher learning.' Sixty-seven members of the National Academy of Sciences received their undergraduate training in liberal arts college^.^ The present study has been undertaken to determine what contributions these small colleges have made to leadership in the American Chemical Society. Nine A. C. S. presidents since 1900 have been graduates of liberal arts colleges. The table lists the institutions which trained these leaders of American chemistry. The booklet, "Awards Administered by the American Chemical Society, 1952," contains the names of all recipients of the 11 prizes now given by the Society. The liberal arts colleges which trained the 18 recipients of these awards are listed in the table. Awards administered by local sections of the A. C. S. are not included. "The College Blue Book" has been used to ascertain the liberal arts status of the colleges. Institutions which grant the Ph.D. degree, or which have professional schools of engineering, medicine, and other applied sciences are not classed as liberal arts. "American Men of Science," and "Who's Who in America" have been consulted for the biographical data. From this survey it can be concluded that one in five presidents of the A. C. S. during this century reKNAPP,R. H., AND H. B. GOODRICH, Science, 113,543 (1951). SAMPEY,J. R., "Liberal arts oolleges and the National Aeademy oiSciences," Science, 116, 309 (1952). 1
Liberal Arts Colleges Which Have Trained A.C.S. Presidents and Recioients of A.C.S. Awards
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ceived his undergraduate training in a liberal arts college, and tliat about the same proportion applies to recipients of Society-administered awards.
