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Symposium on the Contemporary Chemical Industry and Chemical Education A Report Jay A. Young, Consultant 12916 Aiierton Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20904
For those who could not be present, this summary of symposium proceedings may be useful. Topic titles and speakers were Bridges Between Industry and Academe, Arnold Weissberger, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY. The Indnstry-Oriented Curriculum a t the University of Detroit, H. Harry Szmant, University of Detroit, Detroit, MI. Education for Chemical Information Science, Herman Skolnik, Hercules Inc., Wilmington, DE. Up-to-Date Industrial Processes, John Railar, University of Illinois, Urhana, IL. A panel discussion involving speakers and members of the audience who had late Thursday or Friday departure schedules followed the formal presentations. This is the first of a series of symposia ~ I a n n e dfor ACS National Meetings on the general topic: Academe-Industry, Barriers, Bridges, and Interfaces. Dr. Weissberger used anecdotes from the lives of chemists known to him to illuminate the unity of academic and industrial chemistrv. Named chemists included A. Hantzsch and B. Rassow, University of Leipzig, K. H. Meyer, H. Lecher, A. Baever. G. Reddelien. R. Robinson. B. Helferich, J. Errera. L. fzill'ard, 0. Stern, F. Paneth, F. 0. Donnan, F.' Simon, A: Todd, B. K. Blount, F. A. Lindeman, N. V. Sidgwick,F. Arndt, P . Goldfinger, R. Michaelis, B. Gaspar, and C. E. K. Mees, from other universities and from industry. This rich background was used to illustrate the point that a successful chemical industry requires well-educated chemists and these, in turn, require first-class academic teaching and teachers. The two, academe and industry, are not as different as thev mav seem. Both thrive on research. In each. persons are educated. For either, chemists must keep up with develo~mentsin our knowledee and understanding. - There is only one chemistry. With a series of slides Professor Szmant illustrated the lone. standing discussions in the literature on the questions and o ~ i n i o n ssurrounding the interaction between industry and
