United States to Host International Chemical Education Conference B a s s a m Z. Shakhashiri Chairman. Division of Chemical Education and Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Marjorie H. Gardner Conference Organizer and Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 From a very small beginning in Frascati, Italy, in 1971 the IUPAC International Conferences on Chemical Education have grown steadily in size, stature, and substance. From Auaust 9 to 14.1981, between 300-400 oarticioauts. leaders Figure 1.
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