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Special events mark 100-year celebration
New ACS mace was carried at head of processions at the ceremonial session
From left on dais at ceremonial session, Glenn T. Seaborg, Linus Pauling, and Philip Handler, president of the National Academy of Sciences
13 past presidents of ACS attended the Centennial Council meeting. Senior of these was Carl Marvel (left, front row), who reminisced about his term in 1945 8
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A booth selling centennial plates, and mementos did brisk business
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Photos by C&ENs Fred H. Zerkel
ACS's traveling exhibit that relates chemistry to the individual was opened to the public on April 5 in the Union Carbide exhibit hall on Park Avenue in New York
Representatives of more than 100 foreign, U.S., and international scientific ganizations brought greetings to ACS at the impressive ceremonial session
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Foreign chemical society presidents at brunch given by ACS president Seaborg
The ceremonial session brought a near full house to the Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton. Glenn Seaborg presided at the affair that included, among other things, the Coast Guard Band and principal speaker Linus Pauling April 12, 1976 C&EN
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