Les McQuire
A Commitment to National Chemistry Week
With Val Kuck, Anne Kelly and Susan
Fahrenholtz at the Liberty Science Center during
National Chemistry Week
I have been a member of the
organizing committee for the
North Jersey National Chemistry
Week since 1999.
The scene at the Liberty Science Center during
National Chemistry Week
National Chemistry Day, first celebrated in 1987 by members of the ACS
Local Sections, educators, and other individual volunteers, was a vision
of former ACS President, Dr. George C. Pimentel. His vision was for ACS
to hold a simultaneous event nationwide to impress on the public the
importance of chemistry in everyday life. The first celebration kicked off
with a parade down the streets of the Washington, DC. In 1989, the
celebration was expanded to a bi-yearly full-week event, and in 1993
National Chemistry Week became an annual celebration.
More about
NCW in North
Jersey
NCW 2006 in NJ
Another view of the volunteers and
participants during NCW
Links
National Chemistry Week Home Page (National)
National Chemistry Week Home Page (North Jersey)
Liberty Science Center
NCW 2007 in NJ
NCW 2008 in NJ