Les McQuire
A Commitment to National Chemistry Week
A Commitment to National Chemistry Week
| With Val Kuck, Anne Kelly and Susan Fahrenholtz at the Liberty Science Center during National Chemistry Week |
| Les has 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. |
| Another view of the volunteers and participants during NCW |
| An early morning set up |
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