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52: 272:. The committee dissolved and was replaced in 1904 by a new committee formed by the ACS. The American section also engaged in early lobbying efforts, as in 1907, when they passed a resolution protesting that Rules and Regulations published by the Department of Agriculture displayed a "lack of expert knowledge." However, such activities never became a major focus of the organization. 218:, which required its members to hold university degrees, the Society of Chemical Industry was open to a broad range of working chemists in industry, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. Mason emphasized that the new organization did not intend to compete with the ACS, but rather to bring together academic and manufacturing chemists: 194:
as chairman and McGeorge as secretary, it was decided to invite all New York-based members of the London society to an organizational meeting. At this third meeting, at the College of Pharmacy, 36 members of the Society of Chemical Industry signed a petition requesting the London organization to form
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and presenting him with the first Perkin Medal. The Perkin Medal is considered the highest honor in applied chemistry to be given to a chemist residing in the United States. It is administered jointly by a committee whose representatives include the chairs or presidents of the ACS, the American
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in New York City in 1898, using it for lectures and meetings, and establishing a members' library. In the beginning, talks were presented at the monthly meetings and published in the parent journal. Guest speakers included important international figures like
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From 1920 to 1932, SCI America awarded the Grasselli Medal, on behalf of the Grasselli Chemical Company, for a paper presenting the most useful suggestions in applied chemistry before the Society. This award was replaced in 1933 by the
154:(SCI) in London in 1881. Originally known as the New York Section, it was formed in 1894 and officially renamed the America Section in 1919. The main activity of the America Section is the awarding of several prizes in chemistry: the 358:. This anniversary was celebrated internationally as the Perkin Jubilee. SCI America commemorated a visit by Perkin and his family to the United States in the fall of 1906 by inviting 400 guests to a dinner in his honor at 222:
We believe there is room for our Society in America... the industrial applications of chemistry have become so numerous that the existence of a separate body to especially consider this branch is desirable." – Arthur
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The first official meeting of the new New York Section was held in November 1894. The new section had a membership of 350 members, about one-tenth of the entire organization. The London group's president
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to inform chemists throughout the world about development in the field. From the beginning, the America Section's focus was networking, engaging its members in collegial activities. The second chairman,
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The New York section was briefly involved in practical work on standardization in 1902–03, when they established a Subcommittee on Uniformity of Analysis of Materials. Two samples of
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American chemical enterprise : a perspective on 100 years of innovation to commemorate the centennial of the Society of Chemical Industry (American Section)
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Members of the America section benefited from the activities of the parent society, which held scientific conferences and published
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a New York section, the first section to be created overseas. Their proposal was enthusiastically received by London president
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met with seven other members of London's Society of Chemical Industry who were active in New York. At a second meeting, with
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Meade, Richard Kidder; McCormack, Harry; Clark, Laurance T.; Sclater, Alexander G.; Lamborn, Lloyd (November 1906).
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The major activities of SCI America are two yearly events for the presentation of awards. SCI America presents the
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SCI America also works with the ACS and the AIChE to support scholars in chemistry and chemical engineering.
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attended the October 1895 fall meeting in New York, which was rescheduled so that they could participate.
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Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Science History Institute, and SCI America.
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Bolton, E. K. (January 1942). "Chemical Industry Medal. Development of Nylon".
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The Society of Chemical Industry (America Section) is a registered
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Roeber, Eugene Franz; Parmelee, Howard Coon (October 20, 1920).
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ore were analyzed by 42 chemists. The results were critiqued by
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In 1919, the New York group was renamed the America Section.
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European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences
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Since 2004 SCI America has awarded a medal in honor of
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For the parent organization in the United Kingdom, see
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Belgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie
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to mark the 50th anniversary of his discovery of the
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The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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Society of Chemical Industry (American Section)
Society of Chemical Industry
Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section)

Philadelphia
https://sci-america.org/
learned society
Society of Chemical Industry
Perkin Medal
Chemical Industry Medal
Gordon E. Moore Medal
American Chemical Society
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Society of Chemical Industry
Arthur McGeorge
Alfred H. Mason
E. C. C. Stanford
Thomas Tyrer
Ludwig Mond
American Chemical Society
Charles F. Chandler
The Chemists' Club
Leo Baekeland
Carl Duisberg
Jōkichi Takamine
Portland cement
zinc
William Francis Hillebrand
National Bureau of Standards
nonprofit organization

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