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Welcome to the Chattanooga Section Home Page.   We are a local chapter of the American Chemical Society located in Chattanooga, Tennessee.   We promote public awareness of chemistry by being involved in outreach programs in our community and work with students to encourage an interest in the chemical sciences.

The section was chartered as the Southeast Tennessee Section in 1937.   J. H. Barnett, Jr. was the first Chair.  The name was changed to the Chattanooga Section in 1945.   

Currently we are classified as a medium-small section with 223 members.   Some 36% of our members hold Ph.D.'s, 14% have masters and 55% bachelors degrees.   72% are chemistry majors, 7% are chemical engineers, and 13% have other majors.   The largest areas of employment are manufacturing 38%, academia 24%, and government 5%.   By field of interest or work function our members list themselves as polymer chemist 10%, organic chemist 7%, analytical chemist 9%, chemical education 5%, and environmental chemist 4%.

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