Past Issues of The Bulletin

This document contains links to recent meeting announcements and a list to meeting locations, speakers and topics since 1953.

Click on the Date Link to see the meeting notice within The Bulletin.

1950 - 55
1956 - 60
1961 - 65
1966 - 70
1971 - 75
1976 - 80
1981 - 85
1986 - 90
1991 - 95
1996 - 2000
2001 - 05
2006 - 2010

An Excel spreadsheet can be download from this link. 

2009

LOCATION OF MEETING CITY DATE FIRST
NAME
LAST
NAME
AFFILIATION

TOPIC

Virginia Union University Richmond December 4        
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg November 13        
Bridgewater College Bridgewater October 23        
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond September 25        
University of Virginia Charlottesville April 24 John T. Yates, Jr. University of Virginia Observation of Chemical Reactions on Surfaces Using STM - Watching Individual Molecules Do Their Molecular Dances
Lynchburg College Lynchburg March 27 Bradley Smith American Chemical Society Science Policy Today for a Better Tomorrow
University of Richmond Richmond February 6 Timothy Swager M.I.T. Polymer Electronics for Chemical and Biological Sensors
Science Museum of Virginia Richmond January 23 Yorke E. Rhodes New York University Planetary Chemistry: Differences in the Solar System Atmospheres

2008

LOCATION OF MEETING CITY DATE FIRST  NAME LAST  NAME AFFILIATION

TOPIC

John Tyler Community College Chester December 5 John Gupton University of Richmond Undergraduate Research in Organic Synthesis: From Vinylogous Iminium Salts to Marine Natural Products
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg November 21 Marvin Lang University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Elements of Leadership:  Chemical Demonstrations with a Theme
Center for Research & Technology Richmond October 17 Jane Lewis Altria Client Services Inc. In Pursuit of Reduced Risk Cigarettes - A Story of Leadership in a Technical Organization
Virginia Union University Richmond September 19 Ralph Allen University of Virginia The Scorpion King meets CSI...
University of Virginia Charlottesville April 18 Richard Day University of Virginia Fluorescent Proteins from Marine Invertebrates--New Tools for Studying Protein Dynamics in Living Cells
James Madison University Harrisonburg March 29 Thomas DeVore James Madison University Fire, Smoke, and Slime
University of Richmond Richmond February 8 Roald Hoffmann Cornell University Antoine and Marie Anne Lavoisier
Science Museum of Virginia Richmond January 18 James Kessler American Chemical Society Local Sections and K-8 Science Education--A Team Effort

2007

LOCATION OF MEETING CITY DATE FIRST  NAME LAST  NAME AFFILIATION

TOPIC

John Tyler Community College Chester  December 7 Marilyn Miller Virginia Commonwealth University CSI and Forensic Science: Real vs Reel
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg November 9 Jack Breazeale College of Charleston Lab Inspections: You Might Be Surprised By What You Find!
Randolph-Macon College Ashland October 26 Stanley Manahan University of Missouri The Greening of Environmental Chemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond September 14 Jeffrey Seeman Philip Morris Research Center Anecdotes and Learning in a Science Career
Summer
University of Virginia Charlottesville April 13 William Bare Randolph College Why Matter Matters: An Overview of the Two Thousand Year Debate on the Atomic Theory
Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney March 23 Peter Lantos Target Group Chemistry--The Good and the Evil
University of Richmond Richmond February 23 Sunney Xie Harvard University Holding Single Molecules up to the Light:  From in vitro to in vivo Studies
Science Museum of Virginia Richmond January 19 Richard Field University of Montana Deterministic Chaos:  Why Some Things That Appear to Be Random Are Not

2006

LOCATION OF MEETING CITY DATE FIRST  NAME LAST  NAME AFFILIATION

TOPIC

John Tyler Community College Chester December 1 Manfred Psiorz BI Chemicals The Importance of Plant Ingredients for the Pharmaceutical Industry
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg November 17 Leanna Giacarlo University of Mary Washington Galileo Galilei:  Moving towards Chemistry
College of William & Mary Williamsburg October 24 E. Ann Nalley American Chemical Society Chemistry--Transforming Lives
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond September 22 William Rademaker Midlothian High School Fifty Years of High School Chemistry
Summer
University of Virginia Charlottesville April 14 John Butler National Institute of Standards and Technology Beyond CSI:  Exciting Applications of Forensic DNA
Virginia Military Institute Lexington March 21 Domenic Paone Novozyme Biologicals Novozyme Biologicals:  Harnessing Biotechnology for a Cleaner Environment
University of Richmond Richmond February 10 Donald Levy University of Chicago Supersonic Jet Spectroscopy:  From Diatomics to Biological Molecules
Randolph-Macon College Ashland January 20 Henry Bungay Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Bioenergy Without Hype

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2005

LOCATION OF MEETING CITY DATE FIRST  NAME LAST  NAME AFFILIATION

TOPIC

Afton Chemicals  Richmond December 2 Kevin Dunn Hampden-Sydney College Caveman Chemistry:  Hands-On Projects in Chemical Technology
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg November 18 John Meister Forest Products research Center Your Garbage = My Reactants:  Trash Recycing
Mary Baldwin College Staunton October 21 Matthew Neurock University of Virginia From Computational Chemistry to Catalyst and Materials Design
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond September 23 Ann Sullivan J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Teaching Science Using Toys
Summer
University of Virginia Charlottesville April 21 Eugene Stevens State University of New York--Binghampton Green Plastics
Longwood University Farmville March 24 Fred Hawkridge Virginia Commonwealth University Applications of Oxidase Modified Electrodes
University of Richmond Richmond February 18 Charles Liotta Georgia Tech Environmentally Benign Green Chemical Processes
Science Museum of Virginia Richmond January 21 Attila Pavlath Western Regional Research Center Edible Coatings on Food, or How to Keep Fruits and Vegetables Fresh after Light Processing

2004

Randolph-Macon College Ashland December 3 Brian Moores Randolph-Macon College An Evening of Chemical Diversions
Randolph-Macon College Ashland December 3 John  Thoburn Randolph-Macon College An Evening of Chemical Diversions
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg November 12 Joe Vinson University of Scranton Chemistry and Biochemistry of Chocolate:  A Guilt-Free Food
Ever's Family Restaurant Mt. Crawford October 22 Frank Settle Washington and Lee University Chemistry and Nuclear Weapons
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond September 17 John Fenn Virginia Commonwealth University Electrospray Wings for Molecular Elephants
    Summer        
University of Virginia Charlottesville April 15 Robert Bates University of Florida What You Always Wanted to Know about Chemicals in Food but Were Afraid to Eat
Virginia BioTechnology Research Park Richmond March 11 R. Paul Philp University of Oklahoma Forensic Geochemistry, or Who Was responsible for the Spill?
University of Richmond Richmond February 20 Edward Taylor Princeton University The Discovery of Alimta, A Broadly Effective New Antitumor Agent
Randolph-Macon College Ashland January 16 Joseph Formica Retired Terroir and the Genesis of Quality Wine

2003

Appomattox Regional Governor's School Petersburg December 5 James Wightman Virginia Tech Oil Films on Water Surfaces:  A Study of Science and Technology, History and Ethics
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg November 14 Ralph Allen University of Virginia The Analytical Chemist in the Fight Against Crime
Bridgewater College Bridgewater October 24 Robert Lowry Harris Semiconductor The Chemistry of Microelectronics
Summer
Virginia Commonwealth University (Cancelled)   September        
University of Virginia Charlottesville April 8 Michael Cann University of Scranton Pollution Prevention:  A Paradigm Addressed Through Green Chemistry
Randolph-Macon College Ashland March 11 Carolyn Fisher McCormick & Company Spices and Herbs:  Chemistry and Health
University of Richmond Richmond February 21 Robert  Crabtree Yale University An Organometallic Carousel:  Abnormal Bonding of Heterocyclic Ligands
January

2002

Science Museum of Virginia Richmond December 10 Ralph Allen University of Virginia Chemists--Endangered or Dangerous Species?
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg November 22 James  Bohning Wilkes University Design, Despair, and Deceit in Scientific Discovery
Mary Baldwin College Staunton October 18 Jay Huebner University of North Florida The Impact of Asteroids
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond September 20 Lidia Vallarino Virginia Commonwealth University Lanthanide Macrocyclic Complexes as Luminescent Bio-Markers
University of Virginia Charlottesville April 26 John Kasianowicz National Institute of Standards and Technology Threading DNA Through a Single Nanometer-Scale Pore: Potential Applications in Biology and Biotechnology
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond March 22 Nicholas Matwiyoff University of New Mexico The Search for Diagnostic Specificity in Medical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Methods
University of Richmond Richmond February 8 Michael Marletta University of California, Berkeley Cellular Signalling with Nitric Oxide: A Collision Course for Chemistry and Biology?
Randolph-Macon College Ashland January 18 Rajiv Arya BP Solar International Thin-Film Photovoltaics--Technology and Applications

2001

Science Museum of Virginia Richmond December 6 D. Rae Carpenter Virginia Military Institute Physics Is Phun--Demonstrations
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg November 16 E. Chuck Galloway Retired Chemistry: The Useful Science (Chemists in the National Inventors Hall of Fame
James Madison University Harrisonburg October 19 Wolfgang Bertsch University of Alabama Chemical Analysis of Fire Debris in Suspected Arson Cases
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond September 21 Patrick Barber Longwood University The Surprising Importance of Crystals--30 Years of Research from Under the Sea to Outer Space
Summer
University of Virginia Charlottesville April 20 Philip Anfinrud National Institutes of Health Ultrafast Time-Resolved Studies of Ligand Dynamics in Myoglobin:  Watching Proteins as They Function
College of William & Mary Williamsburg March 16 Stephen Stow Oak Ridge National Laboratory …And Some of the Cowboys Wore White Hats….
University of Richmond Richmond February 16 Orville Chapman UCLA Forty-Three Years of Photochemistry
Randolph-Macon College Ashland January 19 Tracy Williamson U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Green Chemistry--Designing Chemical Products and Processes for the Environment

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2000 

LOCATION OF MEETING CITY DATE FIRST  NAME LAST  NAME AFFILIATION

TOPIC

Virginia Union University Richmond December 8 Lee Marek Napierville North High School Chemistry on the Late Show with David Letterman
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg November 17 Norman Hackerman Rice University Corrosion and Its Control
Mary Baldwin College Staunton October 20 Charles Deak C.K. Deak Technical Services Forensic Chemistry in the Private Sector
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond September 29 Carl Trindle University of Virginia The Consolations of (Natural) Philosophy: Or, Modeling a Life
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 28 Janes Gord U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Better Propulsion Through Lasers and Chemistry
Longwood College Farmville Mar. 10 Helen Free Bayer Corporation Chemistry--Contributions to the Quality of Life
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 18 Sidney Hecht University of Virginia Peptide and Protein Analogues Containing Synthetic Amino Acids at Defined Positions
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 21 William Matuszeski U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Progress in Cleaning Up the Chesapeake Bay

1999

Midlothian High School Midlothian Dec. 10 Terry St. Clair NASA Langley Research Center High Performance Polymers Research
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 19 Attila Pavlath Western Regional research Center Biomass Utilization
Shenandoah University Winchester Oct. 15 Kenneth Kolb Bradley University Glass:  It's Many Facets
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 24 James Demas University of Virginia A Random Hike (or Ski) Through Chemistry
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 16 Joseph Breen The Green Chemistry Institute Green Chemistry: Challenges and Opportunities for All Chemists in the Twenty-First Century
College of William & Mary Williamsburg Mar. 19 John Marquart Western Illinois University Caves--Worlds Within the World:  An Introduction to the Chemistry, Geology, and Ecology of Caves
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 19 Royce Murray University of North Carolina Chemically Modified Electrodes 25 Years Later
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 22 John Fortman Wright State University The Serious and Delirious Use of Chemistry in Movies

1998

Mathematics & Science Center Richmond Dec. 11 Paul Ogden White Oak Semiconductor Semiconductor Production at White Oak Semiconductor
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 12 R. L. Neman East Central University Analytical Geochemistry and Its Educational Opportunities
Merck & Co. Elkton Oct. 9 Walter McCrone McCrone Research Institute What Every Good Forger Should Know
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 25 Philip Burks DuPont Company Reflections of an Industrial Chemist
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 17 Daniel Downey James Madison University Liming Virginia Trout Streams and Lakes
Longwood College Farmville Mar. 20 Carleton Moore Arizona State University Chemistry of the Moon's Surface
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 20 Ronald Breslow Columbia University The Chelate Effect in Binding, Catalysis, and Chemotherapy
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 30 Helene Dickel University of Illinois Molecules in Space

1997

Virginia State University Petersburg Dec. 5 Willie May National Institute of Standards and Technology STANDARDS R US:  NIST's Role in Providing a National Measurement System
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 21 Carolyn Fisher McCormick & Company Phenolics in Spices: Flavorants, Antioxidants, and Anti-Carcinogens
Bridgewater College Bridgewater Oct. 17 John Powers University of Georgia The Nose and the Brain: Original Chemical detector and Integrator
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 26 Beverly Orndorff Retired Four Decades of Science News in Virginia
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 18 Clifford Myers SUNY-Binghampton Families and Affinities:  A Chemist Looks at Bonding in Solids of Interest
University of Richmond Richmond Mar. 21 Gertrude Elion Glaxo Wellcome Challenges and Rewards of Pharmaceutical Research
College of William & Mary Williamsburg Feb. 21 Robert Athey Athey Technologies Ecohysteria and Chemophobiamongers
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 24 William Mattson Randolph-Macon Woman's College Creative Problem Solving in Research

1996

Ethyl Corporation Richmond Dec. 6 Stig Friberg Clarkson University Colloidal Science--Where, Why, and What?
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 22 Ralph Blomster Retired Plants as Sources of Drugs
Mary Baldwin College Staunton Oct. 18 James Wightman Virginia Tech Oil Films on Water Surfaces--A Study of Science & Technology, History, Ethics, and Feminism
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 27 Sheryl Baldwin American Chemical Society Local Sections:  The Heart of the ACS
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 19 Elmer Gaden University of Virginia The Gasoline Revolution--Alyylation and Cat Cracking
Longwood College Farmville Mar. 1 Jeffrey Seeman Philip Morris Research Center The World of Chemistry--Diverse in Concepts and People, Yet Closely Connected
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 9 David Evans Harvard University Enantioselective Carbon-Carbon Forming Reactions
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 19 Arthur Ellis University of Wisconsin-Madison The Chemist as Materials Scientist

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1995

LOCATION OF MEETING CITY DATE FIRST  NAME LAST  NAME AFFILIATION

TOPIC

Ethyl Corporation Richmond Dec. 8 Joe Valcho Ethyl Corporation Development of Lubricants for Tomorrow's Engines:  Additives, Formulation Techniques, and Production
Ethyl Corporation Richmond Dec. 8 Tom West Ethyl Corporation Development of Lubricants for Tomorrow's Engines:  Additives, Formulation Techniques, and Production
Ethyl Corporation Richmond Dec. 8 Al Demange Ethyl Corporation Development of Lubricants for Tomorrow's Engines:  Additives, Formulation Techniques, and Production
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 17 Mary Virginia Orna College of New Rochelle The Chemist as Detective in Examining Art and Artifacts
Shenandoah University Winchester Oct. 20 P. Edgar Hale Carnegie Institution of Washington Using Chemical Reactions to Date the Past
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 22 John Comerford Retired Fifty Years of Chemical Education:  Getting, Giving, and Gauging
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 21 Mark Ross Naval Research Laboratory Mass Spectrometry and Buckminsterfullerene
College of William & Mary Williamsburg Mar. 24 J. Ernest Simpson California State Polytechnic University Cooperative Education and Industrial Chemistry
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 17 Mary Lowe Good U.S. Department of Commerce Technology Policy for Economic Growth and Competitiveness
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 20 Cecil Dybowski University of Delaware Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the Investigation of Species at Surfaces

1994

Burnley Vineyards Barboursville Dec. 2 Joseph Formica Virginia Commonwealth University Wine--A Chemical Symphony
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 11 Vladimir Gharkov Mary Baldwin College Totalitarianism vs. Democracy: Chemistry Education in Eastern Europe and the United States
Harrisonburg High School Harrisonburg Oct. 14 Anthony Winston West Virginia University Chemistry and the Invention of Photography
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 23 William Smithey Retired Remarks on the ACS and the Virginia Section
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 22 Lidia Vallarino Virginia Commonwealth University Design, Synthesis, and Applications of Lanthanide Macrocyclic Complexes
Longwood College Farmville Mar. 18 Wilfred Arnold University of Kansas Vincent van Gogh: Chemicals, Crises, and Creativity
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 18 Herbert Brown Purdue University Discovering and Exploring a New Continent of Chemistry 
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 21 Charles Garber Structure Probe Characterization of Effects of Cosmetic Products on Human Hair, Skin, and Fingernails with Electron Microscopy

1993

Virginia State University Petersburg Dec. 10 Sylvia Buffington Virginia Division of Forensic Science Putting the Pieces Together
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 12 Al Krisciunas Argonne National Laboratory Science and Technology in the Real World
Mary Baldwin College Staunton Oct. 22 Nate Houser DuPont Company Spandex Fibers
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 24 Charles Thomas Philip Morris Research Center The Science in Science Fiction
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 23 Mauri Ditzler College of the Holy Cross Discovery Chemistry: a Laboratory-Centered Chemistry Curriculum
College of William & Mary Williamsburg Mar. 10 Shelton Bank SUNY-Albany Serendipity in Chemistry--Was the World Really Flat Before Columbus?
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 12 Nicholas Turro Columbia University Photoreactions of Organic Molecules Adsorbed on Zeolitic Molecular Sieves
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 22 John Chidley DuPont Company Trends in Environmental Remediation

1992

James Madison University Harrisonburg Dec. 11     John C. Wells Planetarium The Christmas Star
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 20 John Fortman Wright State University Dazzling Demos and Videotaped Bloopers
Shenandoah University Winchester Oct. 23 Leonard Fine Columbia University From Nylon and Polycarbonates to Kevlar and Polyetherimides…and Beyond
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 25 Donald Shillady Virginia Commonwealth University Some Adventures in Quantum Chemistry
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 17 John Christman Loyola University Serendipity--The Luck in Scientific Discovery
Longwood College Farmville Mar. 27 Alfred Burger University of Virginia How Do Medications Act in the Body and How Are They Discovered?
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 21 Mark Wrighton Massachusetts Institute of Technology New Materials, New Phenomena:  What's Real in Molecular Electronics?
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 21 Frederick Hawkridge Virginia Commonwealth University Heme Protein Electron Transfer and Ligand Binding Reactions
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 24 Jean Watts Chesapeake Bay Foundation The Value of Wetlands and the Chesapeake Bay

1991

Philip Morris Research Center Richmond Dec. 13 Carl Trindle University of Virginia Chemistry in Fiction:  Electron Affinities to Gravity's Rainbow
Mary Baldwin College Staunton Nov. 1 Ralph Allen University of Virginia Uncovering the Secrets of the Nile (Cracked Pot Chemists Look at the Past)
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 27 James Beck Virginia State University Some Personal Reflections on Chemistry Education and the Virginia Section
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 19 Jeffrey Seeman Philip Morris Research Center Thousands of Years of Organic Chemistry:  The Human Side
College of William & Mary Williamsburg Mar. 15 Nathan Stolow Conservation Consultant on Art Art Preservation and Its Interface with Science and Technology
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 15 Koji Nakanishi Columbia University Why 11-Cis Retinol for Vision?
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 15 Phillip Hylemon Medical College of Virginia Molecular Biology of Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 18 George Spagna Randolph-Macon College Science and Religion: The Elephant Is Clearly Like a Rope!

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1990

Virginia State University Petersburg Dec. 14 Russell Rowlett Retired The Virginia Section's First Seventy-Five Years
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 16 Jay Young Consultant in Chemical Safety Chemical Accident Anecdotes
Lynchburg College Lynchburg Oct. 18 Jeffrey Zink UCLA Triboluminescence: Squeezing the Light out of Crystals
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 21 James Patrick Mary Baldwin College Distinguished Service Award Address
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 20 Robert Bates University of Florida What You Wanted to Know about Chemicals in Food But Were Afraid to Ask
Mary Baldwin College Staunton Mar. 16 Larry White Harrisonburg High School Chemistry Education in the Twenty-First Century
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 16 Dudley  Herschbach Harvard University Single Collision Chemistry
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 16 Ernest  Eliel University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Whither Chemistry
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 19 Raymond Seymour Retired Modern Polymer Science

1989

Philip Morris Research Center Richmond Dec. 15       Computers in Chemistry
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 17 Daniel Longone University of Michigan The History of Wine and the Vine in America
James Madison University Harrisonburg Oct. 20 John Powers University of Georgia Correlating Chemical and Sensory Patterns
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 22 J. Samuel Gillespie Retired Distinguished Service Award Address
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 28 Donald Sawyer Texas A&M University The Biological Chemistry of Dioxygen: A Unique Natural Product
College of William & Mary Williamsburg Mar. 17 Foil Miller University of Pittsburgh Great Mistakes in Science
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 24 Robert Huggett Virginia Institute of Marine Science Organic Pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 13 Elizabeth Hairfield Mary Baldwin College On the Incense Trail
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 13 Hampton Hairfield Wilson Memorial High School On the Incense Trail

1988

Barksdale Theater Hanover Dec. 9       A Child's Christmas in Wales
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 18 Thomas Whitesides Eastman Kodak Company The Inside Story of Color Photography
Shenandoah College Winchester Oct. 28 Lawrence Dahl University of Wisconsin-Madison Symmetry and Its Importance in Art and Science
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 23 James Shanklin A. H. Robins Company Serendipity in Drug Discovery
University of Virginia Charlottesville Apr. 22 A. B. Krisciunas Argonne National Laboratory B.T.U.'s--Now You Have 'em, Soon You Mightn't
University of Richmond Richmond Mar. 18 Glenn Crosby Washington State University All Things Great and Small: Avogadro's Number and the Concept of the Mole
Longwood College Farmville Feb. 19 Brian Moores Randolph-Macon College A Chemist Looks at the Shroud of Turin
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 22 Lori Ramonas Chemical Manufacturers Association Science, Politics and Life on Capitol Hill: Participating in the Political Process

1987

Virginia State University Petersburg Dec. 11 Mary Hobbs Lee-Davis High School What Are We Going to Blow Up Today?
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 20 Janos Fendler Syracuse University Membrane Mimetic Chemistry
Washington and Lee University Lexington Oct. 23 Dorit Noether CHEMTECH Star Wars, the Technical Aspects
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 25 Trevor Hill College of William and Mary Distinguished Service Award Address
College of William & Mary Williamsburg Apr. 24 Mary Murphy St. Joseph's College The Moon and Beyond
University of Virginia Charlottesville Mar. 20 John Taylor National Bureau of Standards Quality Assurance of Chemical Measurements
University of Richmond Richmond Feb. 20 Jeffery Siegel Virginia Tech The Development and Performance of "off the Shelf" Image Analysis Systems
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Jan. 16 Henry Bauer   Myths and Truths About the Loch Ness Monster

1986

Science Museum of Virginia Richmond Dec. 12     Omnimax Film On the Wing
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Nov. 21 Clifton Meloan Kansas State University Criminalistics--The Application of Chemistry to Apprehending Criminals
Mary Baldwin College Staunton Oct. 24 John Moore Eastern Michigan University The Electronic Chemistry Set: Teaching with Computers
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Sep. 26 Carl Lunsford A. H. Robins Company Drugs That Increase Gastrointestinal Motility
College of William & Mary Williamsburg Apr. 25 James Wightman Virginia Tech The Energy of Liquid Surfaces
University of Virginia Charlottesville Mar. 21 Ralph