Fall 2022 ACS Meeting Poster
The Chemical Bulletin by the Chicago Section ACS:
Engaging Chemists for Over One Hundred Years
Reflections of SOCIEty in the Chemical Bulletin
Josh W. Kurutz
WWI
• Letters from chemists-turned-soldiers
• The Chemical Warfare Service and chemists who got involved
• Women who got promoted to chemist positions
Communism
• The Red Scare’s impact on ACS
• Loyalty pledges required for ACS membership?
• The Iréne Joliot-Curie scandal
Racial IssueS & Progress
• 1957 nationwide survey of racial attitudes among ACS members
• Creation of one of the first local Minority Chemists Committees
SEE ALSO: https://chicagoacs.org/22fall_poster_desegregation
How The Chicago Section Helped "Desegregate" National ACS MEetings
