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North American Catalysis Society

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1956-

Administrative History

The North American Catalysis Society (1956-) is a federation of local and regional clubs and societies dedicated to the growth and development of the science of catalysis.

The North Amer­i­can Catal­y­sis Soci­ety was founded in 1956 to pro­mote and encour­age the growth and devel­op­ment of the sci­ence of catal­y­sis and those sci­en­tific dis­ci­plines ancil­lary thereto; to pro­vide edu­ca­tional ser­vices to mem­bers and other inter­ested indi­vid­u­als; to orga­nize and par­tic­i­pate in pro­fes­sional meet­ings of sci­en­tists; to report, dis­cuss and exchange infor­ma­tion and view­points in the field of catal­y­sis; to serve as a cen­tral exchange for the sev­eral catal­y­sis clubs con­cern­ing infor­ma­tion on their activ­i­ties; and to pro­vide liai­son with for­eign catal­y­sis soci­eties, with the Inter­na­tional Con­gress on Catal­y­sis, and with other sci­en­tific orga­ni­za­tions and individuals. It was founded by former UC Berkley Chemical Engineering professor Heinz Heinemann and first met together in a national meeting in Atlantic City consisting of university Chemical Engineering professors and Oil Company executives in 1969.

Citation:
North American Catalysis Society via WWW, April 13, 2016 (NACS founded in 1956; First meeting attendence list from 1969; Heinz Heinemann was one founder of the group)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

North American Catalysis Society meeting records, 1986-1987

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1328 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains information pertaining to the 10th annual meeting of the North American Catalysis Society. Materials dated 1986-1987.

Dates: 1986-1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Department of Chemical Engineering records

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