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	The recipient of the 2013 HIST Award of the Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society is Professor William R. Newman, Distinguished Professor and Ruth Halls Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. This award is the successor to the Dexter Award (1956-2001) and the Sydney M. Edelstein Award (2002-2009), also administered by the Division of the History of Chemistry. The HIST Award will be presented to Prof. Newman at the fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis in September 2013.
	The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (of the periodical Ambix fame) will hold its regular Fall 2013 Meeting in London on November 9, 2013 on the theme of Books in Chemistry. Bolton Society and HIST members are invited to present papers at this meeting. For details, see circular.
	A recent Citation for Chemical Breakthrough Award for 2011 honored the 1811 paper by Avogadro. HIST has one member who lives in Italy, Teresa Celestino. She agreed to participate in an award ceremony that was held in Vercelli, Italy on Saturday. Teresa travelled many hundred of miles to participate in the ceremony. She produced posted two videos of this ceremony: Short version (4:21 minutes) Longer version (15 minutes)
	Previous Announcements on this page.
	The Bulletin for the History of Chemistry v37(2) is now available to members. Check out the Table of Contents. NOTE: HIST is making individual articles from the Bulletin for the History of Chemistry OPEN ACCESS and searchable except for the last three years. These articles are available in the Open Access Directory. Articles from the last three years are available via links from the Table of Contents for those issues FOR HIST MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. If you try to access an article, you will be prompted for a login and password. The login username is the email address you provided to the American Chemical Society and the password is your ACS member number. If you have any problems, please email mainz@illinois.edu. If you are not a member and want to order an individual article, please check the membership/back-issue order form.

Mission Statement

The Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) seeks to advance knowledge and appreciation of the history of the chemical sciences among chemists, students, historians of science, and the broader public by

• Encouraging research and scholarship in history of the chemical sciences;
• Providing a welcoming environment for the discussion of history of chemistry in a variety of venues, particularly in symposia at national ACS meetings;
• Serving as a resource for chemical scientists in general, and members of the ACS in particular, who seek to understand the roots of their discipline, sub-discipline, or interdisciplinary subject;
• Recognizing major achievements from the past in the chemical sciences and the individuals who made those achievements;
• Publishing a scholarly journal in history of chemistry;
• Interacting with other organizations interested in the history of science; and
• Adding value to the ACS by helping it achieve its vision and missions.