NESACS - The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society

2011 Lyman C. Newell Grants

The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society awarded four Lyman C. Newell Grants to four area high school chemistry teachers to attend the 72nd NEACT Summer Conference, August 1-4, 2011 St. Joseph's College, Standish, Maine. In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, IYC: Chemistry in Today's World will feature the four topics of the IYC: Health, Environment, Energy, and Materials, as well as lots on teaching and learning them. The grants are cash awards of $225.00 to partially cover the cost of the conference. They were awarded to the following high school teachers:

Cindy Scheetz New Haven Public Schools
Manju Prakash Fairmont Preparatory Academy
Hillary Blanchard recent graduate of St Joseph’s College
Mary Jac Reed Fairfield Ludlowe High School (Mary Jac could not attend the conference last year due to illness. Her scholarship in 2010 was awarded to Bill Weber of Rhode Island College.)

Each of these candidates has demonstrated their interest in the conference and various circumstances (family situations) that indicate need for our support.

The Lyman C. Newell Grants commemorate a former chair of the Northeastern Section who was a distinguished chemist, teacher, and historian of chemistry. For many years he was chair of the Chemistry Department at Boston University. Lyman Newell served as the first president of NEACT from 1889 to 1900 and expressed a continuing interest in training chemistry students throughout his long career. His efforts are celebrated by the grants that bear his name.