The Lyman C. Newell Grants for Attending the Annual Summer Conference of NEACT

The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society offers the Lyman C. Newell Grants for the support in attending the Annual Summer Conference of NEACT. The four Newell Grants for 2008 are for $225 each. While preference is given to teachers who are new to teaching or returning to teaching, the awards are open to everyone. Applicants do not need to be members of the Northeastern Section or of NEACT.

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 1898 to 1900 and expressed a continuing interest in training chemistry students throughout his long career. It is fitting that his efforts are continued by grants that bear his name.

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