Toledo Section of American Chemical Society celebrates 100th anniversary

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The Toledo Local Section of the American Chemical Society will celebrate its 100th anniversary Thursday, April 27, with a talk by Barbara Floyd, interim director of University Libraries, on her book “The Glass City: Toledo and the Industry That Built It.”

The book talk, part of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s Open Book Program, will take place at 6 p.m. in McMaster Auditorium of the Toledo main library downtown.

Floyd’s book, which chronicles the history of Toledo’s most important industry, was published by the University of Michigan Press. It was the winner of the Bowling Green State University’s Center for Archival Collection Local History Publication Award for the best book in the academic scholar category for 2015.

The Toledo Section of the American Chemical Society was founded by members of the UT Department of Chemistry faculty in 1917. The Toledo group is one of 187 local sections of the organization. The society’s mission is “to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people.”

According to Joanna Hinton, past chair of the Toledo section, the group will hold events throughout the year in what it is calling its “Chem-tennial 2017.”

The talk at the library will include the presentation of awards to American Chemical Society members for their service.

Floyd, who is also director of the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections, will sign copies of her book, which will be available for sale, after the talk.

For more information on the free, public talk, contact Hinton at 419.346.8876 or visit http://toledosection.sites.acs.org.