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Join the ACS 150th Anniversary Founding Day Virtual Celebration on April 6th at 10 a.m. PDT. Register here to get the link and mark your calendars.
An anniversary-cake cutting by Al Horwath (ACS CEO), Wayne Jones (ACS Board Chair), Jennifer Doudna (2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize Recipient), and Rigoberto Hernandez (ACS President) primed the pumps at the March Atlanta ACS meeting.
The origin of the American Chemical Society was described in Chemical and Engineering News as follows.
“On April 6, 1867, 35 chemists gathered in the Lecture Room in the University Building of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, at the corner of Waverly Place and University Place, and passed a motion to create a national chemistry society. What started as a group with around 192 members in late 1876, is a global community of over 230,000 today.” Chemical and Engineering News, November 7, 2025
ACS 150th Anniversary celebrations and events will be held throughout the year, including at upcoming national meetings. Information about anniversary events can be found at the ACS150 web page.
Stay tuned to the ACS website and the ACS PSS Puget Sound Chemist Blog for news and updates about events and activities during the ACS’s 150th anniversary year!