Oral history interview with Norman Hackerman : reflections on the Gordon Research Conferences, 2002 March 12

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Oral history interview with Norman Hackerman : reflections on the Gordon Research Conferences, 2002 March 12

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Norman Hackerman begins the interview with a description of his graduate education at Johns Hopkins University and his encounters with Neil E. Gordon. After graduating from Johns Hopkins with a Ph.D. in chemistry, Hackerman became a steady participant of the Gordon Research Conferences [GRC], particularly the Corrosion Conference, which he chaired in 1950. Hackerman recalls that the early conferences were helpful to his scientific research, and that the atmosphere was informal and interactive. He also explains that as the numbers of attendees, disciplines, and locations of the conferences increased, the conference atmosphere became a more formal, lecture-type setting. Hackerman discusses some of the activities of the GRC board of trustees, on which he served as a member from 1970 to 1973. From attendee to conference chairman to trustee, Hackerman watched GRC evolve into an international organization that brings together thousands of individuals from academe, government, and industry. Hackerman concludes the interview by commenting on the important role that GRC plays in public education and public understanding of science.

Sound recordings ; cassettesTranscript : (32 leaves) ; 29 cm.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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Born in Baltimore, Maryland on 2 March 1912. Education: A.B., Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (1932), Ph.D., Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (1935). Employment: 1935-1939 Loyola College ; 1936-1940 Colloid Corporation ; 1939-1941 United States Coast Guard ; 1941-1943 Virginia Polytechnic Institute ; 1944-1945 Kellex Corporation ; 1982- The Robert A. Welch Foundation ; 1945- University of Texas at Austin ; 1970- Rice University. From the description of Oral history interview w...

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The Gordon Research Conferences have been in operation since 1947 as a non-profit organization that arranges and administers scientific conferences. The conferences are named in honor of Neil E. Gordon whose idea they were. Gordon himself held "forerunner" conferences both at Johns Hopkins University (where he was then teaching) and on Gibson Island, a private resort island in the Chesapeake Bay. This later series of conferences was held under the aegisis of the American Association for the Adva...