Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants programme is one aspect of the efforts of the volunteer committee members of Pittcon and its sponsoring societies to support science education
The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to promote science education.
The net financial proceeds from the Pittsburgh Conference fund education programs and institutions, impacting the science education experience for students attending schools ranging from the elementary school level through the post secondary level.
Many of the programmes are administered by the co-sponsors of the Pittsburgh Conference: the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh and the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh.
The maximum funding available for each grant was $10,000.
The 2007 Awardees are:.
The College of St Scholastica, Duluth, MN, Lawrence McGahey, chemistry.
The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, Melissa Shultz and Paul Edmiston, chemistry.
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, Kristi Kneas, chemistry.
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA, William Lokar III, chemistry.
Mount Union College, Alliance, OH, Debra Boyd-Kimball, chemistry.
Newberry College, Newberry, SC, Christina McCartha, chemistry.
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, Nancy Breen, chemistry.
St Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN, Dennis Gravert, chemistry.
Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, Emily Niemeyer, chemistry and biochemistry.
St Louis College of Pharmacy, St Louis, MO, Ehren Bucholtz, arts and sciences.
St Xavier University, Chicago, IL, Sharada Buddha, chemistry.
Truett-McConnell College, Cleveland, GA, Mike Simoneaux, chemistry and biology.
University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR, William Doria, chemistry.
