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These Web pages are based on a booklet originally prepared for the Landmark designation in 2000.

The American Chemical Society gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following scientists and historians in the preparation of that booklet: Mary Ellen Bowden, Chemical Heritage Foundation; Dennis P. Curran, University of Pittsburgh; Keith Ingold, NRC, Canada; Krysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University; Mary Virginia Orna, Chemical Heritage Foundation, the National Historic Chemical Landmarks Committee liaison; and Christoph Rüchardt, University of Freiburg, Germany.

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