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Press Release


Union students participate
in chemistry meeting
 


Jackson, Tenn
. — Five students from 51ÉçÇø presented research papers at the 21st Annual Area Collegiate Chemistry Meeting, May 8, sponsored by the Student Affiliate Chapters of the American Chemical Society held at the University of Tennessee at Martin. These students were Amber Flynn, of Cookeville, Tenn., Hilary C. Williams, of Lexington, Tenn., Paul Jason Shannon, of Southaven, Miss., Stephen Hammond, of Jackson, Tenn., and Stephen Howard, of Houghton, N.Y.

Eighteen Union students and faculty were in attendance at the meeting, and Union's Angie Brown, of Millington, Tenn., led one of the sessions. Dr. Charles M. Baldwin, O.P. and Evalyn Hammons professor of pre-medical studies at Union, is the faculty advisor of the university's Student Affiliate of the American Chemical Society chapter.

Dr. Paul S. Anderson, past president of the American Chemical Society and senior vice president of DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, delivered the keynote address. More than 125 students and faculty from 15 area colleges participated in the day-long meeting which included the presentation of 42 student research papers.