Date:         Thu, 20 Oct 1994 07:42:03 EDT
From: Alexa Dembek <dembekaa@ESVAX.DNET.DUPONT.COM>
Subject:      Industrial Sponsors Group - Public Perception

Award Winners- Public Perception of Polymers

The Industrial Sponsors Group of the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry 
has
announced the 1994 awardees in its program to improve the public's 
perception of
polymers.  A grant of $10,000, to be paid over a three year period, has 
been
made to "The Science Alliance", a Delaware group which is dedicated to 
providing
resources and training to science educators in the Delaware area.  The 
grant is
to further the understanding of polymers in modern society.ience Kits to 
schools

This is the fourth annual grant awarded by the Industrial Sponsors group, 
made
up of nearly 40 companies which support the educational and public 
outreach
activities of the Polymer Chemistry Division.  Previous awardees were 
Linda
Woodward of the University of Southeast Louisiana and Marie Sherman of 
Ursaline
Academy in St.JLouis for the development of a series of polymer 
workshops,
to deliver polymer information to every science teacher in every school 
in therk
state, every week, and J.JMakanski and T.JCoolbaugh for the development 
of a
polymer lifetime workshop.