APPENDIX A
HISTORICAL MILESTONES (TIMELINE)
1946-2001

1946	High Polymer Forum organized within the ACS (five Divisions participated).
1950	Division of High Polymer Chemistry (name later changed to Division of Polymer Chemistry) formed as a probationary division (Carl S. Marvel, first chairman).
	First Divisional symposia on "Free Radicals in Polymerization", "Reactions of Macromolecules", and "Macromolecules in Solution" presented at the 118th ACS National Meeting in Chicago.
1951	Division of Polymer Chemistry granted a full division status.
	First joint symposium with the Division of Colloid Chemistry on "Degradation of Macromolecules" presented at the 119th ACS National Meeting in Boston.
1960	Polymer Preprints (1st issue of Volume 1) published (Chester K. Rosenbaum, first editor).
1962	First Biennial Symposium presented at the Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
1963	Nomenclature Committee formed (Robert B. Fox, chairman).
1964	Education Committee formed (Maurice Morton, chairman).
1965	First charter flight to the 1965 IUPAC Macromolecular Symposium in Prague, Czechoslovakia, organized.
1966	Secretary and Treasurer became two separate functions.
1967	First workable structure-based nomenclature rules for linear polymers published, immediately adopted by Chemical Abstracts and in 1975 by IUPAC.
	Membership Survey conducted.
1968	Macromolecules, an ACS journal, first published (Field H. Winslow, first editor).
1969	Circulation Manager of Polymer Preprints post established (Robert Saxon, first manager).
1970	International Committee formed.
1972	Division incorporated.
1973	Joint Meeting with the ACS Rubber Division held in Detroit.
	ACS Macromolecular Secretariat established by five founding Divisions (Jack R. Elliott, first secretary) with its first symposium on "Acrylonitrile in Macromolecules" presented at the 166th ACS National Meeting in Chicago.
1974	Awards Committee and Grants Committee formed.
	Joint Polymer Education Committee (JPEC) with the ACS Division of Organic Coatings and Plastics (ORPL), which later became the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE), was formed. It later became POLYED; founding co-chairs were Charles E. Carraher, Jr. and Eli M. Pearce.
	History of the Division reviewed at a symposium presented at the 168th ACS National Meeting in Atlantic City.
1975	Intersociety Relations Committee formed (Otto Vogl, first chairman).
1976	Division of Polymer Chemistry Award (later designated as Herman F. Mark Division of Polymer Chemistry Award) instituted (Paul J. Flory, first recipient).
	Member-at-Large of the Divisional Executive Committee position created (Paul H. Lindenmayer, first incumbent).
	Divisional logo created, designed by students at the School Design of North Carolina State University.
	Divisional short history published in the ACS history "A Century of Chemistry", celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ACS.
1978	History of the Division (1951-1976) by Robert D. Ulrich published in the "Contemporary Topics in Polymer Science, Vol. 1, Macromolecular Science - Retrospect and Prospect".
	A three-person succession created within the Executive Committee, vice-chairman, chairman-elect, and chairman.
	Third and fourth Councilor authorized by the ACS Council.
1979	Industrial Sponsors Group organized.
	First topical workshop on "Biomedical and Water-Soluble Polymers" presented in Bermuda.
1980	First poster session presented at the 179th ACS National Meeting in Houston.
	First joint U.S.-Japan Polymer Conference held in Palm Springs, California (William J. Bailey and Teiji Tsuruta, cochairmen).
	First issue of Polymer Education Newsletter (PEN) published.
1981	Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award instituted (Lewis J. Fetters, first recipient).
	First two Division's tutorials on "Polymer Crystallinity" and "Rubber Elasticity" held at the 182nd ACS National Meeting in New York.
1982	Polymer Education Award (later designated as Paul J. Flory Polymer Education Award) instituted (Herman F. Mark, first recipient).
	First "Polymer Science and Engineering Lecture Series" instituted.
	Faculty Visitation Program initiated by the Education Committee.
	ACS Outstanding Large Division Award won (for the 1st time).
1983	Distinguished Service Award instituted (Edwin J. Vandenberg and Jogindar Lal, first recipients).
	Business Office established (Jane C. Vogl, first manager).
1984	ACS Outstanding Large Division Award won (for the 2nd time).
1986	Polymer Curriculum Development Award inaugurated (New Mexico State University and California State University, Los Angeles, first recipients).
1987	Pacific Polymer Federation (PPF) formed by the Division, Society of Polymer Science of Japan, and Polymer Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Otto Vogl, first President)
1988	ACS Biotechnology Secretariat established.
	ACS Surface Science and Catalysis Secretariat established.
	First Pacific Polymer Federation (PPF) Council meeting held in Kyoto, Japan.
	Organic Chemistry Award for outstanding organic chemistry students at BS colleges initiated by POLYED.
	Undergraduate Travel Grants for attending polymer meetings with a faculty advisor initiated by POLYED (R. Mumper, E. Sudbeck, J. Kachidza, and M. Todd, first recipients).
1989	Joint Polymer Education Committee with the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE), now known as POLYED, formally reaffirmed.
	POLYED National Information Center for Polymer Education opened at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
	First Undergraduate Poster Session presented at the 197th ACS National Meeting in Dallas.
	Award for Excellence in Polymer Education by a High School or a Junior High School Teacher, for bringing polymer chemistry to high school students, inaugurated by POLYED (Marie C. Sherman, Katherine Meisch, and Douglas A. Halsted, first recipients).
	Joint Meeting with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) SCI Macro Group UK (Macromolecules '89) held in Oxford.
	First Pacific Polymer Conference held in Maui, Hawaii.
	ACS initiative in electronic communication (ECOM) supported by Division.
	ACS Outstanding Large Division Award won (for the 3rd time).
1990	Foreign Affairs Committee formed.
	Intersociety Polymer Education Council (IPEC) cofounded by POLY (Ann B. Salamone and John P. Droske).
	ACS Phoenix Award received for outstanding contributions to the National Chemistry Week.
	E-mail communication among the POLY Executive Committee and Board members established.
1991	40th anniversary (1951-1991) celebrated at the Polymer Technology Conference in Philadelphia.
	History of the Division (1951-1991) by Jesse C. H. Hwa published in Polymer Preprints, vol. 32, No. 2 (June 1991).
	First "Macromolecular Nomenclature Note" (No. 1) published in Polymer Preprints.
	Unilever Award for Outstanding Graduate Research instituted by POLYED (Christopher B. Gorman, first recipient).
	Improving the Public Perception of Polymers program instituted by the Industrial Sponsors Group (Marie Sherman and Linda Woodward, first recipients).
	Undergraduate Research Grants awarded to 40 schools to celebrate the POLY 40th anniversary.
	ACS Outstanding Large Division Award won (for the 4th time).
1992	Polymer Ambassador Program started by the Intersociety Polymer Education (IPE) Task Force.
	25th anniversary of Macromolecules celebrated.
1993	Mission/Goals of the Division re-evaluated and revised.
	First joint meeting with the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (Electronic mail lists: POLY for the Division members, POLYBRD for the Division Executive Board PMSE) and the Optical Society of America (OSA) held at the OSA meeting in Toronto, Canada.
	Electronic mail lists: POLY for the Division members, POLYBRD for the Division Executive Board, and POLYEXEC for the Division Executive Committee established. The POLY list immediately became the POLY Electronic Discussion List for interactive exchange of information.
	First "back-page" nomenclature note in PMSE Proceedings of the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering published (initiated by the POLY Nomenclature Committee).
1994	First Graduate Research Polymer Conference held in State College, Pennsylvania.
	Intersociety Polymer Education Council (IPEC) incorporated.
	ACS Outstanding Large Division Award won (for the 5th time).
1995	Symposium in Honor of the 100th Birthday of Herman F. Mark held at the Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York.
	First Intersociety Polymer Conference (IPC) held in Baltimore.
	POLY World Wide Web pages established. POLY Web site is accessible as http://www.polyacs.org.
	ACS Outstanding Large Division Award won (for the 6th time).
1997	International Meetings Committee formed.
1998	Long-Range Planning Committee formed.
	First World Wide Web site for POLYED established.
	First POLY "Macromolecular Nomenclature Note" (No. 15) reprinted in a foreign polymer journal.
1999	Membership drive "2000 X 2000" initiated (reached in 2000).
2000	First Industrial Polymer Scientist Award established (Harry S. Mandeville and S. Randall Holmes-Farley, first recipients).
	e-POLY Committee formed.
	POLYED Web site expanded and accessible as http://www.polyed.org.
	ACS ChemLuminary Award won for innovative services to POLY members.
	Polymer Preprints published totally electronically, became available on the Web with a search capability.
	POLY Millennial (Biennial Symposium) held in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
2001	50th anniversary (1951-2001) celebrated at the 221st ACS National Meeting in San Diego, California.
	Polymer Preprints delivered on CD ROM.
	History Update of the Division (1991-2001) by W. Val Metanomski published in Polymer Preprints and as a separate booklet.