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Joseph Priestley
Portrait of Joseph Priestley, attributed to Ozias Humphrey (British, 1742–1810). The Chemists’ Club Collection, CHF Collections. Photo by Will Brown.

The Joseph Priestley Society of CHF was founded in 2002 to promote a deeper and more reflective understanding of important scientific, technological, and industry developments. The society has a special orientation to issues involving innovation and entrepreneurship. Members are experienced, senior individuals from a wide variety of large and small chemical companies, and also from the financial, consulting, and academic communities.

Meetings of the Joseph Priestley Society are held the second Thursday of each month from September through April. To register for the next meeting, visit our Calendar of Events.

For more information about the Joseph Priestley Society, please contact Bob Kenworthy, Manager of Affiliate Relations, 215-873-8292, jps@chemheritage.org.

Thank you for another successful year of Joseph Priestley Society meetings! Please check back in June for the 2009-10 schedule.

2008-09 JPS Meetings and Symposia

Click the titles for program information, speaker biographies, and audio recordings of previous talks.

A Quarter Century of the Carbon Fiber Industry: From Late Childhood to Early Adulthood – April 2009
• Paul W. Pendorf
President, AMT II Corporation

Philadelphia and the Life Sciences Industry – March 2009
Eastern Technology Council’s 2008 Enterprise Award winners
• Robert J. Broeze, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Laureate Pharma, Inc.
• Anthony DelConte
Chief Medical Officer, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Frederick J. Fritz
Director, President, and CEO, Neuro Diagnostic Devices
• Glenn Kenney
Vice President of Corporate and Strategy Development, Globus Medical

Successful Innovation in a Tough Economy – February 2009
• J. Michael Bowman
Chairman and CEO, Delaware Technology Park
• Elizabeth Browning
Cofounder and CEO, LLuminari, Inc.
• Steve Prior
President, Quantum Leap Technologies
• Barry Marrs
Founder and Chairman, Athena Biotechnologies, Inc.
• Vidadi Yusibov
Executive Director, Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology
• Catherine T. "Katie" Hunt
Corporate Sustainability Director and Leader, Technology Partnerships, Rohm and Haas

Nanotechnology – January 2009
• Daryl Boudreaux
Principal, Boudreaux & Associates, and Emeritus Chief Scientific Officer, NanoHoldings LLC
• John Miller
Vice President, Business Development, Arrowhead Research Corporation
• Howard Kravitz
President and CEO, NanoPack Inc.
• Bob Gower
Former CEO, Lyondell Petrochemical Company, and Cofounder, Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. and Ensysce Biosciences

Building Greener Enterprises – December 2008
• William Armiger
Vice President, Specialty Chemicals, Lignal Innovations
• Albert Koenig
Vice President and Technical Director, ARB GeoWell Systems
• Richard P. Wool
President, Cara Plastics, Inc., and Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
• Michael Adang
Professor, University of Georgia

November 2008
• Greg Olsen
Founder, GH Ventures
October 2008
• Joe Miller
CTO, Corning
September 2008
• Peter McCausland
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, AirGas