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| History Live: P. Roy Vagelos in Conversation With Arnold Thackray and Jeff Sturchio
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2 December 2009 |
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5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
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Chemical Heritage Foundation
Ullyot Meeting Hall
315 Chestnut Street |
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| By invitation only.
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CHF’s Oral History Program is supported in part by The Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts (The Pew Biomedical Scholars Oral History Project). Other important leadership support for CHF has been provided by The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, BASF, The Herbert and Junia Doan Foundation, Huntsman International, DuPont, Dow Chemical Company, Horiba Ltd., and Sunoco, Inc.
This History Live event is generously supported by Stephen Starr Events. |
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| Description:
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History Live presents first-person accounts of legendary careers before a live audience. Don’t miss these extraordinary stories of history in the making. Click here for full program details
Early in his career P. Roy Vagelos served as head surgeon at the National Institutes of Health and chairman of the Department of Biological Chemistry at Washington University’s School of Medicine. In 1975 Vagelos joined Merck and Co., where he revitalized R&D, leading Merck to be named “most admired” corporation by Fortune 500 leaders for seven consecutive years.
5:30 p.m. Cocktail reception
6:30 p.m. History Live with P. Roy Vagelos
7:30 p.m. Dessert and coffee
CHF’s Oral History Program captures and preserves the oral memoirs of notable figures in chemistry and related fields. |
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Nancy Vonada
Manager of Events and Stewardship
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215.873.8226
Fax: 215.629.5226
Email: nvonada@chemheritage.org |
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