Nobel Laureates recount greatest progress, predict advances for future

MEDIA ADVISORY: Monday, Apr. 2, 9 a.m. Pacific Time

Five Nobel Laureates will join together to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize at the American Chemical Society's 221st national meeting in San Diego, April 1-5. Nobel Laureates will recount chemistry milestones of the last century, provide their views on the most significant chemistry breakthroughs, and present their predictions for chemistry research in the 21st century. In addition, Sture Forsén, representative for the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden, will discuss chemical education and web-based learning.

WHO:F. Sherwood Rowland, University of California, Irvine Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 for work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone

Rudolph A. Marcus, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992 for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems

Yuan T. Lee, University of California, Berkeley Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986 for contributions concerning the dynamics and molecular details of chemical reactions

Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 for theories concerning the course of chemical reactions

Manfred Eigen, Federal Republic of Germany Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967 for studies of extremely fast chemical reactions

Sture Forsén, Lund University, Sweden Trustee, Nobel Foundation

WHAT:Chemical Dynamics at the Turn of the Century: Nobel Laureates Look Back and Ahead

WHEN:Monday, April 2, 9 a.m.-12p.m. and 2 p.m.-5 p.m.

WHERE:San Diego Marriot Hotel Marina D