A History of the Cellulose Research Conferences

 

The Conferences

Conf	Dates	Comments
XI	Dec 14-16,1991	A joint Meeting with the Cellulose paper and Textile Division of the ACS, and Cellulcon, upon the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the ARS Southern Regional Research Laboratory New Orleans, LA.  162 papers,  Symposia on High performanceCelluloseic materials; Derivitization, Characterization and Physicochemical Properties of Cellulosics; Biosynthesis Structure and Organization of Cellulose Molecules; Pulping, Pulp Qualities aand Pulp Bleaching;  Production, Analysis Structure and Modification of Fibres; Photodegradation, Weathering, Thermolysis, Biodegradation, Preservation and pollution Aspects of Cellulosics.
X	May29 -June2, 1988	Dedicated to A.Sarko, Symposia on Cellulose and Wood; Chemistry and Technology; Biogenesis and Structure of Cellulose; the Cellulose-Water System; Chemistry of Cellulose and Wood; Surface Chemistry of Wood and Paper,  Cellulosic Membranes.
IX	May 24-27, 1982	Dedic ated to Tore. E. Timmell76 papers, Symposia on Biosynthesis of Cellulose, Structure and Physics of Cellulose Chemistry Utilization of Lignin, Future Chemical Feedstocks and Sources of Energy
VIII	May 19-23, 1975	Dedicated to Herman F. Mark on his 80th birthday, 108 papers, Symposia on Complete Tree Utilization, Biosynthesis and Supramolecular Structure of Cellulose,  Wood Chemicals: A Future Challenge
VII	June 8-11, 1971	Dedicated to Louis E. Wise on his 83 rd birthday, 37 papers,  Symposia on Oxidation and Pyrolysis of cellulose, Structure and Behavior of Cellulose and Wood Fibers, an of Wood, Reactions of Ammonia with Cellulose and Wood, Physical behavior and Structure of Cellulose and Cell Wall Substances, Molecular Organization of Cellulose in the Cell Wall, Cellulose Derivatives.
VI	Oct 12-15, 1968	22 paper, Roundtables on The Structure of the Cellulose Microfibril (Sarko) and Consecutive Synthesis of Polysaccharides (Schuerch)
V	May 6-7, 1965	18 papers, fundamental properties of celluloses, hemicelluloses and lignin
IV	Oct. 18-19, 1962	Dedicated to P.H Hermans, on his 65th birthday, 41 papers, Molecular  Architecture of Wood, Future Trends in Cellulose Research, Contributions from th Friends of P.H. Hermans
III	Oct. 26-28, 1960	33 papers, the first published Cellulose Conference
II	1959
I	Apr. 24, 1958	21 papers

1. Proceedings of the First Cellulose Conference at the Cellulose Research Institute, Syracuse, New York, April 24, 1958. Typescript.
3. J. Polym. Sci. 51 #155 (1961)
4. J. Polym Sci: Part C, Polymer Symp. No. 2 (1963)
5. J. Polym Sci: Part C, Polymer Symp. No.11 (1965)
6. J. Polym Sci: Part C, Polymer Symp. No. 28 (1969)
7. J. Polym Sci: Part C, Polymer Symp. No. 36 (1971)
8. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. Appl Polym. Symp #28(1) 1975 and (2) and (3) (1975)
9. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. Appl Polym. Symp #37(1) and 37(2) (1983)
10. Proceedings of the Tenth Cellulose Conference, J. Wiley: New York, NY (1989)
11. Cellulosics: Chemical, Biochemical and Material Aspects, Ellis Horwood, New York (1993) and Cellulosics:Pulp Fibre and Environmental Aspects, Ellis Horwood, New York (1993)

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