Signature Mugs

	Dr. L. O. (Tom) Morgan, Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas at Austin. Worked under Dr. Glen Seaborg as a graduate student as americium (Am) was synthesized in Chicago in 1944. This mug was distributed at the 1997 ACT₂ -Welch Biennial Conference at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio.
	Dr. Glenn Seaborg. The Seaborg mug was distributed at the 1997 ACT₂ luncheon at CAST in Ft. Worth. To learn more about Dr. Seaborg and his accomplishments, check out these links: The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
	Dr. Richard Smalley: 1996 Nobel laureate for the discovery of buckminster fullerenes (bucky balls). The Smalley mug was distributed on High School Day at the 1998 ACS National Convention in Dallas. To learn more about Dr. Smalley and his work, check out this link (other links are available on this particular page): The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
	Dr. Robert Curl: 1996 Nobel laureate for the discovery of buckminster fullerenes (bucky balls). The Curl mug was distributed at the Division of Chemical Education dinner at the 1998 ACS National Convention in Dallas and at the ACT₂ luncheon at CAST in Corpus Christi . To learn more about Dr. Curl and his work, check out this link (other links are available on this particular page): The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
	Antoine Lavoisier: aka the "Father of Chemistry" who was beheaded in 1794. The Discovery Channel recently had a program featuring the guillotine. As his last experiment, Lavoisier had a friend count the number of times he blinked after his head was separated from his body. Lavoisier blinked 13 to 14 times. Kathleen Holley checked with Lavoisier's Friends site in France for ACT₂. Jean-Pierre Poirier told Kathleen that: none of the witnesses ever said such a stupid story; Lavoisier had never been interested in muscle physiology and that he did not see what could be the meaning of such an experiment and that Lavoisier had more sophisticated goals; and that 28 farmers general were executed in 30 minutes and none of them had an opportunity for such a scientific contribution! The Lavoisier mug was distributed at 1999 ACT₂ -Welch Biennial Conference at West Texas A & M University in Canyon. Additional information about Lavoisier can be found at The Catholic Encyclopedia. Check out Kathleen's biography of Lavoisier in Volume 3, pp. 842-843, of the MacMillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry.
	The Davy mug was distributed at the 2000 CAST conference at Texas A & M University.
	Dimitri Mendeleev: creator of the original periodic table. Russian chemist born at Tobolsk, Siberia. He studied science at St. Petersburg and graduated in 1856. Mendeleev is best known for his work on the periodic table; arranging the 63 known elements into a Periodic Table based on Atomic Mass, which he published in Principles of Chemistry in 1869. He predicted the existence and properties of new elements and pointed out accepted atomic weights that were in error. [Excerpt from Who was Dmitri Mendeleev?] The Mendeleev mug was distributed at the 2001 ACT₂-Welch Biennial Conference at Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. The mug was also distributed at the 2003 CAST conference.
	Joseph Priestley: The Spartacus Educational website publishes biographical information about Priestley. The Priestley mug was distributed at the 2001 CAST Conference.
	Albert Ghiorso: The Ghiorso mug was distributed at the 2002 CAST conference in El Paso. A biography from the preface for the textbook about the development of the transuranium elements.
	*Gregory Choppin:* The Choppin mug was distributed at the 2003 Biennial Conference in Galveston.
	Amedeo Avogadro: The Avogadro mug was distributed at the 2003 CAST conference. Web sites providing information about Avogadro include: http://www.bulldog.u-net.com/avogadro/avoga.html http://www.avogadro.co.uk/
	John Dalton: The Dalton mug was distributed at the 2004 CAST Conference.
	Marie Curie: The Curie mug was distributed at the 2005 ACT2 Biennial Conference in Denton. Web sites providing information about Curie include: http://www.aip.org/history/curie/ http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1903/marie-curie-bio.html http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/sci/msc.htm

	Albert Einstein: The Einstein mug was distributed at the CAST 2005 Conference in Houston. Einstein Archives Online American Museum of Natural History NOVA Einstein's Big Idea http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html
	Emilio Segrè: The Segrè mug was distributed at the CAST 2006 luncheon. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1959/segre-bio.html http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Segre.shtml http://www.aip.org/history/historymatters/emilio.htm http://www.lanl.gov/history/atomicbomb/segre.shtml
	Carl Wilhelm Scheele: The Scheele mug was distributed at the 2007 CAST Conference. Web sites providing information about Scheele include: http://www.carl-wilhelm-scheele.com/ http://www.euchems.org/Distinguished/18thCentury/scheele.asp http://www.chem.yale.edu/~chem125/125/history99/2Pre1800/Scheele/Scheele.html
	William Thomson (Lord Kelvin): The Kelvin mug was distributed at the 2008 Biennial Conference in Tyler, Texas. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Kelvin.html http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Thomson.html http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/16484 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/kelvin_lord.shtml
	Ernest Rutherford The Rutherford mug was distributed at Cast 2010. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1908/rutherford-bio.html http://www.chemistry.co.nz/ernest_rutherford.htm http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Ru-Sp/Rutherford-Ernest.html http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/chemistry-in-history/themes/atomic-and-nuclear-structure/rutherford.aspx
	The ACT₂ mug collection as of November 2010.

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Dr. Glenn Seaborg. The Seaborg mug was distributed at the 1997 ACT2 luncheon at CAST in Ft. Worth. To learn more about Dr. Seaborg and his accomplishments, check out these links:

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

The Davy mug was distributed at the 2000 CAST conference at Texas A & M University.

The Mendeleev mug was distributed at the 2001 ACT2-Welch Biennial Conference at Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. The mug was also distributed at the 2003 CAST conference.

Joseph Priestley: The Spartacus Educational website publishes biographical information about Priestley.

The Priestley mug was distributed at the 2001 CAST Conference.

Albert Ghiorso:

The Ghiorso mug was distributed at the 2002 CAST conference in El Paso.

A biography from the preface for the textbook about the development of the transuranium elements.

Gregory Choppin:

The Choppin mug was distributed at the 2003 Biennial Conference in Galveston.

Amedeo Avogadro:

The Dalton mug was distributed at the 2004 CAST Conference.

Marie Curie:

The Curie mug was distributed at the 2005 ACT2 Biennial Conference in Denton. Web sites providing information about Curie include:

Albert Einstein: The Einstein mug was distributed at the CAST 2005 Conference in Houston.

Emilio Segrè: The Segrè mug was distributed at the CAST 2006 luncheon.

Carl Wilhelm Scheele: The Scheele mug was distributed at the 2007 CAST Conference. Web sites providing information about Scheele include:

Dr. Glenn Seaborg. The Seaborg mug was distributed at the 1997 ACT₂ luncheon at CAST in Ft. Worth. To learn more about Dr. Seaborg and his accomplishments, check out these links:

The Mendeleev mug was distributed at the 2001 ACT₂-Welch Biennial Conference at Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. The mug was also distributed at the 2003 CAST conference.