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PHILADELPHIA, PA—1 January 2008—Beginning today Thomas R. Tritton is president and CEO of the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF). He will be the second president of CHF, succeeding Arnold Thackray, who founded the organization in Philadelphia 25 years ago. Thackray will continue with CHF in the new role of chancellor. Tritton served as 12th president of Haverford College from 1997 to 2007 and just completed a semester as President in Residence of Harvard University.
"I am enormously excited to be returning to my roots as a scientist," says Tritton. "My life has been devoted to education and the CHF position offers a new way to continue that calling in directions that are both original and challenging."
Tritton's excitement about assuming the presidency of CHF is evidenced in his words. "CHF's world-class scientific collections and holdings provide an outstanding resource for scholars and a natural linkage to both the humanities and to the social sciences. In addition, the work on science education, outreach, and public policy offers distinctive contributions to contemporary questions and societal needs."
About the Chemical Heritage Foundation
The Chemical Heritage Foundation serves the community of the chemical and molecular sciences, and the wider public, by treasuring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future. CHF maintains a world-class collection of materials that document the history and heritage of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries; encourages research in its collections; and carries out a program of outreach and interpretation in order to advance an understanding of the role of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries in shaping society.
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