Howard Anthony Neidig Chemical Bond Approach collection

Collection

Identifier: 2006-061

Staff Only

Scope and Content

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1051094~S6

The collection deals which the creation and aims of the CBA Program and, in particular, with the evolution of the laboratory program and its Laboratory Development Center.

Dates

Creation: 1940-1995
Creation: Majority of material found within 1958-1965

Creator

Neidig, H. A. (Howard A.) (Person)
Strong, Laurence E. (Person)

Language of Materials

Text in English.

Biographical sketch

Howard Anthony (Tony) Neidig was born in Lemoyne, PA on January 25, 1924. He attended Lebanon Valley College, where he later taught, and the University of Delaware, from which he received his Ph. D. He was active in the affairs of both the American Institute of Chemists [AIC] and the American Chemical Society, especially its Division of Chemical Education. He was the director of the laboratory program for the Chemical Bond Approach and received awards from both the Manufacturing Chemists' Association and the American Chemical Society. Howard Anthony Neidig died on January 19, 2008.

Extent

1.8 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement

Organized into 3 series. Series 1. About the CBA Program, 1958-1965; Series 2. Content Specific Files, 1960-1964, undated; Series 3. Audio visual materials.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Henry Neidig. Method of acquisition--gift;; Date of acquisition--2006..

General Note

This is a small collection of material relating to Chemical Bond Approach Program, an NSF-funded initiative to raise the level of high school chemistry curricula in the U.S. Photographs and slides have been removed and transferred to the CHF Image Archives.