C. MARVIN LANG
Professor of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI

C. Marvin Lang is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Elmhurst College (1961), a Master of Science in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin - Madison (1964) and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of Wyoming - Laramie (1970).

Dr. Lang has been on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point since 1964 where he is currently Professor of Chemistry. During the academic year 1976-77 he was W B. King Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Iowa State University. As part of his faculty position, he has served on numerous college and university committees including the UWSP Academy of Letters and Science. He was the recipient of the Academy's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1993 and recently named the 2001 Eugene Katz L&S Distinguished Faculty Member.

Dr. Lang has long been active in the affairs of the American Chemical Society at the local, regional, and national level including six years service as an elected member of its Board of Directors (19891-94). He currently is in his 18^th year as Councilor (1972-1988, 1997-99) representing the membership of the Central Wisconsin Section to the ACS Council. In 1994 the Western Connecticut Section, ACS, named him to the Visiting Scientist Award in chemical education. He was named recipient of the 1997 ACS national Helen M. Free Award in Public Outreach for his long-time efforts of interpreting science to the public and in 1999 was elected "Honorary Foreign Corresponding Member" of the Finnish Chemical Society. Dr. Lang has also served on the Board of Directors of the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1991-97) and the Advisory Board of the Vesterheim Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library (1988-present) in Madison, Wisconsin.

It has been one of Dr. Lang's special interests to present the science of chemistry to the public-at-large. Through chemical demonstrations and science workshops, he has presented the allure of visual reactions to the classroom of colleges, high schools, grade schools, to civic groups and senior citizen centers as well. In addition, he has made invited presentations at:

Ira Joe Fisher TV Show, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 1986, November 1987); U.S. Chemical Educator Exchange to the Soviet Union (July 1989); Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois (1990); Newton's Apple TV Show, Minneapolis, Minnesota (January 1992); "Congressional Visits Day," U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC (April 1993); Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, Hawaii (January 1992, January 1996, January 2000); Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History (April 1994); Disney Land, Anaheim, California (March 1995); Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center, Orlando, Florida (Aug 1996, Mar 1997 & 1998); Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio (July 1996); Universities and Science Centers in Finland (June 1995, June 1997 & June 1999); 1998 Pittsburgh Conference (PittCon '98), New Orleans, LA (March 1998); Gordon Research Conference: Science Education - Europe, Oxford University, UK (September 1998).

Dr. Lang's research interests include application of electron spin resonance spectroscopy to the study of macromolecular aspects of fluids, semi-empirical molecular orbital calculations, chemical demonstrations, and chemistry as portrayed on postage stamps. The latter topic has resulted in development of a presentation entitled CHEMICAL PHILATELY: A Perforated History of Chemistry that has been given to numerous audiences across the United States.