SAVE THE DATE - JULY 13, 2018
ADVANCE ANNOUCEMENT
SPECIAL MEETING, 3:00 PM JULY 13, 2018
ALLEN HALL – Room 321
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
This special meeting will commemorate the early radium industry in Pittsburgh, the Standard Chemical Company (SCC) who produced most of the radium in the early 20th century, the Flannery brothers who started SCC, and the 1921 visit to this firm by Marie Curie. The meeting will also mark the official unveiling of a related historical marker.
Preliminary Agenda
Welcome Michael Sheetz, University of Pittsburgh
Radium in Pennsylvania David J. Allard, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
A Tale of Two Historical Markers – A History of Joel O. Lubenau
The Standard Chemical Company Health Physics Society
The Pennsylvania Historical Marker Program Andrew Masich, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Remarks by the Flannery Family Sarah Flannery Hardon
Closing Remarks Michael Sheetz
Location and Address
ALLEN HALL – Room 321
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH