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CLARA D. CRAVER, Director, has been active in industrial application of IR for over 45 years. She specialized in spectroscopic methods at Exxon and Battelle Memorial Institute prior to founding Chernir and Polytech laboratories. She is editor of major books on IR Reference Data and on Polymer Characterization. Honors include the ACS Carbide Award, ASTM Award of Merit, D.Sc., and the Williams-Wright Award in Industrial Spectroscopy
NORMAN B. COLTHUP is noted for his lucid and detailed lectures on the theory and interpretation of both infrared and Raman spectroscopy. The Fisk Institute uses Dr. Colthup's outstanding text. His honors include a D.Sc., and the W1lliams-Wright Award in Industrial Spectroscopy.
WILLIAM G. FATELEY, University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University, served as Editor-in-Chief of APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY, 1974- 1994, and on the organization committees of many international conferences on FT -IR and Raman. He was Chairman of PITTCON in 1971. His industrial experience includes Dow Chemical Company and Mellon Institute. His many honors include the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh and Coblentz Society, Inc. Award, and the Hasler Award at PittCom 2001.
CONCETTA PARALUSZ is Manager of Analytical Services at Permacel, a Nitto Denko Company, and Chairman of ASTM Committee E-13.03 on Infrared Spectroscopy. Paralusz is a well-recognized expert on internal reflection procedures and adhesives and polymer characterization. She is a 1983 recipient of the ASTM Award of Merit and a member of the Coblentz Society Board of Managers.
ENRIQUE SILBERMAN, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Director of the Fisk Molecular Spectroscopy Research Laboratory, has published widely in both experimental and theoretical aspects of molecular spectroscopy. He was for many years Professor of Molecular Spectroscopy at the University of Buenos Aires.
STEVEN H. MORGAN, Associate Professor and Chair of the Physics Department at Fisk University, received his Ph.D. in molecular spectroscopy from Vanderbilt University. He was a post doctoral research associate at Fisk before joining the faculty, and has published widely in experimental infrared and Raman spectroscopy.

For more information call Clara Craver, Director (941) 485-0820 or toll-free (877) 884-5383 or email: clacraver@socket.net or esilber@fisk.edu.