Symposium on the History of Antibiotics, April

The Symposium was held during the joint meeting of the American Chemical Society (Division of History of Chemistry and the Division of Medicinal Chemistry) and the Chemical Society of Japan, Honolulu, 1-6 April. The organiser was J. Parascandola.

Chain gave the Keynote Lecture, 'A Short History of the Penicillin Discovery from Fleming's Original Observation to the Present State', and the Proceedings were published.

Chain's travel expenses were paid by Beecham.