Adrienne W. Kozlowski, Department of Chemistry, Central Connecticut State University, 194 Blake Road, New Britain, CT 06050, Fax: 860-832-2704

Generations of chemistry students and instructors have been influenced by M. G. Mellon¹s work. Professor Mellon was a pioneering author in establishing the field of chemical literature and in the instruction of students in its use. In 1925, just six years after joining the Purdue chemistry department as an analytical chemist, he published his first book on chemical publications. He had a remarkable record of keeping the book up to date, publishing the final edition just eleven years before his death in 1993 at the age of 100. The presentation will include some constants and some evolutions through the successive editions as well as some examples of how his expertise in chemical information was integrated with his interests in chemical education and analytical chemistry.