Detail view of a chimesmaster jacket, showing a red pocket embroidered with the words "Cornell University Chimesmaster" and a small rendering of McGraw Tower; the jacket was donated by Paul Lyon ’64 and is on display in the Chimes Museum

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I am pleased to report that I have been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, based upon my work at Dupont in the early 1990s.

Paul Bechly ’80, September / October Class Notes

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