AM-96-21 REFINING OUR IMAGE

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With neither fancy gimmicks nor special effects, I want to take you to the year 2000. In just four short years, society has done an about face. Adults from the corner barber shop to Madison Avenue have you in their thoughts on a daily basis, possessed as they now are with sophisticated knowledge of how much your contributions positively impact their lives. Children see in you the role model they aspire to, while college students are beating down your door with requests that you be their mentor. If you think I'm talking about a famous athlete or the latest rock star or the President of the United States and her husband, think aqain--you're a chemical engineer. And while this scenario has a ways to go before becoming a reality, there are movements already afoot that are progressing toward the realization of this vision.