This paper will describe the life and career of Charles A. Browne Jr., a renowned sugar chemist and a one-time head of the Bureau of Chemistry of the US Department of Agriculture (forerunner of the Food and Drug Administration).  The idea of an ACS Division of the History of Chemistry stemmed from a conversation between Browne and Edgar Fahs Smith when they were taking a break from attending papers at a national ACS meeting held at Northwestern University in the fall of 1920.  Browne also wrote a book entitled “75 Eventful Years: A History of the American Chemical Society.”  This paper will describe the contents of that book, which is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the Society.

Charles Albert Browne, Jr.: Co-founder of the division of the history of chemistry

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