MARIA
SKLODOWSKA CURIE
The following
is the text of a plaque which is mounted (see link to unveiling by Cardinal Wojtyla, who became Pope John Paul II) on the front of Allen Hall,
IN COMMEMORATION OF MARIA
SKLODOWSKA CURIE
A
POLISH SCIENTIST
DISCOVERER
OF RADIUM AND POLONIUM
CONFERRED DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS
BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ON MAY 26TH, 1921
INSPECTED FACILITIES OF STANDARD CHEMICAL COMPANY
AT CANONSBURG AND PITTSBURGH WHERE WERE PRODUCED
76 OF THE 120 GRAMS OF RADIUM IN THE WORLD
INCLUDING THE GRAM DONATED TO HER BY THE WOMEN OF AMERICA AND
PRESENTED AT THE WHITE HOUSE BY PRESIDENT HARDING
THIS RADIUM WAS EXTRACTED BY A PROCESS INVENTED AND
SUPERVISED BY GLENN DONALD KAMMER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
ERECTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF MME. CURIE'S BIRTH IN WARSAW, f,
1867
PROPOSED BY THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE OF CENTRAL COUNCIL OF POLISH
ORGANIZATIONS OF PITTSBURGH
NOTE:
Canonsburg is a suburb about twenty miles southwest of
Links to other information on Madame Curie
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Biographical Information:
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National
< http://www.nist.gov/pml/general/curie/index.cfm
>
Re: Standard
Chemical Company:
< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chemical_Company
>