In 1981, J.C. Light wrote, in an issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry, that it presented papers from a conference that was "merely the latest in a long sequence of ... conferences ... on theoretical chemistry spanning 3 decades ..." followed by a list that began with the Shelter Island conference.[2] In 1996, Parr wrote "The fall of 1951 was an exciting time for quantum chemistry ... the Shelter Island Conference on Quantum-Mechanical Methods in Valence Theory ... was singularly important ... ".[3]
References
^Robert G. Parr and Bryce L. Crawford. National Academy of Sciences Conference on Quantum-Mechanical Methods in Valence Theory, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 38, 547--554, 1952.
^J.C. Light, American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry: Introductory Remarks. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 86, 2111-12, 1982
^R.G. Parr, The Genesis of a Theory, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 37, 327--347, 1996.