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Obituaries

Obituary: Rita R. Boggs

by Linda Wang
September 21, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 37
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Credit: Courtesy of Barbara Belmont
Rita Boggs

Rita R. Boggs, 81, died on Aug. 10 in Carson, California.

“Rita Boggs was an educator-chemist who mentored young people entering the chemical professions, an entrepreneur-chemist who championed fair employment practices, and a citizen activist who helped her community understand and confront chemical pollution and safety issues. She spoke inconvenient truths to power, and she held everyone’s feet to the fire as she pushed people to do their honest best for the greater good.”—Barbara Belmont, friend and colleague

Most recent title: Founder and CEO, American Research and Testing

Education: BA, chemistry, Notre Dame College, 1959; MS, chemistry, Union College, 1967; PhD, physical chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1973

Survivors: Nieces, Sandy and Caroline; nephews, Wayne, Tom, and Greg

To recognize your late loved one or colleague, submit obituary information at cenm.ag/obits.

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