Acknowledgment

• Carolyn Merritt served a full five-year term, Aug. 2002 – Aug. 2007, as the first Chairperson of the United States Chemical Safety Board.

• Carolyn Merritt died in St. Louis, Missouri on August 29, 2008 following a lengthy battle with metastatic breast cancer.

• Carolyn Merritt is survived by her husband, family, many friends and admirers.