About Us

Racemics History and Mission

Racemics is a non-profit and philanthropic organization founded in 1952. The Racemics mission is centered on the pursuit of networking, fellowship, education, and philanthropy. Racemics achieves this mission through monthly meetings and scholarships to college students and other educational institutions, Chemical Education Foundation / CEF, in support of the chemical industry.

Our membership is made up of 25 Sales/Marketing and 25 Purchasing professionals from major US and global chemical manufacturing companies, with business primarily in the greater New York metropolitan area.

The Racemics name comes from the organic chemistry term for equally mixed optical isomers that are also mirror images of each other. Much as a left and right hand are different, but one is the mirror image of the other. The club name reflects the chemistry background and equal representation of sales & purchasing in the membership.

There are monthly meetings throughout the business year. We have closed meetings to conduct Racemics business as well as open meetings with guests. The open meetings include golf outings and meetings with chemical industry speakers. These meetings are open to the member’s guests who are typically co-workers, customers and suppliers.