Article February 13, 1971 Issue

An Interview: with a Chemist

with contributions from H. Gladys Swope

H. Gladys Swope is a consulting chemist who tackles the problems of waste management and pollution control. In her work she deals with industrial and radioactive wastes, radiation effects, stream pollution, water reclamation, ion exchange, and decontamination. She is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Water Pollution Control Federation, the American Nuclear Society, and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Her home and laboratory are in Madison, Wisconsin.

Did you have any special intellectual struggles—I mean being a Christian Scientist and a chemist?

I never did, but my Sunday School teacher was afraid I would be lost to Christian Science if I undertook chemistry. Both Christian Science and chemistry are sciences. Both are provable, and that is why Christian Science appeals to me. I don't think I would be a Christian Scientist, if Christian Science were solely a religion. That doesn't mean I wouldn't be interested in God, but I don't think I would be interested in religion—I'm too busy, too interested in chemistry to go to any church just for formal worship.

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