A Brief History of the Southeastern Theoretical Chemistry Association

The Southeastern Theoretical Chemistry Association (SETCA) is a loose organization of theoretical and computational chemists from across the Southeastern United States. Since its inception in 1970 by Prof. Bruno Linder of Florida State University, its primary function has been an annual conference to give faculty, students, and postdoctoral associates an opportunity to present their most recent research results. In its first few years, Prof. Linder hosted the conference at Florida State University and limited participation to scientists from Florida, Louisiana, and Georgia. According to Prof. Linder,

``I think that I may have gotten the idea of a SETCA organization in Sanibel (the real Sanibel) in 1969. I spoke to Yngve Öhrn, Bill Rhodes and others and all were enthusiastic about the idea. The idea was to form a group from faculty at Universities that are within driving distance from each other. A faculty member can load up his (her) car with graduate students and postdocs and drive down to the meeting place at an absolute minimum [cost].''

Since its auspicious beginning, SETCA participation has gradually extended to include essentially all of the Southeastern states, and the honor of hosting the event has been passed to more than a dozen major Universities.

The known locations and organizers of past, present, and future meetings of SETCA are given below. We welcome any additional information from early participants that might help us to complete this history of the Association.

Year	Location	Organizer(s)
2008	University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL	David Dixon
2007	Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA	Daniel Crawford, Diego Troya, Edward Valeev
2006	Emory University, Atlanta, GA	James Kindt
2005	University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN	Robert Hinde, Robert Harrison
2004	University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS	Greg Tschumper
2003	Clemson University, Clemson, SC	Steve Stuart, Grant Goodyear
2002	Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA	Rig Hernandez, David Sherrill, Edward Valeev
2001	Auburn University, Auburn, AL	Mike McKee
2000	University of Georgia, Athens, GA	Fritz Schaefer
1999	University of Memphis, Memphis, TN	Henry Kurtz, Tom Cundari
1998	Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL	Bruno Linder
1997	University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL	Tracy Hamilton
1996	Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL	Bruno Linder
1995	Loyola University, New Orleans, LA	?
1994	Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN	Larry Shaad, B. Andes Hess
1993	North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC	Jerry Whitten, Hong Yee
1992	University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL	Jim Baird
1991	Clemson University, Clemson, SC	Adolph Beyerlein
1990	Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL	Bruno Linder
1989	Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN	Larry Shaad, B. Andes Hess
1988	Emory University, Atlanta, GA	Joel Bowman
1987	Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL	Bruno Linder
1986	Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL	Bruno Linder
1985	?	?
1984	?	?
1983	?	?
1982	University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL	Brian O'Leary
1981	Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA	Raymond Borkman
1980	University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL	Burke Ritchie
1979	Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL	Bruno Linder
1978	University of Georgia, Athens, GA	George Handler
1977	University of Florida, Gainesville, FL	Yngve Öhrn
1976	University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL	Lowell D. Kispert
1970-75	Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL	Bruno Linder