The organizers are grateful for generous support from a number of sources:
   
Air Force Office of Scientific Research  
Department of Energy  
Montana State University  
Clark-MXR, Inc.  
Coherent, Inc.  
Continuum, Inc.  
Del Mar Photonics, Inc.  
American Chemical Society Journals  
Journal of Physical Chemistry  
Royal Society of Chemistry - Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics  
Opotek, Inc.  
Syagen, Inc.  
   
Acknowledgment is made to the donors of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, for partial support of this symposium.