Baby Boomer generation, retirement

While the Baby Boomer generation has the knowledge, the experience and the determination that helped to make this country what it is today, they also have reached the retirement age. This does not mean that they will all be retiring immediately, but it does indicate the potential for a mass exodus of the most knowledgeable workforce we have departing the field over the next 20 years. 

The 1990s were the period of rather massive retirement of the post World War II baby boomers from their positions in academia and industry. How would this generation change impact chemistry Would there be a takeover by Generation X Would it bring in an entirely new set of human and professional values The perhaps surprising answer is that continuity stifled mutation. 

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