Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Scientists: world record set by VWR
RADNOR, PA, USA -- During the Supplier Awards event at its annual American Sales Conference in Orlando, Florida, a total of 1,139 employees and suppliers of VWR (acquired by Avantor in 2017) participated by sporting a white lab coat, goggles and gloves while holding various scientific items, thus setting the new world record for the Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Scientists, according to the World Record Academy. Photo: VWR, part of Avantor, employees set Largest gathering of people dressed as scientists title at Americas Sales Conference in Orlando, Florida. Photo: VWR (enlarge photo)
During the Supplier Awards event at its annual American Sales Conference in Orlando, Florida, a total of 1,139 employees and suppliers participated by sporting a white lab coat, goggles and gloves while holding various scientific items.
VWR needed to exceed the previous record of 893 participants set in August 2017. (enlarge photo)
The GUINNESS WORLD RECORD (TM) for the The largest gathering of people dressed as scientists is 893, and was achieved by USANA Health Sciences (USA) in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, on 16 August 2017.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (TM) also recognized the world record for most people dressed as Smurfs; it is 2,510 and was achieved by Jokers' Masquerade with the help of Swansea University at Swansea Oceana in Swansea, UK, on 8th June 2009.
"We are always looking for engaging ways to promote science with our employees and what better way than partnering with our suppliers to set a WORLD RECORD title," said Mark McLoughlin, EVP, Americas for VWR, part of Avantor.
"We would like to thank everyone who participated in helping us to set the new title of Largest gathering of people dressed as scientists while bringing attention to the important field of science."
