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SCIENCE ON THE HILL: CHEMISTS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THECONGRESSBy Kevin Olsen

At the time that this issue of The Indicator goes to press, the November election for the 110thcongress will still be several weeks away. By all accounts this is going to be a major politicalevent with all 435 of the house seats contested and 33 of the 100 Senate seats contested.

For chemists there is much at stake in the election. Congress not determines the levels of fund-ing for research but sets the overall direction of science policies whether we like it or not. Thesize of the regulatory umbrella over the pharmaceutical, energy, agricultural, food, and environ-mental industries is also at issue.

Contrary to popular mythology, the congress is not comprised primarily of lawyers, over time theproportion of lawyers averages around 45%. According to Johns Hopkins University, the otherlarge groups represented are, business 13.6 %, public service 9.9%, and education 7.4%.Physicians were tied for ninth place, behind professionals from military, banking/insurance, andmedia or entertainment backgrounds. There are less than half a dozen economists in the con-gress.

This might be a good time to pause and examine the careers of some of the chemists who havebeen elected to congress. Most of the chemists have either been educators or came from themanagement side of chemical enterprises. Chemists elected to the highest political offices aresomewhat rare. The notable exception to this trend is Margaret Thatcher who served as aConservative member of the British Parliament and later rose to Prime Minister. There has yetto be a comparable American scientist turned politician although President Herbert Hoover wasa mining engineer and Ulysses S. Grant once expressed an interest in becoming a mathemat-ics professor. Dwight Eisenhower took several engineering and sciences classes while at WestPoint but never declared a formal major.

A partial list of chemists who have served in the congress follows. Until quite recently most ofthe chemists have served comparatively short terms. Some of them have earned law degreesin addition to their scientific training and just about ever person on this list has served on com-mittees or commissions whose purpose is not specifically scientific.

Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764 - 1831) Democratic Republican, Representative from NewYork 1801-04 & 1810- 13. US Senator 1804-09.

Mitchill is the only person on this list to have served in both the House of Representatives andthe Senate. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island but traveled abroad for his education. Atthe University of Edinburgh, Scotland, he pursued classical studies and studied medicine. Hegraduated in 1786, returned to the United States, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. In1788 Mitchill served on a commission to purchase the lands of the Iroquois Indians in westernNew York. He went on to serve as a member of the State Assembly.

From 1798 to 1801 he was professor of chemistry, botany, and natural history in ColumbiaCollege. He was one of the founders of the State Society for the Promotion of Agriculture andeditor of the New York Medical Repository.

Mitchill served in the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Congresses from 1801 to 1804. He then servedin the Senate from 1804 to1809, returning to the House in the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses.(1810 13)

Mitchill continued to pursue both medicine and natural sciences after leaving congress. He wassurgeon general of the State militia, founder and president of the Lyceum of Natural History ofNew York City, and professor of chemistry and natural history in the New York College ofPhysicians and Surgeons from1808 to1820. He taught botany and pharmacology from 1820 to1826. He was one of the founders and vice president of Rutgers Medical School.

Nathaniel Peter Hill, (1832-1900), Republican, US Senator from Colorado, 1879-1885.

Hill was born in Orange County, New York. He graduated from Brown University in Providence,R.I., in 1856. He remained at Brown from 1856 to 1864 first as an instructor and later as a pro-fessor of chemistry.

Hill traveled to Colorado in the spring of 1865 to investigate mineral resources and then went to

NEW YORK SECTIONFriday, November 3, 2006Hudson-Bergen Chemical SocietySee page 15.

Thursday, November 16, 2006Chemical Marketing & Economics GroupSee page 15.

Friday, November 17, 2006High School Teachers Topical GroupSee page 15.

Thursday, November 30, 2006Alternative Energy ConferenceSee page 16.

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Thursday, November 2, 2006Careers in TransitionSee page 8.

Wednesday, November 8, 2006Mass Spectrometry Discussion GroupSee page 8.

Monday, November 13, 2006Chromatograpy GroupSee page 9.

Monday, November 13, 2006Teacher Affiliates Executive CommitteeSee page 9.

Thursday, November 16, 2006NoJ Group of Small Chemical BusinessesSee page 10.

Thursday, November 16, 2006Chromatograpy Group at EASSee page 10.

Friday, November 17, 2006Organic Topical Group See page 11.

Monday, November 27, 2006NoJ Executive CommitteeSee page 8.

Thursday, November 30, 20062006 Cecil L. Brown LectureSee page 12.


November Calendar

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McCormack's freshman term was notable as he was the only house member with a degree inScience. He soon was recognized as an expert on energy matters. He was a member of theHouse Science and Technology Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on EnergyResearch and Production. McCormack was involved in legislation that encompassed solar ener-gy, electric cars, and fusion power. McCormack was also involved in the unsuccessful attemptto pass legislation converting the United States to the Metric system.

He lost his seat in the 1980 "Reagan landslide" but remained active in Washington DC. He wasa member of the Space Telescope Institute Council.

Returning to Washington State, McCormack founded the Institute for Science and Society,which promotes Science Literacy among K-12 teachers.

Robert James Huber (1922-2001) Republican. U.S. Representative from Michigan 18thDistrict, 1973-75.

Huber attended the University of Detroit from 1935 to 1937 but graduated from Culver MilitaryAcademy in 1939 with a B.S. degree. He went on to Yale University's Sheffield Scientific Schoolbefore serving in the Army from 1943 to 1946.

Huber was mayor of Troy, Michigan from 1959 to 1964. He was also a member of the state sen-ate and candidate for US Senate. Huber was president of Michigan Chrome and Chemical Inc.

John W. Olver (1936- ) Democrat. US Representative from Massachusetts 1st District,1991-.

Olver was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, in 1936. He grew up on a farm with his brother andsister. He earned his B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his M.A. from Tufts University,and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Olver was a chemistry professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His researchareas were analytical and electrochemistry. In 1969 he was elected to the Massachusetts StateHouse. He served in the state senate from 1973 to 1991. In June of that year he was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives to complete the term of the late Rep. Silvio O. Conte.

He is currently serving on the House Appropriations Committee and the Appropriation's sub-committee on Transportation. In 2005 he was named to the Environment and Related AgenciesAppropriations Subcommittee.

Ed Lopez Pastor (1943- ) Democrat. US Representative from Arizona 4th District, 1991- .

Like Olver, Pastor is a former educator. He was born in the mining community of Claypool in GilaCounty, Arizona. Pastor received a scholarship to attend Arizona State University where in1966, he earned a B.A. degree in chemistry. He became a high school chemistry teacher atNorth High School in Phoenix.

Pastor left teaching in 1969 for a career in public service. He was the deputy director forGuadalupe Organization which seeks to improve education for the Indo-Latino youth ofGuadalupe, Arizona. From there he served an internship at the Council for Better and EqualBusiness Opportunities in Washington, D.C..

Pastor returned to Arizona State University to study law and was awarded J.D. in 1974. Pastorwas hired as an aide by Arizona's first Hispanic Governor, Raúl Castro. In 1976 he was electedto the first of three terms on Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. In 1991 he ran for thevacant seat caused by the resignation of Representative Morris K. Udall.

Pastor has served on the Appropriations subcommittees for Agriculture, Rural Development,Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies as well as Energy and WaterDevelopment. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus elected Pastor as its Chairman during the104th Congress. He is currently on the Agriculture Committee, and on the Committee on HouseOversight.

The author wishes to thank Mary Baumann of the U.S. Senate Historical Office for her help withthis article. There are a number of excellent web resources about the US Congress includingthe House and Senate web sites. Another excellent resource for political biographies of all ranksand parties is the Political Graveyard. However the researcher is cautioned that only deceasedpersons are listed on the site.

http://politicalgraveyard.com


Europe to study metallurgy in Swansea, Wales, and Freiberg, Saxony. He returned to the UnitedStates equipped with a new method of smelting gold ore.

Hill took up residence in Black Hawk, Colorado in 1867, While there he was the manager of theBoston & Colorado Smelting Company and was elected mayor in 1871. He was a member ofthe Territorial Council from 1872 to 1873.

In 1873 Hill moved to Denver where he was engaged in smelting as well as the real estate busi-ness. He also was owner and publisher of the Denver Republican.

Hill’s election to the senate cane in 1879 and he served until 1885. He chaired the Committeeon Mines and Mining as well as the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. After leaving thesenate he was an United States delegate to the International Monetary Commission in 1891.

Hill died in Denver in May of 1900 and is interred in Fairmount Cemetery.

Edwin Freemont Ladd (1859-1925) Republican, US Senator from North Dakota, 1921-25.

Ladd spent the first part of his life in Maine and graduated from the University of Maine at Oronoin 1884. His chemical career was spent entirely in education and as a government agriculturalchemist. He began his career at the New York State Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y. and laterwas chief chemist of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.

Ladd was the dean of the school of chemistry and pharmacy and professor of chemistry at theNorth Dakota Agricultural College. He was serving as President of the college at the time of hiselection to the Senate.

From 1899-1904 Ladd was the administrator of the North Dakotas pure-food laws. While in thesenate he chaired the Committee on Public Roads and Surveys. Ladd died while in office andwas interred in Washington DC’s Glenwood Cemetery.

Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) Republican, US Senator from New Jersey, 1943-1949.

A native of Chicago, Hawkes studied chemistry at Lewis Institute (now the Illinois Institute ofTechnology) for two years. He graduated from Chicago College of Law in 1900.

Hawkes was active in the chemical industry. During the First World War he served as director ofthe Chemical Alliance in Washington. In 1927 he became president of a floor covering compa-ny, Congoleum-Nairn, Inc. of Kearny, N.J.. He rose to chairman of the board in 1937. From 1941to 1942 Hawkes was the president and director of the Chamber of Commerce of the UnitedStates.

During the years 1941-42 Hawkes also served on the Newark Labor Board, the Board toMaintain Industrial Peace in New Jersey, and the National War Labor Board. He was elected tothe Senate in 1942 but did not seek renomination at the end of his term.

Hawkes was a prominent conservative scholar and the author of Who Can PreserveRepresentative Democracy? (1939), Congress and the Patent System (1944), and The Role ofthe United States in Economic Affairs (1947).

C.G. Mike McCormack (1921- ) Democrat, US Representative from Washington State, 4thdistrict, 1971-1980.

Of all the persons on this list, McCormack has maintained the closest ties to chemistry. He wasthe 1999 recipient of the Charles Lathrop Parsons Award that recognizes "outstanding publicservice by a member of the American Chemical Society".

He was born in Basil, Ohio, and in 1939 enrolled in the University of Toledo. He entered the mil-itary in 1943, attended Officer Candidate School, and was commissioned as second lieutenant,parachute infantry, United States Army. After serving in occupied Germany until 1946, he attend-ed Washington State College where he received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees inPhysical Chemistry. After a brief time at the University of Puget Sound, McCormack spent twen-ty years as a research chemist with the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford, Washington.

In 1956 McCormack elected for the first of two terms in the Washington State House ofRepresentatives.This was followed by three terms in the State Senate. His election to the Houseof Representatives came in 1970.

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NORTH JERSEYCHROMATOGRAPHY GROUPMonolithic Columns – Past, Present, andFuture

Speaker: Dr. Frantisek SvecDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of California, and Molecular Foundry

Are Modern C18 HPLC ColumnsBecoming Identical?

Speaker: Dr. Richard HenryConsultant, Founder ofKeystone Scientific, Inc.

Date: Monday, November 13, 2006Times: Social 5:30 PM

Dinner 6:30 PMSeminar 7:30 PM

Place: Somerset Marriott Hotel 110 Davidson Avenue Somerset, NJ

Cost: $35 for Dinner ($20.00 for Students) Open seating for thosenot attending the dinner

Reservations: Please reserve by Monday,November 6, 2006. Pre-registration isrequired.

To register online, go to www.njacs.org,click on chromatography.

Or phone: David Kohler, ES Industries, 856-753-8400

[TEACHER AFFILIATESExecutive Committee Meeting

Date: Monday, November 13, 2006Time: 4:30 PMPlace: Chatham High School

255 Lafayette AvenueChatham, NJ

Contact: Diane Krone at 201-385-4810 [email protected]

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North Jersey Meetingshttp://www.njacs.orgNORTH JERSEY EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE MEETINGSection officers, councilors, committeechairs, topical group chairs, and sectionevent organizers meet regularly at theExecutive Committee Meeting to discusstopics of importance to running the sectionand representing the membership. All ACSmembers are welcome to attend this meet-ing and to become more involved in sectionactivities.

Date: Monday, November 27, 2006Time: 6:00 PM (new time)Place: Fairleigh Dickinson University

College at FlorhamHartman Lounge, the MansionMadison, NJ

Cost: $5.00 - pizza dinner

Directions: can be found atview.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=238

Reservations: call 732-463-7271 or [email protected] prior to Wednesday,November 22, 2006.

Dinner at the Section Meeting is payableat the door. However, if you are not ableto attend and did not cancel your reser-vation, you are responsible for the priceof your dinner.

fCAREERS IN TRANSITION GROUPJob Hunting??

Are you aware that the North Jersey Sectionholds monthly meetings at FairleighDickinson University in Madison to helpACS members? Topics covered at thesescost-free workshops are:

• The latest techniques in resume prepara-tion

• Ways for improving a resume

• Answers to frequently asked interviewquestion and

• Conducting an effective job searching.

The next meeting for the Careers InTransition Group will be held Thursday,November 2, 2006, in the Rice Lounge onthe first floor of the New Academic Building.The meeting will start at 5:30 PM and end at9:00. There will be a Dutch-treat dinner. Toget the most from the meeting, be sure tobring transparencies of your resume.

Please contact [email protected], if youplan on attending this meeting.

FMASS SPECTROMETRYDISCUSSION GROUPDr. Guodong ChenSchering-Plough Research InstituteNJ ACS MSDG Early Career Awardee

Professor Brian T. ChaitRockefeller UniversityNJ ACS MSDG Distinguished Contributionin MS Awardee

Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2006Times: Social Hour 5:00 - 6:00 PM

Dinner 6:00 - 7:00 PMNJACS-MSDG Announcements

and Technical Presentations7:00 - 9:00 PM

Place: Somerset Marriott110 Davidson AvenueSomerset, NJ

Please register on-line atwww.njacs.org/ms. No admission charge.

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NORTH JERSEY GROUP OFSMALL CHEMICAL BUSINESSESChemStewards Program, AnEnvironmental, Health, Safety, andSecurity Initiative (EHS&S)

Speaker: Joseph AckerPresidentSynthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA)Washington, D.C.

In 2004 SOCMA assembled a task force ofmembers to assess the unique needs of theentire membership in the development of acomprehensive Performance ImprovementProgram strategy. The membership statedthat they want an EHS&S program that pro-vides maximum flexibility and fit-for-purposeutility. The members also stated that theywanted a program that was applicable,appropriate to the size, complexity anddiversity of the individual member opera-tions. Based on the work of the task force,and approved by the Board of Governors, adecision was made by SOCMA to developits own performance improvement programthat better meets the needs of the membersand smaller chemical companies.

Here is your chance to get from Joe Acker awell-timed overview of the ChemStewardsprogram and how it has emerged since itsintroduction. During this presentation, youwill learn how a flexible EHS&S manage-ment system like ChemStewards programcan benefit small chemical manufacturers.In particular, you will hear comments on thecore principles of the ChemStewards pro-gram that are common to all three tiers ofparticipation and focus on performanceimprovement. These core principles arestakeholder communications, product stew-ardship, EHS considerations in operatingand planning, employee training and aware-ness, and sustainability.

Joseph Acker was appointed president ofSOCMA in March 2003. He previouslyserved as president and CEO of DanChemTechnologies and president of HicksonDanChem Corporation in Virginia. He is theimmediate past chairman of SOCMA’sBoard of Governors and served as its trea-surer and vice chairman. He is a member ofvarious professional associations andserves on numerous civic boards.

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006 Times: Networking, Open Bar 5:30 PM

Dinner, Attendee Introductions 6:30 PM

Presentation 7:15 PM

Q&A, Networking, Dessert 8:00 PMPlace: Holiday Inn, North

Frontage Rd.Newark, NJOn north side of Newark Airport

Registration: Advance Registration isrequired. Reserve electronically at our website: http://NJChemBus.org.

Reserve by: November 13, 2006. Pleasereserve early.

Cancellation Policy: Please cancel 48 hoursbefore the meeting, or be invoiced.

Check payable to, and Mail Payment to: NJGroup of Small Chemical Businesses, P.O.Box 423, Summit, NJ 07902.

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NORTH JERSEYCHROMATOGRAPHY GROUPPlease, visit North Jersey ChromatographyGroup session at EAS 2006:

Tackling Difficult HPLC Problems withAlternative Detectors

Dr. Anne KellyBristol-Myers Squibb“Applications of Charged Aerosol Detectionin Pharmaceutical Development”

Dr. Peter TattersallBristol-Myers Squibb“The Application of HPLC ChemiluminesceNitrogen Detector in PharmaceuticalAnalysis”

Dr. Ehab IbrahimSandoz of Novartis“GPC in Pre-formulation by RI and BigMolecules by UV”

Dr. Bart EmaryMerck Research Laboratories“Characterization of Reactive DrugMetabolites and Other AnalyticalApplications in Drug Discovery Using aHPLC/Porous Flow-Through Electrode/Mass Spectrometer”

Charles PhoebeWaters Corporation“Choosing Detectors and Combination ofDetectors for Maximizing Information fromUPLC Separations”

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 NoonPlace: Double Tree Hotel.

Dr. Roy Vagelos (Retired Chairman and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc.)“The Changing Pharmaceutical Industry”

Dr. Carl Decicco (Bristol-Myers Squibb)“Innovation in Drug Discovery”

Dr. Paul Feldman (GlaxoSmithKline)“New Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes: GlaxoSmithKline’s DPP4 Inhibitor and PPAR Pan Agonist”

Dr. Malcolm MacCoss (Merck & Co.)“EMEND© (Aprepitant) a potent, orally active Substance P Antagonist for the treatment of Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV),from the medicinal chemistry bench to the clinic”

Dr. Bruce Roth (Pfizer)“The Discovery and Development of Lipitor”

North Jersey American Chemical SocietyOrganic Topical Group

Presents

Discovery, Selection, and Development of Drug Candidates:A Senior Leadership Perspective

Friday, November 17, 2006

Registration will begin at 12:00, the symposium at 1:00, reception at 5:30,dinner at 6:30. Please note that Dr. Roy Vagelos’ talk will be at 7:30 pm.

Location: Somerset Marriott, 110 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ 08873

For directions, information and further details please visit our website:

www.njacs.org/organic.html

Michael M. Miller, (Chair), Bristol-Myers Squibb Amjad Ali, MerckAnn Gelormini, (Secretary), Sanofi-Aventis Binh Vu, Hoffmann-La RocheJianshe Kong, (Treasurer), Schering-Plough Dong Xiao, Schering-PloughLawrence Williams, Rutgers University

Due to limited seating, registration and payment are required by November 1, 2006.Registration fee: Symposium, Reception, and Dinner $95.00Students or Post-docs: Symposium, Reception, and Dinner $75.00

Please check one: Symposium and Dinner ($95) …__ Student Discount ($75)…__Dinner selection: Filet of Salmon)…__ Pasta…__ Roast Prime Rib…__

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To register this is for the November 17, 2006 event only:Send above registration information with a check made payable to “North Jersey Section ACS” to:

Dr. Jianshe Kong, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Rd., Mail Drop K-15-2-2800, Kenilworth, NJ 07033 • E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT SEEDNorth Jersey high school studentsshow that you don’t need to be a rocketscientist to be a chemist

By Stephen Waller

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Here is the toughestquestion for high school students, “What areyou going to do after you graduate?” Thatquestion is even more difficult for students ineconomically disadvantaged school dis-tricts. Many times, they do not see them-selves aspiring to a fruitful career in chem-istry, even when they live in a geographicalarea of the country that boasts chemistrylaboratories from nearly every major phar-maceutical company in the world.Additionally, numerous opportunities existfor chemistry careers in local perfume com-panies, nanotechnology companies, envi-ronmental labs, forensic labs, and universi-ties.

Over the past ten years, the tide has beenchanging in North Jersey to lift up the chem-istry career expectations of hundreds ofhigh school students involved in theAmerican Chemical Society Project SEED(Summer Educational Experience for theEconomically Disadvantaged) program.This year alone, Susan Fahrenholtz andAllene Johnson, both from the North JerseySection of the American Chemical Society,have been responsible for the placement ofmore than 100 high school students inindustrial and academic chemistry laborato-ries to conduct summer research. As volun-teers in a not-for-profit organization, theyhave accomplished what seems to beimpossible with individual, corporate, andinstitutional financial support.

“Project SEED has changed the lives ofmore than 500 high school students, whodid not previously envision themselvesbeing successful in science”, stated Mrs.Susan Fahrenholtz, Project SEED Directorfor North Jersey. “Every year, we have beenlucky to be able to support summerresearch experiences for more studentsthanks to the time donated by great volun-teer mentors and the money donated bylocal corporations and institutions.”

The students represent 19 high schools inNorth Jersey. Most of the students are justcompleting their junior year, with only a min-imal background in chemistry. Still, dozensof volunteer mentors put in eight full weeksof their personal time during the summer tohelp these students gain real-life experi-ences in chemistry research laboratories.

“I have really enjoyed participating as amentor for the Project SEED program,” saidProfessor John Sowa, from Seton HallUniversity in South Orange, NJ. “The stu-dents are very motivated, and this has led toproductive research experiences for boththe students and me. The key to this suc-cess is in the project design. One success-ful project used microwave ovens. Althoughthese are normally used for cooking, thestudent, Megha Kandhari (Emerson HighSchool, Union City, NJ) was enthusiasticabout learning how these can be used fordoing chemistry. This project resulted in ajournal publication for the student, and shealso won a $5000 scholarship from theAmerican Chemical Society for her first yearin college. Overall, the benefit of the SEEDexperience is highest for the students asthey are able to learn about chemistry andexperience the challenge of research.”

Students, like Mr. Ledawn Quadrick Hallfrom East Orange High School have foundthis experience very positive for their careervisions. “I really enjoyed my summer work-ing in Project SEED,” said Mr. Hall. “It gaveme insight into higher education and whatworking in a real science environment islike.”

All of the students involved in the ProjectSEED program receive counseling to learnhow to get accepted into college and how toapply for tuition grants and loans. More than90% of them have gone on to college, and amajority continue their involvement in sci-ence. After college, these students havefound employment as high school teachersand researchers in major pharmaceuticaland health care companies.

Some even achieve more advanceddegrees, like Mr. Paulo Lizano from UnionCity, NJ, who received his Bachelor’s degreein Biochemistry after his involvement inProject SEED. Mr. Lizano is currently start-ing the M.D.-Ph.D. program at the Universityof Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.He stated, “Being Hispanic and growing upin a low income household made it difficultto even think about going to college.[Project SEED] helped me see that I couldsucceed in college and go on to a career inscience.”

After completing their summer research,over 100 high school students in the pro-gram participated in the annual poster con-test at Seton Hall University on September25, 2006. There, they got to tell everyone

2006 CECIL L. BROWNLECTUREThe New Brunswick Department ofChemistry and Chemical Biology atRutgers, The State University of NewJersey, will host the 2006 Cecil L. BrownLecture sponsored by the North JerseySection of the ACS.

Stretching Infrared SpectroscopyPinpoints Fluctuations of Proteins andPeptides

Lecturer: Prof. Robin M. Hochstrasser

Date: Thursday, November 30, 2006Times: Pre-Seminar Social Time 10:30 AM

Seminar 11:00 AMReception/Luncheon 12:00 noonMeetings with Interested Scientists

1:30 PMPlace: Rutgers University

Fiber Optics Auditorium101 Bevier Road, Busch CampusPiscataway, NJ 08854.

http://www.njacs.org/cecilbrown2006.htmlhttp://chem.rutgers.edu


CHEM LUMINARY AWARDS AT ACS SAN FRANCISCO MEETINGNorth Jersey wins “Outstanding Local Section Career Program Award.”

Here is a photo of ValKuck accepting theaward from theChairman of theCommittee onEconomic andProfessional Affairsand Kathy Hunt,President-Elect of theACS.

North Jerse also won “ACS Student Affiliates Chapter Interaction Award.”

Here is a photo of BillSuits accepting the award

from Joe Heppert, Chairof the Society Committeeon Education, and KathyHunt, President-Elect of

the ACS.

For related article, seeGovernance Report from

San Francisco ACSNational Meeting by

Stephen Waller startingon page 21 of this issue.


New York Meetingswww.newyorkacs.orgHUDSON-BERGEN CHEMICALSOCIETY and THE SCHOOL OFNATURAL SCIENCES OFFAIRLEIGH DICKINSONUNIVERSITYInvite you to a panel discussion about

Non-Traditional Careers for Chemists

There is more open to chemists and scien-tists than a lab bench or a career in teach-ing. Panelists who started in chemistry andchanged to alternate but related careers willtalk about their career paths: working at thefrontier between chemistry and business, inpatent law, marketing and advertising, beinga product strategy manager, consulting forstart-up companies. Come to listen, find outhow to get there, mingle, network, and talkwith the panelists during the pizza social.

Date: Friday, November 3, 2006Times: Registration and coffee 5:00 PM

Panel Discussion 5:30 PMPizza social 6:30 PM

Place: Dickinson Hall, Room 4468Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityTeaneck, NJ

Cost: Panel discussion is free. The dinnercost is $10 and $5 for students.

Reservations: Dr. Mihaela Leonida (201)692-2338, e-mail: [email protected] byOctober 30, 2006.

YCHEMICAL MARKETING &ECONOMICS GROUP (CM&E)The Future of Natural Gas

Speaker: Andrew WeissmanSenior Managing DirectorFTI Consulting, Inc.Washington, DC

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006 [Note change from first Thursday]

Place: The Chemists’ Club40 West 45th StreetNew York, NY

Times: Cocktails 11:30 AMLuncheon 12 noonPresentation 1:15 PM

Fees: $40 discount price for Memberswho reserve by Tuesday,November 14th before the meeting(12 noon). $55 for Guests andMembers (at the door withoutreservations).

To reserve: Please reserve early to be eligi-ble for discount price. Call Vista Marketing at(718) 961-8958 or via e-mail to:[email protected]. You can also payonline (via PayPal): go to our Website:http://www.nyacs-cme.org/.

nHIGH SCHOOL TEACHERSTOPICAL GROUPEnergy Plans for the 21st Century

Speaker: Dr. John L. RoederCalhoun SchoolNew York, NY

Date: Friday, November 17, 2006Time: Social and Dinner 5:45 PMPlace: Caffe Pane e Cioccolato

10 Waverly Place at Mercer Street(south-west corner)New York, NY No reservations required(You eat, you pay cash only, nocredit cards.)

Time: Meeting 7:15 PMPlace: New York University

Silver Center Room 20732 Waverly Place (south-east corner Washington Sq. East)New York, NY

Security at NYU requires that you show apicture ID to enter the building. In case ofunexpected severe weather, call JohnRoeder, 212-497-6500, between 9 AM and2 PM to verify that meeting is still on; 914-961-8882 for other info.

Note: Street parking is free after 6:00 PM.For those who prefer indoor attended park-ing, it is available at the Melro/RomarGarages. The entrance is on the west sideof Broadway just south of 8th Street, direct-ly across from Astor Place. It is a short, easywalk from the garage to the restaurant ormeeting room.


about what they did and learned during thesummer. Professional scientists from everyarea of chemistry asked the students ques-tions and then chose winners for best pre-sentations. The evening was topped off witha banquet for the students, their parents,and their mentors. This year’s Project SEEDposter session was a huge success; scien-tists, press, and the members of the publicattended and discovered the transformingpower of chemistry in our community.

[SOME RESULTS FROM THERECENT ACS MEMBERSATISFACTION SURVEYBy Stephen Waller

Each year, the American Chemical Society’snational office in Washington, DC, conductsa variety of surveys of its members. Thesesurveys help the departments in the ACSbetter understand its members. Recently, amember satisfaction survey of 3,542 mem-bers, chosen at random, was conducted to

determine what services are most used andappreciated nationally and locally. A sum-mary of the results for local sections is avail-able on the North Jersey Section web page.Click on the “Membership Survey” link onwww.njacs.org.

As 2006 chair of the North Jersey Section, Iam using this information to help direct ourefforts to serve best our members. Here isan example statement from this summary…

“Analysis by degree level shows that mem-bers with bachelor’s degrees are the leastlikely to have attended local section activi-ties/programs (27.2%) but the most likely toreport that they might be interested(41.4%).”

What are your ideas for new programming inour section that would be of benefit to ourmembers with bachelor’s degrees?

As the end of 2006 is near, the section’s pro-gram planning committee is working on thedetails for next year’s events, and all ideasfor useful events are welcome. Please sendme an email ([email protected]) with yourideas and ask for details on how to attendour section’s program planning committeemeeting on November 4, 2006.

PROJECT SEED(continued from page 13)

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Learn at the Tutorials. Hear how companieshave overcome challenges in the CaseHistories session. Visit Exhibitors and getyour questions answered. Get the realitiesof the alternative energy future from theafternoon’s moderated Panel Discussionwith project leaders.

• Program, as of Wednesday,September 6th •

8:00 - 9:00 AMREGISTRATION & COFFEE

9:00 - 10:30 AMTUTORIAL SESSIONS

Session Chair: Dr. Marco J. Castaldi, Earth& Environmental Engineering Dept.,Columbia Univ., New York, NY.

Tutorials: may be presented on the followingtechnologies-waste to energy; fuel cells; bio-fuels; mechanical enegy conversion(wind/tidal power); and solar energy (photo-voltaics).

Waste to Energy: Dr. Stephen Paul, SeniorResearch Physicist, Princeton University,Princeton, NJ and Principal, Trenton FuelWorks, Trenton, NJ

Biofuels: Dr. Devinder Mahajan, GroupLeader, Advanced Fuels, BrookhavenNational Laboratory, Upton, NY

10:30 - 10:40 AMMORNING BREAK

10:40 AM - 12:10 PMCASE HISTORIES(True Stories of small businesses)

Session Chair: Ms. Gianna Arnold, Esq.,Miles & Stockbridge, PC, Columbia, MD


Biodiesel: Brent Baker, CEO, Tri-StateBiodiesel LLC, Brooklyn, NY

Tidal Power: Trey Taylor, President & Headof Market Development, Verdant Power,LLC, Arlington, VA

Energy from Waste: John Waffenschmidt,Director of Business Development, CoventaEnergy Corp., Fairfield, NJ

12:10 - 2:00 PMLUNCH BREAK

Time to Visit Exhibitors

2:00 - 4:00 PMPANEL DISCUSSION

Session Chair: Dr. Herbert W. Cooper,President, Dynalytics Corp., Hicksville, NY

Panel Members: will include representativesfrom the necessary entities to realize a suc-cessful project: an owner willing to taketechnical and financial risks; a credible tech-nology licensor; a credible engineering con-tractor; financing from either investors orlenders; permitting organizations, such as astate regulatory body, and community orpolitical support groups.

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Cost: for those registering after 10/1/06$100 for members of sponsoringorganizations; $125 for others.

Exhibitor booths — $500 forcorporations; $250 for non-profits.

Details at: www.nyas.org/alternativeenergy.Questions: 718-961-8958.

Founding Co-Sponsors:• AIChE, Metro NY Section

• ACS Chemical Marketing & EconomicsGroup, NY Section

• NYAS, New York Academy of Sciences.

mBIOCHEMICAL TOPICAL GROUP— JOINT MEETING WITH THENYAS BIOCHEMICALPHARMACOLOGY DISCUSSIONGROUP Multiple Targets for Alzheimer’sDisease: Gamma-Secretase and Tau

Organizers: Donna BartenBristol-Myers Squibb

Barbara PetrackDrew University, and

Barbara TatePfizer GR&D

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Thomas LanzPfizer GR&D

Michael WolfeBrigham & Women's Hospital

David HoltzmanWashington University

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NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY — DEPARTMENTOF CHEMISTRY ANDENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESeminar Series - Fall 2006

Nov. 1, 200611:30 AM – 1:00 PMTiernan Hall Rm. 373“RNA Polymerase as a Target in DrugDiscovery”Dr. Arkady MustaevPublic Health Research InstituteNewark, NJ

Nov. 8, 200611:30 AM – 1:00 PMTiernan Hall Rm. 373“Integrated Watershed Management:Theory, Policy and Practice”Dr. Zeyuan QiuNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ

Nov. 14, 200611:30AM – 1:00PMTiernan Hall Rm. 373“TBA”Dr. Ailan GuoHoffmann-La RocheNutley, NJ

Nov. 29, 200611:30AM – 1:00PMTiernan Hall Rm. 373“Regional Analyses of the Clean Air Act:Costs, Benefits and Risks”Mr. Keith SilvermanMerck & Company, Inc.

Whitehouse Station, NJ andNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ

Seminar Coordinators: Dr. Zeyuan Qiu973-596-5357 [email protected] andDr. Sergiu Gorun [email protected]

iLABORATORY ROBOTICSINTEREST GROUPThe Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the LaboratoryRobotics Interest Group has announced apreliminary meeting schedule for 2006 -2007. The dates, times, and speakers foreach of the upcoming meetings will be post-ed on the chapter's web site:http://lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic/

November 2006:Compound Management.

The modern drug discovery process is onlyas good as the compounds that feed into it.This meeting allows drug discovery profes-sionals to come together for discussions ofcompound management and ways to pro-tect their collections from degradation anddecay.

March 2007:Emerging Technologies and ThirdAnnual Student Poster Contest*.

The Emerging Technologies meetings aredesigned to bring information about thenewest advanced laboratory technologies tothe practicing scientist. In addition to hard-ware, topics at this meeting have alsoincluded the US Patent system andadvances in information technology for thelaboratory.

Peter DaviesAlbert Einstein College ofMedicine

Michael HuttonMayo Clinic Jacksonville

Leonard PetrucelliMayo Clinic Jacksonville

Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2006Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMPlace: New York Academy of Sciences

7 World Trade Center250 Greenwich Street - 40th FloorNew York, NY

Space is limited. Reserve a seat on-line athttp://www.nyas.org/events

NYAS Members and BPDG Affiliates mayattend BPDG meetings free of charge. Non-members may attend for a fee of $20 perevent; Student Non-members for $10. Tobecome a Member of the Academy, visithttp://www.nyas.org/landing.html

Call For Nominations

2007 BAEKELAND AWARDThe North Jersey Section of the AmericanChemical Society is soliciting nominationsfor the 2007 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award.The award is sponsored by Union CarbideCorporation and consists of a gold medaland a $5,000 honorarium. The Section pre-sents the award biannually to commemoratethe technical and industrial achievements ofLeo Hendrik Baekeland and to encourageyounger chemists to emulate his example.The Award is given in recognition of accom-plishments in pure or applied chemistry toan American chemist as characterized bythe initiative, creativeness, leadership, andperseverance of the individual (indicated bypublished or unpublished evidence) andwho will be under the age of 40 as of Jan. 1,2006.

Nominations for the Award should include aletter describing the nominee’s achieve-ments, a brief biography, and a list of thenominee’s more important publications. Re-nominations are encouraged, provided theage requirement is still met. Please submitmaterials by Dec. 31, 2006, to Ambarish K.Singh, Baekeland Award Committee,Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 1 SquibbDrive, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0191.

d2007 LIFE ACHIEVEMENTAWARD OF THE NORTHJERSEY SECTIONThe biennial award, funded by Novartis,consists of $1,000 prize and a plaque. Itrecognizes a North Jersey chemist or chem-ical engineer over fifty years of age, for con-spicuous achievements in chemistry, notheretofore recognized by any major scientif-ic award.

Please submit nominations and supportingletters to Jiwen Chen, Awards CommitteeChair, c/o NJ ACS, 4 Cameron Road,Piscataway, NJ 08854. Tel: 609-818-6319,email: [email protected]. (Electronicsubmission of the nomination package wel-comed.) Nominations must be received byFeb 15, 2007. Visit http://www.njacs.org/awards.html for more information and a listof past recipients.


BIOCHEMICAL TOPICAL GROUP (continued from page 17)



May 2007:Annual Technology Exposition.

This is the largest meeting of the year with400 to 600 bench scientists and automationprofessionals attending. Vendors displaythe latest and greatest in advanced labora-tory technologies. A night of exciting sci-ence and great food, all free!

September 2007:ADME / TOX.

At least 90% of all compounds entering thepharmaceutical pipeline drop out becausethey are toxic, or fail to be absorbed by thebody. The ADME / TOX technologies canhelp screen out unsuited compounds andinsure a higher success rate for drug leads.

*Please note: The student poster contestwill feature cash prizes and is open to allstudents in engineering, chemistry, biology,and the physical sciences. Content relatedto automation is encouraged but is notrequired.

All meetings are free and open to all.

Anyone with an interest in the latest labora-tory technologies, information processing,and automation is encouraged to join thechapter. For additional information pleasecontact Kevin Olsen, Publicity Chairperson,LRIG Mid-Atlantic, 973-655-4076 [email protected]

2 BROOKLYN COLLEGE OF THECITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK— CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENTColloquium - Fall 2006

Friday, November 3, 2006TBAProf. Benjamin ChuSUNY Stony BrookHost: Kobrak

Friday, November 10, 2006TBAProf. Frederick ArnoldSUNY BinghamtonDepartment of ChemistryBinghamton, NYHost: Kobrak

Friday, November 17, 2006TBAProf. Song ChungWilliam Paterson UniversityHost: Kobrak

Friday, December 8, 2006“Palladium Catalyzed NucleosideModifications: From Structural Diversity toUnderstanding Catalysis”Prof. Mahesh K. LakshmanCity College-CUNYHost: Greer

Times: Colloquium 2:30 PMSocial Hour 3:30 PM

Place: Brooklyn CollegeRoom 432 Ingersoll Extension2900 Bedford AvenueBrooklyn, NY

\ NEW REFRESHER WORKSHOPIN BIOCHEMISTRY OFFEREDAT MSUMontclair State University's Chemistry andBiochemistry department has been con-ducting a workshop in biochemistry for phar-maceutical scientists who wish to reviewimportant concepts and learn about newdevelopments in the field. Eight scientists


from a major New Jersey pharmacutical firmare currently enrolled in the six-sessioncourse which includes a review of biochem-istry concepts, an introduction to moleculardrug design, and drug discovery assays.Drs. James Dyer, John Berger, and JeffreyToney are teaching the classes.

The workshops will be available again dur-ing the winter of 2007. Inquires about futuresessions should be addressed to:

Dr. Jeffrey Toney,Chemistry and BiochemistryMontclair State University. Montclair, NJ(973) 655-6864

yGOVERNANCE REPORT FROMSAN FRANCISCO ACSNATIONAL MEETINGBy Stephen Waller

As 2006 chair of the North Jersey Section, I amproud of those involved in our governance locallyand nationally. We have numerous dedicated vol-unteers who run section and national programsthat benefit chemists and the chemical profession.Some of these volunteers are councilors, who areelected by the members to represent them in thenational governance of the ACS. For our section,15 councilors attend the ACS national meetingand served on national committees. When acouncilor can not attend a national meeting, thenone of 15 alternate councilors replaces that coun-cilor for that meeting.

Here is a summary of the reports provided to mefrom the councilors who represented your inter-ests at the ACS National Meeting in September inSan Francisco.

Jeannette Brown reported from the meetingdirectly to the members through the section’s firstweb blog (njacs.blogspot.com). She updated thisblog with text and pictures within minutes of impor-tant events at the national meeting. Take amoment and check it out! She attended theCommittee on Education as an associate memberand the Women’s Chemist Committee and theCommittee on Minority Affairs as a visitor.Jeannette continued her efforts to insure that all ofour members are treated equally, with her involve-ment as a member on the Percy JulianSymposium taskforce. Her 25-years of service asa councilor was recognized with a plaque at thefull council meeting on Wednesday morning. Sheasks that everyone get involved in discussions thatare important to our profession at the section’sblog.

Maureen Chan continued to serve as a memberon the Budget and Finance Committee at thismeeting. She was very involved in organizing thenew volunteer leadership training workshops, and

she served as an observer during workshops atthis meeting, suggesting changes to make theseworkshops the most effective for our members.She reported that the ACS Legislative ActionNetwork is growing and was emphasized at thismeeting by the current ACS President, Ann Nalley,and the President-elect, Katie Hunt.

Alan Cooper attended the Local Section ActivitiesCommittee, in which he serves as chair of theTools, Technology, and Operations subcommittee.During this meeting, he played an important role indiscussions on how to improve local section activ-ities stemming from the ACS summit that was heldMay 5-7, 2006 in Washington, DC. He also repre-sented our section at the ChemLuminary Awardsduring this meeting.

Jackie Erickson, our section’s immediate past-chair, served on the Membership AffairsCommittee as a member and its Retention andRecruitment Subcommittee. She was involved indiscussions about a petition to establish multi-years dues and a report on student affiliate mem-ber status. These issues are still being debated inthe governance of the ACS. She reported that thiscommittee voted to expand the membershiprecognition certificates to include 60-year mem-bers in addition to the current 50-year membercertificates sent to local sections. Jackie also rep-resented our section at the ChemLuminaryAwards, and she attended the Women’s ChemistCommittee (WCC) as a visitor. She continued tohelp with WCC events at this meeting.

Susan Fahrenholtz served as a member of theCommittee on Economic and Professional Affairs.She devoted time to the ACS Project SEED pro-gram at this meeting, attending the Project SEEDCommittee meeting and assisting two NorthJersey Project SEED students to get funds fromthe national ACS to attend this meeting. She rep-resented our section at the ChemLuminaryAwards. She reported that the ACS Office ofLegislative and Government Affairs will be traininglocal ACS leaders on how to interact with publicofficials. At the District III councilor caucus, Susanparticipated in a debate about an ACS gover-nance petition.

Stan Hall served as a member of the Committeeon Meetings and Expositions, where he chairedthe Logistics sub-committee and was a member ofthe Technical Program sub-committee. He led adiscussion on some of the issues dealing with “noshow” presenters at national meetings. He alsoattended the Division Activities Committee as aliaison. Stan was very involved in Organic Divisionevents at this meeting, as he has been for manyyears. His 25-years of service as a councilor wasrecognized with a plaque at the full council meet-ing on Wednesday morning.

Bettyann Howson attended the Regional MeetingProgramming breakfast, where she was involvedin discussions on how to communicate lessonslearned from MARM 2005 to other regional meet-


LABORATORY ROBOTICS (continued from page 19)

ACROSS1. Ghosts arising in distill of the

night?6. Swamp gas

12. “By the pricking __ my thumbs,something wicked…”

13. _____ Scarum15. Goes with Id(iot)s16. Of iniquity or thieves18. Waxed satellite (2 wds)19. Sacred bird in family

Threskiornithidae21. Z=5722. Unit of wt. for blowing up mon-

sters, or Big Sky st.23. Digital assistance Frankenstein

could use today to make a bet-ter monster, briefly

25. Like the text of a DNA mes-sage

26. Seance ghosts knock once for28. Alcoholic beverage or a “fellow,

well-met” of the Royal Societywho’s been over-celebrating 53down?

29. Z=4230. Moon goddess element, briefly32. Anglophilic heat meas.34. Creepy condensate?37. Initiation one of 45 across, or

Octavian month, for short39. A turf fungicide or the prefix for

midlevel clouds41. Sun’s No. 2 element42. A distiller’s quip?45. DNA triplet46. Servants of 71 across (Possibly

clones?)47. High, craggy hill or rocky out-

crop49. Refractometer meas., or the

Ocean st.

50. Unit of meas. for wavelengthabsorbance (abbr.)

52. Anno domini, briefly53. Comes alive at 18 across54. Results of your experiment if

you forget to press 69 downand your lab tech did the runwithout checking

57. Killer whale58. Pythonian “Knights who say

___” are probably not referringto element 28, briefly

59. Bristle-like appendage (planty)61. Unit of magnetic flux named in

honor of 24 down’s “summon-er”

63. “Count” him among the moreseverely UV-challenged.

65. “Hellish” element68. What you need to do after your

experiment is 54 across70. ____ 5171. Quintessential mad scientist

DOWN1. Exorcist salt (2 words)2. Salty bondage?3. Radiofrequency, briefly4. Ultima ____, or Inuit ancestors5. Photosynthetic foodstuffs du

jour?6. Tut AND his mother7. Not-yet-invented device a sci-

entist might need upon beingtold by the chair of the depart-ment that his or her bitter rivalfrom the lab next door 53 D:“____ control”?

8. Egg source9. Z=47

10. Point in a lens where lightpaths cross

11. Einsteinium, for short14. Goosebumps” author: _ _ Stine17. DNA dye, for short, or first two

initials of Charlotte’s Web cre-ator.

20. Sulfur monoxide formula23. Witch’s beaker?24. Maxwell’s fiend27. Show me the antimony, briefly31. Van Gogh’s “love letter”33. Chinese “Way”35. Chemistry premeds dread?36. Small quartz formation covered

with CaCO338. ____ catastrophe40. “Double, double, ____ and

trouble; fire burn and 23 downbubble.”

43. Very small amt. or woodedpath, briefly

44. Fountain tip element, briefly, orZ=76

45. ___ from the Black Lagoon48. Hobbit enemy51. Beckman’s famous spectropho-

tometer53. Got the Nobel prize55. Levitated or where 34 across

dissolves (2 words)56. Dr. Who’s nemesis60. Swamp travel61. Micro letter62. Skeleton seer64. A grave container65. Ringed planet, briefly66. Flower necklace67. Swedish devil (or an air-moving

device)69. First button to check when your

spectrometer doesn’t run

Solution on page 26.


ing organizers. She also participated in Division ofChemical Education events, working to increasehigh school teacher membership in the ACS. Thedivision presented a 1-day symposium “InquiringMinds”, which was focused on high school teach-ing, and they are actively seeking more highschool teachers to join the division’s executivecommittee. Bettyann also attended a pilot versionof the ACS leadership workshop “EncouragingVolunteers”. This workshop is in the developmentstage, and will be used as part of an entire leader-ship program that will be useful for new ACSleader as well as more experienced leaders. It willalso help ACS volunteers be more effective lead-ers in their professional jobs.

Anne Kelly interacted with job seekers at theChemjobs Career Center. She reported that thefree job seeker – employer networking luncheonwas a great idea and worked well. She also par-ticipated in the District III councilor’s caucus duringthe meeting and attended a variety of technicalsessions.

Diane Krone, our section’s chair-elect, attendedthe Regional Meeting Program breakfast andnumerous chemical education events at the meet-ing. She reported that the ACS is providing newfunding for green chemistry programs and for aCommittee on Professional Training workshop withHispanic and Native American serving institutions.

Valerie Kuck attended the Council PolicyCommittee as a member. She also participated inthe Town Hall Meeting. At the full council meeting,she participated in the discussion of how to betterinvolve younger chemists in the ACS. She spentevery free minute helping job seekers at theChemjobs Career Center, even when she wasexhausted. She conducted resumes reviews,workshops, and provided professional careercounseling as an ACS Career Consultant. Shereported that this is the first meeting where thecareer workshops were being videotaped, andthese videos will be made available to local sec-tions to increase the career assistance for all ACSmembers. At the ChemLuminary Awards, shereceived the Local Section Careers ProgramAward on behalf of our section.

Les McQuire spent his Saturday afternoon in SanFrancisco participating in an ACS community out-reach program at a food pantry. He attended theLocal Section Activities Committee as a memberand chaired the Local Section Alliances sub-com-mittee. For his dedicated service to this commit-tee, he was presented with a service award. Healso contributed to a new local section PR video.He attended the “Heroes of Chemistry” eventsponsored by the ACS Corporation Associates(CA), on which he chaired the Programs sub-com-mittee at this meeting. He reported that CA isincreasing its efforts to collaborate with divisionson relevant programming at national meetings and

predicts the CA-Medicinal Chemistry “Heroes”event will be the biggest technical event at theBoston ACS National Meeting next year. Heattended the Council Policy Committee and waselected by the full council at this meeting to serveon the Committee on Committees.

Bill Suits represented the section members at theChemLuminary Awards, accepting the award forLocal Section – Student Affiliate Interaction. Heattended the Committees on Budget and Finance,Science, and Meetings and Expositions as a visi-tor, the Committee on Public Relations andCommunications as an associate member, andthe Committee on Professional and MemberRelations as a liaison. He was actively involved innational meeting thematic programming discus-sions, and reported that this effort will increasemulti-disciplinary teamwork at future nationalmeetings. He spent countless hours volunteeringat the Chemjobs Career Center, where hereviewed resumes for member and provided pro-fessional career advice as an ACS CareerConsultant. He pointed out that there has be ashift in ACS career services from just helpingmembers find jobs to helping them with careerdevelopment. He also reported that the Polymersand the Biochemical Technology Divisions video-taped some of their sessions, and these will beavailable for viewing on the division web pages,which are accessible through the division link onchemistry.org.

Stephen Waller attended the Committee forEconomic and Professional Affairs as a member,the sub-committee on Employment Services as amember, and the Committee on Meetings andExpositions as a liaison. He reported that theChemjobs Career Center had a decrease in jobseekers and an increase in employers for the sec-ond meeting in a row. Employers now haveaccess to the internet in the interview booths. Thefinal national meeting total attendance was 15,603with a record of 9,967 papers presented. He alsochaired the District III councilor’s caucus. Heattended the Regional Meeting Programmingbreakfast, where he distributed CD-ROM diskscontaining useful files from MARM 2006 that canbe used for any future regional meetings. He par-ticipated in the leadership training workshops, andassisted in presentation of one workshop. Theseworkshops are in the pilot stages. A total of 16workshops will cover every area of leadershipdevelopment for new leaders to experienced lead-ers. They are slated for full use in 2008, and theywill be available for volunteer leaders for free withweb access as well as facilitated events.

Christine Vilardi, George Heinze, and AlleneJohnson participated in the full council meeting onWednesday morning.

If you are interest in becoming a councilor and rep-resenting the section’s members in the gover-nance of the ACS, please contact me via email [email protected]. This is a great way to make adifference in the future of the chemical profession!


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