Who We Are…and How we Got Here

Russ PhiferWC Environmental, LLC

West Chester, PA

Who We Are….

• AgeYoungest – Elizabeth Hall, Missouri State

University – age 23 Oldest – Malcolm Renfrew – University of

Idaho (retired) – age 95

Age Groups

• 23-35 - 182 members• 36-50 - 470 members• 51-65 - 464 members• 66-95 - 103 members• (median age – 45)

Degrees

• Doctorates– Chemistry majors - 24%– Other majors - 7%

• Masters– Chemistry majors – 13%– Other majors - 13%

• Bachelors– Chemistry majors – 40%– Other majors – 17%

Interests• Aerospace – Agriculture/Food – Analytical –

Biochemistry – Biotechnology – ChemicalEducation – Chemical Information –Clinical –Colloid – Combinatorial – Molecularmodeling – Electrical/semi-conductors –Energy – Environmental – Forensic –Geochemistry – Health & Safety – Inorganic– Legal – Lubricants – Marketing/business –Medicine – Metals – Nuclear – Organic –Paints/coatings – Personal care – Physical –Polymers – Pulp/paper – Rubber –Soaps/detergents – Textiles - Toxicology

What we do/ Where we work

• 25% - “Environmental Health & Safety”• 30% - Educational facility• 30% - Industrial facility• 10% - Consulting• 10% - Government

(some identified as part of more than one group)

Undergraduate Programs in Safety

Illinois State University Purdue Univ.- CalumetEastern Kentucky University SE Oklahoma State Univ.University of Connecticut Univ. of WashingtonColumbia Southern Univ. (online) SE Louisiana Univ.Murray State University Keene State CollegeKennedy-Western Univ. (online) Indiana Univ. of PACentral Missouri State Univ. Northern Illinois Univ.Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. Rochester Inst. Of Tech.Portland State University Indiana State Univ.Penn State University Oklahoma State Univ.Grand Valley State University Texas A&M Univ.

(1st 200 Google pages, undergrad programs only, “safety” inprogram name)

So……

• How did we all get interested inchemical health & safety?– Personal interest– Through employment– Personal responsibility

Or….

• Inherit it

– Lyle Phifer - Tillmanns-Skolnick Award,1987

– Russ Phifer – Tillmanns-Skolnick Award,2005