the Cat a lyst Of fi cial pub li ca tion of the Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS March 2011

http://phil a del phia.sites.acs.org/ Vol ume 96, No. 3

HIGHLIGHTS

Chair's Column 48

Speaker's Abstractand Biography 51

Seek ing Nom i na tions 52-53, 55

Fo cus on a Sec tionMem ber 54

2011 MARM 58

2011 Cal en dar 73

APRIL MEETING

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Scholastic Achievement AwardsMcCall Meeting and Conference Center

Highland Park, PA

See the APRIL issue of the Catalyst for details, call the Sec tion Of fice at (215) 382-1589 or email PhilaACS@aol.com.

A D V A N C E N O T I C E

ED GAR FAHS SMITH LECTURE

Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute

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CON TENTSApril Ad vance No tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Chair's Col umn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48News At oms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49March Meet ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Speaker's Ab stract and Bi og ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Seek ing Pre-Col lege Teach ing Award Nom i nees . . . . . . . . 52Seek ing Un der grad u ate Teach ing Award Nom i nees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Fo cus on a Sec tion Mem ber: Doug Hausner . . . . . . . . . . . 54Seek ing Phil a del phia Sec tion Award Nom i nees . . . . . . . . . 55Phil a del phia Sec tion on LinkedIn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Seek ing Sum mer Po si tions for Un der grad u ates . . . . . . . . . 56Chem i cal Con sul tants Net work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572011 Mid dle At lan tic Re gional Meet ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58De cem ber 2010 Board Meet ing Minutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Jan u ary 2010 Board Meet ing Min utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61ACS-Hach HS Chem is try Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632011 En gi neer of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63P.A.G.E.S.ä Needs Vol un teers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64ACS Short Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65ACS Webinars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-67His tor i cal Events in Chem is try . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Di rec tory of Ser vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702011 Cal en dar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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John Tierney

FromTheChair

March is ap proach ing as I amwrit ing this piece and the op -er a tive word for the Phil a del -phia Sec tion is “busy.”

I would like to be gin by re -port ing on the Jan u ary meet -ing that was held at the IronHill Brew ery in West Ches ter. A very lively pre sen ta tion andtour was given by our host,and speaker, Larry Horwitz.Larry is the brewmaster at theWest Ches ter lo ca tion. Theevent at tracted a re spect ableau di ence (as in num bers) witha size able con tin gent of at ten -dees who were non-US born;the coun tries rep re sented were China, Ger many, Eng land andIre land. In ter est ingly, onemem ber from Bucks Countyre ar ranged a doc tor’s ap point -ment in the West Ches ter areajust so that he could at tend the meet ing.

Feb ru ary 1st saw the worldkick off of the In ter na tionalYear of Chem is try cel e bra -tion. The site for the fes tiv i -ties in the US was at theChem i cal Her i tage Foun da tion (CHF), in Phil a del phia. CHFkindly hosted a din ner on Jan -u ary 31, at which Tom Tritton

(CHF Pres i dent) wel comedthe as sem bled chem is try com -mu nity and in tro duced An -drew Liveris, Pres i dent, CEOand Chair man of the Board ofthe Dow Chem i cal Com pany. An drew’s ma jor point is thatwe should all be sing ing thepraises of chem is try be causewe have the world stage. Hefur ther added that we shoulden sure that we do not “blowit” by not tak ing ad van tage ofthis op por tu nity. On Feb ru ary1st CHF hosted a panel dis cus -sion en ti tled “Global Chal -lenges/Chem is try So lu tions,”mod er ated by Dan iel G.Nocera, the Henry DreyfusPro fes sor of En ergy andPro fes sor of Chem is try atthe Mas sa chu setts In sti tuteof Tech nol ogy. The pan el istswere El len Kullman (CEO,DuPont), An drew Liveris(CEO, Dow), Joshua Boger(CEO, Ver tex Pharma-ceuticals), Rita Colwell (Pro -fes sor, Uni ver sity of Mary -land) and Janet Hering(Di rec tor, Swiss Fed eral In -sti tute of Aquatic Sci enceand Tech nol ogy). A livelydis cus sion en sued af ter eachpan el ist gave their ini tial re -marks. Ques tions were en ter -tained by the pan el ists fromthe au di ence and the web;Dan iel Nocera was a pro voc a -tive and en ter tain ing me di a tor.

The Sec tion par tic i pated in anACS out reach pro gram at theFrank lin In sti tute on Feb ru -ary 5th. It was a fun event. The event con sisted of 18 ta -

bles fea tur ing 9 hands-on ac -tiv i ties - Flubber, Mak ingSnow, Col or ful Lather Print -ing, Den sity Ba tons, NewSense about Cents, Pen cilElec trol y sis, Pro duc ing Ox y -gen Gas, X Marks the Spot,and Magic Nuudles. The Phil -a del phia Sec tion no ta bleswork ing the ta bles in cludedDan King (Drexel) and RickEw ing (Chair-Elect). DougHausner did an amaz ing jobral ly ing the troops through the Younger Chem ists Com mit -tee (YCC). Doug mo bi lized acon tin gent of un der grad u atechem is try and chem i cal en gi -neer vol un teers from the Uni -ver sity of the Sci ences,Drexel, Penn and the Uni ver -sity of Del a ware to work each of the dem on stra tion ta bles. There was a won der ful turn -out of chil dren and par entswho par tic i pated in the hands- on ac tiv i ties and they clearlyhad a great time. As I wasleav ing the Frank lin In sti -tute, one par ent with her twoyoung chil dren turned to meand said “that chem is try event was awe some!” I am awarethat ‘awe some’ is pos si bly anoverused word, but in thisinstance I think she hit the nail on the head. See page 70 for aphoto from the event.

At our Feb ru ary meet ing, un -der grad u ate and grad u ate stu -dents pre sented their re searchat the An nual Poster Ses sion,held at Tem ple Uni ver sity’sMit ten Hall. Dow helpedspon sor the event in con junc -

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tion with Tem ple Uni ver sity,and this spon sor ship is verymuch ap pre ci ated. The posterevent, like the one at theFrank lin In sti tute, was put to -gether by Doug Hausner. Inad di tion to the un der grad u ateand grad u ate poster pre sen ta -tions, four high school se niors (Remy Bremner, Jennifer Cas -tor, Ryan Henrici andSamantha Web ster) from Con -es toga High School (Ches terCounty) pre sented ex cel lentre search work that they hadcar ried out at their school with their teacher, Mr. Der rickWood. There were 28 grad u -ate stu dent post ers and 18 un -der grad u ate post ers. Thewin ning grad u ate post ers were sub mit ted by Ja cob Goldbergand Solongo Batjargal (Penn), Thuy Hien Nguyen (USP) and Tina Shah (Villanova). Thewin ning un der grad u ate post -ers were Lena Hoober(Prince ton), Tara Schisler(East ern) and Justine Betzu(Ursinus). The awards werepre sented by Dr. Katie Huntof Dow.

The judges for the event wereJosé Cerda (St. Jo seph’s),Ann DeMasi (Chemtura),Rick Ew ing (Bris tol MeyersSquibb), Al Findeisen (Tem -ple), Rob ert Giuliano(Villanova), Chandra Har -ring ton (Merck), Dan King(Drexel), Kathryn Lysko(Immaculata), Pe ter Palen-char (Rutgers, Cam den), Jen

Palenchar (Rutgers, Cam -den), Jeffrey Pelletier (North -west ern), Jared Paul (Villa-nova), Heather Paul (Villa-nova), and Bill Smith (Bris tol HS). The Section cer tainly ap -pre ci ates the afore men tionedin di vid u als giv ing their timefor this event. Please takesome time to go to the website and re view all the ab stracts for this event, so you will gainsome sense of all the workthese stu dents and their fac -ulty advisors are involved in.

See you all at the Ed gar FahsSmith Lec ture in March.

NEWS AT OMSDeaths

Edmund Thelen, re tired re -search and de vel op ment ex ec -u tive, De cem ber 18th at 97. He served in the Navy dur ingWWII and then joined the USNa val Re serves, re tir ing withthe rank of Com mander. Heworked in a va ri ety of po si -tions in in dus try and gov ern -ment, most no ta bly theFrank lin In sti tute Re searchLab o ra to ries where he re tiredin 1977 as VP. While at Frank -lin he co-authored a de signguide for po rous pave mentthat has be come widely cited.

His out side in ter ests in cludedToast mas ters In ter na tional,hik ing and pho to graph ing themoun tains in Cal i for nia, andmany en vi ron men tal ac tiv i ties. He was found ing pres i dent ofthe Penn syl va nia Chap ter ofthe Si erra Club.

Ann L. Farren, re tired chem -ist and in for ma tion ser vicesspe cial ist, Jan u ary 3rd at 85.Af ter work ing sev eral years inbio chem i cal re search at theVal ley Forge Army Hos pi taland Jef fer son Med i cal Col -lege, she joined Smith, Klineand French Lab o ra to ries. From 1953 to 1956 she was em -ployed by Rohm and Haas inthe ion ex change lab o ra to ries.

Ann then worked for the ACSNews Ser vice in New York for three years, fol low ing whichshe joined Bi o log i cal Ab -stracts (BIOSIS) in 1959 as atech ni cal as sis tant to the di rec -tor. She served in sev eral de -part ments and de vel oped thefirst ed u ca tion pro grams,which she took to many USand Can ada lo ca tions to teachsci en tists how to use BIOSISser vices. She be came se niored u ca tion spe cial ist and ed u ca -tion bu reau man ager at BioSciences Information Service.

She was ac tive in the Phil a del -phia Sec tion as a di rec tor,coun cilor and chair or mem ber of many com mit tees. Farrenre ceived the Sec tion’s ser viceaward in 1957 and the Ullyotser vice award in 1993. Shewas a 63-year mem ber ofACS. She was ac tive in theAmer i can As so ci a tion for theAd vance ment of Sci ence, andchaired the med i cal li brary ed -u ca tion group in the Med i calLi brary As so ci a tion. Ann waspast pres i dent of the GirlScout Leaders group inGermantown.

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MARCH MEETING

THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY and

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

present the

2011 Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Lecture

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Dr. Ada Yonath

Kimmel Professor, Department of Structural Biology Weizmann Institute of Science

Ribosomal Crystallography and

Attempts at Combating Antibiotics Resistance

6:00 PM

Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall Chemistry Building, University of Pennsylvania

34th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA

The reception and lecture are free

Social Hour: 5:00-6:00 PM in the Alumni and Faculty Hall of Fame, Chemistry Building, University of Pennsylvania. Dinner following the lecture at Penne Restaurant, 3611 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Dinner cost: $47.00; Students with reservations and ID: $24.00 RESERVATIONS should be made by calling Mrs. Harper at the section office, (215) 382-1589, or emailing PhilaACS@aol.com by 5:00 PM Thursday, March 10. Cancellations, if necessary, cannot be accepted after NOON on Tuesday, March 15. UNCANCELLED RESERVATIONS WILL BE BILLED. PARKING is available in the Drexel University garage on Ludlow Street (from Market Street go south on 34th; it’s the first left) and a University of Pennsylvania garage on 34th Street just past Ludlow. Metered street parking may also be available. The Board of Directors will meet at 4:00 PM in the Makineni Room of the Chemistry Building (Room 260 in the Cret wing), University of Pennsylvania.

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SPEAKER’S AB STRACT AND BI OG RA PHYDr. Ada Yonath

De part ment of Struc turalBi ol ogy, Weizmann In sti -

tute, Rehovot 76100, Is rael

Ri bo somal Crys tal log ra -phy and At tempts at Com -

bat ing An ti bi ot icsRe sis tance

Ab stract: Ri bo somes are theuni ver sal cel lu lar ma chinesthat trans late the ge netic codeinto pro teins. Com posed ofpro teins and RNA, amongwhich the RNA moi eties per -form al most all func tionaltasks, they pos sess spec tac u lar ar chi tec ture ac com pa nied byin her ent mo bil ity that fa cil i -tate their smooth per for mance in de cod ing, pep tide bond for -ma tion and na scent pro teinelon ga tion. Ow ing to theirfun da men tal role, ri bo somesare tar geted by many an ti bi ot -ics that par a lyze the ri bo -somes by bind ing to theirfunc tional sites. Their bind -ing modes, in hib i tory ac tionand syn er gism path ways willbe dem on strated. Is sues con -cern ing their abil ity to dif fer -en ti ate be tween pa tients andpatho gens, and mech a nismlead ing to bac te rial re sis tanceto an ti bi ot ics will be dis cus-sed.

Bi og ra phy: Born in Je ru sa -lem, Is rael, Pro fes sor Ada

Yonath, stud ied at the He brew Uni ver sity, earned her PhDfrom Weizmann In sti tute ofSci ence (WIS) and com pletedher post doc toral stud ies atMIT, USA. She stud ies pro -tein biosynthesis, fo cus ing onri bo somes, which trans late the ge netic code into pro teins,and on their in hi bi tion by an -ti bi ot ics, in clud ing mech a -nisms for ac quir ing re sis tance.

She is us ing X-ray crys tal log -ra phy sup ported by mo lec u lar bi ol ogy, mu ta gen e sis andother bio phys i cal meth ods. For this aim, she es tab lishedin the sev en ties the first lab o -ra tory for pro tein crys tal log ra -phy in Is rael, which was theonly lab o ra tory of this kind in the coun try for al most a de -cade. Cur rently she is a pro -fes sor of struc tural bi ol ogy atWIS, holds the Kimmel Pro -fes so rial Chair, and is di rect -ing the Kimmelman Cen terfor Biomolecular Struc tureand As sem bly. From 1986-2004 she also headed the

Max-Planck Re search Unit inHam burg, Ger many.

She is a mem ber of the USNa tional Acad emy of Sci -ences (NAS); the Amer i canAcad emy of Arts and Sci -ences; the Is rael Acad emy ofSci ences and Hu man i ties; theEu ro pean Acad emy of Sci -ences and Art; the Eu ro peanMo lec u lar Bi ol ogy Or ga ni za -tion; the In ter na tional Acad -emy of As tro nau tics.

Ad di tion ally, she has hon or -ary doc tor ates from Tel Aviv,Ben Gurion and Bar Ilan uni -ver si ties in Is rael; KEK, Ja pan and Ox ford Uni ver sity in UK.

Her awards in clude the firstEu ro pean Crys tal log ra phyPrize; the Is rael Prize; thePaul Karrer Gold Medal; theIs rael Prime Min is ter EMETaward; the Rothschild Prize;the Louisa Gross HorwitzPrize; the Paul Ehrlich-Lud -wig Medal, Ger many; theLinus Pauling Gold Medal;the Anfinsen Prize; the WolfPrize; the Massry Award andMedal; the UNESCO Awardfor Women in Sci ence; the Al -bert Ein stein World Award for Ex cel lence; the Erice Prize for Peace; the DESY pin, theExner medal, the No bel Prizefor Chem is try and the In dianPrime Min is ter Gold medal.

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EX TENDED DEAD LINE!

CALL FOR NOM I NA TIONS

The 20th An nual

Phil a del phia Sec tion, Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety

Awards for Ex cel lence in Pre-Col lege Teach ing

The Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety will honor two out stand ing sci enceteach ers from the Del a ware Val ley with its Awards for Ex cel lence in Pre-Col lege Sci ence Teach -ing. One award will be given to a full-time ed u ca tor in volved in teach ing sci ence in grades K-8. The sec ond award will be given to a full-time ed u ca tor at the sec ond ary level (grades 9-12) whoteaches chem is try. Nom i nees must teach in the Phil a del phia Sec tion’s geo graphic area (Phil a del -phia, Mont gom ery, Del a ware, Ches ter, Bucks, Burlington and Cam den counties).

Nom i na tions for 2011 will be ac cepted un til Tues day, April 5, 2011. The nom i na tion pack ageshould con sist of a let ter of nom i na tion, the nom i nee’s re sume and at least two let ters of rec om -men da tion. Other sup port ing in for ma tion, such as stu dents’ com ments, is wel come. How ever,the to tal nom i na tion pack age should not ex ceed 30 pages. The nom i na tion pack age may beemailed to PhilaACS@aol.com or nine cop ies of the nom i na tion ma te ri als may be mailed to:

Dr. Wil liam R. Ew ing

Chair, Awards Com mit tee

Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS

De part ment of Chem is try

Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia

Phil a del phia, PA 19104-6323

For more in for ma tion, please con tact the Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS of fice: phone: (215)382-1589 or email: PhilaACS@aol.com

Award re cip i ents will be hon ored at our May 2011 Sec tion meet ing with a cer tif i cate and anhon o rar ium.

mailto:PhilaACS@aol.commailto:PhilaACS@aol.com

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NOTE EX TENDED DEAD LINE!

CALL FOR NOM I NA TIONS

The 9th An nual

Phil a del phia Sec tion, Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety

Award for Ex cel lence in Un der grad u ate Teach ing inChem i cal Sci ences

The Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety will honor an out stand ing un der grad -u ate teacher from the Del a ware Val ley with its Award for Ex cel lence in Un der grad u ate Teach ingin Chem i cal Sci ences. The award will be given to a full-time ed u ca tor in volved in teach ing anun der grad u ate course in the chem i cal sci ences (chem is try, bio chem is try). Nom i nees must teachin an in sti tu tion that is within the Phil a del phia Sec tion’s geo graphic area (Phil a del phia, Mont -gom ery, Del a ware, Ches ter, Bucks, Burlington and Cam den counties).

Nom i na tions for 2011 will be ac cepted un til Tues day, April 5, 2011. The nom i na tion shouldcon sist of a let ter of nom i na tion, the nom i nee’s re sume and at least two let ters of rec om men da -tion. Other sup port ing in for ma tion, such as stu dents’ com ments, is wel come. How ever, the to talnom i na tion pack age should not ex ceed 30 pages. The nom i na tion pack age may be emailed toPhilaACS@aol.com or nine cop ies of the nom i na tion ma te ri als may be mailed to:

Dr. Wil liam R. Ew ing

Chair, Awards Com mit tee

Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS

De part ment of Chem is try

Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia

Phil a del phia, PA 19104-6323

For more in for ma tion, please con tact the Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS of fice: phone: (215)382-1589 or email: PhilaACS@aol.com

The award re cip i ent will be hon ored at our May 2011 Sec tion meet ing with an hon o rar iumand a plaque.

mailto:PhilaACS@aol.commailto:PhilaACS@aol.com

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Fo cus on a Sec tion Mem ber – Dr. DougHausner

Doug grad u ated with a PhDin Chem is try from Tem pleUni ver sity. He is pres ently aVis it ing As sis tant Pro fes sorof Chem is try at Rutgers Cam -den. Doug is also a mem berof the ACS’s Na tional Youn -ger Chem ists Com mit tee andthe Chair of the lo cal sec -tion’s YCC group. It is in hispo si tion with the Phil a del phia Sec tion that he truly showshis ex cel lence.

You will see in other sec tionsof the Cat a lyst that Doug was able to mo bi lize a large group of ded i cated un der grad u atevol un teers to help with an In -ter na tional Year of Chem is -try ACS Out reach event atthe Frank lin In sti tute on Feb -ru ary 5, 2011. In ad di tion tothis he has helped or ga nizeand run the Section’s Stu dentPoster Ses sion, which thisyear was held at Tem ple Uni -

ver sity’s Mit ten Hall on Feb -ru ary 10, 2011. Note thatthese two large events were avery short pe riod apart. Doug has amaz ing or ga ni za tionalskills and is ded i cated to serv -ing the larger ACS com mu -nity with much work that hedoes be hind the scenes. Hisef forts need to be noted andnext time you see Doug, givehim a hearty pat on the backfor all his good work.

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NOM I NA TIONS IN VITED FOR THE

2011 PHIL A DEL PHIA SEC TION AWARD, AMER I CAN CHEM I CAL SO CI ETY

The Phil a del phia Sec tion in vites its mem bers and re gional and top i cal groups to con sider rec om -mend ing can di date(s) for the Phil a del phia Sec tion Award.

This Award rec og nizes an in di vid ual, “who, by con spic u ous sci en tific achieve ment through re -search, has made im por tant con tri bu tions to man’s knowl edge and thereby aided the pub lic ap pre -ci a tion of the pro fes sion.” Any mem ber of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety, Phil a del phia Sec tion, may be nom i nated for this award. Re cent awardees in clude: Eric Borguet (Tem ple Uni ver sity2009), John J. Baldwin (Vi tae Pharmaceuticals 2008), Rob ert J. Le vis (Tem ple Uni ver sity 2007).

IN STRUC TIONS FOR SUB MIT TING NOM I NA TION

(1) The nom i na tor should pro vide de tailed bio graph i cal data of the nom i nee, show ing ed u ca -tional and em ploy ment data, a list of pub li ca tions and a re cord of other ac com plish ments per -ti nent to con sid er ation for this award.

(2) One or two sec ond ing let ters (at least one of which should be from a per son in an or ga ni za -tion other than that of the nom i nee) should be re quested in sup port of the nom i na tion.

(3) Nom i na tors and sec ond ers should be iden ti fied with ad dresses and tele phone num bers so thatthey can be con tacted, if nec es sary, for ad di tional in for ma tion.

(4) Un suc cess ful nom i nees from pre vi ous years may be renominated. In fair ness to the nom i nee, how ever, renominations must be ac com pa nied by an up dat ing of the nom i nee’s bio graph i caldata and list of ac com plish ments in or der to make the nom i na tion com pet i tive. Un suc cess fulnom i nees who have been con sid ered three years in a row should not be renominated for thefourth year in suc ces sion with out prior con sul ta tion by the nom i na tor with the chair of theAwards Com mit tee.

Nom i na tion forms are avail able from the Sec tion Of fice. Con tact the Ad min is tra tive Sec re tary,Mrs. Libby Harper at:

Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS

De part ment of Chem is try

Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia

Phil a del phia, PA 19104-6323

(215) 382-1589; email PhilaACS@aol.com

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Phil a del phia Sec tion ACS Group on LinkedIn

As many mem bers of ACS are al ready aware, the website LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com)is an ex cel lent net work ing site ded i cated to keep ing work ing pro fes sion als in touch with one an -other. As a re sult, and in an ef fort to as sist in any way that we can, the Phil a del phia Sec tion ofthe ACS has es tab lished a group open for all to join. Within this group, dis cus sions can be fa -cil i tated as well as the op por tu nity for new jobs and in tern ships to be posted. If you al ready have a pro file in LinkedIn, feel free to go to the Groups Sec tion and search for“Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety - Phil a del phia Sec tion.” Send a mes sage to the group ad min is tra -tor to be come a mem ber. If you are not al ready on LinkedIn, we highly rec om mend that youjoin. Es tab lish ing an ac count is free and easy to set up. For ad di tional in for ma tion or as sis -tance, please feel free to con tact J.P. Northrop, Li ai son Com mit tee, atjohn.northrop@anton-paar.com

To join, please click on the fol low ing link:

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3366988

SEEK ING SUM MER PO SI TIONS FOR UN DER GRAD U ATES

We are seek ing help from the mem ber ship of the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the ACS. In most cases, this would only re quire in di cat ing ap pro pri ate con tact people.

The Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety has de vel oped a web site that willpost sum mer po si tions avail able in a lab o ra tory set ting for un der grad u ate stu dents ma jor ing inchem is try or re lated ar eas.

We are seek ing com pa nies, gov ern men tal agen cies and non-profit in sti tu tions that have sum merpo si tions avail able for the afore men tioned group of un der grad u ates. These po si tions can be in ei -ther a re search or a non-re search lab o ra tory en vi ron ment. We would like to post the in for ma tionabout these po si tions on the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety’s website:http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org/internshipquestionnaire.htm. There is no cost to post a po si tion;there is no ob li ga tion to con tinue this po si tion from one year to the next; you may have it re -moved at any time; and the or ga ni za tional con tact for ap pli cants may be an in di vid ual or re fer ralto the com pany web site.

If you hire un der grad u ates in chem is try or re lated ar eas to work in a lab o ra tory set ting, we urgeyou to go to our website and com plete the ques tion naire. Or, if you know of the per son in youror ga ni za tion who over sees such an un der grad u ate pro gram, ei ther urge them to post the po si -tion(s) on our website or email me (see be low) with their con tact in for ma tion. If you have anyques tions please con tact: Shel don L. Miller, PhD: email: millers@chc.edu or call at (215)248-7175.

Thank you for your par tic i pa tion.

Shel don L. Miller

http://www.linkedin.commailto:john.northrop@anton-paar.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3366988http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org/internshipquestionnaire.htmmailto:millers@chc.edu

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CHEMICAL CONSULTANTS NETWORK

MARCH 9, 2011 MEETING

Visit our website at www.chemconsultants.org

Date & Time: Wednesday, March 9th, at the Cynwyd Club, Bala Cynwyd, PA; Networking, 5:30 PM; Dinner, 6:30 PM; Talk and Business Session, 7:30 PM.

Starting a Custom Synthesis Company

Ron Bihovsky

Abstract: An entrepreneur interested in starting a custom synthesis company must overcome all of the challenges faced by a consultant as well as additional issues inherent to manufacturing. These include finding a location, securing funding, purchasing equipment, finding a niche of products, marketing, pricing and identifying clients. These challenges are balanced by the satisfaction of knowing that one has succeeded in manufacturing valuable products. Ron Bihovsky will discuss how he addressed these issues when he founded Key Synthesis LLC ten years ago, as well as the difficulties, successes, and the insights gained. Biography: Dr. Ron Bihovsky founded Key Synthesis LLC, a custom synthesis company specializing in synthesis of biologically active compounds, in 2001. He also consults, and has performed experimental work and testified as an expert witness in pharmaceutical patent cases. He previously conducted medicinal chemistry research in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry at Cephalon and Berlex Laboratories. Prior to that, he performed research on natural product synthesis as a professor of organic chemistry at SUNY Stony Brook. He currently serves as chairman of the Chemical Consultants Network. Location: The Cynwyd Club, 332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. From I-76, drive S on City Line Ave. (US Rte. 1). Turn right on Conshohocken State Rd. (Rte. 23); stay in right lane. After the second light watch for white left-turn arrows painted on street (about 0.14 mile). Do not follow Rte. 23 left at turn but instead go straight ahead onto Llandrillo Rd. (passing to the right of Valley Press printing). After one block bear left onto Trevor Lane at stop sign. Clubhouse and parking are on the left. Please park in lot if space is available; otherwise park on Trevor Lane. If lost, call the club at 610-667-4524, ext. 2. MAP Reservation: To make or cancel a dinner reservation, e-mail CCNReservations@aol.com or call the ACS office at 215-382-1589 (leave message on voicemail if necessary). Fee, including food and beverages (wine, beer & sodas), is $25 by the deadline, Thursday, March 3rd, $35 afterwards. Late reservations and walk-ins subject to availability. No-shows will be invoiced. Please advise of any special food requirements. There is no charge for talk only; registration is suggested using contact information above.

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MARM 2011 – May 21-24

You are cordially invited to participate in MARM 2011. Registration and Abstract Submission Now Open!

The Chemical Society of Washington Section of the American Chemical Society will host the 42nd Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM 2011) on the campus of the University of Maryland in

College Park, MD from Saturday, May 21 to Tuesday, May 24. The meeting's theme for this event is “International Year of Chemistry 2011.” This meeting will feature national and international leaders in

the chemical sciences and will include a broad selection of exciting and informative symposia.

Keynote speakers include Eric Wachsman and Clifton Barry.

Several Workshops are planned, and there will be events that feature career development, funding opportunities, and education.

Website: www.marmacs.org

Be part of this special event with speakers from industry, education and government at a variety of TECHNICAL AND POSTER SESSIONS.

Symposia focused on - Life Sciences, Materials Sciences, Chemical Education, Supramolecular Chemistry and Molecular Recognition, Advances in Organic Synthesis, Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Bioactive Small Molecule Design and Discovery, and Medicinal Chemistry of Anticancer Drugs. Synthetic Chemistry, Damage, Repair, and Mutation of DNA, Frontiers of Structure and Dynamics Using NMR Spectroscopy, Medicinal Chemistry of Anticancer Drugs, and Nanoparticle Metrology. New Technologies for Lithium Ion Batteries, Chemistry of Graphitic Materials, Advances in Terahertz and IR Spectroscopy. Redefining the Kilogram and Avogadro's Number, Metal-Mediated Small Molecule Activation and Functionalization, and Chemistry and Materials Composition of Cultural Heritage Materials. Ambient Ionization Methods in Biological Mass Spectrometry, Neutraceutical and Food Chemistry: An Exciting Career for Chemists, Applied Methods for Separation Science, the Chromatography Award Symposium, and Cheminformatics and Bioinformatics: Working Together to Address Systems Chemical Biology.

MEETING HIGHLIGHTS include a Sunday dedicated to Science Education & Career Development. There will be Workshops, Short Courses, Vendor Exhibitions, and a special symposium on Degree Opportunities at Federal Laboratories will also be featured.

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626th BOARD OF DI REC TORS’MEET ING

Thurs day, De cem ber 9, 2010

Wil liam Penn Inn

Gwynedd, PA 19436

Pres ent: D. Cichowicz, E. Da -vis, R. Gates, M. Matthews, T.Straub, J. Sum mers-Gates, K.Thrush Shaginaw, J. Tierney, K.Lysko, R. Ew ing, D. Cook, W.Smith, D. Thomas, M. Cicho-wicz.

Also: L. Harper, J. Co hen, A.Heldon, J.P. Northrop, C.J.Bruner.

Ex cused: A. DeMasi, K.YoderLu ther, S. Miller, M. Prushan, V. Tortorelli.

The meet ing was called to or derby Chair man J. Sum mers-Gatesat 5:30 PM.

There were no min utes from theNo vem ber meet ing to ap prove.

COM MIT TEE RE PORTS:

Fi nance, Bud get and Au dit: D. Cichowicz dis cussed the 2010bud get and stated there is cur -rently a bal ance of $33,000 incheck ing, at least $20,000 tocarry over to 2011. The 2011bud get will be ap proved inJan u ary.

The Women Chem ists Com mit -tee needs to be more spe cific intheir re quests. K. Shaginaw willitem ize and send it to DC.

So cial Com mit tee should put re -quests for money for din nerguests in the pro gram bud get. J. Tierney con curred. This change is in cluded in the 2011 bud get.

CCN, 3100, Mail ings @ $2500;the board feels that this is an un -nec es sary ex pense that can beac com plished by email.

M. Matthews, line 2160 @$5000 is ok in the bud get.

Ev ery one check the 2011 bud get and be ready to dis cuss at theJan u ary meet ing.

Tell ers Com mit tee: T. Straubsaid they re-ran the elec tronicelec tion and lim ited each voterto one vote. There were 551 vot -ers, ap prox i mately dou ble the

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first tally. The al ter nates areHank Whalen and C.J. Bruner. We will look at by law changesto the elec tion pro ce dure. In -stead of cast ing votes for thecoun cil ors and al ter nates wecould cast votes for coun cil orsand the al ter nates would comefrom the can di dates with fewervotes.

This year’s elec tronic elec tion is about one half the cost of mailed bal lots.

A. Heldon said al though theelec tions are not per fect we want to be fair.

J.P. Northrop is the one year re -place ment for D. Cichowiczwho is now trea surer.

R. Ew ing said the ty pos neededto be fixed. Mo tion made by D.Cichowicz to ap prove the elec -tion re sults, sec ond E. Da vis. Unan i mously ap proved by voice vote.

Sal ary: Libby’s bo nus and sal -ary raise. Ap proved by unan i -mous voice vote.

OF FI CERS' RE PORTS:

Chair man: J. Sum mers-Gatesthanked us for our sup port dur -ing her year as chair.

Should the IYC Sci ence Café inearly Feb ru ary be com binedwith the YCC poster session? Dis cus sion con cluded that thenon-sci ence par tic i pants wouldprob a bly not con nect with thesci ence pre sented in the posterses sion. Per haps we could dopro files of sci en tists in volved inlo cal com mu nity ac tiv i ties.

Chair Elect: J. Tierney movedthat we of fi cially thank Judy. Sec onded by D. Cook. Unan i -mously ap proved. E. Da vis com -mented that Judy is a leader inhan dling all our new ad ven tures.

The by laws have been re viewedand each mem ber needs to re -view the draft for Jan u ary. Sec -tion 4, p. 11 has the In vest mentBoard as a sub set of the Fi -nance, Bud get and Au ditCommittee.

Num ber of mem bers needed tovote on by law changes ischanged.

D. Cichowicz - Page 12, sec tion5- du ties of “pub li ca tion” chairshould be changed to “com mu -ni ca tions” chair to in clude webac tiv i ties and email blasts.

By law changes will be sent tona tional ACS with link to doc u -ment and ex ec u tive sum mary tomark the changes for theirap proval.

D. Cichowicz ini ti ated a roundof ap plause for J. Tierney’s work on the by laws.

Sec re tary (M. Prushan): nore port.

Trea surer (D. Cichowicz): Pre -sented the 2010 Trea surer’s Re -port men tion ing that line 600should be $87,873, and 4670$73 is in ter est. He needs re -ceipts for 2010 by 1/5-6 in or der to pay them and close the booksfor 2010. J. Tierney made a mo -tion to ac cept the 2010 Trea -surer’s re port. K. Lysko sec ond-ed. The re port was unan i mously ac cepted by voice vote.

OTHER BUSI NESS:

Women’s Chem ist Com mit tee:There is a Break fast Jan u ary 18th

at CHF for IYC 2011 fea tur ing a Ma dame Cu rie pre sen ta tion. Itis a meet and greet net work ingfrom 9-10:30 AM. Res er va tions must be made and in for ma tion is on their website.

LinkedIn: John Northrop wasthanked by D. Cichowicz for be -ing the LinkedIn man ager. J.P.Northrop en cour aged us to signup on the website un der groupsub sec tion ACS, and to have our com pa nies list in tern ships andem ploy ment op por tu ni ties there.

J Tierney men tioned how im -pressed he was with this year’sUllyot lec ture and re cep tion, and oth ers who at tended agreed. D.Cichowicz said we need to al lo -cate money for the lec ture in2011 if we want to sup port it. Libby said the bill for 2010Ullyot lec ture was $2076 fromCHF.

There be ing no other busi ness,the meet ing was ad journed byChair man Sum mers-Gates at6:55 PM.

Re spect fully sub mit ted,

Kathie Lysko on be half of

Mi chael Prushan

Sec re tary

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627th BOARD OF DI REC TORS’MEET ING

Thurs day, Jan u ary 20, 2011

Iron Hill Brew ery and Res tau rant

West Ches ter, PA 19380

Pres ent: J. Tierney, W. Ew ing,D. Cichowicz, J. Sum mers-Gates, E. Da vis, M. Matthews,T. Straub, K. Thrush Shaginaw,K. Lysko, D. Cook, W. Smith,M. Cichowicz, A. DeMasi, D.Hausner, K.Yoder Lu ther, J.P.Northrop, V. Tortorelli.

Also: L. Harper, A. War ren, C.J. Bruner, J. Co hen, J. Falcone.

Ex cused: C. Palmer, M. Prushan and D. Thomas.

The meet ing was called to or derby Chair man J. Tierney at 4:00PM.

There were no min utes from theNo vem ber meet ing to ap prove. Min utes from the De cem bermeet ing were ap proved.

COM MIT TEE RE PORTS:

Fi nance, Bud get and Au dit: J.Falcone sent the fi nal bud get for 2011 to the board mem bers. J.Tierney made a mo tion to ap -prove fi nal bud get; sec onded byK. Lysko. Dis cus sion ini ti atedby D. Cichowicz: Bud get item#680, Ullyot Fund, - $2050, is atrans fer from the Ullyot fundfrom last year. For 2011 $2550was added to #680, in creas ingthe to tal to $4550. The es ti -mated cost of the Ullyot lec turefor 2011 was added to ac count#4020, Ullyot Fund ex penses,

which should zero out. There -fore, #4680, trans fer to theUllyot Fund, will be 0. #2112,Phil a del phia Sec tion Awards,has $1500 in stead of the $1750prob a bly needed. #670, trans ferfrom Awards Fund, should have$1750 to use for 2011.

With friendly amend ments to bein cluded, D. Cichowicz movedto pass the 2011 bud get, sec -onded by DeMasi and ap provedby unan i mous voice vote.

J. Falcone went over the in vest -ment fund in creases which hadbeen cir cu lated to the boardmem bers. They are up about$1400 so far this year.

Nom i na tions Com mit tee: J.Sum mers-Gates re ported that V.

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Tortorelli is the cur rent rep re sen -ta tive to the Mid dle At lan tic Re -gional Meet ing (MARM) andwas ap proved for an other term,2011-2012.

Phil a del phia Sec tion AwardsCom mit tee: M Cichowicz vol -un teered to be the or ganic com -mit tee mem ber. Bob Stan ley has de clined to con tinue. SueVarnum did not re spond lastyear, but will con tinue on thecom mit tee. Pos si bly we can geta can di date from the Mass SpecGroup. Peo ple will be emailedby Judy. It was sug gested thatwe put an ad ver tise ment in theCat a lyst, website and LinkedInto so licit for new com mit teemem bers and peo ple to run forelec tion. De scrip tions of whateach job en tails should be in -cluded. All agreed.

Al ter nate coun cil ors need to beiden ti fied and their names sentto Na tional ACS. Wil liam Smith and Russ Phifer were elected inthe fall elec tion to serve for2011. C.J. Bruner will re main in her cur rent term un til 2012. Two of the re main ing three va -can cies were filled from the listof pre vi ous nom i nees, MarkForman and Sandy Burcham. V. Tortorelli nom i nated M.Cichowicz for the re main ing va -cancy for Al ter nate coun cilor. All ap proved the ap point ments.

OF FI CERS' RE PORTS:

Chair: J. Tierney brought anum ber of items to the meet ing.

1. In ter na tional Year of Chem is -try Ac tiv i ties- Sci ence Café at

CHF does not need our pres -ence. He has been work ing with Su zette Schultz of AIChE on anevent at the Frank lin In sti tute on Feb ru ary 5th. The Frank lin In sti -tute does not know any thingabout a sci ence café there. Weare now on the FI website.

2. Na tional ACS is not re spond -ing to our ques tions, there are no wa ter kits as ad ver tised. LaTrease Gar ri son is the na tionalcon tact. We hope to have somewa ter kits for the Phil a del phiaSci ence Fair on April 16th.

3. Dis cus sion of by law changeswill be post poned un til Feb ru -ary. John has re quested feed -back on his pro posed changes.

4. J.P. Northrop talked about the ca reer work shop, and websitefor sum mer in tern ship pro gramin for ma tion from com pa nies. We need to so licit com pany con -tacts for in tern ships. An emailblast is go ing out to mor row. The ca reer work shop for un em -ployed chem ists will be atChest nut Hill on March 2nd,Wednes day, all day. Lo ca tion isfree. Snacks will be pro vided by cor po rate spon sors, and thespeak ers will be vol un teers. They are so lic it ing speakernames. Jim Burke was men -tioned and sev eral peo ple saidthey would for ward names byemail to J.P. Northrop. Therewill be some thing in the Cat a -lyst, on the website, LinkedInand an email blast. He is work -ing with the Prince ton sec tion.

5. Teach ing Awards - It is hardto get nom i na tions, es pe cially

from K-12. W. Smith as a H.S.De part ment Chair has ac cess tomail ing lists for this age groupthrough the PA Sci ence Teach ers As so ci a tion. D.Cook sug gestedcon tact ing chairs of other as so -ci a tions in the area. V. Tortorelli also has lists from Sci ence inMo tion. Send emails to thesecon tacts. The dead line has beenex tended to April 5th.

6. AIChE spon sors a re sumework shop for col lege se niors inSep tem ber which we can join in. The lo ca tion is TBA. We should talk to ca reer ser vices of fices atlo cal col leges and uni ver si ties.

7. Judges are needed for theTem ple Uni ver sity Poster Ses -sion next month. W. Ew ing, J.Tierney, and D. Hausner havevol un teered. More judges areneeded.

8. The cost of at tend ing Section meet ings was ad dressed. Whatis the le gal ity of sub si diz ingwith dues? Libby men tionedcor po rate spon sor ships forevents and D. Cook sug gestedsep a rat ing meet ings from events. M. Cichowicz men tioned part -ner ing with other or ga ni za tionssuch as the Del a ware Sec tion todraw a larger crowd.

Rick Ew ing (Chair Elect):

1. Teach ing Awards - can nom i -na tions be emailed? Yes. Thenom i na tion dead line has beenmoved to April 5th. No tices arein the Feb ru ary Cat a lyst and onthe website with the ex tendeddead lines.

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2. For the Ullyot lec ture in 2011 he is talk ing about meet ing T.Tritton from the CHF.

Sec re tary (M. Prushan): nore port.

Trea surer (D. Cichowicz): re -port to come.

OTHER BUSI NESS:

1. K. Shaginaw was se lected for the Na tional Lo cal Sec tion Ac -tiv i ties Com mit tee. The April9th date for PAGESä is on thewebsite un der events.

2. Wil liam Smith gave out there main ing Merck In di ces.

3. D. Cichowicz men tioned that #4060 in the Trea sur er's re portshould zero out. Over all ex -

penses have net + in 2010 due to de crease in pub li ca tions ex pen -di tures. We should be able totrans fer $23,000 to 2011 from2010.

4. J. Tierney ex pressed his ap -pre ci a tion to D. Cichowicz forthe trea surer’s com mit tee work. V. Tortorelli moved to in cludethis sen ti ment in the min utes and R. Ew ing sec onded. Allapproved.

Meet ing was ad journed at 5:30PM by Chair man, J. Tierney.

Re spect fully sub mit ted,

Kathie Lysko on be half of

Mi chael Prushan

Sec re tary

2011 En gi neer of the Year – Douglas W. Kriebel, PECon grat u la tions to Doug Kriebel, a chem i cal en gi neer who was rec og nized as the Del a ware Val -ley En gi neer of the Year in Feb ru ary. Doug has been a leader in the en gi neered equip ment busi -ness and a ded i cated vol un teer for the chem i cal en gi neer ing com mu nity. In 1989 he foundedKriebel En gi neered Equip ment, LTD and serves as its pres i dent and CEO. Kriebel En gi neeredEquip ment is a man u fac turer’s rep re sen ta tive and dis trib u tor of chem i cal pro cess equip ment thathas been pro vid ing so lu tions to the chem i cal pro cess in dus tries, the hy dro car bon pro cess ingindustries, the power gen er a tion in dus tries and gen eral in dus try in the Del a ware Val ley for over20 years. At the same time, Doug has also been a ded i cated Di rec tor and Com mu ni ca tions Chiefof the Amer i can In sti tute of Chem i cal En gi neers Del a ware Val ley Sec tion (AIChE/DVS) over the years.

With ef forts to re duce en ergy, green house gases, and car bon footprinting be com ing a na tionalpri or ity, Doug has launched pro grams at Kriebel En gi neered Equip ment to ed u cate op er at ing fa -cil i ties to se lect equip ment to ac com plish these re duc tions. De spite a hec tic work sched ule, Doug stays fo cused on pay ing back to the pro fes sion by mentoring en gi neer ing stu dents with tech ni caltrain ing and ca reer guid ance. He is also a wel come speaker on tech ni cal top ics.

For more in for ma tion on Doug, please go to:

http://www.dvewc.org/awards/engineerOfTheYear.php

ACS-HACH HIGHSCHOOL CHEM IS TRY

GRANTSTrans form your class roomwith an ACS-Hach HighSchool Chem is try Grant. The ACS-Hach High SchoolChem is try Grant is awardedto teach ers in ter ested in en -hanc ing the teach ing andlearn ing of high school chem -is try. Ap pli cants can re ceiveup to $1,500 to sup port ideasthat im prove class room learn -ing, fos ter stu dent de vel op -ment, and re veal the won dersof chem is try.

Ap pli ca tions are due on April1, 2011. Ap ply for theACS-Hach High SchoolChem is try Grant to day at:http://www.acs.org/hachhttp://www.acs.org/hachwww.acs.org/hach

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Scientists Needed to Make

Philadelphia Area Girls Enjoying Science™ a Success

On Saturday, April 9th the spring 2011 session of Philadelphia Areas Girls Enjoying Science™ (PAGES™) will be held at Chestnut Hill College. Volunteers are needed to conduct experiments with the sixth grade girls. Share your passion for science by bringing your favorite experiment to inspire small groups of girls. The day is a great opportunity to network in the labs and at lunch with other local women interested in science. If you have never conducted experiments with children and are unsure of how to best do this, you can be paired with a program veteran to “learn the ropes”. Learn more about to PAGES™ by visiting our web site at http://PAGESprogram.org. Please contact Kathy Thrush Shaginaw at 215-736-9285 or katt@verizon.net to volunteer.

 

  

                                       ……… turning the page to a bright chapter in the future of our girls.

 

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ACS Short Courses return to Philly by Popular Demand April 30 - May 3, 2011 In conjunction with the inaugural Chemspec USA convention in Philadelphia, ACS Professional Education will showcase a suite of courses designed to keep you up-to-date on the latest in the industry. We've even arranged to have the courses before the conference so you won't miss anything. Our course line-up includes: Organic Synthesis: Methods and Strategies for the 21st Century Chemist Statistical Analysis of Laboratory Data Essentials of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Drug-like Properties: Optimizing Pharmacokinetics and Safety in Drug Discovery Discounts are available. Visit the website for details. Chemspec USA has lined an impressive list of speakers from industry for the event. Visit their website for the exciting program.

More On-Demand Courses are Coming in March!

We know how important your time is. We heard your

calls for courses that can be taken anytime and anywhere.

Beginning in March, ACS

Professional Education will launch its new On-Demand catalog of courses. Below is a partial list of courses that

will be available.

Visit our website for more information on this exciting addition to ACS

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March His tor i cal Events In Chem is tryby Leopold May

March 2, 1886 One hun dred and twenty-five years ago, H. Jermain Creigh ton was born onthis date. He was a re searcher in elec tro-or ganic chem is try and de vel oped the in dus trial pro cess for electroreduction of glu cose to sorbitol and mannitol.

March 7, 1788 One hun dred and sev enty-five years ago in 1836, Antoine-César Becquerelwas the first to use elec trol y sis to re cover met als from ores. He also in vented anelec tric ther mom e ter and was born on this date.

March 8, 1886 One hun dred and twenty-five years ago, Ed ward C. Kend all was born. In1915, he iso lated thy rox ine and shared the No bel Prize in Phys i ol ogy or Med -i cine in 1950 with Philip Hench and Tadeus Reichstein for their dis cov er iesre lat ing to the hor mones of the ad re nal cor tex, their struc ture and bi o log i calef fects.

March 12, 1824 One hun dred and fifty years ago in 1661, Gustav R. Kirchhoff and Rob ert Bun -sen dis cov ered ru bid ium (Rb, 37). They in vented the spec tro scope in 1859 anddis cov ered ce sium (Cs, 55) in 1860. He dis cov ered that sub stances that emit ra -di a tion ab sorb the same type of ra di a tion when cool (Kirchhoff’s Law).

March 12, 1838 One hun dred and fifty years ago in 1861, Wil liam H. Perkin, with B.P. Duppa,syn the sized tar taric acid. Also, he dis cov ered mauve, the first an i line dye, in hishome lab o ra tory in 1856, the Perkin re ac tion for con den sa tion of un sat u rated ar -o matic ac ids, and coumarin. He elu ci dated re la tion ship be tween tar taric, funaricand maleic ac ids and was born on this date.

March 22, 1788 One hun dred and sev enty-five years ago in 1836, Pi erre J. Pelletier, withPhilip Wal ter, ob tained to lu ene by dis till ing pipe resin. He dis cov ered qui -nine, strych nine, and other al ka loids and was born on this date.

March 22, 1868 Twenty-five years ago in 1986, Rob ert A. Millikan died. He mea sured thecharge/mass ra tio of the elec tron and re ceived the No bel Prize in Phys ics in1923 for his work on the el e men tary charge of elec tric ity and on the pho to -elec tric ef fect. He was born on this date.

March 24, 1711 Three hun dred years ago, Wil liam Brownrigg, the first to de scribe plat i numand use pneu matic trough for col lec tion of gases, was born on this date.

March 24, 1884 Sev enty-five years ago in 1936, Pe ter Jo seph Wil liam Debye re ceived the No -bel Prize in Chem is try for his con tri bu tions to our knowl edge of mo lec u larstruc ture through his in ves ti ga tions on di pole mo ments and on the dif frac tionof X-rays and elec trons in gases. He was born on this date.

March 26, 1911 One hun dred years ago, Ber nard Katz was born on this date. He shared theNo bel Prize in Phys i ol ogy or Med i cine in 1970 with J. Axelrod and U. VonEu ler for dis cov er ies con cern ing humoral transmittors in the nerve ter mi nalsand the mech a nism for their stor age, re lease and in ac ti va tion.

March 27, 1861 One hun dred and fifty years ago, Nikolai Y. Demjanov was born on this date. He was a re searcher on de com po si tion of aliphatic diazonium ions andDemjanov-Tiffeneau re ar range ment.

March 28, 1861 One hun dred and fifty years ago on this date, George C. Pond was born. Hewas a chem is try teacher and pre server of the Priestley home in Penn syl va nia

March 31, 1811 Two hun dred years ago on this date, Rob ert Bun sen was born. One hun dredand fifty years ago in 1861, he and Gustav R. Kirchhoff dis cov ered ru bid ium(Rb, 37). They also in vented the spec tro scope in 1859 and dis cov ered ce sium(Cs, 55) in 1860. He in vented the Bun sen burner, fil ter pump, a gal vanic bat tery,and with Henry E. Ros coe, the actinometer.

Ad di tional his tor i cal events can be found at Dr. May’s website:

http://faculty.cua_Hlt188259233_Hlt188259236_Hlt188259245_Hlt188259251.BM_1_BM_2_BM_3_BM_4_edu/may/Chemistrycalendar.htm.

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DEL A WARE VAL LEY SCI ENCE FAIRS

Judg ing for the Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs hasstarted, but if you hurry you can still vol un teer. Judges

and men tors are al ways needed. Check the websitewww.dvsf.org for more in for ma tion and to vol un teer.

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DI REC TORY OF SER VICES

John Tierney (left) and Rick Ew ing with the ACS mole at the Frank lin In sti tute In ter na -tional Year of Chem is try out reach. To see more pic tures, go to the web site,http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org un der events.

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PHILADELPHIA SECTION, ACS 2011 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date Event Locations

Wednesday, March 2 Philadelphia Section Career Workshop Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA john.northrop@anton-paar.com

Wednesday, March 9 Chemical Consultants Network: Ron Bihovsky, Key Synthesis LLC: Starting a Custom Synthesis Company

The Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA www.chemconsultants.org

Monday, March 14 Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group: John Masucci, Johnson and Johnson: MS Analysis in Drug Discovery

Villanova University Villanova, PA http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/

Thursday, March 17 Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Lecture: Dr. Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science: Ribosomal Crystallography and Attempts at Combating Antibiotics Resistance

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org

Tuesday, March 22 Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley: Kevin A. Schug, University of Texas at Arlington: Trace Analysis of Estrogens and Endocrine Disruptors from Biological Fluids

Christiana Hilton Newark, DE http://www.cfdv.org/

Wednesday, March 23 AIChE: Continuing Education Course - Facility Planning & Siting

http://aiche-philadelphia.org/

Thursday, March 24 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Joel M. Hawkins, Pfizer: The Development of Scalable Processes for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Pharmaceutical Intermediates using Batch and Flow Chemistry

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://www.pocclub.org/

Saturday, April 9 PAGES™ Program for Sixth Grade Girls Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia http://www.pagesprogram.org/

Wednesday, April 13 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Microfluidics and Microchip Technology Short Course

Fort Washington Holiday Inn Fort Washington, PA www.cfdv.org

Thursday, April 14 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Spring Symposium including exhibition

Fort Washington Holiday Inn Fort Washington, PA www.cfdv.org

Thursday, April 21 Scholastic Achievement Awards McCall’s Meeting and Conference Center Highland Park, PA http://www.mccallgolf.com/

Monday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 11

Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Introduction to High Performance Liquid Chromatography Short Course

West Chester University West Chester, PA www.cfdv.org

Monday 16 - Wednesday, May 18

Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Modern Practice of Gas Chromatography short Course

West Chester University West Chester, PA www.cfdv.org

Thursday, May 19 Section Teaching Awards TBA Monday, June 13 -Wednesday, June 15

Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Advanced HPLC & Lab with Hands-on LC/MS Short Course

Ursinus college Collegeville, PA www.cfdv.org

Thursday, June 16 Honoring our 50-Year Members The Irish Pub, 1123 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA

Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM), May 21-24, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Spring National Meeting, March 27-31, Anaheim, CA Fall National Meeting, August 28-September 1, Denver, CO

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