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the Cat a lyst Of fi cial pub li ca tion of the Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS May 2011
http://phil a del phia.sites.acs.org/ Vol ume 96, No. 5
HIGHLIGHTS
Chair's Column 101
Sec tion on LinkedIn 104
2011 MARM 106
Fo cus on Sec tionMem bers 109
Sci ence Car ni val 110
2011 Cal en dar 119
JUNE MEETING
Thursday, June 16, 2011
June Luncheon MeetingHonoring our 50-year Members
Dr. Thomas Tritton, Pres i dent, Chem i cal Her i tage Foun da tionMarshalton Inn, West Chester, PA
See the June issue of the Catalyst for details, call the Sec tion Of fice at (215) 382-1589 or email [email protected].
A D V A N C E N O T I C E
Chil dren par tic i pat ing in the Sci ence Car ni val on
Ben Frank lin Park way in April
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ACS Phil a del phia Sec tion
Founded April 15, 1899
STAFF
EDITOR-IN-CHIEFRobin S. Davis
EDITORSNews Atoms: Alan WarrenProof Editors: Georgia Arbuckle-Keil
Marge MatthewsAlan Warren
ADVERTISING MANAGERVince Gale
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Chair: Marge MatthewsAnthony W. AddisonGeorgia Arbuckle-KeilRobin S. DavisVince GaleRobert GatesKendra LutherJudy Summers-GatesVictor TortorelliAlan Warren
Pub lished monthly ex cept July, Au gust and De cem ber by the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i -can Chem i cal So ci ety. All views ex pressed are those of the ed i tors and con tri bu tors and do notnec es sar ily rep re sent the of fi cial po si tion of the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i calSo ci ety. Ed i to rial mat ters should be sent to the at ten tion of the Ed i tor-in-Chief c/o the Phil a del -phia Sec tion ACS, De part ment of Chem is try, Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia, 231 South 34th Street,Phil a del phia, PA 19104-6323 or [email protected].
Ad ver tis ing: Vince Gale, MBO Ser vices, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield, MA 02050
phone: (781) 837-0424; email: [email protected].
CON TENTSJune Ad vance No tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chair's Col umn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
News At oms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
May Meet ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Phil a del phia Sec tion on LinkedIn . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chem i cal Con sul tants Net work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
2011 Mid dle At lan tic Re gional Meet ing . . . . . . . . 106
Why Chem is try Mat ters to No bel Lau re ates . . . . 107
2011 Elec tronic Elec tion No tice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Book Re view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Fo cus on Sec tion Mem bers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sci ence Car ni val on the Park way . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Scho las tic Achieve ment Award Win ners . . . . . . . 112
March 2011 Board Meet ing Min utes . . . . . . . . . . 113
Scho las tic Achieve ment Award Win ners Photo . . 115
His tor i cal Events in Chem is try. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Di rec tory of Ser vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
2011 Cal en dar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
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John Tierney
FromTheChair
The an nual un der grad u atestu dent awards event washeld in April. It is al waysgood to honor and rec og nizethe best and bright est chem is -try and chem i cal en gi neer ingstu dents in the Phil a del phiare gion. It is also at theseevents that mentoring re la -tion ships are ce mented be -tween stu dents and fac ulty.
It was a long time ago when I think back to my grad u a tionyear, and I do not re mem berbe ing rec og nized as the bestor bright est at the time ei ther, but I do re mem ber manyteach ers and pro fes sors whohad (and who con tinue tohave) a pos i tive in flu ence onme as I have pro gressedthrough my ca reer as a chem -ist. I have re flected on theirin flu ence over the years and I would like to name a num berof them. So, if you will in -dulge me, I would like to usethis fo rum to rec og nize thosein di vid u als who kept mestudy ing chem is try andhelped me main tain a fas ci -na tion with this sub ject thatbinds us all.
My ear li est mem ory of hav -ing an on go ing chem is try dis -
cus sion with a teacher was inhigh school with Mr. RonWeatherhead. He was achem is try teacher at myschool, but he was not mychem is try teacher. He wasmy “form mas ter” (readhomeroom teacher here). The class was be gin ning the topicof or ganic chem is try for the‘A level’ ex ams, and he heard a group of us talk ing aboutmem o riz ing or ganic re ac tions – the next day he pre sentedeach of us with a copy ofSykes’ 2nd edi tion of AGuide book to Mech a nism inOr ganic Chem is try. Eventhough he was not my chem -is try teacher, he went the ex -tra mile and started adis cus sion on re ac tion mech -a nisms that cer tainly mademore sense than the way thecur ric u lum dic tated or ganicchem is try be taught. Mov ingon to Read ing Uni ver sity, Icame un der the guid ance ofPro fes sor An drew Gilbert. Itwas with him that I was ex -posed to un der grad u ate re -search with a photochemistry pro ject. The pro ject in volvedtrap ping a triene in ter me di ate that had been pro posed in the ‘photolytic re ar range ment ofisothiochroman-4-one.’ Atthe Hat field Polythechnic(now the Uni ver sity of Hert -ford shire) I com pleted mymas ter’s de gree with Dr.Barry Lee and Dr. Rich ardEllam. With these in di vid u -als, my in ter est in creased inmech a nis tic or ganic chem is -
try. I had fun syn the siz ingheterocyclic mol e cules andfol low ing their rate for ma tion us ing ki netic tech niques. Af -ter a brief hi a tus from study -ing, I came to Phil a del phia,and it was at Tem ple that Ihad the plea sure of work ingwith Pro fes sor Da vid Dal tonand Dr. Mike Haugh. I amnot sure how much of a plea -sure Mike found me, be cause he left Tem ple af ter a yearand moved to Cal i for nia for a job with Kai ser Alu mi num.Dave Dal ton suf fered through my pres ence at Tem ple andwe have re mained firmly intouch since my grad u a tion,much to his dis may.
In all se ri ous ness I am in -debted to each of the afore -men tioned in di vid u als. Onecom mon trait dis played by all of these peo ple was a senseof hu mor and a high de greeof patience.
Recently, I at tended the sec -tion’s Un der grad u ate Stu dent Awards event and I was veryim pressed, as al ways, by theachieve ments and ca reergoals that these “soon to be”grad u ates an nounce that theyhave when they re ceive theirawards. The eve ning cer e -mony was capped by a livelypanel dis cus sion. The pan el -ists were Kristen Lammers(chair of lo cal YCC and grad -u ate stu dent at Tem ple Uni -ver sity), Doug Hausner(pres ently a fac ulty mem berat Rutgers Cam den), John
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Northrop (Anton Paar USA)and Shawn Phillips (soon tobe grad u ate of Drexel Uni -ver sity School of Med i cine).As you can see, the pan el istswere from a wide range ofchem is try in ter ests and theirex per tise was put to the testby many ques tions from theawardees. Hope fully the ses -sion al layed any fears andtrep i da tion that the awardeesmight have about the new ad -ven tures that lie be fore them,post-grad u a tion. Even af terthe for mal ques tion and an -swer ses sion ended, many ofthe awardees came up to askad di tional ques tions of thepan el ists. A num ber of thepar ents ac com pa ny ing theirsons and daugh ters in di catedthat they, too, learned newthings from the ses sion, so by that measure the session wasa success.
In May, we have the teach ing awards cer e mony, an othercele bra tory oc ca sion.
NEWS AT OMS—Alan War renDeaths
Karl F. Ockert, re tired from Rohm and Haas, Au gust 19, 2010at 85. He was a past mem ber of the ACS Gov ern ing Board forPub lish ing.
Fran cis E. Reese, Jr., re tired Monsanto ex ec u tive, No vem ber5th at 91. He was a for mer vice pres i dent and man ag ing di rec torof Monsanto, fol low ing which he be came a con sul tant. He wasa mem ber of ACS for over 65 years.
Muni M. Staum, radiologic chem ist, No vem ber 5th at 89. Hewas a for mer as sis tant pro fes sor of ra dio log i cal sci ence at theUni ver sity of Penn syl va nia.
James A. Parente, re tired chem i cal en gi neer, March 4, 2011 at88. He worked in sales for 20 years with Keene Corp., a chem i -cal and fil tra tion equip ment firm. He then es tab lished an en gi -neer ing con sult ing firm, J.A. Parente As so ci ates. In re tire menthe tu tored math in pub lic schools and was an ec u men i cal min is -ter at St. Thomas of Villanova Church.
Howard C. Zell, re tired re search chem ist, March 12th at 89. Heworked for Publicker In dus tries and then joined Merck, Sharp,and Dohme Re search Lab o ra to ries in 1948, and then moved in1965 to Ethicon, Inc. In 1974 he be came a re view ing chem istwith the Food and Drug Ad min is tra tion and was later named aBranch Chief. Fol low ing re tire ment from FDA in 1987 hejoined Marsam Pharmaceuticals as di rec tor of reg u la tory af fairs.
In ter ested in Work ing for ACS?
We are draw ing up the slate of can di dates for the fall 2011elec tion. Spe cif i cally, there are open ings for chair-elect, sec re -tary, di rec tors, and coun cil ors. The chair-elect has sev eral re -spon si bil i ties, in clud ing chair ing the Sec tion awards andpro gram com mit tees dur ing the first year of the term and run -ning the Sec tion dur ing the sec ond year. The sec re tary ismainly re spon si ble for tak ing the min utes at board meet ings. Directors form the gov er nance of the lo cal sec tion and meetmonthly Sep tem ber-June. Coun cil ors rep re sent the sec tion atACS na tional meetings.
If you would like to run, please get in touch with Judy Sum -mers-Gates (ju dith.sum [email protected] [email protected]) or Libby Harper ([email protected] or (215) 382-1589).
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MAY MEETING
THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
presents the
THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHING OF CHEMISTRY IN GRADES 9-12
and
THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING IN CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Thursday, May 19, 2011
6:00 PM
The Irish Pub 1123 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Dinner cost: $20; Students with reservations and ID: $10
RESERVATIONS should be made by calling Mrs. Harper at the Section Office, (215) 382-1589, or emailing [email protected] by 5:00 PM Thursday, May 12th. Cancellations, if necessary, cannot be accepted after NOON on Tuesday, May 17th. UNCANCELLED RESERVATIONS WILL BE BILLED.
PARKING is available at 12th and Walnut Streets, Parkway Corp (Allright Parking - http://www.parkwaycorp.com/find/location.asp?location=05651). There are three entrances: Sansom Street west of 12th St., 12th St. between Sansom and Walnut Sts. and Walnut St. west of 12th St. Open 24/7.
The Board of Directors will meet at 4:00 PM at the Irish Pub.
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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, [email protected]
To join, please click on the fol low ing link:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3366988
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CHEMICAL CONSULTANTS NETWORK IEEE PHILADELPHIA CONSULTANTS NETWORK (CONET)
MAY 11, 2011 JOINT MEETING
Visit the CCN web page at www.chemconsultants.org Visit the IEEE CONET web page at www.phila-ieee-consultants.org
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 11th, at the Cynwyd Club, Bala Cynwyd, PA; Networking, 5:30 PM; Dinner, 6:30 PM; Talk and Business Session, 7:30 PM.
Literature-Based Consulting (No Lab Required) Dr. Kathryn Bullock
Abstract: Literature-based consulting requires a strong knowledge of your field and its literature, but very little capital investment. Good reading, writing, typing, creative problem solving skills and access to an on-line computer are the foundation required to build a consulting business. Clients have diverse needs, and include attorneys, business leaders and entrepreneurs, editorial staffs of scientific publications, government contractors, inventors, marketing professionals and scientists/engineers with limited experience in the consultant’s field. This talk will cover potential clients, examples of literature consulting, and methods for getting access to information. Biography: Dr. Kathryn Bullock is an electrochemist with a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Northwestern University. She worked in industry developing batteries and other electrochemical power sources and applying them in electrical systems for 30+ years. In 2003, she formed her consulting company, Coolohm, Inc., and has since worked on a wide variety of projects. She also teaches a graduate course on electrochemical power sources at Villanova University and an IEEE short course on fuel cells. She represents the Electrochemical Society on the Heritage Council of the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia and last year served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee to review the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. Location: The Cynwyd Club, 332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. From I-76, drive south 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 [email protected] or call the ACS office at 215-382-1589 (leave message if necessary). Please let us know whether you are responding to a CCN or CONET notification. Fee, including food and beverages (wine, beer & sodas), is $25 if reserved by Thursday, May 5, $35 afterwards. Late reservations and walk-ins subject to availability. Payment is due at the door. No-shows will be invoiced. Please state 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.
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 21st to Tuesday, May 24th. This meeting will feature national and international leaders in the chemical sciences and will include a broad selection of exciting and informative symposia. Visit www.marmacs.org for more details. There will be an entire day dedicated to Science Education. Career Development and Career Opportunities are high priorities. Keynote speakers include Eric Wachsman and Clifton Barry. To register visit our 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.
Email: [email protected] Chair: Mike Doyle Program Chair: Phil DeShong Treasurer: Carl Womack Exhibits Chair: Dolores Jackson
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WHY CHEM IS TRY MAT TERS TO NO BEL LAU RE ATES
In cel e bra tion of the In ter na tional Year of Chem is try 2011, No bel Me dia, the com pany man ag ing the No bel Prize me dia port fo lio, has pro duced a se ries of four, short ed u ca tional vid eos(http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/chemistry_matters.html) cap tur ing 16 No bel Lau -re ates’ opin ions on why chem is try mat ters. They dis cuss the fron tiers of the field, what the lifeof a chem ist en tails, the beauty in her ent in the ‘queen of the sci ences’ and the thrill ing and some -times lonely mo ments that ac com pany dis cov er ies. De signed for all stu dents con sid er ing a ca -reer in chem is try, the vid eos are avail able on Nobelprize.org (http://nobelprize.org/), the of fi cialweb site of the No bel Prize.
In the video “Chem is try Mat ters: Be yond the Text book,” No bel Lau re ates de scribe chem is try asa mul ti fac eted field that ranges be yond what you learn in school to en com pass all that liesaround us. As this sub ject touches our daily lives and trans forms our ma te rial world, the Lau re -ates pro vide ex am ples of the prac ti cal ap pli ca tions of chem is try.(http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1465)
In their re flec tions on the life of a chem ist in an other of the vid eos, No bel Lau re ates de scribe thecol lab o ra tive spirit that ex ists among their re search col leagues and stu dents and crosses in ter na -tional bound aries. As ex pressed by No bel Lau re ate Pe ter Agre, liv ing a sci en tist’s life of ad ven -ture is a lot like be ing Huck Finn. (http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1466)
In the video about those rare eu reka mo ments in sci ence, No bel Lau re ates pro vide their for mulafor suc cess: a bit of luck, com bined with a ready ac cep tance of frus tra tion and fail ures, and anun yield ing per sis tence. (http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1468)
From mol e cules to equa tions, and from ideas to ex per i ments, the beauty of chem is try strikes No -bel Lau re ates in many ways, as the video en ti tled sim ply “Beauty” re veals. (http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1467)
The vid eos are free of charge for down loads and are sup ported by the Camille and HenryDreyfus Spe cial Grant Pro gram in the Chem i cal Sci ences.
HEADS-UP: ELEC TION 2011
This fall we will hold an elec tronic elec tion again. Please make sure thatyour email ad dress is up-to-date with ACS na tional. Pa per bal lots will beavail able on re quest. Early this sum mer we will be send ing out post cardswith the de tails to those with no ACS email and those with bounced emailad dresses.
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BOOK RE VIEW—Alan War renThe Ul ti mate Scam by Wil liam R. Turner. 118 pages, 6 by 9 inches, card cov ers, self-pub lished,2009. ISBN 13: 9781439230718, Avail able from Am a zon.com, $14.99 plus ship ping.
This book is not a chem is try text but was writ ten by a Phil a del phia Sec tion ACS mem ber whoserved on the Sec tion’s in vest ment board. His book came out just af ter the eco nomic melt down of 2008. He men tions scams that oc cur ev ery day such as iden tity theft, fake prize con tests, elec tionfraud, claim pad ding, and mort gage fraud among oth ers. How ever, the main the sis of his book isthe ul ti mate scam caused by gov ern ment of fi cials that re sults in the costs of bor row ing money byover spend ing, and the in vis i ble cost re flected in de val ued cur rency.
Turner re views the his tory of cur rency val u a tion in the United States over the past 200 years—go -ing off the gold stan dard, in fla tion, the mount ing costs of war and so cial en ti tle ment pro grams,cre ation of the Fed eral Re serve, and many other fac tors. The re sult is the con stant and grad ual de -val u a tion of earn ings, sav ings, CDs, re tire ment ben e fit ac counts, in vest ments, mu tual funds, andin sur ance pol i cies.(con tin ued on page 109)
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While So cial Se cu rity was es tab lished to ben e fit cit i zens, pol i ti cians (i.e., scammers) raided thosefunds for other pur poses, so that the sys tem ap pears to be run ning out of money. The de cade of1970-1980 saw dou ble-digit in fla tion and the dol lar lost half its value. In tro duc tion of the cost ofliv ing ad just ment (COLA) con trib uted to the in fla tion.
Us ing a num ber of ex am ples, the au thor shows the loss of money over time no mat ter how money is saved: plac ing it un der the mat tress, sav ings ac counts and CDs, cor po rate and mu nic i pal bonds, US Trea sury bonds, in sur ance pol i cies, real es tate, an tiques and col lect ibles, and so cial se cu rity.The ef fects of taxes and in fla tion re duce their value, not in crease it.
The scammers are our elected of fi cials and cer tain of fi cials in the Fed eral Re serve Sys tem. Thescam is fed by their de ci sion to spend, bor row, and tax. The bank ing in dus try con trib utes to thescam through its pol i cies on lend ing de pos i tors’ funds. A sep a rate chap ter re views the his tory ofthe Fed eral Re serve and how its ac tions con trib ute to the ul ti mate scam.
The US Gov ern ment Ac count ing Of fice (GAO) is sup posed to be the fis cal watch dog. De spitetheir warn ings the gov ern ment con tin ues its over spend ing pro grams. Our elec tion pro cess fu elsthe ul ti mate scam as po lit i cal can di dates seek re elec tion by pro vid ing fi nan cial ben e fits to vot ers.These have to be paid for by bor row ing funds and rais ing taxes.
Cit i zens en cour age the scamming pro cess since they are used to it. They want gifts and ben e fits,loans are eas ier to pay back with in flated dol lars, they don’t like to pay taxes, and they haveadopted the pol icy of “buy now, pay later.”
The au thor rec og nizes that so lu tions to the prob lems are dif fi cult. They would re quire changes tothe op er a tion of the Fed eral Re serve, to break Con gress’s habit of bor row ing and over spend ing,and form ing grass roots or ga ni za tions to de mand that Con gress work to a bal anced bud get. Onlythen will the strength of the dol lar be re stored.
Fo cus on Sec tion Mem bers – James Falcone, Wil liam Golton, Da vid Cichowicz,Vic tor Tortorelli and Cheryl Mar tin – by the Chair
So far the spot light on “power con tri bu tors” to the Section’s op er a tion has been on in di vid u als.This time it is a on a group. So what is it that this group has done you might ask? Each per son inthe group, con sist ing of James Falcone, Wil liam Golton, Da vid Chicowicz, Vic tor Tortorelli andCheryl Mar tin, have con trib uted, in one de gree or an other, to sta bi liz ing the fi nan cial pic ture forthe Section. You may or may not know that re cent changes in gov ern ment leg is la tion re quiredthat the Na tional ACS could no lon ger hold and in vest mon ies on be half of the lo cal sec tions. The Na tional ACS had been play ing this role for quite a few years. The afore men tioned group of in di -vid u als, led by Jim Falcone, has taken charge of the Section’s in vest ments and is over see ing andman ag ing the in vest ments pru dently. I will con clude by say ing that Jim and his group have po si -tioned the Section well, so far, as the re turns have moved in the right di rec tion. I would like theSection to know that its in vest ments are in good hands.
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The Frank lin In sti tute’s Sci ence Car ni val on thePark way
As part of the on go ing In ter na tional Year of Chem is try cel e bra tion, the Sec tion par tic i pated in the first Frank lin In sti tute’s Sci ence Car ni val, on Sat ur day, April 16th. The day was over cast andthreat en ing rain from 8:00 AM on. There was a po ten tial, the day be fore, that the event would becan celed or moved in side. Nei ther of those con sid er ations came to fru ition. Luck ily, the rain heldoff un til around 2:00 PM. The Section’s booth fea tured “lather paint ing.” We had hun dreds ofpeo ple of all ages stop by and paint with shav ing cream and food col or ing. Yes, it was messy butev ery one had fun and each par tic i pant was able to leave with their art work. Many teach ersstopped by the booth, and the vol un teers hap pily ex plained the sci ence be hind the pro cess. Whenthe rains fi nally came, the booth con tin ued to op er ate. The Frank lin In sti tute de cided to close theevent early be cause of the weather. How ever, we con tin ued to op er ate even in the rain and worddid not get to us that the event had been closed for quite some time af ter the of fi cial an nounce -ment. We had fun even in the rain.
Many thanks to those in di vid u als who vol un teered on the day; with out them the event would nothave been the suc cess that it was. The vol un teers were Kristin Lammers, Am ber Riendeau, DougHausner, Bill Smith and his stu dents from Bris tol High School. The suc cess of the event is clearfrom the pho tos that follow.
The ac tual paint ing pro cess. Peo ple stop ping by the booth.
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Bill Smith and his stu dents.
Busy at work.
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SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS, 2011 Arcadia University Ashley Hubal Delaware Valley College Jennifer Cornbower
Drexel University (Chemistry) Brian P. Leung Eastern University Chelsea Kreiter Haverford College Alissa M. Aron
Immaculata University Kristen Constantine
La Salle University Shane F. Kendra Rosemont College Merlyn Mathew
Rutgers, The State University (Camden) Eric David Hernandez St. Joseph's University Sean Vilanova Swarthmore College Patrick E. Hartnett Temple University JingXin Liang University of Pennsylvania (Chemistry) Terren Niethamer University of Pennsylvania (Chemical and Spencer Glantz Biomolecular Engineering) University of the Sciences Chemistry: Sarah Janssen in Philadelphia Biochemistry: Angelica Johnson Ursinus College Kathryn Margaret Maselli Villanova University (Chemistry) Sarah R. Pattison Villanova University (Chemical Engineering) Nicole Perrelli West Chester University Mackenzie Lauro Zachary Voras
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629th BOARD OFDI REC TORS’ MEET ING
Thurs day, March 17, 2011
Makineni Room, Uni ver sity of
Penn syl va nia
34th
and Spruce Streets
Phil a del phia, PA 19104
Pres ent: J. Tierney, R. Ew ing,K. Lysko, D.Cichowicz, D.Cook, E. Da vis, A. DeMasi, D.Hausner, M. Matthews, S.Miller, J.P. Northrop, C. Palmer,K. Thrush Shaginaw, W. Smith,T. Straub, V. Tortorelli.
Also: L. Harper, C.J. Bruner,and J.Crawford.
Ex cused: J. Sum mers-Gates, M. Cichowicz, K.Yoder Lu ther, 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 Feb ru arymeet ing were ap proved with anad di tion of Ogan Kumova, agrad u ate stu dent at USP, who ischair-elect of the YCC.
COM MIT TEE RE PORTS:
Ca reer Ser vices: J.P. Northropre ported on the suc cess ful ca reer work shop which was givenWednes day, March 2, 2011 atChest nut Hill Col lege. Thespeak ers were well re ceivedbased on the eval u a tions fromthe par tic i pants. A re port will becir cu lated. J.P. Northrop thanked
Shel don Miller for mak ing thear range ments at Chest nut HillCol lege and pro vid ing the venuefree of charge. J.P. Northropthanked his com pany for pro vid -ing the re fresh ments.
The par tic i pants felt we shouldhost more ca reer work shops. D.Hausner men tioned that there arewebinars on in ter view ing and re -sume writ ing and we could pointthem to the Na tional ACSwebsite through the Cat a lyst andpro vide a syn op sis of the work -shops. J.P. Northrop and C.J.Bruner will try to set up somenet work ing events. K. Shaginawmen tioned that other or ga ni za -tions such as the WCC also hostnet work ing events.
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Coun cil Af fairs: Anne DeMasire ported that eight coun cil orsand three al ter nate coun cil orswill be go ing to the Na tionalACS meet ing in An a heim, CAon March 30, 2011. A pre-coun -cil meet ing was held Fri dayMarch 4, 2011 from 10 to 11AM. Anne will take care of writ -ing up what oc curs at the Na -tional meet ing.
OF FI CERS' RE PORTS:
Chair: J. Tierney brought anum ber of items to the meet ing.
1. The Ullyot lec ture will beheld on De cem ber 1, 2011. Hesug gested that we should haveour No vem ber meet ing on thethird Thurs day (No vem ber,17th), with a so cial and the De -cem ber meet ing on the 15th.
2. The Frank lin In sti tute Car ni -val will be held on April 16 th
from 10 AM- 4 PM. It will cost$300 to have a tent, ta ble andchairs set up. We will also needvol un teers, and money for sup -plies for the dem on stra tions anda ban ner. V. Tortorelli sug gestedthat we use part of the money inthe bud get from the Sci enceCafé, line #4130, for this ex -pense as it meets the spirit of the Sci ence Café ob jec tives. D.Cichowicz agreed. A mo tionwas made, sec onded and unan i -mously ap proved to use thesefunds for the car ni val. It wassug gested that D. Hausner speak with the YCC to ob tain addi-tional volunteers.
3. MARM will give five awards:
Stan ley C. Is rael Re gionalAward for Ad vanc ing Di ver sityin the Chem i cal Sci ences; TheE. Emmet Reid Award in Chem -is try Teach ing at Small Col leges in the Mid At lan tic Re gion; The Award for Ex cel lence inHigh School Teach ing; The E.Ann Nalley Re gional Award forVol un teer Ser vice to the ACS;and the 2011 Stu dent Awards of the Chro ma tog ra phy Fo rum ofDel a ware Val ley.
Dis cus sion fol lowed: Do wehave any one to nom i nate for theE. Emmet Reid award? V.Tortorelli sug gested nom i nat ingpre vi ous sec tion win ners. Dis -cus sion en sued about pre vi ousnom i nees and whether to nom i -nate some one for the vol un teerser vice award. The AwardsCom mit tee of this Section,chaired by R. Ew ing, shouldhan dle any nom i na tions toMARM. K.Lysko said shewould send a nom i na tion packet for Dr. James Murray fromImmaculata University.
A stu dent pro gram, Chem-agination, will give awards atMARM. Do we want ourSection to be in volved? D. Cook and V. Tortorelli said we werenot given enough no tice to par -tic i pate in this event. It was de -cided we would not par tic i pate.
Chair Elect: R. Ewing re portedthat Mi chael Christman will bethe Ullyot speaker on De cem ber 1, 2011.
R. Ew ing said we need nom i na -tions for the Un der grad u ateTeach ing Award. K. Lysko said
that she would be nom i nat ingDr. James Murray from Immacu- lata Uni ver sity. It was de cided to wait and see con cern ing are-nom i na tion of a former highschool win ner.
The spirit of the award is for achem is try teacher at a smallercol lege or uni ver sity. The 2010un der grad u ate award was givento a pro fes sor at Penn.
R. Ew ing will be at the Na tionalACS meet ing. He will go to theACS Ex hi bi tion Cen ter at theMeet ing Booth to get in for ma -tion on the na tional meet ing tobe held here in 2112.
Sec re tary (K. Lysko): nore port.
Trea surer (Dave Cichowicz):Re port to come.
OTHER BUSI NESS:
1. A. DeMasi asked if the al ter -nate coun cil ors had re ceived theyel low ad mis sion cards for theACS Coun cil Meet ing. The al -ter nate coun cil ors that will beserv ing are K. Lysko, W. Smith,and E. Da vis. She also asked forthe coun cil ors to send their ACS Na tional Meeting con tact in for -ma tion to her at her Chemturaemail address.
2. K. Shaginaw an nounced theApril 9, 2011 PAGES™ eventhas Eliz a beth Cho-Fertikh fromNIH for a speaker. The event iscom pletely filled with stu dentsand could use a few morevol un teers.
3. E. Da vis rep re sented theSection at the Del a ware Val ley
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Sci ence Coun cil Din ner atwhich a high school stu dent was awarded $400 for win ning anac a demic ex cel lence com ple -tion. The stu dent will at tend U.Penn. W. Smith also attended.
4. W. Smith is work ing to getthe di rec tor’s monthly meet ingcounted to ward ACT 48 cred itsfor high school teach ers. Itmight in crease at ten dance.
5. T. Straub an nounced that theChem is try Olym piad, which is a
na tional exam will be held at LaSalle Uni ver sity on April 16,2011. Two stu dents per schoolwill be hon ored.
Meet ing was ad journed at 5:05PM by Chair man, J. Tierney.
Re spect fully sub mit ted,
Stu dent Award Win ners at the April Meet ing
Front row, left to right: Shane Kendra, Chelsea Kreiter, Brian Leung, Sean Vilanova and AlissaAron. Rear, left to right: Ashley Hubal, Kathryn Maselli, Kristen Constantine, Terren Niethamer,Jennifer Cornbower, JingXin Liang, Sa rah Janssen and An gel ica John son
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May His tor i cal Events In Chem is tryby Leopold May
May 1, 1824 Al ex an der W. Wil liam son, who was a re searcher on al co hols and ethers, wasborn on this day. He was the first to sug gest the in ter me di ate com pound the -ory of ca tal y sis with Kay and syn the sized eth yl ene gly col.
May 4, 1844 One of the in ven tors of Atwater-Rosa-Ben e dict res pi ra tion cal o rim e ter,Wilbur O. Atwater was born on this day. He es tab lished the first ag ri cul turalex per i men tal sta tion in the United States at Wes leyan Col lege and de ter minedthe chem i cal com po si tion and nu tri tive val ues of fish and an i mal tis sues.
May 5, 1811 Two hun dred years ago on this date John W. Draper was born. He was a pi o -neer in pho tog ra phy; im proved on Daguerre’s pro cess, and was the first ACSpres i dent.
May 10, 1830 François M. Raoult, who was born on this day, dis cov ered the law (Raoult’sLaw) that va por pres sure of a so lu tion is pro por tional to the num ber of mol e -cules per unit in the so lu tion.
May 12, 1803 Justus von Liebig, who is known as the “Fa ther of Ag ri cul tural Chem is try,"was born on this day. He per fected meth ods for quan ti ta tive or ganic anal y sis,di vided foods into car bo hy drates, fats, and pro tein, and in vented the Liebigcon denser.
May 14, 1853 Gail Borden ap plied for a pat ent on com mer cial con densed milk on this date.
May 16, 1845 Ilya Ilyich Mechniko, dis cov ered the phe nom e non of phagocytosis, the ory ofcel lu lar im mu nity No bel Prize in Phys i ol ogy or Med i cine (1908) with PaulEhrlich in rec og ni tion of their work on im mu nity.
May 17, 1836 One hun dred and sev enty-five years ago on this date, Jo seph N. Lock yer wasborn. In 1868, he dis cov ered he lium (He, 2) in the Sun. Pi erre J.C. Janssensi mul ta neously ob served this.
May 18, 1889 Thomas Midgley, Jr., in tro duced tet ra ethyl lead as an anti-knock agent in gas -o line; re searcher on or ganic chlorofluorides as re frig er ants.
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May 19, 1914 Max F. Perutz stud ied struc ture of hemoproteins us ing x-ray dif frac tion: No -bel Prize (1962) with John C. Kendrew for stud ies of the struc ture of glob u lar pro teins.
May 21, 1936 Sev enty-five years ago, Gûnter Blobel was born on this date. He re ceived the No bel Prize in Phys i ol ogy or Med i cine in 1999 for dis cov ery that pro teinshave in trin sic sig nals that gov ern their trans port and lo ca tion in the cell.
May 22, 1927 George A. Olah, a re searcher in carbocations and their role in chem i cal re ac -tions of hy dro car bons, was born on this date. He re ceived the No bel Prize in1994 for his con tri bu tion to carbocation chem is try.
May 24, 1686 Three hun dred and twenty-five years ago on this date, Ga briel D. Fahr en heitwas born. He im proved ther mom e ters by us ing mer cury (Hg, 80) in 1720 and in vented the Fahr en heit tem per a ture scale.
May 29, 1781 Henri Braconnot, who was born on this date, iso lated glu cose from plant ma -te rial such as saw dust, linen, or bark by boil ing in acid. He also pre pared“xyloidine,” a pre cur sor for plas tics, by treat ing starch, saw dust, and cot tonwith ni tric acid.
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/Che_Hlt223970489_Hlt223970490mBM_5_BM_6_istrycalendar.htm
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DI REC TORY OF SER VICES
Ad ver tis ing: Vince Gale, MBO Ser -
vices, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield,
MA 02050; phone: (781) 837-0424
email: [email protected]
AD VER TIS ING IN DEXACS 102, 118
BUCCHI Cor po ra tion 104
EMD Chem i cals Inc. 108
Huffman Lab o ra to ries 118
Mass-Vac, Inc. 113
Mi cron Inc. 118
NuMega Res o nance Labs, Inc. 118
Rob ert son Microlit Labs 118
Vacuubrand 118
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PHILADELPHIA SECTION, ACS
2011 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Date Event Locations
Wednesday, May 4 Membrane Protein Symposium University of Delaware, Newark, DE http://www.che.udel.edu/cobre/symposium.html
Monday, May 9 Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group: Professor Jack Henion, Advion: Innovative Developments Which Broaden the Role of Mass Spectrometry
Villanova Conference Center Villanova, PA http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/
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
Wednesday, May 11 AIChE: Plant Tour of The Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (Delcora)
Chester, PA http://aiche-philadelphia.org
Wednesday, May 11 Chemical Consultants Network with IEEE Consultants Network: Dr. Kathryn Bullock, Coolohm, Inc.: Literature-Based Consulting (No Lab Required)
The Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA www.chemconsultants.org
Monday May 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
Tuesday, May 17 Chromatography Forum: Jim Jorgenson, UNC Chapel Hill: Capillary LC at Ultra High Pressure
D’Ignazio’s Towne House Media, PA http://www.cfdv.org
Thursday, May 19 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Student Choice Lecture – Dr. Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia: Developing Catalystic Reactions One Step at a Time
Chemistry Building University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://www.pocclub.org
Thursday, May 19 Section Teaching Awards Irish Pub, 1123 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107
Sunday, June 5-Thursday, June 9
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry: National Organic Symposium
Princeton University Princeton, NJ http://www.nationalorganicsymposium.org
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 Dr. Thomas Tritton, President, Chemical Heritage Foundation
Marshalton Inn West Chester, PA
Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM), May 21-24, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Fall National Meeting, August 28-September 1, Denver, CO
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