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Guide to November local section meetings featuring ACS tour speakers As a service to society members and the public, C&EN publishes from fall to spring monthly guides to ACS tour speaker appearances at upcoming local section meetings. For general information about these events, which are open
to all interested persons, consult the alphabetical listing of cities and their corresponding local sections along with the topic/speaker key. For additional information, contact the local section or the ACS Speaker Service at (202) 872-4613.
Meeting city Local section
Meeting city Local section
Date (Nov.) Topic code
Akron, Ohio Akron
10/K
Cumberland, Md. Western Maryland
Albany, Ga. Southwest Georgia
16/Z
Davenport, Iowa HHnois-lowa
Albuquerque, N.M. Central New Mexico
18/AA
Ann Arbor, Mich. Huron Valley
9/E
Ashville, N.C. Western Carolinas
14/Z
Athens, Ga. Northeast Georgia
15/Z
Auburn, Ala. Auburn
17/Z
Augusta, Ga. Savannah River
16/B
Bartlesville, Okla. Northeast Oklahoma
17/M
Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge Bellefonte, Pa. Central Pennsylvania Birmingham, Ala. Alabama Blacksburg, Va. Virginia Blue Ridge
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Meeting city Local section
Date (Nov.) Topic code
Dayton, Ohio Dayton Decatur, III. Decatur-Sprtngfield Denver Colorado Duncan, Okla. Wichita Falls-Duncan Erie, Pa. Erie Florence, Ala. Wilson Dam Fort Wayne, ind. Northeastern Indiana
15/J 15/CC 7/E
15/0
Date (Nov.) Topic code
Date (Nov.) Topic code
Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City
18/0
Ponca City, Okla. North Central Oklahoma
La Crosse, Wis. La Crosse-Winona
15/W
por\ Arthur, Tex. Sabine Neches
16/1
Lake Charles, La. Southwest Louisiana
17/N
Provo, Utah Central Utah
8/G
Lake Jackson, Tex. Brazosport
15/T,V
Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska
18/CC
^ a Rochester, N.Y. Rochester -
16/A
8/C
10/TBA
14/FF Lubbock, Tex. South Plains
16/F
Macomb, ill. Quincy-Keokuk
16/0
Mansfield, Pa. Coming
7/D
11/S
15/DD
8/E Marietta, Ohio Upper Ohio Valley
Rockford, III. Rock River
14/L
Savannah, Ga. Coastal Empire
15/B
Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Valley
18/W
Stevens Point, Wis. Central Wisconsin
14/W
Stillwater, Okta. Oklahoma
15/U
Superior, Wis. Lake Superior
16/W
18/X
18/i
Fredricksburg, Va. Virginia
18/P
14/X
Grand Forks, N.D. Red River Valley
17/W
Memphis Memphis
Greenville, N.C. Eastern North Carolina
14/P
Mobile, Ala. Mobile
16/Y
Syracuse Syracuse
16/P
Murray, Ky. Kentucky Lake
16/J
19/N
Tulsa Tulsa
18/A
New Orleans Louisiana Norwich, N.Y. Norwich
10/O
Wichita, Kan. Wichita
19/A
14/DD
Odessa, Tex. Permain Basin
15/AA
Wickliffe, Ohio Northeastern Ohio
7/EE
16/DD
17/P
High Point, N.C. Central North Carolina
17/Y
18/DD
Cape Girardeau, Mo. Southern Illinois
14/0
Huntington, W.Va. Central Ohio Valley
Chapei Hill, N.C. North Carolina
15/P
Huntsville, Ala. North Alabama
Charleston, W.Va. Kanawha Valley
17/J
Idaho Falls, Idaho Idaho
9/G
Chattanooga Chattanooga
15/Y
Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville
14/B
Pensacola, Fla. 17/DD Pensacola Subsection, Florida
Corpus Christi, Tex. South Texas
14/R
Joliet, ill. Joliet
17/L
Peoria, III. Peoria
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Meeting city Local section
16/CC
Wooster, Ohio Wooster Youngstown, Ohio Penn-Ohio Border
9/D
a/K
9/EE
Topic/speaker key:A.
Ambldentate Llgands—the Schizophrenics of Coordination Chemistry. J. L. Burmelster, U of Delaware
Q.
Kekule's Fictitious Dreams. J. Wotlz
R.
Living on Our Income—Energy, That Is. B. J. Luberoff
B.
Assessing the Safety of Foods. J. J. Powers, U of Georgia
C.
Atmospheric Chemistry in Hawaii: the Long-Range Transportation of Dust and Pollutants Across the Pacific Ocean. W. H. Zoller, U of Washington
S.
Management of Hazardous Wastes: Public Concern and Government Regulation. R. 0. Allen, U of Virginia
T.
Need-Driven Change: Script to the Next Decade. B. J. Luberoff
D.
Atmospheric Chemistry of Antarctica: the Cleanest Place on Earth. W. H. Zoller
U.
An Ode to Serendipity and Periodicity: the Generation and Stabilization of Gold(ll) Complexes. J. L. Burmelster
E.
Chemical Oceanography: Adventure in the Sinai. W. J. Gleekman, Brookline High School
V.
On Managing and Being Managed. B. J. Luberoff
F.
Current Trends in Inorganic Chemistry. J. C. Ballar Jr., U of Illinois
W.
G.
European History of Chemistry Museums and Exhibits. J. Wotlz, Southern Illinois U
Organic Chemistry of Papermaklng. D. R. Dimntel, Institute of Paper Chemistry
X.
A Postage Stamp History of Chemistry. F. A. Miller, U of Pittsburgh
H.
The European Travel and Study Course in History of Chemistry. J. Wotiz
Y.
Postulated Roles for Clays in the Origin of Life. L. M. Coyne, NASAAmes Research Center
I.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Analytical Lab. B. J. Luberoff, CHEMTECH
Z.
Research on American Wines. M. A. Amerlne, U of California
J.
Great Mistakes in Science. F. A. Miller, U of Pittsburgh
K.
Hazard Communication or "Right-To-Know": the Chemist's Responsibility. R. O. Allen, U of Virginia
L
Humanizing the Scientist and Simonizlng the Humanist. A. T. Schwartz, Macalaster College
CC. The Ultimate Synthetic Problem: Making Gold for Fun and Profit. A. T. Schwartz
M.
The Importance of Symmetry in Chemistry. J. L. Burmelster
N.
Innovation for Fun and Profit. B. J. Luberoff
DD. Uncovering the Secrets of Medieval Artists Through Chemistry. Sr. M. V. Oma, College of New Rochelle
O.
The Inside Story of Color Photography. S. Neumann, Eastman Kodak Co.
P.
The Inside Story of Color Photography. T. Whitesides, Eastman Kodak Co.
AA. Some Researches on the Borderline of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry. J. C. Ballar Jr. BB.
Something You Did Not Know About Kekule. J. Wotlz
EE.
Uncovering the Secrets of the Ancient Nile. R. O. Allen
FF.
The View from Camden-Wyoming: Good Teachers Versus Good Teaching. J. L. Burmelster
TBA. Topic to be announced
Other local section meetings in November For further information about any of the following events, call the local contacts at the telephone numbers given. Meeting city Local section
Meeting site Date/time
Bethlehem, Pa. Lehigh Valley Chicago Chicago
Moravian C 18/5:30 PM Quality Inn Downtown 18/8:00 PM Vernon Manor Hotel 16/7:00 PM
Plants as a Source of Drugs. Ralph Blomster, University of Delaware Whatever Happened to the Corporate Central Research Laboratory? Donald N. Frey, Northwestern U
A. Martin (215)861-1433 R. J. Sykstus
Ozone Depletion at the Ends of the Earth. Susan Solomon
B. Charpentier (513)245-1518
Houston Southeastern Texas
Rice U Graduate House 17/6:30 PM
How Great Is the Hazard of Ionizing Radiation? William J. Schull, U of Texas Health Sciences Center
C. G. Venier (713)363-8060
King of Prussia, Pa. Philadelphia
Smith Kline French Labs 17/8:00 PM
Concurrent groups. Various speakers
S. Golden (215)382-1589
Tarrytown, N.Y. Westchester Subsection, New York
Technicon Science Center 4/9:30 AM
Chemical Challenges in Immunology. John P. Devlin, Boehringer Ingelheim
C.-K. Yeh (914)333-6558
Tarrytown, N.Y. Westchester Subsection, New York
Technicon Science Center 5/8:30 AM
Chemical Challenges in Immunology. Eddie Hedaya, Technicon
(914)333-6558
Trenton, N.J. Trenton
Rider C 15/6:00 PM
Poster night. Various presenters and subjects
Cincinnati Cincinnati
Contact Telephone no.
Topic/ Speaker/ Affiliation
(312)461-9595
C.-K. Yeh
M. W. Galley
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In a letter to Presidential candidates George Bush and Michael S. Duka kis, American Chemical Society pres ident Gordon L. Nelson outlines a number of issues of critical impor tance to chemists and ACS, and asks for a meeting between ACS and the candidates to discuss these issues. "A strong, coherent science and technology policy is needed to ad dress our nation's current problems and to meet future challenges/' Nel son writes. He points out that in 1973, ACS adopted a statement of principles recommending establish ment of a management focus for science and technology at the high est level in the White House, and says that in the competitive world of today such a focus is even more crucial. Among other things, ACS sug gests that, whoever is elected, the new President should act early upon taking office to select a strong ad viser on science and technology who will report regularly and directly to the President. And, because of the importance of science to national economic and military prosperity, ACS says, "This White House advis er should play a significant role in the selection of well-qualified indi viduals for subcabinet positions in federal agencies dealing with sci ence and technology." ACS also recommends that the new President achieve an appropri ate balance between basic civilian research and that done for defense. There needs to be better and more efficient technology transfer of R&D from government and academic labs to the commercial sector, and the R&D tax credit must be made per manent and extended to coopera tive research ventures. Nelson's let ter outlines ACS concerns about the decreasing number of Americans studying science and engineering as well as the general decline in science and math understanding among students. Creative ideas, backed by federal funds, are needed to solve these issues, Nelson points out. ACS also has been active in pre senting its views to federal officials on other issues. Writing to Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D.-Ariz.), chair
man of the Subcommittee on Pat ents, Copyrights & Trademarks, ACS says it opposes Section 2 of H.R. 4970, the Transgenic Animal Patent Reform Act, a version of which is under consideration in the Senate. This section would exempt some groups from the enforcement pro visions of the patent code, making them free to use patented material without being liable for royalties. ACS says the bill, already passed by the House and under a veto threat from President Reagan, "is detri mental to both the competitive po sition of the U.S. in biotechnology and to the integrity of the U.S. pat ent system." "By limiting patent royalties," ACS states, "Section 2 of H.R. 4970 removes a major source of revenues that could be used to support re search and development in the transgenic animal arts. This reduced incentive may well lead the U.S. to surrender its leadership role to oth er countries." ACS does support oth er provisions of the legislation, in cluding the section that would pro hibit patenting of human beings. Concerning environmental issues, ACS has expressed its views on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal on setting national emis sions standards for hazardous air pollutants, specifically at what lev els of risk these chemicals should be regulated (C&EN, Aug. 22, page 22). ACS recommends that the agen cy set a risk level at the point where involuntary risk from exposure to a chemical is about equal to the life time risk of cancer from naturally occurring chemicals in the environ ment, currently estimated at about one in a thousand. ACS is not suggesting this be the final risk lev el, but simply a starting point for applying a margin of safety. Setting an ample margin of safe ty for individual chemicals must be done on a case-by-case basis, ACS says. EPA should consider all avail able health information, including data not susceptible to quantitation, and other factors, including size of exposed population, costs, techni cal feasibility of controls, multiple exposures, and uncertainties. David Hanson
ACS division forms toxicology group The ACS Division of Chemical Health & Safety has formally approved the formation of a Subdivision of Chemical Pathology & Toxicology. The new subdivision is different in goals from other similar organizations within and outside of ACS; its creation marks the first time the society has a forum for the possible toxic effects of chemicals. Goals of the subdivision are to: • Serve as an educational forum, both for chemists within the society and for the public in general. • Provide a framework for interaction of experts interested in the mechanism of development—that is, the pathogenesis or sequence of events—of chemically induced organ lesions. • Emphasize the relevance of data to human exposure that, in addi-
tion to the above two goals, would distinguish this ACS subdivision from other societies related to toxicology. ACS members interested in joining the subdivision should contact either James A. Kaufman, Chairman, ACS Division of Chemical Health & Safety, Curry College, Laboratory Safety Workshop, Milton, Mass. 02186, or Sandor Szabo, Director, Chemical Pathology, Research Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, Mass. 02115, phone (617) 732-5912. D
Travel grants for Pacifichem '89 The sponsoring societies of the 1989 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem '89) are providing a limited number of small grants to help some chemical professionals attend the con-
gress being held in Honolulu, Dec. 17-22,1989. Grants will range from $500 to $800 and will include complimentary registration to Pacifichem '89. To be eligible for a grant, applicants must be a member of an official participating organization in a developing country of the Pacific Basin or a chemical professional in any other developing country that borders the Pacific Ocean but that either does not have a national chemical society or whose national chemical society is not an official participating organization; a member of the professional staff of an educational institution, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency; and an author of a paper that has been accepted for either oral or poster presentation at Pacifichem '89. No application form is required. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae that includes information on chemical society membership, a
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list of scientific publications, a 500to 1000-word abstract of the paper submitted for presentation, and an indication of other sources of funds expected for attending the congress. A cover letter is needed stating that the application is for a grant to at tend Pacifichem '89. Be sure to in clude full name, current position, organization, full international mailing address, and telephone, Telex, and facsimile numbers to the extent available. Applications for travel grants must be received by April 15. Send to the Chemical Society of Japan, 15, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan. Papers are still being considered for presentation at the congress, which is being cosponsored by the Chemical Society of Japan, the Ca nadian Society for Chemistry, and the American Chemical Society. A 150-word abstract on the special congress abstract form, a longer ab stract of 500 to 1000 words, and criti
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Project SERAPHIM fellowships available Project SERAPHIM (supported by the National Science Foundation's directorate for science and engineer ing education and the Department of Education's Fund for the Improve ment of Post-Secondary Education) has two kinds of fellowships avail able to high school or college/ university teachers. Academic year fellowships are for teachers to spend
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