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Candidates' Backgrounds and Views Two candidates will vie for the office of president-elect of the resenting the Division of Chemical Marketing & Economics American Chemical Society for 1992. They are Helen M. Free since 1978. He is cunently vice chairman of the Council Polof Miles Inc. and Henry F. Whalen Jr. of PQ Corp. The suc- icy Committee, a post he has held since 1989. He has been a cessful candidate will serve as ACS president in 1993 and as a member of CPC since 1987. He is also currently a member of the Committee on Science, the board Committee on Pensions, member of the ACS Board of Directors 1992-94. Free, a professional relations consultant for Miles' diagnos- and the Board of Trustees, Group Insurance Plans for ACS tics division in Elkhart, Ind., and an employee of Miles for the Members. Among his council committee activities, he chaired the Committee on Divisional Activities in 1984-85. He is this past 47 years, has been active in ACS governance for many years, including two recent terms on the ACS Board. She year's winner of the Chemical Management & Resources Asserved as director-at-large in 1988-90 and as Region V direc- sociation's distinguished service award. tor in 1983-85. She has been especially active in public affairs Other nominees for national offices are C. Marvin Lang, and international activities, but has served on numerous com- Gordon L. Nelson, Larry F. Thompson, and Peter E. Yankwich mittees of both the board and council. She currently is a mem- for director-at-large. Two of these four will be elected. James G. ber of the joint board-council Committee on International Ac- Bennett Jr., William E. McEwen, and Joan E. Shields are canditivities, which she chaired in 1987-89. Active in organizing dates for director from Region I, which consists of most of New and administenng ACS's National Chemistry Day program in York, New England, Puerto Rico, and eastern Canada. Clara D. 1987-88 and subsequent National Chemistry Weeks, she is Craver, E. Ann Nalley (by petition), and John G. Verkade are currently chairman of the board's National Chemistry Week candidates for director from Region V, which spans much of the Task Force. Among her many more recent board committee Midwest, Texas, and parts of mid-Canada. activities, she chaired the Committee on Public Affairs & Pub- All members of ACS will receive ballots enabling them to lic Relations in 1989-90, chaired the Committee on Profesvote for president-elect. Only voting councilors will receive sional & Member Relations in 1988, and chaired the Commit- ballots for the director-at-large election. Only members in Retee on Grants & Awards in 1985. Active in the Women Chem- gion I will receive ballots to vote for director from that region; ists Committee for several years, including chairman in 1970- and only members in Region V will receive ballots to vote for 72, she won the ACS Garvan Medal in 1980. Region V director. All ballots will be mailed first-class Oct. 4, 1991. Deadline Whalen, corporate vice president of PQ Corp. in Valley Forge, Pa., since 1983 and director of corporate development for return of marked ballots to ACS headquarters in Washingthere since 1977, has been a member of the ACS Council rep- ton, D.C., is Monday, Nov. 18.

For president-elect.

Helen M. Free St. Joseph Valley Section. Diagnostics Division, Miles Inc., Elkhart, Ind. Date of birth: Feb. 20, 1923 Academic record: College of Wooster, A.B., 1944; Central Michigan University, M.A., 1978 Honors: Garvan Medal, 1980; Harry and Carol Mosher Award, Santa Clara Valley Section, ACS, 1983 (corecipient); St. Joseph Valley Section, ACS, Service Award, 1981; Alpha Mu Tau; Iota Sigma Pi; Physician's Desk Reference Award, 1986; Service Award, Chicago Chapter, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 1986; Silver Bowl—1981, Professional Category, YWCA Honors Program; Distinguished Alumni, College of Wooster, 1980; lota Sigma Pi, Honorary Member Award, 1978; Professional Achievement Award in Nuclear Medicine, American Society for Medical Technology, 1976; corecipient, Chicago Chapter AIC Honor Scroll, 1967 Professional positions (for past 10 years): Diagnostics Division, Miles Inc., professional relations consultant, 1983 to date; director, marketing services, Research Products Division, 32

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1979-83; Indiana University, South Bend, adjunct faculty, 1977 to date; 37 previous years in research and development and management at Miles, 1944-81 Service in ACS national offices: Director-atlarge, 1988-90; director, Region V, 1983-85; councilor, ex officio, 1988-90, 1983-85; Society Committee on Education, committee associate, 1991; Committee on International Activities, 1986-91, chairman, 1987-89; Board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, 1988-90, 1983-85, chairman, 1989-90; Board Committee on Professional & Member Relations, 1988-90, chairman, 1988; Board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1988-90, 1985, chairman, 1985; Board Committee on Investments, 1986-91; Society Committee on Budget & Finance, 1983-85, committee associate, 1981-82; Board Committee on Board Regulations & Policies, 1983-84, chairman, 1984; Board Committee on Audits, 1984-85; Professional Programs Planning & Coordinating Committee (PROPPACC), 1988-90; Board Committee on Clinical Chemistry, 1989-91; Board Committee on Planning, 1983; Task Force to Study the Feasibility of a North Atlantic Meeting, 1987-88, chairman, 1987-88; National Chemistry Week, cochairman, 1989-91; Na-

tional Chemistry Day Advisory Board, 1987-88; Council Policy Committee (voting), 1981-83; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 197580; Committee on Public Relations, 1970-78, chairman, 1975-78, consultant, 1979; Committee on Meetings & Expositions, committee associate, 1974; Women Chemists Committee, 1965-73, chairman, 1970-72; Canvassing Committee, Garvan Medal, 1965-73, chairman, 1970-72; Academic-Industrial Education Advisory Board, 1986-87; Advisory Board, Analytical Chemistry, 1982-84; ACS Centennial Coordinating Committee, 1974-76; Professional Enhancement Program Steering Committee, 1972 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1945. St. Joseph Valley Section: councilor, 1973-82; alternate councilor, 1969-72; chairman, 1963; chairman-elect and program chairman, 1962; secretary, 1951-54; public relations chairman, 1973-84; Centennial Committee, 1973-76; Hospitality Committee chairman, 1963 Member: American Association for Clinical Chemistry (president, 1990); American Society for Medical Technology; American Association of University Women; American Institute of Chemists, fellow; Association of Clinical Scientists; American Association for Advancement

These questions were posed to candidates The council Committee on Nominations & Elections offered all candidates the opportunity to respond to the following questions or to submit a bnef statement describing their views on ACS matters. Each candidate's statement follows his or her biography. The questions: • What would you hope to accomplish as president (or director) of ACS? • What specific changes, if any, in the ACS organization or programs would you propose to achieve your goals?

of Science, fellow; Clinical Laboratory Management Association; ACS divisions: Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Marketing & Economics, and Professional Relations Related activities: NSF review panelist; several times symposium chairman, most recently January 1990 at 4th African Mediterranean Near East Clinical Chemistry Congress; longtime ACS tour speaker; student affiliate speaker; YCC roadshow participant; over 200 scientific papers, seminars, and workshops presented in almost every state and in Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia,India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ghana, Ethopia, Kenya, Egypt, Israel, U.S.S.R., Italy, U.K., Denmark, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia; seven patents; two books on chemical urine study coauthored with husband, AI; edited one book

Free's statement Lou Holtz, football coach at Notre Dame, and I both live in northern Indiana—and around here you hear a lot from Lou about game plans. ACS has a "game plan"-—10 Strategic Thrusts. My priorities to implement the ACS game plan and answer the question, "What would I hope to accomplish as president of ACS?" are: Mobilization of the membership. Local sections are the building blocks of ACS. But there are concerns in many sections about the lack of member participation at the local level. I plan to attend local section officers' conferences and ACS regional meetings to help us discover together the most workable ways to get more members to be more active. This action's successful outcome will be increased membership and, more importantly, a measurable increase in active members. More active members will yield a more vigorous ACS. Increasing public understanding of the good of chemistry. The highest rated strategic thrust of ACS is enhancing the public appreciation of the chemical sciences in all their

applications. I have more than a quarter century of experience in sharing the joy of scientific discovery and its applications with the general public. I have presented "Chemistry—Contributions to the Quality of Life" to nearly 100 audiences in many different communities. I have a strong commitment to this theme and have used my experience to build the framework and expand the activities of National Chemistry Week. National Chemistry Week is the one sparkler project that has gained widespread participation from local sections. Grants will be awarded for demonstration projects — called "Beyond the WOW"—to educate the public about chemistry. The outcome is an informed electorate, better able to make wise decisions on issues relating to science and society. And it will inspire the best and brightest students to consider chemistry as a focus of their career. Practical, interesting science ed-

ucation for all students. Our updated version of "Educational Policies for National Survival" provides a solid background for Congress and other groups charged with increasing the competence of our nation's youth in science and math. ChemCom and similar ACS products provide impetus for development of more widespread programs. Local section manpower helping elementary, as well as high school, teachers and students become familiar and comfortable with laboratory experiments will do much to arouse interest and stimulate further pursuit of science. Besides, I know from personal experience what great fun it can be! The "kids" emphasis of National Chemistry Week this year exemplifies our reaffirmation to communicate the excitement of scientific careers to our young people. This fulfills the strategic thrust to intensify our support of students interested in the chemical sciences and to encourage innovation in education. Practical programs for industrial and bachelor-level members. One of my highest priorities is to have at least one bachelor's degree member on one third of the committees/task forces in 1993. Another priority involves the divisions, which provide the excellent programing for our national and regional meetings. Each division could provide one applied science symposium or "applications" session at each meeting. This would implement another strategic thrust of the society—expanding our services to better meet the needs of industrial chemical scientists, managers, and executives. My plan is to work closely with industry laboratory supervisors, encouraging them to send their bachelorlevel people to meetings and urging them to submit papers for presentation. International synergy. ACS is a world leader in science and technology. Our world is becoming smaller and smaller. I have served as an ambassador of chemistry abroad— lecturing throughout the world. And my experience as chairman of the International Activities Committee provides valuable contacts and opportunities for synergism. In addition to working with other learned societies, we must provide adequate service to September 23, 1991 C&EN

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ACS Election our own members who are overseas. Our plans for formation of international chapters is a step in the right direction. What specific changes, if any, in the ACS organization or programs would I propose to achieve my goals? Integrating activities of ACS groups. Integrating activities of the many groups within ACS will provide us "more bang for our bucks/' The committees, task forces, and other groups of the society can function efficiently and effectively if given short-term measurable objectives and peer recognition for their achievements. Allocation of monetary and human resources to programs that benefit the greatest number of members is logical, feasible, and effective in meeting the challenges of the 21st century. Integrating activities of various ACS groups does not necessarily mean having fewer volunteers, but utilizing our membership to best take advantage of the vast expertise available. Special task forces for specific projects allows more volunteers to work for shorter periods of time. Fiscal responsibility. It is good management practice to continually review resource allocation. We developed the Federal Policy Agenda during my term as chairman of the Public Relations & Public Affairs Committee to choose priorities in the government relations arena. It is imperative that volunteer, staff, and funding priorities be set as the economic environment threatens less income, as new innovative programs are suggested, and as challenges change. For effective use of our resources we must consider recommendations from a variety of sources and communicate the wisdom of our choices to the entire membership. My vision is for ACS to enter the 21st century with the celebration of World Chemistry Week—a world leader in science and technology, with every member proud of his or her membership and eager to volunteer time and talents to their professional association, the American Chemical Society. I am honored to be chosen a candidate for president-elect of ACS. I will appreciate your giving me the opportunity to help lead ACS for 34


the next three years. I have the time and the zeal to devote to this challenging position, a past record of achievement in the society, and an enthusiastic outlook for its future.

Henry F. Whalen Jr. Division of Chemical Marketing & Economics (Philadelphia Section). PQ Corp., Valley Forge, Pa. Date of birth: May 31, 1935 Academic record: Villanova University, B.S., 1958; Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, graduate study in marketing, 1959-61 Honors: Chemical Marketing Research Association Memorial Award, 1988; Chemical Management & Resources Association Distinguished Service Award, 1991 Professional positions (for past 10 years): PQ Corp., corporate vice president, 1983 to date, and director, corporate development, 1977 to date Service in ACS national offices: Council Policy Committee (voting), 1987-93, vice chairman, 1989-91, (nonvoting), 1984-85; Committee on Science, 1989-91; Board Committee on Pensions, 1989-93; Board of Trustees, Group Insurance Plans for ACS Members, 1989-91; volunteer career consultant, 1991; Committee on Meetings & Expositions, 1986; Committee on Divisional Activities, 1980-85, chairman, 1984-85, committee associate, 1979; Organizing Committee for 1984 Chemical Congress, 1981-84 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1960. Division of Chemical Marketing & Economics: councilor, 1978-91; chairman, 197576; chairman-elect, 1974-75; secretary, 197072. Philadelphia Section: director, 1990-91; Public Relations Committee chairman, 196971; Travel Committee chairman, 1967; Chemical Marketing & Economics Group chairman, 1965; Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting arrangements chairman, 1976; publicity chairman, 1972 Member: Chemical Management & Resources

Association (formerly Chemical Marketing Research Association); European Chemical Marketing Research Association; Commercial Development Association; Chemical Industry Association; Société de Chimie Industrielle; ACS divisions: Chemical Marketing & Economies, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Professional Relations, and Small Chemical Businesses Related activities: Chemical Management & Resources Association (formerly Chemical Marketing Research Association), president and director; liaison to European Chemical Marketing Research Association and Asian Chemical Marketing Research Association

Whalen's statement Be daring, be first, be different! This maxim holds the key to successfully propel our society into the 21st century. Recent studies have established the enormous challenges and opportunities we face along with the strategies necessary to meet them. What we need now is action by a succession of well-qualified presidents who are firmly committed to these principles. What are the issues? To confirm the validity of recent ACS studies, I solicited the views of our members by writing to the chairmen of 183 local sections and 32 divisions. Their responses revealed a long list of concerns headed by career opportunities, technology leadership, image of chemistry, dues, and education. The inquiry also confirmed that they wanted actions, not more studies. Career opportunities. I began my career as an industrial bench chemist. My past 15 years have been spent commercializing new products and acquiring new businesses/ technologies. In between, I had several years of midcareer change in the financial world. Based on this experience, I believe our society must continue to assist members involved in similar transitions. The ACS Career Consultant Program has already h e l p e d m a n y members, but more publicity on the services it offers is needed through C&EN and the local sections. I also recommend the formation of a nationwide Retired Chemists Corps to use the knowledge of those chemists who have entered retirement early but who still have much to contribute. Most importantly, I want to minimize career traumas and stabilize e m p l o y m e n t , especially so younger chemists can feel confident about their commitment to the pro-

fession. Using my experience, contacts, and the stature of ACS, I want to bring together academe, government, and industry to establish satisfactory long-range solutions. Technology leadership. This is the dominant factor in worldwide competitiveness and employment stability for chemists. Sustained economic growth requires developing simultaneously a number of emerging technologies. We must do this to maintain our position as the worldwide technology leader. Our chemical industry is very short-term oriented compared to our competitors. A recent Department of Commerce survey forecasts Japan overtaking us in most emerging technologies before the year 2000, resulting in a lower standard of living for all Americans, including chemists. We must continue emphasizing the need for technology leadership before Congress. We must educate government leaders that our greatest success in creating new products has always come from entrepreneurial efforts. This is the kind of R&D that America is most effective at executing. We must also convince industry leaders that it is important to develop new products, as well as tend to core businesses. The ACS Office of Industry Relations was created to expand existing programs and develop new ACS ones for industrial chemists. We must use this office and Corporation Associates to communicate with senior executives. One approach: Present seminars that show how to nurture emerging technologies. Senior executives must be shown that their interests are best served if employment of scientists is not tied directly to fluctuations in the business cycle. Improving the image of the chemical profession. The chemical profession has contributed tremendously to our nation's welfare and has much more to offer for the future. The public and government leaders must be kept constantly aware of this. Our image is often tarnished by erroneous reporting about chemicals, especially spills and other accidents. Therefore, we must continue to educate the media through seminars and workshops. I have a longstanding relationship with the edi-

tors of chemical trade journals and will enlist their help in this matter. ACS is sponsoring an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution to educate the public about chemistry. The Chemical Manufacturers Association has a five-year, $50 million advertising campaign aimed at bettering the image of the chemical industry. National Chemistry Week, through the involvement of local sections supported by headquarters staff, is a concerted effort to publicize the positive impact of chemistry on society. I will work to see that the chemical profession benefits synergistically from all these efforts. Education. Our nation's youth must be introduced early to science. They must have a clear understanding and appreciation of chemistry whether they plan a career in it or not. If the National Science Foundation / ACS science / technology / society issues-based curricula for grades seven and eight are successful, they should be adopted nationwide. Our society needs to support academe's efforts to reshape its reward system, so teaching is appropriately recognized, and to see that chemistry curricula adequately address the technological leadership issue. Whether to attract bright young people to careers in chemistry or provide continuing education to chemists to maintain their proficiency, education is vital to the welfare of our profession. Last, but not least: dues. Concern for this showed up in almost every reply I received. We must not only communicate to our members what benefits they now receive but also learn from them what benefits they want. As president, I would work hard to establish this communication link. We need a variety of services other than meetings and journals, especially for members in nonmetropolitan areas, non-Ph.Ds, and those not in research. We must develop tangible benefits for which there is a need and a willingness to support with dues dollars. How to accomplish these goals? The ACS president is only one person, but with the support of local sections, divisions, and staff and with the cooperation of academe, government, and industry, many of the actions proposed in this statement can

be accomplished. This will require a president with a clear understanding of the issues, the experience and skills to address them, and the leadership ability to inspire confidence. A person who is willing to: • Be daring enough to make decisions so that desired actions are Implemented without studying them forever. • Be first to boldly address issues and provide leadership by inspiring people to act. • Be different by using new and innovative approaches. To do this I need your support.

Nominees for director-at-large Only ACS voting councilors are eligible to vote for director-at-large. Candidates are C. Marvin Lang, Gordon L. Nelson, Lany F. Thompson, and Peter E. Yankwich. Two directors-at-large will be elected for the 1992-94 term. Ballots will be mailed first-class to voting councilors Oct. 4. Deadline for their return is close of business Nov. 18, 1991.

C. Marvin Lang Central Wisconsin Section. University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Date of birth: July 1, 1939 Academic record: Elmhurst College, B.S., 1961; University of Wisconsin, Madison, M.S., 1964; University of Wyoming, Ph.D., 1970 Honors: Outstanding Contributions to Chemistry Award, Central Wisconsin Section, ACS, 1983; Outstanding Service Award, Central Wisconsin Section, ACS, 1979; Phi Eta Sigma; NDEA Title IV Fellow, 1967-70 Professional positions (for past 10 years): University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, professor, 1978 to date; Institute for Chemical Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, visiting professor, 1988-91 summers Service in ACS national offices: Director-atlarge, 1989-91; Board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, 1989-91, chairman, 1991; Board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1989-91; Society Committee on Education, 1989-91; councilor, ex officio, 1989-91; ad hoc Board Committee on Board Regulations, 1990; Board Liaison to Committee on Public Relations, 1990-91; Council Policy Committee (voting), 1987-88, (nonvoting), 1983-86, 1978-80; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 1981-86, chairman, 1983-86; Committee on Science, 1981, committee associate, September 23, 1991 C&EN

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ACS Election 1982-83; Experimental Science Commission, 1978-80; Committee on Local Section Activities, 1975-80, chairman, 1978-80, secretary, 1976-77; Advisory Board, "Science in American Life," 1990-91; ACS Award in Chemical Education, Canvassing Committee, 1983-86, chairman, 1985-86 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1962. Central Wisconsin Section: councilor, 1973-88; chairman, 1972; chairman-elect, 1971; Executive Committee, 1971-87; Bylaw Revision Committee chairman, 1975-76. Wyoming Section: Program Committee, 1968-69. Division of Chemical Education: Local Sections Chemical Education Activities Task Force, chairman, 1981-83. Great Lakes Regional Meeting program chairman, 1977 Member: Wisconsin Academy of Arts, Letters & Science; University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Academy of Letters & Science; ACS divisions: Chemical Education and History of Chemistry Related activities: Iowa State University, W. B. King Visiting Professor, 1976-77; program cochairman, Chemistry in Philately Exhibit, ACS national meeting, 1983; program cochairman, Chemistry in Stamps Exhibit, ACS national meeting, 1990; coeditor, "Chemistry in Stamps" miniseries in the Journal of Chemical Education, 1985-90

Lang's statement It is my desire to continue as one of your representatives on the ACS Board of Directors. As such, I shall continue to maintain my close and sensitive ties to the council. Such ties are imperative! With chemistry advancing on so many fronts so must the American Chemical Society. Collectively, we must seek to promote and enhance the science of chemistry and its practitioners. I am proud to be a member of ACS. It truly is a remarkable organization. I'll not list the activities and programs that the society provides. Rather, let me focus on four areas that, in my opinion, are of paramount importance to the future of ACS. Member affairs. It has been said that ACS is characterized as "an organization of members" and not as "members of an organization." The recently conducted ACS Member Needs Survey indicated a general satisfaction by the membership with their society—yet there were areas where "ACS could do a better job." Some concerns fall primarily within the purview of the council, some the board, and some in the collective laps of both. Consider, for example, the public's perception of chemistry and the chemist's public image. That was the top concern expressed by the mem36


bership in this survey! Apparently, many see themselves as largely unappreciated by the general public. To address this concern, we must mount an all-out drive to involve multiple segments of the society in promoting a greater appreciation for contributions made by chemical professionals to the American public. Obviously such efforts require enormous numbers of talented people. ACS has them! We are a society of over 140,000 members in 185 local sections with 32 technical divisions. I shall continue to advocate support for a comprehensive public outreach program that will mobilize and utilize our greatest asset and "reactant"—our membership—to yield a "product" that is a positive change in the public's perception of science. National Chemistry Week is one way to involve a significant number of members in various aspects of public outreach. Similarly, the society's joint project with the Smithsonian Institution, "Science in American Life," will present science to millions of people annually. As a chemical professional, a member of ACS, and a member of its board, I shall continue to support actively these mechanisms to foster activities and programs that present chemistry to a broad segment of the American public. Public affairs. It's no secret that ACS's government relations efforts are the best of any professional organization operating on the Washington scene. These efforts are con-

centrated in the Department of Government Relations & Science Policy (GRASP), which communicates regularly with members of Congress. Overall, the Board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations (PA&PR) has responsibility for the society's government relations efforts. To assist staff and establish its own priorities, PA&PR has developed annual Federal Policy Agendas that stress ACS involvement with R&D funding, education, the environment, and competitiveness. By focusing GRASP's activities on these subjects in 1990 and 1991, it has been said "ACS's footprints are all over Washington." For the past year, I have chaired PA&PR and will continue to support a vigorous government relations program. Educational affairs. Our society has as its foundation the triad of education, communication, and professional relations. For the future to be as good as the past, ACS must maintain its competence in these areas. The public media, the National Science Foundation, and perhaps our own children have alerted us to the nation's crisis in science education. The crisis is real, and ACS is uniquely qualified to comment and advocate solutions. ACS must continue to influence science education at all levels (kindergarten through college and beyond). I have personally been involved with teacher training workshops utilizing ACS's popular ChemCom curriculum. The positive impact this curriculum is having on secondary school students will not be realized until the 21st century—only nine years away! As members of ACS, we should be proud of our involvement with this program as well as the support we've given to "The World of Chemistry," another highly successful chemical education effort directed at the general public. Such efforts should be applauded and expanded. Yet, ACS must foster science curriculum development, cooperate with other agencies and industries in the area of teacher training, and be prepared to work toward solutions—now, before it's too late. I will actively promote the current educational activities of the society and encourage expansion of efforts

into science education for the presecondary school curriculum. Publications. The jewel in a very illustrious crown of activities is the society's publications efforts— from Chemical Abstracts to books and journals to Chemical & Engineering News. Each must be maintained at the highest levels of priority. Recent changes at Chemical Abstracts Service have resulted in establishment of a governing board to manage and conduct the affairs of CAS. Such change was absolutely necessary in order for ACS to maintain, protect, and advance its position in a very competitive environment. Further changes may be necessary in order that the society continue to be the leader in applying advanced technology to information storage, retrieval, and dissemination. We must enhance our capabilities to disseminate chemical information, and we

Gordon L. Nelson Florida Section. Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne Date of birth: May 27, 1943 Academic record: University of Nevada, B.S. in chemistry, 1965; Yale University, M.S., 1967; Ph.D., 1970 Honors: Henry Hill Award, ACS Division of Professional Relations, 1986; American Institute of Chemists Members & Fellows Award, 1989; William Carey College, Honorary D.Sc, 1988; Mississippi Legislature Commendation, House Concurrent Resolution No. 164, 1987; ASTM, Committee E-5, Certificate of Appreciation, 1985; Society of the Plastics Industry, Structural Foam Division, Man-of-the-Year, 1979; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Mu Epsilon; Sigma Sigma Kappa (Chemistry-Nevada); Sigma Xi; NIH predoctoral fellow; Springer & Newton graduate student award; listed in Who's Who in Technology Today, American Men & Women in Science, Who's Who in Finance & Industry, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in the South & Southwest, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Science & Engineering Professional positions (for past 10 years): Florida Institute of Technology, Dean, College of Science & Liberal Arts, 1989 to date; University of Southern Mississippi, professor and chairman, department of polymer science, 198389; Springbom Laboratories, vice president, materials sciences and technology, 1982-83; General Electric Co., Plastics Operations, manager, environmental protection operation, 1979-82 Service in ACS national offices: President, 1988; president-elect, 1987; board of directors, ex officio, 1987-89; director, Region I, 197785; councilor, ex officio, 1987-91, 1977-85; Board Executive Committee, 1987-88, 198184, 1979; Society Committee on Budget & Finance, 1984-92, 1978; Board Committee on

must be positioned in the marketplace to provide "state-of-the-art" deliverable systems at prices our members can afford. I desire the opportunity to continue work on these and other issues. In my statement for this position three years ago, I suggested that our society be known by "marks." My thoughts have not changed. Since ACS is an organization of members, its leaders should also be characterized by these marks. These marks should be clear and unmistakable. The marks to which I refer are that "chemical professionals ought to be communicative, concerned, compassionate, and competent individuals." Too, it will be immensely helpful if we are all marked by the virtue known simply as common sense. As a member of the board, my personal goal as well as my goal for ACS is that we be so marked!

Professional & Member Relations, 1987-89; Board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, 1987-88, 1982-83, chairman, 198283; Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, 1979-86, chairman, 1984-85; Society Committee on Publications, 1978-81, chairman, 1979-81; Board Committee on Publications, 1977; C&EN Publishing Board, 1988; C&EN Editorial Board, 1978-81, chairman, 1979-81; Centcom board of directors, 197981; Board Committee on Society Initiatives, 1985-86; ACS/Smithsonian Liaison Committee, 1988; Academic-Industrial Education Advisory Board, 1986; Board Task Force on the Special Needs of Bachelor's Degree Chemists, 1989-91; Board Committee on Property Development, 1985-87; ad hoc Board Committee on Divisional Problems, 1983; Council Policy Committee, ex officio (voting), 1987-89, chair-

man, 1988, (nonvoting), 1984-85, 1979-81; Task Force on SciQuest, chairman, 1979; Board Committee on Education & Students, 1977; ad hoc Committee to Consider Nature & Scheduling of Board Meetings, chairman, 1977-79; Board-CPC Task Force on Scheduling Conflicts, chairman, 1978-79; Committee on Committees, 1987; Committee on Membership Affairs, 1973-76; Professional Program Planning & Coordinating Committee, 1982-83, 1975; Younger Chemists Task Force, 1970-72; Editorial Board, CHEMTECH, 1971-77 Service In ACS offices: Member ACS since 1965. Eastern New York Section: councilor, 1972-76; Professional Relations Committee, 1970-73, cochairman, 1970; Course Committee, 1970-75, cochairman, 1970; Long-Range Planning Committee chairman, 1970-72; Committee To Train the Disadvantaged, 1970-74; International Committee chairman, 1977-83; Division of Professional Relations: chairman, 1975; vice chairman, 1972-74. Member: Council of Scientific Society Presidents, 1987-93, secretary, 1989-90, chairman-elect, 1991, chairman, 1992; ASTM E-5, Committee on Fire Standards, Subcommittee 5.17 on Transportation, chairman, 1981-86, secretary, 1987, chairman, Task Force on Hazard Analysis, 1983-86; ASTM E-5, Subcommittee 5.12, Protection of Openings, Subcommittee 5.13, Large Scale Tests, Subcommittee 5.15, Furnishings and Contents, chairman, Task Force on Occasional Furniture, 1979-86, Subcommittee 5.21, Smoke and Combustion Products, Task Groups on Toxicity Practice, Radiant Furniture Toxicity Test, Dome Chamber Toxicity Test, Subcommittee 5.22, Surface Burning, Subcommittee 5.31, Terminology & Editorial; ASTM D-1, Committee on Paint & Related Coatings & Materials, Subcommittee 1.23, Physical Properties of Applied Paint Films, chairman, Task Group on Adhesion, 1991, Subcommittee 1.22, Health & Safety; ASTM F-7, Committee on Aerospace & Aircraft, Subcommittee 7.06 on Flammability, secretary, 197787; Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, Environmental Safety Committee, Plastics Task Group, chairman, 197591; International Electrotechnical Commission, U.S. Technical Advisory Group, TC-74 on Safety of Data Processing Equipment & Office Machines, 1979-91; Society of the Plastics Industry, Structural Plastics Division, Executive Committee, 1976-90, Combustibility Committee, chairman, 1975-90; SPI Coordinating Committee on Fire Safety, 1978-91; National Fire Protection Association, Committee on Building Construction, 1975-82; FAA SAFER Committee, Technical Group on Compartment Interior Materials, 1979-80; Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Industrial Liaison Committee, chairman, 1984-85; Society of Plastics Engineers; Southern Society for Coatings Technology; American Institute of Chemists, fellow; Yale Chemists Association, president, 1981-91; Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences; ACS divisions: Chemical Health & Safety, Polymer Chemistry, Polymeric Materials—Science & Engineering, and Professional Relations. Related activities: Editorial Board, J. Fire Sciences, 1988 to date; Editorial Board, Drexel Polymer Notes, 1988-89; Forrest County (Miss.) Industrial Development Board, 1986-88; Southeast Mississippi Regional Economic Development Foundation, board of directors, 1988-89, Marketing Committee, 1989; consultant to industry; Underwriters Laboratories, Plastics Advisory Group (UL 746); Macromolecular Secretariat (ACS), Program Committee, 198689; U.S. National Committee for IUPAC, 1987September 23, 1991 C&EN

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ACS Election to the interests of B.S. chemists and of industrial chemists. Image of science. I developed the concept that is leading to a major 12,000-sq-ft, ACS-funded exhibit in Nelson's statement the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution) in Why would a past president of ACS, Washington, D.C., which is schedafter culminating 17 years of ACS uled to open in November 1993. service with the presidency of the "Science in American Life" has the society, want to return to the board opportunity to be a truly innovative exhibit that can excite 5 million to of directors as a director-at-large? It would be easy to say that I was 15 million people a year about the youngest recent ACS president chemistry. I want to see that exhibit and I am not ready for ACS retire- to completion. We can clearly demment. But the main reason is that onstrate that science is an intellectuwhile the society is at its strongest al process accessible to all, that it is position financially and program- experimental in nature, that the rematically, it is at its weakest position sults lead to fundamental truths emotionally. ACS attention to long- about the real world environment in term strategy is weak. These prob- which we live and work, and that science is a truly exciting activity. lems need to be addressed. We have also had a marvelous exSecond, I am currently chairmanelect of the Council of Scientific So- hibit touring the nation's science ciety Presidents. As a board member centers, "Molecules and Society." and as CSSP chairman, I want to de- This is the largest traveling science velop a close cooperative relation- exhibit in the world (four moving ship between ACS, the largest scien- vans, 31 tons). It is a world-class, tific society, and the other 56 scien- world's fair-like show, the kind of tific societies w i t h a collective thing we need to do more of to get membership of 1.4 million. We must the attention of students and their work closely together on common parents. Indeed, we need to learn to goals of education, research fund- reach out to audiences on their ing, infrastructure, and sound sci- terms, not on ours as professional scientists. ence based on regulations. Education. I am chairman of the Interestingly, one in every 2000 Americans is an ACS member, one Council of Scientific Society Presiin every 1000 Americans is a chem- dents' Mathematics & Science Eduist. ACS is a world-class organiza- cation Committee. I was involved in tion with an outstanding staff, yet the leadership team that developed staff h a v e c o m m e n t e d recently the winning NSF systemic educaabout the negative tone of ACS. We tion proposal for Florida. Under the need to wring our hands less and be overarching theme "Florida, the more aggressive about all of our Fragile Environment," a new handsbusiness, both on behalf of chemis- on curriculum for k i n d e r g a r t e n try and of chemists. We need more through eighth grade will be developed to interest kids in the real imagination and "guts/ 7 My priority areas of interest fol- world around them. Indeed, we need to interest students in doing low: Long-term strategies. Clayton science, not bore them with textCallis and I, during our consecutive books talking about science. With years in the ACS presidency, initiat- ChemCom and Chemistry in Coned a number of important studies text, ACS has a strong program aland conferences, for example, the ready, but it must go even further. Kline report and the professionalism With science literacy in America and membership conferences. These continuing to decline, expanding pinpointed a number of problems ACS programs in education and and made r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s for support of NSF systemic initiatives their solution. Time is pressing; we are essential contributions to longmust formulate ways of implement- term American competitiveness. Chemists in the world. ACS ing their recommendations. Special attention must be given particularly needs to be more active as a society 88; Florida NSF Systemic Initiative Leadership Team, 1 9 9 1 - ; Materials Council, National Foundation for Applied Combustion Toxicology, 1987; editor or coauthor of 10 books, author of eight chapters, 74 publications.

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in the world. There are numerous opportunities in Eastern Europe and in Asia, the kind of opportunities that unfortunately ACS has generally ignored. It is in our self-interest to look for collaboration. The environment and science literacy are but two common concerns facing chemists worldwide. Programs for chemists. Recent layoffs reemphasize the need for ACS to fine-tune its professional relations programs. We need to assist with career planning to help chemists recognize and prepare for career transitions. We need to encourage wider awareness of and compliance with the ACS Professional Employment Guidelines and develop effective guidelines and processes to address the employment of chemists in temporary, contract, or part-time positions. We need to establish a telep h o n e counseling program that would assist ACS members faced with termination or other urgent unemployment problems. Reach out to members. We need to reach out to members, targeting information on existing ACS programs, enhancing the attractiveness of our meetings, increasing awareness of benefits, programs, and services. We also need to encourage members to recruit new members. We should develop a dues discount program for members who recruit new members. Recruit five new members, say, and get free dues that year. Other societies have effective member-recruit-a-member programs, why not ACS? That only 50% of chemists are ACS members is a tragedy. Increase role of council. While the ACS Board of Directors is the legal representative of the society, the ACS Council is the entity that sets and approves long-range actions affecting the society. You as a councilor exercise this power when you elect a director-at-large or amend our governing documents. The prerogatives of council have declined in recent years, a trend that must be reversed. Realigning our committee structure may increase our effectiveness, but we must keep in mind that this should be done in a way that the involvement of councilors in ACS activities will increase both in time and numbers. Having been on

the board for 12 years, I can clearly state that the board needs to work closely with the council to be effective. As the world's largest organization of scientific professionals, our opportunity for impact is substantial. ACS can truly make a difference. A positive attitude and enhanced creativity are key. I would appreciate your support.

Larry F. Thompson Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (North Jersey Section). AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J. Date of birth: 1944 Academic record: Tennessee Technological University, B.S., 1966; M.S., 1968; University of Missouri, Rolla, Ph.D., 1970 Honors: National Academy of Engineering; Electrochemical Society, Young Author of the Year, 1978; Industrial Research 100 Award, 1974; Finalist, "Inventor of the Year Award" sponsored by Intellectual Property Owners, 1988 Professional positions (for past 10 years): AT&T Bell Laboratories, head, organic materials and chemical engineering departments, 1980 to date Service In ACS national offices: Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, 198992, chairman, 1990-91; Committee on Science, 1984-90; Committee on Budget & Finance, 1987-89, committee associate, 19909 1 , 1986; Council Policy Committee (nonvoting), 1990-91; Canvassing Committee, ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science, 1988-91 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1966. Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering: councilor, 1986-91; alternate councilor, 1979-86; chairman, 1979; chairman-elect, 1978; vice chairman, 1976-77;

secretary, 1974-76; Long Range Planning Committee chairman, 1990 Member: American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Electrochemical Society; American Vacuum Society; Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers; Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers; ACS divisions: Polymer Chemistry and Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering. Related activities: Editorial board, Solid State Technology, 1976-91, advisory editor, 197991; associate editor, Journal of Microelectronic Engineering, 1982-91; National Research Council Committee to Survey Chemical Engineering, chairman, Panel on "Chemical Engineering Aspects of Electronic, Photonic & Recording Materials & Devices," 1984-88; Gordon Research C o n f e r e n c e , Steering Committee, Chemistry of Electronic Materials, 1984-91; Advisory Council, department of chemical engineering, Princeton University, 1987-91; chairman, Research Briefing Panel, "Processing Engineering for Materials Information Storage & Handling," National Research Council, 1987; editorial adviser, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 1987-91; National Science Foundation Advisory Committee to the Engineering Directorate, 1988-91; chairman, National Science Foundation Advisory Committee to the Division of Chemical, Biochemical & Thermal Engineering, 1988-91; Advisory Council, department of chemical engineering, Cornell University, 1988-91

Thompson's statement The ACS Board of Directors, with input from the council, various governance committees, and ACS management, is responsible for the society's financial performance, its overall quality, its many programs, and long-range planning. ACS is the single most important organization for both chemical professionals and the disciplines of chemistry and chemical engineering. A board member should have a broad understanding of budgetary and financial methods and a deep understanding of and commitment to the research and development activities carried out by chemical professionals of every degree level and to their research and development activities. There are many important problems that face our profession and our society, and I would like the opportunity to help solve them as a member of the ACS Board. Public image of chemistry. First, the public image of chemistry is at an all-time low and is affecting every aspect of the profession. The incessant reports by the news media that associate the words chemical and chemicals with toxic and environmental harm are making it increasingly difficult to attract the best

students into the chemical sciences and engineering. In some cases personal self-esteem and pride in our profession are reduced. If the erosion of the image of our profession is allowed to continue relative to other industrialized nations, our ability to remain preeminent in both chemical research and chemical manufacturing will be in serious jeopardy. Another serious effect will be the lost job opportunities in our profession. ACS must continue to take an active leadership role in a wide range of programs and activities that present students and the public with a fair and exciting view of our profession. I am especially interested in supporting programs with other organizations that provide strong leverage for our resources. No one professional society can afford the high costs associated with comprehensive educational and public relations campaigns. Chemical Abstracts Service. Restoring the financial strength of CAS must be one of our highest priorities. As chairman of the Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service (SCCAS) for the past two years, I have learned the difficulties that CAS faces and had the opportunity to be actively involved in the establishment of the new CAS Governing Board (C&EN, July 29, page 45) and the current restructuring of SCCAS. Both of these changes are designed to provide strong and timely input to ACS management regarding CAS operations and services that will allow CAS to remain the world leader in providing chemical-related databases to our profession as well as the entire international science and engineering comm u n i t i e s . O n e of t h e p r i n c i p a l reasons I agreed to run for the ACS Board was to be able to continue to work in the implementation phase of the new CAS structure. It is my strong conviction that the new governing board will provide the leadership and long-range planning that will be very beneficial to CAS. I further believe that a society committee must continue to exercise a role in evaluating the performance of CAS in meeting the needs of the international scientific community and especially ACS members and inSeptember 23, 1991 C&EN

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ACS Election formation specialists. In April 19911 appointed a special task force to evaluate specifically w h a t role SCCAS must have in ACS governance. The task force presented its final report to SCCAS in August and SCCAS will present specific recommendations to the board of directors and council for action. I am committed to a committee structure that provides a significant, appropriate, and synergistic role for the CAS governance committee and one that allows a formal channel of communication among ACS members and information specialists and the ACS Board, the CAS Governing Board, and the ACS Council. Streamlining ACS governance. The streamlining of ACS governance is another area I have a strong interest in. I support many aspects of the extensive Governance Streamlining Study report recently issued by ACS staff, which was prepared at the request of the board of directors. As a councilor since 1986, I have had the opportunity to serve on several committees and learn the complexities of our current governance structure. In addition, I have gained a strong appreciation for the important contribution ACS members make to our society t h r o u g h participation on governance committees. Any changes in the committee structure must not reduce member involvement but rather improve our ability to make more timely decisions and recommendations and reduce the overall burden that our present governance structure places on the ACS staff. Of paramount importance is a society structure that encourages the council, the board, and ACS staff to each have important roles in continuing to improve the quality of technical programs, maintaining the high standards of ACS publications and educational programs, and supporting a truly professional environment for the members. During the past 15 years, I have served on many ACS committees, including Budget & Finance (vice chairman in 1988), SCCAS (chairman in 1990-91), Committee on Science, and others. I have been a research manager at Bell Laboratories for 11 years and continue to be directly active in research and development programs. 40


I would like to have the opportunity to use my experience as a practicing scientist, industrial manager,^ and an active participant in ACS governance to serve ACS, its members, and the profession on the board of directors.

Peter E. Yankwich Washington Section. National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Date of birth: Oct. 20, 1923 Academic record: University of California, Berkeley, B.S., 1943; Ph.D., 1945 Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, 196061; visiting professor, California Institute of Technology, 1960-61; visiting scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1961 Professional positions (for past 10 years): National Science Foundation, executive officer, Directorate for Science & Engineering Education, 1985 to date; University of Illinois, professor of chemistry, 1948-88; vice president for academic affairs, 1977-82 Service in ACS national offices: Director-atlarge, 1986-91, 1982-84; councilor, ex officio, 1986-91, 1982-84; Board Executive Committee, 1987; Board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, 1986-91, 1982-84; Board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1990-91, 1988, 1982-84; Society Committee on Budget & Finance, 1986-91; Board Committee on Audits, 1986-87; Board Committee on Planning, 1983-84; Board Task Force on Non-Academic Sabbaticals, 1987; Society Committee on Education, 1981-84; Implementation Task Force for Chemical Education Report, chairman, 1984-86; Chemical Education Task Force, chairman, 1983-84; Experimental Education Commission, chairman, 1978-80; Chemical Education Planning & Coordinating Committee (CEPACC), 1971-80, chairman, 1974-80; Steering Committee for Project CEDS, 197481, vice chairman, 1974-81; Steering Commit-

tee for Pilot Program for the Training of Chemical Technicians, 1968-73; Advisory Board, SciQuest, 1978-80 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1945. Division of Physical Chemistry: councilor, 1977-78; alternate councilor, 1969-76; chairman, 1971-72; chairman-elect, 1970-71. University of Illinois Section: chairman, 195859; chairman-elect, 1957-58 Member: American Physical Society, fellow; American Association for the Advancement of Science, fellow Related activities: Gordon Conference on Chemistry & Physics of Isotopes, chairman, 1964; industrial and patent consultant, 1950-85

Yankwich's statement My qualifications to be a director-atlarge of the American Chemical Society arise in over 40 years of pursuit of ACS objectives and standards of excellence—beginning with my education in California, and extending through many years . on the faculty of the University of Illinois. My experience includes more than 20 years of highly varied national and divisional service in society offices; a decade of university system administration; and long-time professional attention to academic and industrial research, teaching, and public service. I am now an executive officer of the National Science F o u n d a t i o n — t h e federal agency devoted to basic research and the improvement of science education. My concern for the health of academic and industrial research in the U.S. derives from an active research program of over 40 years' duration. In no quarter is the fiscal support for basic research even half adequate. ACS must be an even more forceful advocate of such improved support than it. now is. The well-being of chemists derives from the vigor and health of chemistry and recognition of the importance of its contributions to the prosperity and welfare of the nation. ACS is without peer as a representative and advocate for science. It speaks with authority, if sometimes quietly, and it is heard and listened to. I know how to be an effective institutional representative and advocate. Debate over the fundamental nature of the society—scientific, professional, or membership organization—misses the point that ACS has always had all of these characteris-

tics. It is more important that the so ciety be able harmoniously to change the balance among these traits as need arises than it is to agree on the best balance for this moment. What is different, now, is that the twin envi ronments in which the society con ducts its information-related activi ties and its membership affairs have become highly competitive, and the rules are not being made by us. Unless our responses to the changes in the information environ ment are timely, imaginative, and correct, there will be little left to de bate. The recent change in the gov ernance of Chemical Abstracts Ser vice is but the first of many tough decisions that lie before us. Unless ACS opens its doors wider, to active membership for professionals in all of the chemical sciences and at ev ery level of education, it cannot con tinue to be the principal organiza tion speaking for chemistry and its daughter fields. There are both eco nomic and perceptual reasons why ACS should be circling its wagons; we must make sure, however, to point the guns outward. Because I am concerned about both the rights and responsibilities of those who practice the profession of chemistry, I believe in a strong ACS Council and vigorous local sec tions; without that strength and vig or, the society cannot hope to ad dress either its public or its profes sional objectives. I believe in a strong board of di rectors. My recent service as director-at-large has afforded me several opportunities to contribute to that strength, not only on its Budget & Finance, Public Affairs & Public Re lations, Audit, Property Develop ment, and Grants & Awards commit tees, but as a voice to help keep the board focused on its policy-making responsibility, leaving the attrac tions and rewards of management to ACS's excellent professional staff. As a career chemistry educator, I have special interest in what ACS can and will do to deal with some problems that presently beset sci ence education in general and some aspects of chemistry education in particular. ACS has been a strong leader of activities that have sustained and advanced the quality of initial pro

fessional education during a long period of resources compression. That compression has increased the pace of d e v e l o p m e n t and placed a premium on the mainte nance of high professional skills. ACS should move swiftly and surely to expand its role as provid er and catalyst of timely, highquality, continuing professional education. That role is now the one most critically in need of de velopment of all of the society's di rect services to its members. But perhaps even more important in the long run, ACS must use its eminence among professional soci eties to lead a comprehensive effort

to improve science education at all levels and for students of every age. ACS must bring to this task the very best it has and can command. Wide spread public misunderstanding of science in general—and of chemis try in particular—has let the word "chemical" become an acknowl edged pejorative term in just a few years. ACS must bring its expertise and the strengths of its membership forcefully and persistently to bear on the education and enlightenment of nonscientists of every age—so that the word "chemistry" and ev erything it stands for will not be the next addition to the nation's vocabu lary of doom.

Nominees for director from Region I Members with ACS mailing addresses in Region I are eligible to vote for direc tor from Region I. Nominees for the 1992-94 term are James G. Bennett Jr., William E. McEwen, and Joan E. Shields. Region I consists of local sections having their headquarters in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York (except the Western New York Section), and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and those members with addresses in the states of New York and Vermont and in the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec who are not assigned to local sections. Ballots will be mailed first-class Oct. 4. Deadline for their return is close of business Nov. 18,1991.

James G. Bennett Jr. Eastern New York Section. General Electric Co., Selkirk, ΝΎ. Date of birth: 1932 Academic record: State University of New York, Albany, B.S., 1954; Rensselaer Polytech nic Institute, Ph.D., 1959 Honors: Sigma Xi; Sterling Winthrop Fellow; National Institutes of Health Fellow; General Electric Cooper Award for Technology, 1983 Professional positions (for past 10 years): Gen eral Electric Co., principal scientist, 1990 to date; manager, process chemistry, 1989-90; manager, analytical technology, 1988-89; manager, core products technology, 1985-88; manager, process technology, 1984-85; man ager, advanced process development, 1984; manager, process chemistry, 1979-84 Service in ACS national offices: Society Com mittee on Budget & Finance, 1988-90; Com mittee on Membership Affairs, 1982-87, chair man, 1986-87, committee associate, 1981; Council Policy Committee (nonvoting), 198687; Professional Programs Planning & Coordi nating Committee (PROPPACC), 1986-87; Board of Trustees, Group Insurance Plans for ACS Members, ex officio, 1985-87; Commit tee on Professional Relations, 1972-77; Board Task Force on Pension Policy, 1986

Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1957, Eastern New York Section: councilor, 1971-91; Executive Committee, 1971-91; Committee on the Disadvantaged, 1968-73; Committee on Affiliates, 1971-73; Professional & Economic Relations Committee, 1965-71; Committee on Liaison & Legislation, 1961-70; Committee on Membership & Hospitality, 1963-65 Member: Society of the Plastics Industry, Polyolefins Fire Performance Council, Electrical Materials & Products Subcommittee of the Co ordinating Committee of Fire Safety; Hudson Valley Community College, Chemistry Advisory Committee & Chemical Technology Advisory Committee; ACS divisions: Organic Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry Related activities: Published six journal arti cles; holds 38 patents, mostly in areas of ho mogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis

Bennett's statement We chemists and engineers need a jumpstart to return the pride to our profession! Don't be afraid to get in volved in all areas of science, espe cially public support. When someone asks you, "What do you do?" answer in an enthusiastic voice, "I'm a chemSeptember 23, 1991 C&EN

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ACS Election ist" or "I'm an engineer/' and say it so that the person hearing it knows you are proud of it! I have been an industrial chemist for 32 years and am very honored to be a nominee for director of Region I. My experience and background will bring some fresh ideas to the ACS Board of Directors, for which only two of the 15 members come from industry. Let me give you my views on some tough issues before both our society and the profession of chemistry. Dues dilemma. Dues, dues, dues! Members resign because they simply do not feel they are getting their dues dollar's worth from the society. The society must stop the yearly dues increases that drive members away. We must balance the inflationary needs for funding dues-supported programs in another manner. The society's programs must be reevaluated and some programs must be dropped or reorganized at a lower cost. I promoted this philosophy as the chairman of the Membership Affairs Committee. I can do it even more forcefully as a board member. My years on the Budget & Finance Committee provided me with an understanding of our financial situation. The dilemma is the same for GE Plastics and even the Bennett household. It was easy to provide for everyone when times were good and money flowed. It is truly difficult to change when the good times stop—but change we must for the sake of our membership. Future of Chemistry. I am deep-

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ly concerned about the lack of understanding that today's youth have about the science going on around t h e m . I w i l l h e l p t h e society strengthen programs to bring science into schools to turn children on to the excitement of science at early ages. More and more teachers and students feel that science is too difficult and are steered toward a simpler curriculum. This is where the society must involve its members at the local level, and I will lead this approach. Let's begin in our schools by showing children what chemistry and engineering are all about. Bring them into your lab for career day programs and take them on plant tours. Go into their classrooms as volunteer speakers. Demonstrate your skills by explaining the "magic of chemistry" and combine your enthusiasm to turn students on to science. Show them the science that goes into their computer games, their houses, their cars, their clothes, and even their sneakers to make their lives more comfortable. These are things that most people forget when they complain about the sorrystate of affairs that scientists have created. Most of all, support and participate in National Chemistry Week as a means of bringing science into the eyes of the public. The key is individual involvement. As a regional director, I will be personally involved to help sell our profession to the public every day by being a daily living example. Join your community, town, and state task forces to help address fundamental issues. I feel we must all be teachers of our profession to save our profession. P u b l i c i z e member b e n e f i t s . Members resign because they feel they are not getting their money's worth from the society. Yet I feel the society has an excellent, well-rounded basketful of benefits for all members. The problem is that members don't know of these benefits. As a board member, I will continually strive to keep these benefits in front of the members by repeating them in C&EN inserts or pocket cards. As the needs of our membership change, we must upgrade and modify these benefits. Satisfied members will not resign.

Environmental concern. I feel we scientists have "done it to ourselves" by letting others with little or no scientific background respond to emotional public issues with new laws and codes while we as scientists do little. I strongly agree with ACS president S. Allen Heininger with his "cradle to grave" concept in which he said that we scientists put these molecules together and we must be the ones to take them apart to harmless end-products w h e n their useful purpose is served. I will lead the region and its members in tackling the difficult problem of protecting our environment. We must show our dedication by promoting recycling. The solution, once again, is to get involved. Only chemical professionals have the technical knowledge to understand and solve these problems. Industrial input. About 70% of our members are from industry but the society has the reputation of being run by academia. More industrial representation is needed. I will help the society make a stronger effort to attract industrial chemists into society governance. I bring 32 years of a well-balanced bench and management career, including the startup of a new plastics business with the trials-and-tribulations experience of growing that concept into nearly a billion-dollar business today. My six years on the Membership Affairs Committee coupled with six years on the Committee on Professional Relations, introducing the Professional Employment Guidelines and multiple termination investigations, have made me acutely aware of the problems our members face. My i n d u s t r i a l background coupled with my years of ACS activities give me the experience to deal with both member and society problems effectively as a regional director. Our region is g e o g r a p h i c a l l y small. If elected, I wilkmaintain an active personal contact with members through local section and divisional leadership. Such leadership is needed to revitalize member involvement, which is essential for solving the problems before us. If you feel as I do, I would appreciate your support with your vote!

William E. McEwen Connecticut Valley Section. University of Massachusetts, Amherst Date of birth: Jan. 13, 1922 Academic record: Columbia University, B.A., 1944; M.A., 1945; Ph.D., 1947 Honors: Sigma Xi; Du Pont Fellow, 1946; Outstanding Civilian Service Award, U.S. Department of Army, 1984; Chancellor's Distinguished Faculty Medal, University of Massachusetts, 1986; Columbia University, visiting lecturer; University of Illinois, visiting lecturer Professional positions (for past 10 years): University of Massachusetts, Commonwealth Professor, 1962 to date; head, department of chemistry, 1962-77; U.S. Military Academy, visiting professor, 1983-84 Service in ACS national offices: Board of directors, Region I, 1986-88; councilor, ex officio, 1986-88; Board Committee on Professional & Member Relations, 1986-88; Society Committee on Education, 1987-89; Society Committee on Publications, 1986-88, 197880; Board Committee on Planning, 1986-88; Board Task Force on Non-Academic Sabbaticals, 1987; Committee on Committees, 198284, 1975-76; Committee on Science, 1981, committee associate, 1986; Experimental Science Commission, 1980; C&EN Editorial Board, 1978-79; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 1969-74; Committee on Membership Affairs, 1957-61, chairman, 1961, secretary, 1959-60; Council Policy Committee (nonvoting), 1961; secretary, 1959-60; editorial board, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1966-70 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1946. Connecticut Valley Section: councilor, 1967-85; Nominations Committee chairman, 1980. University of Kansas Section: councilor, 1956-61; treasurer, 1953; Membership Committee chairman, 1955-56. Division of Chemical Education: Examinations Committee, 197377 Member: Royal Society of Chemistry; New York Academy of Sciences, fellow; American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman, Section C, 1978; Steering Committee, 1988-91); Chemical Society of Japan; Alpha Chi Sigma

istry, I engage in regular correspondence with many of these foreign professors. I believe that I can help American universities to recruit the best of the foreign students, particularly from Eastern Europe, the U.S.S.R., China, and Latin America. In part, as one of the prime movers in the creation of the International Council on Main Group Chemistry, I will be visiting Venezuela, Mexico, Japan, the U.S.S.R., Italy, and France during the next 18 months. The most desirable way to obtain a continuing supply of capable chemisMcEwen's statement try students is to grow our own, but The American Chemical Society is this will take about 15 to 20 years. I both a business organization and a intend to work closely with the Sociprofessional society. The major busi- ety Committee on Education to proness in which the society is engaged mote this objective if I am elected to is publishing. As editor-in-chief of the board of directors. Heteroatom Chemistry: An International Another facet of growing our own Journal of Main Group Elements, I have chemists is to make it possible for all learned more about the publishing of our well-above-average profesbusiness than I ever learned before sors to obtain grant funds to carry as a member, on several previous oc- out viable research programs with casions, of the Society Committee on the aid of students. I will strive to Publications. I am confident that I exert influence through ACS to can put my present knowledge to modify the policies of our granting excellent use to help in the gover- agencies so as to give at least as nance of the publishing activities of much priority to many mediumthe society if I am elected to the po- sized grants as to a few blockbuster sition of director, Region I, of ACS. grants. I firmly believe that 20 wellThe media buzzwords of the above-average professors operating 1990s are the "new world order" with $50,000-per-year grants can acand "sea change." What these words complish more for American science mean is the centralization of the than one highly affluent chemist world's economic and political order. operating with each of his million Almost all of the political leaders of dollars per year of grant funds. My own experience suggests the the Group of Seven (the U.S., Germany, Japan, the U.K., France, Italy, and truth of this statement. In the late Canada) are actively working toward 1960s, with the aid of $30,000-perthis end. Chemists are also heavily year grants from the National Sciinvolved in this, albeit indirectly. For ence Foundation, two graduate stuexample, there are already strong ties dents (Jerome Knapczyk, now a reamong the chemical industries of the search chemist at Monsanto, and G-7 countries, and ties are rapidly Jacek Lubinkowski, now a professor growing stronger with the U.S.S.R. of chemistry at Universidad Simon and with China. Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela) and I Not only will strictly business co- discovered the photochemical genoperation increase markedly in the eration in high quantum yields of future, but also those of us who are Bronsted acids in suitable solutions concerned with science education in from triarylsulfonium and diarylithe U.S. are now largely dependent odonium salts. The generation of on foreign nationals to fill our grad- acid was found to involve the initial uate schools with capable degree formation and subsequent reactions candidates. We can best accomplish of highly reactive radical and radithis when we know well the most cal-cation intermediates. Several capable and aware indusprominent professors in foreign countries and can ask them to rec- trial chemists, James Crivello (Genommend their high-quality students eral Electric), Grant Willson (IBM), to us. As editor of Heteroatom Chem- and Nigel Hacker (IBM), among othRelated activities: Brookhaven National Laboratory, research collaborator; editor-in-chief, Heteroatom Chemistry: An International Journal of Main Group Elements; board of editors, Phosphorus & Sulfur; board of consulting editors, Topics in Phosphorus Chemistry, consultant, Regents Commission on Doctoral Education, the University of the State of New York, 1973-75; published about 200 research papers in various journals, made about 50 presentations of work at ACS national meetings; coauthor of six books; preceptor of about 110 Ph.D. students, directed research of about 50 M.S. students; taught undergraduate organic chemistry to about 17,000 students; secretary-treasurer, pro tern, International Council on Main Group Chemistry


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ACS Election ers, have capitalized on this discovery and have helped to develop important industrial processes based on this discovery. These include the development of new photoresists in the microelectronics industry and new applications in coatings, adhesives, and inks. Among the coating applications are clear varnishes for cans, leather and vinyl coatings, abrasion-resistant coatings for floor tiles, adhesive bonding agents for metals to glass, and photocuring staking compounds for mounting electronic components. A large addition to the gross national product has resulted from these discoveries that NSF originally "bought" for about $30,000 per year in grant funds. I have used this example of the value of small grants only because I know it best. However, I am sure that other professors who have survived on less than massive grants can make similar claims. I am eager to exert my best efforts to bring back "small science" to a fully competitive standing with "big science." I hope that I can do this as a member of the ACS Board. I respectfully ask for your vote to become, once again, director from Region I.

Joan E. Shields New York Section. C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University, Brookville, N.Y. Date of birth: Oct. 11, 1934 Academic record: Regis College, A.B., 1956; Tufts University, M.S., 1958; Boston College, Ph.D., 1966 Honors: Outstanding Service Award, New York Section, ACS, 1981; Sigma Xi; Sarah Berliner Fellowship, AAUW, 1974-75; postdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute, Germany, 1966-67 Professional positions (for past 10 years): Long Island University, professor, 1976 to date; chairman, department of chemistry, 1976-81; Quantachrome Corp., consultant, 1978-88 Service in ACS national offices: Board of directors, Region I, 1989-91; councilor, ex officio, 1989-91; Society Committee on Budget & Finance, 1989-93, chairman, 1990-91; Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, committee associate, 1990-91; Board Committee on Professional & Member Relations, 1991; Board Committee on Pensions, 1990-94; Board Committee on Audits, 1990-91; Board Committee to Facilitate Planning, 1989-91; Council Policy Committee (nonvoting), 1990-91, 198688; Board of Trustees, Group Insurance Plans for Members, 1985-90, chairman, 1989-90; Society Committee on Education, 1989; Committee on Chemical Education, committee associate, 1979; Committee on Committees, 44


1983-88, chairman, 1986-88, secretary, 1985; Committee on Local Section Activities, 198082 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1957. New York Section: councilor, 1977-88; chairman, 1980; chairman-elect and Program Committee chairman, 1979; Councilor Coordinating Committee, 1986-88; Bylaws Committee, 1985-88; Long-Range Planning Committee, 1986-87; Metrochem Committee, 198587; Outstanding Service Award Committee chairman, 1985; Awards Committee (Nichols Jury), 1980-82; Nominations Committee chairman, 1980-82; Nassau-Suffolk Subsection: chairman, 1975-76; chairman-elect, 1974-75; board of directors, 1973-74 Member: Fine Particle Society; ASTM Related activities: Published 32 papers and two books

Shields' statement It is an honor and privilege to be nominated for a second term to represent the members of Region I on the ACS Board of Directors. I would like to take this opportunity to express my views on a few of the challenges facing the American Chemical Society and how I would address them as a member of the board. Member affairs. A recent survey of members revealed a need for increased programing directed toward improving the image of chemists and chemistry, more attention to the needs of our industrial members, and additional activities for the bachelor-level members of the society. As chairman of a task force of the Board Committee on Professional & Member Relations, I intend to direct these members' desires to the appropriate governing bodies. ACS, as the largest professional scientific organization in the world, has a responsibility to its members to ensure their proper treatment in employment, retirement, and layoff situations. ACS should continue and also expand its participation in programs directed toward retraining and continuing education. I will support existing and new programs for the utilization of the vast resources that our retired, unemployed, and underemployed members can provide. The society must maintain an awareness of the economic status of all of its members and make every effort to offer affordable membership dues, meeting registration fees, a n d publications. Toward these goals I will strongly support activities of the relevant committees in their efforts to assist members, espe-

cially those who have been placed in unfortunate circumstances. As chairman of the Committee on Budget & Finance, I will continue working toward improvements in our society's financial policies to ensure the future integrity of our society. Public affairs. Over the past two decades we have witnessed a decline in the image of science, and especially chemical science. There is no doubt that we must assume a societal responsibility to avoid in the future such tragic incidents as those that occurred in the past. However, we must also make every effort to present chemistry to the public in an honest and objective way. National Chemistry Week in 1989, in which almost every local section participated, was a huge success and an excellent vehicle for bringing the positive aspects of chemical science to the public. This year's National Chemistry Week is expected to be even more successful. As a member of the National Chemistry Week task force, I intend to continue to strongly support this important activity. We must also find new ways to continue to educate the public to the contributions of the chemical sciences. The newly created ACS Office of Public Outreach will provide a vehicle for programs directed toward improving the image of chemistry and will receive my enthusiastic support. By utilizing our resources to reach the general population, we can restore the profession of chemistry to the position it deserves and to

the image it requires to encourage the next generation of chemical scientists. I have been and will continue to be a strong advocate of the permanent Smithsonian Institution science exhibit. The Public U n d e r s t a n d i n g of Chemistry training program has succeeded in educating some of our members in techniques of public communication. We need to expand this activity to include those members who are unable to attend ACS national meetings by bringing the programs to more members at the local section and regional levels. I would support these activities, as well as other innovative ways to improve the public perception of our profession. Education. The recent serious decline in chemistry department enrollments in our colleges and universities as well as the increasing difficulty in obtaining academic research grants have posed new problems that must be addressed by ACS. At the

present time there are major revolutions occurring in the fields of materials science, biotechnology, and computer applications. ACS should be in the forefront of providing educational programs needed to put chemistry, chemists, and chemical engineers in key positions in these emerging high-technology areas. We must continue to review and modify the guidelines for the ACS-approved curriculum to take advantage of the opportunities that are presented by these frontier areas of chemical science. I will strongly support ACS activities directed toward intensifying programs to encourage student interest in the chemical sciences and promoting innovation in undergraduate and graduate education. I hope that my first term on the board of directors and my goals stated here will justify your confidence in me as a member for a second term. I will be honored to continue to work for the benefit of ACS and its members.

Nominees for director from Region V

Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1947. Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering: councilor, 1978-93; chairman, 1974; chairman-elect, 1973; treasurer, 197172; Executive Committee, 1970-71; Canvassing Committee, TESS Award, 1989. St. Louis Section: Nominations Committee, 1979, 1977; Awards Committee chairman, 1977-78; Social Committee chairman, 1977 Member: American Institute of Chemists, fellow and certified professional chemist, 198092; Coblentz Society, editor and publisher, IR Spectral Data; Society for Applied Spectroscopy; Joint Committee on Atomic & Molecular Physical Data, chairman, 1981-84; ASTM, Executive Committee of E-13 on Molecular Spectroscopy, chairman, 1979-81, chairman, ASTM E-13.03, Infrared Spectroscopy, 1974-78; ASTM Forensic Science Committee, D-30 and Water D-19 Related activities: Society for Applied Spectroscopy: Membership Education Committee chairman and short course coordinator, 1991, education coordinator-elect, 1990; St. Louis Section chairman, 1988, program chairman, 1987; National Academy of Sciences Advisory Committee on Asphalt Research, Strategic Highway Research Program Department of Transportation, 1985-88; Board of Managers, Coblentz Society, 1958-62; manager of joint Canadian Institute of Science & Technology (CISTI) and NIST Spectral Data Projects, 197981 and 1986-87; Gordon Research Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, chairman, 1976; invited speaker, Gordon Research Conferences on Organic Coatings, 1966, 1964, 1954; lecturer, Latin American Fisk Infrared Institute, Brazil, 195 (AID and Pan American Union Sponsorship); short course, Canisius College, 1976; invited speaker: Monaco, 1965, Technology Assessment and the Oceans, 1975; ISTA Conference on Man and the Oceans, Texas A&M University, 1976; Chemical Research Institute, Beijing, China, 1980; Pittsburgh Conference, 25th Anniversary, 1976; short course for Spectrex Ltd., Montreal, 1977; University of Minnesota, chemical interpretation of infrared spectra continuation course, guest lecturer, 1960-69; edited books on Spectroscopic Characterization of Polymers, 1971, Plenum Press; 1983 ACS Advances in Chemistry, 1990 ACS Advances in Chemistry, five books and 11 volumes of infrared spectral data, and numerous book chapters.

Members with ACS mailing addresses in Region V are eligible to vote for director from Region V. Nominees for the 1992-94 term are Clara D. Craver, E. Ann Nalley (by petition), and John G. Verkade. Region V consists of local sections having their headquarters in Arkansas, Illinois (except the University of Illinois), Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas (except the Brazosport, Rio Grande Valley, Sabine-Neches, and Southeastern Texas Section), and Wisconsin; and those members with addresses in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Dickinson County (Michigan), Curry County (New Mexico), and the province of Manitoba who are not assigned to local sections. Ballots will be mailed first-class Oct. 4. Deadline for their return is close of Graver's statement business Nov. 18, 1991.

Clara D. Graver Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (St. Louis Section). Craver & Craver Inc., Glendale, Mo. Date of birth: Dec. 3, 1924 Academic record: Ohio State University, B.S., cum laude 1945 Honors: Doolittle Award, Division of Organic Coatings & Plastics, ACS, 1954; Phi Beta Kappa; lota Sigma Pi, National Honorary Member Award, 1989; Honorary D.Sc, Fisk University, 1974; National Honorary Member, Coblentz Society, 1991; Williams-Wright Award in Industrial Spectroscopy, 1985; Special Leadership Award for Women, St. Louis YWCA, 1984; ASTM Award of Merit & Fellow, 1982

Professional positions (for past 10 years): Craver & Craver Inc., president and consultant, 1970 to date; Chemir Laboratories, president, 1958-90; Polytech Laboratories Inc., vice president, 1986-90; lecturer, spectroscopy and polymer short courses, 1959 to date; Fisk Infrared Institute/Vanderbilt University, director, 1986 to date Service in ACS national offices: Committee on Meetings & Expositions, 1991, 1988, consultant, 1989-90, committee associate, 1981, 1978-79; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 1989-90; Society Committee on Budget & Finance, 1979-87, vice chairman, 1987, committee associate, 1978; ACS History of Chemistry Task Force, 1981-82; program coordination adviser, 1977-91; ACS tour speaker, 1989, 1987; Awards Evaluation, ad hoc Committee on Expositions, 1985; Centennial Coordinating Committee, 1976

My enthusiastic support of ACS has extended throughout my entire professional career. I have been a member since 1947 and have devoted much time to committees, technical programing, and national meetings since 1970. This is the year that I need your vote to become a director. I have sold my laboratory businesses and expect to have the time to accept the full responsibility of being an active member of the board of directors. I will draw on diverse professional experience, including industrial research (Exxon), contract research and research services (Battelle Memorial September 23, 1991 C&EN

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ACS Election Institute), and management of my own spectroscopy and polymer laboratories since 1959. I have extended my consulting activities to service as an expert witness. I helped develop a computerized IR database system used since 1970, and have worked with ASTM, Coblentz Society, the National Institute of Standards & Technolgy, and others on reference data for years. I have taught in more than 40 short courses. From my vita you will note that I have served the maximum of nine years on the Society Committee on Budget & Finance. I learned much about the activities of the society, studied new proposals, and participated in decisions affecting our leadership role in scientific information and the vital needs of our members. Some areas in which I have made special contributions to the growth and vitality of ACS are: • Stimulating ACS publication of the technical books produced by our members by strongly advocating that ACS policies be competitive with those of outside publishers. • Serving on the task force that developed recommendations for the scope and composition of the Science Committee. • Adding vitality and user-friendliness to our national meetings as an adviser since the 1970s and promoting improvements such as Sci-Mix. • Steering the modest funding available for the history of chemistry to a major cooperative activity with other societies and institutions instead of an office at headquarters. • Increasing the role of the technical divisions in society affairs. Now to look forward. Looking inward. I asked other councilors to let me hear about their concerns. Several suggested reduction of the size of governance or the number of committees. Yet, there is pressure from members wanting the society to do more. Since we have a competent staff to carry out the business of the society and a board to monitor policy and provide leadership, we may indeed be oversized in the council, but not necessarily in committees. We should explore other ways of receiving ideas from the members and of initiating programs for members to carry out without increasing 46


the size of the governance body. Can't we avoid putting all activities into governance? There are $ome marvelous, successful examples in the past few years from our strong leadership: Chemistry Week, the Campaign for Chemistry, the Smithsonian exhibit. Is there really anything broken? Let's progress with good ideas instead of trying to have the perfect "size"! More looking inward. The survey on member needs, and frequently heard complaints, show that employment opportunities and salary levels are frustratingly low for many chemists. Our differences in age, education, natural talents, interests, regional opportunities, and degree of success as measured by recognition or financial rewards vary widely. ACS provides concrete employment aid and salary surveys, but this obviously isn't enough. Why aren't chemists in great demand in all kinds of businesses? They are highly motivated, sincere, hard-working, and brighter-thanaverage college graduates. They have diverse aptitudes and interests that would fit them to work in broad business fields and as inhouse specialists in government offices, environmental enterprises, law firms, industrial management, investment firms, foreign business development, sales, and journalism. Isn't putting people who understand chemistry into some of our broad societal and decision-making positions an important goal? I have heard opinions that we need to edu-

cate fewer chemists so that demand will make salaries high. I disagree. There are not enough people educated in chemistry in our society. Do we need to create curricula where basic chemistry courses are combined with business, economics, public speaking and writing skills, to name a few, to spur a broader demand for chemists? This could take many forms; for example, a combined master's degree. We need to think about what can be done to put chemical training and chemists' talents in greater demand. This is a market economy. Our educational product has to be wanted. Looking outward. I am impressed by a recent AAAS address of Rep. George E. Brown, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology. He described serious problems in encouraging Congress to promote expenditures for science, at the expense of other national needs. Among his major points: "Science is, at best, only the first step in the innovation process . . . and its economic rewards." Development, production, and marketing are essential if we are to present "a case rooted in the welfare of our nation." Scientists need to communicate more effectively with their fellow citizens and with Congress. ACS has been working in that direction. Couldn't the society play a larger role in industrial chemistry and its products? Isn't the world of commerce and chemical industry an area that ACS has tended to minimize? We know why chemistry is so important. Let's communicate it to our fellow citizens and to Congress for the advantage of all mankind. Are we to leave all of the publicity about our field to technically illiterate media? We need to make that effort more effective to help crossfertilization of ideas with other sciences, to communicate to the public, to elementary school children, and to the blossoming energetic minds of high school students. I want to help set the goals and make t h e decisions our society needs. My broad background in management, in research, and in teaching qualifies me to ask for your vote for ACS director for Region V.

Ε. Ann Nalley Wichita Falls-Duncan Section. Cameron Uni versity, Lawton, Okla. Date of birth: July 8, 1942 Academic record: Northeastern Okiahoma Uni versity, B.S., 1965; Oklahoma State University, M.S., 1969; Texas Woman's University, Ph.D., 1975 Honors: Sigma Xi; Sigma Pi Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; lota Sigma Pi; honorary member, Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Delta Kappa; Cameron University Student Government Outstanding Professor Award, 1986; Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Fac ulty Award, 1978; Phi Kappa Phi Meritorious Service Award, 1989, 1981; Phi Kappa Phi Alumni Award, 1980; Outstanding Young Wom en of America, 1978 Professional positions (for past 10 years): Cameron University, professor, 1978 to date; Cameron University Research Center, hard sci ence facilitator, 1988 to date; University of Oklahoma, adjunct professor of environmental science and civil engineering, 1990-91; visiting professor, summers 1990, 1989, 1980; Univer sity of Texas, Dallas, visiting scientist, sum mers 1987, 1986 Service in ACS national offices: Committee on Economic Status, 1984-91, vice chairman, 1989-91; secretary, 1988, 1985-86; Joint Task Force on Employment Services, 198491; Task Force on Industrial Sabbaticals, 1987-89; Task Force on Certification & Licens ing, 1989-91; Task Force on Revitalizing Stu dent Affiliate Chapters, 1989; Task Force on Student Affiliate Adviser's Manual, 1990; Com mittee on Local Section Activities, 1982-83, secretary, 1983 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1972. Wichita Falls-Duncan Section: councilor, 1985-92, 1980-83; alternate councilor, 1984; chairman, 1979; chairman-elect and Program Committee chairman, 1978; secretarytreasurer, 1977; Nominating Committee chair man, 1980; historian, 1980-81; National Chem istry Day Committee chairman, 1987; Educa tion Committee chairman, 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 ; committees on Professional Relations, Public Relations, Long Range Planning, and Pentasectional Meeting Planning. Oklahoma Pentasectional Meeting: chairman, 1986, 1981; South west High School Teacher Regional Award

consecutive years. As secretary of the Local Section Activities Committee and as chairman of the Annual Re ports Review Subcommittee, I ac quired a deep understanding of the members' problems in more than 180 local sections, many of whom consid er C&EN as the only benefit of ACS membership. As vice chairman of the Economic Status Committee and chairman of many of its subcommittees, I gained a thorough knowledge of various economic problems facing our mem bers. During my eighth year on this committee, I was instrumental in in Nalley's statement stituting various steps toward im Members are our most important as proving the situation. As secretary set. Our profession is at a critical of the Professional Relations Divi point. Chemistry is made the villain sion, I acquired a deeper under of the environment; bright students standing of professional problems. choose other professions; chemists My 10 years' experience as a mem are frequently forced into un ber of the national board of directors planned retirement or midcareer of another organization (with more changes, or choose more lucrative than 120,000 active members) has and presumably respectable occupa prepared me for efficient actions at tions. For 14 years, I have been in the highest level. volved intensively in addressing Is experience enough? All candi these problems at the local, division dates have experience and ideas. al, and national levels. I am a strong Unfortunately, ACS responds slow proponent of the slogan that my stu ly to our members' changing needs. dents and I proposed for National An ACS report determined in 1947 Chemistry Day: "Chemistry, The So that our members wanted actions on lution To The Future" and the ACS professionalism. Only a wave of membership is the most vital com mass terminations in our profession ponent of that solution. turned attention to this area after 25 years. Frustration with endless de However, time is short. As your regional director, with other direc bates following study after study tors who share my views, I will work idled many experienced candidates. to turn the tide and to restore chem One must have enthusiasm, deter istry to its previous standing. Chem mination, and perseverance to break istry must once again be viewed as the inertia. With all due modesty, in the basis of better living both for its these I yield to no man or woman. practitioners and the nation. Quo vadis ACS. I am a firm sup Do I have the experience? I am a porter and believer in the positive full-time educator, involved for more aspects of our society. I would waste than 20 years, personally and daily, my thousand words by reaffirming with B.S. students, giving them a re my obvious support for our estab alistic picture of chemistry and hear lished programs in education, meet ing their views. The Cameron Uni ings, publications, and so forth. versity ACS Student Affiliate Chap Rather, I will highlight some prob ter, under my guidance for the past lems of major importance and inno 10 years, was cited for excellence na vative approaches to their solutions tionwide as an outstanding chapter. that I would pursue as your regional Their award-winning logo was se director. Public image. Our members can lected to represent the first National Chemistry Day and subsequent Na do more than a multimillion-dollar tional Chemistry Weeks and their ac public relations campaign at a frac tivities for publicity in C&EN. First as tion of the cost. Local sections and chairman, then as councilor of my lo divisions can organize efficiently cal section, we won an outstanding such publicity, if they feel that it is local section award five times in six worthwhile. Form letters from WashCommittee, chairman, 1984. Division of Profes sional Relations: secretary, 1990-91; memberat-large, Executive Committee, 1987-89 Member: American Association for the Ad vancement of Science; Higher Education Coun cil of Oklahoma; ACS divisions: Chemical Edu cation, Chemistry & the Law, Organic Chemis try, and Professional Relations Related activities: Phi Kappa Phi: national re gent, 1980-89, national vice president, 198991, board of directors, 1980-91, Foundation Board of Trustees, 1980-91; Oklahoma Colle giate Conference on Chemical Education, chairman, 1987; Bicentennial Conference on Chemical Education, Exhibits Committee chair man, 1982; 20 scientific papers and publica tions; service on numerous Cameron University faculty groups

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ACS Election ington are generally ineffective. The regional director, through regular contact with local section and division leaders, should advise them personally and support their actions. Enthusiasm is a contagious "disease," but it needs continuous nurturing. Industrial and B.S. chemists. I am strongly concerned with the jobrelated problems of industrial and B.S. chemists, even though I have tenure. Active participation in the many facets of the society has made me well aware of the many benefits of ACS membership. However, to many of our members, existing ACS programs appear to have limited value. We must involve local sections and divisions more directly in providing continuing education from local refresher courses to industrial sabbaticals. This can help keep our members abreast of rapid changes occurring in our profession and can help ensure job stability. These chemists are the large majority of our members and an even larger majority of those who do not join because of the perceived lack of concern for them. Various task forces established their needs; we must address them. This must be the board's top priority. Dues. For many of our members, especially those not subscribing to any publication (60%), or rarely attending ACS meetings {75%), the dues and benefits received are unbalanced. As we approach the $100 dues level, members are more and more restless. Mass exodus is predicted upon breaking that barrier in 1994, unless we act now. Since 1983, we have recruited nearly 100,000 new members, while our rolls only increased by 8000. Yes, services cost money! But the board must pay attention to the majority's interest and balance their needs with ACS resources. We either shift to more tangible services or cut the dues for those who do not benefit from existing services. Actions, not studies. Individual directors must represent all ACS members' interests; they must have a wide range of vision beyond the borders of their own circle. If elected, I will: • Establish and maintain continuous and close contact with ACS members in our region through sectional and divisional leadership. 48


• P r o v i d e information about pending actions and ask for input. • Create local task forces for this purpose. • Use every opportunity to demonstrate that ACS is an organization of, by, and for the members. Towering problems on the horizon of the 21st century threaten the future of our profession. We must ensure that chemistry will have a major role in future years. I offer my experience and unbroken determination to solve our problems not with studies, but by actions. I ask for your confidence in me and your cooperation to jointly solve our problems.

John G. Verkade Ames Section. Iowa State University, Ames Date of birth: Jan. 15, 1935 Academic record: University of Illinois, B.S., 1956; Harvard University, M.S., 1957; University of Illinois, Ph.D., 1960 Honors: Harry and Carol Mosher Award, Santa Clara Valley Section, ACS, 1988; Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Phi Eta Sigma; invited visiting lecturer, France, 1969, U.S.S.R., 1975, and Poland, 1978; Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1966-68; Monsanto graduate fellowship, University of Illinois, 1959; graduate assistant teaching prize, Harvard University, 1957; B.S. graduate with high honors, 1956 Professional positions (for past 10 years): Iowa State University, professor, 1971 to date; visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Indiana, and University of Utah, 1989 Service in ACS national offices: Director, Region V, 1987-91; Board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1987-91, chairman, 1989-91; Board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, 1990-91; councilor ex officio, 198791; Board Committee on Planning, 1987-91; Board Committee on Property Development, 1987-88; Society Committee on Publications, 1989-91, 1978-86, chairman, 1982-84, vice chairman, 1989; Committee on Publications, 1976-77, secretary 1977, committee associate, 1975; Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, 1989, 1982-84; Chemical & Engineering News Editorial Board, chairman, 1982-84; Centcom board of directors, 198284; Council Policy Committee (voting), 1987, (nonvoting), 1982-84; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 1980; Experimental Education Commission, 1978-80; Canvassing Committee, ACS Award for Distinguished Service in Inorganic Chemistry, 1979-82, 1968-71, chairman, 1970-71; Congressional Science Counselor, 1974-78; numerous task forces of several committees Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1962. Ames Section: councilor, 1974-87; chairman, 1967; chairman-elect, 1966; secretary-treasurer, 1965; Program Committee chairman, 1965; Membership Committee chairman, 1963-64. Division of Inorganic Chemistry. alternate councilor, 1972-74; Committee on Inorganic Chemistry in the Undergraduate Curriculum, chairman, 1979-80; Committee on Nom-

inations, 1973-74; Committee on Symposia, 1973-74; liaison to Committee on Professional Training, 1987-88; Committee to Define Inorganic Content in the Inorganic Curriculum, 1988-91 Member: ACS divisions: Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Related activities: Scientific board, International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems, 1986-88; Organizing Committee, International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry, scientific program chairman, 1981-82; consultant: Akzo and Pennzoil, 1989-90; Educational Testing Service, 1987-89; Battelle Institute, 198789; Albright & Wilson, 1987-91; National Science Foundation, 1980-91; Borg Warner Chemicals, 1976-79; Sentry Insurance Co., 1986-88; American Cyanamid, 1979-82; editor, Phosphorus Highlights in Phosphorus & Sulfur, 1982-84; associate editor, Phosphorus, Sulfur & Silicon, 1987-91; editorial board: Journal of Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry, 1976-81, Phosphorus & Sulfur, 1973-85; coeditor, two books; organizer/coorganizer, three ACS symposia; author, one book, more than 200 publications, and three patents

Verkade's statement As a member of the ACS Board of Directors, it has been an honor to serve a region, which among many other achievements, contains seven local sections that have won ACS awards for outstanding performance since 1987. It is because of the vitality of local section members that ACS is the world's preeminent chemical society. Membership needs. A 1990 study revealed that although our membership generally supports our programs, our products and services serve the membership unevenly, particularly in the industrial sector, which employs over half of our 142,000 members. Thus I will work toward: • Restructuring our ACS meet-

ings to better attract non-Ph.D. chemical scientists. • Moving submission deadlines for meeting abstracts closer to the meeting date. • Instituting graduated dues for the first three years of ACS membership. The current recession necessitates new efforts to protect chemical scientists and engineers from mass layoffs and to better serve job seekers at all levels. I strongly support: • Providing an ACS "hot line" referral service for members facing urgent employment difficulties. • More strongly encouraging employers to comply with ACS Professional Employment Guidelines. • Joining sister organizations in promoting legislation to improve pension portability and early pension vesting. As a current science resource person for two local television stations and as a former ACS legislative counselor, I strongly encourage more local section members to engage in such activities. Educators should augment their efforts to increase chemistry's attractiveness to science and nonscience directed students at all levels. I have long been interested in devising ways to teach complex chemical concepts in simplified but honest ways. These efforts have included articles in education journals and a textbook. Support for academic research. Too many individual investigators at all stages of their careers are without sufficient support to maintain optimum viability of their undergraduate and graduate research programs. The Board Committee on Grants & Awards, which I chair, has managed to maintain stability in the success ratios of grants in all of the Petroluem Research Fund's programs, despite mounting application pressures and limited resources. As a member of the Public Affairs & Public Relations Committee, I have participated in submitting "white paper" statements to Congress recommending increases in the budgets of the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy basic energy sciences, and DOE fossil energy programs. Knowledge transfer. Publishing premium-quality printed and elec-

tronic publications at not-for-profit affordable prices is a primary function of ACS. As a former chairman and a current member of the Society Committee on Publications (SCOP), I have strongly and consistently promoted these objectives. Because the two primary revenue producers for ACS programs are Chemical Abstracts Service and Chemical & Engineering News, we must ensure that these information sources remain financially and scientifically healthy. As a member of the PA&PR Committee, I have been able to take part in submitting a recent white paper briefing to Congress outlining recommendations for employee educational assistance. Although most of my professional life has been at a university,! was an industrial chemist early in my career and I continue to be an industrial consultant. This, along with my experience in job placement of students and alumni, provides me with a keen awareness of membership employment concerns. Public image of chemistry. National Chemistry Week has done much to improve the public's perception of chemistry, and I urge all our members to become involved in this worthwhile activity. As a member of the board I would continue my strong support for: • An expanded National Chemistry Week program. • ACS's interactive chemical sciences exhibit now under construction at the Smithsonian Institution. • The newly introduced ACS workshops for public media science reporters. Education. As a member of the PA&PR Committee, I have been privileged to take part in submitting a briefing paper to Congress containing recommendations to remedy the generic problems that permeate our entire science education system. Our eroding national competitiveness in technology and development is in large measure a result of the poor ranking (11th out of 13 developed countries) of our high school seniors and college freshmen in chemistry, and the fact that only one third of all precollege science and math teachers are qualified to teach these subjects. Also needed are more women and

minorities in the teaching ranks. Additional efforts are needed, however. Long-term commitments are required of our local section members to educate the media and legislators to a more realistic view of science issues. I strongly endorse the board's recent decision to establish a special CAS Governing Board to enable CAS to position itself better in an increasingly volatile electronic data market. And our premier journals program must remain sound. Thus SCOP has in recent years, with my strong support, sought opportunities to publish new journals in emerging areas such as Bioconjugate Chemistry in 1991 and Chemistry of Matenals in 1989, and in copublishing journals with sister organizations such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Biotechnology. ACS election campaigns. In my published statement associated with the last board election, I continued to express concern about ACS campaign practices. I am still convinced that guidelines should be formulated that include limits on election expenses, financial disclosure of campaign expenses, and exclusion of candidate endorsements by board members. As a member of the board I have consistently declined requests to campaign for candidates for ACS office, and I continue to refrain from campaigning for myself. In my view, candidates should be elected primarily on the basis of their records and their statements in C&EN. ACS progress in the 1990s. Providing for membership needs, promoting a positive national environment in which the chemical sciences can flourish, and maintaining the world's foremost chemical science publication program are formidable and highly interdependent goals requiring strong membership support and a responsible leadership that will work toward making ACS as efficient and responsive as possible. Such leadership must include practicing educators and researchers with extensive experience and demonstrated effectiveness at all levels of ACS governance, including major ACS committees, the council, and the board of directors. If you agree with that assessment, I would once again be grateful for your support. D September 23, 1991 C&EN

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