ACS News Five posts will be filled on the ACS Board . . POSTS TO BE DECIDED IN FALL 1982 ELECTIONS (Terms expire in 1982) President-elect 3 Fred Basolo Proposed nominees for 1983 Arthur W. Adamson Robert L. Burwell Frank A. Cotton George C. Pimentel Director-at-large b William J. Bailey c E. E. McSweeney Proposed nominees for 1983 Arthur Fry Alan L. McClelland E. E. McSweeney James W. Wilson Regional directorsd Bernard S. Friedman (V) Gordon L. Nelson (I) Proposed nominees for 1983e Region I Daniel MacDougall William E. McEwen Gordon L. Nelson Arnet L Powell
Region V I. Dwaine Eubanks Helen M. Free Henry F. Holtzclaw Jr. Roy L. Whistler POSTS NOT INVOLVED IN FALL 1982 ELECTIONS (Terms continue at least through 1982) President (1983) Fred Basolo Past-president (1983) Robert W. Parry Directors-at-large Joe A. Adamcik Clayton F. Callis Paul V. Smith Jr. Peter E. Yankwich Regional directors Patricia A. Figueras (II) Robert B. Fox (IV) Richard M. Lemmon (VI) Warren D. Niederhauser (III) Executive director Raymond P. Mariella (director ex officio) f
a Elected by all members, b Elected by council, c Ineligible, having served constitutional limit, d Elected by members residing in that region, e Nominees for fall 1982 election will be announced at the Las Vegas council meeting, f Term expires Dec. 31, 1982.
. . . and 15 on three council committees POSTS TO BE DECIDED IN FALL 1982 ELECTIONS (Terms expire in 1982) Council Policy Committee Ellis K. Fields Arthur Fry a Harry S. Mosher Jean'ne M. Shreeve Jay A. Young b Committee on Nominations & Elections Wanda L. Brown W. Lincoln Hawkins Elliot S. Pierce Shirley B. Radding Glenn E. Ullyot Committee on Committees Lyell C. Behr a Susan S. Collier 3 George E. Heinze a Oscar R. Rodig J. Fred Wilkes POSTS NOT INVOLVED IN FALL 1982 ELECTIONS Council Policy Committee Newman M. Bortnick Robert B. Carlin Helen M. Free
Herbert S. Gutowsky Seymour Siege! Jack H. Stocker J. Wade Van Valkenberg Committee on Nominations & Elections Roy H. Bible Jr. Ernest L. Eliel Samuel M. Gerber Gordon M. Harris Henry F. Holtzclaw Jr. J. Trygve Jensen C. Marvin Lang Robert E. Lyle Jr. Sr. M. Clare Markham Andrew F. Montana Committee on Committees Glenn H. Brown Mary K. Gall Esther A. H. Hopkins William E. McEwen Barbara A. Montague Malcolm M. Renfrew Carleton W. Roberts David L. Venezky Roy L. Whistler Preston H. Williams
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Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York other than the Rochester and Western New York sections, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and those members with addresses in the states of New York (except Wyoming County), 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. Region V includes local sections having their headquarters in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; the East Texas, Kentucky Lake, Panhandle Plains, Permian Basin, South Plains, Upper Peninsula, and Wichita Falls-Duncan sections; and those members with addresses in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, in Dickinson County, Michigan, in Curry County, New Mexico, in Lipscomb and Hemphill Counties, Texas, and in the province of Manitoba who are not assigned to local sections. •
Council to act on four petitions, dues increase When the ACS Council meets during the society's national meeting later this month in Las Vegas, it will face, among other things, four petitions to amend the society's bylaws as well as a decision on how much to increase next year's dues. Two matters concerning money— society dues for 1983 and a proposal to assess a surcharge for delivery of C&EN to members living abroad— likely will spark more discussion than other matters on the council's agenda. The dues increase calculated by the escalator formula in the society's bylaws (and pegged to the consumer price index for services) would amount to $8.00, bringing next year's dues to $66. This amount will become effective automatically unless the council decides on some other specific amount. For the past three years, the council has decided on a smaller increase than the fully escalated amount. The surcharge for C&EN foreign postage, proposed in a petition to amend the ACS bylaws, is aimed at partially offsetting the large recent increases in mailing costs incurred by the society in providing delivery of C&EN to members residing out-
side the U.S. Currently, foreign mailing costs are paid from all members' dues. The amendment proposes that a larger part of this cost be borne by members living abroad, and that the amount of the surcharge be fixed by the board of directors with the approval of the council. According to the Society Committee on Budget & Finance, if the surcharge were to be set at 50% of foreign mailing costs, almost $90,000 (based on 1982 projected costs) could be collected next year through the surcharge (about $9.50 for each of the 9400 or so members living abroad). That amount now allocated from dues could be applied to other society activities. So that the surcharge could be made effective for 1983, petitioners for the amendment have requested "urgent action" on this matter; before discussing and voting on the content of the amendment, therefore, councilors first must vote on the request for urgent action (which requires a three-fourths vote of the council for approval). The three other petitions up for council action in Las Vegas involve matters of procedure—for approving national ACS affiliation with other technical organizations, for dropping a member from membership for conduct injurious to the society, and for ensuring democratic and competitive ACS elections following withdrawal or death of one or more candidates. The first of these, which would provide a formal mechanism for approval and eventual automatic termination of ACS affiliation with technical organizations, is a revised version of a petition recommitted by councilors at their meeting last year in New York City (C&EN, Sept. 7, 1981, page 80). Over the years the society has affiliated with several organizations, including thfe American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Federation of Materials Societies. Approval for such affiliations sometimes has come from the board and sometimes from the council. The recently revised petition would require authorization by the council with concurrence of the board of directors. It also stipulates that such affiliation would terminate after five years unless reauthorized by the board. Petitioners' rationale for inserting these provisions into the bylaws is that the society's governing documents provide for local section and division affiliation with other technical groups, but there is no similar provision for national ACS affiliation.
Another petition would change existing procedures for expelling a member from the society for conduct injurious to ACS. According to petitioners, the major purposes for these changes are clarification of current bylaw provisions and improved due process, such as providing members more confidentiality in such questions of conduct. The proposed changes also would establish time frames and exact procedures for consideration of and action on allegations of injurious conduct. The petition on withdrawal or death of candidates for ACS elections addresses the concern of some members over the recent elections for president-elect and director-atlarge in which candidates withdrew after presentation of the final slates but before the election was held. The amendment aims to ensure that at least two candidates compete for each position in an election. For instance, the petition specifies that if the number of candidates for a position were to fall below two, the Committee on Nominations & Elections (CN&E) would add the name(s) of the candidate(s) next in line from the list of nominees from which the original candidates had been selec-
ted. The amendment also specifies that if the number of candidates for a particular post were to fall below two after the ballots had been mailed and before the established deadline for return of marked ballots, CN&E would declare the election for that office void and subsequently would provide the necessary additional candidate(s) for a special balloting. All four bylaw amendments require a two-thirds vote of councilors present for adoption. If adopted by the council, they must be confirmed by the ACS Board before they become effective. If approved by both bodies, the postal surcharge and the candidate withdrawal amendments would become effective Jan. 1,1983; the other two amendments would become effective immediately after board confirmation.
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whether provision (a), above, has been met. The Council Policy Committee shall then recommend appropriate action to the Council. Such affiliation shall terminate after five years unless reauthorized by the Board of Directors.
New Bylaw IX Petition We, the undersigned councilors of the American Chemical Society, petition to amend the society's constitution and bylaws as follows: New Bylaw IX To foster the objects of the Society (Article II, Sec. 2), the Society may affiliate with other Technical Organizations, provided that (a) the governing documents of the Technical Organization guarantee that the Society will not be committed by any actions of the Technical Organization that are in conflict with the Society's Charter, Constitution, or Bylaws, and (b) each such affiliation is specifically authorized by the Council with the concurrence of the Board of Directors. The Executive Director of the Society shall obtain copies of the governing documents of the Technical Organization. The Council Committee on Constitution and Bylaws shall review these documents and shall inform the Council Policy Committee of its judgment as to
Following are the texts, explanations, and final reports of the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws for the four petitions scheduled for action at the council meeting in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 31. The meeting, open to all ACS members for observation, will be held in Ballrooms B and C of the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel beginning at 8 AM.
Renumber present Bylaws IX to XI as X to XII. Explanation The society's constitution and bylaws provide for local section and division affiliation with technical organizations (scientific, engineering, or technical societies or groups of such societies). No similar provision is made for national ACS affiliation with technical organizations. This petition is designed to provide a formal mechanism for approval and automatic termination of such affiliations. SIGNED: Jordan J. Bloomfield, Glenn H. Brown, J. Kenneth Craver, Herbert Kaesz, William E. McEwen, Barbara A. Montague, Pauline Newman, Robert W. Parry, Jack H. Stocker, Roy L. Whistler, Albert C. Zettlemoyer
(This petition was referred to the Council Policy Committee, the Society Committee on Budget & Finance, and the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws.) March 8, 1982 C&EN
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ACS News Final report of the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws The committee has examined the petition and finds that the proposed amendment would be legal and consistent with the other provisions of the society's documents. The Society Committee on Budget & Finance notes that some small additional costs may be associated with staff involvement with affiliated organizations. The committee has modified the original petition by removing the constitutional amendment because, in the committee's opinion, the constitutional amendment was redundant. The committee has further modified the original petition to eliminate the requirement that each affiliation be specifically treated as an amendment to the bylaws. To simplify authority for approval of these affiliations, the committee has modified the process to require council approval. Present practice has permitted affiliation approval by either the council or the board of directors, without a clear direction of which body should take the initiative. Both bodies would be involved in the process under the proposed petition. Reauthorization would require approval by the board of directors since the board currently has the mechanism in place for such a review. As a bylaw amendment, a twothirds vote of council is required for adoption. If adopted by the council, this amendment will become effective upon confirmation by the board of directors. Gary A. Zimmerman, 1981 chairman William A. Nevill, 1982 chairman Procedures for Dropping a Member from Membership for Conduct Injurious to the Society Bylaw I, Sec. 7 Petition We, the undersigned councilors of the American Chemical Society, petition that Bylaw I, Sec. 7, be amended by deleting the present Sec. 7 and replacing it with the following Sec. 7: Bylaw I Sec. 7. (a) Proceedings (1) Charges. Charges of conduct 40
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injurious to the Society (Constitution, Article IV, Sec. 3) shall be entertained against a member of the Society only when the specific charges are submitted in writing to the President of the Society by at least three members of the Society. (2) Summary of the Charges. Upon receipt of such charges, the President shall refer them to the Council Committee on Membership Affairs. The Chairman of the Council Committee on Membership Affairs, with the advice of the Society's legal counsel, shall promptly submit a summary of the allegations to the member charged, along with the procedure for handling such allegations (including copies of pertinent Society Bylaws). (3) Response to the Charges. The member charged shall have three options: a. The member may present to the President a written answer to the allegations within sixty days of receipt of the summary from the Chairman of the Council Committee on Membership Affairs and request that the proceedings continue to a review by the Council Committee on Membership Affairs. This answer shall be prerequisite for the opportunity to be heard later in the proceedings. b. The member may resign. Resignation after the receipt of the summary by the member charged shall be under the provisions of Sec. 7(d), unless the charges are dismissed, as specified below. c. The member may choose not to answer the allegations within sixty days of receipt of the summary, or may answer the allegations without requesting that the proceedings continue. In either instance, the member shall be dropped from membership, effective the first day after the sixtyday period has elapsed. (4) Review by the Council Committee on Membership Affairs. If the appropriate request is received by the President during the sixty-day period, the President shall instruct the Council Committee on Membership Affairs to review both the allegations and the answer to the allegations at the Committee's next regularly scheduled meeting. The Committee shall have two options: a. The Committee by a majority vote must dismiss the charges, or b. The Committee must offer the member charged an opportunity to be heard before a committee of nine Councilors to be appointed by the President. The Committee shall reach its decision within thirty days and the Chairman of the Committee shall
immediately notify the member charged, the members bringing the charges, and the President of the Committee's decision. (5) Response to the Offer of Opportunity to be Heard. Upon notification by the Chairman of the Council Committee on Membership Affairs of the opportunity to be heard before a committee of nine Councilors, the member charged shall have three options: a. The member may request a hearing before a committee of nine Councilors. Such request must be made to the President within sixty days after receipt of the notification. b. The member may resign. Unless the charges are later dismissed, Sec. 7(d) applies to this resignation. c. The member may choose not to answer the notification. In this instance, the member shall be dropped from membership, effective the first day after the sixty-day period has elapsed. (6) Selection of the Committee of Nine Councilors. The Committee of Nine Councilors shall be chosen according to the following procedure. Within thirty days after the President receives the request from the member for a hearing, the President shall submit the names of fifteen Councilors not previously involved in the proceedings to both the member charged and a party representing the members who submitted the charges. The member charged, and the party representing the members who submitted the charges, shall each have the right to excuse as many as three persons from the list of fifteen. Action to excuse must be made within thirty days following the receipt of the list from the President. The President promptly shall appoint nine unchallenged Councilors to serve as the Committee of Nine Councilors. The Committee shall elect a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, and a Secretary from among its members. (7) Hearing by the Committee of Nine Councilors. The President shall set the date for the hearing by the Committee of Nine Councilors within thirty days of their appointment. An attorney for the member charged and/or the member charged must be present at the hearing. If neither is present the member shall be dropped from membership effective on the hearing date. As a result of the hearing, the Committee shall have two options: a. The Committee must dismiss the charges, or b. The Committee must have the
member dropped from membership by a two-thirds vote of those Committee members present, a quorum being seven members. The Chairman of the Committee of Nine Councilors shall within five days notify the member charged, the members bringing the charges, the President, and the Chairman of the Council Committee on Membership Affairs of the Committee's decision. (8) Appeal to the President. The decision of the Committee of Nine Councilors shall be final unless the member charged shall address an appeal to the President of the Society, requesting a hearing before the Council. The request must be received by the President within sixty days after the notification of the decision of the Committee of Nine Councilors is received by the member charged. The date of the hearing before the Council shall be set by the President, and shall be no more than nine months after the last day of the sixty-day period. (9) Hearing Before the Council. The hearing before the Council shall be open only to voting Councilors, necessary Society staff, and others as specified in (b), below. The time allotted for the presentation of the charged member's appeal before the Council shall be limited to thirty minutes. The Chairman of the Committee of Nine Councilors shall be allotted thirty minutes to explain the Committee's decision. Following the Council hearing, the charges shall be dismissed or the member charged shall be dropped from membership by a three-fourths vote of the Councilors present at the Council meeting at which the appeal is heard. If a quorum is lacking, the hearing shall be rescheduled within a nine-month period. Following the Council vote, the Committee of Nine Councilors shall be dissolved by the President. (b) Advisors In the hearings before either the Committee of Nine Councilors or the Council, the member charged may be accompanied by one advisor who may act on the member's behalf. The advisor may be an attorney if written notice of the name and office address of the attorney is given to the President at least ten working days before the date of the hearing(s). The President may select an attorney from the Society's legal counsel to be present at the hearing(s). (c) Confidentiality The resolution of the case may be announced by the President, but all allegations, evidence, correspondence, recommendations, and other findings
pertaining to the case shall be deemed confidential, with all proceedings and hearings closed to the public, (d) Readmission of Terminated Members Persons whose membership in the Society shall have been terminated by any Society action herein described, or by resignation after the initial summary of charges is received by the member charged, shall not be readmitted upon subsequent application unless such application is approved by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting of the Council Committee on Membership Affairs. Explanation These changes are designed to afford members of the society due process and confidentiality in questions of member conduct injurious to the society. Under the present bylaw provision, an action requesting a member's resignation could be made public before that member was informed of the original charges. These changes also establish time frames and exact procedures for consideration of and action on the allegations. The intent and substance of the existing bylaw have not been changed. The major purposes of this petition are clarification and improved due process. The council Committee on Membership Affairs would maintain its role as the primary facilitator of the review and appeal process, while the actual hearing would be conducted by a committee of councilors selected by the president of the society. Final appeal is to the council, as before. SIGNED: J. Keith Addy, William W. Barbin, Robert P. Barron, James G. Bennett Jr., Edward S. Bloom, Richard W. J. Carney, Jane R. Churchill, Edward M. Eyring, Sister Agnes Ann Green, Preston H. Leake, Harry L. Lindsay, John J. Lucier, William L. Marshall Jr., Andrew F. Montana, Ramon A. Mount, Thomas J. Murphy, John H. Nelson, Gene L. Oliver, Frederick A. Owens, Julianne H. Prager, Charles T. Ratcliffe, Gradus L. Shoemaker, Leonard V. Sorg, W. M. Tuddenham
(This petition has been referred to the committees on Membership Affairs, on Budget & Finance, on Constitution & Bylaws, on Divisional Activities, and on Local Section Activities.) Final report of the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws The committee has examined the petition and finds that the proposed
amendments would be legal and consistent with the other provisions of the society's documents. The Society Committee on Budget & Finance finds that adoption of this petition would have no additional financial impact of significance on the funds of the society. This petition is an extensive redraft for further clarification of the original petition with no intended changes in substance. This redraft incorporates comments from members of the following council committees: Constitution & Bylaws, Professional Relations, Membership Affairs, and Divisional Activities. As a bylaw amendment, a two-thirds vote of council is required for adoption. If adopted by the council, this amendment will become effective upon confirmation by the board of directors. Gary A. Zimmerman, 1981 chairman William A. Nevill, 1982 chairman
Manner of Election Bylaw V, new Sec. 6 Petition We, the undersigned councilors of the American Chemical Society, petition to amend the society's Bylaw V by adding a new Sec. 6 and renumbering the subsequent sections appropriately: Bylaw V Sec. 6. Withdrawal or Death of Candidates (a) The Committee on Nominations and Elections shall ensure that in each election for the offices of President-Elect, Director-at-Large, and Regional Director, there shall be at least two candidates for each position to be filled. If the number of candidates falls below two, the Committee on Nominations and Elections shall add the name(s) of the candidate (s) next in line from the same candidate selection process. (b) Should such a deficiency of candidates for a specific elective office occur after the ballots are mailed and before the established deadline for return of ballots, the Committee on Nominations and Elections shall declare the election void for that particular office. The Committee shall then provide an additional candidate(s). Provisions shall be made for March 8, 1982 C&EN
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ACS News additional submission and validation of petition candidates (Bylaw V, Sec. 10). New ballots shall be prepared and the election resumed on a schedule established by the Committee on Nominations and Elections. (c) Should there be a death or withdrawal of a candidate in an election in which there are still two or more candidates remaining for each position to be filled, the election shall proceed. The Committee on Nominations and Elections shall ensure that the winning candidate for President-Elect or Regional Director in each case receives a majority of the votes cast for the position, by a runoff election if necessary. In the case of Directors-at-Large, the candidates receiving the greatest numbers of votes shall be declared elected. (d) Should a preferential (threeperson) election be in progress when a candidate dies or withdraws, all first choices for that candidate shall be disregarded, but the second choices on those first choice ballots shall be credited to the appropriate candidates. (e) The preceding provisions of this section are applicable only until such time as the ballots have been received and counted; thereafter a person unable to assume office at the beginning of the term shall be replaced according to the provisions of Bylaw V, Sec. 7. Renumber present Sec. 6 to 11 as 7 to 12. Explanation This new section is derived from the concern expressed by some members over the recent elections for president-elect and director-at-large in which candidates withdrew after presentation of the final slateS but before the election was held. The new section provides guidance to ensure a democratic and competitive election process involving a minimum of two candidates for each position. The procedure for selection of names from candidates in the same election process to correct such deficiencies in the minimum number of candidates required for a competitive election is based on the present Bylaw V, Sec. 6(c) and Sec. 6(e). SIGNED: Wanda L. Brown, Samuel Gerber, G. M. Harris, J. Trygve Jensen, Gordon Knapp, C. Marvin Lang, Norman A. LeBel, Robert E. Lyle Jr., Shirley B. Radding, David A. Shirley, Glenn E. Ullyot, James W. Wilson
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tions, Council Policy Committee, Society Committee on Budget & Finance, and the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws.) Final report of the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws The committee has examined this petition and finds it to be legal and consistent with the other provisions of the society's documents. The committee has made minor editorial corrections to simplify the language and to avoid ambiguous interpretations of the proposed bylaws. The Society Committee on Budget & Finance has made a finding that adoption of this bylaw would have no additional financial impact on the funds of the society. Councilors should take special note that the provisions of this new bylaw, if adopted, would apply only until such time as the ballots have been counted. At that point in time, there is a legally elected candidate, and if that person is unable to assume office at the beginning of the term, then a replacement is found according to the provisions of the next section of the bylaws (to be renumbered as Bylaw V, Sec. 7). As a bylaw amendment, a twothirds vote of the council is required for adoption. If adopted by council and confirmed by the board of directors, these amendments will become effective on Jan. 1,1983. Gary A. Zimmerman, 1981 chairman William A. Nevill, 1982 chairman Surcharge for C&EN Foreign Postage Bylaw X, Sec. 3 Petition We, the undersigned councilors of the American Chemical Society, petition to amend the society's bylaws as follows (additions italicized): Add a new paragraph after the first paragraph of Bylaw X, Sec. 3(a). Bylaw X Sec. 3. (a) The base rate upon which membership dues shall be calculated shall be the dues established for the previous year. For 1982 and . . . effective date of each change. In addition to the dues so determined, members residing outside the
United States shall pay a surcharge to reflect additional mailing costs incurred by the Society in providing delivery of the official organ of the Society. This surcharge shall be fixed by the Board of Directors with the approval of the Council, may be changed in the same manner, and may vary with the country of residence of the member. The surcharge shall not be subject to the dues discounts provided elsewhere in these Bylaws. A percentage allocation from membership dues shall be for a subscription to the official organ of the Society. In the year . . . new percentage until changed. Explanation The large recent increases in foreign postage rates have drastically increased the cost to the society of delivery of Chemical & Engineering News to foreign members. The petitioners believe that these costs should be borne by the foreign members and not by subsidization from the dues payments of domestic members. The petitioners further believe that the procedure for determining the surcharge should be specified in the bylaws and require assent by both board and council. The proposed amendment gives the bodies the flexibility of setting a surcharge at a level which reflects in an equitable manner not only the extra postage costs but also, as an offset to these, services provided by the society to domestic members but not to foreign members. Urgent action is being requested to effect a change on the dues bills for 1983. The dues bills are printed prior to the fall meeting and are mailed in September. If the above bylaw change is adopted, the following change in Regulation IX(6)(B) will be proposed to the board of directors: that the sentence beginning "Foreign delivery to members of the Society's official publication..." be replaced by: "The postage surcharge required of foreign members by Bylaw X, Sec. 3(a) shall be allocated to the official organ of the Society; any cost of foreign postage in excess of the surcharge shall be allocated from foreign members' dues." SIGNED: Frederick W. Bollinger, Clayton F. Callis, James D. D'lanni, Joseph A. Dixon, Donald F. Durso, Patricia A. Figueras, Helen M. Free, Joyce J. Kaufman, E. E. McSweeney, David C. Young
(This petition was referred to the Society Committee on Budget & Fi-
nance, the Committee on Membership Affairs, the Society Committee on Publications, and the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws.) Final report of the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws The committee has examined the petition and finds that the proposed amendment would be legal and consistent with other provisions of the society's documents. For clarification, the committee has made slight editorial changes in the original petition, as follows (deletions in brackets, additions in italics): "In addition to the dues so determined, members residing outside the United States shall pay a surcharge [reflecting the fact that extra costs are] to reflect additional mailing costs incurred by the Society in providing delivery of the official organ of the Society . . . " The Society Committee on Budget & Finance finds that this bylaw amendment will have a positive and beneficial effect on society funds. If the surcharge were to be set at 50% in 1982, $87,500 would immediately ac-
crue to the C&EN budget, with a corresponding reduction in the foreign postage allocation from dues. The request for urgent action must be approved by a three-fourths vote of the council. If council finds the need for urgent action exists, then a vote on the substance of the petition will take place. As a bylaw amendment, a two-thirds vote of council is required for adoption. If adopted by council and confirmed by the board of directors, the amendment will become effective on Jan. 1,1983. Gary A. Zimmerman, 1981 chairman William A. Nevill, 1982 chairman
A. Lincoln Konwiser is 75-year ACS member The Florida Section recently gave honorable recognition to A. Lincoln Konwiser for 75 years of membership in ACS. A native of Newark, N.J., Konwiser graduated from New York University in 1906 with a degree in chemical engineer-
ing and electrochemistry. After teaching high school for two years in the New York City area, Konwiser spent five months at ConEdison as an assistant to Thomas Edison, testing some of Edison's patents. In 1936 he helped finance and reorganize Kirklabs in New York City, where he became part owner, vice president, and treasurer. He retired in 1960. Konwiser was a pioneer in the field of injectable pharmaceuticals. He was an organizer of the Parenteral Drug Association. Now, at the age of 97, Konwiser still corresponds with an NYU classmate, and enjoys reminiscing about the early days of chemistry. He and his wife Laura reside in the Miami Beach area.
Call for nominations The ACS Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry requests nominations for the Victor K. LaMer Award. The award will be given for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis accepted by a U.S. or Canadian university during the three-year period prior to Feb. 1,1982. Send nominating letters and two copies of the thesis and five copies of the abstracts (extended to April 1) to: Stig E. Friberg, UMR, Rolla, Mo. 65401, Tel. (314) 341-4443.
Announcing a joint symposium sponsored by the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Government/Industry Sponsorship of University Research Tuesday — March 30, 1982 Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada
Chairmen: S. Allen Heininger V.P. Corp. Plans & Bus. Dev. Monsanto Company
C. Judson King Dean, College of Chemistry Univ. of California at Berkeley
I. THE CHANGING ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN R&D FUNDING III. IMPLICATIONS OF GREATER INDUSTRIAL INVOLVEMENT IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 9:00 AM NSF Support of University Research D.N. Langenbery, Deputy Director, NSF Support of University Research by DOE J.S. Kane, Deputy Director, Office of Research, DOE II. NEW APPROACHES TO INCREASED INDUSTRY FUNDING
Pragmatic Implications of Greater Industrial Involvement in University Research R.B. Park, Vice Chancellor, Univ. of California at Berkeley University Issues: Benefits, Expectations, Concerns N. Hackerman, President, Rice University
Initiatives from the Professional Societies: The ACS View R.G. Smerko, Dept. of Public Affairs, ACS R.W. Parry, President, ACS
An Industrial Outlook H.D. Doan, Doan Resources Corporation Director & Former President, The Dow Chemical Company
Initiatives from the Professional Societies: The AlChE View W.H. Corcoran, Institute Professor, Div. of Chem. & Chem. Eng., California Inst, of Tech., former AlChE president
Discussion Period and Speakers Reception (5:00 PM)
Some University/Industry Initiatives at Exxon P.J. Lucchesi, V.P. for Corp. Research, Exxon Research & Eng. Co. Joint Industry/University Initiatives: The Council for Chemical Research A.L. Kwiram, Chairman, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Washington
This important symposium is open to all who are interested in this vital and changing area. If you are not attending the full 183rd National ACS Meeting, one-day registration for members and nonmembers is $45; the student fee is $5. Please refer to the February 15 issue pf C&EN for complete information.
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