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Allen J. Bard, electrochemist and professor at the University of Texas, Austin, received the 2004 Welch Award in Chemistry. The award, presented annually at the Welch Foundation Conference on Chemical Research in Houston, Texas, recognizes lifetime achievement in basic chemical research. Bard received a solid gold medallion and $300,000. Bard earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry at the City College of New York (1955) and his graduate (1956) and doctoral (1958) degrees at Harvard University. He joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in 1958. Although Bard is most noted for his
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Allen J. Bard receives 2004 Welch Award
invention of the electrochemical scanning microscope, his pioneering research in electrochemistry led to the discovery of electrogenerated chemiluminescence, which paved the way for advances in areas such as DNA analysis and HIV testing. Bard and his colleagues used electrochemistry in their discovery of small and dense nanocells that could potentially accommodate substantial amounts of computer memory. His work in solar energy also led to the development of a photochemical method to decompose pollutants. Bard is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and served as editor in chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 1982 to 2001. He has received numerous awards and honors for his research, including the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’s) Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry (1988) and, most recently, ACS’s Priestley Medal (2002).
2005 DAC officers Christie G. Enke of the University of New Mexico is the new chair-elect of the American Chemical Society’s Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC). Steven Petrovic of Southern Oregon University remains the secretary. Al Ribes of the Dow Chemical Co. is the treasurer, and John H. Callahan of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the 2004–2005 chair. Michelle Buchanan of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Catherine Fenselau of the University of Maryland, College Park; Alanah Fitch of Loyola University Chicago; and Roland Hirsh of the U.S. Department of Energy will serve as councillors. Karen B. Sentell of Ciba Vision Corp.; Sally Stafford of Hewlett Packard Co.; Henry Blount of the National Science Foundation; and Charles Wilkins of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will serve as alternate councillors.
