ACS NEWS
Council Acts on Variety Of Matters—but No Petitions ^-tf^T^i^i* W A S H I N G T O N , D.C Ernest L. Carpenter, C&EN Washington
T
he American Chemical Society Council's light agenda during its recent meeting in Washington, D.C., didn't translate into a shorter meeting. Despite the absence of petitions to amend the society's governing documents—almost always a staple item on the council's agenda—the council still took almost three-and-ahalf hours in addressing business matters that ranged from committee re-
ports and committee elections to registration fees for meetings and bylaws for international chapters. One of the perennial matters addressed by the council was election of members to the only three council committees whose members are not appointed—the Committee on Committees, the Council Policy Committee, and the Committee on Nominations & Elections. Another annual feature was recognition of years of service on the council as well as for service for the maximum terms allowed on committees or as committee chairmen. Councilors acted on a number of other matters, including: • Removal of the eight-member maximum for the council's Committee on Project SEED, so that it can be enlarged
to better manage its expanded level of activity. The committee oversees the society's 25-year-old program for summer educational experiences for economically disadvantaged high school students. Its aim is to introduce such students to career possibilities in chemistry and to the advantages of higher education. • Approval of charter bylaws for international chemical sciences chapters. No such chapters have yet been formed, but the recently approved ACS bylaws permitting formation of such chapters state that such a chapter "shall operate under charter bylaws prepared by the council of the society until such time as the chapter desires to revise or amend them." The chapter bylaws just approved include, among other things, provisions for membership, organiza-
Board enhances several key society programs The ACS Board of Directors took steps at its meeting to boost several major society programs, including those in public outreach, education, and professional development. For instance, as reported earlier, the board endorsed efforts by the ACS Education Division to establish a collaboration with USA Today's Educational Services Division to produce a family and community science education page to appear weekly in the daily national newspaper USA Today. The page would be based on existing ACS Education Division materials, such as WonderScience, ChemMatters, PACTS (Parents & Children for Terrific Science), and ChemCom, the alternative high school chemistry course that emphasizes the impact of chemistry on society. In addition, the board agreed to include funding in the society's 1993 budget for greatly expanded public outreach programs (more than $500,000 in new funding), a new technician resources and education pro-
36
SEPTEMBER 14,1992 C&EN
gram, and professional development programs. The board also agreed that an ongoing project to improve public understanding of chemistry—the ACSsponsored exhibit, "Science in American Life/' now under construction by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.—should continue to receive ACS support, despite earlier differences with the Smithsonian on the exhibit's content. However, the exhibit's opening will be delayed six months, until April 1994, to accommodate changes. The board agreed to release $500,000 previously budgeted to complete the project. Among other actions, the board authorized expenditures from the Petroleum Research Fund for 1993 grants totaling about $14 million, slightly less than this year's grant funding of $14.7 million. The board also made decisions on three ACS national awards for which sponsorship has lapsed. For two of those awards whose sponsors have elected
not to renew sponsorship—the ACS Award in Colloid or Surface Chemistry and the Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry—the board expressed a preference that the appropriate ACS divisions fund the 1994 presentations while the search for new sponsors continues. However, in the absence of division sponsorship, the board agreed that ACS would fund those presentations. For the third award, the ACS Award for Nuclear Chemistry, the board voted to suspend the award as a national ACS award following the 1993 presentation, unless a sponsor is found for 1994 by Sept. 15 this year. Regarding yet another award, the board endorsed establishment by the Council Committee on Public Relations of an ACS Local Section Public Relations Award, aimed at encouraging local sections to become involved in the society's public outreach program. The annual award also aims to identify and document outstanding local section activities that can be shared with other sections.
ACS president Ernest Eliel (left) calls council meeting (above) to order
tion, elections and terms of office, duties of officers, meetings, political activities, finances, amendments, and dissolution of the chapter. • Endorsement of a recommendation to the ACS Board of Directors that advance registration fees for members for 1993 national meetings be set at $165. In a related action, the council also en-
dorsed a recommendation to the board that the differential between advance registration fees and on-site registration fees for next year's national meetings be increased to $35 from the current $20 to more accurately reflect the real costs of providing on-site registration facilities. • Approval of a change in the Southeast Kansas Section's territory, specifically annexation of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, which was formerly assigned to the Northeast Oklahoma Section. • Endorsement of a recommenda-
Makeup of elected council committees for 1993 During their meeting, councilors elected five members to the Committee on Committees, four to the Council Policy Committee , and five to the Committee on Nominations & Elections. For 1993, the membership of these committees w i l l be as follows: COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES8
COUNCIL POLICY COMMITTEE1'
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS
Elected at Washington Dean W. Cooke Merle 1. Eiss Madeleine M. Joullie Charles P. Rader Kent J. Voorhees
Elected at Washington Maureen G. Chan Tomlinson Fort Eli M. Pearce Elliot S. Pierce
Elected at Washington Ronald D. Archer Michael P. Doyle Lydia E. M. Hines John L. Massingill Jr. John B. Sharkey
Continuing members Maurice M. Bursey Donald D. Clarke Wendell L. Dilling Arno Heyn Donald E. Jones Jack G. Kay Ann P. Moffett Howard M. Peters John F. Riley Vacancy0
Continuing members Roy H. Bible Jr. Joe W. Hightower Charles B. Lindahl Ramon A. Mount Shirley B. Radding Stephen A. Rodemeyer James P. Shoffner Henry F. Whalen Jr.
Continuing members James N. BeMiller Susan S. Collier Natalie Foster Frank A. Guthrie Janan M. Hayes Esther A. H. Hopkins Thomas J. Kucera Stanley H. Pine Oscar R. Rodig Robert L. Soulen
a The president-elect is a member (ex officio) of this committee, b The president, president-elect, immediate past-president, and executive director also are members (ex officio) of this committee. c Vacancy created by Tomlinson Fort's election to Council Policy Committee will be filled by special election.
tion to the ACS Board that the dates for the 212th national meeting in Boston be changed to Aug. 18-23, 1996, from Aug. 25-30,1996. At the council meeting, winners of 1991 outstanding performance awards for divisions and local sections were announced. For divisions, the winners were Polymer Chemistry (large size category), Biochemical Technology (intermediate), and Nuclear Chemistry & Technology and Fluorine Chemistry (tied, small). Local sections that won outstanding performance awards were New York and Philadelphia (tied, large size category), Midland and Rochester (tied, medium-large), Dayton (medium), Eastern North Carolina (medium-small), and Montana (small). Data on the society's finances also were reported to councilors. According to the Society Committee on Budget & Finance, this year's revenues are likely to exceed expenses by more than $7.7 million. However, that amount falls about $800,000 short of the budgeted surplus. The shortfall will stem from lower investment revenue caused by decreasing interest rates, and from lower than expected revenues from Chemical Abstracts Service. For other ACS areas, the committee says, dues-related activities are expected to end the year about on budget, and self-sustaining activities, such as publications, project a better than expected net contribution to ACS reserves. In planning for next year's budget, the society will be required to take a $13.5 million charge in 1993 as the result of a change in accounting regulations associated with medical insurance for retired employees. This charge is similar to that to be taken by businesses across the country in 1993, including major chemical companies (C&EN, March 16, page 17). • SEPTEMBER 14,1992 C&EN
37
ACS NEWS
Guide to October local section meetings featuring ACS tour speakers. As a service to society members and the public, C&EN publishes from fall to spring monthly guides to ACS tour speaker appearances at upcoming meetings. For general information about these events, which are open to all interested
persons, consult the alphabetical listing of cities and their corresponding local sections along with the topic/speaker key. For additional information, contact the local section or the ACS Speaker Service at (202) 872-4613.
Meeting city Local section
Meeting city Local section
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Amarillo, Tex. Panhandle Plains
15/H
Columbia, Mo. U of Missouri
14/Y
Little Rock Central Arkansas
Appleton, Wis. Northeast Wisconsin
15/D
Corpus Christi, Tex. South Texas
30/C
Logan, Utah Salt Lake
Dallas Dallas-Fort Worth
16/E
Longview, Tex. East Texas
12/JJ
Lorman, Miss. Mississippi
23/CC
Ashland, Ohio Wooster Ashtabula, Ohio Erie & Northeast Ohio
12/TBA
13/DD
Dayton, Ohio Dayton
13/BB
13/JJ
8/R
Meeting city Local section
Dsite (Oct.) Tc>pic code
Ponca City, Okla. North Central Oklahoma
12/FF
Portland, Me. Maine
28/EE
Potsdam, N.Y. Northern New York
30/EE
Provo, Utah Central Utah
7/R
Athens, Ga. Northeast Georgia
19/S
Douglas, Ga. Southwest Georgia
21/P
Louisville Louisville
12/K
Pullman, Wash. 22/G Washington-Idaho Border
Atlanta Georgia
20/J
Duluth, Minn. Lake Superior
13/D
Lubbock, Tex. South Plains
14/Q
Quincy, III. Mark Twain
Auburn, Ala. Auburn
22/S
Elkhart, Ind. St. Joseph Valley
16/K
Lynchburg, Va. Virginia-Blue Ridge
22/GG
Richland, Wash. Richland
21/G
Austin, Tex. Central Texas
13/E
Evansville, Ind. Indiana-Kentucky Border
13/A
Marietta, Ohio Upper Ohio Valley
14/BB
Rockford, III. Rock River
13/M
Bartlesville, Okla. Northeast Oklahoma
13/L
Flint, Mich. 12/TBA Flint Michigan Subsection
Marshfield, Wis. Central Wisconsin
14/D
Rolla, Mo. South Central Missouri
Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge
27/C
Florence, Ala. Wilson Dam
19/V
Milwaukee Milwaukee
16/D
San Antonio San Antonio
12/E
Beaumont, Tex. Sabine-Neches
28/C
Fort Wayne, Ind. Northeastern Indiana
15/K
Missoula or Yellow Bay Montana
10/R
Seattle Puget Sound
20/G
Big Springs, Tex. Permian Basin
13/Q
Frostburg, Md. Western Maryland
Binghamton, N.Y. Binghamton
13/Z
Greeley, Colo. Colorado
Birmingham, Ala. Alabama
21/CC
Hampton, Va. Hampton Roads
Bluffton, Ohio Northwest Central Ohio
12/BB
Bowling Green, Ky. Nashville
38
Meeting city Local section
22/TBA
20/HH
22/TBA
Sharon, Pa. Penn-Ohio Border
Monroe, La. Ouachita Valley
14/JJ
Shreveport, La. Northwest Louisiana
21/0
Moorehead, Minn. Red River Valley
23/W
Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Valley
Houghton, Mich. Upper Peninsula
12/D
Morgantown, W.Va. Northern West Virginia
Huntsville, Ala. North Alabama
20/X
Murray, Tenn. Kentucky Lake
6/R
Bradford, Pa. Penn-York
22/HH
Idaho Falls, Idaho Idaho
9/R
Burlington, Vt. Green Mountain
29/EE
Kalamazoo, Mich. Kalamazoo
13/LL
Carbondale, III. Southern Illinois
16/1
Kingsport, Tenn. Northeast Tennessee
20/O
Cedar Falls, Iowa Iowa
15/M
Knoxville Eastern Tennessee
Charleston, W.Va. Kanawha Valley
15/BB
Lake Jackson, Tex. Brazosport
29/C
Chattanooga Chattanooga
20/B
Las Vegas, N.M. Central New Mexico
16/TBA
College Station, Tex. Texas A&M
14/E
Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska
21/TBA
SEPTEMBER 14,1992 C&EN
Mobile, Ala. Mobile
19/AA
Muskegon, Mich. Western Michigan New Orleans Louisiana Newburg, Conn. Mid-Hudson
19/HH
21/U
14/KK
26/C
26/EE
State College, Pa. Central Pennsylvania
13/1
15/1
14/DD
15/JJ
24/F
21/HH
Syracuse Syracuse
14/N
Terre Haute, Ind. Wabash Valley
14/K
Tulsa Tulsa
14/11
Waco, Tex.
15/E
Heart 0' Texas 16/L
Norman, Okla. Oklahoma
15/L
Wichita Falls, Tex. Wichita Falls-Duncan
Norwich, N.Y. Norwich
12/Z
Winchester, Va. Virginia
Omaha Omaha
22/W
Winona, Minn. LaCrosse-Winona
Peoria, III. Peoria
14/M
27/TBA Worcester, Mass. Central Massachusetts
23/TBA
17/D
Topic/Speaker key: A. B.
Alternative Energy Sources. A. Pavlath, Department of Agriculture, Western Regional Research Center Analytical Chemistry of Surfaces. D. M. Hercules, U of Pittsburgh
C.
Are Secondary Metabolites Really Necessary? B. B. Jarvis, U of Maryland
D.
Bench-Top Chemistry Induced by Nuclear Fission. R. D. MacFarlane, Texas A&M U
E.
Chemist as Materials Scientist. A. Ellis, U of Wisconsin
F.
Chemistry of Commercial Polymers. R. Lochhead, U of Southern Mississippi
G.
Chemistry of Wine. E. Simpson, California State Polytechnic U
H.
Contamination of an Aquifer by Hazardous Waste: A Case Study. T. Spittler, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Laboratory
I. J.
Deterministic Chaos: Why Some Things That Appear To Be Random Are Not. R. Field, U of Montana Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy. P. Griffiths, U of Idaho
T.
M. C. Escher Art: Its Beauty and Insight. W. Fateley
U.
Mass Spectroscopy of Polymers. D. Hercules
V.
Metalloporphyins in Diagnostic Medicine. N. Foster, Lehigh U
W.
Modern Polymer Science. R. Lochhead
X.
NMR: A Primer for Medical Resonance Imaging. N. Foster
Y.
Oscillating Chemical Reactions: From Nerve-Impulse Transmission through Engineering to Evolution. R. Field, U of Montana
Z.
Plants as a Source of Drugs. R. N. Blomster
AA. Quantative Determination of Species on Catalyst Surfaces. D. Hercules BB. Sex and the Single Gypsy Moth. E. Alan Cameron, Penn State U CC. Strong Poison—Chemistry in the Mysteries of Dorothy L. Savers. N. Foster DD. The Chemist as Explorer: Research on the Inorganic-Organic Frontier. R. W. Grimes, U of Virginia EE. The Chemistry of Microelectronics. R. K. Lowry, Harris Semiconductor
K.
Edible Films for Food. A. Pavlath
L.
Ethics in Science. G. M. Bodner, Purdue U
M.
Famous Mad Hatters. J. O'Brien, Southwest Missouri State U
N.
Folk Medicine. R. N. Blomster, U of Maryland
GG. The Discovery of Nuclear Fission: A Case Study in the Dimension of Human Science. L. Fine, Columbia U
O.
From Nylon and Polycarbonates to Kevlar and Polyetherimides. L Fine, Columbia U
HH. The Inside Story of Color Photography. T. Whitesides, Eastman Kodak Company
P.
GC FTIR. P. Griffiths
Q.
Groundwater Protection: A Problem Whose Time Has Come. T. Spittler
R.
Hadamard-Transform Spectroscopy. W. Fateley, Kansas State U
S.
Identification of Chromatographic Peaks by FTIR Spectrometry. P. Griffiths
FF. The Difference Between What We Do and What We Tell People We Do. G. Bodner
II.
The Mismeasure of Man: How Scientists Fall into Traps of Nonobjectivity. G. Bodner
JJ.
The Practice of Chemistry in Japan. R. Marcus, Consultant
KK. Toxic Chemicals in the Environment. C. Schrader, Summit County Schools LL. Toxic Is Not a Synonym for Chemical. C. Schrader TBA.To Be Announced
Other local section meetings in October For further information about any of the following events, call the local section contacts at the telephone numbers given. Meeting city Local section
Meeting site Date/time
Akron, Ohio Akron
Tangier Restaurant 15/5 PM
Careers in Chemistry and Panel Discussion on Careers. Frederick Owens, Douglas McBain, Rohm & Haas and GenCorp
D. McBain (216) 794-6319
Durham, N.C. North Carolina
Washington Duke Inn 16 & 17/8:30 AM
Recent Advances in Mass Spectrometry Symposium
G. Dubay (919)660-1532
Lawrenceville, N.J. Trenton
Rider College 13/6 PM
The Polymerase Chain Reaction: Introduction and Applications. Nancy Dorsey, Perkin-Elmer
R. Veazey (609) 844-7275
Philadelphia Philadelphia
Uof Pennsylvania 15/8 PM
Studies with Enzyme Inhibitors—Philadelphia Section Award Address. Paul Anderson, Merck Sharp & Dohme
E. Harper (215)382-1589
Reading, Pa. Lehigh Valley
Albright College 16/5:30 PM
Modeling Electron Transport in Macromolecules: Proteins, DNA, and Starburst Dendrimers. D. Beratan, U of Pittsburgh
B. Weber (215) 921-7740
Contact Telephone no.
Topic/Speater/Affiliation
SEPTEMBER 14,1992 C&EN
39
