ACS ELECTION
Official Statements by Election Candidates As was the case last year, three candidates will vie for the office of president-elect of the American Chemical Society for 1987—Robert C. Brasted of the University of Minneso ta, Ernest L. Eliel of the University of North Carolina, and (by petition) Gordon L. Nelson of the University of South ern Mississippi. The successful candidate will serve as ACS president in 1988 and as a member of the ACS Board of Directors 1987-89. Brasted is professor of chemistry and director of the general chemistry program at the University of Minnesota, but this year he is serving as guest professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Currently a director on the ACS Board representing Region V, Brasted has been active in ACS governance for many years in many capaci ties, including serving as vice chairman of the Council Policy Committee in 1985. He is currently a member of the Society Committee on Education, board committees on Grants & Awards and on Audits, and the Committee on Profession al Training. Other committees on which he has served include International Activities and Publications. Brasted was a candidate for president-elect two years ago in an election won by George C. Pimentel. Eliel, professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, also is a member of the ACS Board as a direct or-at-large. He, too, has been active in ACS gover nance for many years in a variety of committee assignments. Those include current membership on the board committees on Grants & Awards and on Planning, the Society Commit tee on Publications (of which he was chairman in 1978), and the C&EN editorial board. Other committee interests have
included Professional Training, Nominations & Elections, and Chemical Abstracts Service. Nelson is professor and chairman of the department of polymer science at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. He served as Region I director from 1977 to 1985. He has held a number of ACS governance positions, and currently is a member of the Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service (of which he was chairman in 1984-85), the Society Committee on Budget & Finance, and the board Committee on Society Initiatives. Previous com mittee activities have included board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations (which he chaired in 1982-83), the Society Committee on Publications (which he chaired in 1979-81), and the C&EN editorial board. This is the second straight year in which Nelson has been nominated by peti tion to vie for president-elect. Other nominees for national offices are foe A. Adamcik, Joseph A. Dixon, George E. Heinze, and Paul H. L. Walter for direct or-at-large. Two of these four will be elected. Norman A. LeBel and David C. Young are candidates for director from Region II. Robert B. Fox (by petition), Ε. Ε. McSweeney, William A. Nevill, and David A. Shirley are candidates for director from Region IV. All members of ACS will receive ballots enabling them to vote for president-elect. Only voting councilors will receive ballots for the director-at-large election. Only members in Region II will receive ballots to vote for director for that region; only members in Region IV will vote for director there. All ballots will be mailed first class Sept. 26, 1986. Dead line for their return is Oct. 31,1986.
For president-elect
Robert C. Brasted Minnesota Section. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Date of birth: Aug. 26, 1915 Academic record: George Washington Univer sity, B.S., 1938, M.A., 1939; University of Illi nois, Ph.D., 1942 Honors: Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; ACS Award in Chemical Education, 1973; John R. Kuebler Award, Alpha Chi Sigma, 1986; Carol and Harry Mosher Award, ACS Santa Clara Valley Section, 1981; James Flack Norris Award, ACS Northeastern Section, 1980; Min nesota Award, ACS Minnesota Section, 1980; Minnesota Section, ACS Award in Chemistry, 1971; Minnesota Section College Teaching Award, 1979; Foreign Scholar Award, Japa nese Society for the Promotion of Science, 1977; Distinguished Alumnus Award, George 26 September 15, 1986 C&EN
Washington University, 1975; Chemical Manu facturers Association Award, 1971; Teacher Development Awardee, 1971, 1977; Fulbright Award, Stuttgart University, 1971; Council on Liberal Arts Education Award, University of Minnesota, 1970; Distinguished Teacher Award, Institute of Technology of Minnesota, 1969; Fulbright senior postdoctoral fellow, Uni versity of Heidelberg, 1961; National Science Foundation, senior postdoctoral fellow, 1961 Professional positions (for past 10 years): U.S. Military Academy, guest professor, 1986 to date; University of Minnesota, professor of chemistry and director of general chemistry program, 1961 to date; guest professorships: University of Costa Rica; University of Heidel berg; Stuttgart University; University of Tokyo; Taiwan National University; Jadavpur Universi ty; Pune University; University of Natal-Durban, Republic of South Africa
Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1938. Minnesota Section: councilor, 1979-85, 1963-77; alternate councilor, 1978; chairman, 1960; chairman-elect and Program Commit tee, chairman, 1959; Nominations Committee, chairman, 1973; Education Committee, chair man, 1957-58; Membership Committee, chair man, 1952-54; High School Relations Commit tee. 1949-54; Arrangements Committee, 1947-49. Division of Chemical Education: chairman, 1965; chairman-elect, 1963-64; Planning Committee, Vlth International Con gress, 1980-81; Consultants Program, 197075; Japan-USA Seminar Committee, 1977-83; Japan/USA Seminar in Education, chairman, 1982; Planning Committee, 1981 Biennial Con ference on Chemical Education; Committee on International Education, chairman, 1984-85; Examinations Committee (Inorganic Subcom mittee, 1963-68; General Chemistry Subcom-
mittee, 1971-75, chairman, 1975); Journal of Chemical Education: board of publications, 1964-68, chairman, 1968 Service in ACS national offices: Director, Region V, 1986-88; councilor, ex officio, 198688; board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1986; Society Committee on Education, 198688; board Committee on Audits, 1986; Council Policy Committee (voting), 1983-85, vicechairman, 1985; Committee on Professional Training, 1985-87; Committee on International Activities, 1975-84; Society Committee on Publications, 1980-82, vice-chairman, 1982; International Congress, CSJ-ACS (Honolulu), Planning Committee, 1979; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 1972-78; Committee on Chemical Education, 1969-71; Canvassing Committee, Scientific Apparatus Makers Award, 1957-59, chairman, 1959; bylaw councilor, 1978 Member: Minnesota Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (fellow), Alpha Chi Sigma
Brasted's statement Well over half of my nearly 48 years of ACS membership have been involved in the governance process both at the section and the national levels as the biographical sketch attests. I was honored to be a candidate for the presidency two years ago. Having most recently been elected by the membership of Region V to the ACS Board, there were reasons to ponder on the wisdom of "standing" yet another time for the presidency. Service on the board, the recent vice-chair of the Council Policy Committee, current service on the Committee on Professional Training, as well as other experiences in governance, and a long career in teaching, consulting, and research in the academic and industrial sectors should be of use in the highest elected office of the society. As a faculty member of the largest university in the U.S. on a single campus, I am well aware of the complexities and problems as well as advantages that are part of size. I would hope to be able to make judgments and provide advice when I feel that certain of the primary goals of ACS are given secondary status because of the burgeoning financial picture and total size of the society. The widely distributed and discussed "Opportunities in Chemistry," from the National Academy of Sciences under the able editorship of George Pimentel, provides a blueprint for directions towards which we should move in the chemical profession. Its effectiveness will continue to be a function of the
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 brief statement describing their views on ACS matters. Each candidate's statement follows his biography. The committee seeks help in developing questions for next year's election. Consequently, the committee urges members to send suggested topics to Rolland F. Hirsch, ER-142, MS-G226, U.S. Department of Energy, Division of Chemical Sciences, Washington, D.C. 20545. The questions: 1. What would you hope to accomplish as president (or director) of ACS? 2. What specific changes, if any, in the ACS organization or programs would you propose to achieve your goals?
ways in which ACS, the academic community, industry, and government carry out the implementations. I pledge such implementations. Publications. Our prestigious sci-
entific communications should occupy much of a president's attention. My service as a member and vice-chair of the Society Committee on Publications (SCOP) has given me useful perspectives. I pledge to continue to support and strengthen on-line service, patent office planning, and expansion of domestic and international Chemical Abstracts operations. Among several fine lines that must be trod in ACS activities, there is one that separates the creation of new journals (or other publications) from proliferation. We must provide scientists and engineers (members and nonmembers) with new information at reasonable cost. Education. There are few functions of the society that do not somehow relate to education. The Congressional charge to the society provides the mandate. Relationships that have been traditionally strong I would hope to strengthen: the new programs for secondary school chemistry teachers and students; the Division of Chemical Education with the Society Committee on Education and the staff Education Division; the Journal of Chemical Education and publications directly under SCOP. I would seek new ways of making the most efficient use of federal funding in research and education. Our society must work with the National Science Foundation in the revitalization of the foundation's educational arm. Already initiated education-industry interface programs should be strengthened. The previously referred to "Opportunities in Chemistry," although not addressed directly to the educational community, represents a challenge to our colleges and universities. I would work closely with the society's education units and NSF to help develop educational reforms that would help assure that our young people are trained in ways that will enable them to attack the many problems posed. I have experience in developing ways of educating the nonscience public in understanding the "whats, whys, hows, and wherefores" of chemistry and the chemist. I should like to initiate a project, essentially using external funding, that would September 15, 1986 C&EN
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ACS Election improve the science background of legislators and those who develop legislation by using professional production of color videotapes on topics relevant to current problems, especially ones that are environmentally oriented. Governance and Professional Activities. Few, if any, professional societies have changed so much in such a short time and developed the complexity as has ACS over the years. The adage, "If something works, don't fix it" is sound; however, I expect that change will be needed to meet the ever present budgetary limitations. The term "professionalism" is not defined alike by all of us. We have strong committee structures dealing with its promotion. I favor strengthening regional meetings but not the elimination of a semiannual meeting. I urge the divisions to re-evaluate methods of paper acceptance and presentation at national meetings. There almost seems to be a race among divisions to outdo one another in creating the most concurrent sessions. On another part of governance, I would ask the membership for reasons and solutions to the fact that 70% of our membership does not vote. Under such conditions our elected officers hardly have been given a "mandate." International Relations. There are those who would place this low in society priorities. The substantial fraction of our members beyond our border suggests that we should not be indifferent to international affairs. I know something of where we can help and where we can be helped. Who among us is untroubled by the movement of our economic and scientific domination to other countries? This is not a time to withdraw into ourselves. Experience has taught that we can do most by working within the emerging countries to help develop their own human and material resources. One of the few bright spots in our economy in the past years has been the favorable trade balance in chemicals. I view a shift toward a leveling and even a downward trend as an area where the ACS president can be a positive influence. We have a rich heritage of past28
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presidents, society officers, dedicated and skilled professional staff, and men and women who have already served and wish to serve in volunteer capacities. In consort with existing communities I would «work toward the adjustment of salaries and compensation for chemists to match their major role in today's society. I would spend as much time as possible visiting with and listening to our membership through local section meetings, learning from them and from groups external not only to ACS, but to the country, with the goal of increasing the American Chemical Society's impact on our total society.
Ernest L. Eliel North Carolina Section. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Date of birth: Dec. 28, 1921 Academic record: University of Edinburgh, 1939-40; University of Havana, B.S., 1946; University of Illinois, Ph.D., 1948 Honors: Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Phi Kappa Phi; Honorary D.Sc, Duke University, 1983; North Carolina Institute of Chemists, Distinguished Chemist Award, 1985; Harry and Carol Mosher Award, ACS Santa Clara Valley Section, 1982; Laurent Lavoisier Medal, French Chemical Society, 1968; Morley Medal, ACS Cleveland Section, 1965; College Chemistry Teacher Award, Chemical Manufacturers Association, 1965 Professional positions (for past 10 years): University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, W. R. Kenan Professor of Chemistry, 1972 to date Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1947. North Carolina Section: Councilor, 1975-84. Division of Organic Chemistry: chairman, 1973-74; chairman-elect, 1 9 7 2 73. St. Joseph Valley Section: councilor, 1966-72; alternate councilor, 1957-59, 1961-65; chairman, 1960; chairman-elect, 1959; secretary, 1954-55; Education Committee, chairman, 1962; Awards Committee, chairman, 1961 Service in ACS national offices: Director-atlarge, 1985-87; councilor ex officio, 1985-87; board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1 9 8 5 86; board Committee on Planning, 1985-86; Society Committee on Publications, 1985-87, 1 9 7 8 - 8 1 , chairman, 1978; C&EN editorial board, 1985, 1 9 7 8 - 8 1 , chairman, 1978; Council Committee on Publications, 1975-77, 1967-72, chairman, 1976-77, 1972; Committee on Professional Training, 1979-84, consultant, 1985-86; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 1982-83, 1972-73; ad hoc Committee on Pricing Policy & Tax Status, 1 9 7 8 - 8 1 ; Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, 1978-79; Council Policy Committee (nonvoting), 1976-77, 1972; ad hoc Committee To Study the Society's Books & Journals Pricing Policies, 1977-78; Canvassing Committee, ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, 1 9 8 0 83, chairman, 1982-83; Canvassing Committee, Arthur C. Cope Award, 1976-77, 1 9 7 2 73, chairman, 1977; ad hoc Committee To Study Revenues from Members, 1972-73;
Grants & Fellowships Subcommittee on Chemical Abstracts Grants to Small Colleges, 1969; PRF advisory board, 1970-72; editorial board, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1962-66 Member: National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (fellow), Royal Society of Chemistry, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, American Association of University Professors
Eliel's statement The late 1980s are uncertain but challenging times for chemistry. On the one hand, the many disturbing layoffs and forced early retirements in the chemical industry reflect a fundamental change of emphasis in the field. On the other, new areas of opportunity, such as those of specialty polymers, electronics, ceramics, and areas bordering on biotechnology join such established ones as pharmaceutical and agricultural chemistry as being fields of promise. In the basic research area, tight federal budgeting affects money available for new and continuing projects; concerns about this problem deter young researchers from entering the academic arena. A scientifically ill-informed public frequently reacts to technological decisions with hysteria instead of a thoughtful weighing of risks and benefits. As president of the American Chemical Society, I would support ongoing and new projects that address these challenges. Foremost among my priorities is education, not just because I am an educator, but because education is a cradle-tograve (or at least grade school to re-
tirement) activity. I support the many projects of the Education Division—from prehigh school science to Chemistry in the Community to chemistry for the nonchemist in college—that give our citizens a better understanding of science, and of chemistry in particular. At the same time, I support improvements in the education of chemists proper through the work of the Committee on Professional Training and (at the graduate level) through promoting an adequate federal program for the support of research, including a peer-review program for upgrading old or providing new research facilities. Retirements in the 1990s will provide a favorable academic market; we must endeavor to attract the best minds into chemistry and to encourage them to continue in their education so that these academic openings are filled with first-rate people. My efforts to broaden the ACS-approved' chemistry curriculum to include a biochemistry option (and, perhaps later, materials science and computer science options) reflect my conviction that the chemists of the 1990s must expand their horizons to encompass new developments in the borderline areas. The Pimentel report gives us direction in this respect. We must implement it to get our fair share of funds devoted to basic research, but we also must cooperate with other scientific societies to ensure that the total pool of support for science remains plentiful. Public attitudes toward chemistry leave much to be desired. In the long run, I hope that this problem will be solved, or at least ameliorated, through better science education for the nonscientist. In the short run, the only obvious way to improve the picture is through a public relations campaign, and I support the current efforts of the society in this regard, as long as the credibility of the American Chemical Society is not impaired. Despite the pressing problems of education, public and governmental relations, and adaptation to a new industrial climate, I plan, also, to pay major attention to our all-important scientific programs: publications, scientific meetings at the lo-
cal, regional, and national levels, Chemical Abstracts (printed and online), and others. The fact that these programs are self-supporting, and in normal times add to the society's reserves, in no way means that they can be taken for granted; nor is their surplus, if any, to be used to support other activities of the society except in an emergency. Meeting programs, new journals, continuing education courses, etc., provide avenues for the society to extend itself toward new and upcoming borderline areas, to enable our present members to fill positions in these areas, and to enlist other practitioners in these areas as society members. All this requires initiative and imagination, as well as a thorough knowledge of the workings of the scientific programs, for there must always be a balance among what we should like to do by way of innovation, what we must do to survive in a competitive marketplace, and what we can afford. The stakes are large: The society's budget for selfsupporting activities now exceeds $100 million a year. As a member and former chairman of the Society Committee on Publications and C&EN editorial board, as a former member of several committees concerned with CAS, and as a current member of the board of directors (which is responsible for the society's budget), its Committee on Grants & Awards, and its ad hoc Committee on Planning, I believe I have the ability to deal with the large business of the society's scientific affairs knowledgeably and responsibly. I said at the beginning that I am very concerned about the employment scene in chemistry that affects many of our members. I wish I had a quick answer to the problem (over and above the continuation of society benefits, without cost, to unemployed members). If elected, I expect to confer with leaders in industry, academe, government, and other scientific societies about the problem, its causes, and what might be done about it in the short and long run. I am interested to hear from concerned members as to what the society might do to help in the present situation. With the continuing support of so
many of our members through volunteer work on committees, task forces, and other society bodies, and with the continuing excellent work of the loyal ACS staff, I believe we can and shall succeed in meeting the challenges of the remainder of this decade. If you elect me as the society's president, I undertake to dedicate myself to this end.
Gordon L. Nelson Mississippi Section. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg 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; 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 (ChemistryNevada); Sigma Xi; NIH predoctoral fellow; Springer & Newton graduate student award; listed in "Who's Who in Technology Today"; "American Men and Women of Science"; "Who's Who in Finance and Industry" Professional positions (for past 10 years): University of Southern Mississippi, professor and chairman, department of polymer science, 1983 to date; Springbom Laboratories, vice president, materials sciences and technology, 1982-83; General Electric Co., plastics operations, manager, environmental protection operation, 1979-82; manager, combustibility technology, 1974-79 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1965. Eastern New York Section: councilor, 1972-76; International Committee, chairman, 1977-82; Course Committee, 1970-75, cochairman, 1970; Committee To Train the Disadvantaged, 1970-74; Professional Relations Committee, 1970-73, cochairman, 1970; Long-Range Planning Committee, chairman, 1970-72. Division of Professionai Relations: chairman, 1975; vice chairman, 1972-74 Service in ACS national offices: Director, Region I, 1977-85; councilor ex officio, 1977-85; Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, 1979-86, chairman, 1984-85; Society Committee on Budget & Finance, 1984-86, 1978; board Committee on Society Initiatives, 1985-86; Academic-Industrial Education Advisory Board, 1986; Region I, Councilors Caucus, chairman, 1977-85; Council Policy Committee (nonvoting), 1984-85, 1 9 7 9 - 8 1 ; board Executive Committee, 1981-84, 1979; board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, 1982-83, chairman, 1982-83; board ad hoc Committee on Divisional Problems, 1983; Society Committee on Publications, 1 9 7 8 - 8 1 , chairman, 1 9 7 9 - 8 1 ; Task Force on SciQuest, chairman, 1979; C&EN editorial board, 1 9 7 8 8 1 , chairman, 1 9 7 9 - 8 1 ; Task Force on Document Copy Service, 1980; board Committee on Publications, 1977; 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 Membership Affairs, 1973-76; Professional Programs Planning & September 15, 1986 C&EN
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ACS Election Coordinating Committee, 1982-83, 1975; Younger Chemists Task Force, 1970-72; editorial board, CHEMTECH, 1971-77; Centcom board of directors, 1979-81 Member: ASTM E-5, Committee on Fire Standards, Subcommittee 5.17 on Transportation, chairman, 1981-86; ASTM F-7, Committee on Aerospace & Aircraft, Subcommittee 7.06 on Flammability, secretary, 1977-86; Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, Environmental Safety Committee, Plastics Task Group, chairman, 1975-86; International Electrotechnical Commission, U.S. Technical Advisory Group, TC-74 on Safety of Data Processing Equipment & Office Machines, 1979-86; Society of the Plastics Industry, Structural Foam Division, Executive Committee, 1976-86, Combustibility Committee, chairman, 1975-86; SPI Coordinating Committee on Fire Safety, 1978-86; 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, 1981-86
Nelson's statement Chemistry in America is in a period of profound change: • Chemical industry is turning rapidly from bulk chemicals to high-value specialties. • Expansion in academia is in areas such as biotechnology and materials. • Oil price instability and mergers have caused dislocation of chemists and unprecedented early retirements. • Academic chemistry facilities are aging badly with capital funds scarce. • Public perception of chemistry continues to decline. Yet chemistry is the central science. Materials and processes must be understood at the molecular level. Therefore, as never before, ACS must provide aggressive leadership, positioning the profession to address these challenges. We need to: • Better understand the changing character of the employment of chemists. • Redirect presidential plenary sessions at ACS national meetings to highlight emerging 'Opportunities in Chemistry'' (the recent NAS report should be only a beginning). • Assist chemists facing early retirement. • Work vigorously for five-year pension vesting. • Reinstate an effective professional liability insurance program. 30
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• Support in Congress a program to reinvigorate America's chemistry facilities. • Convert the first floor of ACS headquarters into a National Chemical Exhibition Center to highlight the major achievements of chemists to society. (The National Geographic Society is across the street from ACS headquarters. Hundreds of thousands of people visit National Geographic annually to view the permanent and changing exhibits. Why not ACS?) • Develop a major public television program on the critical role of chemists in the world. • Seek proper recognition of molecularly trained people in the future of American industry and academia. Experience. I have been an industrial bench chemist and manager, a manager in contract research, and am currently serving as chairman of a vigorous interdisciplinary academic department. I know the diverse needs of chemists first hand. And I know ACS. I served on the ACS Board of Directors for nine years and on the Executive Committee. I was chairman of the board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, chairman of the Society Committee on Publications, and chairman of the Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service. I was a division officer and local section committee chairman. Record of Achievement. The
ACS president provides leadership. In my nine years as director: I initiated the first strategic plan in public affairs and public relations. Budgets were increased, use of radio expanded, and television spots initiated. I supported increasing our role in Washington to ensure sound science-based regulations. I saw to the appearance of the first new ACS journal in more than a decade, Organometallies, and the establishment of a new products process which yielded Langmuir. I initiated a publications strategic plan, saw to the redirection of existing journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry, pushed for ACS Journals Online, and worked for reduction of page charges. As chairman of the Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, I formed a Futures Task Force to chart a leadership course in online delivery and fought hard to include off-line prints as part of the CAS Online academic program. I fought to initiate a new program to get surplus books and journals flowing to needy institutions, a program that can cement relations with chemists worldwide and provide members a tax-deductible opportunity (Project Bookshare). And, I was a founder of the Division of Professional Relations and the Younger Chemists Committee. In July I was particularly pleased to receive a letter from the Division of Professional Relations informing me of my selection for the 1986 Henry Hill Award, an award to honor those individuals of the American Chemical Society who have demonstrated outstanding service to the advancement of professional relations and to chemical professionals. I felt quite honored by the statement that the selection was based on my "many years of distinguished service to the professional growth of the chemical profession." Indeed, it is those moments that make ACS service especially gratifying. Attitude in a Changing Environment. ACS is a strong, dynamic organization whose strength is in the vitality and volunteer activity of its 138,000 members. In support of the profession, we need to be aggressive
and innovative across the full spectrum of ACS services. A major activity of ACS is chemical information. Chemical science is changing rapidly as is information delivery technology. Our goal must be to provide the chemical community with the latest in integrated personal chemical information services at prices individuals can afford. Recent years have seen substantial expansion of ACS chemical education programing. That must continue. As a member of the newly formed Academic-Industrial Education Advisory Board, I can attest that this is an area requiring considerable innovative activity and encouragement. In these troubled times, we can never forget that the first duty of ACS is to chemists as people. We need to develop mathematical models to better project employment trends to be better geared to predict chemists' needs. We need to enhance our program to help the unemployed. We need to institute programs to help members with career planning. We need to continue to evolve effective employment guidelines and publicize their compliance. We must increase our involvement in matters of health, safety, and industrial hygiene involving chemists. We must seek opportunities for expanded insurance coverage for members. We need to be sensitive to establish programs to meet the specific needs of segments of our members such as younger chemists and women chemists. Overall. We need to think boldly. We, as chemists, cannot be afraid to innovate, to compete, to market our profession aggressively. As president, I would welcome and encourage your input. There is a lot ACS can accomplish. ACS has the staff that can accomplish it. I know the problems of industry and academia and the problems at the interface. I propose to work for a more efficient society, a less costly society, yet a society that will meet the problems of chemists and chemistry head-on. One's record and proposals for change are the judgment criteria. I would appreciate your support. I believe I can make a difference.
Nominees for director-at-large Only ACS voting councilors are eligible to vote for director-at-large. Candidates are Joe A. Adamcik, Joseph A. Dixon, George E. Heinze, and Paul H. L. Walter. There are two vacancies on the board for director-at-large for the 1987-89 term. Ballots will be mailed first class to voting councilors Sept. 26. Deadline for their return is close of business Oct. 31,1986.
Joe A. Adamcik South Plains Section. Texas Tech University, Lubbock Date of birth: June 28, 1930 Academic record: University of Texas, B.S., 1951, M.A., 1954; University of Illinois, Ph.D., 1958 Honors: Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Sigma Xi; Dow fellow, 1954; Monsanto fellow, 1955-56; National Science Foundation fellow, 1956-57 Professional positions (for past 10 years): Texas Tech University, associate professor, 1961 to date Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1951. South Plains Section: councilor, 1 9 6 8 80; chairman, 1967; chairman-elect and program chairman, 1966; secretary, 1965; secretary-treasurer, 1964 Service in ACS national offices: Director-atlarge, 1980-86; councilor, ex officio, 1 9 8 0 86; board Executive Committee, 1986, 1984, board Committee on Professional & Member Relations, 1982-85, 1980, chairman, 1 9 8 3 85; board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1986, 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 , chairman, 1986; Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, 1981-86; Society Committee on Budget & Finance, 1986-88; board Committee on Planning, 1985; ad hoc Committee on Board Regulations & Policy, 1983, 1981; Committee on Constitution & Bylaws, 1969-74, chairman, 1973-74; Council Policy Committee (voting), 1975-80, (nonvoting) 1973-74; PROPPACC, 1983-85 Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Chemistry, Texas Academy of Sciences
leum industry due to plunging oil prices, it is certainly not confined to that industrial sector. I believe that the society must do whatever it realistically can to expand employment opportunities for chemical professionals. Ongoing activities in this connection are programs of employment aids that provide opportunities for potential employers and chemists seeking employment to contact each other. These are important and must be maintained at a high level. It is also important for ACS to maintain and improve programs in continuing education which help chemists upgrade their skills because, in the final analysis, the best way to improve the employment picture is to increase chemists' value to the employer. All of these activities are important and, during my tenure as chairman of the board Committee on Professional & Member Relations, I strongly supported them and still do so. However, they are not sufficient. Satisfying employment opportunities for chemists obviously requires a healthy chemical industry and ACS must do what it can to improve that health. It is unfortunate that much of the public sees "chemicals" in an unfavorable light and fails to recognize that their benefits far outweigh their risks and that, indeed, our civilization is utterly dependent for its survival on the proper use of chemicals and the
Adamcik's statement When I last addressed the councilors and members of the American Chemical Society three years ago, I noted that the employment picture for chemists was not so favorable as we would wish. Unfortunately, this is still the case. Although some of the problem results from the reduction in profitability of the petroSeptember 15, 1986 C&EN
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ACS Election activities of chemists. This public perception develops pressures for government to take ill-advised actions that would be counterproductive for the economy as a whole as well as for the professional activities of chemists. This problem must be addressed by ACS in two ways. First, we must deal with the problem at its root by expanding activities to inform the general public of the importance of chemists and chemicals to their lives and that although the manufacture and use of chemicals have risks—as do all other areas of human endeavor—these risks can be properly managed so as to be minimal. Second, we must carefully monitor government activities in this area and assure that the point of view and the expertise of the chemical professional are properly communicated to governmental entities. Of course, we are doing both of these now but we need to increase efforts in this area. As the discipline of chemistry expands to embrace ever more intellectual territory, ACS must be sure that its activities keep pace with the nature of that discipline. This is one important point made in the mission statement now being drafted for the society and I strongly support that point. ACS must maintain its place as the primary organization for those engaged in the practice of chemistry in the U.S. as well as recognize its responsibility to chemistry worldwide. The services provided by Chemical Abstracts Service are essential for the maintenance of the health of the discipline of chemistry. As a member of the Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, I have been concerned with initiation of new services and other changes made necessary by the rapid evolution of the environment for the dissemination of information. As a self-supporting activity of the society, CAS must be operated in a businesslike manner but with the business aspects tempered with recognition of its obligation of service to chemists and chemistry. The academic discount program for CAS Online, which I have supported, is one example of how it has met this service objective. 32
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Two other activities of the society that are primarily concerned with the provision of chemical information to the chemical community are the primary publications and the technical programs at national and regional meetings. These should remain healthy and innovative. In particular, I am supportive of efforts to broaden the coverage of the journals program and the content of meetings to keep pace with chemistry's changing nature. Also, as current chairman of the board Committee on Grants & Awards, I am in favor of continuing the society's efforts to assure that the awards program is representative of the total discipline of chemistry. In summary, in my view some major ACS activities should be to: • Maintain at a high level our employment aids and other employment-related services to ACS members. • Increase the society's interaction with both the general public and government so as to improve the perception of the benefits that flow from chemistry and to ensure that any action taken by government does not interfere with them. This involves activities in the public relations and educational spheres as well as direct interaction with government. • See that the totality of the society's programs is broad enough that it encompasses all the expanding discipline of chemistry. • Keep the self-supporting activities which are focused on the dissemination of chemical information—services of CAS, primary journals, and technical programs at meetings—healthy and innovative. I believe the society is doing the right kinds of things now, though some fine-tuning is desirable. Because of the limitations of our resources we can never do everything we would like to do. It is to be hoped that we can in the future be successful in obtaining outside funding for certain activities so as to multiply our effectiveness. The American Chemical Society is a multifaceted organization. However, it is first and foremost a membership organization and should have as its most important goal the benefit of its members. This is not
self-serving in a negative sense—activities that benefit the discipline of chemistry and that foster the public welfare and education in a chemically related way are in the final analysis just as beneficial to members as are activities that seem to be more narrowly focused on direct member concerns. Should I be elected to another term on the board, I shall continue to be guided by these sentiments.
Joseph A. Dixon Central Pennsylvania Section. Pennsylvania State University, University Park Date of birth: Nov. 4, 1919 Academic record: Pennsylvania State University, B.S., 1942; M.S., 1945; Ph.D., 1947 Honors: Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi Professional positions (for past 10 years): Pennsylvania State University, professor emeritus, 1985 to date; professor and head, department of chemistry, 1971-84 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1942. Central Pennsylvania Section: councilor, 1969-86; chairman, 1960; vice chairman and program chairman, 1959; secretary, 1958. Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting Steering Committee, 1978-80, chairman, 1980 Service in ACS national offices: Council Policy Committee (voting), 1986-88, (nonvoting), 1982-84; Society Committee on Budget & Finance, 1978-85, chairman, 1982-84; board Committee on Audits, 1982-84; Experimental Education Commission, 1980; Committee on Program Review, 1973-77, secretary, 1976; Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, advisory board, 1973-78, section editor, 1978-86 Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dixon's statement We chemists are aware that the nature of our science and profession is changing to respond to opportunities that include elements of other sciences (such as biology) and to the application of new technologies, such as computers, automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence, to routine operations. The spring 1986 national meeting reflected our growing awareness of these changes with the plenary session titled "Chemistry 2000: The Times Are A 'Changin' " and a special session titled "Space: Chemistry's New Frontier/' Indeed, a major thrust of our most recent national meeting was biotechnology. The frequency of articles in C&EN that report changes in the directions of industrial research and development and recent statements by many of our most eminent and
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knowledgeable chemists—e.g., the president and president-elect of our society—and the tragically high incidence of forced early retirements and layoffs make it abundantly clear that the magnitude and the pace of change in chemistry and its related disciplines are far, far greater than they were 30,10, or even two years ago. To many of you, to say that in order for our profession and our society to prosper ACS has no choice but to come to terms with this changing environment will sound so obvious as to be insulting. However, I am convinced that a large segment of our society has not yet accepted or even recognized the magnitude of the changes ACS has already made and must make in the next few years. It is a real testimony to the effectiveness of the board of directors, the council and its committees, and the staff that the financial integrity of the society has been maintained while many critical new capital-intensive programs have been initiated. Because of the rapidity of the changes, and their nature and cost, it is not surprising that some of our members have become concerned, and some have suggested that the governance and staff have acted capriciously in engaging in expensive new programs that are perceived to be unneeded and undesired by some members. In addition, because we are a society of some 135,000
members, it is perhaps not surprising that there is a sense among some of the members that an unbridgeable gulf exists between them and the governance of their society. In my opinion, a major reason for these negative feelings or beliefs has been a lack of perception on the part of governance and staff of the necessity to help many members understand exactly how ACS has changed, and, even more important, why it has changed and must continue to change. Although most of our colleagues are convinced that the society has no real choice but to adapt, if we wish it to remain the kind of society to which most of us want to belong, too many remain unconvinced. In today's environment, ACS cannot remain simultaneously the world's most effective disseminator of chemical information, the principal spokesman for chemistry to the public and the federal government, the major force for quality chemical education at all levels, and the most respected and strongest voice for professionalism of chemists and the employers of chemists, unless we are prepared to make major modifications in the structure and financial support of the program areas. The board of directors has recognized the "communication problem" and has taken steps to address it. As just one example, increasing numbers of articles in C&EN describing the new programs and the required financial commitments have been very helpful. Unfortunately, it is apparent that we cannot depend on the printed word alone to be our total mechanism for keeping the members informed about ACS affairs. More needs to be done, and, if I am elected a director, I will make it my major goal to encourage increased effectiveness in both the dissemination of information concerning "what our society is accomplishing, and w h y " and in promoting a recognition that there does exist a mechanism for the governance to hear and to take cognizance of all the members' wishes. Fortunately, the structure is already in place to accomplish this. A major requirement is for all the members in governance, not only those at the national level, but those
at the local level—e.g., the local section officers, the division officers, and the councilors—to know the facts, and to accept, along with the staff, the responsibility for developing and maintaining a well-informed membership. At the same time, we must never forget our responsibility to transmit vigorously, through the committees of the council and through the divisions, to the board of directors, the perceptions and concerns of the membership at large. If I am elected to the board of directors, I will do my very best to be responsive to these concerns and to strive to aid in improving the efficiency of the society in responding to them.
George E. Heinze North Jersey Section. Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Piscataway, N J . Date of birth: June 8, 1931 Academic record: University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1951; Rutgers University, M.S., 1956 Honors: Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon Professional positions (for past 10 years): Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., vice president, operations, 1980 to date; Johnson & Johnson Research, director of science information and regulatory affairs, 1974-79 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1959. North Jersey Section: councilor, 1 9 8 6 88, 1970-83; alternate councilor, 1967-69; chairman, 1971; chairman-elect, 1970; Nominations & Elections Committee, chairman, 1973; Planning Committee, chairman, 1970; Gas Chromatography Group, chairman, 1966, chairman-elect, 1965. Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, general chairman, 1984 Service in ACS national offices: Director, Region III, 1983-84; councilor, ex officio, 1 9 8 3 84; board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1983-84; board Committee on Professional & Member Relations, 1983-84; board Committee on Planning, 1983-84; board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, 1984; board Committee on Audits, chairman, 1984; Council Policy Committee (voting), 1983, (nonvoting) 1982; Committee on Committees, 1976-82, chairman, 1982; ad hoc Committee on Economic Status, 1977-79, 1972-76; Committee on Professional Relations, 1 9 7 5 76, Committee Associate, 1974; PROPPACC, consultant, 1974; alternate representative, American Section, SCI Perkin Medal, 1970-72 Member: New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Alpha Chi Sigma
Heinze's statement Over the past 15 years, I have written a number of statements in support of my candidacy for various ACS offices at both the local and national levels. A review of those statements furnishes a miniperspective of the changing issues and September 15, 1986 C&EN
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ACS Election shifting emphases that have en gaged ACS during that time period. Further, they provide a background against which to plan for the next 15 years, a crucial period that will set the tone and objectives for ACS in the 21st century. I believe my views on these subjects can best be ex pressed under two different rubrics, as follows: Economic Well-Being of Chem ists. In the late sixties and early sev enties, we witnessed a crisis in "big science." The seemingly inexorable expansion of government-funded research came to a sudden halt. Con comitantly, environmental and oth er health-related issues tied to the // chemical ,/ nature of our surround ings came into focus with a negative connotation. Abruptly, chemical science was no longer automatically and axiomatically considered to be the clear pathway to better living. Chemistry, chemicals, and things chemical turned into objects of sus picion and doubt. As a result of the convergence of all these factors, chemists found themselves with fewer employment opportunities, lesser econolhic rewards, and low ered public status. Many chemists turned to ACS to remedy this situa tion. After a decade of experimenting with various initiatives, I believe we have winnowed out several longerterm strategies that I espouse and support: a proactive (rather than re active) public relations program that focuses on the positive contri bution that chemists and chemistry make to our society, furthering the quality of both chemical science and chemical professionals through the dual pathways of educational offer ings and adherence to the highest standards of professional conduct and qualifications, and a willing ness to steadfastly and publicly sup port the best interests of chemists, including interactive representa tions within the federal govern ment. Strategic Planning for the Future of ACS. After several false starts, the governance of ACS has made a con certed effort in the past three years to address the long-term strategic is sues facing ACS, an effort to which I contributed at both the council and board levels. I draw your attention 38
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to several specific strategies that I have actively supported and will continue to support if elected: broadening the scope and base of ACS activities to encompass emerg ing technologies with chemical-re lated principles and tailoring ex plicit functions to encourage the professionals populating these new groups to find a "home" in ACS; providing a consolidated base for the dissemination of all chemicalrelated information, including a leadership role in the employment of new technologies to assure that ACS maintains a position of world leadership in information and knowledge transfer; and structur ing the financial base of the society that the self-sustaining activities not only continue to support their operating expenses, as well as their capital requirements, but that they can be leveraged to provide addi tional support for the member-ori ented programs by attracting alter native sources of income, both pub lic and private. Because of the views presented in this statement, as well as those that I have made known over the past years from the floor of the council, I
Paul H. L. Walter Eastern New York Section. Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Date of birth: Sept. 22, 1934 Academic record: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S.B., 1956; University of Kansas, Ph.D., 1960 Honors: Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon Professional positions (for past 10 years): Skidmore College, professor, 1978 to date; head, chemistry department, 1975-85; asso ciate professor, 1971-78 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1956. Eastern New York Section: councilor, 1977-89; alternate councilor, 1975-76; Exec utive Committee, 1975-86; Professional Rela tions Committee, 1982-85; Awards Commit tee, 1977-86; Operation Interface Planning Committee, 1972-73; Education Committee, 1968-75, chairman, 1970-72 Service in ACS national offices: Committee on Budget & Finance, 1985-87, vice chair man, 1985-86, committee associate, 1 9 8 2 84; Committee on Meetings & Expositions, 1979-84, chairman, 1982-84, secretary, 1 9 7 9 - 8 Ί , committee associate, 1978; Pro gram Coordination Conference, 1980-86, chairman, 1982-84; Council Policy Committee (nonvoting), 1982-84; Experimental Science Commission Task Force on Nonpublication Communications, 1 9 7 9 - 8 1 ; Organizing Com mittee, 1989 Pacific Basin Chemical Con gress, finance chairman; Organizing Commit tee, 3rd North American Chemical Congress,
believe that I can make a positive contribution to the activities of the board of directors of ACS. My past participation in many aspects of the governance of ACS, as well as my background in both technical and general mangement, has demon strated appropriate qualifications in support of my candidacy. I solicit your support in voting for me.
vice-chairman, 1984-86; Executive Commit tee, 1984 Pacific Basin Chemical Congress, 1980-85 Member: American Association of University Professors (president, 1984-86), American In stitute of Chemists, Science Teachers Associ ation of New York, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chemical Insti tute of Canada
Walter's statement At least once in every decade, an association must re-examine its pur poses and must decide how best to achieve those purposes. Several years ago our society went through this process with the A. D. Little study. Now, inspired by the Pimentel report, it is again indulging in introspective analysis asking where ACS should be in the year 2000. Shall we emphasize support for the profession, or shall our first concern be the professional, that is, the chemist? How shall we most effec tively allocate scarce financial re sources among our programs? Al though there are many articulate spokespersons who cogently argue for emphasis on chemistry over the
chemist, and others, equally convincing, who would support the reverse, I believe that to serve either we must serve both. As director, I would use my background in industry and academe, meetings, finance, and professional concerns to maximize our service to our science and to our members, while assuring that the society's financial stability is maintained and strengthened. The American Chemical Society is a scientific and educational organization, made up of professionals. As such, its primary function must be to advance the science and the profession of chemistry. To this end, it sponsors meetings, prints journals, publishes Chemical Abstracts, interprets chemistry to the general public as well as to government leaders, and establishes standards for chemical education. All these functions deserve our support and must be maintained. We cannot, however, serve the profession while ignoring the professional. Unless the education, training, experience, and skills of the chemist are respected and adequately compensated we shall not attract the "brightest and best" to our science. Thus, insofar as we fail the chemist, we fail chemistry. Already we can see the results of relatively low salaries and poor professional image in the problems school districts have when they seek to hire secondary school chemistry teachers. At the college level also, it is becoming increasingly difficult to
compete with industry for qualified chemists. One major new emphasis for the society is in public relations. Those of us who remember when Du Pont proudly advertised "better things for better living through chemistry" can see how far our image and that of our science have fallen over the past decade. Today's undergraduate is less and less likely to opt for chemistry as a profession. The best are attracted rather to medical school. The paucity of quality undergraduates has inexorably led to a shortage of qualified Ph.D. candidates in our graduate schools. Can anyone doubt that these difficulties of today will become the crises of tomorrow? Although public and government relations efforts smack of a hucksterism that is uncomfortable for a chemist, ACS must increase its efforts here to enable each of our 135,000 members to serve as an articulate spokesperson for responsible chemistry. Without this effort, chemistry risks finding itself in the position of the nuclear industry. One aspect of the society's work for the profession that has often been unappreciated by the membership is international activities. I support the modest expenditures of ACS in this area and would resist pressures to cut back. Although it is difficult for most members to see the immediate benefit of these efforts, recent events have proven the importance of international contacts. The Bhopal tragedy in India will have as profound an effect on chemistry in the U.S. as if it had occurred in Texas. The thalidomide disaster in Europe has already changed the pharmaceutical industry in America. At the recent Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 3700 chemists from 36 countries shared science, developed collaborations, and established friendships. ACS must do what it can through meetings, journals, and person-to-person contacts to facilitate wider exchanges across national boundaries. To provide support to the profession and the professional, however, ACS needs adequate financial resources. These resources are provided from Chemical Abstracts, our other publications, investment income,
dues, meetings, short courses, and expositions. We must properly husband these funds by hiring, compensating, and supporting the best staff we an afford, by establishing policies that will set spending priorities, and by using these priorities in setting our budgets. Although the ultimate decisions on budget must be made by the board of directors, the board should, except in extraordinary circumstances, support those recommendations made by the council and our committee structure.
Nominees for director from Region II Members with ACS mailing addresses hi Region II are eligible to vote for director from Region II. Nominees for the 1987-89 term are Norman A. LeBel and David C. Young. Region II consists of local sections having their headquarters in Kentucky (except the Kentucky Lake Section), Michigan (except the Upper Peninsula Section), Ohio, Pennsylvania (except the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Susquehanna Valley sections), and West Virginia; the Indiana-Kentucky Border, Rochester, Virginia Blue Ridge, Western Maryland, and Western New York sections; and those members with addresses in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan (except Dickinson County), and in Wyoming County, New York, who are not assigned to local sections. Ballots will be mailed first class Sept. 26. Deadline for their return is close of business Oct. 31,1986.
Norman A. LeBel Division of Organic Chemistry (Detroit Section). Wayne State University, Detroit Date of birth: March 22, 1931 Academic record: Bowdoin College, A.B., 1952; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., 1957 Honors: Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Sloan fellow, 1961-65 Professional positions (for past 10 years): Wayne State University, professor, 1964 to September 15, 1986 C&EN 39
ACS Election date; interim dean, College of Liberal Arts, 1983-84; chairman, department of chemistry, 1971-78 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1951. Division of Organic Chemistry: councilor, 1970-88; alternate councilor, 1965-69; secretary-treasurer, 1964-68. Detroit Section: alternate councilor, 1963; Program Committee, chairman, 1962-63; Awards Committee, chairman, 1961-62 Service in ACS national offices: Committee on Divisional Activities, 1982-87; PRF advisory board, 1981-86; ACS Organizing Committee, 1984; Pacific Basin Chemical Congress, executive chairman, 1981-84; Program Planning & Coordination Conference, adviser, 1973-86; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 1 9 7 6 - 8 1 ; Committee on Publications 1970-75; Experimental Science Commission Task Force on Nonpublication Scientific Communication, 1980; advisory board, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1966-68 Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Chemistry
LeBel's statement As I reflected upon the recent activities of my profession's society, the longstanding impression that ACS was a remarkable organization was strongly reinforced. It is peopled by enlightened governance, dedicated members, experienced management, and loyal staff. Its refined ongoing programs and recent initiatives show good promise in addressing the crucial issues facing the discipline and its practitioners if we are to meet our charter-mandated goals. The problems are formidable—the admittedly poor public image of chemistry; the crisis in science education, not only for the attraction, training, and retraining of scientists but also for those who are or will be nonscientist professionals; the pressing need to recapitalize, especially for our self-sustaining programs; the requirements for reorientation and revitalization of the chemical industry; the erosion of support for basic research; and the precarious economic status of chemists. Nevertheless, the future holds many exciting opportunities. Chemists are uniquely versatile scientists and citizens, whose training and inclinations allow them to bring the powerful potential of creative chemistry to bear on many diverse technological areas. ACS must provide the leadership for the utilization of this valuable resource. What follows is not the traditional litany of programs that "I will promote and support/ 7 Most of what we are doing is progressive and ef40
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fective, but we must always have a long-range plan before us and periodically measure our progress against it. Rather, I have focused on a few programs, definitely not exclusive, that are of special import. The flagship enterprises of ACS are the journals and Chemical Abstracts Service. Their overall excellence and innovative developments in scientific communication are legion, and the benefits to science and society cannot be measured. The days of paper-based journals, reviews, and abstracts are numbered. These self-sustaining operations must be provided the wherewithal to maintain their leadership positions in the rapidly maturing age of electronic communications. Substantial capital investment is necessary, investment that will be backed by society reserves. Reserves are accumulated only if product sales exceed expenses. Pricing, quality, and marketing are paramount. This is big business, and some of our members are uncomfortable with the fact as well as the term. Governance plays the key role in convincing membership that this is the only way to go. These operations do pay their own way, contribute to general administrative costs, and add to the reserve which itself generates investment revenue to support other discipline-oriented, dues-related activities. I see evidence of improvement in communication in this regard (C&EN, Sept. 2,1985, page 26),
but this has to be sustained on a continuing basis. I, for one, am impressed by the recent performance of the Division of Public Policy & Communication in informing and educating government leaders, the media, the public, and the membership. This unit had a long and inconsistent adolescence. It now seems to be well positioned for the serious tasks ahead. Enlightened governance and forceful management are to be congratulated for this achievement. However, in addition to the division's primary role, the individual departments are obliged to provide more support to local sections and divisions to enable them to increase their efforts in public communication. It appears that the human resources of the divisions have not been fully utilized. The chemistry credibility gap cannot be overcome by headquarters alone; all chemists should be mobilized. The time may be upon us to establish an Office of Environmental Health & Safety within PPC. The essential activities in these areas now are addressed by two overworked committees and part-time staff. A centralized management and permanent staff seem to be in order. Of course, this new initiative would require dues-related budget support, and tough programatic choices will have to be faced. The Committee on Education and the Education Division are on a "roll." New or improved programs are in effect at all levels of science education, as well as in education for nonscientists, with more to come. The report "Tomorrow" has been an effective catalyst. The selfsustaining activities of the division are finally doing a reasonable job of contributing to society reserves. A concern does arise as the new duesrelated programs are phased in. To fund them some ongoing activities may have to be curtailed or put into a self-sustaining status, and these actions will require an even hand. Finally, membership professional and personal services must be strengthened. Improvement also is needed in our survey vehicles, statistical analysis, and futures modeling for diverse society needs. The low retention rate of new members is disturbing, particularly for an ag-
ing society. Although economic considerations surely play a part, more can be done to hold the inter est of our new members. I applaud the efforts of the Committee on Membership Affairs and the Young er Chemists Committee in devising ways to ameliorate this blight. Per haps we should look again to our meetings (an area in which I have long labored)—local section, re gional, divisional, and national—as another retention vehicle. After all, these are the primary mechanisms of interaction of members with their society (except for paying dues). I personally believe our meetings have proven value to the discipline and the membership, but there is room for improvement before we can accord them a superior rating. I have gained some familiarity with most ACS operations over a pe riod of years, and I know I can con tribute in several ways, not the least of which is facilitating intrasociety communication and consensus building. I am proud to be a mem ber, I am pleased that I have had the opportunity to participate in gover nance and operations, and I will continue to be involved whether or not I am elected as director.
David C. Young Midland Section. Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich. Date of birth: June 18, 1924 Academic record: Davidson College, B.S., 1946; University of Florida, M.S., 1948; Ph.D., 1950 Honors: Gamma Sigma Epsilon; Sigma Xi; ACS Midland Section Award, 1977 Professional positions (for past 10 years): Consultant, environmental regulations, 1986 to date; Dow Chemical Co., 1950-86; senior en vironmental specialist, environmental services department, 1980-86; senior research spe cialist, process development, 1979-80; senior research specialist, hydrocarbons and energy research, 1977-78; assistant to director, phar maceutical R&D, 1975-76 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1948. Midland Section: councilor, 1966-83, 1960-62; chairman, 1956-57; chairmanelect, 1956; secretary, 1955; treasurer, 1954; Bylaws Committee, 1958-63, chairman, 1960-63; Radio Committee, 1952-53, chair man, 1953; Science Quiz Committee, 1952; Diamond Jubilee Committee, 1951; director, 1958-59 Service in ACS national offices: Director, Re gion II, 1984-86; councilor ex officio, 198486; board Committee on Professional & Mem ber Relations, 1984-86; board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, 1984-86; board Committee on Audit, 1985-86, chair man, 1985-86; board Committee on Planning,
1984-86; Committee on Budget & Finance, 1978-86, vice chairman, 1982-84; Task Force on Program Evaluation & Ranking, 1984-85; Task Force on SciQuest, 1981; Committee on Chemistry & Public Affairs, 1 9 7 6 - 8 1 ; Steering Committee for the Task Force for "Energy and the Environment—the Chemical Viewpoint," 1977-79; CCPA Task Force on Toxic Substances Control Act, 1 9 7 8 8 1 ; CCPA Task Force on Occupational Health & Safety, 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 ; CCPA Task Force To Iden tify Candidates for White House Fellow, 1 9 7 4 75; ad hoc Committee To Evaluate the Experi mental Commissions, 1977-80, secretary, 1977-80; ad hoc Committee To Study Possibil ities of Establishing an Endowment Fund To Be Initiated in 1976, 1974-75; ad hoc Committee on Professionalism, 1971-72; Council Policy Committee (voting), 1970-75, (nonvoting), 1966-68, vice chairman, 1974-75; Commit tee on Patents & Related Legislation, 1963-70; Committee on Constitution & Bylaws, 1 9 6 6 69, 1961-62, chairman, 1966-68, secretary, 1962, consultant, 1970-74 Member: American Association for the Ad vancement of Science (fellow)
Young's statement It is hard to believe, but it has been three years since the members of Region II honored me by electing me to be their representative on the board of directors. It has been a busy and interesting time. If you doubt it, check the society's annual report, published in C&EN last April. The amount and breadth of mate rial the board has to deal with is impressive. ACS is a very large member-oriented organization; it has a complex mix of programs that either directly affect members or in directly serve them by their impact on the science or on public policy and public perception of chemistry. Although all board members par
ticipate in all the final board actions, each member has areas of special in terest. My five committee assign ments are listed in the biography. In reviewing the past three years, it is apparent that I have had the most influence on the board, and thus on the society, in two areas. Financial Matters. For 1985 and 1986, I serve as chairman of the Audits Committee. This committee works with outside auditors to be sure that our money is properly managed and accounted for and to review certain management prac tices. This is not an assignment that will generate any headlines if things are in order. It is not our wish to generate headlines, and I'm hap py to say that it seems unlikely that we will. As a member of the Committee on Budget & Finance, I have been one of the prime movers in the develop ment and implementation of the policy the board now uses to deter mine the source of funds used for the numerous member and disci pline-related programs. I was chair man of the task force that developed and implemented the first serious attempt to evaluate and prioritize these programs (a very painful pro cess!). This process continues to evolve as the board wrestles with member proposals for new and ex panded programs versus the need to keep the members' dues at an acceptable level. Public Affairs and Public Rela tions. The chemical industry, which employs more than 60% of our mem bers, and is the primary customer for the products of our undergradu ate and graduate schools, is coming under ever more stringent govern ment regulations. Certainly, regula tions are needed to protect the pub lic from unreasonable risks from careless or unscrupulous operators. We need to be vigilant and active to ensure that such regulations are reasonable and are based on sound science. Equally important, I believe, is the need to do all we can to help the public understand and keep in per spective the benefits and the poten tial adverse effects of the uses of chemicals. If the tide of public opin ion is not changed, ί fear that much of U.S. chemical production will be September 15, 1986 C&EN
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ACS Election regulated out of existence. Public perception that the hazards of nuclear power plants are unacceptable has brought that industry to a standstill. It could happen to chemicals. I have been a consistent supporter of the society's public affairs and public relations programs and have urged that they be expanded. When the budget for 1986 was adopted, the board approved a significant increase in our public communication programs, specifically to address the public understanding of risks and benefits of chemicals. I expect to continue to monitor and support these activities. As my ACS biography shows, I have been active in the society throughout my professional career. I have always been a member of the divisions that were most closely related to my current professional activities, but my major participation has been in the Midland Section and in the council. Examination of the biography shows that I acquired an unusually broad range of experience in my 21 years as a councilor. Six years as a member, three as chairman of the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws, gave me a thorough knowledge of the organization of the society and all its parts. My election to two three-year terms on the Council Policy Committee, and election by CPC members to be its vice chairman gave me good understanding of the workings of the council. My service as the first chairman of its Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning led to many operating changes, including those that opened the meetings of CPC and the board of directors. All of the studies of governance and the governance changes recently completed have their roots in these early planning studies. My appointment to the Committee on Chemistry & Public Affairs was in time for me to encourage ACS interaction with the federal government as its regulatory activities began to expand rapidly. This experience convinced me that still more ACS participation in this area is needed to ensure that government decisions that involve science and technology are based on sound science. Appointment to the Committee 42
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on Budget & Finance gave me an opportunity to participate from the beginning in this new committee. Great progress has been made, but much more needs to be done to develop a long-range financial policy and to complete the development of procedures to evaluate all programs, a process that we initiated in 1981. Finally, I regard it as a privilege
and honor to have served my first term as a member of the board of the society. It has given me a perspective beyond that acquired in my years as a councilor. I believe that my experience and accomplishments as a councilor and board member make me uniquely qualified to help the society meet its goals, and I solicit your support.
Nominees for director from Region IV Members with ACS mailing addresses in Region IV are eligible to vote for director from Region IV. Nominees for the 1987-89 term are Robert B. Fox (by petition), E. E. McSweeney, William A. Nevill, and David A. Shirley. Region IV consists of local sections having their headquarters in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (except the Virginia Blue Ridge Section), and the District of Columbia; the Brazosport, Sabine-Neches, and Southeastern Texas sections; and those members with addresses in Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia who are not assigned to local sections. Ballots will be mailed first class Sept. 26. Deadline for their return is close of business Oct. 31,1986.
Robert B. Fox Washington Section. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Date of birth: May 24, 1922 Academic record: University of Minnesota, B. Chem., 1943; University of Maryland, Ph.D., 1959 Honors: Sigma Xi-NRL Award in Pure Science, 1974; Chemical Society of Washington, Professional Service Award, 1972; Alpha Chi Sigma, Washington Chapter, Professional Service Award, 1976 Professional positions (for past 10 years): Naval Research Laboratory, chemistry division, 1946 to date; head, polymer and composites properties section, 1985 to date; head, adhesives and composites section, 1981-84; head, organic polymers section, 1 9 6 2 - 8 1 ; Office of Naval Research, chemistry division, scientific officer, 1983-84 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1944. Washington Section: councilor, 1 9 6 9 80, 1961-66; chairman, 1968; chairman-elect and Program Committee chairman, 1967; Executive Committee, 1967-70, chairman, 1968; Section Centennial Celebration Steering Committee & Program cochairman, 1983-84; Long-Range Planning Committee, 1976-78, 1962-66, chairman, 1966; Councilors Committee, 1969-80, chairman, 1977-80, 1 9 7 0 7 1 ; Bylaws Committee, 1972, 1962-64, chairman, 1962; manager, 1960, 1956; New Members Committee, chairman, 1961; adviser, Operations Group, 1969; Delegate to Washington Academy of Sciences, 1967; Awards Committee, 1966; Member Participation Committee, chairman, 1963; Public Relations Committee, 1962; ad hoc Committee on Topical Groups, 1961; ad hoc Committee on Member Interest,
1960; Entertainment Committee, 1952-60; Membership Committee, 1955-59; Capital Chemist, 1978-80, 1953-54. Middle Atlantic Regional Councilors Caucus Steering Committee, 1978-79. Division of Organic Chemistry: Nomenclature Committee, 1 9 5 9 - 7 1 ; Organophosphorus Nomenclature Advisory Committee, 1949-54. Division of Polymer Chemistry: Nomenclature Committee, 1964-84, chairman, 1964-68; History Committee, 1979-80; Membership Committee, 1965-69 Service in ACS national offices: Director, Region IV, 1981-86; councilor ex officio, 1 9 8 1 86; board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations, 1981-86, chairman, 1984-86; board Committee on Professional & Member Relations, 1985-86; board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1982-84; Society Committee on Publications, 1985-87; SCOP Task Force to monitor Macromolecules, chairman, 1986-87; Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, 1 9 7 9 - 8 1 ; Joint SCCAS/SCOP Task Force on Online Services, 1985-86; Society Committee on Budget & Finance ad hoc Committee on Subsidies, 1980; board Committee on Planning, 1982-86, chairman, 1 9 8 2 83; board Committee on Board Regulations & Procedures, 1981-84; ad hoc Task Force on Pension Policy, chairman, 1985-86; ad hoc Task Force on Member-Society Communications, 1986; ad hoc Committee on Divisional Problems, chairman, 1983; Council Policy Committee (voting), 1973-78, (nonvoting), 1971-72; CPC subcommittees on Long-Range Planning, 1973-78, chairman, 1974-78; on Secretary of the Society, 1976; on Organization of Council Meetings, 1973; To Study Council Appointments to Council Committees, 1971-72; Committee on Nomenclature, 1 9 6 4 86; Committee on Constitution & Bylaws,
1969-72, chairman, 1971-72, consultant, 1973-79; Committee on International Activities Subcommittee on Human Rights & Scientific Freedom, 1978-83; ACS Centennial Coordinating Committee, 1974-76; ad hoc Committee To Study Governance, Structure & Business Management of ACS, 1974-82; Task Force To Carry Forward a More Extensive Consideration of the ADL Report, 1975-82; Subcommittee on Society Committees & Commissions, 1978-82; Younger Chemists Task Force, 1970-71, chairman, 1970; Canvassing Committee, ACS Award in the Chemistry of Plastics & Coatings, 1968-71, chairman, 1971; advisory board, Macromolecules, 196873; advisory board, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 1971-73; editorial advisory board, Chemical Abstracts Service, 1975-78 Member: International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry: Interdivisional Committee on Nomenclature & Symbols, secretary, 1979-87; Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature, titular member, 1967-79, secretary, 1974-79, associate member, 1979-83; Paper Selection Committee, XXIIIrd IUPAC Congress, 1971; NAS-NRC, Committee on Organic Nomenclature, 1971-73; Sigma Xi-RESA; Washington Academy of Sciences, manager-atlarge, 1969-71
Fox's statement As a director since 1981 and councilor since 1961,1 have worked to make our society the most effective means of promoting the best interests of chemical science and chemists and gaining our profession the respect it deserves. I will provide continuing responsible leadership in maintaining a financially viable society that fully meets our mutually binding professional and scientific needs. I am proud to have played a part in much of the recent progress of the society. I have always supported our programs in education, I have voted to broaden our disciplinary base, and I was one of the organizers of the Society Committee on Education. I have chaired the board Committee on Public Affairs & Public Relations for the past three years; through it, we have made a real start toward developing in the public mind an understanding of our science and our profession. As a member of the Society Committee on Publications and the Committee on Professional & Member Relations, I have taken part in much of the forward movement in these areas. My involvement in long-range planning has led to the adoption of 'Target 2000/' the society goals for the next 15 years; we have a solid springboard into the future. In the following, I enlarge on some of these activities and what I intend to
accomplish in a third term as director for Region IV. We must be mindful that ACS members are mostly employees, and we must not forget that employers provide jobs, or that employment is the business of both. Employers of chemists depend in a major way on the creativeness of the members of our profession. I believe that those who create deserve a greater share in the fruits of research. As chairman of a board Task Force on Pension Policy, I am keenly aware of some of the inadequate retirement plans in which ACS members participate, the great need for portable pension plans, and the sadly increasing trend to early termination of long-time employees. I emphatically support our Employment Guidelines, but they need stronger provisions concerned with retirement and with increased rewards for employed inventors. Dues, how they are used, and what they buy are of paramount importance to all ACS members. Effective dues-supported programs must be flexible enough to accommodate new approaches to member needs without dues increases. To this end, I proposed, and the board this year adopted, a novel (for ACS) Program Initiatives Fund derived from a very small "tax" applied uniformly to each of the seven dues-supported budget areas. Through this fund, the board will support proposals from the society membership for
new or expanded activities. Current programs will be largely unaffected; we will make new starts, and dues increases for this purpose will be unnecessary. Part of my work on the board will be to encourage new initiatives in all areas and to get the best ones off to a good start through this fund. The ways in which we bring science to each other through meetings and publications must be made increasingly effective. One way that I do this is through the Society Committee on Publications in which, this year, I chair a task force to evaluate one of our basic journals, Macromolecules. Another is through polymer nomenclature and chemical language work in which I have been active for 35 years; I was a founder of both the ACS Polymer Division Nomenclature Committee and the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Macromolecular Nomenclature Commission. I strongly advocate an ever greater emphasis on advanced electronic technology in moving our published output forward faster to and from our desks and laboratories. It is also important that we speak loudly and clearly to the public and to our lawmakers, as well as to the scientific community. I will strengthen the public voice of chemical science coming from our technical committees and divisions. I want greater emphasis in ACS on the emerging areas of multidisciplinary research and technology such as materials science. I wish the voice of chemical science to be heard more strongly in our public policy positions, in assessing trends in research in the chemical sciences, and in applying those trends to our national R&D priorities. The scientific disciplines are mutually interdependent. Science lives in a global world. I feel strongly that ACS must become more deeply involved with the other sciences through their national and international organizations. I applaud the Polymer Division's efforts to form a Pacific Polymer Federation. I have long supported international cooperation both through our publishing businesses and our committees and by my involvement in IUPAC activities. September 15, 1986 C&EN 43
ACS Election We are communicating well-bal anced public policy positions— about 25 in the past year—without becoming lobbyists. The public is increasingly being made aware of the benefits that result from the ef forts of chemists as individuals and chemistry as a profession through a new program directed to public awareness. My board committee played the major role in getting this program under way. We must seek outside funds from industry and elsewhere to expand these efforts. I am concerned that ACS mem bers and the society communicate effectively with each other. For this reason, I instigated this year what became the board Task Force on ACS-Member Communication. Al though C&EN remains a major mode of communication, I believe that we are underutilizing our very vital local sections and divisions in this regard. Here, perhaps, is where "Program Initiatives" proposals might come forward. For example, we can use some of the expertise of recently retired members in assist ing local sections in instituting ef fective ways to tell the public the good things about chemistry and chemists. So many things about ACS are outstanding, and so much remains to be done. I am grateful for the op portunities you have given me to serve. I will be honored to be select ed again to represent the members of Region IV on the board.
Ε. Ε. McSweeney Coastal Empire Section. Marcam Inc., Savan nah, Ga. Date of birth: March 19, 1914 Academic record: Oberlin College, A.B., 1934; University of Rochester, Ph.D., 1938 Honors: Sigma Xi, Heckel Award Professional positions (for past 10 years): Marcam Inc., president, 1979 to date; Union Camp Corp., technical director, chemical division, 1970-79 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1938. Coastal Empire Section: councilor, 1974-80; alternate councilor, 1971-73. Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & En gineering (formerly Organic Coatings & Plas tics Chemistry): councilor, 1 9 5 3 - 7 4 , 1 9 5 0 - 5 1 ; chairman, 1 9 5 0 - 5 1 ; chairman-elect, 1949; secretary-treasurer, 1946-49. Columbus Sec tion: chairman, 1953-54 Service in ACS national offices: Director-atlarge, 1981-85; councilor ex officio, 1981-85; board Executive Committee, 1984-85; board Committee on Grants & Awards, 1984-85; So 44
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ciety Committee on Budget & Finance, 1 9 8 1 86; Society Committee on Publications, 1 9 7 9 87; board Committee on Audits, 1982-85, chairman, 1982-83; board Committee on In vestments, 1982-87; board Committee on So ciety Initiatives, 1984-86, chairman, 1984-86; ad hoc Committee on Board Regulations & Policies, 1983; board Committee on Planning, 1981; Task Force for Coordination of Society Activities in Chemical Health & Safety, chair man, 1982-84; Joint Board-CPC Task Force on Scheduling Conflicts, 1978-79; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 1971-78, chairman, 1976-78, secretary, 1973-75; Committee on Constitution & Bylaws, 1968-70; Board of Trustees for Administering the Group Life In surance Plan for ACS Members, 1966-73; Committee To Study Plan of Group Life Insur ance for ACS Members, 1964; Committee on Profession-Wide Pension Plan, 1 9 6 7 - 7 1 , chairman, 1 9 7 0 - 7 1 ; Committee on Member ship Affairs, 1962-67, chairman, 1967, secre tary, 1965-66; Committee on National Meet ings & Divisional Activities, 1 9 5 0 - 5 1 , chair man, 1951; Council Policy Committee (voting), 1957, (nonvoting) 1976-78, 1967, 1951; advi sory board, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, 1957-59 Member: American Oil Chemists Society, Fed eration of Societies for Coatings Technology, Chemists' Club
McSweeney's statement I dislike long statements by candi dates; therefore, this will be reason ably short! As my biography shows, I have served ACS in various capaci ties for more than 35 years, culmi nating in two terms on the board. So why a third term? I am deeply concerned with ACS finances, in cluding better use of our assets, which is a major responsibility of the board. As chairman of the ad hoc Committee on Society Initiatives (formerly Property Development), I am involved with one current and
one potential project to provide in come from unused assets, valuable land in Washington and Columbus. After years of discussion, the M Street building is under construc tion! Most of it will be rented to pro vide significant income to the soci ety. In Columbus we are actively seeking partners to develop our ex cess land to provide income in the form of land rent and also to pro vide interim expansion space for CAS until a new ACS-owned build ing can be justified and afforded. The committee is also involved in a new fund-raising campaign to pro vide additional monies for such crit ical activities as improving the pub lic understanding of chemistry. As a member of the Society com mittees on Publications and on Bud get & Finance (and chairman of the latter's subcommittee on indirect costs), and of the Committee on In vestments, I am also deeply con cerned with current finances. My prior service on the board has given me the background to serve most effectively on these important assignments. I will continue to work on them most diligently for you but as a board member I could be even more effective. Obviously, I need your vote! This emphasis on business mat ters, which is a prime responsibility of the board, does not indicate a lack of concern with members 7 profes sional interests. I was chairman of the committee that initiated the ACS insurance program 22 years ago and one of its original trustees, and of another committee that worked toward introducing porta ble pensions. The society contribut ed much to my professional devel opment and I, in turn, owe the present and future generations of chemists help to keep the society growing in its services to members without undue increases in dues.
William A. Nevill Northwest Louisiana Section. Louisiana State University, Shreveport Date of birth: Jan. 1, 1929 Academic record: Butler University, B.S., 1951; California Institute of Technology, Ph.D., 1954 Honors: Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; ACS Indiana Section, Outstanding Service Award, 1983; ACS Indiana Section, Outstand ing Student Award, 1951
Professional positions (for past 10 years): Louisiana State University, Shreveport, professor, 1983 to date; vice-chancellor for academic affairs, 1983-84; Indiana-Purdue University, professor, 1967-83; IUPUI, director of graduate studies, 1979-83; dean, School of Science, 1972-79; Purdue University Graduate School, assistant dean, 1981-84; Indiana University Graduate School, associate dean, 1979-82; Colonel, U.S. Army Reserves (Chemical Corps, Military Intelligence), 1 9 5 4 84; B&N Consulting Co., consultant, 1972 to date Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1951. Northwest Louisiana Section: councilor, 1984-87; alternate councilor, 1984. Indiana Section: councilor, 1973-84; chairman, 1972; chairman-elect, 1971; secretary, 1970; treasurer, 1969; Public Affairs Committee, 1 9 7 8 83; Committee on Professional Relations & Status, chairman, 1968. 13th Midwest Regional Meeting, Chemical Education Section chairman, 1978. Division of Chemical Education: Program Committee, general papers chairman, Anaheim meeting, 1986; General-Organic-Biological Subcommittee, 1968-84; Curriculum Committee, Chemistry for Nonscience Majors Subcommittee, chairman, 1968-70, cochairman, 1971-73; Examinations Committee, Organic Subcommittee, 1958-68 Service in ACS national offices: Council Policy Committee (voting), 1983-87, 1980, vice chairman, 1986, (nonvoting), 1982, 1979; Subcommittees on: Council Size & Representatives, 1983-85, Constitution & Bylaws, chairman, 1983-85; board Task Force on Improving Communication with the Membership, 1986; Committee on Budget & Finance Task Force on Councilor Expenses, 1984-86; Committee on Constitution & Bylaws, 1981-82, chairman, 1982; Experimental Education Commission, 1979; Committee on Chemical Education, 1974-79, chairman, 1979, secretary, 1977-78, Symposium Subcommittee, chairman, 1976-78, Precollege Subcommittee, chairman, 1978-79; Congressional Science Counselor, 1980-82 Member: Indianapolis Science & Engineering Society, Indiana Academy of Science, American Association of Higher Education
Nevill's statement When an "underdog" candidate receives good support from his councilor colleagues and makes it into the final race, his faith in democracy has to be enhanced! It encourages me to ask you to follow those Region IV councilors and give me your vote. As the "youngster" director candidate from the Deep South, I might be expected to foster radical change and elimination of the "old guard." Quite to the contrary. Having been an ACS member for 35 years and a councilor for 13 years, I feel I can work within the present system. I am proud of our society, but the system must be molded to meet current challenges. As part of the working team of directors, councilors, and staff, I would hope to help guide the society toward im-
provement of the services we provide our members and the contributions we make to the scientific community and the general public. As a former chairman of the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws and more recently as a member of the Council Policy Committee and now its vice-chairman, I have had the privilege of dealing directly with matters concerning the very heartbeat of-the society. From these experiences it is clear that the strength of our society rests upon the tripod of publications, education, and professional relations. If we are to implement the thrust of the Pimentel report, "Opportunities in Chemistry," here is where change must focus. Publications. As your board member, I would work to ensure that our prestigious scientific communication network is supported and expanded. These are particularly challenging and exciting times for our Chemical Abstracts Service. As we strengthen our on-line and international services, the finances must be made available using a long-range ruler to measure sound fiscal management. We must make CAS available to users at home or at work. Potential new publications should stand severe review before and after initial issues. We should continue our efforts to correctly separate self-supporting operations and dues-supported programs. We must allocate a proper
distribution of total society resources to each. As director, I would bring 15 years' experience with academic, industrial, and research foundation budgets to bear on this task. I will aid the current efforts to improve sound fiscal and personnel management within our society. Education. As chairman of the Committee on Chemical Education and later a member of the Experimental Education Commission, I have helped in the development of new educational opportunities for our membership. I was part of the movement to bring into harmony the efforts of the Division of Chemical Education, the Society Committee on Education, and the ACS Education Division. I pledge to strengthen this weld, particularly where we can work productively with funding agencies. The new NSF-ACS-sponsored CHEMCOM curriculum for secondary schools, of which I am a regional test-site director, is an excellent example of desirable cooperation. I believe educational programs for our membership, such as ACS Short Courses and ACS Audio Courses, should receive greater visibility and promotion. As director, I would help strengthen the cooperation within the staff to use the skills obtainable through the Education Division to increase the scientific literacy of governmental officials and the general public. This should expand the revenue-producing potential of this division. Professional Relations. The society is concerned not only with the well-being of chemistry, but also with the needs of chemists. My early experience at Procter & Gamble, my 13 years as an industrial consultant, fact finder, and arbitrator as well as my 30-year relationship with government research and development (U.S. Army) has convinced me that ACS is often the only practical means available by which a practicing professional can seek relief from a seemingly harsh management decision. Within society fiscal restraints we should act to aid our membership not only by promoting portable pensions, but by giving maximum publicity to violations of ACS Employment Guidelines. Such practices as forced retirement September 15, 1986 C&EN
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ACS Election should be strongly resisted and opportunities for early retirement must be mutually beneficial. Strong efforts should be made to reinstate our professional liability insurance coverage. Other issues must be forcefully addressed by the board if desired change is to take place. Our society must continue to remain the primary focus of chemistry-related working professionals. To remain viable in an environment of rapidly changing technology our society membership must embrace those whose educational preparation and employment experience are primarily related to chemistry. I would encourage a carefully considered broadening of our society to include service to these individuals. This initially could be done through our divisional structure. Of equal importance is preserving the benefits enjoyed by our senior members on a fair-share cost basis. Our society has a responsibility to the public at large to be an authoritative source of reliable information concerning national and international issues relating to chemistry. I would strongly support the use of the society as a forum for exchange of informed views, such as those related to the nuclear arms race and the encouragement of human rights to include free information exchange among scientific communities. I would strive to ensure that board statements in these matters be accurately prepared and apolitical. My years in the council have convinced me that sound committee work and broad discussion of issues ensure rapid and informed floor action. Politically motivated positions have no place on the board or in any scientific society. If I am selected as your director from Region IV, I will earnestly seek input from our region and strive to keep its interests in mind, but, to the best of my ability, I shall endeavor to make informed judgments based on the total good of our entire society. I believe my unique combination of experience in industry, academia, and government service will contribute to achieving the goals outlined above. With your support we can bring about the necessary changes to improve our society. 46
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David A. Shirley East Tennessee Section. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Date of birth: Sept. 15, 1918 Academic record: University of Tennessee, B.S., 1939; M.S., 1940; Iowa State University, Ph.D., 1943 Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi Professional positions (for past 10 years): University of Tennessee, department of chemistry, emeritus professor, 1980 to date; professor and head, department of chemistry, 1 9 6 2 79 Service in ACS offices: Member ACS since 1940. East Tennessee Section: councilor, 1964-84, 1955-57; alternate councilor, 1961-63; chairman, 1959; chairman-elect, 1958; secretary, 1954; Nominations Committee, chairman, 1961. Louisiana Section: alternate councilor, 1952 Service in ACS national offices: Committee on Budget & Finance, 1984, committee associate, 1982-83; Committee on Nominations & Elections, 1 9 7 2 - 8 1 , chairman, 1981; Council Policy Committee, (nonvoting), 1981, 1 9 7 0 7 1 ; Committee on Membership Affairs, 1 9 6 6 7 1 , chairman, 1 9 7 0 - 7 1 , secretary, 1969; Task Force for Work Study Programs, 1973-77; Advisory Board for Cooperative Education, 1 9 7 9 84; Committee on Privileges of Associate Members & Affiliates, 1967-69; Subcommittee on Chemical Abstracts Emergency Grants to Small Colleges, 1969 Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, Alpha Chi Sigma
Shirley's statement Candidate statements can be made too lengthy by a recital of the many worthwhile accomplishments of our society. From annual income derived principally from member dues, publications, services, and investments, ACS supports a large and multifaceted series of programs
which serve many of the needs of both the science of chemistry and the profession of chemistry. Many members (and I fear at times even some officers) tend to lose sight of the fact that our present large and growing financial resources have been built on just two basic sources of funds: member dues and gifts. It is as if our predecessors in ACS invested their dues in a successful enterprise from which dividends have been continually reinvested to produce our present-day society. Any close examination of the utilization of our resources will reveal the wisdom of decisions and the magnitude of past efforts. I am proud of our accomplishments and believe this pride is shared by the vast majority of members. I shall give my best efforts toward continuing these programs, with careful attention to future expansion or contraction as needs change. Candidates for ACS office often ignore the questions posed by the Committee on Nominations & Elections and in particular the question on specific changes the candidate would propose in ACS organization or programs. I should like to address this question. I believe that over the past decade or two the board and society committees have failed to provide a level of information to members which they should have and in which a significant number of members would be interested. Better information flow is most needed in the financial area and appears to be chiefly in the following places. Chemical Abstracts Service. CAS is a unique and indispensable resource of worldwide science and it is a proper effort for ACS. The service requires an increasing and large investment in people, building space, and machines. The machines in particular rapidly become obsolete. The ACS membership is kept fairly well informed about database creation, expansion, accessibility, and capability. However, one searches the published reports of the Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service in vain for even summary information on the financial impact of these activities on the rest of the society. Many of the C&EN reports
from this committee in past years are almost entirely devoted to a listing of subcommittee reports at the most recent committee meeting. Even the annual report from the board (C&EN, April 21, page 30) leaves much to be desired in the way of information. I hasten to state that there is a necessary confidentiality about certain facets of the CAS program because we are in competition with business organizations with similar objectives. At the same time, I believe the membership should be given many more details on such matters as: the relationship between CAS and STN International, which seems to have important implications for the future of CAS; projections ..of new space requirements; current and projected methods of funding for new buildings and new and replacement requirements for computers and their peripherals; and the flow of funds from society reserves into CAS and from CAS back to reserves. CAS both consumes and generates funds that represent about two thirds of the total annual income/ expense for all ACS activities. A membership-oriented organization must keep constituents well informed about an activity the size, complexity, cost, and importance of CAS. Other Society Publications. The statements made about CAS apply to a lesser extent to other publications. The major difference lies in the smaller amounts of funds involved per publication and the greater rate of adjustments possible in income or expense. Society Investments. There would seem to be little or no potential for harm to ACS in the annual release of details about the investments of society reserves, particularly the long-term stock and bond investments. Financial Reports on Other Society Divisional Activity. Reporting to the membership on all the duessupported programs should be expanded. There would seem to be no reason to withhold any income and expense data on individual programs, such as, for example, the Education Division. These expenses have a large dues-supported component.
An interested ACS member should have annual access to information that would answer such a question as: How much does the Committee on Professional Training cost? How is this cost divided among the various committee activities? Many similar questions could be posed. The answers lie in the publication of budgetary detail. The operations of the society require an informed membership expressing opinion through elected representatives on ACS committees. I am pleased to note recently that both the board and the ACS staff have initiated a study of member information. As a director I shall further the aims of this study and subsequent implementations arising from it. I believe that I am uniquely qualified to serve this region in the larger affairs of ACS because: • I have spent most of my professional career in the region. • My experience, though largely
in academic institutions, includes significant time in industrial and governmental pursuits. • My work with ACS has involved 23 years of council service and has included chairmanships and important assignments on both elected and appointed council and society committees. I should particularly emphasize my prior efforts for Region IV. I was an original sponsor (1973) and first chairman of the Region IV Councilor Caucus and have attended and participated in nearly all subsequent meetings. I have long been an active member of the Southeastern Regional Meeting Steering Committee and continue to work with that group's subcommittees. I pledge my best effort to meet the broad range of board responsibilities in an informed, objective, and constructive manner. I solicit your vote to allow me to demonstrate further my dedication to our society and to the important tasks we undertake. D
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September 15, 1986 C&EN
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