▸ Jeff Seeman presents ▸ Amie Norton wins Wheeler Lecture inaugural CWD Jeffrey I. Seeman, visiting senior research travel award
C R E D I T: CH E MI CA L H E R I TAGE FO U NDATI O N ( S E EMA N ) ; JU ST I N KN I G H T P H OTO G RAP H Y (CU M M I N S ); L I N DA WAN G/C& E N (N O RTO N )
scholar at the University of Richmond, has been named the 2017 Wheeler Lecturer by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Seeman delivered his lecture at a meeting of the History Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry in London in May. The society names a Wheeler Lecturer about every two years to honor someone who has significantly contributed to the history of chemistry. Seeman’s interests include the history and sociology of science. His Wheeler Lecture was titled “R. B. Woodward: His Unpublished Letters & His Lighter Side.”—LINDA WANG
▸ Kit Cummins wins Pauling Medal Christopher (Kit) Cummins, Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the 2017 recipient of the Linus Pauling Medal Award, presented by the ACS Portland, Puget Sound, and Oregon Sections in recognition of outstanding achievement in chemistry in the spirit of Linus Pauling, a native of the Pacific Northwest. Cummins’s research focuses on developing new methods of inorganic synthesis. He is using quantum chemical investigations to provide a theoretical framework for analysis of chemical bonding, reaction mechanisms, and property predictions. His work has applications in synthetic nitrogen fixation, carbon dioxide reduction, solar energy storage, next-generation battery technologies, and catalysis. Cummins will receive his award and present a talk during the Linus Pauling Medal Award Symposium & Award Banquet on Nov. 18 at Portland State University.—LINDA WANG
Amie Norton, who recently earned her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati, is the recipient of the inaugural ACS Committee on Chemists with Disabilities (CWD) Travel Award. The award encourages undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs with disabilities to participate in ACS national meetings. Among Norton’s research accomplishments is the discovery of how to design materials for highly selective and sensitive anion sensing. She received the $3,000 award during the ACS national meeting in Washington, D.C., in August and presented a talk titled “Cracking Down on Vapochromic Materials: Vapor-Induced Stress in Gas Sensing Platinum Salts.”—LINDA WANG
▸ Dallas-Fort Worth Section presents awards Laszlo Prokai, Robert A. Welch Chair in Biochemistry at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, is the winner of the Wilfred T. Doherty Research & Service Award. The award is given annually by the Dallas-Fort Worth Section to a chemist or chemical engineer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for significant achievements in research, teaching, and service. Prokai’s research focuses on therapeutic agents targeting the central nervous system through prodrug approaches. The award consists of a $1,500 honorarium and an engraved plaque. The award honors the memory of Wilfred T. (Doc)Doherty, one of the founding trustees and later president of the Welch Foundation, a Texas-based philanthropic organization that supports chemical research. Jo. L. King, a chemistry teacher at Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas, is the recipient of the section’s $1,000 Werner Schulz Award, which honors outstanding high school chemistry teachers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.—LINDA WANG
▸ CHAS presents awards
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The ACS Division of Chemical Health & Safety (CHAS) presented several awards during the ACS fall national meeting in Washington, D.C. The division awards recognize outstanding leadership and service in the field of chemical health and safety.
Stanford University’s Department of Chemistry and Department of Environmental Health & Safety received the 2017 CHAS SafetyStratus College & University Health & Safety Award for an outstanding undergraduate chemical safety program. Monona Rossol, president of Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety in New York City, received the 2017 CHAS Howard Fawcett Chemical Health & Safety Award for outstanding contributions to chemical health and safety. Robert H. Hill Jr., retiree from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, is the winner of the 2017 CHAS Tillmanns-Skolnick Award for his outstanding long-term service to the division. Hill is a past chair of the committee. The division awarded its CHAS Fellows designation to Lawrence M. Gibbs of Stanford University; Dennis C. Hendershot of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Hill; Kimberly B. Jeskie of Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Ken Kretchman of North Carolina State University; Peter Reinhardt of Yale University; Rossol; and Ellen Sweet of Cornell University.—LINDA WANG
▸ Nominations sought for Chemical Technician Award Nominations are sought for the 2018 National Chemical Technician Award. Nominees must be currently employed as a chemical technician and must have worked as a chemical technician for a minimum of five years. Technicians hold a range of titles, including process operator, laboratory analyst, technologist, and research associate. Nominees do not need to be an ACS member. Nomination packets must be received by the ACS Committee on Technician Affairs no later than Oct. 18. For more information, or to nominate someone, visit www.acs.org/ncta. Send questions to cta@ acs.org.—LINDA WANG
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