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Nominations Sought for the 1989 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Awards Nominations are being solicited for the 1989 Division of Analytical Chemistry Awards in Chemical Instrumentation, Teaching, Spectrochemical Analysis, and Electrochemistry (see related FOCUS, p. 295 A). All four awards will be presented a t the 1989 fall national meeting of t h e ACS in Miami Beach, Fla. The Award in Chemical Instrumentation, sponsored by Dow Chemical Co., is given to an individual who has advanced the field of chemical instrumentation and has achieved one or more of the following: • conceptualized and developed unique instrumentation t h a t has made a significant impact on the field • demonstrated innovative use of instrumentation in chemical measurement • stimulated other researchers to use instrumentation in chemical measurement • authored research papers or books t h a t have had an influential role in the use of chemical instrumentation The Award for E x c e l l e n c e in Teaching, cosponsored by the Division and Du Pont, is given to an individual who has enhanced the personal and professional development of students in the study of analytical chemistry in one or more of the following ways: • authored an influential textbook for an analytical chemistry course • designed and implemented a successful new approach to teaching analytical chemistry • stimulated through teaching or research mentorship a significant number of students to become analytical chemists • developed and published innovative experiments • designed improved equipment for teaching labs • published widely quoted articles on teaching analytical chemistry The Awards in Spectrochemical Analysis (sponsored by Perkin-Elmer Corp.) and Electrochemistry (sponsored by EG&G Princeton Applied Research) are given to individuals who have advanced t h e fields of spectrochemical analysis and optical spectrometry and of electrochemical analysis, respectively. Candidates for these awards should have achieved one or more of the following: • conceptualized and developed unique instrumentation that has made a significant impact on the field • developed novel and important instrumentation or methods • elucidated fundamental events or processes involved in or important to the field • authored research papers and/or books t h a t have had an influential role in the development of the field Each award consists of a $4000 honorarium, a plaque, and a travel allowance to the 1989 fall ACS meeting. Eligibility for all awards is restricted to members of the Division. All nominees for the Excellence in Teaching Award must have been full-time faculty members of colleges or universities in the United States or Canada for a t least five years at the time the award is presented. In addition, the nomination documents must include a letter of recommendation, at least one (but no more than six) seconding letters, and a biographical sketch emphasiz-
ing the candidate's involvement in the field. Nomination materials should be submitted in one package and should not exceed 12 pages of text. Any candidate previously nominated b u t not selected for an award may be renominated. Contributions previously recognized by the Division or the ACS cannot be considered. T h e award recipients will be notified no less than six months before the date of the award presentation. All nominating documents must be submitted by Sept. 1 to Roland Hirsch, Division of Chemical Sciences, Mail Stop G236, U.S. DOE, Washington, D.C. 20545. After J u n e 15, call 301-353-5802 to obtain Hirsch's new mailing address.
Régnier Appointed to Advisory Board Fred E. Régnier, professor of biochemistry a n d chemistry a t P u r d u e University, has been selected to serve a threeyear term on the Advisory Board of A N A L Y T I C A L C H E M I S T R Y . H e suc-
ceeds Edward Yeung of the Iowa State University of Science and Technology, who was recently appointed an Associate Editor for t h e J O U R N A L .
Régnier received a B.S. degree from Nebraska State College in 1960 and a Ph.D. degree from Oklahoma State University in 1965. H e carried out postdoctoral research a t the University of Chicago (1967) a n d a t Harvard University (1968) before joining the faculty at P u r d u e University in 1969. His research interests are in the area of high-performance liquid chromatography of biopolymers. He holds five patents on chromatographic packing materials and was t h e 1987 recipient of the Dal Nogare Award.
Lineberger Wins the Meggers Award W. Carl Lineberger, professor of chemistry at the University of Colorado, will receive the 1988 William F . Meggers Award for his contributions to the basic chemistry, spectroscopy, and physics of atomic and molecular negative ion spectroscopy. T h e award, sponsored by the Optical Society of America (OSA), consists of a medal, a scroll, and a $1000 honorarium and will be presented a t the annual OSA meeting Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 1988, in Santa Clara, Calif. A recognized authority in t h e spectroscopy of negative ions, Lineberger provided the first evidence for bound excited electronic states in negative ions, demonstrated that the negative ion of LiCl should not be described as an electron bound to a dipole, and discovered resonance interferences in alkali ion photodetachment. In addition, Lineberger was the first to use a tunable laser to measure a photodetachment cross section. Lineberger received B.E.E. (1961), M.S.E.E. (1963), and Ph.D. (1965) degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has held a number of research and teaching positions at the University of Colorado.
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