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t the national meeting in Las Vegas, ,29 of the society's technical divii sions, three secretariats, and tliree committees will participate in more than 420 technical sessions. And more than 4,400 papers will be presented. Technical programming at this meeting begins on Monday, with the exception that some poster sessions are being held on Sunday evening. This scheduling change has been made because of the high occupancy rate for weekends at Las Vegas hotels: Only a few rooms are available at any of the ACS hotels for Saturday night. The revised schedule will permit attendees to travel to the meeting on Sunday. Accordingly, the selected airline carriers have waived their Saturday-stay requirement. Programming concludes on Thursday. Five themes have been identified for this meeting—environmental chemistry: remediation and restoration; water, milling, 46 JUNE 30, 1997 C&EN
and minerals; surface science; materials and separations; and regulatory issues. In the technical program summary that begins on the opposite page, individual symposia that fall under these themes are identified by a symbol that immediately precedes the session title. A symbol key appears throughout the program summary. Two ACS presidential events will be held: Strategies for Success in 2020, a forum discussion, will be held on Monday
Meeting info on the web On June 30, advance registration and housing forms and other information about the ACS national meeting in Las Vegas, Sept 7-11, will be available on the ACS meetings home page at http:// www.acs.org/meetings/welcome.htm.
Technical Program Summary..47 General Program 56 Registration 56 Housing 57 Transportation 57 Local Arrangements 58 Housing Form 60 Special Events 61 Social Events 61 Workshops 63 Exposition 65 Tours 65 Career Services 66 Committee Agenda 67 Short Courses 70 Preprints 71 ACS Officers 71 Registration Form 72 evening; distinguished scientists from industry, national labs, academe, and science policy will consider skills that will be required of successful chemists in the future. And the Women Chemists Committee is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a reception and luncheon on Tuesday. Special events in Las Vegas include SciMix—a popular interdivisional poster session and mixer—and the Phoenix Awards, on Tuesday evening, at which local sections will be honored for their participation in National Chemistry Week 1996. The exposition will be open Monday through Wednesday, with about 225 companies and organizations exhibiting a wide range of products and services of interest to the chemical community.^
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Committee on Science
Younger Chemists Committee
D. J. Raber, Program
E. Fisher, Program
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Biologically active natural products
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HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium focusing on biologically active natural products will examine the current state of this multidisciplinary area in the fields of medicinal and pliarmaceutical chemistry. This tutorial symposium is aimed at graduate students as well as experienced chemical industry professionals.
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HIGHLIGHTS: A panel of scientists from industry, national laborato ries, academe, and science policy will present a forum discussion on strate gies for success in 2020. The focus will be on the perceptions of what it will take to be a successful scientist in the next 25 years and beyond, and what the globally important problems will be for die next generation of chemists.
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Society Committee on Education Program
Catalysis & Surface Science Secretariat
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Strategies for success in 2020
SOCED M. Z. Hoffman,
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Eminent scientist lecture
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Environmental issues
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Poster session: undergraduate research
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Sci-Mix
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HIGHLIGHTS: Events will include an interactive session on maximizing your experience at national meetings, a workshop for student affiliates chapters involved in outreach programs, and the eminent scientist lecture/luncheon fea turing Marye Anne Fox. The outreach workshop will include teaching tech niques and developing age-appropriate experiments for children in grades four through six. At the eminent scientist lectxire/luncheon, Fox will talk about the impact of physical forces on the assembly of 3-D structures. She also will discuss how practical applications of materials chemistry rely on physical forces and the use of photochemistry and spectroscopy as techniques for characterizing long-range order and molecular interactions. The undergraduate kick-off so cial will be hosted by the student affiliates chapter at the University of Neva da, Las Vegas. The undergraduate research poster session will feature more than 90 papers. In addition, successful student affiliates chapter posters will be showcased at the Sci-Mix interdivisional poster session. The undergradu ate technical session on environmental chemistry will feature papers on ion absorption on geological materials from nuclear test sites; measuring and un derstanding gas flow inside Yucca Mountain; an overview of water quality is sues affecting Las Vegas Valley; and implications of carbon monoxide, aromatic hydrocarbons, and acids on Las Vegas air.
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HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium on catalyst design and preparation will address issues pertinent in the design, preparation, and characterization of catalysts for use in industrial applications. Topics to be covered will include synthesis procedures, relevant reaction characterization studies, and catalyst manufacturing considerations and concerns. Design and preparation issues of catalytic systems such as the deposition of metals from solution, the synthe sis of metal oxides, the physical and chemical contributions of the support, the dispersion and morphology of the catalyst, and the use of promoters will also be addressed. The keynote speaker will be Jerry Ebner of Monsanto.
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*Cosponsored symposium, primary organizer(s) shown in parentheses. **Primary organizer, cosponsored symposium. A = AM Ρ = PM D = AM/PM Ε = EVE DE = AM/PM/EVE PE = PM/EVE # Environmental Chemistry: Remediation & Restoration; • Water, Mining & Minerals; • Surface Science; ^ Materials & Separations; A Regulatory Issues
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Synthetic design & characterization of surfaces
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HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium on synthetic design and characterization of surfaces and interfaces will focus on two experimental aspects of interracial polymer science, synthesis, and characterization, and ways that advances in each of these areas strengthen efforts in the other. The surface modification of existing organic and inorganic polymers, as well as the preparation of new ones, will be highlighted as a means of controlling interfacial behavior. The use of various spectroscopic and scanning-probe techniques to gain informa tion about structure and morphology at polymer interfaces will be described. Examples of the types of interfaces of interest include polymer/air, polymer/ polymer, and polymer/substrate. In addition, adsorption of polymeric surfac tants at other interfaces will be discussed. JUNE 30, 1997 C&EN
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Molecular organization in self-assembly**
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Applications of self-assembling materials**
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Biologically active natural products
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Poster session: general
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Pesticide residue analysis
AGFD Division of Agricultural & Food Chemistry H. E. Pattee, Program Convention
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Forty-year career of John R. Whitaker
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HIGHLIGHTS: Three symposia will address the latest developments and techniques for the analysis of foods, theirflavorcomponents, and their contam inating components. One will cover the latest developments in the use of phys ical methods, compositional analyses, and microbiological techniques in food research. In anotlier, chemists from around the world will present innovative techniques for analyzing flavor compounds. Techniques covered will include headspace isolation, solid-phase microextraction, supercritical fluid extraction, thermal desorption, GC, GC/MS, LC/MS, and GC/olfactometry. Analytical meth ods for determiriing food contamination and the standards used to evaluate the results will be presented in the third symposium. A one-day symposium will recognize the 40-year career of John R. Whitaker and his contributions to food chemistry. A half-day symposium will cover current research on water issues in food production and processing. The meeting also will feature a presentation by the winner of the Young Scientist Award. The divisional award winner will de liver an address at the divisional awards banquet.
*Cosponsored symposium, primary organizer(s) shown in parentheses. **Primary organizer, cosponsored symposium. A = AM Ρ = PM D = AM/PM Ε = EVE DE = AM/PM/EVE PE = PM/EVE # Environmental Chemistry: Remediation & Restoration; • Water, Mining & Minerals; • Surface Science; ^ Materials & Separations; A Regulatory Issues
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Synthesis of agrochemicals
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HIGHLIGHTS: The International Award for Research in Agrochemi cals will honor Izuru Yamamoto with a symposium focused on an impor tant group of insecticides—the nicotinoids—and their action at the nicotinoid acetylcholine receptor. The Sterling Hendricks Award symposium will honor Ernest Hodgson with a program on pesticide metabolism from molecular biology to risk assessment. A three-day symposium on biologi cally active natural products will focus on both agrochemicals and phar maceuticals. Immiinochemistry Summit VI will feature the latest develop ments in environmental uses of immunochemistry. Sessions on residue analysis, synthesis, and general posters also will be featured.
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Frontiers in chemical instrumentation
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Symposium in honor of J. Calvin Giddings
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Chemical Weapons Convention verification*
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Frontiers in spectrochemical analysis
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Liquid-phase microcolumn separations/MS
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Basic & applied capillary-zone electrophoresis* (COLL)
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Frontiers in analytical education
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Sample preparation & solid-phase extraction
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Electrokinetic chromatography**
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Frontiers in electrochemistry
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HIGHLIGHTS: An awards symposium will feature addresses by awardees in electrochemistry (Stanley Bruckenstein), chemical instrumen tation (Donald Hunt), spectrochemical analysis (Paul Bohn), and analytical education (William Heineman). Symposia will highlight current research in those areas. Another symposium will be held in memory of J. Calvin Giddings. Several other symposia will feature the general area of separations: electrokinetic chromatography (cosponsored with COLL), liquid-phase microcolumn separations/mass spectrometry, and sample preparation in extractions. Two symposia cosponsored with MTLS will focus on the characterization and applications of self-assembled monolayers. Analytical chemistry of verification related to the Chemical Weapons Convention will be the subject of a symposium cosponsored with ENVR. A town meeting with personnel from the National Science Foundation cospon sored with PHYS and COLL will be held. The general poster session will feature more than 100 contributed papers.
BMGT Business Development & Management Division R. Stockel, Program Convention
Chair S M Γ W Τ
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Future of R&D in the U.S. chemical industry
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HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium on the future role of R&D in the U.S. chemical industry will address the many issues facing the industry. It will ex amine current and future employment trends and statistics, summarize the economic contributions of the U.S. chemical industry, discuss the dynamics of growth in the chemical industry, and summarize a long-awaited report on the technology and R&D groundwork necessary to ensure the U.S. chemical industry's competitiveness. The symposium will feature government, indus try, and academic leaders discussing the future of R&D with respect to poli cies and expenditures. It also will identify emerging technologies for commercial exploration from federal labs and academic institutions.
CARB Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry A. French, Program Convention
Chair
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Carbohydrate enzymology & structural biology
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CHED Division of Chemical Education T. R. Wildeman,
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Five-minute free-for-all discussion
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Poster session: general
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High school program
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Research hot spots* (GEOC)
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Systemic reform in chemical education
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Use & misuse of chemistry in movies & on TV
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High school program (held at UNLV)
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Pit Lake geochemistry* (GEOC)
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Poster session: undergraduate research
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The electronic classroom
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Library funding crisis at undergraduate institutions
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Sci-Mix
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NSF-catalyzed innovations in the undergrad lab
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Is CD-ROM dead?
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Integrated science & mathematics programs
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% Nuclear chemistry at Yucca Mountain**
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Innovations in laboratory instruction
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Teaching methods for physical chemistry
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Basics of chemical toxicology
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Chemical safety in introductory courses
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General session
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HIGHLIGHTS: The program will include symposia on content in chemistry, which will feature mining and minerals, nuclear chemistry, and chemical toxicology. A symposium on the process of chemical education will look at National Science Foundation initiatives, integrated science and math programs, library funding, and student learning in physical and organic chemistry. Other symposia will feature innovations in laboratory instruction and technological advances in the classroom using CD-ROMs. Another sym posium will discuss the use and misuse of chemistry in TV and movies.
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Advances in phosphoinositides
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Poster session: advances in phosphoinositides/general
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Advances in carbohydrate chemistry & biochemistry
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Nucleosides, nucleotides & oligonucleotides
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HIGHLIGHTS: The program will feature 84 papers, including 35 posters. Oral papers will be given at several symposia, including a two-day session on the chemistry and biochemistry of phosphoinositides; a symposium on carbohy drate enzymology and structural biology; a symposium on advances in nucleo sides, nucleotides, and oligonucleotides; and a symposium on advances in car bohydrate chemistry and biochemistry, in which general papers will be pre sented. The division also will present its annual Wolfrom and Isbell Awards. Many papers will emphasize biomedical applications of carbohydrates and their derivatives, including those with antibiotic and antiviral activities.
CHAS Division of Chemical Health & Safety K. P. Fivizzani,
Program
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Stardust National program for acute-exposure levels
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Best practices/safety lessons learned
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HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium will honor recipients of divisional awards. Topics for other sessions will include the national program for the development of acute-exposure guideline levels, best practices, and safety lessons learned. Safety training videos also will be reviewed. Workshops will be offered on chemical hygiene officer preparation, laboratory safety, case studies in Resource Conservation & Recovery Act compliance at laboratories, natural disaster con tingency planning for laboratories, and how to be an expert witness.
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TOXI Division of Chemical Toxicology (Probationary) C J. Michejda, Program Convention
Chair S M Τ W Τ
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Pharmacology & toxicology of narcotic analgetics
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Sci-Mix
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Poster session
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DNA adducts
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Chemistry & biochemistry of toxicants
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Division of Chemical Information C. Gragg, Program Convention
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Biotechnology patent information
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Management of information of chemical reactions
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Sci-Mix
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Division of Chemistry & The Law M. Kaminski,
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Herman Skolnik Award symposium Electronic notebooks & intranets
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General papers
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HIGHLIGHTS: Four symposia and general papers will be presented. The Herman Skolnik Award symposium will honor Jolinny Gasteiger for his pioneering work in chemistry and chemical information on computers. Gasteiger has organized two full days of papers. A symposium on biotechnology patent information will explore recent issues involving this field. Reaction database content and applications will be discussed in anoth er symposium. Electronic notebooks on intranets also will be discussed.
Program
Chair S M Τ W Τ
Stardust Intellectual property & utilization of inventions
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Nonlaboratory careers at the interface of the law
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Sci-Mix
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Current topics in protecting biotechnology
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Impact of regulations from a lab perspective* (TECH)
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Explaining science to judges & juries
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HIGHLIGHTS: Programs on both general and specific topics encom passing how chemistry and the law interface will be presented. A seminar on the intellectual property aspects of protecting and utilizing inventors will be presented. Nonlaboratory careers at the interface of the law will be explored in a symposium. A symposium on protecting biotechnology will be featured. A seminar on explaining science to judges and jurors will also be featured.
TECH Division of Chemical Technicians S. Crivelli, Program
Chair
Stardust Sci-Mix Impact of regulations from a lab perspective**
COLL
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General session
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Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
Performance excellence in chemical technology
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D. D. Miller, Program
Polymer chemistry & its applications
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Convention
HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium on the impact of regulations from a laboratory perspective and a workshop on using cryogenics for communi ty outreach will be featured. Other symposia will cover general chemistry, polymers, and performance excellence. The program will be highlighted by a social/speakers' breakfast, Sci-Mix, and an awards dinner. 50
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Colloid chemistry in honor of Egon Matijevic
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Water-soluble polymers: solution properties
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Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics
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Poster session
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Structure-based drug design: chemistry & biology
Processes in atmospheric chemistry* (PHYS)
Poster session/social hour
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Basic & applied capillary-zone electrophoresis**
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General session
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Langmuir lectures
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Multidimensional data visualization
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Organized multilayered systems* (MTLS)
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Electrokinetic chromatography* (ANYL)
HIGHLIGHTS: Eleven speakers from several countries will pay tribute to Egon Matijevic with special lectures addressing their latest insights into the world of small particles. A symposium cosponsored with PHYS will focus on the combined effects of gas-phase and heterogeneous chemistry in the atmo sphere. Session topics will include discussions of the heterogeneous chemis try of ice and acids, sea salt particles, and metal oxide and soot particles, as well as discussions of LPG as a source of nonmethane hydrocarbons in urban areas and the chemistry of toxins in the troposphere. A two-and-a-half-day symposium will highlight the surface chemistry of water-soluble polymers in biological, cosmetic, detergent, industrial water treatment, and oral care ap plications. Symposia on basic and applied capillary-zone electrophoresis (cosponsored with ANYL), self-assembling materials, catalyst design and prepa ration for industrial applications, and synthetic design and characterization of surfaces and interfaces, as well as a general poster session and social hour will also be featured.
HIGHLIGHTS: Symposia will discuss development of new algorithms and the use of existing computational methods to solve "real" problems. Symposia will feature medicinal chemistry, addressing both rational-based drug design and structure-based drug design; new methods in computation al chemistry; the development of combined quantum mechanical/molecular mechanics methods; experimental and computational aspects of electrostat ics; visualization of multidimensional data; and use of the Internet.
ENVR Division of Environmental Chemistry M. J. M. Wells, Program Convention
COMP Division of Computers in Chemistry G. Famini, Las Vegas
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Soil contaminant remediation issues
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Analysis of environmental colloids
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Catalysis in fuel processing/environmental* (PETR)
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Chemical Weapons Convention verification* (ANYL)
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Resistant sorption processes of organic compounds
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Student awards symposium
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Internet for the practicing chemist
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New methods in computational chemistry
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Environmental programs in Nevada
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Rational drug design
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Poster session/social hour
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Role of electrostatics in chemistry
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*Cosponsored symposium, primary organizer(s) shown in parentheses. **Primary organizer, cosponsored symposium. A = AM Ρ = PM D = AM/PM Ε = EVE DE = AM/PM/EVE PE = PM/EVE # Environmental Chemistry: Remediation & Restoration; • Water, Mining & Minerals; • Surface Science; ^h Materials & Separations; A Regulatory Issues
HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium on mechanisms and effects of resistant sorption processes of organic compounds in natural particles will be directed toward understanding the factors that retard sorption or desorption of chemi cals in soil, sediments, and aquifer particles. The symposium will bring togeth er researchers who have observed resistant phenomena in laboratory or field studies or in remediation efforts to discuss the current status of understanding and the need for future research. An isolation, fractionation, characterization, and reactivity of environmental colloids symposium will focus on studies using collected environmental colloids. Sessions on environmental colloid isolation, size fractionation, characterization methods, and pollutant-colloid partitioning are scheduled. Each presentation will culminate in panel discussions on topics including tangential-flow filtration, size fractionation, size analytical methods, characterization, and laboratory partitioning methods. A symposium on soil contaminant remediation issues will address physical and chemical remediation approaches and fate and transport issues in the soil environmental compart ment. Another symposium will feature environmental programs in Nevada. The ACS Boulder Dam and Sierra Nevada Sections have organized a special two-day symposium liighlighting environmental issues of Nevada. Speakers will present research and applications including endocrine disrupters in water, human exposure assessment, water quality, mining waste, remediation of a former nu clear test site, and atmospheric deposition in mountainous terrain. A panel ses sion will address the controversial Yucca Mountain facility that has been proposed as a national storage center for high-level nuclear waste. Recipients of the graduate student research paper awards will present their research in the student awards symposium. JUNE 30, 1997 C&EN
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Pit Lake geochemistry**
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Synchrotron X-rays in earth & environmental sciences
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N-Containing macromolecules in the biosphere
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Poster session: synchrotron X-rays
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Molecular aspects of sulfur chemistry
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Atmosphere/sediment sulfur processes
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Anoxic basin sulfur chemistry
HIGHLIGHTS: Symposia will focus on the behavior of two biologi cally critical elements—nitrogen and sulfur—in geochemical systems. An other symposium will focus on the use of synchrotron X-rays in resolving questions related to earth sciences. The role of geochemistry in environ mental issues will be highlighted in two symposia dealing with the effects of mining activities (cosponsored with CHED) and the handling and stor age of hazardous and radioactive wastes (cosponsored with NUCL).
in Division of Fuel Chemistry K. A. Carrado, Program Convention
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Division of the History of Chemistry
# Catalysis in fuel processing/environmental* (PETR)
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R. E. Rice, Program
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Impact of trace elements & ash composition
Analytical techniques in fuel chemistry
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Not only chemists do chemistry
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HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium on feedstock recycling of waste polymers will offer a comprehensive update on the catalytic degradation of waste plastics, reactions and kinetics of waste plastic processing, and the coprocessing of coal with waste plastics and tires. Gerhard Fahrbach will present a tutorial on the chemical recycling of plastic packaging waste. A symposium cosponsored with TOXI will evaluate the toxicity of fuels and emissions. A symposium on degradative processes of fuels in the environment will discuss a range of topics. The symposium on analytical tecliniques will present advances in such fields as nuclear magnetic reso nance, neutron scattering, and synchrotron X-ray methods. The carbons symposium will feature talks that encompass adsorption, ion exchange, and battery applications.
HIGHLIGHTS: The general sessions will offer historical topics includ ing the Zaitsev-Markovnikov feud, given by David Lewis, winner of the divi sion's 1997 Outstanding Paper Award. A symposium will cover historical contributions to chemistry by individuals outside the discipline—from classi cal languages to physics.
l&EC Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
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R. C Gatrone, Program Convention
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Poster session: general/metal-ion separation
Division of Geochemistry Κ. Β. Anderson,
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Metal-ion separation & preconcentration
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Disposal of radioactive tank wastes
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HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium on recent advances in metal-ion separation and preconcentration will bring together experts on a wide range of separations techniques and will discuss the latest research in the field in the context of problem solving. The symposium on science and technology for disposal of radioactive tank waste will summarize programs and start-ups of technology development for characterization, retrieval, pretreatment, and immobilization of Department of Energy tank waste. A symposium on phase-separable homogeneous catalysis will gather experts in the field of liquid/liquid biphasic transition-metal-mediated homoge neous catalysis. Another on recent advances in materials synthesis will bring together scientists with interest in film depositions, porous solids, organic materials, solid-state chemistry, and self-assembled monolayers, and will discuss current problems in materials science.
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Division of Inorganic Chemistry T. Bitterwolf, Program Las Vegas
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Poster session: organometallic chemistry
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Supramolecular transition-metal chemistry
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Atom-transfer reactions
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Inorganic electrochemistry
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Influenza inhibitors
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Luminescent materials
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Organometallic chemistry
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General inorganic chemistry
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Transition-metal chemistry
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Bioinorganic chemistry
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Potassium channels as drug targets
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HIGHLIGHTS: The program will include a number of award address es. The winner of the Smissman-Bristol-Myers-Squibb Award, Joseph Cannon, will speak on hemicholinium congeners as prophylactics against phos phorus-derived inactivators of acetylcholinesterase. Talks will be presented by the four winners of the division's fellowship awards. A symposium on matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors will discuss design of several new classes of compounds against a range of metalloproteinases. New information on mechanisms to treat influenza have led to a number of new antiviral strate gies, and these will be discussed in a symposium on influenza inhibitors. A symposium on potassium channels as drug targets will cover new compounds for a range of different therapeutic areas including arrhythmia, asthma, and immunosuppression. New developments in the area of cysteine proteases will be covered in a symposium highlighting this important class of enzymes. A symposium on protein therapeutics will cover new develop ments in this area of research.
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Probing nuclear matter at extreme conditions
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HIGHLIGHTS: Symposia topics will include supramolecular organo metallic chemistry: organized assemblies and liquid crystals; electrochemistry in the characterization of inorganic, organometallic, and biological systems; and atom-transfer reactions and related kinetic and mechanistic issues.
HIGHLIGHTS: A symposium cosponsored with GEOC will focus on future directions in environmental, radioactive, and mixed-waste manage ment. Another symposium will deal with probing nuclear matter at extreme conditions and will include both experimental and theoretical work. A symposium cosponsored with CHED will focus on nuclear chem istry at Yucca Mountain. A session of general papers will look at addition al aspects of nuclear science.
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Solid superacids: synthesis & characterization
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Blending research & innovative technology
Division of Organic Chemistry S. S. Hall, Program Las Vegas
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Poster session Combinatorial & solution-phase chemistry
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Awards for achievements in organic chemistry
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Metal-mediated reactions
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Nakanishi Prize symposium
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HIGHLIGHTS: In honor of John Sinfelt, a symposium on blending research and innovation technology will offer overviews of basic research's impact on the development of commercial processes and prod ucts; summaries and reviews of catalysis; use by various industries; and specifics on catalyst development, performance, and characterization. A symposium on reduction of NO x and SOx from combustion sources will discuss selective catalytic reduction at stationary sources, mechanisms of NOx and SOx reduction, lean-burn catalytic converters, and new materials for reduction. A symposium on catalysts in fuel processing and environmental protection will feature keynote addresses on the develop ment of catalytic technologies and mechanisms of methanol synthesis and sessions on catalytic fuel processing with respect to pollution prevention, reformulated fuels, conversion of C0 2 , methane, alternative fuels, and computer simulation and modeling. Other symposia on solid-superacid synthesis and characterization and on catalysis will feature uses and prop erties of metal-zirconia, heteropolyacids, metal-zeolites, and bifunctional catalysis; characterization by nuclear magnetic resonance, microcalorimetry, and other methods; and applications to hydroconversion, cyclization, and isomerization. A general papers session also will be featured.
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Heterocycles & porphyrins
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Self-assembly, host guest, molecular recognition
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DNA, lipids & other biomolecules
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Solid-phase synthesis & techniques
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Division of Physical Chemistry
Synthesis of natural-product-derived drugs
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Ε. Β. Stechel, Program
Practical, efficient syntheses
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New reactions & methodology
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Peptides & mimetics
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HIGHLIGHTS: An awards symposium will feature this year's 14 out standing industrial non-Ph.D.-level organic chemists recognized for their discoveries and contributions in basic or development research. Many represent pharmaceutical companies, and their papers will cover primari ly new drug design and synthesis, solid-phase synthesis, metal-mediated reactions, and other new methodology. The Nakanishi Prize symposium will feature the inaugural awardee, Frank Westheimer, and three of his colleagues, who will speak on why nature chose phosphates. The Arthur C. Cope Award and Cope Scholar Awards symposium will feature medal ist Ryori Noyori, who will be joined by the 10 Cope Scholars. Topics will range from natural products, protein mimics, heteropolymer folding, and helical peptides to physical organic chemistry, metal-mediated reactions and syntheses, and catalysis.
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Division of Petroleum Chemistry
Division of Polymer Chemistry W. Brittain,
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surfaces and interfaces will be covered in a symposium on synthetic de sign and characterization of surfaces and interfaces. The characterization by size-exclusion chromatography and field-flow fractionation for polymer analysis symposium will address the analysis and characterization of poly mers by these methods, along with applications to oligomers, polymer degradation, and many polymers. The symposium on polymers for microand nanopatterning science and technology will explore the fundamental chemical principles underlying this technology. The symposium on chem istry and materials of synthetic membranes will focus on topics in membrane materials science. Characterization and applications of dendritic macromolecules from both an academic and industrial point of view will be addressed in the symposium on dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers. New insights into urethane chemistry will be discussed in a session on recent advances in polyurethanes. The ICI Award symposium will focus on excel lence in research and advanced education involving polymer science, and the Roy W. Tess Award symposium honoring Werner Blank will address a variety of coatings-related topics.
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HIGHLIGHTS: A polymer diffraction symposium will cover structure determination of polymers, applied methods, electron diffraction, and dy namic methods. Developments in synthesis, processing, characterization, and application of field-responsive polymers will be featured, including papers on electroresponsive, magnetoresponsive, bioresponsive, and photoresponsive systems. Recent advances in synthesis and processing of polymeric materials without conventional organic solvents and water will be described. Sessions will cover step-growth and free-radical polymeriza tion, syntheses in supercritical fluids, gas- and vapor-phase polymerization, and polymer-melt blending. A related symposium will highlight funda mentals of dispersion polymerization in water and novel media such as carbon dioxide, along with dispersion methods for preparation of polyolefins, polyimides, and liquid crystals. A symposium on the use of polymers in dental materials will focus on new systems that minimize shrinkage and show enhanced physicochemical stability. Problems associated with den tin bonding and tissue adhesion will be addressed. Controlled-release be havior of polymer systems including matrices, hydrogels, bioerodables, and prodrugs will be covered in another symposium, including appli cations in the medical, dental, and agricultural fields. The industrial spon sors symposium will focus on aspects of graduate education in polymer science and will feature representatives from industry, government, and academe. The division will host the Unilever Award for outstanding grad uate research in polymer science.
iËIH Division of Professional Relations T. Kucera, Program
Chair S M Τ W Τ
Stardust How to succeed in a reengineered company
HIGHLIGHTS: Twelve speakers will describe the changes reengineering is bringing to their companies and careers. They will tell how to succeed in the post-reengineering work environment. Perspectives will include those of researchers, technical service specialists, and business managers from var ious industries.
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Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering D. A. Cocuzzi, Program Convention
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HIGHLIGHTS: The polymer surface modification for adhesion and deposit resistance symposium will be directed toward the biomaterials community, especially those interested in surface modification for depos it resistance, cellular adhesion, and the impact on biomaterial compatibil ity. Synthesis, design, and characterization of nanostructured polymers at
Stardust Technology-transfer forum
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How to value your invention
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True stories of small chemical businesses
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*Cosponsored symposium, primary organizer(s) shown in parentheses. **Primary organizer, cosponsored symposium. A = AM Ρ = PM D = AM/PM Ε = EVE DE = AM/PM/EVE PE = PM/EVE • Environmental Chemistry: Remediation & Restoration; • Water, Mining & Minerals; • Surface Science; ^ Materials & Separations; A Regulatory Issues
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program N.W., Washington, D.C. 20013, ACS account No. 2080589526, ABA (routing & transit number) 054001204, Telex No. 6491302, Swift account No. NABKUS3AWDC. On-site registration facilities and badge replacement services will be located in the convention center. The hours for registration will be Sunday, Sept. 7, 1 to 8 PM; Monday, Sept. 8, and Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7:30 AM to 5 PM; Wednesday, Sept. 10, 7:30 AM to 4 PM; and Thursday, Sept. 11, 7:30 to 10:30 AM. Badge cases and booklet programs will be available in the registration area. One-Day-Session Tickets. $110 in advance, $130 on-site. Fill in the appropriate information on the advance registration form on page 72, following the same procedure used for regular registration. Tickets will be sold in the registration area during the hours listed above and may be converted to full registration. Abstracts. Abstracts will be mailed upon completion, about Aug. 26, to U.S. residents paying the additional postage fee. If a United Parcel Service address (street address) is not provided for the shipment of the abstract book, receipt prior to the meeting is not guaranteed. Receipt cards will be mailed to all other registrants ordering the abstracts, to be exchanged for books in the registration area. Only orders for abstracts should be sent to Customer Service & Sales, Room M432, American Chemical Society, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036; or call (800) 227-5558.
Registration The deadline for advance registration for the Las Vegas meeting is Aug. 8. The registration form can be found on page 72. Please allow at least 10 days for your registration to reach ACS. Registrations received after the deadline will be returned. A separate form must be provided for each registrant, including guests. Registration payment should not be combined with any other p a y m e n t meeting registration has a separate mailing address. As an incentive to advance registration, appreciably discounted fees are in effect. The current scale of fees is shown at right. Either payment in full or authorization to charge a credit card (American Express, MasterCard, VISA, or Diners Club) must accompany your order. Purchase orders and training requests will not be honored. Mail completed form with payment to American Chemical Society, Meetings Department, P.O. Box 18598, 20th St. Station, Washington, D.C. 20036-8598. Please allow at least three weeks to process your request. The meeting badge and receipt will be mailed to all registrants, including those residing outside the U.S., at the 5 6 JUNE 30, 1997 C&EN
address shown on the registration form. (If a registrant's affiliation and business address are not available, please provide a home address.) Non-U.S. registrants should include payment to cover any bank costs charged to ACS. Please make payment in U.S. dollars. When making payments by wire transfer, use the following address and account information: NationsBank, 1501 Pennsylvania Ave.,
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Housing Room Reservations. Mail the housing form (see page 60) for the official hotels listed on page 59 to ACS, Meetings Department, P.O. Box 18598, 20th St Station, Washington, D.C. 20036-8598. Reservations at the ACS rate cannot be made directly with the hotels and cannot be made by telephone. You may fax requests to (202) 8724081, (202) 872-6128, or (202) 833-7711, but please do not send a second copy by regular mail unless you mark the mailed copy "confirming fax"; otherwise a duplicate reservation will be made. (Because of the large volume, we are unable to confirm receipt of faxes.) Use a separate form for each room requested. Registrants sharing a room should use one form listing the names of all occupants. Reservations will be processed on a first-come,first-servedbasis only. Please note at least six choices when making your selection. If all the hotels you've requested are sold out, the next available hotel will be assigned according to your location and rate preference. The deadline for receipt of all housing transactions is Aug. 8. Reservations will be acknowledged directly to the individual listed on the reservation form, indicating the assigned hotel, rate, and room guarantee information. Please allow at least 15 business days for processing a request. Requests received after the deadline will be returned. Occasionally, housing requests are sent but not received by ACS. You may confirm your reservation two weeks after sending it by calling the ACS Housing Bureau. Sometimes, ACS acknowledgments are mailed but are never received by the guest. Please do not assume you were assigned any of your hotel choices. If you do not receive an acknowledgment in the mail approximately three weeks after sending your housing form, you should call the ACS Housing Bureau at (202) 872-6008 and confirm your hotel assignment. Housing applies to Sept. 3 through Sept. 12 only. If you wish to extend your stay beyond the time of the meeting (arriving before Sept. 3 and departing after Sept. 12), you must make reservations for the additional nights directly with your assigned hotel. Accommodations are available for guests with disabilities. If you require special accommodations because of a disability, please mark the appropriate box on your housing form. Do not send a check to ACS. Checks and money orders received by the ACS Housing Bureau will be returned to you. If you provide a credit card number, it will be forwarded to the hotel as a one-night deposit for your reservation. If you do not provide a credit card number, you will need to contact your assigned hotel and arrange payment within 10 days of the date on your ACS housing acknowledgment to avoid cancellation of
Tips for a safe stay • When walking, stick to main thoroughfares and well-lit areas. • If walking, don't wear fancy jewelry in plain sight • Don't wear your meeting badge outside the hotels. • Be cognizant and alert to stirroundings. Look alert • When walking after dark, don't hug the buildings or cars; walk in the open or near the curb. • Cany your purse close to your body. • Don't leave valuables in your room. Get à hotel safe deposit box. • Travel in groups. Don't be a loner, particularly ift the evening. • Abide by common. sense: If something looks suspicious, report it and/or avoid it
your reservation. Some hotels may elect to charge the first night's room and tax on your credit card upon receipt rather than wait until you arrive. Don't be a no-show. Failure to cancel a guaranteed reservation three days in advance of your arrival date will result in forfeiture of your one-night deposit charged by the hotel. When canceling a reservation with the hotel, be sure to ask for your cancellation number. Changes in arrival/departure dates or cancellations by Aug. 8 should be faxed or mailed to ACS. After Aug. 8, correspondence concerning housing matters, including cancellations and changes, should be directed to the hotel. A map indicating hotel locations appears on page 58. Hotel codes, names, ACS guaranteed rates, and other hotel information are on page 59- Be sure to provide all die information requested on the ACS housing form. All hotels on the ACS housing list will have access to a complimentary shuttle Sunday through Thursday to the convention center.
Transportation American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and USAir have been selected as the official cocarriers for this meeting. All three carriers offer • 5% off any applicable published excursion domestic fares. • 10% off unrestricted coach fares. In addition, Delta and USAir are offering special fares that are lower than the unrestricted fares and do not require a Saturday night stay. USAir is also giving the discounts on flights originating in Europe. To make your reservation, contact the
airlines directly and mention the file numbers given below. American (800) 433-1790 7 AM to midnight, EST File No. S-9080 Delta (800) 241-6760 8 AM to 11 PM, EST File No. T0109 USAir (800) 334-8644 8 AM to 9 PM, EST Gold File No. 38540199 Rental Cars. Alamo, Avis, Budget, and Hertz are offering special discounts for the meeting. To make your reservations, call the following numbers: Alamo (800) 732-3232 Group ID 439840 and Rate Code GR Avis (800) 331-1600 Group No. B923099 Budget (800) 772-3773 Group No. U052082 Hertz (800) 654-2240 Group No. 41594 In addition, ACS offers members discounts year-round on auto rentals from Avis, Budget, and Hertz. For ID cards that list the 800 numbers and your member ID number for these companies, call (800) 451-9190. With each car, you receive a coupon for a free upgrade on a rental and/or additional discounts. Ground Transportation. Las Vegas McCarran International Airport is located 5 miles from downtown Las Vegas, 3.5 miles from the convention center, and 1 mile from the Strip. Once you arrive at the airport, proceed to baggage claim on Level 1. For Airport information, call (702) 261-5743. Taxi Service. The cab ride from the airport to the Strip is approximately $10. Las Vegas Airport Shuttle. Gray Line Transportation Service offers shuttle services from the airport to the hotels. Cost: $3.75 one way per person, $6.50 round trip per person. Children two years and under ride free. For more information, contact Gray Line at (800) 634-6579. Bell Transportation Services offers shuttle services from the airport to the hotels. Cost: $3.50 one way per person. For more information, contact Bell Transportation at (800) 2747433. Citizens Area Transit (CAT). CAT buses are a convenient and inexpensive way to travel along the Strip, downtown, and surrounding areas. Cost: Adults pay $1 one way; children (ages 5-17), seniors (ages 62 and older) pay 50 cents one way. For more information, call (702) 228-7433. JUNE 30, 1997 C&EN 5 7
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Tourist Information. For general tourist infor mation in and around Las Vegas, call the Visitor's Information Center at (702) 892-7575.
Las Vegas hotel locations Sahara Ave.
Complimentary Shuttle Service to the Convention Center. Buses will run approxi mately every 15 minutes; traffic may delay certain routes during rush hours. Service will be every 20 to 30 minutes between 9:30 AM and 4 PM. See the program booklet distribut ed on-site for the shuttle schedule.
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ACS Hospitality Center. The ACS Boulder Dam section welcomes visitors and invites meeting participants to visit the Hospitality Center, located in the Las Vegas Hilton. Volun teers will be happy to answer any questions on Las Vegas and provide information on local res taurants, points of interest, transportation, tips on shopping, or just some friendly conversa tion. Tickets for ACS-organized tours will be sold from 8:30 AM to 5 PM, Monday, Sept. 8, through Wednesday, Sept. 10, and Thursday, Sept. 11, 8:30 AM to noon. ACS Information and Message Center. The Information Center will be located in the con vention center and will be open Sunday, Sept. 7, 1 to 8 PM; Monday, Sept. 8, through Wednesday, Sept. 10, 7:30 AM to 6 PM; and Thursday, Sept. 11, 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Per sonal messages may be exchanged, and lost-and-found service will be provided. Mail and telegrams should be addressed in care of your hotel. No one will be paged in meeting sessions. ACS cannot accept the responsibility for the delivery of mail or nonemergency messages. ACS Member Resource Center. Plan to visit the ACS Member Resource Center during the meeting. The center will be available to all attendees—members and nonmembers—to acquaint you with the society. Information about ACS services, activities, and products will be on continuous display throughout the meeting. The Member Resource Center will be located in the registration area in the conven tion center. It will be staffed by ACS person nel who will be available to answer questions about the display materials during the regular meeting hours: Sunday Sept. 7, 1 to 8 PM; Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 8 and 9, 7:30 AM to 5 PM; Wednesday, Sept. 10, 7:30 AM to 4 PM; and Thursday, Sept. 11, 7:30 to 10:30 AM. Staff members will be available to accept applications from attendees who wish to join ACS or reinstate their member ship. Nonmembers who submit an applica tion for membership can register for the meeting at member rates and will be permit ted to participate in the National Employ ment Clearing House, which will be located in the convention center. 5 8 JUNE 30, 1997 C&EN
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fied tax-deferred annuity and individual retire ment annuity (IRA). The ACS Member Insurance display will be located in the registration area in the conven tion center and will be open Sunday, Sept. 7. 1 to 8 PM; Monday, Sept. 8, and Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7:30 AM to 5 PM; Wednesday, Sept. 10, 7:30 AM to 4 PM; and Thursday, Sept. 11, 7:30 to 10:30 AM. Staff will be happy to answer any questions. ACS Offices. Following is a list of ACS Offic es at the meeting. • Operations. Convention center • Operations. Las Vegas Hilton • Operations. Aladdin • Operations. Stardust • Information and Message Center. Con vention center • Hospitality Center. Las Vegas Hilton • Chemical & Engineering News. Las Vegas Hilton • Exposition. Convention center
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• Employment Clearing House. Convention center • Executive Director. Las Vegas Hilton • Finance. Convention center • Legislative & Government Affairs. Las Ve gas Hilton • Press Room. Convention center • Publications. Las Vegas Hilton • Ticket Control Office. Las Vegas Hilton Attendee Locator. Computer terminals will be located in the convention center. ACS staff will be available to assist attendees with locat ing their colleagues and updating their per sonal data. Please update your records if any information has changed since you submit ted your registration form. This information will be extremely helpful in the event of an emergency. Audiovisual Services. Offices and/or service desks with slide-viewing facilities will be available in all meeting locations. Carousels will be available for loan to speakers wishing to load their slides prior to their sessions. These audiovisual service locations will be open Monday through Thursday from 8 AM to 5 PM: • Convention center • Las Vegas Hilton • Stardust Conferences with ACS Staff. Discussions with ACS staff members may be arranged through the ACS Executive Office in the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday through Thursday, 8 AM to 5 PM. Telephone for an appointment if you would like to discuss activities of the society in any of the following areas: awards, consti
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tution and bylaws, divisions, local sections, meetings and expositions, membership in ACS, nominations and elections, Petroleum Research Fund, professional relations, profes sional training, public affairs, public relations, regional meetings, and other special projects. ACS Division Membership. Division mem bership is evidence of your interest in that particular field of chemistry or chemical engi neering and in the work of the division. Divi sion members are granted at least one special privilege—a reduced rate on the purchase of meeting abstracts. Most divisions offer a num ber of additional services. ACS members may become members of one or more divisions by filling out a division membership form and paying the required dues. This can be done in the registration area at the meeting or upon request to the secretary of the division. Child Care Services. See the list of hotels above for identification of the hotels that pro vide baby-sitting. Facilities for Persons with Disabilities. ACS is committed to making the meeting ac cessible to all people. We realize that some people may have special requirements, such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and shuttle vehicles with lifts. We will do our best to accommodate everyone. Most facilities used for meeting functions are readily accessible. Hotels having appropri ately designed sleeping rooms are so identi fied. Registrants requiring sign language inter preting service or any other service can submit their request by e-mail to l_best@ acs.org or by using the telecommunications
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relay service to call the Meetings Department at (202) 872-8069. [If you do not know the TDD relay number for your area, you can call the Federal Communications Commission at (202) 632-6999 (TDD).] When submitting your request for services, be prepared to furnish the following informa tion: your name, address, telephone number, fax number, the type of service needed, day, date, time, and location of the sessions you will be attending. Please call no less than four weeks before the meeting, as ACS may not be able to accommodate lastminute requests. You will receive a confir mation of your request once it has been fulfilled. If you must cancel, please notify the Meetings Department immediately. There is a place on the registration and housing forms where you can note if you would like to be contacted before the meeting concerning other special needs. If you have special needs during the meeting, contact the nearest ACS Operations Office. Speakers Information. Each meeting room will be equipped as follows: 2-inch x 2-inch (35-mm) slide projector, overhead projector, screen, and lighted podium with remote slide control and lapel microphone. To request other special equipment, contact the nearest ACS Operations Office during the meeting. Speakers must register for the meeting unless otherwise notified. Poster Sessions. The poster board size is 4 feet high χ 6 feet wide. Authors are responsi ble for mounting their material before the opening of the poster session. Boards will be ready one hour before opening time. Authors JUNE 30, 1997 C&EN 5 9
HOUSING FORM Deadline for receipt at ACS: Aug. 8
214th ACS National Meeting Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 7-11
Use this form only for ACS participating hotels. Reservations CANNOT be made by telephone, but can be faxed to (202) 872-4081 or mailed to ACS Meetings, P.O. Box 18598, 20th St. Station, Washington, D.C. 20036-8598. Please DO NOT mail AND fax as this will result in duplicate reservations unless you mark the mailed copy "confirming fax." Owing to the large volume of reservations received each day, we are unable to,confirm receipt of faxes. Mail acknowledgment to:
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DO NOT SEND A CHECK TO ACS FOR THIS RESERVATION. All hotels require either a credit card or advance payment to hold your reservation. Some hotels may elect to charge the first night's room and tax upon receipt rather than wait until you arrive. If you do not provide a credit card with this reservation, you must provide payment directly to your assigned hotel within 10 days of the date indicated on your ACS Housing Acknowledgment to avoid cancellation of your reservation. D MasterCard
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are responsible for removing their material immediately after the close of the session. ACS cannot assume responsibility for materials be yond those time limits. Posters will be dis played for the entire morning, afternoon, or evening of their assigned days. Authors will be with them at the time indicated in the techni cal program.
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 Divisional Officers Caucus, 1:30 to 5 PM, Las Vegas Convention Center. SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 Region Π Councilors Caucus, 5 to 6 PM, Las Vegas Hilton. Middle Atlantic Regional Councilors Cau cus, 5 to 7 PM, Las Vegas Hilton.
Technical program begins Sunday evening Las Vegas has a high occupancy oa r weekends far casino guests. There fore, few rooms will be available in I any of the ACS hotels on Friday and Saturday. The city of Las Vegas has succeeded in getting the airlines to -I waive the Saturday night stay re quirementfor>discounted airfares. Therefore, the Committee on Meet ings & Expositions has scheduled, the oral technical program to begin on Monday morning. The program : will still end on Thursday after- I noon. Some poster sessions may be t, scheduled Sunday evening, but no >; .earlier then 8 PM to accommodate Sunday travel To be confirmed at I t one of your preferred hotels by the I ACS Housing Bureau, you are en couraged to arrive no earlier than I Sunday, Sept 7. The airfare available through the ACS discount airfare program will reflect the fact that a Saturday, night stay is not required.
Region IV Councilors Caucus, 5:30 to 7 PM, Las Vegas Hilton. Region V Councilors Caucus, 6 to 7 PM, Las Vegas Hilton. Western Regional Councilors Caucus, 5 to 6:30 PM, Las Vegas Hilton. MONDAY, SEPT. 8 ACS Alumni Hour, 6 to 7:30 PM, Aladdin. Participants will include University of Cali fornia, Santa Barbara; University of Michi gan; University of Minnesota; and the Yale Chemists' Association. Presidential Event: Strategies for Success in 2020, 7 to 9 PM, Las Vegas Hilton. Organized by the ACS Younger Chemists Committee. See box on page 62 for more details. Sci-Mix, an interdivisional poster session/ mixer, 8 to 10:30 PM, Las Vegas Hilton. See technical program summary for participating divisions. Complimentary refreshments will be served. TUESDAY, SEPT. 9 Presidential Event: Women Chemists Committee 70th Anniversary Celebra tion, 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM, Riviera. Lun cheon, 12:15 to 2 PM, Riviera. Introducto ry remarks by ACS President Paul S. Ander son and Mary Good. See box on page 62 for more details. ACS Local Section Officers & Tour Speak ers Reception, 4 to 6 PM, Riviera, Region I Councilors Caucus, 5:30 to 7 PM, Las Vegas Hilton.
Phoenix Awards/National Chemistry Cel ebration, 8:30 PM to midnight, Las Vegas Hilton. Award presentations, dancing, and re freshments. See Social Events listing for ticket information. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10 ACS Council Meeting, 8 to 11 AM, Las Ve gas Hilton. Observer section available.
registrants. Ticket prices are shown or events are coded as follows: NT, sponsored, no tick et required; L or D, included in price of meal; P, partially subsidized; COD, cash bar; or M, by divisional or section membership (fre quently available at the door of the event). SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 Reception, 6 PM Divisional Officers Group, Riviera.
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 Social Hour, 5 PM Minority Affairs Committee, sponsoring Minorities Networking with Industry & Academe, Las Vegas Hilton. COD
Reception, 5:30 PM International Activities Committee, honoring over seas registrants, Las Vegas Hilton. NT Reception, 6 PM Division of Chemical Information, Welcoming Reception, Stardust. NT Social Hour, 7 PM Undergraduate Kick-Off, Aladdin.
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Social Hours, 8 PM Division of Analytical Chemistry, Poster Session, convention center. NT Division of Chemical Education, Poster Session, Las Vegas Hilton. COD Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Poster Session, Las Vegas Hilton. COD Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Poster Session, Las Vegas Hilton. NT Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Poster Session, Las Vegas Hilton. NT Division of Organic Chemistry, Poster Session, Las Vegas Hilton. NT
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The following schedule of social events has been arranged for the national meeting. Events for which tickets are necessary have been numbered to assist in ticket ordering. Social event tickets may be ordered using the advance registration form. Based on availabili ty, tickets may be purchased on-site in the registration area. The final deadline for advance ticket sales is Aug. 8, and the on-site deadline will be 48 hours before the event, after which time only a few tickets may be available at the door. Re funds of social event tickets may be obtained in advance if tickets are returned to ACS by Sept. 5. On-site, refunds may be obtained in the registration ticket area until 48 hours be fore the scheduled event. Should a last-minute emergency prevent your participation, the registration ticket cashier will attempt to resell your ticket for you. Event participation is open to all interested
Division of Physical Chemistry, Poster Session, Las Vegas Hilton. COD
MONDAY, SEPT. 8 Breakfast, 7:30 AM 102 Women in Industry, Las Vegas Hilton.
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Breakfast, 8 AM 103 Division of Chemical Technicians, Stardust. $23
Luncheon, 12 :15 PM Informal discussions with an eminent chemist, con vention center. NT
Social Hour, 4:30 PM Division of Chemistry & the Law, Stardust.
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Social Hour, 5 PM Iranian Chemists' Association of ACS, Holiday Inn. (At the conclusion, the participants will meet for dinner on their own. For more information, e-mail
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Presidential events Strategies for Success in 2020. Today's younger chemists will "come of age" in 2020. What will it be like to be a chemist in 2020? What will success look like—and what will it take to be successful? Not only has the field of chemistry changed in the past 15 years, but the rate of change is also accelerating. Younger chemists are facing a very different environment than their predecessors did. Organized by the ACS Younger Chemists Committee, cosponsored by the Division of Professional Relations, the Committee o n Economic & Profes sional Affairs, and the Society Commit tee on Education, a panel of distin guished scientists representing indus try, national laboratories, academe, and science policy will present a forum discussion. The focus will be on the per ceptions of what it will take to be a successful scientist in the next 25 years and beyond. Panelists include ACS Pres ident Paul S. Anderson, DuPont Merck; Al Sattelberger, Los Alamos National Laboratory; and Janet Osteryoung, Na tional Science Foundation/North Caro lina State University. The program will run from 7 to 9 PM o n Monday, Sept 8, at the Las Vegas Hilton. Immediately following, there will be a reception/mixer to give the audience an opportunity to ask ques
Social Hours, 5:30 PM Division of Small Chemical Businesses joint with Divi sion of Business Development & Management, Stard ust. NT Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry, Holiday Inn. COD Reception, 5:30 PM Petroleum Research Fund, joint with Research Cor poration and Dreyfus Foundation, Riviera. NT Social Hour, 6 PM ACS Alumni Hour, Aladdin. COD Participants: Indiana University, Stanford University, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Minnesota, University of Toledo, and Yale Chemists' Association. Reception, 6 PM Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineer ing, honoring recipient of Tess Award, Caesars. NT Social Hours, 6:30 PM Division of Analytical Chemistry, Yolie's Brazilian Steakhouse & Seafood, 3900 Paradise Rd., Suite Z. COD Division of Nuclear Chemistry, Stardust.
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Women Chemists Committee 70th An niversary Celebration In 1927, women members of ACS formed the Women's Service Commit tee of ACS, a group that ultimately became the Women Chemists Commit tee (WCC). In honor of those visionary women, in recognition of the great ad vances that have been made for wom en in ACS and in chemistry since 1927, and in acknowledgment of the work still ahead for women in chemistry, you are invited to a celebration spon sored by WCC. The reception is sched uled for Tuesday, Sept 9, 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM at the Riviera; luncheon will begin at 12:15 PM at the Riviera and will be the centerpiece of the celebration (see meeting registration form for tick et information). After introductory remarks by ACS President Paul S. Anderson, WCC will highlight the accomplishments and contributions of women in chemistry during the past 70 years in a video pre sentation. Then, Mary Good, recently retired undersecretary for technology of the Department of Commerce and past president of ACS, will share her thoughts about how past and current scientific accomplishments will pro vide the bridge leading women to future scientific endeavors.
Meeting Event, 8 PM Sci-Mix, Interdivisional Poster Session/Mixer, Las Vegas Hilton. NT Reception, 9 PM Younger Chemists Committee, Las Vegas Hilton. NT
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Luncheons, n o o n 105 Division of Chemical Information, Stardust. $21 106 Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry, Star dust. $20 Luncheon, 12:15 PM 107 Women Chemists Committee, Riviera.
Division of Chemical Toxicology, Aladdin.
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Division of Fuel Chemistry, Yolie's Brazilian Steak house & Seafood, 3900 Paradise Rd., Suite Z. COD Division of Polymer Chemistry, joint with Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, Post er Session, Las Vegas Hilton. COD Social Hours, 6:30 PM Division of Professional Relations, 25th Anniversary Celebration and Lou Sacco Award honoring Tom Kucera, Lawry's The Prime Rib Restaurant, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy. COD Division of Environmental Chemistry, Philip's Sup per House, 4545 West Sahara Ave. COD Receptions, 6:30 PM Division of Agricultural & Food Chemistry Awards. Information available at the division table in the convention center. D Division of Chemical Education, Lake Mead cruise. Buses will depart from the convention center at 5:15 PM. Boarding will be at 6:15 PM and sailing at 6:30 PM. Buses will return to the convention center at 9:30 PM. D Dinner, 6:30 PM 108 Division of Chemical Technicians, Awards and Recognition, Marie Callender's Restaurant, 4875 West Flamingo Rd. $20 Social Hours, 7 PM Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry, Poster Ses sion, Las Vegas Hilton. NT Division of Computers in Chemistry, Poster Session, Las Vegas Hilton. NT Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Poster Session, convention center. NT Reception, 7 PM Division of Chemical Information, Herman Skolnick Award, Stardust. NT Dinners, 7 PM Division of Agricultural & Food Chemistry Awards. Information available at the division table in the convention center. 109 Division of Fuel Chemistry, Yolie's Brazilian Steakhouse & Seafood, 3900 Paradise Rd., Suite Z. $35
TUESDAY, SEPT. 9 Reception, 11:15 AM Women Chemists Committee, Riviera.
Social Hours, 6 PM Division of Agrochemicals, Las Vegas Hilton. COD
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Reception, 4 PM Local Section Officers & Tour Speakers, Riviera. NT Reception, 4:30 PM New ACS Members Reception, Riviera.
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Social Hour, 5 PM Chinese American Chemical Society, Aladdin.
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Reception, 5 PM Division of Physical Chemistry Town Meeting, Las Vegas Hilton. COD Social Hour, 5:30 PM Division of Polymer Chemistry, Poster Session, Las Vegas Hilton. COD
Dinner, 7:15 PM 110 Division of Chemical Education, Lake Mead cruise. Buses will depart from the convention center at 5:15 PM. Boarding will be at 6:15 PM and sailing at 6:30 PM. Buses will return to the convention cen ter at 9:30 PM. $35 Dinners, 7:30 PM 111 Division of Environmental Chemistry, Philip's Supper House, 4545 West Sahara Ave. $42
Sd-Mix * The very successful Sci^Mix event will be held Monday, Sept 8, from 8 to 10:30 PM in the Las Vegas I Hilton; 14 divisions and one com mittee will participate in this 15th ' Sci-Mix event
112 Division of Professional Relations, 25th Anniversary Celebration and Lou Sacco Award honoring Tom Kucera, Lawry's The Prime Rib Restaurant, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy. $40 Meeting Event, 8:30 PM 113 Phoenix Awards and ACS National Chemistry Week Celebration, Las Vegas Hilton. $5-00
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10 Reception, 6 PM Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 75th Anniversary Celebration, Piero's Italian Cuisine & New England Fish Market, 355 Convention Center Way. NT Social Hour, 6:30 PM Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry, honoring Wolfrom-Isbell Award winner, Stardust. NT
Dinners, 7 PM 114 Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry, WolfromIsbell Award, Stardust. $35 115 Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 75th Anniversary Celebration, Piero's Italian Cuisine & New England Fish Market, 355 Convention Center Way. $35 Social Hour, 8 PM Division of Physical Chemistry, Poster Session, Las Vegas Hilton. COD
THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 1 Social Hour, 3 PM Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Poster Session, convention center. COD
Workshoos ACS DIVISIONAL WORKSHOPS The following division-sponsored workshops will be given at the meeting. Contact the individuals named for registration and fee information. Division of Chemical Health & Safety, CHO Preparation Course (two days). Thursday, Sept. 4, and Friday, Sept. 5, 8:30 AM to 4 PM both days, Stardust. Day 1: Introduction to OSHA Lab Standard, Chemical Hygiene Plan, and Chemical Hygiene Officer (CHO). Day 2: Advanced-level review of CHO position with emphasis on areas to be covered in CHO certification exam (exam offered on Saturday, Sept. 6). For registration, call Russ Phifer at (610) 429-1555. Cost: $175 per day for CHAS members registering by Aug. 15; $225 per day for non-CHAS members and CHAS members registering after Aug. 15. Division of Chemical Health & Safety Workshop, sponsored by the American Institute of Chemists. Saturday, Sept. 6, 8:30 AM to 4 PM, Stardust. A comprehensive review of lab safety fundamentals that assists in improving or developing laboratory safety programs. Instructor: Jim Kaufman. For registration, contact Sharon Dobson at (703) 836-2090, fax (703) 836-2091, or e-mail
[email protected].
Cost: $125 for members of CHAS, AIC, and Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Workshop, 193-nm MicroliLSW; nonmembers $150. thography: Tools, Chemistry & Processes. Division of Chemical Health & Safety Sunday, Sept. 7, 12:30 to 5 PM, convention Workshop, Case Studies in RCRA Compli- center. This workshop will discuss the anticiance at Laboratories, Monday, Sept. 8, 8:30 pated timelines and review the status of AM to noon, Stardust. Learn how to pass a advanced lithography, beginning with an overRCRA inspection at a large laboratory facility. view of the problems specific to this technoloTips will be offered on what inspectors look gy, and will provide a review of the chemistry for and what to do if you have violations. In- proposed for their resolution. The material structor: Stefan Waw2yniecki. For registration, will be presented from the perspective of the call Russ Phifer at (610) 429-1555 or fax (610) working lithographer. Contact Ralph Dam429-1556. Cost: $99. mel, A2 Photoresist Products; phone (908) 429-3533, fax (908) 429-3634, e-mail dammell Division of Chemical Health & Safety ©azpbbtl.hcc.com. Founder's Workshop, Natural Disaster Contingency Planning for Laboratories. Tuesday, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Sept. 9,8:30 AM to noon, Stardust. Attendees will Engineering Workshop, Polymers for Gas learn how to prepare a written contingency plan Separations. Sunday, Sept. 7,12:30 PM to 5 PM, that addresses natural disasters such as floods, convention center. This workshop will describe hurricanes, and earthquakes. Specific case histo- the use of polymers for gas separations and ries will be discussed. Instructor: Rudi Hadiaway membrane formation. The afternoon session will For registration, call Russ Phifer at (610) 429-1555 include tutorial presentations on the use of polyor fax (610) 429-1556. Cost: $49 for CHAS mem- mer matrices for gas separations and techniques bers; $99 for non-CHAS members. for in situ formation of asymmetric membranes and tliin-film composite membranes. Contact: Division of Chemical Health & Safety Benny Freeman, North Carolina State UniversiWorkshop, How To Be an Expert Witness, ty; phone (919) 515-2460, fax (919) 515-3465, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1:30 to 4:30 PM, Stardust. At- e-mail
[email protected]. tendees will hear the perspectives of a frequent expert witness along with two attorneys specializing in chemical safety cases, Robert Division of Polymeric Materials: Science Spohrer and Donald Maciejewski, botii form & Engineering Workshop, Technology Spohrer, Wilner, Marées & Maxwell, P.A. Orga- Management. Sunday, Sept. 7, 8:30 AM to 5 nized by Jay Young. Preregistration is not re- PM, convention center. This workshop will quired. There is no fee to attend this workshop. provide an overall framework and understandFor more information, contact Russ Phifer at ing of the technical process, both from a general management perspective and a technolo(610) 429-1555 or fax (610) 429-1556. gy management perspective. It will be orientDivision of Chemical Technicians Work- ed toward industrial research, development, shop, Using Cryogenics for Community and technological applications. Reference will Outreach, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1:30 PM to 3 PM, be made to appropriate case studies to Stardust. To preregister, contact Greg Carpen- illustrate the principles. Contact Murrae Bowden, Stevens Institute of Technology; phone ter at (304) 747-5522. (201) 21&8938, fax (201) 216-8355, e-mail Division of Polymeric Materials: Science mbowden ©stevens-tech.edu. & Engineering Workshop, Size-Exclusion Chromatography & Related Methods. SunOTHER ACS WORKSHOPS day, Sept. 7, 8:30 AM to 5 PM, convention center. This workshop will provide an up-to- Newsletter Editors' Workshop, sponsored date knowledge base of the methodology by the Office of Local Section Activities and involved in the practice of SEC and related the Office of Divisional Activities, Monday, methods, TREF, orthogonal chromatography, Sept. 8, 11 AM to 1 PM, Riviera. The first hour and cross-fractionation (SEC/LC) approaches will focus on postal regulations and maximizfrom a fundamental and pragmatic perspec- ing postage savings. From noon until 1 PM, tive. Contact Ted Provder, ICI Paints; phone exchange ideas with other editors and survey (216) 826-5289, fax (216) 826-5233, e-mail sample newsletters. A light lunch will be provided. Contact the Office of Local Section
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Cross-Cultural Mentoring for Undergraduate College Students, sponsored by Minority Affairs Department, Monday, Sept. 8, noon to 4 PM, Riviera. The workshop is designed to support mentoring of minority students and is interactive. Participants will learn about the African-American, Hispanic, and Native American cultures and how to advise students from these cultures. Free lunch is included. To preregister, phone Dorothy Rodmann at (202) 872-6250 or e-mail
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ACS Regional Meeting Undergraduate Programs Training Session, Sunday, Sept. 7, noon to 3 PM, Riviera. Faculty advisers, future ACS regional meeting program chairs, and students are invited. This workshop will provide prospective host chapters with information on writing effective proposals, strategic planning, marketing, and implementing activities at their respective regional meetings. To preregister, call the student affiliates program at (800) 2275558 ext. 6166 or e-mail
[email protected].
Graduate School Preparation, Sunday, Sept. 7, 10:30 to 11:30 AM, Riviera. Morton Hoffman of Boston University will discuss everything you ever wanted to know about graduate schools in the chemical sciences: how to get in, how to stay in, and how to get out. For more information, call the student affiliates program at (800) 227-5558 ext. 6166 or e-mail
[email protected].
"Speak-Out" Training Workshop, Saturday, Sept. 6, 1:30 to 3 PM, convention center. The WonderScience: Designing Experiments for ACS Office of Public Outreach wants you to Kids (Grades 4-6), Sunday, Sept. 7, 1 to 330 speak out. Have you ever wanted to talk to loPM, Riviera. Student affiliates chapters involved cal community groups such as Rotary, PTA, or in outreach programs for children in grades Garden Club about how chemistry affects our four to six are encouraged to attend. Share lives? A new communications "toolbox" for ideas, learn new hands-on science activities, act chemists, called "Speak-Out: Our Chemical like a fourth grader—all in the name of getting World," will be demonstrated at this workkids interested in science. To preregister, call shop and you'll get tips on how to use it. the student affiliates program at (800) 227-5558 From slides to a prepared text to a "How-To" ext. 6166 or e-mail
[email protected]. video, the toolbox gives you everything you need to talk to the public about our chemical Problem-Solving/Leadership Development world. To register, call Marleen Weidner at Interactive Session for Student Affiliates (800) 227-5558 ext. 4493. Chapters, Sunday, Sept. 7, 3 to 4:30 PM, Riviera. This popular session involves under- Effective Job Searching (for Graduate Stugraduate participants who identify obstacles dents and Younger Chemists), Monday that they have encountered in achieving the Sept. 8, 8 AM to noon. See box on page 67 for year-round goals and objectives of their student details. affiliates chapters, as well as strategies for overcoming these barriers. This session will include STN INTERNATIONAL discussions on chapter development, communiWORKSHOPS ty service, and fund-raising. To preregister, call the student affiliates program at (800) 227-5558 The following workshops will be offered by ext. 6166 or e-mail
[email protected]. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) at the Alexis Park Hotel. How to Jump-Start Your Career, cosponRegistration is a must, as space is limited. sored with Career Services, Sunday, Sept. 7, To register, call the CAS workshop assistant 3:30 to 5:30 PM, Riviera. This workshop will at (800) 848-6538 ext. 3549 or e-mail wksp@ provide undergraduate students an opportuni- cas.org. Written confirmation of registration ty to assess their own value systems and com- with workshop location will be sent by Aug. 15. munication styles, which are important tools for career development. The workshop also STN User Meeting, Sunday, Sept. 7. This user focuses on skills to develop strategies in meeting will provide tips, tecliniques, and stratbuilding effective relationships with supervi- egies for searching STN International, the sciensors and coworkers and in achieving personal tific and technical information network of more career goals and objectives. Job market trends, than 200 databases. Individual sessions will be career patterns, and organizational dynamics geared toward those who are new to on-line are explored. For more information, call the searching as well as experienced STN searchstudent affiliates program at (800) 227-5558 ers. This user meeting will also prove useful to ext. 6166 or e-mail
[email protected]. searchers who are experienced with other online systems but want to learn more about Getting the Most Out of the National Meet- searching STN. The individual sessions will ing, Sunday, Sept. 7, 6 to 6:30 PM, Riviera. include such topics as new STN databases and Maximize your experience at the ACS nation- system enhancements, patent searching on al meeting. Discover undergraduate programs STN, searching Chemical Abstracts and Regisand activities that are available. For more try databases, STN search tips, and searching for information, call the student affiliates program at pharmaceutical and biosequence information. (800) 227-5558 ext. 6166 or e-mail SAprogram This user meeting will also include general ©acs.org. refresher sessions that summarize the essential techniques needed to search STN. An STN Help How To Use ACS Career Services to Your Desk will allow attendees to practice strategies Advantage, sponsored by Career Services. and tips they learn at the user meeting. A conSunday, Sept. 7, 5:30 to 6 PM, Riviera. This tinental breakfast and lunch will be provided. workshop will provide an overview of the services and programs available to undergrad- STN Workshops uates through the Office of Career Services, such as mock interviews, résumé review, and Introduction to On-line Searching for the National Employment Clearing House. For Chemists, Sept. 8, 9 AM to 4 PM. Learn to use more information, call the student affiliates the basic STN command language to search the program at (800) 227-5558 ext. 6166 or e-mail two major Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
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formation. Learn to use chemical substance names and molecular formulas to find references to and preparations of a chemical substance; find work on a specific subject or by a particular author or company; and focus a search using language, year of publication, and type of document. This workshop is designed for scientists who are new to on-line searching on STN. Introduction to On-line Searching for Polymer Chemists, Sept. 8, 9 AM to 4 PM. Learn to use the basic command language of STN in the Registry and CAplus files to locate information about polymers and polymer technology. Learn to use chemical names and molecular formulas to find references to preparations of specific substances. Learn the basic techniques for locating references to information about a specific polymer. In addition, learn how to conduct subject searches for polymer information and search for work by a specific author or organization. This workshop is designed for polymer scientists who are new to searching on STN. Patent Basics, Sept. 8, 9 AM to 4 PM. Learn about major sources of patent information on STN and the basic STN tools for working with patent information. You will learn the "language" of patents and how patent information is implemented on STN. Learn how to use STN features to locate English-language equivalents for a patent document, how to analyze patent search results for information such as patent assignees or patent numbers, and how to search multiple sources of patent information on STN and sort the results by invention. This workshop is designed for searchers with some experience using basic STN commands. Prerequisite: STN Basics or Introduction to On-line Searching for Chemists. Searching CASreact with STN Express, Sept. 10, 9 AM to 4 PM. Learn how to locate reaction information in the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) CASreact reaction database. Learn to conduct structure-based reaction searches using substructure searching techniques and how to use functional groups to conduct broad searches for reaction information. Find out how to combine functional group searching with structure searching to answer general reaction questions. Techniques to refine the results of reaction searching, such as specifying catalysts, solvents, numbers of steps, and product yields, are liighlighted. Prerequisite: Structure Searching with STN Express. Searching Chemical Abstracts on STN, Sept. 9, 9 AM to 4 PM. Chemical Abstracts (CA) is the most comprehensive and current indexed source of scientific and patent literature, covering biochemistry, chemical engineering, organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, and macromolecular chemistry. Learn how to search CA and CAplus, the major CAS databases on STN. Explore the different types of CAS indexing and find out how to conduct searches using the Basic Index and specialized subject indexes and how to use CAS Registry Numbers for substance searching. Other topics include using the CA Index Guide, CA Roles, and CA Sections. Prerequisite: STN Basics or a minimum of 10 hours of STN searching experience.
Searching Registry: Chemical Names and Molecular Formulas, Sept. 10, 9 AM to 4 PM. Locate substance information in the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry file using chemical names or name segments and elemental information. Learn how to use complete names, name segments, and trade names to find CAS Registry Numbers that can be used in many other STNfilesto obtain additional information about the substances. Learn how to target substances of interest using information you know about their elemental composition either alone or in combination with chemical names. Prerequisite: STN Basics or equivalent. Structure Searching with STN Express, Sept. 9 and 10, 9 AM to 4 PM. This workshop is the starting point for both new and experienced on-line searchers who need to learn structure searching. Learn how to build chemical structures using STN Express software and find substance information using chemical strucaires as search terms in the Registry file. Learn how to find exact matches of chemical substances (and references citing those substances in the CAplusfile)as well as derivatives of substances by structure searching. STN Easy, Sept. 9, 9 to 10:30 AM, 11 AM to 12:30 PM, and 2 to 3:30 PM. This session will provide an overview of CAS's new webbased interface to selected STN databases, including an on-line demonstration of STN Easy capabilities.
Prize and Souvenir Booths. In addition to Street Experience, where a 2-million-lightbulb the comprehensive display of products and canopy changes its show every hour each services of interest to the scientific communi- evening. Cost: $20. Includes transportation ty, there will be several drawings for prizes and tour guide. and a free ACS souvenir for the first 6,000 visitors to the exposition. Prize tickets can be GP-2. 8:30 AM to noon. Highlights of Las dropped off at booth 655, and the souvenir Vegas Tour. See Liberace's million-dollar wardrobe, jewelry, cars, antique pianos, and may be picked up at booths 585 and 587. more. A sweet stop is Ethel M Chocolate FacAdmission Requirements. Although admis- tory, owned by the Mars family of m&m fame, sion to the exposition is complimentary for all which includes a world-class botanical cactus meeting registrants, a badge is required to en- garden with 250 species. Cost: $25 (limited to ter the exhibit hall. Badges will be mailed to 225 persons). Includes transportation, tour all preregistrants; on-site registrants can obtain guide, and all admission fees. a badge in the main registration area of the GP-3.11:30 AM to 4 PM. Above It All Tour. convention center. After a view of the city from the top of the Expo-Only Registration. Those not register- Stratosphere Tower, the tallest building west ing for the meeting but interested in visiting the of the Mississippi, go shopping in the Tower exhibits can obtain an exhibits-only badge for Shops. A lavish lunch will be served in the $25. Students with school identification will Top of the World dining room. Finish this be charged $5.00. There is no preregistration tour with the hit show, "Viva Las Vegas!" in for exhibits-only attendees; exhibits-only badg- the Broadway Showroom. Cost: $55 (limited es can be purchased in the main registration to 180 persons). Includes transportation, host/hostess, lunch, and matinee. area of the convention center. Exposition Workshops. A series of free exposition workshops will be conducted and will cover a variety of topics. Workshops will be held Monday through Wednesday, Sept. 8-10.
Tours Exposition The following ACS-organized tours have been planned for registrants. Because most tours require advance purchase of tickets, you must Admission to the exposition is complimen- use the registration form to order tickets. The tary for all meeting registrants. While final deadline for advance ticket sales is Aug. planning your schedule in Las Vegas, reserve 8. Registrants with disabilities who need assissome time to visit the ACS National Exposition. tance with tours should so indicate on the In addition tofimctioningas a showcase for the registration form, and staff will contact them most up-to-date scientific products and services, concerning arrangements needed. Based on the exposition also serves as a valuable source availability, tickets may be purchased on-site of continuing education. Located in Halls S-l only in the Hospitality Center, located at the and S-2 of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Las Vegas Hilton. Buses for all tours will exposition will be open Monday and Tuesday, depart from the East Tower of the Las Vegas Sept. 8 and 9, from 9 AM to 5 PM; and Hilton. ACS tours will be canceled if registraWednesday, Sept. 10, from 9 AM to 4 PM. The tion is insufficient to meet the required miniexposition will consist of about 370 booths, mums. Registrants affected will be notified. representing about 225 companies and orga- Refunds of ACS tour tickets may be obtained nizations displaying everything from instal- in advance if tickets are returned to ACS by ments and books to computer hardware and Aug. 29. On-site refunds may be obtained only scientific software. Also displayed will be in the Hospitality Center until 48 hours before chromatographic and lab equipment, furni- the scheduled tour. Should a last-minute ture, and safety equipment. Each exhibiting emergency prevent you from taking a tour, organization will have technical personnel Hospitality Center staff will attempt to resell present to give demonstrations, answer ques- your ticket. tions, and discuss your needs and interests. Free Internet Access (Internet Corral). ACS will provide free Internet access to meeting attendees in the rear of the exhibit hall in the convention center during regularly scheduled exposition hours. A total of 45 terminals will be available for attendees inside the exposition.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 GP-1. 7 to 10 PM. Las Vegas Night Lights Tour. A guide will point out the hotels and casinos along the Strip and tell how Las Vegas was transformed from a dusty little town to the "Entertainment Capital of the World." The evening ends downtown at the Fremont
GP-4. 6:30 to 10:30 PM. Swing It Under the Stars Tour. Angel Park Golf Course features an 18-hole lighted putting course filled with bunkers and water hazards; a challenge to even the best putter. A western B-B-Q with all the trimmings will be served. Cost: $68 (limited to 150 persons). Includes transportation, host/ hostess, putting competition, and dinner. Note: Only flat-soled shoes are allowed on the course.
MONDAY, SEPT. 8 7:30 AM to 5 PM. Grand Canyon Deluxe Tour. Travel by bus from the Las Vegas Hilton to board 19-passenger Scenic Airline's Vista Line aircraft to see majestic views of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the Grand Canyon. Also enjoy a film at the IMAX theater and a buffet meal. Cost: $212. Includes transportation, airfare, taxes, admission fees, and meal. Note: This tour is not offered by ACS, but those who are interested may phone Katherine Ruddis at (702) 362-8002 or fax (702) 362-9495.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 9 GP-5. 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Confection Connection Plus Tour. A tour of unique and exciting food and drink facilities will consist of the Kidd Marshmallow Co., Oceanspray Cranberry World, Ethel M Chocolate Factory, Botanical Cactus Gardens, and Ron Lee's World of Clowns. Cost: $22 (limited to 180 persons). Includes transportation, tour guide, and all admission fees. GP-6.8 AM to 12:30 PM. Hoover Dam Tour. The Hoover Dam stretches 1,244 feet across the Colorado River and rises 44 stories above the river bottom. Ample time is allotted for picture taking. Cost: $35. Includes transportation, tour guide, admission fees, and a historical film showing. GP-7.1 to 5 PM. On the Rocks Tour. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area consists of JUNE 30, 1997 C&EN 6 5
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jagged peaks, monumental red rocks, calico Ms, and undulating desert. Tour concludes in Bonnie Springs, Old Nevada, an authentic western mining town. Cost: $40 (limited to 225 persons). Includes transportation, tour guide, and all admis sion fees.
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NECH offers employers and candidates the opportunity to conduct job interviews on-site during the course of the meeting. NECH features NECHworks, a computerized program designed to assist both candidates and employers in quickly searching the files for potential interview matches. NECHworks will be fully operational as of 2 PM Sunday with the files of all preregistered candidates and employers. All on-site registrants will be added to the database as they register.
meeting registration form on page 72 and check registration option 8. Unemployed members may also register free of charge on-site using the standard meeting registration form. Only unemployed members using NECH are entided to this waiver. Students and postdoctoral appointees are not eligible for registration waivers.
Employer Registration. All employers participating on-site at NECH must first be registered for the meeting and be wearing a meeting badge when checking in at NECH. Meeting regCandidate Registration. All candidates using istration may be done either in advance (use the NECH on-site must be ACS members or student meeting registration form on page 72) or onaffiliates, must be registered for the meeting, site. Employers who are not ACS members and must be wearing a meeting badge. should register as visitors (registration option Important Note: All candidates who will 5). Meeting registration forms should be not be on-site at NECH but wish to have their submitted directly to the ACS Meetings Departrésumésfiledfor employer review must prereg- ment, and fees must be paid at the time of ister by Aug. 15- No registrations from absentee meeting registration. candidates will be accepted on-site. As already noted, NECH features NECHworks, GP-9. 6:30 to 11:30 PM. Paddle-Wheel Preregistration. Candidates are encourCruise Tour. Take the paddle-wheeled steam aged to preregister for NECH. Preregistration a computer matching system designed to expeboat the Desert Princess for a cruise around guarantees that your records will be among dite the employer's search for appropriate Lake Mead. Walk around the deck and see the the first searched by employers as they set candidates—from co-op and intern students to Hoover Dam at night. Heavy hors d'oeuvres, their interview schedules. To request NECH entry-level to experienced professionals. NECHcocktails, and live music for dancing are includ registration forms, call the Member Service works will save you from searching through ed. Cost: $100 (limited to 250 persons). Center at (800) 451-9190 or (612) 520-6798, hundreds of résumés by giving you the Includes round-trip transportation, tour guide, or call (800) 227-5558 and follow the menu to candidate numbers of all those registered who meet your qualifications. You are urged to use hors d'oeuvres, and two cocktails per person. the fax-back option. When you receive the NECHworks to maximize your NECH potential. forms, carefully read all of the directions, Dedicated NECHworks staff will be available complete the forms (please type), and return on-site to assist in designing effective search reTHURSDAY, SEPT. 1 1 them with one copy of your résumé (not ex- quests. In addition, a complete set of candidate GP-10.7:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Nevada Test Site ceeding two single-side, unstapled pages) no summary forms and résumés will be provided Technical Tour. A full-day tour of the Nevada later than Friday, Aug. 15. Preregistration to each registered employer organization, either Test Site, located about 90 miles northwest of forms must be returned by mail—no faxed on-site or after the meeting. Las Vegas. This facility was the site of nuclear forms will be accepted. Any forms received Two NECH registration options are availtesting from the 1950s to the 1980s. Present ac after Aug. 15 will be treated as on-site able to employers: full service and minimum registrations. Candidates who preregister will tivities include remediation studies and re service. To obtain NECH employer registrasearch into alternative energy. No charge (limit receive a confirmation notice, including an tion forms, call the Department of Career SerNECH registration number and other pertied to 80 persons). Includes transportation and vices at (800) 227-5558 ext. 6210 or send tour guide. Participants should bring lunch, nent information, before the meeting. e-mail to
[email protected]. On-site Registration. It is to members' adsnacks, and a substantial supply of water. The full-service option enables employers Personal information must be furnished in vantage to preregister for NECH, but candi- who are on-site at NECH to interview as many dates may register for NECH on-site. On-site advance; see the form on page 72. registrations will be processed as received. candidates as time and interest permit. Employers registering for the full-service option may GP 11. 9:30 AM to 1 PM. Shop, Shop, Shop, On-site registrants are encouraged to register post an unlimited number of positions for canon Sunday to ensure maximum NECH Until You Drop Tour. The Belz Factory Stores didate review, will have iinlimited access to all Mall, 250,000 sq.ft.of indoor shopping, consists benefits. NECH cannot guarantee maximum candidate files registered with NECH, may of 70 outlet stores and a large food court. Cost: employer exposure to later registrants. Can- schedule interviews at will, and will be providdidate registration closes at 1 PM on Tues$18. Includes transportation and tour guide. day, Sept. 9; no candidate registrations will ed with NECH interview space. A limited number of 8- x 10-foot private interview offices are be accepted after that time. Those planning to register on-site may request available on request for an additional fee. NECH registration forms until close of business Full-service employers may register for NECH on Friday, Aug. 29. NECH registration forms may either in advance or on-site; those registering in also be obtained on-site beginning at 10 AM on advance will receive a discount. All advance Sunday, Sept. 7, from self-service counters in the full-service employer registrations must be lobby area adjacent to Hall H-l. NECH will open received no later than Friday, Aug. 29. Any ^ΙΙΙΙΐΙΙΕΙίΕίί for on-site registration at 2 PM on Sunday, Sept. 7. registrations received after that will be proYou must submit one copy of your résumé (not cessed and charged as on-site registrations. All The ACS Department of Career Services will exceeding two single-side, unstapled pages) with NECH fees are invoiced within 30 days after the operate a National Employment Clearing House NECH registration forms. Bring an ample supply meeting. (NECH) in Hall H-l of the convention center of résumés to attach to messages sent to employThe minimum-service option has two from Sunday, Sept. 7, to Thursday, Sept. 11. ers. NECH does not provide copying services on- components. The first is for employers who NECH will be open from 2 to 8 PM on Sunday site; copying facilities are available for a fee in die will not be in attendance at the meeting. They and from 8 AM to 5:30 PM Monday through convention center. For further information on may post as many positions as they wish in abWednesday. On-site candidate registration NECH registration, call the Department of Career sentia for candidates to review. Interested cancloses at 1 PM on Tuesday. On Thursday, Services at (800) 227-5558 ext. 6208. didates will then contact employers as directed NECH will be open from 8 AM to noon for on the position-available form. Any résumés and prescheduled interviews only. All other NECH Meeting Registration Waivers. Unemployed messages left for absentee employers at NECH functions will close at 5:30 PM on Wednes- ACS members registering for NECH may register employer message center will be forwarded afday, Sept. 10. for the meeting free of charge. Please use the ter the meeting. A complete set of candidate GP-8. 1 to 4:30 PM. Showbiz: Backstage at Bally's and Liberace Museum Tour. "Jubi lee!" in the Ziegfeld Theater at Bally's features more than 100 dancers and singers. The Liberace Museum includes custom and an tique automobiles and pianos, his personal jewelry collection, and his million-dollar wardrobe. Cost: $38. (Not recommended for persons with disabilities.) Includes transportation and tour guide.
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expand your network by phone, mail, and r informational interviewing. '. v i · Fuif Jqymeni inClM*mhtiy Trends ι at 2 PM on Sunday, Slept. 7, NEdfjtiufea^ convention center, Hall H4, This £;pgiam & Security. Knowledge of the employment provides individual half-hour appointments « outlook for, chemical scientists is crucial with a career consultanttoreview your ré- ' when seeking new ^ sumé and discuss your career options. Cities. Jliis session atkfcessès recent data col-4 Bring a copy of your résumé. , / * lectedtyAC$ t3ari«:;Sèîvices about ,chemi&·> try careers in industry, how new graduates ate firing, and the qualities employers, are Career Resources Center programs ,α ;} tlôbkingj&tfi^ Monday through V^jednesd^, M$. Ô-10, \* · Recruiters ItoeL Representatives convention center Ball fcf-i\ ", ,ficomindustry will.cUsîcuà employment Members can take full advantage of trends and tecruitinent and hiring practicNECH and be just steeps âway fi6m free es "-u^ "*JL " mini-workshops and presentations on top• Queers lor Chemists; A Wofid ics related to care^hself-miria^tik,d*ttfiui and inft^ttar floor as NECHjinariy will be repeated âfch ti^';, ; ; jtiyaoo^w^eiivii^^ • Bésm^Fiepm^^^tmim, J ^ ^ ii^^ £eir career is a personal introduction arjd leaves*jni job ' ton^tt^nt a$ tïjey (Jesà&e.^ skills and pression. Discover ^vWiich ptersoijal^ âataH λ jpii^EwratidSi tji^ ser^ddtitiemià secumig and format is tight foryou^industAïg^^^f ^ «ucceedtogϊαυιψcupnèptpositions, ment, or anemic! L e ^ ' ^Other ^ ^ ^ Programs , ^ ^ ^ Ι 1 ^of ^ ^Interest ,;.;^ ' a winning résumé. *- >;\> \\ ^ '. ,\ Interviewing Skills. Too many job , · How To Use ACS Career Services candidates think their groundwork ends to Your Advantage, see page 64 for once they secujcè ah întervie^: ThS; infohnationi: ' ι , * n s session will exainJnéjtihfe ijàëffi^ pt& ν • Haw To Junm-Start Your Career, ces$> types of tatervie^s; frequently asked « -' ί e page 64 for information, ι ,; ? 1 questions, and how to evaluate an offer. * ';Λ>> - > ^ v ' V j 'Ιι|ί;',\ • Networkingfor> t a f e s s ^ velopment This session wiU hdp you shops and programs offered by the meet the person who has the authority to Department ôf Career Services, see
Career development workshops and programs • Efifectivejob Searching (for graduate students and younger chemists), Monday, Sept 8,from8 AM to noon, Riviera. This workshop is primarilyforgraduate students and younger chemists seeking employment Major components offindinga job are presented career skills and values clarification, targeting the market (résumé preparation, networking), communication and interviewing dolls, and making a decisioa Fee: $25 (includes workshop materials). Preregistration is strongly encouraged by Friday, Aug. 29. After this date, participants may register orvsite (space permitting; cash, check, or credit card) at the start of the workshop. To register, send check (payable to American Œemical Society) to K. Dyson, Career Services, American Chemical Society, 1155— 16th St, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20030. • Mock Interview Sessk>ns(all members), Monday, Sept 8, through Tuesday, Sept 9,9 AM to 4:30 PM; Wednesday, Sept 10, 9 AM to 3:30 PM, Exhibit Hall, convention center. Sign-up (first-comè, firstserved) begins at 2PM on Sunday, Sept 7, in the National Employment Gearing House (NÉCH) area, Hall B-l. Sessions give the chemist an opportunity to videotape a practice interview and receive immediate feedback on how to improve interviewing skills. Come dressedforan interview and bring a copy of your résumé. The whole process tabes about 45 minutes. • Résumé Review and Career Assistance (all members), Monday, Sept 8, through Wednesday, Sept 10,8:30 AM to 5 PM. Sign-up (first-come,first-served)begins
summary forms is available to absentee employ ers for an additional fee. All minimiim-service registrations for absentee employers must be received no later than Friday, Aug. 29. Positions received after that cannot be guaran teed to be posted at NECH. On-site, NECH staff will not accept any absentee registra tions by express mail or fax. The second component is for employers who will be in attendance at the meeting but have limited time to devote to NECH. They may post positions, review résumés, am NECHworks searches, and pick up messages from candidates. They may not, however, schedule or hold interviews. This option is especially attractive to exhibitors wishing to maximize their presence at the meeting. Any minimum-service employer wishing to upgrade to the full-service option may do so at NECH employer registration desk. Candidate and Employer Orientation Schedules. Orientation programs will be held for candidates and employers throughout the day on Sunday and Monday. All candidates and employers are urged to attend. Please check the schedule on-site when you arrive at NECH.
NECH Hours of Operation are Sunday, Sept. 7, 2 PM to 8 PM; Monday, Sept. 8, through Wednesday, Sept. 10, 8 AM to 5:30 PM; and Thursday, Sept. 11,8 AM to noon. Thursday hours are for prescheduled interviews only. All other NECH areas will close at 5:30 PM on Wednesday. Interviewing will conclude at 5 PM Monday through Wednesday and at noon on Thursday. The candidate message center will remain open until 8 PM on Sunday and until 5:30 PM on Monday through Wednesday. All interviews are scheduled at least a half day in advance. All candidates must check their NECH message boxes at noon and 5 PM to ensure the timely re ceipt of their daily interview schedules. The message center closes permanently at 5:30 PM on Wednesday. Career Resources Library. The NECH area will include a Career Resources Library where candidates can browse through books on various job-search strategies and career topics, as well as gather information on chemical companies by using the reference materials available. The ACS Career Services videos—"Formula for Success: Turning Job Leads into Gold," "Career Transitions: Catalyst for Change," "Devel-
oping die Right Picture: Résumé Preparation," and "The Essence of a Winning Interview"—will air on a regular basis. Department of Career Services staff will be present to conduct free, interactive, topical sessions on marketability and job security; networking; résumé preparation; and interviewing throughout the hours of NECH operation. Please check the schedule posted in the Career Resources Library.
Committee
WSÏÏKÊÊ00 The open committee sessions listed here give ACS members a chance to express their views on issues under consideration before these issues are acted on by the board or the council, or to bring up odier subjects tiiat deserve attention. Members are urged to examine the agenda and make known any opinions or ideas they may have. If you cannot attend the particular sessions involved, write die officers listed or ask someone attending die session to speak on your behalf. JUNE 30, 1997 C&EN 6 7
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Most executive sessions are open to councilors. Committees reserve the right to go into closed executive session, if necessary. For further information, contact the officers listed.
2. Petition FOR ACTION—Duties of the Committee on Membership Affairs. 3. Petition FOR CONSIDERATION—Duties of the Committee on Local Section Activities. 4. Topics from the floor.
BUDGET & FINANCE
Executive Session Monday, Sept. 8, 7:30-11 AM Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2-6 PM Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1-8 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Report of chair. 2. Review of ACS committees' goals, objectives, and 1997 accomplishments. 3. Sunset reviews. 4. Task force reports on Leadership Development, on Industrial Chemists Pipeline, on Minority Participation in Governance, on Database Enhancement, and on Younger Chemists. 5. Review of Committee on Technician Activities mission statement. 6. Review of committee chairs interactive session. 7. Recognition of councilor and committee service. 8. Development of recommendations for 1998 committee assignments.
Nina I. McClelland, chair; P.O. Box 3703, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106-3703
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Open Meeting Saturday, Sept. 6, 8:30 AM-1 PM Las Vegas Hilton Report of chair. Report of treasurer. Report of chief financial officer: . a. 1997 budgetary performance. b. 1998 preliminary budget and forecast, Report from Subcommittee on Financial Impact Constitution & Bylaw Changes.
CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE John G. Verkade, chair; Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-0061 Open Meeting Monday, Sept. 8, 4:30 PM Convention Center 1. Items from executive session: a. Chair's comments. b. Report of Governing Board for Publishing. c. Report of CAS director. 2. Open discussion.
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Executive Session Friday, Sept. 5, 6-10 PM Las Vegas Hilton Chair's comments. Report of Governing Board for Publishing. Report of CAS director. Status of CAS activities.
CHEMICAL SAFETY William H. Breazeale Jr., chair; Department of Chemistry & Physics, Francis Marion College, P.O. Box 100547, Florence, S.C. 29501-0547 Combined Open Meeting and Executive Session Monday, Sept. 8, 8:30 AM-noon Las Vegas Hilton 1. Reports of chair and staff liaison. 2. Report of CEI/CCS task forces on a. Laboratory Waste Management. b. Occupational Safety & Health. 3. Report of the CCS liaison to the Division of Chemical Health & Safety. 4. Reports of subcommittees including those on Coordination with Other Groups, on Local Section Safety Information & Activities, on Revision of School Science Laboratories, on Chemical Preparedness for Laboratories, on K-12 Science Safety, on Facilities, on CoUege/University Chemical Safety, on Safety/Audit Check-List, on WonderScience Safety Review, on Regulatory & Public Affairs, on Guidelines for CHOs, and on National Chemistry Week. 5. Old and new business.
COMMITTEES Valerie J. Kuck, chair; Bell Laboratories, Lucent, Room 7D-226; 700 Mountain Ave:, Murray Hill, N.J. 07974 Open Meeting Monday, Sept. 8, 11 AM-noon Las Vegas Hilton • 1. Report from executive session.
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CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS Dean W. Cooke, chair; 3711 Edinburgh Dr., Kalamazoo, Mich. 49006 Combined Open Meeting "A" and Executive Session Sunday, Sept. 7, 8 AM-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton As below. Open Meeting "B" Wednesday, Sept. 10, noon-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Review of petition to amend the society's constitution and/or bylaws FOR ACTION by council in Las Vegas: a. Petition to revise the duties of the Committee on Membership Affairs. 2. Review of petition to amend the society's constitution and/or bylaws FOR CONSIDERATION by council in Las Vegas: a. Petition to revise the duties of the Committee on Local Section Activities. 3. Review of draft of "Guidelines for Dissolution of a Division." 4. Proposed amendments to local section and division bylaws. 5. New and other business.
COPYRIGHTS S. Scott Zimmerman, chair; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, C205 BNSN, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 48602 Open Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9, 11:30 AM-noon Convention Center 1. Report from executive session. 2. Comments from the floor.
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Executive Session Monday, Sept. 8, 8:30-11:30 AM Las Vegas Hilton Teaching module project. Plans for symposium on Copyright Implications Electronic Information. Legislative report. Miscellaneous updates.
CORPORATION ASSOCIATES Barbara J. Peterson, chair; Information Service, 3M Center, 201-1S-09, St. Paul, Minn. 55144-1000
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Open Meeting Monday, Sept. 8, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Las Vegas Hilton Report of chair. Reports of subcommittees on a. Awards. b. Communications. c. Education. d. Finance & Grants. e. Industrial Membership. f. Programs. Report of board liaison. Report of staff liaison. Open discussion and new business.
COUNCIL POLICY Anne T. O'Brien, chair; 15 Crest Dr., Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591-4305
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Open Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9, 9:30 AM-noon Las Vegas Hilton Report of officers. Report of CPC vice chair. Reports of subcommittees. Schedule of business sessions, spring 1998. Report of committees. Review of council agenda. Old and new business.
DIVISIONAL ACTIVITIES Bonnie A. Lawlor, chair; UMI, 300 Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48103 Open Meeting Saturday, Sept. 6, 8-8:45 AM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Open breakfast meeting. Executive Session Saturday, Sept. 6, 8:45 AM-noon Las Vegas Hilton 1. Member concerns. 2. Task force liaison report. 3. New agenda items for Sunday session. 4. Subcommittee sessions: Long-Range Planning, Annual Reports, Divisional Status, and Constitution & Bylaws. 5. Discuss 1996 annual reports reviews, develop process for acknowledging division accomplishments, review DAC mission and goals, review Division Membership Task Force activities. Open Session Sunday, Sept. 7, 1:30-2:30 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. New and other business. Executive Session Sunday, Sept. 7, 2:30-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Subcommittee reports.
ECONOMIC & PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS James D. Burke, chair; Rohm and Haas Co., 727 Norristown Rd., Spring House, Pa. 19477 Combined Open Meeting and Executive Session Sunday, Sept. 7, 8-11 AM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Development of advanced draft of the Professional Employment Guidelines. 2. Discussion of topics for future symposia at national meetings. 3. Progress report on the Local Section Career Program.
4. Review of status of the Professional Data Bank on-line. 5. Progress report of the Federal Policy Agenda on health insurance. 6. Review of plans for marketing career-related products electronically. 7. Discussion of development and implementation of a portfolio of career self-management programs.
EDUCATION Stanley H. Pine, chair; Department of Chemistry, California State University, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, Calif. 90032 Open Meeting Monday, Sept. 8, 3-4 PM Stardust As below, plus items from the floor.
Council, board meetings the ACS Board of Directors meeting,, open to members who wish to ob serve, will be held in the Las Vegas Hfltoh, from 10:30 AM to noon and from 1:30 to 4:30 PM on Sunday, Sept 7. The ACS Council meeting wul begin at 8 AM, Wednesday, Sept 10, in the Las Vegas HiltoiL· It will be preceded by a continental breakfast for councilors beginning at 7:15 AM. Councilors are asked to check in be ginning at 7 AM and proceed to the breakfast area, keeping in mind that the meeting starts promptly at 8 AM. Space wiU be availableforACS mem bers and nonmembers to observe the council in action. It is hoped that many will take advantage of this op portunity to learn firsthand of the so ciety's operations. Alternate council· ors and drrision and local section of ficers are particular^ urged to
Executive Session 1. Precollege: CHEM MATTERS, Chemistry Olympi ad, high school chemistry, pre-high-school science, and Project SEED. 2. College/university: college chemistry consultants ser vice, two-year college chemistry, chemistry for nonscience students, student affiliates, and graduate education. 3. Continuing education programs: short and media courses. 3. Review of petitions for council consideration. 4. Miscellaneous. 4. Committee liaison reports.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
MEETINGS & EXPOSITIONS
Joseph J. Breen, chair; 3223 North First St., Arlington, Va. 22201
R. Gerald Bass, chair; Department of Chemistry, Vir ginia Commonwealth University, 1001 West Main St., Box 842006, Richmond, Va. 23284-2006, e-mail
[email protected] Combined Open Meeting and Executive Session Saturday, Sept. 6, 7:30-10 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Report of chair. 2. Report of staff liaison. 3. Reports of subcommittees on Pollution Preven tion; on Ecology-Multimedia; on Environmental Monitoring & Assessment; and on Toxicology & Risk Assessment. 4. Reports of task forces on Environmental Research; on Laboratory Waste Management; and on Toxic Sub stances Control Act (TSCA).
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES David L. Venezky, chair; Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6170, Surface Chemistry, 4555 Overlook Ave., Washington, D.C. 20375-5000 Open Meeting Saturday, Sept. 6, 1:30-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Reports from subcommittees and task forces. 2. Report of the Long-Range Planning Group. 3. Other old and new business.
LOCAL SECTION ACTIVITIES C. Gordon McCarty, chair; Bayer Corp., 100 Bayer Rd., Bldg. 8, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15205-9741 Open Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9, 3-4 PM Riviera 1. Report from executive session. 2. Idea exchange—local sections helping each other. Executive Session Sunday, Sept. 7, 8:30 AM-noon Las Vegas Hilton 1. Reports of chair and staff liaison. 2. Reports by subcommittee chairs on Special Proj ects, Program Enrichment, and Local Section Assistance.
Combined Open Meeting and Executive Session Sunday, Sept. 7, 1:30-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Report of chair. 2. Report of Subcommittee on Site Selection: a. Recommendation on sites for national meet ings in 2008. b. Recommendation of cities to bid on national meetings in 2009. 3. Report of Subcommittee on Regional Meetings. 4. Report of Subcommittee on Expositions. 5. Report of Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning: a. Status of Member Survey on Meeting Atten dance and Preference. 6. Report of Subcommittee on Finance: a. Recommendation on registration fees for 1998 national meetings. 7. Report of Subcommittee on Meeting Arrangements.
MEMBERSHIP AFFAIRS George F. Palladino, chair; Department of Chemis try, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104-6323 Open Meeting Monday, Sept. 8, 4-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Report on executive session. 2. Topics from the floor. (Comments from mem bers concerning their expectations for the society are especially welcome.) Executive Session Saturday, Sept. 6, 8:30 AM-5 PM Sunday, Sept. 7, 8:30 AM-noon Las Vegas Hilton 1. Report of chair. 2. Discussion of graduated dues structure, honorary memberships, and extended membership dues.
3. Review status of and make appropriate adjust ments to the ACS 2001 membership recruitment and retention campaign. 4. Report on the college science newspaper Reac tion Times. 5. Discussion of council petitions. 6. Staff liaison report.
MINORITY AFFAIRS Willie E. May, chair; National Institute of Standards & Technology, Bldg. 222, Room B-158, Gaithersburg, Md. 20878 Combined Open Meeting and Executive Session Tuesday, Sept. 9, 8 AM-noon Las Vegas Hilton 1. See executive session below. 2. Topics from the floor. Executive Session Tuesday, Sept. 9, 8-11 AM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Report of chair. 2. ACS Scholars Program. 3. Report on staff activities including regional meet ings, web page, and mentor training. 4. Report on interactions with other societies: AISES, NOBCChE, and SACNAS. 5. Cooperative efforts with INROADS. 6. Diversity understanding programs. 7. Cooperative interactions regarding mentoring. 8. Report of the Committee on Awards Nominations. 9. Report of the Presidential Event Committee. 10. Increasing minority participation in ACS gover nance. 11. Community college student needs. 12. Publicizing achievements of minority scientists and engineers.
NOMENCLATURE John A. Secrist ΙΠ, chair; Southern Research Institute, P.O. Box 55305, Birmingham, Ala. 352555305
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Open Meeting Monday, Sept. 8, 2-4 PM Las Vegas Hilton Transfermium element nomenclature. Instructions to authors of ACS journals. Chemical nomenclature on the Internet. Liaison with other committees.
NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS George E. Heinze, chair; 30 Bunker Hill Run, East Brunswick, N.J. 08816 Open Meeting Monday, Sept. 8, 4-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Report on executive session. 2. Topics from the floor. Executive Sessions (closed) Sunday, Sept. 7, 3-6 PM Monday, Sept. 8, 10 AM-4 PM & 5-6 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Preparation of slates for president-elect (1999); for directors, Regions II (1999-2001) and IV (19992001); and for directors-at-large (1999-2001). 2. Electronic communication and other information technologies—impact on election processes and candidate solicitation. 3. Improved ballot-counting technologies. 4. Consideration of the mission statement for N&E. 5. Report of the Task Force on Section Election Procedures.
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PATENTS & RELATED MATTERS David H. Jaffer, chair; Rosenblum, Parish & Isaacs, 160 West Santa Clara St., 15th Floor, San Jose, Calif. 95113 Combined Open Meeting and Executive Session Saturday, Sept. 6, 3-6 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Reports of chair and staff liaison. 2. Subcommittee reports on a. Executive & Long-Range Planning. b. Legislation & Regulations. c. Education. d. Awards.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Jerry R. Molirig, chair; Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. 55057 Open Meeting Sunday, Sept. 7, noon-1 PM Stardust 1. Biochemistry in ACS-approved programs. 2. Master's degree in chemistry. 3. Results of the CPT Ph.D. surveys.
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Open Meeting Saturday, Sept. 6, 1-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Report of Subcommittee on Pedagogical Symposia. 2. Report of Subcommittee on Chemistry & Nation al Agenda Symposia. 3. Report of Subcommittee on New Developments in Science & Technology. 4. Discussion of ACS interaction with other societies. 5. Old and new business.
TECHNICIAN ACTIVITIES
Herbert B. Silber, chair; Chemistry Department, San Jose State University, 1 Washington Sq., San Jose, Calif. 95192-0101
Francis J. Waller, chair; Air Products & Chemicals Inc., 7201 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, Pa. 18195-1501
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Executive Session Sunday, Sept. 7, 1:30-9 PM Las Vegas Hilton Report of chair. Report of staff liaison. Old business. New business. Reports of other liaisons. Discussion of new initiatives. Strategic planning session.
Open Meeting Monday, Sept. 8, 4-4:30 PM Stardust 1. Reports from executive session. 2. Topics from the floor. Executive Session Sunday, Sept. 7, 8-11 AM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Reports of chair and staff liaison. 2. Subcommittee reports on a. Education. b. TECH Division. c. Publicity. d. Employees. 3- New. business.
PUBLICATIONS
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Michael P. Doyle, chair; Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, 715 Stadium Dr., San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200
Christina Bodurow Hendricks, chair; Eli Lilly & Co., 307 East McCarty, Indianapolis, Ind. 46285
Open Meeting (joint with Division of Chemical Information and Joint Board-Council Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service) Monday, Sept. 8, 4:30-5:30 PM Convention Center 1. Report from executive session. 2. Topics from the floor.
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Executive Session Friday, Sept. 5, 1-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton Report of C&EN Editorial Board. Report of Publications Division. Report of Governing Board for Publishing. Reports from other committees. Closed executive session.
Open Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2:15-3:30 PM Riviera 1. Reports from executive session. 2. Topics from the floor. Executive Session Saturday, Sept. 6, 9 AM-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Leadership and vision for WCC: 1998-2000. 2. Reports of subcommittees and committee liaisons.
YOUNGER CHEMISTS Carolyn Ribes, chair; Dow Chemical Co., P.O. Box 400, Plaquemine, La. 70765-0400
Kathleen M. Schulz, chair; 5314 Arbustes Ct., N.E., Albuquerque, N.M. 87111
Open Meeting Monday, Sept. 8, 4-5 PM Las Vegas Hilton 1. Preview and discussion of the new YCC video, "Your Chemistry Career: Measuring Your Skills, Weighing Your Options."
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Division of Fluorine Chemistry, John Welch, chair; William Wilson, secretary/treasurer, 3447 Circle View Dr., Simi Valley, Calif. 93063.
Division of Analytical Chemistry, Stephen Wise, chair; Robert Thompson, secretary, Oberlin College, Department of Chemistry, 130 West Loraine St., Oberlin, Ohio 44074.
Division of Fuel Chemistry, Gerald Huffman, chair; Larry Anderson, secretary, University of Utah, Department of Chemical & Fuel Engineer ing, 3290 MEB, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.
Division of Biochemical Technology, Tho mas Skatrud, chair; Ronald Huss, secretary, 1415 Michigan Ave., Manitowoc, Wis. 54220.
Division of Geochemistry, George Luther, chair; Michael Kashgarian, secretary, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Environmental Programs Directorate, L-397, Livermore, Calif. 94550.
Division of Biological Chemistry, Jack Kirsch, chair; Frank Raushel, secretary, Texas A&M Uni versity, Department of Chemistry, College Sta tion, Texas 77843-3255. Division of Business Development & Man agement, Rodney Heck, chair; Naomi Levenson, secretary, 19868 Bonnie Ridgeway, Saratoga, Calif. 95070. Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry, Dan Cook, chair; Zbigniew J. Witczak, secretary, Uni versity of Connecticut, 372 Fairfield Rd., School of Pharmacy U-92, Storrs, Conn. 06269-2092. Division of Cellulose, Paper & Textile Chem istry, Rajai Atalla, chair, Dimitri Argyropoulos, secretary, McGill Pulp & Paper Research Center, 3420 University St., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, Canada. Division of Chemical Education, Ronald Ar cher, chair; Jerry Sarquis, secretary, Miami University, Department of Chemistry, Oxford, Ohio 45056. Division of Chemical Health & Safety, PoYung Lu, chair; Sung Moon, secretary, Adelphi University, Department of Chemistry, Garden City, N.Y. 11530-1299.
Division of the History of Chemistry, Harold Goldwhite, chair; Vera Mainz, secretary, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Box 34, Noyes Lab, 600 South Matthews Ave., Urbana, 111. 61801. Division of Industrial & Engineering Chem istry, Dale Perry, chair; Luiz Nunez, secretary, Argonne National Lab, 9700 South Cass Ave., Chemical Technology Division, Argonne, 111. 60439. Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Tobin Marks, chair; Michael Clarke, secretary, Boston College, Chemistry Department, Chestnut Hill, Mass. 02167-3860. Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Thomas Perun, chair; Annette Doherty, secretary, ParkeDavis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Co., 2800 Plymouth, P.O. Box 1047, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106-1047. Division of Nuclear Chemistry & Technolo gy, Peter Haustein, chair; Frank Kinard, secre tary, College of Charleston, 66 George St., Department of Chemistry, Charleston, S.C. 29424-0001.
Division of Chemical Information, Carol Duane, chair; Ann Bolek, secretary, University of Akron, Science-Technology Library, Akron, Ohio 443253907.
Division of Organic Chemistry, Cynthia Maryanoff, chair; Alan P. Marchand, secretary/ treasurer, University of North Texas, NT Station, Box 5068, Department of Chemistry, Denton, Texas 76203-0068.
Division of Chemical Technicians, D. Richard Cobb, chair; Vena Adams, secretary, Dow Chem ical Co., Bldg. B-1470, Wing D, 2301 North Brazosport Blvd., Freeport, Texas 77541-3257.
Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Norman Standish, chair; Michael Potter, secretary, Shell De velopment Co., P.O. Box 1380, Houston, Texas 77251-1380.
Division of Chemical Toxicology (proba tionary), Richard Loeppky, chair; Lawrence Marnett, secretary/treasurer, Vanderbilt Universi ty, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medi cine, Center in Molecular Toxicology, Nashville, Term. 37232.
Division of Physical Chemistry, George Flynn, chair; Mark Gordon, secretary/treasurer, Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry, 201 Spedding Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011.
Division of Chemistry & the Law, Alice Robertson, chair; Barry Elledge, secretary, 466 Monroe Dr., Palo Alto, Calif. 94306-4419.
Division of Polymer Chemistry, Judy Riffle, chair; Mary Baker, secretary, Smithsonian Institu tion, MSC/CAL, MRC 534, Washington, D.C. 20560.
Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry, Noel Turner, chair; Martha Hilton, secretary, Dow Chemical Co., Bldg. B-4810, 2301 North Brazosport Blvd., Freeport, Texas 77541-3257.
Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, Frank Jones, chair; Christopher Ober, secretary, Cornell University, 327 Bard Hall, Department of Materials Science & Engi neering, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853-1501.
Division of Computers in Chemistry, Charles Reynolds, chair; Michelle Francl, secretary, Bryn Mawr College, Department of Chemistry, 101 North Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010.
Division of Professional Relations, Elizabeth Ann Nalley, chair; Carol Bruner, secretary, Esschem Co., 4000 Columbia Ave., Linwood, Pa. 19061-1139
DIVISION OFFICERS
Division of Environmental Chemistry, Jurgen Exner, chair; Ruth Ann Hathaway, secretary, 1810 Georgia St., Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701.
Rubber Division, Marshall Dean, chair; Donald Mackey, secretary, Zeon Chemicals, P.O. Box 37620, Louisville, Ky. 40233-7620.
Division of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, Sara J. Risch, chair; Cynthia J. Mussinan, secretary/ treasurer, IFF R&D, 1515 Highway 36, Union Beach, NJ. 07735.
Division of Fertilizer & Soil Chemistry, Carl Cole, chair; Gary Smith, secretary/treasurer, Vigoro Industries, 2121—3rd St., S.W., Winter Haven, Fla. 33880.
Division of Small Chemical Businesses, George Austin, chair; Sharon Vercellotti, secre tary, V-LABS, 423 North Theard St., Covington, La. 70433.
NATIONAL OFFICERS Paul S. Anderson, president Paul H. L. Walter, president-elect Ronald Breslow, immediate past-president Joan E. Shields, chair, board of directors John Κ Crum, executive director D. H. Michael Bowen, secretary Brian A. Bernstein, treasurer
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