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1 Of fi cial pub li ca tion of the Phil a del phia Section, ACS January ber ship/acs.org/p/phil a del phia Vol ume 95, No. 1 Introducing HIGHLIGHTS Meet the New Chair 4 Rob ert Owen Hutchins 6 Poster Ses sion 8 NCW Poster Winners 11 Seeking Teaching Award Nominations 12, 13 Benefits for Members 14 Our New Sec tion Chair Judith Summers-Gates 2010 Officers and Board Calendar 19 A D V A N C E N O T I C E FEBRUARY MEETING Thursday, February 18, 2010 George Preti Monell Chemical Senses Center See the FEBRUARY issue of the Catalyst for details, call the Sec tion Of fice at (215) or PhilaACS@aol.com.

2 ACS Philadelphia Section Founded April 15, 1899 STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Robin S. Davis EDITORS News Atoms: Alan Warren Proof Editors: Georgia Arbuckle-Keil Marge Matthews Alan Warren MANAGERS Business: George Cowperthwaite Advertising: Vince Gale PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Chair: Marge Matthews Anthony W. Addison George Cowperthwaite Robin S. Davis Vince Gale Robert Gates Xianlong Ge Georgia Arbuckle-Keil Judy Summers-Gates Victor Tortorelli Alan Warren Kendra L. Yoder CONTENTS January Advance Notice...1 Chair's Col umn...3 Introducing Our New Chair...4 News At oms...4 Obituary: Robert Owen Hutchins....6 Call to Ac tion: Work ing for a Sus tain able Fu ture... 7 January Meeting Elec tion Re sults...9 Review: Geology of Carbonate Reservoirs...9 Delaware Valley Science Fairs...9 Chemical Consultants Network...10 NCW Poster Win ners...11 Seeking Pre-College Teaching Award Nominations...12 Photo of 2009 Sec tion Awardee...12 Seeking Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominations...13 Benefits for Unemployed ACS Members...14 Sep tem ber 2009 Board Min utes Of fi cers and Board of Di rec tors...16 Directory of Services...17 El len Kullman, CEO DuPont, at Priestley So ci ety Calendar...19 Pub lished monthly ex cept July, Au gust and De cem ber by the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i - can Chem i cal So ci ety. All views ex pressed are those of the ed i tors and con tri bu tors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical So ci ety. Ed i to rial mat ters should be sent to the at ten tion of the Ed i tor-in-chief c/o the Phil a del - phia Sec tion ACS, De part ment of Chem is try, Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia, 231 South 34 th Street, Phil a del phia, PA or philcatalyst@aol.com. Ad ver tis ing: Vince Gale, MBO Ser vices, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield, MA phone: cust-svc@mboservices.net. January 2010 Page 2

3 From The Chair Judith Summers-Gates Pass ing the Ba ton. Greet ings! The cal en dar page has changed and sud - denly, we re in 2010! If you are any thing like me, this still sounds like a fu tur - is tic date to you and it is some what daunt ing to think that we are ac tu ally en ter ing the fu ture that we al ways talked and spec u lated about. Sci ence fic tion is be com ing sci ence fact ev ery day. We don t have those fly ing cars or trans port ers yet, but we do have tech no log i cal, med i cal and en vi ron men tal prob lems that need to be solved by the best and bright - est minds that can be mus - tered and, in many cases, CHEM ISTS and the peo ple who use chem is try will be on the front lines work ing to solve the prob lems that are con front ing our blue mar - ble in space and all of the spe cies who call it home. When I ran for of fice, I said that I wanted to be the busi - est Chair ever and I still feel that way now that the votes have been counted. But in or der for this year to go off as planned, I will need some ma jor in vest ment and in - volve ment from YOU our Sec tion mem ber ship. Quite frankly, I ve been get ting a bit wor ried about the level of par tic i pa tion (or lack of it) at our meet ings and ac tiv i ties in the past few years. We are a very large and di verse Sec - tion one of the larg est in the coun try yet it seems that we are al ways plead ing for vol - un teers for our ac tiv i ties and can di dates for our of fices. So I am go ing to start nudg - ing you on a reg u lar ba sis to change all that. WHY did you join the lo cal Sec tion? WHAT are YOUR pri or i ties? WHAT are YOUR needs and are they be ing MET? WHAT are YOUR con cerns? WHAT should/ could we be do ing dif fer ently to get you ex cited about com ing to our monthly meet ings and roll ing up your sleeves when we have an ac - tiv ity like Chem ists Cel e brate Earth Day or Na tional Chem - is try Week or Chem Olym - piad or our own lo cal P.A.G.E.S. or Chem Demos? SPEAK YOUR MIND! I am go ing to put out a for mal sur - vey as soon as the lo gis tics can be worked out seek ing all that in put and more. I will also be shar ing some de mo - graphic data on the Sec tion so that ev ery one will have a good snap shot of the peo ple we are sup posed to rep re sent and serve. The Board of Di rec tors is work ing hard to get our new bud get in place for the com - ing year and we are go ing to have to look hard at our pri - or i ties and make some tough choices and de ci sions as we work our way through that pro cess. It should come as no sur prise, but the Sec tion has - n t had as much rev e nue com - ing in this year as in prior years due to the eco nomic down turn that we ve all ex pe - ri enced. The Board of Di rec - tors is go ing to en gage in a for mal stra te gic plan ning ef - fort to ad dress that sit u a tion and other po ten tial items and we will make that ef fort as trans par ent to you as pos si ble. If each of us do nates just ONE HOUR of our pre cious time and en ergy to our Sec - tion in 2010, that will be more than 5000 hours go ing to ward the goals and mem - ber ship and over all health of our Sec tion. In this year of the Cen sus, can I count on you to STAND UP and SHOW UP when it mat ters most?? I hope so!! Judy January 2010 Page 3

4 INTRODUCING OUR NEW CHAIR Born in Hazleton, PA (1958) and raised in Phil a del phia. Judy at tended Drexel Uni ver - sity where she re ceived her BS in Uni fied Sci ence, a com bi na tion of Chem is try and Bi ol ogy and Phys ics, in While at Drexel, her co-op as sign ments in cluded an ink and print ing com pany and USDA East ern Re gional Re search Cen ter (where she met her hus band of 25+ years). Fol low ing co-ops, she was em ployed full time at DOD s De fense Per son nel Sup port Cen ter as a Phys i cal Sci ence Tech ni cian per form ing phys i - cal and chem i cal test ing on vir tu ally ev ery com mod ity used by the armed forces, from baby di a pers to tank ax - les and in clud ing ra tions, cloth ing and body ar mor. Dur ing this time, she was known as The Con tract Killer be cause of the num - ber of con trac tors who were re jected be cause her tests showed their goods to be sub stan dard. She left DoD in 1988 and moved to the Food and Drug Ad min is tra tion where she has been an analytical chemist for 18 years. She has dis tin - guished her self as an ex pert in the iso la tion and iden ti fi - ca tion of colorants and ad di - tives in foods, drugs, cos me - tics and med i cal prod ucts. While em ployed with FDA, she has grad u ated from the FDA s highly com pet i tive Lead er ship De vel op ment Pro gram and has worked as an As sis tant to the Com mis - sioner of FDA. She re cently coauthored the agency s train ing man ual for newly hired lab o ra tory per son nel and served as a trainer and Hir ing Co or di na tor for her Dis trict Of fice and she is cur - rently the As sis tant to the Di - rec tor of FDA Phil a del phia Dis trict. In ad di tion to ser vice in the Phil a del phia lo cal Sec tion, Judy is Co-Chair, with hus - band Bob Gates, of the Phil a - del phia Mayor s Com mis sion on Per sons with Dis abil i ties, Ed u ca tion Sub com mit tee. She is also the cur rent Chair of the Na tional ACS s Com - mit tee on Chem ists with Dis - abil i ties and a found ing mem ber on the ACS Joint Sub com mit tee on Di ver sity. A self ad mit ted sci en tific thrill seeker and tech nol - ogy junkie, she en joys par - tic i pat ing in out reach ac tiv i ties with stu dents and judg ing in sci ence fairs. Her out side hob bies in clude knit - ting and cro chet ing, sci ence fic tion nov els and mov ies (in clud ing the ones with rub - ber suited mon sters) and be - ing Lhasa Mom to her three Lhasa Apsos Lo tus, Micki and Winnie (aka The Gates Girls ). NEWS AT OMS Mad eleine M. Joullié, class of 1970 Chair of Chem is try at the Uni ver sity of Penn syl va - nia, re ceived the 2009 Ed - ward Leete award from the ACS Or ganic Chem is try Di - vi sion. The honor rec og nizes her con tri bu tions to teach ing and re search in or ganic chemistry. James Shorter, assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics in the University of Pennsylvania s school of medicine, received the 2009 Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award in Ag ing. The award pro vides sup port for newly independent investiga tors. Shorter is study ing le - thal nerve dis or ders such as Alzheimer s disease. DEATHS Pi erre C. Herault, re tired re - search chem ist with Cer tain- Teed Corp. Sep tem ber 18, 2008 at 66. He re tired in 2006 af ter 17 years of ser vice with CertainTeed. Jo seph L. O Brien, re tired re search man ager with C.P. Hall, Sep tem ber 18, 2009 at January 2010 Page 4

5 81. He worked in re search at Rohm and Haas from 1951 to 1978 in the field of or ganic synthesis, plasticizers, and flame retardants, generating many re search pa pers and pat - ents. In 1978 he joined C.P. Hall and man aged re search and process development of plasticizers for PVC. He re - tired in 1992 as di rec tor of R&D. In the mid 1930s, O Brien was a child hood ac tor and ap - peared in films with Our Gang and Shir ley Tem ple. He was a 60-year mem ber of ACS. Don ald R. Coughanowr, chem i cal en gi neer and pro - fes sor at Drexel Uni ver sity, Sep tem ber 20 th at 81. Af ter work ing briefly at Stan dard Oil of In di ana and teach ing at Purdue Uni ver sity he joined the Drexel fac ulty in 1967 where he served as chair man of the chem i cal en gi neer ing de part ment un til He re - tired from Drexel in In ad di tion to a num ber of pub - lished tech ni cal ar ti cles, Coughanowr authored the land mark book Pro cess Sys - tems Anal y sis and Con trol, which was re printed sev eral times. Mil dred Cohn, Benjamin Rush pro fes sor of phys i o log i - cal chem is try emerita at the Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia, Oc to ber 12 th at 96. She held research associate positions at George Wash ing ton Uni ver - sity School of Med i cine, Cor - nell Uni ver sity Med i cal College, and Washington Univer sity Med i cal School. In 1960 she joined Penn s med i - cal school as as so ci ate pro fes - sor of bio phys ics and phys i cal bio chem is try, and con tin ued teach ing in re lated fields un til she be came emerita pro fes sor in From 1982 un til 1985 Cohn was a se nior mem ber of the Institute for Cancer Research in Fox Chase, and then served as a con sul tant in Penn s de - partment of biophysics and physical biochemistry. In addition to honorary doctorates at numerous universities she re ceived the ACS Garvan Medal and the Na tional Medal of Sci ence. Her ser vice in - cluded chair man of the ACS division of biological chemistry, pres i dent of the Amer i can Society of Biological Chemists, pres i dent of the Phil a del - phia Bio chem ists Club, and president of Penn s chapter of Sigma Xi. Mil dred Cohn was elected to the American Philosophical Society, the National Acad - emy of Sci ences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sci ences. In Oc to ber 2009 she was in ducted into the Na - tional Women s Hall of Fame. She over came gen der dis crim - i na tion and was a role model for women seek ing a career in science. George Landis Zimmerman, emer i tus pro fes sor of chem is - try at Bryn Mawr, Oc to ber 21 st at 89. He taught un der - grad u ate and grad u ate stu - dents at Bryn Mawr for 40 years and served briefly as chair man of the chem is try de - part ment. His re search ar eas included theoretical chemistry of mo lec u lar quan tum me - chan ics and spec tro scopic stud ies of pho to chem i cal isomerization of dye com - pounds. Af ter re tir ing from Bryn Mawr in 1990 he taught and con ducted re search at Drexel University. Dur ing WWII he served on the Manhattan Pro ject. He was an accomplished clarinet player and tran scribed re nais - sance and ba roque mu sic for chamber ensembles. Jane M. Glick, bio chem ist and re search in ves ti ga tor at the Uni ver sity of Penn, No - vem ber 15 th at 65. She joined the Penn fac ulty as re search as sis tant pro fes sor in the den - tal school in She then moved to the fac ulty of the Med i cal Col lege of Penn syl - va nia where she rose to pro - fes sor of bio chem is try and re ceived the Lindback Teach - ing award. (con tin ued on page 7) January 2010 Page 5

6 Rob ert Owen Hutchins passed away on Oc to ber 9, 2009, folowing can cer sur - gery. He was born in Danville, IL, in 1939, and spent his youth in Il li nois and Cal i for nia. He earned a BS in chem is try from the Uni - ver sity of Cal i for nia at Berke ley, an MS in phytochem is try from Cal i for nia State Uni ver sity at Long Beach, work ing with D.L. May field, and a PhD from Purdue Uni ver sity un der J. Wolinsky. At Purdue, he de - vel oped a keen in ter est in syn thetic and mech a nis tic or - ganic chem is try. Dur ing a two-year post doc toral stint with E.L. Eliel at No tre Dame Uni ver sity, Dr. Hutchins fur ther honed his syn - thetic skills and, im por tantly, ex panded his in ter ests to conformational anal y sis of or ganic struc tures. He joined Drexel Uni ver sity as an As - sis tant Pro fes sor in 1968, and ad vanced to As so ci ate Pro - fes sor in 1974 and to full Pro fes sor in He served as Chem is try De part ment Head for the last de cade and a half of the twen ti eth cen - tury, and dur ing that time was also ap pointed as the in au gu - ral G.S. Sasin Pro fes sor of Organic Chemistry. ROB ERT OWEN HUTCHINS Bob was a pop u lar and ef fec - tive teacher, who gar nered a C&M Lindback Out stand ing Teach ing award in Over a pe riod of more than three de cades, he and his nu - mer ous un der grad u ate and grad u ate stu dents, in clud ing 16 PhD stu dents, ex plored the lab y rinths of ste reoselective or ganic syn the sis. Many of these stu dents have achieved dis tin guished po si - tions in in dus try and ac a de - mia, and Drexel now has two stu dent awards funded by his ex-stu dents, one of which is named in Bob s honor. His re search stud ies deal ing with new hy dride re agents for asym met ric re ac tions and the conformational prop er ties of phos pho rus-con tain ing heterocyles, formed the ba sis for a hun dred well-cited sci - en tific pa pers. They earned Bob rec og ni tion from Drexel Uni ver sity (Re search A- chievement Award, 1982; Uni ver sity Re search Scholar Award, 1985), his Cal. State alma ma ter (CSULB Dis tin - guished Alumnus Award, 1987), and the 26 th Re search Award (1987) of the Phil a del - phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety. He was a long-time mem ber of the ACS and the Phil a del phia Or ganic Chemists Club. Bob s head ship and other ser - vice to the de part ment and the uni ver sity was marked by his calmly mea sured but hu mor - ous man ner, his em pa thy for stu dents and their prob lems, his will ing ness to judge fairly, and his abil ity to dis cern and nur ture the pro fes sional strengths of his col leagues. Ear lier this de cade he was pre - de ceased by his wife Mary- Gail (née Kinzer) - a loss that he did not bear with ease. Bob is sur vived by his sons Owen (Jennifer McGuire) and Rich ard (Julie Hair), and grand sons Ja cob and Wil liam. Me mo rial con tri bu tions may be made to the Pro fes sor R.O. Hutchins Or ganic Chemistry Teach ing Lab In stru men ta tion Fund, Drexel Uni ver sity, P.O. Box 8215, Phil a del phia, PA For more in for - ma tion, con tact Mike Andrulis (andrulis@drexel.edu, ). January 2010 Page 6

7 (con tin ued from page 5) In 1994 Glick re turned to Penn Med i cine as se nior re - search investigator and later became adjunct associate pro - fes sor in cell and mo lec u lar biology. She conducted studies on the re la tion ship of cho - les terol and ar te rial plaque in heart dis ease. Also in 1994 she was named di rec tor of ed - u ca tion in the gene ther apy pro gram. She re tired as fac - ulty administrator for the Cell and Molecular Biology Gradu ate Group in Glick also served on the ex ec u tive committee of the Philadelphia Antiques Show. WORK ING TO GETHER FOR A SUS TAIN ABLE FU TURE The ACS Board of Di rec tors and the Sustainability Stake holders Steer ing group (S3G) are putt ing forth a CALL to ac tion. Goal 3 of the ACS Stra te - gic Plan for 2009 and Be yond states how the So ci ety is fo cused on Ad - dress ing Global Chal lenges through chem is try. The sustainability CALL to ac tion is a roadmap of seven av e nues to ad dress the global chal lenges of sustainability. We as pire to achieve the fol low ing through the CALL to ac - tion at: Green Operations, Advance the Sci ence, In form our Mem bers, Ed u cate the Pub lic, Pre pare Future Chemists, Policy Advocacy and Recognize Best Practices. The spring 2010 ACS Na tional Meet ing in San Fran cisco will have the theme of Chem is try for a Sus tain able World. In ad di tion to at tend ing sym po sia and lis ten ing to tech ni cal pre sen ta tions, you will be able to par - tic i pate in iden ti fy ing and build ing new ini tia tives through a wide-rang ing en gage ment event and fo rum. Join the ACS Net work at work or log into the group at to learn more about the ini tia tive and to an swer the CALL to ac tion. January 2010 Page 7

8 JANUARY MEETING THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY presents Thursday, January 21, 2010 THE TENTH AN NUAL GRAD U ATE STU DENT, FIFTH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE AND THIRD AN NUAL HIGH SCHOOL STU DENT POSTER SES SION 6:00-8:00 PM Great Court, Mit ten Hall Temple University 1913 North Broad Street Philadelphia Re fresh ments will be served. Reservations Required; cost: $15.00 RESERVATIONS should be made by call ing Mrs. Libby Harper at the Sec tion Of fice, , by 5:00 PM on Thursday, January 14. Cancellations, if necessary, cannot be accepted af ter NOON on Tues day, Jan u ary 19. UNCANCELLED RESERVATIONS WILL BE BILLED. PARKING is avail able for in lot #1 be tween 15 th and Broad Streets, south of Norris Street. For map and di rec tions, see ple.edu/maps/ The Board of Di rec tors will meet at 4:00 PM in the Room 108A, Barton Hall. January 2010 Page 8

9 2009 ELEC TION RE SULTS 2010 Chair: Ju dith Sum mers-gates 2010 Chair-Elect: John Tierney Secretary: Mi chael Prushan Di rec tors: Ella Da vis Denise Thomas Wil liam (Rick) Ew ing Deborah Cook Kathryn Lysko 2010 Di rec tors: Shel don Miller Wil liam Smith Coun cil ors: Anne DeMasi An thony Ad di son John Crawford Kathleen Shaginaw Al ter nate Coun cil ors: Carol Jean Bruner Deborah Cook Ella Da vis Ju dith Sum mers-gates 2010 Al ter nate Coun cil ors: Kathryn Lysko Wil liam Smith Robert Gates Rus sell Phifer Marge Matthews Delaware Valley Science Fairs The Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs will be com ing up be fore you know it. Judges and men tors are al ways needed. Check the website for more in for ma tion and to vol un teer. BOOK RE VIEW Geology of Carbonate Reservoirs by Wayne M. Ahr. 294 pages, 7 by 10 inches, casebound, John Wiley & Sons., ISBN , $85 from John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ Car bon ate rocks con tain half of the world s oil and much of its ground wa ter as well. Pri mary oil ex trac tion re cov - ers about one-third of the oil, leav ing two-thirds to be treated with sec ond ary and ter tiary re cov ery meth ods. The early chap ters in this book de scribe car bon ate res - er voirs and their prop er ties (e.g., po ros ity, per me abil ity), fol lowed by prop er ties di - rected to pe tro leum con tent such as sat u ra tion, wetability, capillarity, and pres sure. Fur - ther top ics are depositional rock prop er ties, diagenetic pro cesses, frac tured res er - voirs, and the ge ol ogy of car - bon ate res er voirs. The book will be of in ter est to pe tro leum ge ol o gists, geo - physi cists, and en gi neers in these fields as well as hydrogeologists and en vi ron - men tal ge ol o gists. Each chap ter ends with re view ques tions to help in un der - stand ing the con tent. An ex - ten sive bib li og ra phy and in dex con clude the vol - ume. Alan War ren January 2010 Page 9

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11 National Chemistry Week Poster Contest Local Section Winners for 2009 We had some amaz ing en tries sub mit ted this year by stu - dents in three out of the four age cat e go ries. It was re ally hard to nar row it down to these en tries be cause there were so many cre ative in ter - pre ta tions of this year s theme: Chem is try It s Elemental! These tal ented lo cal stu dents had their post ers go on to the Na tional poster con test: K-2 nd Grade Lo cal Win ner: Alex Da vis (2 nd Grade) Davidson School in Villanova, PA. 3 rd -5 th Grade Lo cal Win ner: Chloe Rob erts (4 th Grade) Naz a reth Acad emy Grade School in Phil a del phia, PA. 6 th -8 th Grade: None sub mit ted in this age group this year 9 th -12 th Grade Lo cal Win - ner: Yasmine Ma rie De- Loach (9 th Grade) W.B. Saul Ag ri cul tural High School, Phil a del phia, PA. CON GRAT U LA TIONS ON YOUR WIN NING EN - TRIES!!! Stu dents will be re - ceiv ing the ACS tee shirt of their choice and teach ers will be re ceiv ing Pe ri odic Ta ble of the El e phants wall charts for their class rooms. All our en thu si as tic art ists have received Cer tif i cates of Par tic i pa tion from the Lo cal Sec tion very shortly. Pho tos of all of this year s post er en tries will be posted on the Phil a del phia Lo cal Sec tion website for ev ery one to en joy! Win ners of the Na tional Con - test will be posted on the ACS Na tional Website at the NCW homepage: /corg/content?_nfpb=true&_p agelabel=pp_articlemai N&node_id=1045&content_i d=cnbp_022324&use_sec=t rue&sec_url_var=region1& uuid=2de6a80a fd-84 3f-11b9f96c76bc Alex Da vis Chloe Rob erts Yasmine Ma rie DeLoach January 2010 Page 11

12 2009 Sec tion Award: Rob ert Gates (left), Section Chair, pre sent ing the 2009 Sec tion Award plaque to Eric Borguet of Tem ple Uni ver sity at the Oc to ber Meet ing. January 2010 Page 12

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14 ACS OFFERS SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR UNEMPLOYED MEMBERS Dur ing these tough eco nomic times it s more im por tant than ever to be long to the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety. Un em ployed mem bers can tap into a host of valu able ben e fits and ser vices that help them get back in the workforce. And, mem bers in good stand ing may qual ify for an un em ployed mem ber dues waiver, al low ing them to re new their mem ber ships and keep their mem ber ben e fits at no cost. Con tact ACS at service@acs.org, or for com plete details. Other valu able ben e fits that help un em ployed ACS mem bers get back in the workforce in clude: Free reg is tra tion at ACS Na tional Meet ings and greatly re duced reg is tra tion fees at Re gional Meet ings. Many meet ings of fer ACS Ca reer Fairs with on-site interviews. Spe cial dis counts for ACS/Har vard on line courses, ACS ProSpectives and Short Courses, and the ACS Leadership Development System. Mem ber ship in the ACS Net work, your on line re source to con nect and com mu ni cate with friends, col leagues, and potential employers. Free Guid ance from ACS Ca reer Con sul tants ACS men tors of fer re sume re views, job search strat e gies, and in ter view tips that make you stand out from the rest. Free ac cess to InterviewStream, an on line tool that will sharpen your in ter view skills Mem bers-only ac cess to the ACS Sal ary com para tor. And more! 613 th BOARD OF DI REC TORS MEETING September 17, 2009 Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA This is the edited ver sion of the min utes. A full copy of the min - utes can be ob tained from the Sec - tion Of fice. Pres ent: C.J. Bruner, D. Cichowicz, M. Cichowicz, D. Cook, E. Da vis, A. DeMasi, T. Dent, R. Gates, M. Matthews, S. Miller, C. Petucci, W. Smith, T. Straub, J. Sum mers-gates, D. Thomas, K. Thrush Shaginaw, J. Tierney, V. Tortorelli, K. Yoder. Also Pres ent: L. Harper, A. Heldon, J. Whalen, D. Hausner, J. Crawford, J.P. Northrop, C. Mar - tin, S. Haynie. Ex cused: R. Ew ing. The meet ing was called to or der by Chair man R. Gates at 4:08 PM. A mo tion was passed unan i mously to ac cept the min utes of the June meeting. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Leg is la tive Li ai son (A. Heldon): The Com mon wealth of Penn syl va - nia ef fec tively closed the Priestley House. The Friends of the Priestley House had no op er at ing agree ment with the state but af ter there is a state bud get agree ment an op er at ing agree ment will emerge. Com mit tee to Es tab lish In tern - ship and Sum mer Job Va can cies Pres ence on the Website (ad hoc) (S. Miller): A ques tion naire has been pre pared that will be dis trib - January 2010 Page 14

15 uted to com pa nies to fill out con - cern ing any po si tions they have avail able. The in for ma tion gleaned from the ques tion naire will be posted on the web. It was in di - cated that there would be a pos si - ble cost of $400 for set ting up the ques tion naire on the web site. De - ci sion on this cost is de ferred un til the Jan u ary meet ing when the com mit tee will have a line in the 2010 bud get. OFFICERS' REPORTS: Chair man (R. Gates): No re port. Chair Elect (J. Sum mers-gates): Na tional Chem is try Week (NCW) lots of con tacts from teach ers about post ers, cel e brat ing chem is try, etc. A free is sue of J. Chem. Educ. is avail able. There is an event at the Frank lin In sti tute, spon sored by Tar get, dur ing NCW (Oc to ber 21 st ) high light ing chem - is try dem on stra tions and post ers could be dis played there at no charge. The Chem i cal Her i tage Foun da tion is open to spon sor ing hands on dem on stra tions, how - ever, not dur ing NCW. Merck In - dexes that are avail able to the Phil a del phia Sec tion could be dis - trib uted to teach ers at the Frank lin In sti tute event. The Merck In dexes would not be avail able for stu dents or scho las tic awards. A speaker is be ing sought for the cele bra tory meet ing of the 50-year mem bers, next June. A de ci sion is still to be made on the speaker for next year s Ullyot Lec ture. An ad - di tional pro posal was made to see if com pa nies in the area would host a num ber of the monthly meet ings this had been the case in the past. The Jan u ary Poster meet ing is still un der con sid er - ation at Tem ple, and it was sug - gested that this time a mod est fee be charged to pre sent ers to cover the food costs. Sec re tary (J. Tierney): No re port. Trea surer (C.J. Bruner): Some ma jor er rors in the spread sheet will be cor rected by the next meet - ing, when a vote can be taken. OTHER BUSI NESS: V. Tortorelli: Steve Waller (past chair of the North Jer sey Sec tion) is look ing for vol un teers to help with the 40 th an ni ver sary cel e bra - tion of Earth Day, April 22, MARM Re port: The fol low ing sec tions are in line to host the MARM: 2010 Del a ware Sec tion Ho tel DuPont, April 10-13; 2011 Wash ing ton DC Cap i tal Chem - ist s Club; 2012 Mary land Sec - tion Uni ver sity of Mary land, Bal ti more County; 2013 New York Section is considering it? The Sec tion will spon sor a job search strat egy ses sion for un em - ployed chem ists at Ursinus Col - lege with J. Burke as the speaker. A mo tion to ap pro pri ate $500 to cover ma te ri als, pur chase wa ter and other sup plies was passed. K.Thrush Shaginaw fur ther added that this should be an on go ing event and it would be an ideal match to part ner with AWIS. K. Thrush Shaginaw: Women Chem ists and AWIS were jointly funded a $1,000 grant. The High School Day at CHF (March 17, 2010) may also re ceive a joint ACS-CHF fund ing grant. Next P.A.G.E.S. meet ing is Sat ur day, November 21 st. We are not spon sor ing the grad u - ate school fo rum at Villanova this year be cause Villanova is not avail able. A. DeMasi was in charge, how ever, she does not feel that she is the ap pro pri ate per son. Last year 18 uni ver si ties and 65 stu dents at tended. DeMasi will ar - range a date for 2010 at Villanova Uni ver sity and send the date to the board. Deb Cook: SOCED is look ing at re vis ing the high school chem is try guide lines. If any one has strong opin ions about who should be on the com mit tee, please let her know. Deb an nounced that she has a new po si tion as vice pres i - dent for learn ing and teach ing at the Lib erty Sci ence Cen ter. There be ing no other busi ness, the meet ing was ad journed by Chair - man Gates at 5:20 PM. Re spect fully sub mit ted, John Tierney, Sec re tary January 2010 Page 15

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18 CAREER OPPORTUNITY El len Kullman, CEO of DuPont On Thursday, January 14 at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, the Jo seph Priestley So ci ety will wel come El len J. Kullman, CEO of DuPont, who will pres ent Grow ing a 21 st -Century Sci - ence Company: Opportunities and Challenges. Kullman is only the 19 th per son to lead DuPont in its 206-year his tory. Her talk will ex am ine the es sen tial char ac ter of DuPont as a mar - ket-driven sci ence com pany, in clud ing steps taken to main tain its fi nan cial strength and en gine of in no va tion dur ing the eco - nomic down turn, the global megatrends that are driv ing the com pany s sci ence to day, and the op por tu ni ties that DuPont sees for growth in the fu ture. Please go to for more de tails. January 2010 Page 18

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