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1 Of fi cial pub li ca tion of the Phil a del phia Section, ACS June a del phia.sites.acs.org/ Vol ume 95, No. 6 HIGHLIGHTS Chair s Col umn 94 June Meet ing 95 Honoring 50-Year Members Year Members 105 International Year of Chemistry 106 June Speaker Dr. Jo seph S. Fran cisco Upcoming ACS Webinars Calendar 113 President, ACS A D V A N C E N O T I C E SEPTEMBER MEETING Thursday, September 16, 2010 Topic and Location to be Announced See the SEPTEMBER issue of 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 ADVERTISING MANAGER Vince Gale PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Chair: Marge Matthews Anthony W. Addison Robin S. Davis Vince Gale Robert Gates Xianlong Ge Georgia Arbuckle-Keil Judy Summers-Gates Victor Tortorelli Alan Warren Kendra L. Yoder CONTENTS September Advance Notice Chair's Col umn...94 In ter ested in Work ing for ACS? June Meet ing...95 Speaker's Ab stract and Biography...96 Hon or ing Our 50-Year Members...97 Also Celebrating 50 Years Mem bers Cel e brat ing 60 Years with ACS News At oms International Year of Chemistry Young Chemists Committee Social Chemical Consultants Network Upcoming ACS Webinars Directory of Ser vices Calendar 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: (781) ; cust-svc@mboservices.net. June 2010 Page 93

3 From The Chair Judith Summers-Gates June is al ways jam packed with oc ca sions and mile - stones. And this June is no dif fer ent! We will be cel e - brat ing the launch of new grad u ates and the ac com - plish ments of a pro fes sional life time with our 50-Year Mem bers and I would like to ex tend our heart i est con grat u - la tions to both groups!! Cur - rent ACS Pres i dent, Dr. Jo seph S. Fran cisco, will be pre sent ing cer tif i cates to our 50-Year Mem bers to mark their mile stone. Mo ments like these make me con scious of the pas sage of time. I would like to ask some of our 50-Year Mem - bers what they en vi sioned the fu ture to look like and what con tri bu tions they wanted to make in their ca reers and see how many of their am bi tions are re al ized in the out - comes I could pose the same ques tions to our fledg - ling mem bers. How about mak ing some pre dic tions for me? It could be come a new Phil a del phia Sec tion tra di tion re cord ing the pre dic tions and then open ing the time cap sule to re visit them when the Class of 2010 reaches its 50 th an ni ver sary in It is al ways amaz ing, to me, how sci ence fic tion can be - come sci ence re al ity and how in spi ra tion and in no va tion can lead to things that change our way of life. We owe a lot to our ed u ca tors who un self - ishly give that in spi ra tion and en cour age ment to their stu - dents ev ery day and we were proud to rec og nize such an ed u ca tor last month in Dr. Sally Mallory, our Un der - grad u ate Teach ing Award win ner! Teach ing is hard work that too of ten goes un - ac knowl edged and un derap - pre ci ated in our so ci ety where sports fig ures com - mand stag ger ing sal a ries dur - ing their lim ited ca reers. Re search sci en tists may not set re cords but they do leave last ing leg a cies to all of us. Thomas Ed i son said that most ac com plish ments are the re sult of a lot of hard work but I have to ad mit that it would be cool to see more sci ence fic tion turned into sci ence re al ity. Just like the new el e ment Tony Stark hap pened to whip up in the new Iron Man 2 movie! Makes me want to head down to the base ment and start tin - ker ing myself! I want to have a front row seat for all the life chang ing dis cov er ies to come be - cause at heart, I am al ways go ing to be a sci en tific thrill seeker! Have a Happy/Safe Sum mer and come back re-en er gized and ready to tackle our new ac tiv i ties in Sep tem ber! Interested in Working for ACS? We are draw ing up the slate of can di dates for the fall 2010 elec tion. Spe cif i cally, there are open ings for chair-elect, trea surer, di rec - tors, and coun cil ors. The chair-elect has sev eral re - spon si bil i ties, in clud ing chair ing the Section awards and pro gram com mit tees dur - ing the first year of the term and run ning the Section dur - ing the sec ond year. The trea surer is re spon si ble for pay ing bills and main tain ing fi nan cial re cords. Di rec tors form the gov er nance of the Lo cal Sec tion and meet monthly Sep tem ber-june. Coun cil ors rep re sent the Section at ACS na tional meetings. If you would like to run, please get in touch with Bob Gates (gatesr@att.net) or Libby Harper (PhilaACS@ aol.com or (215) ). June 2010 Page 94

4 The Philadelphia Section, American Chemical Society presents Dr. Joseph S. Francisco President, American Chemical Society Celebrating Golden Opportunities, Creating a Boundless Future and Presentation of 2010 Fifty-year Member Certificates Monday, June 14, :00 PM McCall Meeting and Conference Center 201 North Lynn Boulevard Highland Park, PA Luncheon at 12 noon Luncheon Cost $25; students with ID $13 LUNCHEON RESERVATIONS should be made by calling Mrs. Harper at the section office, (215) , or ing PhilaACS@aol.com by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. Cancellations, if necessary, cannot be accepted after Thursday, June 10. UNCANCELLED RESERVATIONS WILL BE BILLED. DIRECTIONS: The Board of Directors will meet at 2:30 at the McCall Meeting and Conference Center. June 2010 Page 95

5 SPEAKER S ABSTRACT AND BIOGRAPHY Dr. Joseph S. Francisco Pres i dent, ACS Cel e brat ing Golden Op por tu - ni ties, Cre at ing a Bound less Fu ture Ab stract: The chem i cal en - ter prise in the United States has grown enor mously over the past 50 years, and it con - tin ues to grow. This growth is in no small part due to myr iad con tri bu tions of ded i cated chem i cal pro fes sion als, in - clud ing those rec og nized as long-stand ing mem bers of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety. This talk will high light ad - vance ments in US chem is try in the con text of those who helped to make it hap pen, and the com mit ment of ACS mem bers to en sure that their or ga ni za tion is dy namic and re spon sive to the needs of the chemical enterprise. Bi og ra phy: Jo seph S. Fran - cisco com pleted his un der - grad u ate stud ies in Chem is try at the Uni ver sity of Texas at Aus tin with hon ors, and he re - ceived his PhD in Chem i cal Phys ics at the Mas sa chu setts In sti tute of Tech nol ogy in Dr. Fran cisco spent as a Re search Fel - low at Cam bridge Uni ver sity in Eng land, and fol low ing that he re turned to MIT as a Pro - vost Post doc toral Fel low. In 1986 he was ap pointed As sis - tant Pro fes sor at Wayne State Uni ver sity. In 1991 he was a Vis it ing As so ci ate in Plan e - tary Sci ence at Cal i for nia In - sti tute of Tech nol ogy. He ac cepted an ap point ment as Pro fes sor of Chem is try and Earth and At mo spheric Sci - ences at Purdue Uni ver sity in 1995, and in 2006 was ap - pointed as the Wil liam E. Moore Dis tin guished Pro fes - sor of Earth and At mo spheric Sci ence and Chem is try at Purdue Uni ver sity. He served as Pres i dent for the Na tional Or ga ni za tion for the Pro fes - sional Ad vance ment of Black Chem ists and Chem i cal En gi - neers (NOBCChE) from In 2008 he was elected to the Pres i den tial suc - ces sion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety. He served as Pres i dent-elect in 2009, is Pres i dent in 2010, and will be Im me di ate Past+-Pres i dent in He has pub lished over 400 peer-re viewed pa pers in the fields of at mo spheric chem is - try, chem i cal ki net ics, quan - tum chem is try, la ser photochem is try and spec tros copy. He was ap pointed by the Sec - re tary of the Navy to be a mem ber of the Na val Re - search Ad vi sory Com mit tee for the De part ment of Navy ( ). He has served as a mem ber of the Ed i to rial Ad - vi sory Boards of Spectrochimica Acta (Part A); Ad - vances in En vi ron men tal Re - search; Jour nal of Mo lec u lar Struc ture Theochem; and The Jour nal of Phys i cal Chem is - try. He is a co-au thor of the text book Chem i cal Ki net ics and Dy nam ics pub lished by Prentice-Hall. Pro fes sor Fran cisco has re - ceived nu mer ous na tional and in ter na tional hon ors for his ac a demic ac com plish ments. He was re cently awarded an Al ex an der von Humboldt US Se nior Sci en tist Award by the Ger man gov ern ment, as well as be ing ap pointed a Se nior Vis it ing Fel low at the In sti tute of Ad vanced Stud ies at the Uni ver sity of Bo lo gna, It aly. He has been ap pointed to and served on com mit tees for the Na tional Re search Coun cil, Na tional Sci ence Foun da tion, Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety, and the Na tional Aero nau tics and Space Ad min is tra tion. June 2010 Page 96

6 HON OR ING OUR 50-YEAR MEMBERS At our June Sec tion meet ing, we honor our 50-year mem bers, pre sent ing them with a cer tif i cate and lun cheon at the Mc Call Meet ing and Con fer ence Cen ter in rec og ni tion of their long and faith ful ser vice to the So ci ety. Those be ing hon ored in clude the fol low ing: DR. WIL LIAM H. BRENDLEY, JR. Dr. Brendley at tended Saint Jo - seph s Uni - ver sity on an ac a demic schol ar ship where he ma jored in chem is try and let - tered as a sec ond base man on the var sity base ball team. Bill pur sued his Mas ter s de gree in Radiochemistry at Saint Joe s and his PhD in Phys i cal Chem is try from the Uni ver - sity of Penn syl va nia in Bill s pro fes sional in dus trial ca reer of 33 years was with Rohm and Haas where he held in creas ing man a ge rial re - spon si bil i ties first in re search (De part ment Man ager) and in busi ness (Busi ness Di rec tor of Spe cialty Purifications). Bill lec tured at var i ous uni ver si - ties and ACS Section meet - ings on poly meric coat ings and was also a re cip i ent of the Roon Award for his re search on aque ous coil coat ings. Upon re tire ment from Rohm and Haas, Bill pur sued his pas sion for teach ing and re - search at Phil a del phia Uni ver - sity where he taught, pur sued re search, and be came Dean of the School of Sci ence and Health for five years, re tir ing as Dean Emer i tus. Dur ing his in dus trial and ac a - demic ca reers, he pub lished peer-re viewed pa pers in a va - ri ety of re search in ter ests in 5 de cades and has 18 pat ents. He con tin ued his learn ing in - ter ests with Mas ter s and Doc tor ate de grees in The ol - ogy from Trin ity Theo log i cal Sem i nary and is now an or - dained min is ter in the Prim i - tive Meth od ist De nom i na tion and also Pres i dent of their School of The ol ogy. Pres ently, he spends his free time tu tor ing chem is try, mod - er at ing the Sci ence Club, and coach ing the fresh man bas ket - ball team at Gwynedd Mercy Acad emy High School. He and his wife, Yvonne, have been mar ried for 43 years, have two chil dren and five grand chil dren, and con - tinue to re side in Hatboro. DR. JAMES D. BURKE Well-de - served con - grat u la tions to our an ni - ver sary col - leagues for their ca reers, their con tri - bu tions to so - ci ety, and their years of mem ber ship and ser vice in ACS! Rather than re flect on my ca - reer, I want to rec og nize those who helped me on the way. I am in debt to more peo ple than I can enu mer ate, but some in par tic u lar stand out. My par ents gave me my first chem is try set. The oc ca sion - ally dis tress ing odors em a nat - ing from our base ment must have made them ques tion their judg ment, but they never objected. Bill Kehl, my Chem is try teacher at Up per Darby H.S., deep ened my in ter est. With - out the en cour age ment of Fred er ick Rossini, an em i nent chem ist and fa ther of a col - lege class mate, I never would have ap plied to Berke ley, where I re ceived my PhD. June 2010 Page 97

7 My grad u ate ad vi sor Jim Cason and my post doc toral ad vi sor at Co lum bia, Gilbert Stork, made my ca reer pos si ble. I started at Rohm and Haas as a re search chem ist and re tired as man ager of tech ni cal re - cruit ing and uni ver sity re la - tions for our US sites quite an in ter est ing ca reer. It would not have hap pened with out the strong sup port, from the be gin ning, of peo ple like Ellington Bea vers, Pat McNulty, Bob Ross and Fred Wil son, among oth ers. Later, thanks to the firm com mit - ment of our tech ni cal man ag - ers and the gen er ous work of our vol un teer re cruit ers (all en gi neers and sci en tists), our re cruit ing pro grams be came na tion ally re spected for qual - ity, in teg rity and suc cess. The Phil a del phia Sec tion has been a warm and col le gial or - ga ni za tion for me. I joined in 1966 and chaired it in I learned a lot from Glenn and Barbara Ullyot and Mad eleine Joullié, and en joyed work ing with our Sec tion s ca pa ble ad - min is tra tive man ag ers, Shir - ley Golden and her suc ces sor Libby Harper. As an ACS Coun cilor in the 1990s, I bene fited from Newman Bortnick s coun sel. Later, as an ACS Board mem ber, Paul An der son and Hank Whalen were quite help ful to me. As Board Chair, I was for tu nate to work with a tal ented, ded i - cated, de light ful team. The chem i cal sci ences are in deed a so cial en ter prise, and we owe our suc cess to many. I am grate ful to God for the many op por tu ni ties to con trib - ute. I must also thank my wife Barbara for her re mark - able pa tience and tol er ance, al though she some times won - dered whether ACS was the ini tials of The Other Woman. Since re tir ing, I en joy de vot - ing more time to her and our fam ily, and com ing to terms with that pregnant job jar. DR. FREDERICK W. CAMP Fred er ick W. Camp is a chem i cal en gi - neer ing grad u - ate of Columbia and Prince - ton. He joined the R&D De - part ment of Sun Com pany in Dur ing , he helped de velop Sun s pi o neer - ing Athabasca Tar Sands ex - trac tion pro cess, on field as sign ment in north ern Al - berta, Can ada. In 1985, he con ducted a tech nol ogy au dit of Suncor s oil sands ex trac - tion plant. His recommendations were im ple - mented, and plant op er a tions sig nif i cantly im proved. In 1991, Dr. Camp was awarded the Karl A. Clark Dis tin - guished Ser vice Award given oc ca sion ally by the Al berta Oil Sands Tech nol ogy and Re search Ad min is tra tion for out stand ing ser vice in com - mer cial iza tion of oil sands. Fol low ing the first oil price shock in 1973, he led a group which sup ported Sun s par tic - i pa tion in do mes tic synfuels de vel op ment pro jects in clud - ing the $80MM White River Shale Pro ject. He planned, started, and man aged a coal re search lab in sup port of Sun s Cordero Mine. The lab pro duced a coal an a lyt i cal meth ods hand book which be - came the stan dard for the Pow der River Ba sin, sup ple - ment ing ASTM meth ods for sub-bi tu mi nous coal. As the synfuels boom ended, Dr. Camp joined Sun s cor po - rate tech nol ogy staff, de fin ing the role of tech nol ogy in sup - port of Sun s stra te gic busi - ness di rec tions. He re tired in 1991, and par tic i pated in found ing Hy dro car bon En gi - neer ing As so ci ates, an en gi - neer ing consulting firm. June 2010 Page 98

8 DR. EU GENE C. CAPALDI Gene Capaldi re ceived his BA from the Uni ver sity of Penn - syl va nia in He went to the Uni ver sity of Del a ware and did his grad u ate work un - der Dr. James A. Moore re - ceiv ing an MS in 1961 and a PhD in While at Del a - ware he met his wife of 47 years, Car o lyn Ann Bart lett. They have two sons and five grand chil dren. He went to work in Sep tem - ber 1963 for At lan tic Re fin - ing, which later be came Arco Chem i cal Com pany. His re - search work in cluded the syn - thetic routes to adamantane and its de riv a tives, poly isophthalate es ters, hydroxy polybutadienes and tech ni cal ser vice for the Oxirane Com pany. In ad di tion to his re search work, he man aged Arco s Tox i col ogy Group in In 1986 Gene be came the Man ager of En vi ron men tal, Health and Safety. Gene was on the Board of Di rec tors of the Chem i cal In dus try In sti - tute of Tox i col ogy for 14 years and served as Chair man of its Board from 1996 to He was also ac tive in the Amer i can Chem i cal Coun cil twice serv ing as Chair man of the Health and Safety Com mit tee. Gene was on the Ad vi sory Board of the Whar ton Risk and De ci sion Pro cess Cen ter for 10 years. Gene re tired from Arco in His hob bies in clude be ing with his grand chil dren, golf ing, trav el ing and gar den - ing. He stays busy vol un teer - ing at the Penn syl va nia Re source Coun cil (an en vi - ron men tal group), chair ing the New town Town ship Plan - ning Com mis sion and serv ing on the Board of Trust ees of Dunwoody Vil lage. June 2010 Page 99

9 DR. IVAN E. LEIGH Dr. Leigh grad u ated from James Mad i son High School in Brook lyn, NY. He re - ceived a Pu - lit zer Free Schol ar ship to Co lum bia Uni ver sity, Class of Then it was off to the Uni ver sity of Cal i for nia at Da vis, where he re ceived a PhD in Chem is try in Af ter a post-doc at Kan sas Uni ver sity, Dr. Leigh be gan his pro fes sional ca reer teach - ing at Villanova Uni ver sity, where he met and mar ried Hilde Wag ner. In 1966 the Leigh fam ily moved to Corn ing, NY, where Dr. Leigh su per vised an an a - lyt i cal group in glass chem is - try. In 1975 the Leighs were back in southeastern PA, where Dr. Leigh man aged au - to mo tive cat a lyst and re search groups at Matthey Bishop. Up per man age ment and na - tional eco nomic up heav als in 1983 re sulted in Dr. Leigh s tem po rary re turn to ac a de mia at U. Pitt-Johnstown. In 1985, with that re ces sion over, Dr. Leigh took a po si tion, again in glass anal y sis, with the CertainTeed Corp. (Blue Bell, PA), from which he re tired in Dr. Leigh vol un teers at the Hag ley Mu seum in Wilmington, and for many years DJ d a clas si cal mu sic pro gram on the West Ches ter University sta tion. He also meets for lunch bi-monthly with his for - mer col leagues from Villanova and Matthey Bishop, and an nu ally with his friends at Cer tain Teed at their hol i - day party. DR. MARINUS LOS Al though born in the Neth er lands, I re ceived my for mal ed u - ca tion in Brit ain; high school at a school founded in 700 in York shire and col lege at Ed in - burgh Uni ver sity in Scot land where I grad u ated with a 1 st Class Hon ours BSc in chem is - try and a PhD in or ganic chem is try. I con tin ued my ed - u ca tion with a two-year Post - doc toral Fel low ship at the Na tional Re search Coun cil in Ot tawa, Can ada work ing on the struc ture of a nat u ral prod - uct. For me, this was an ex - hil a rat ing time do ing struc ture de ter mi na tion as op posed to syn the sis, the sub ject of my PhD the sis. Apart from one year (1970) spent as a Se nior Re search Fel low in the Phar ma col ogy De part ment at Ed in burgh Uni ver sity work ing on prostaglandins, I worked for 35 years at the now non-ex istent Amer i can Cy an a mid Com - pany in their Ag ri cul tural Di - vi sion. Those were won der ful years in a vi brant or ga ni za - tion. I should add that suc cess cer tainly helped to make it so!! This suc cess was the dis - cov ery of the imidazolinone her bi cides, a new po tent class which in hib ited an en zyme in - volved in the biosynthesis of valine and isoleucine. It was this dis cov ery that brought me a num ber of awards: In ven tor of 1990 (In tel lec tual Prop erty Own ers), Achieve ment Award (In dus trial Re search In sti tute) 1994 and sev eral ACS Awards (Perkin Medal 1994, Cre ative In ven tion 1995 and Heroes of Chem is try, 1999). But the most mem o ra ble of all the awards was the Na tional Medal of Tech nol ogy pre - sented in 1993 by Pres i dent Clinton in a won der ful cer e - mony held in the Rose Gar den at the White House in front of my whole fam ily. What a thrill. My ca reer took a sharp change in di rec tion in 1984 when I was of fered a po si tion in Plant Sci ence Dis cov ery, a bi ol ogy group. This re sulted in many chal lenges. At re tire - ment in 1996 my po si tion was that of Di rec tor, Plant Sci - June 2010 Page 100

10 ences. This was a great ex pe - ri ence al low ing me to ob serve the per for mance of po ten tial prod ucts dis cov ered in the green house at re search sites around the world. It was a great ride, a won der ful ca reer. Re tire ment al lowed me to vol - un teer for Hab i tat and AARP s TaxAide. My wife and I later moved into a re tire - ment com mu nity where op - por tu ni ties abound through many clubs for ser vice, ed u - ca tion, sports and en tertainment. DR. EDYTH L. MALIN I fell in love with chem is try in high school and my fas ci na - tion has con tin ued al most ev - ery day since then. I ma jored in chem is try at Vanderbilt where I was also ac tive in stu - dent pub li ca tions. Worked briefly at the lo cal health de - part ment in Chat ta nooga, TN af ter I mar ried. We moved to the DC area, where I was an Ed i to rial As sis tant on Chem i - cal and En gi neer ing News and then a manusrcipt ed i tor for ACS ap plied pub li ca tions. Work on ACS pub li ca tions and at FASEB con tin ued part-time while I was rais ing my three sons. In 1967 I en - rolled at Amer i can Uni ver sity and re ceived an MS in 1969, just as we moved to Phil a del - phia. Af ter one year at Tem - ple, I trans ferred to Bryn Mawr Col lege and re ceived my PhD in Af ter a post-doc toral fel low ship in Wal ter Eng lander s lab at Penn , I went to USDA s East ern Re gional Re - search Cen ter (ERRC) as an NSF Post doc toral Re search As so ci ate and then as a per - ma nent em ployee for 27 years. I re tired July 1, 2003 but still main tain my con nec - tion there. My re search dealt with pro tein struc ture, first on beta-lactoglobulin and then ni trite mod i fi ca tion of lysine in food pro teins, in ac ti va tion of al ka line phosphatase in milk and cream, and mo lec u - lar mod el ing of ca sein pep - tides that oc cur dur ing cheesemaking. Con cur rently, I also headed a team that de - vel oped low-fat moz za rella cheese for school-lunch pizza for USDA s Na tional School Lunch Pro gram. Two ma jor man u fac tur ers make the cheese, and schools all over the US still use it on pizza. WIL LIAM W. MARSH, JR. Af ter re ceiv - ing a BA in Chem is try from La fay - ette Col lege in 1959, I took some grad u ate chem is try courses at the Uni - ver sity of Del a ware and then worked in R&D as a bench chem ist for Wyeth Lab o ra to - ries in Radnor, PA where I had spent four sum mers dur - ing my un der grad u ate years. While there I took chem is try courses at Villanova Uni ver - sity which con tin ued when I moved to R&D at Sun Oil Co. in Marcus Hook, PA where I re mained from I then be came Over seas Co or - di na tor of An a lyt i cal De vel - op ment for E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., in Lawrenceville, NJ, un til a com pany re or ga ni - za tion elim i nated the po si tion. A se ries of sales po si tions fol - lowed, and I served as re - gional sales man ager for Antek In stru ments, Inc. and then O.I. An a lyt i cal, two Texas-based com pa nies in the lab in stru ment field. Later, I sold en vi ron men tal ser vices for the Oc cu pa tional Health Ser vices group within The Hart ford Steam Boiler In spec - tion and In sur ance Co. and then lab o ra tory disposables for Qual ity En vi ron men tal Con tain ers. Dur ing my time with HSB, I took a spe cial ized course in In dus trial Hy giene at Geor gia Tech. Dur ing my en tire life I have been in volved with mu sic in some way as a cho ral singer in churches, high school and col lege and in two of the ma - jor Phil a del phia cho ruses: the Mendelsson Club and The Cho ral Arts So ci ety. I also June 2010 Page 101

11 was a reg u lar ex tra with The Phil a del phia Oratoris Choir. In 1976 I founded the Phil a del phia Branch of the Delius So ci ety ded i cated to the mu sic of this Eng lish com poser ( ) and his con tem po rar ies. The So - ci ety is still very ac tive and pres ents sev eral pub lic con - certs and other events an nu - ally. Since the 1970s I have also been ac tive as a mu sic jour nal ist pro vid ing re cord re - views and ar ti cles for sev eral pub li ca tions. These mu si cal ac tiv i ties (ex cept for sing ing these days) and oc ca sional work as an As so ci ate Pro - ducer for the Di rect-to-tape Re cord ing Co. keep me busy in re tire ment. DR. EU GENE (GENE) F. McINERNEY. A na tive of New York City, Gene re - ceived his BS from Fordham Uni ver sity and his PhD in organo-me tal - lic chem is try from St. John s Uni ver sity. Trained as a syn thetic or ganic chem ist, he transitioned to prod uct and com mer cial de - vel op ment ac tiv i ties first within GAF Ma te ri als Co. (now In ter na tional Spe cialty Prod ucts Inc.) and later at Her cu les Inc. (now Ashland Chem i cal Co.). Dur ing this chap ter of his ca reer he was in stru men tal in the de sign and in tro duc tion of spe cialty chem i cals, ma te ri als, and ser - vices used in the man u fac ture of semi con duc tor de vices and aero space sys tems. He also par tic i pated in nu mer ous cor - po rate li cens ing and M&A ini tia tives. With the con trac tion of the chem i cal in dus try in the early 1990s, he ini tially opened a bou tique con sul tancy (Elec - tronic Ma te ri als and Chem i - cals In ter na tional) prior to establishing a second career in the field of eco nomic de vel - op ment. As sum ing the role of tech nol ogy com mer cial iza tion man ager at Ben Frank lin Tech nol ogy Part ners of South east Penn syl va nia, he mentored emerg ing biopharma, in for ma tion tech nol - ogy, and man u fac tur ing com - pa nies while pro vid ing them access to investment capital as well as entrée to a net work of uni ver sity tech nol ogy con sult - ing re sources. Build ing upon that ex pe ri - ence, he went on to es tab lish EMCI Con sult ing As so ci ates where he cur rently of fers busi ness de vel op ment and tech nol ogy as sess ment ser - vices to early stage com pa - nies, uni ver si ties, and other not-for profit or ga ni za tions in the greater Phil a del phia area. In ad di tion, he serves as a con trib ut ing ed i tor to The Cat a lyst Re view. A more com plete ca reer pro file can be found at ugenefmcinerney. Gene and his wife Su san live in West Ches ter and, as a blended fam ily, have six chil - dren and three grand chil dren. In ter ests in clude fine wines, pho tog ra phy, travel, chess, me di eval his tory and spir i tu - al ity, and so cial jus tice ini tia tives. GEORGE A. SCHNABEL Af ter re ceiv - ing a BS in Chem i cal En gi neer ing and my Mas - ters in Chem. Eng. Prac tice from MIT in June 1961, I mar ried my won - der ful wife Alyce. We will be cel e brat ing our 49 th an ni ver - sary in We have two daugh ters (mar ried) and four grand chil dren, all of whom live near us. We spent the first two years of mar ried life at Dugway Prov ing Ground in Utah where I served as a Lieu ten ant in the Army Chem i cal Corps as a re sult of ROTC at Tech. I then started a 35-year ca reer with Rohm June 2010 Page 102

12 and Haas Com pany (now part of Dow Chem i cal) in the Phil - a del phia area. I started out in chem i cal pro cess en gi neer ing in Re search and moved up in tech ni cal man age ment there be fore be com ing tech ni cal man ager of the Phil a del phia Plant. I then be came in volved in evolv ing en vi ron men tal is - sues at Rohm and Haas and even tu ally ended up as chief en vi ron men tal man ager for the North Amer i can Re gion. There, I ad vised our plants on en vi ron men tal pol icy and su - per vised Super Fund re - sponse. I re tired early at age 58 in 1996, and my wife and I moved to a 55-plus de vel op - ment with a golf course near West Ches ter, PA. We keep busy with church, golf, long mo tor trips, go ing out for lunch, and at tend ing our grand chil dren s school and athletic events. DR. MI CHAEL M. SHAHIN Mi chael s life long pas sion for chem is try be gan at the Uni ver sity of Bir ming ham, Eng land, where he dis cov ered that through chem is try, it was pos si ble to make last ing con - tri bu tions to man kind in new ma te ri als, and pharmaceuticals and in the pro cess ob tain a deep un der stand ing of the se crets of na ture. Af ter ob - tain ing his BSc and PhD from that Uni ver sity, he spent two years as a post-doc tor ate fel - low at the Na tional Re search Coun cil of Can ada be fore join ing DuPont Cor po ra tion at its Ex per i men tal Re search Sta tion in Wilmington, DE. The lure of ac a demic re search at tracted him back to Yale Uni ver sity from where he was re cruited in 1963 as a se nior sci en tist, to the re search lab o - ra to ries of Xerox Cor po ra tion in up state New York. There, he rose in the ranks and held var i ous man age ment po si tions in clud ing that of Vice Pres i - dent and Man ager of Xerox Web ster Re search Cen ter from Later he was tapped for greater in - volve ment in cor po rate strat - egy and man age ment of qual ity as it ap plied to re - search and tech- nology. His last po si tion at Xerox was that of Man ager, In tel lec tual Prop - er ties for Re search and Tech - nol ogy. He re tired from Xerox in Shortly af ter, he joined the Uni ver sity of Roch es ter, Of fice of Tech nol - ogy Trans fer as Se nior Li - cens ing Man ager. He re tired from the Uni ver sity in 2008 and re lo cated with his fam ily to the Phil a del phia area. Mi - chael has pub lished ex ten - sively on ion-mol e cule re ac tions, co rona dis charges, photochemistry and elec tropho tog ra phy and holds a num ber of US pat ents. Through out his ca reer he has been an ac tive mem ber of a num ber of pro fes sional so ci et - ies in clud ing Amer i can Phys i - cal So ci ety, Amer i can Chemical So ci ety, Royal So ci ety of Chem is try (England) and Society for Imaging Science and Technology. He was Chairman of the New York Section of APS from and Chairman of the Rochester Section of ACS in DR. THE O DORE J. SIEK Chem is try cap ti vated my in ter est early in youth, as I re call set ting up lit tle ex per - i ments around the house (with out dam - age, I might add). Af ter grad - u at ing from Grand Coulee High School in Wash ing ton State, I at tended Pa cific Lu - theran Col lege, Ta coma, WA be tween 1951 and 1957 with a two-year break for mil i tary ser vice with the US Army, 1954 to I re ceived a BA in 1957 and then be came a grad u ate stu dent at Wash - ing ton State U, Pull man, re - ceiv ing a MS in or ganic chem is try and bio chem is try in June 2010 Page 103

13 1961. I con tin ued my grad u - ate stud ies at Or e gon State U, Corvallis, and was awarded a PhD in bio chem is try in The next four years I was with the De part ment of Food Sci - ence at Or e gon State as a re - search as so ci ate in food fla vors. My in ter est turned to fo ren sic chem is try and in 1968 I took a po si tion as an an a lyt i cal tox - i col o gist for the Con nect i cut De part ment of Health, spend - ing three years in Hart ford, CT. I then be came Chief Tox - i col o gist for North ern Vir - ginia in a crime and postmor tem lab o ra tory in Fairfax, VA. My next po si tion was with PoisonLab of Den ver, CO, a lab spe cial iz ing in emer gency tox i col ogy and ther a peu tic drug mon i tor ing ( ). When this lab o ra - tory was sold and closed, I moved to Penn syl va nia and be came an As so ci ate Di rec tor at Na tional Med i cal Ser vices in Wil low Grove, PA. In 1985 I started a new lab o - ra tory in Feasterville, PA, which I named An a lytic Bio-Chem is tries. Ther a peu - tic drug mon i tor ing for hos pi - tals and fo ren sic tox i col ogy for cor o ners was 90% of the lab s ac tiv ity. I was Di rec tor and owner of this lab un til 2009 when I sold to At lan tic Di ag nos tic Lab o ra to ries and re tired. I am now writ ing a Tox i col ogy Lab o ra tory Man - ual and it has lots and lots of chem is try. My wife, Mar ian, and I live in Southampton, PA and are blessed with 10 grand chil dren. DR. JAMES L. SMITH James L. Smith re ceived a BA (1952) and MA (1954) in Bac te ri ol ogy from In di ana Uni ver sity, Bloomington, IN. As a Med i cal Mi cro bi ol o gist at Fort Detrick, MD ( ), he worked on the patho ge nic ity of the plague bac te rium (Pasteurella pestis, now known as Yersinia pestis). Feel ing a need for fur ther ed u ca tion, he re turned to In di ana Uni ver sity where he re ceived a PhD in Mi cro bi - ol ogy (1962). Dr. Smith stud - ied the ef fect of mi croor gan isms on fats as a Mi cro - bi ol o gist at the Ag ri cul tural Re search Cen ter in Beltsville, MD from 1963 to He moved to Phil a del phia and worked at the East ern Re - gional Re search Cen ter where he stud ied the mi cro bi ol ogy of meat fer men ta tions and mi - cro bial food safety of meat prod ucts. In 1990, he re tired and is now a USDA col lab o - rat ing sci en tist at the East ern Re gional Re search Cen ter. He cur rently writes re view ar - ti cles and book chap ters on mi cro bial food safety sub jects and has co-ed ited three books deal ing with the patho ge nic ity of mi cro or gan isms. Dr. Smith also re views manu scripts (both in-house and for jour - nals) and acts as a men tor for many sci en tists at ERRC. DR. DAN IEL F. VEBER Dan iel F. Veber, a past re cip i ent of the Phil a del - phia Sec tion Award (1988), I joined the ACS as an un der - grad u ate at Yale. On com ple tion of my PhD at Yale as an or ganic chem ist, I joined the re search labs of Merck. Hold ing vary - ing ti tles in Me dic i nal Chem - is try at both the Rahway and West Point labs my re search fo cused on var i ous as pects of pep tide syn the sis and me dic i - nal chemistry. On re tire ment from Merck in 1992, I joined SmithKline Beecham in Up per Merion as a Di rec tor for Me dic i nal Chem is try with a fo cus on pro te ase in hib i tors and com bi - na torial chem is try. Over my ca reer I par tic i pated in work that led to a num ber of phar - ma ceu ti cal agents as well as pro duc ing more than 225 pub - li ca tions and 80 is sued US pat ents. My work was rec og - nized by the ACS with the 2001 Ralph F. Hirschmann June 2010 Page 104

14 Award in Pep tide Chem is try and by the Amer i can Pep tide So ci ety in 1992 with the Merrifield Award. I re tired from GSK in I con tinue my sci en tific en - deav ors through con sult ing in me dic i nal chem is try and par - tic i pa tion on var ied sci en tific ad vi sory boards. With greater free dom of time I now also enjoy more opportunity for travel and outside activities with Marilyn, my wife of 50 years. ALSO CELEBRATING 50 YEARS Dr. Paul Stan ley An der son, Salvatore P. Baratta, Fran cis T. Coyle, Dr. Den nis R. Gere, Melvin Goldstein, Dr. Herman S. Greenberg, Dr. Walther G. Grot, Dr. Rich ard J. Hinchey, Wil - liam F. Hoffman, Charles H. Miller, Jr., Dr. Stan ley F. Osman, Dr. Jo seph Herman Schauble, Dr. Rob ert J. Stedman, John G. Zajacek. MEM BERS CEL E BRAT ING 60 YEARS WITH THE ACS Dr. Dale War ren Blackburn, Lorraine R. Brill, Al bert Carman Condo, Howard Al fred Hittner, Dean E. Humphrey, Marvin Jo seph Hurwitz, Dr. Ken neth D. Kopple, Dr. Frank James Loprest, Ray mond John Mannella, Dr. James J. Markham, Dr. Luke R. Ocone, Dr. Lyle H. Phifer, Dr. Seemon H. Pines, Dr. Da vid C. Remy, An thony Henry Santulli, Dr. Louis Paul Sinotte, Dr. Ed gar E. Stinson, Dr. Rob ert J. Suhadolnik, Ken - neth Lynn Var ley. Keep Re ceiv ing the Lat est Is sue of the Cat a lyst Be sure that your ad dress with the Na tional Of fice is cur rent them at ser vice@acs.org You will need your membership num ber to sub mit changes or Log onto the ACS web site, and click on Edit my Pro file un der the wel come line June 2010 Page 105

15 NEWS AT OMS E. James Petersson and Chris to pher Murray of the Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia s Chem is try De part ment are re cip i ents of a pi lot grant from the Translational Bio med i cal Im ag ing Cen ter of the In sti tute for Translational Med i cine and Ther a peu tics. Daeyeon Lee, as sis tant pro fes sor in Penn s De part ment of Chem i cal and Biomolecular En gi - neer ing, re ceived the Vic tor K. LaMer award for out stand ing grad u ate re search in colloid and sur face chem is try. He will de liver the LaMer ple nary lec ture at the 84 th ACS Colloid and Sur - face Chem is try Sym po sium. Robin M. Hochstrasser, Donnor pro fes sor of phys i cal sci ence at Penn, re ceived the Pitts burgh Spec tros copy award from the Spec tros copy So ci ety of Pitts burgh. He was rec og nized for pi o - neer ing con tri bu tions in the de vel op ment of ul tra fast and mul ti di men sional spectroscopies. DEATHS Wasley D. Yushok, re tired from Fox Chase Can cer Cen ter, May 11, 2009 at 88. He was for mer head of can cer bio chem is try of the Bio chem i cal Re search Foun da tion. He also worked for the Lab o ra tory of Tis sue Me tab o lism at the Uni ver sity of Texas Med i cal School. Edith L. Kirschner, De cem ber 9 at 83. She was a 62-year mem ber of ACS. Keith Stu art McCallum, for mer em ployee of Rohm and Haas, Feb ru ary 7, 2010 at 90. He was a 60-year mem ber of ACS. Note: News At oms seeks to re port on peo ple in the field of chem is try in the greater Phil a del - phia area. If you have news about new hires, sig nif i cant pro mo tions, hon ors and awards, and those who have re cently passed away, send it by to philcatalyst@aol. com or by mail to the Phil a del phia Sec tion ACS. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF CHEMISTRY Help put chem is try on the cal en dar in 2011! Next year is the In ter na tional Year of Chem is try (IYC) and to cel e brate ACS in vites YOU to high light ev ery day ad vances in chem is try. Through the IYC-2011 ini tia tive 365: Chem is try for Life, a dif fer ent as pect of chem is try will be high lighted ev ery day on Any one can sub mit ideas for a fa vor ite el e ment, com - pound, discovery, process, chemist, or chemistry innovation at by June 30, Suggestions should fall into one of four categories: energy, environment, materials, and health. Se lected sub mis sions re ceive rec og ni tion and an IYC-2011 pin and t-shirt. For more ideas on how to cel e brate the In ter na tional Year of Chem is try, visit and June 2010 Page 106

16 Philadelphia Young Chemists Committee Monthly Social at the Philadelphia Field House 1150 Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA nd Thursday of each month from 5:30 PM -7:00 PM Entertainment and drink specials available Come out to socialize and network with other Philadelphia area chemists at the Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) monthly social. Each month we will be meeting at the Field House in Center City. There will be food and drink specials as well as access to the game room (when available). The Field House is conveniently located within the PA Convention Center and public transportation is just a few steps away. The Broad Street Line is directly below the Field House and the Market East Station is in walking distance. The Field House is also accessible from Filbert Street, across from the Reading Terminal Market. Hope to see you there! The Philadelphia Section of the YCC For parking information, including discounted lot information visit:

17 CHEMICAL CONSULTANTS NETWORK JUNE 9, 2010 MEETING Visit the CCN web page at Date and Location: Wednesday, June 9, at the Cynwyd Club, Bala Cynwyd, PA Time: Networking, 5:30 PM; Buffet, 6:15 PM; Forum and Business Session, 7:30 PM Topic: ANNUAL OPEN FORUM AL FRESCO BUFFET SPOUSES WELCOME!!! Program: As in the past, we will informally exchange questions and experiences relating to our activities as independent chemical consultants or our interest in becoming one. This gathering has been one of our most popular and enjoyable events, so don t miss it! Location: The Cynwyd Club, 332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd, PA MAP Reservation: To make or cancel a dinner reservation, CCNReservations@aol.com or call the ACS office at (leave message on voic if necessary). Fee, including food and beverages (wine, beer & sodas), is $25 for individuals or $40 per couple. Reservation deadline is Thursday, June 3. DRESS IS CASUAL. Late reservations and walk-ins subject to availability. No-shows will be invoiced. Dietary restrictions accommodated on a limited basis. There is no charge for Forum only, but registration is suggested using contact information above. June 2010 Page 108

18 American Chemical Society Webinars (ACS Webinars ) is a weekly online event serving to connect ACS members and scientific professionals with subject matter experts and global thought leaders in chemical sciences, management, and business on relevant professional issues. Each webinar is 60 minutes in length, comprising of a short presentation followed by Q&A with the speaker. The live webinars are held on Thursdays from 2-3pm ET and recordings of the past webinars are available online. View and register for upcoming events at or acswebinars@acs.org. June 3, Effective Technical Writing Tips and Strategies Every Scientist Should Know. Does your job require frequent technical writing? Do you ever feel frustrated with technical writing, either with your own or that of others? Technical writing is a regular, but often considered painful, part of life for many scientists. Fortunately, there is help! Improve your technical and scientific writing skills without leaving your desk! Join our speaker Aline Harrison, the instructor for Effective Technical Writing Short Course offered by the American Chemical Society Office of Professional Education, as she shares tips on how to improve your ability to write technically, the pain-free way. June 17, A Life of Innovation Finding Your Passion. How would you like to shape your scientific legacy? Get inspired with remarkable life stories of great scientists. David Walt s Laboratory at Tufts is world-renowned for its pioneering work that applies micro and nanotechnology to urgent biological problems. Join us as David Walt, an accomplished educator, researcher, and entrepreneur shares his journey and his passion for science and innovation. Learn how to uncover your passion and build your own journey! July 1, From Laboratory to Licensing: Protecting Your Intellectual Property Along the Way. You may be working on breakthrough research but do you know how to protect it? Scientific professionals devote a tremendous amount of time and energy to create valuable intellectual property; yet, many do not invest the necessary time to learn what it takes to protect their work. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in 2009, just under forty percent of patent applications were granted. Navigating the path from discovery to market can be complex and tricky. Learn from our speaker, Tom Steinberg, of Roberts, Mlotkowski, Safran & Cole, strategies you need to know to protect your life s work. July 8, Chemicals & the Economy Mid-Year Updates Impact and Outlook for Executives and Scientists. Recovery is the new buzzword, but is it here to stay? Would you like to know what indicators to watch for? The chemical industry is a well-known leading indicator for the world economy. Yet chemical professionals are often unaware of this significance. Learn from our speaker, Paul Hodges, of International echem, strategies for navigating these uncertain economic waters. Learn how understanding the economy and chemical industry trends can help you better plan for your career and business. June 2010 Page 109

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22 PHILADELPHIA SECTION, ACS 2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Date Event Locations Thursday, June 3 ACS Webinar: Aline Harrison, York College: Effective Technical Writing Tips and Strategies Every Scientist Should Know. June 7-9 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley Short Course: Advanced LC and Lab with Hands-on LC/MS (lecture and laboratory) Ursinus College Collegeville, PA Wednesday, June 9 Chemical Consultants Network: Annual Open Forum Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA Thursday, June 10 Young Chemists Committee monthly social The Philadelphia Field House Philadelphia, PA Monday, June 14 Luncheon Meeting Tuesday, June 15 Honoring Our 50-year Members: Joseph S. Francisco, 2010 ACS President: Celebrating Golden Opportunities, Creating a Boundless Future Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Frederick Tepper, Argonide Corp.: Ultra High Efficiency Biological Depth Filter McCall Meeting and Conference Center Highland Park, PA D Ignazio s Towne House Media, PA Thursday, June 17 ACS Webinar: David Walt, Tufts University: A Life of Innovation Finding Your Passion June ACS short courses in Philadelphia a.cfm Thursday, July 1 ACS Webinar: Tom Steinberg, RMSC Law: From Laboratory to Licensing: Protecting Your IP Along the Way Thursday, July 8 ACS Webinar: Paul Hodges, International echem: Chemicals and the Economy Mid-Year Updates Impact and Outlook for Executives and Scientists August Fall National Meeting Boston, MA Thursday, September 16 TBA TBA Thursday, October 21 TBA TBA Saturday, November 6 Women Chemists Committee: P.A.G.E.S. -- (Philadelphia Area Girls Enjoying Science) Thursday, November 18 Ullyot Lecture: Susan Solomon, University of Colorado at Boulder and NOAA Saturday, December 11 Herb Bassow Memorial Chemical Demonstrations and Hands-on Activities Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA TBA June 2010 Page 113