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MARCH 2012

Volume 70/3

Dr. Donald A. Tomalia,NanoSynthons LLC

April 3, 2012DoubleTree Wilmington

Delaware Section Award

Professor Andrew V. Teplyakov

University of Delaware

March 14, 2012

Deerfield Country Club

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As I write this column, it is early Februaryand my snowdrops are blooming. I canonly hope the groundhog was wrong andthat the mild weather continues!Thanks to those who attended the Januarymeeting and to our presenters, JenniferKmiec and Rich Chapas from theDelaware Sustainable Chemistry Alliance(DESCA). They shared an exciting visionto make Delaware an internationallyrecognized center of excellence in sustain-ability by connecting higher education,business, and government. Delaware’sstrong science and technology basecombined with responsive governmentpartners in the Delaware EconomicDevelopment Office and the Departmentof Natural Resources and EnvironmentalControl are reasons for optimism. I hopemany ACS members will be able to attendDESCA’s second sustainability summit onMarch 5. Details are available at theirwebsite, http://desustainablechem.org. I was fortunate to be able to attend theACS Leadership Institute in January. Ilearned a great deal about governance andthe many resources ACS offers. I will tryto feature some of these resources infuture issues of the Bulletin.Two of the Section’s most important annualevents are on the calendar in the comingweeks, and I hope members will turn outin force to support them. The first is thepresentation of the Delaware SectionAward, which is given to a Section memberin recognition of scientific achievement.This year’s awardee is Professor AndrewTeplyakov from the University of Delaware.His work, which has been featured in Chemicaland Engineering News, involves functional-ization of semiconductor surfaces. Thereshould be something for everyone in histalk, including wet chemistry, analysis andcomputational chemistry, with myriadapplications. Join us on March 14 atDeerfield Country Club in Newark. On April 3, the Section will present theCarothers Award to Dr. Donald Tomaliafor his groundbreaking work on dendrimers.This will be the 34th presentation of theaward, which is given for outstandingcontributions to industrial chemistry. It isunique among local section awards in itsindustrial focus and international scope.Dr. Tomalia has followed a productive

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Chemistry of Semiconductor Surfaces inVacuum and in Ambient

Professor Andrew V. TeplyakovDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of DelawareDate: March 14, 2012Time: 6:00 pm Social

6:30 pm Dinner7:30 pm Timothy Gilpatrick, UD,

followed by Presentation of the Delaware Section Award and Award address

Location: Deerfield Country Club507 Thompson Station Road,Newark, DE 19711

Cost: $30 Members$35 Nonmembers$15 Students

Dinner: Citrus greens, choice of chicken Grand Marnier or salmon filet with lobster dillsauce, raspberry marble cheesecake (vegetarian option upon request) Reservation deadlineis Friday, March 9, at 5 pm. Reservations not cancelled by that date will be billed.Methods of Registration:1. Use the link provided on the section website, http://delacs.sites.acs.org, or in the Del-

Chem Bulletin distribution announcement to register online. Credit cards and PayPalaccepted.

2. E-mail [email protected] to receive a link to online registration.Members who are unable to register online should call Andrea Martin at 610-499-4515.Abstract:Since the 80s, the reactions of organic and organometallic compounds with group IVsemiconductor substrates have been of great interest both from fundamental and frompractical applications points of view. These reactions are relevant in thin film growth,design of microelectronic, molecular electronic, bioelectronic components, biosensing,energy conversion, and catalysis. Two basic approaches focused on either UHV surfacefunctionalization of clean single crystals or on the reactions of H-terminated substrates.Most recently, the focus of our research has been in preparing the surface functionalitiesnormally achievable in UHV but using wet chemistry approaches. The discussion willbring up the use of multiple spectroscopic and microscopic techniques and DFTcalculations to investigate the functionalization of semiconductors.

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Speaker:Andrew V. Teplyakov is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University ofDelaware. He has completed his undergraduate degree at Moscow State University,Moscow, Russia, in 1992. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York,NY, in 1997 under the guidance of the late Professor Brian Bent, where he also workedwith Professor George Flynn. After receiving his Ph.D., Andrew held a postdoctoral posi-tion in the group of Professor Stacey Bent (currently at Stanford University, Departmentof Chemical Engineering). Andrew joined the faculty at the Department of Chemistry andBiochemistry at the University of Delaware in 1998. His research is focused on an inter-disciplinary area of surface and thin film science. His group has developed several novelapproaches to understanding chemical binding on surfaces of amorphous diffusion barri-er films, surface chemistry of multifunctional molecules, surface modification of semi-conductor materials in ambient, electron transfer and molecular junctions, specificallyelectronic properties controlled by surface preparation and modification, and more recent-ly, covalent binding of biomolecules to semiconductors. This research uses a wide arrayof surface analytical techniques, microscopic characterization, and computational investi-gations. It has resulted in over 75 publications and over 60 invited presentations. Andrewhas actively participated in ACS activities, organizing multiple symposia. He is a memberof the Eastern Analytical Symposium Governing Board. He is also an active member ofthe Center for Catalytic Science and Technology at the University of Delaware.

Chemists Celebrate Earth Day, 2012Encourage your neighbors to participate in a household hazardous wastedrop-off. Both Delaware and Chester County, PA, have dates set for April:

Delaware Solid Waste AuthoritySaturday, April 07, 2012Time: 8:00 am–4:00 pmLocation: Pine Tree Corners Transfer Station276 Pine Tree Road,Townsend, DENew Castle County

Chester County Solid Waste AuthoritySaturday, April 14, 2012Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm Location: Center for Arts & Technology

Pickering Campus1580 Charlestown Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460

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Carothers AwardDendrimers/Dendrons and Dendritic Polymers: A Versatile Platform forNanomedicine and Window to a New Nano-Periodic System for UnifyingNanoscience

Donald A. Tomalia, Ph.D.NanoSynthons LLC

Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858

Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2012Time: 5:30 pm Social

6:30 pm Dinner7:30 pm Presentation of Carothers Award and

Award Address

Place: DoubleTree Wilmington

Location: 4727 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803

Cost: $40

Dinner: Fresh fruit martini (fruit cup), Caesar salad, choice of herb crusted salmon, veg-etable lasagna, or filet mignon, chocolate mousse parfaitReservation deadline is Thursday, March 29, at 5 pm. Reservations not cancelled by thatdate will be billed.

Methods of Registration:1. Use the link provided on the section website, http://delacs.sites.acs.org, or in theDel-Chem Bulletin distribution announcement to register online. Credit cards and PayPalaccepted.2. E-mail [email protected] to receive a link to online registration.Members who are unable to register online should call Andrea Martin at 610-499-4515.

Abstract:Since H. Staudinger first introduced his macromolecular concept in the early 1920s, thefield of traditional polymers consisted of only three major macromolecular architectures,namely: (I) linear, (II) cross-linked and (III) simple branched architectures. Historically,the discovery of each architectural polymer class has been accompanied by an exponentialgrowth in new commercial products, processes and new thinking. In each case, thisactivity was inextricably associated with unprecedented new material properties driven bythe respective architecture type. The discovery of dendrimers/dendrons and dendritic polymersin the early 1980s has been no exception. During this past decade, more than 14,000publications and patents have been documented that are related to this fourth new majorarchitectural class; namely, dendrimers/dendritic polymers. This lecture will trace some keyscientific milestones and developments that are underpinning dendrimers as a key platformfor the emergence of many new nanomedical products (i.e., Stratus® Diagnostics;Siemens, Germany and VivaGel®; Starpharma, Australia). The lecture will conclude withrecent developments, inspired by this architectural polymer class, concerning a new nano-periodic system for defining and unifying nanoscience that now appears to be fulfilled andvalidated by recent published examples of predictive Mendeleev-like nano-periodic tables.

Biography:Dr. Donald Tomalia is the CEO/Founder of NanoSynthons, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Heserves as Associate Editor, Nanomedicine (Elsevier); Editorial Advisory Board,Bioconjugate Chemistry; Faculty Member, Faculty 1000 Biology; Director of The Nation-

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CALL FOR POSTERS9th ANNUAL DELAWARE ACS SECTION STUDENT-INDUSTRY

POSTER SESSION MEETINGUniversity of Delaware, Newark

Tuesday, April 24, 20123:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m..

Industrial Posters: This is the chance for you to show off what you have been doing, toeach other and to the students who will be participating. This is the one chance that thestudents have to learn about what is going on in the companies in this area. Do you havea poster you have presented or plan on presenting at a conference—ACS, Pittcon or what-ever? Perhaps you have an internal presentation that can be altered for external exhibition.Chemical trade displays will be considered. PLAN NOW TO HAVE YOUR POSTERPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING–FILE THE NECESSARY RELEASE FORMS WITHYOUR COMPANY.

Managers: Please encourage your people to participate!

Student Posters: Cash prizes will be given for the best of the student posters, in each ofthree categories: post-doc, grad student, and undergraduate.

Abstracts: The abstract should be no longer than 150 words. Please indicate whether thisis an undergraduate, graduate, postdoc or industrial poster. Send the abstract along withtitle, authors, affiliation, and complete address, email and phone number to:

Dr. Douglass TaberDepartment of Chemistry & BiochemistryUniversity of DelawareNewark, DE 19716e-mail: [email protected](302) 831-2433

We can accommodate abstracts up to the day of the event, but please get them in ahead oftime if you can! Pizza will be provided!

Schedule: The Brown Lab (UD Chemistry building) lobby will be available from 3:00 on.Please plan to have your poster up by 3:45. From 3:30 on there will be refreshments. At4:00 in 219 Brown, there will be a seminar, TBA. Please be back to your poster right afterthe seminar to talk with the judges. We will convene in 219 Brown at 6:00 to eat andannounce the winners.

career at Dow by founding a number of successful companies and holding several acade-mic and leadership appointments. Once again, the Carothers Committee has identified aworthy recipient! The Section is grateful to the committee and to our corporate partnersfor supporting this event.

Watch our website for information on events later in the spring, including our annual 50-and 60-year member luncheon and high school awards.

Finally, I want to thank Todd Brugel for volunteering to organize the Section’s ChemistsCelebrate Earth Day (CCED) activities, which will be detailed in the next issue of the Bul-letin. If you are interested in helping out, please let me know.

I hope to see you at one (or more!) of our events soon. Think spring!

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CHEMVETSTOPIC: Planar Array Infrared Spectrometry: Lessons Learned About Technology

Startup Companies

SPEAKER: Dr. Bruce Chase (Du Pont, retired)

DATE: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

PLACE: DuPont. Chestnut Run

TIME: 12:00 Lunch (Admin. Bldg.)1:00 Lecture (Bldg. 713 auditorium)

INFORMATION:George Parshall (658-2066; [email protected])

BIOGRAPHY:Bruce Chase received his B. A. from Williams College in 1970 and his Ph.D. in physicalchemistry from Princeton in 1975. He then joined DuPont as a research chemist in theCentral Research Department. He retired from DuPont in 2009 as a DuPont Fellow andChair of the DuPont Fellows Forum. He is now a Research Professor in the Departmentof Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Delaware and the Chief TechnicalOfficer of Pair Technologies, LLC.

Dr. Chase's primary area of research is in vibrational spectroscopy, FT-IR and Raman tech-niques, and applications to industrial analytical problems. In collaboration with Dr. TomasHirschfeld (deceased) he developed an FT-Raman spectrometer, which demonstrated theutility of near infrared excitation. Recent efforts include the development and utilizationof polarized Raman scattering for the determination of orientation in fibers. Parallel workhas involved developing multichannel detection instrumentation for the near infrared. Incollaboration with Professor John Rabolt at the University of Delaware he has developedan approach to infrared spectroscopy based on focal plane area detectors.

Over the past twenty years, Bruce has received numerous awards including the 1994 Bun-sen-Kirchhoff Prize from the German Chemical Society and the 1999 ACS AnalyticalDivision Award in Spectrochemical Analysis.

ABSTRACT:The availability of high quality, scientific grade focal plane array detectors operating in themid infrared has opened up new possibilities in infrared instrumentation. FT-IR has total-ly dominated this region of the spectrum for almost four decades. While the technique isextremely powerful, it does suffer from some limitations. The development of Planar ArrayInfrared instrumentation can address all of the shortcomings. Spectra can be obtained inas little as five milliseconds, with S/N comparable to or exceeding that seen with an FT-IR. Even more importantly, PA-IR can be operated in a true double beam configurationallowing long term measurements with minimal instrument drift. However, we havelearned the hard way, that a startup company based on superior technology is not a guar-anteed path to success. Almost always, business issues trump technology issues. The basisfor this instrumentation and typical results will be discussed along with the lessons learnedwith respect to startup technology enterprises.

NEXT MEETING:Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Professor Hal White (University of Delaware) will speak on“Dragonflies and Damsonflies.”

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March Madness!Al Denio


College BasketballWe shall soon get to witness this annualtradition of college guys manipulating asphere to pass through a slightly largermetal ring placed ten feet above the floor.Those who excel may quit college andenter the NBA to become rich people. Theother guys may (or may not) graduate witha degree and try to find a job to pay offtheir student loans. I wonder how many ofthese student athletes are chemistry orchem engineering majors?If we survive March, we can look forwardto the baseball season. One nice thingabout the never-ending sports events is thatthey help to distract us from real worldconcerns like wars, the economy, elections,global warming, etc.

The Fe LadyLast month I mentioned looking forward toseeing this new movie with Meryl Streep.We did enjoy the film and Meryl gaveanother memorable performance. However,I was disappointed that the film made nomention of Margaret Thatcher’s educationas a chemist at Oxford. She graduated in1947 and then worked as a chemist at twodifferent companies.However, she married Dennis Thatcher, awealthy divorced businessman who paidfor her to attend law school. She then wentinto politics and eventually became GreatBritain’s first woman Prime Minister.Unfortunately, most people will remainignorant of her background in chemistry.

The Al Can RescueWisconsin had mandatory recycling ofmetals, glass, paper and plastics, withweekly curbside pickup. This has gone onfor years, so we were shocked upon movingto Delaware in 1998 to learn that this statehad only a token voluntary program. Thismeant weekly trips to the recycling dropoff location on the U.D. Campus.

Luckily the environmental community wasable to push the politicians to establish a

weekly curbside recycling pickup program,which seems to work well.Aluminum is a high value metal, frequentlyused for beverage cans. It is easy to recycleinto new cans. However, some citizensdiscard these cans all over Newark. I suspectthat his problem is common in most collegetowns.I can’t bear to see these cans cluttering upthe streets, parking lots and campus. Thus,my policy is to rescue these cans during mylocal walks. Often I take a plastic bag toaccommodate my collection, which is thenadded to our recycling bin. The energyrequired to convert these cans back intonew aluminum is only 5% of the amount ofenergy required to extract the metal frombauxite ore. I hope that you’ll join my Alcan rescue effort!

The Fluoridation FlapThanks to Jane E. Brody for her article“Dental Exam Went Well? Thanks Fluoride”which appeared in the Science Times sectionof the N.Y. Times on January 24.Municipal water fluoridation in the U.S. goesback about 50 years. Fluoride concentrationsin the range of 0.7 to 1.2 milligrams per literwere standard. In 2011, the Food and DrugAdministration recommended reducing thatlevel to 0.7 mg/l due to the fact that manypeople now use toothpaste and mouthwashcontaining fluoride. We also ingest somefluoride ions in fruit juices or other beverages.“The Centers for Disease Control andPrevention calls fluoridation one of the tenmost valuable public health measures ofthe 20th century.” About 70% of cities andtowns in the U.S. add fluoride compoundsto their water supply at a cost that rangesfrom 95 cents to $10 per person per year.When fluoridation was first proposed,some called it a Communist plot andunconstitutional. They claimed it wouldcause cancer, heart disease, AIDS,Alzheimer’s disease, etc. None of theseclaims have ever been proven but manyskeptics remain.

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Thomas EdisonHe had over 1,000 patents when he diedand gets credit for the incandescent lightbulb of 1879. This was a great improvementover candles and kerosene lamps, bothnotorious fire hazards.While Edison gets credit for shedding lighton the world, his bulbs were very energyinefficient. Only about 5% of the energyconsumed is converted to light, the restgiven off as heat. In a drafty home in win-ter, this was a fringe benefit. However, allthat extra heat in the summer was a problem.I had a friend in Wisconsin who had akitchen sink adjacent to a poorly insulatedoutside wall. On very cold nights he woulduse a 100-watt bulb under the sink to pre-vent the pipes from freezing. In reality,incandescent bulbs are really heaters thatemit some light.In 2007, Congress passed the Energy Inde-pendence and Security Act, which man-dates light bulbs to use 27% less energy by2014. As of January l, 100-watt bulbs can

no longer be made or imported by the U.S.The 75-watt bulbs are impacted next yearfollowed by 60 and 40-watt bulbs in 2014.Most of us have started the conversion tothe compact fluorescents, light-emittingdiodes and halogen bulbs. As the number ofchoices increases we face several decisionsdealing with brightness, warm-up times,durability, size, etc. Consumer Reportsmagazine has a nice comparison in the Feb-ruary issue of this year.

Delaware Academy of Chemical SciencesIn November we elected two new Boardmembers – Dr. Ed Wasserman and Dr.Chris Petersen, both retired DuPontchemists. We are now looking for newmembers interested in preserving the histo-ry of chemistry, especially in this area. Wealso plan to increase public knowledge ofchemistry. Dues are $25/year, $15 for fac-ulty members and $10 for students. Pleasecall me at (302) 455-0389 or send an emailat [email protected]. Thank you!

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al Dendrimer & Nanotechnology Center; Distinguished Visiting Professor, ColumbiaUniversity and External Faculty, University of Wisconsin-Madison (School of Pharmacy).He received his B.A. in chemistry from the University of Michigan and while at The DowChemical Company completed his Ph.D. in physical-organic chemistry from MichiganState University under the mentorship of Professor Harold Hart. He progressed fromresearch chemist to research manager/scientist at The Dow Chemical Company. He isrecognized as the pioneering scientist/inventor associated with the discovery ofdendrimers/dendritic polymers and poly(oxazolines). His discovery of the cationicpolymerization of 2-oxazolines led to two international industrial research awards (R&D-100) for creative research in 1978 and 1986. His discovery of dendrimers (dendritic poly-mer architecture) in 1979 led to a third R&D-100 Award in 1991 and the Leonardo daVinci Award (Paris, France) in 1996. He received the Society of Polymer Science Japan(SPSJ) Award for Outstanding Achievement in Polymer Science (2003) for his discoveryof the fourth major macromolecular architectural class, namely; dendritic polymers.Dr. Tomalia was recently inducted into the Thomas Reuters (2011) –“Hall of Citation Lau-reates in Chemistry” (i.e., 40 most highly cited scientists in the field of chemistry). He isthe recipient of the Louis W. Busse Lecturership, School of Pharmacy, University of Wis-consin, Madison, WI (2011); ACS Eminent Scientist Lecture Award, 240th ACS NationalMeeting, Boston, MA (2010); Linus Pauling Memorial Lecturer, Portland, OR (2010);Chevron Lectureship, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2009).He is listed as the inventor of over 128 U.S. patents and is author/coauthor of more than245 peer reviewed publications. Over 175 papers are focused on the dendrimer/dendriticpolymer field. His research interests include: dendrimer-based nanomedicine, dendrimerstructural design for drug delivery, imaging and nanopharmaceuticals. More recently, hehas been focused on a new nano-periodic system for unifying and defining nanoscience.

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Minutes of the Executive Committee MeetingDelaware Section of the American Chemical Society

Thursday, January 12, The Crownery Restaurant, Lantana Square, HockessinChair Andrea Martin called the meeting to order at 7:19 pm. Secretary’s ReportAndrea had nothing new to report. Julie Brady received files, successfully accessed e –rosters.Treasurer’s ReportXiaoli Wang, Andrea Martin and Mary Jo Bock met to transfer information. Andrea noted issueswith accounts at Wells Fargo. Xiaoli stated that the December 2011 YTD report includes miscellaneous income for Project Seed fromNational ACS, which was offset by a miscellaneous payment for the student stipend. Travel for counselorsto National meeting was partially offset by reimbursements and is approximately $800 over budget.NCW costs have not all been reimbursed. Mary Jo will check with Maggie Schooler. Section meetingsare over budget. Textbook awards are well under the budgeted amount. YTD budgeted loss is $7,000and actual gain is approximately $4000. Balance sheet includes Vanguard accounts. Funds wereupgraded due to increased balance (automatic upgrade). Three upgrades occurred in 2010, and one in2011. He is working with the accountant on the annual report.National ACS miscalculated the amount owed to the MARM account; it is approximately $3,000short. Martha Hollomon contacted them in Sept, Nov. and Dec. There is about $8,500 in the accountand half is due to MARM board. Decided to make a payment now according to what is currently in theaccount, and then when the ACS payment comes the section will return half of that total. Accountwill not be closed until this is cleared up. Xiaoli will remain on this account. Thanks to Xiaoli for serving2 terms (4 years) as treasurer.Mary Jo requested moving accounts to WSFS. Allison Moore made a motion that Xiaoli issue acheck from Wells-Fargo for $10,000 to establish an account at WSFS with Andrea Martin as 2ndsigner. Motion seconded by Tiffany Hoerter and passed unanimously. Chair’s ReportAndrea Martin reported that she attended the FORMS webinar one week ago, while it was not a productiveuse of time she is acquainted with the FORMS system. She will attend the Leadership Workshopin Fort Worth, Jan. 20-22, which is for Chair-elects. She expects the ACS reimbursement of $300to cover the majority of costs.January section meeting is January 25th, a lunch featuring two speakers from Delaware SustainableChemistry Alliance at the DuPont Country Club. All are encouraged to come and bring friends. Februarysection meeting is February 23rd, an evening meeting at the Courtyard Marriot in Newark. Speakerwill be Dr. Thomas Epps, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware. Topic will be conductingpolymers. March is still being planned, Blue Ball Barn is a possible venue and Chemagination is apossible topic. Carothers award is April 3, at the DuPont Country Club or Hotel DuPont. Awardeeis Donald A. Tomalia. Student Poster session will be at UD at the end of April. Tiffany and a colleague are exploring Chemists Celebrate Earth Day. Hagley or the Peterson Wildlife Refugewere suggested as possible locations. 50th and 60th year members and high school awards will begiven in early May. Winterthur is a possible location. Options of a luncheon vs. later afternoon meetingneed to be explored.Examination of the proposed budget indicated it still needed revision. Andrea will work on it andsend for online approval. Formal approval is needed by February 15.Budget items discussed:• Membership is stable, income should be similar to last year.• Del Chem Bulletin ads are down. • Carothers Award income is up, thanks to committee’s hard work. • Blunt Fund accounting is confusing, listed first as income (from another fund) then as expense. • Put Project SEED somewhere besides miscellaneous. • Xiaoli recommends finding a new accountant, cost unknown.• Travel was severely under-budgeted last year. Budget will assume receiving maximum allotment

for four counselors to travel to national meetings– John Gavenonis noted the reimbursement for the Anaheim meeting may have been low.

• Topical group will need to request funding as needed.• Chem Vets are under budget. Allotment will not be changed• Younger Chemists Committee may be inactive. Will be funded upon request.• Mike Stemniski requested an increase of $200 for demonstrations• Chemistry for Kids will remain at the current level• Check with Maggie Schooler on NCW funding• Adventures In Chemistry-needs reimbursement for insurance purposes• Check with Marge Christoph on Science Olympiad, both elementary and high school.• UD Pizza and awards-Martha will check on categories.• Consider offering Short Courses. Profit is split.• Carothers income is budgeted as constant, but corporate support is unknown.

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• Bulletin income estimated to increase a little• Carothers expenses

– $2000 award– Travel from Michigan, 1-2 nights at hotel– Two statues purchased in 2011, none needed in 2012

• College student award may need to be increased to cover 2011 and 2012– Work with Norm Henry and Marge to improve process for high school and college awards

• Textbook awards• TAG is inactive• Section award • Allison-add Constant Contact ($300) as a line item under administrative costs.

– Email list for meetings– Excel records needed for Website payment

• Reserves are available if unexpected expenses occur.Chair-Elect’s ReportSee Chair’s ReportPast-Chair’s ReportKate Opper shared Project SEED summary and Chemistry Olympiad Report and Thank you note forChemistry Olmypiad. She is beginning the Annual Report, and will be requesting information fromcommittees for it. Deadline is February 15. Kate was thanked for her great job as Chair.Reports of Committees and Related Groups• Awards-none• Audit. Jeff Moore and Andrea Martin found everything in order, books are in good shape.• Carothers. April 3-see information in Chair’s report.• Government Affairs: John Gavenonis plans to schedule meetings with Carney, Carper and Coons

during recess week. May be difficult to schedule due to upcoming election season• National Chemistry Week. Kate Opper and Maggie Schooler will work together on it for 2012.• Other committee reports: Mike Stemniski anticipates 8 to 9 presentations. Three will be on Sat.

Jan. 14 at Invention Convention. Reimbursement requested for expenses.• Alpha Chi Sigma-No outreach currently planned.• Delaware Academy of Chemical Sciences. Next Science Café will be in Newark, date and time

TBA. • The Science Café at Stony’s Pub Rte 202, is on the section calendar. Old Business: noneNew Business:Nominations need to be in by end of month. Contested elections are desired and a NominatingCommittee is needed. Positions are:• Chair-elect 2012 (balance of A. Martin term) • Chair-elect 2013• Secretary 2013 (incumbent Julie Brady) incumbent will run• 2 Councilors 2013-2015 (incumbents John Gavenonis and Martha Hollomon)• 2 Alternate Councilors 2013-2015 (incumbents Norm Henry and Nora Radu)• Director 2013-2015 (incumbent Lois Weyer) incumbent will not run.Tiffany queried whether one person can hold both Chair and Counselor positions. This will beinvestigated.Chemagination Contest for 2012 MARM will be coordinated by Martha Holloman and AndreaMartin. Send letter to 50 high schools, need to set deadline to sections, possibly judge as a postersession. Martha is the contact.Chemists Celebrate Earth Day (April 22, 2012). Andrea will contact Tiffany’s colleague.Local Section Innovative Project Grants are due Jan. 31, 2012. The section is eligible to apply, thinkabout possibilities. Deadline is short, and another opportunity will be available in about 6 months.Mike Stemniski will send April Chem Vets information to Del-Chem Bulletin by March 1. Electionissue will be late, so put anything known by Feb. 1 in the March Del- Chem. Bulletin.Officers and Councilors Present: Andrea Martin , Kate Opper, Julie Brady, Mary Jo Bock, John Gavenonis, Tiffany Hoerter, MarthaHollomon, Allison Moore Jeff Moore, Officers and Councilors Absent:Maggie Schooler, Jade Duan, Norm Henry, Sri Kidambi, Nora Radu, Lois WeyerOthers Present: Xiaoli Wang, Allen Denio, Mike StemniskiThe meeting was adjourned at 8:39 pmRespectfully submitted,Julie E. Brady

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