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Of fi cial pub li ca tion of the Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS September 2012

http://phil a del phia.sites.acs.org/ Vol ume 97, No. 8

HIGHLIGHTS

Chair’s Col umn 173

News At oms 175

Fall NetworkingEvent 180

Na tional ChemistryWeek 181

2012 Cal en dar 188

OCTOBER MEETING

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Philadelphia Section AwardDr. Marisa Kozlowski

University of Pennsylvania

See the OCTOBER issue of the Catalyst for details, call the Sec tion Of fice at (215) 382-1589 or email PhilaACS@aol.com.

A D V A N C E N O T I C E

Phil a del phia Sec tion's Booth at the Na tional Meet ing

Vol un teers, left to right: Libby Harper, Carol Jean Bruner, Tony Ad di son,

Alan Heldon

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ACS Phil a del phia Sec tion

Founded April 15, 1899

STAFF

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFRobin S. Davis

EDITORSNews Atoms: Alan WarrenProof Editors: Georgia Arbuckle-Keil

Kendra LutherMarge MatthewsAlan Warren

ADVERTISING MANAGERVince Gale

COMMUNICATIONSCOMMITTEE

Chair: Marge MatthewsAnthony W. AddisonGeorgia Arbuckle-KeilRobin S. DavisVince GaleRobert GatesJudy Summers-GatesKendra LutherVictor TortorelliAlan Warren

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 notnec es sar ily rep re sent the of fi cial po si tion of the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i calSo 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 34th Street,Phil a del phia, PA 19104-6323 or philcatalyst@aol.com.

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CON TENTSOc to ber Ad vance No tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Chair’s Col umn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

News At oms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Sep tem ber Board Meet ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Photo of Fifty-Year Mem bers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

June was Baby Month. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

iPRAXIS Vol un teer Op por tu ni ties . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Fall Net work ing Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Lo cal ACS on LinkedIn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Cel e brate Na tional Chem is try Week . . . . . . . . . . 181

Na tional Chem is try Week Po etry Con test . . . . . . 182

May Board Meet ing Min utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Chem i cal Con sul tants Net work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

As so ci a tion for Women in Sci ence Net work ing Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

ACS Webinars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Di rec tory of Ser vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

2012 Cal en dar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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FromTheChair

As I write this col umn, the244th ACS Na tional Meet inghas just con cluded. With over13,300 at ten dees, the meet ingwas a huge suc cess. The Phil -a del phia Lo cal Sec tion waswell rep re sented with mem -bers who served on gov er -nance com mit tees, pre sentedtalks and post ers, or ga nizedand chaired sci en tific ses -sions, vol un teered their timeat the Lo cal Sec tion booth orhelped with the meet ing lo -gis tics, and at tended the meet -ing. In par tic u lar, I want tohigh light sev eral events at the meet ing that were or ga nizedand led by Lo cal Sec tionmem bers.

Chris tine E. McInnis of thePhil a del phia YCC se cured anIn no va tive Pro gram Grant(IPG) through ACS Na tionalwhich was used to spon sor asym po sium en ti tled “Be yondthe Bench: Non Tra di tionalCa reers in Chem is try.” Thiswas the first time that a Lo calSec tion Youn ger Chem istsCom mit tee (LSYCC) spon -sored a sym po sium at an ACS na tional meet ing in their ownhome town. Ap prox i mately60 peo ple were in at ten dance

for the sym po sium. Nearly all of the speak ers were mem bers of the Phil a del phia Lo cal Sec -tion and in cluded Mi chaelHaukaas (Pat ent At tor ney),Mi chael Becker (Fi nan cialAd vi sor), Da vid Wolf (Fo ren -sic Sci en tist), Jo anne Ryder(Reg u la tory Spe cial ist), BillSmith (High School Chem is -try Teacher), Ju dith Currano(Chem i cal Li brar ian), Tim o -thy Garrett (In stru men ta tionSpe cial ist) and Christy Henley (Chem i cal Sales). The di vi -sion of pro fes sional re la tionsspon sored a net work ing lunchin be tween the morn ing andaf ter noon ses sions of the sym -po sium. The event was verywell re ceived and the Phil a -del phia LSYCC sym po sium is be ing used as a model for sub -se quent sym po sia in New Or -leans in March and In dian-apolis next August.

Kristin Lammers of the Phil a -del phia YCC co or di nated thePhilly YCC- and Na tionalYCC-spon sored night out atDave and Buster’s held Tues -day, Au gust 21, 2012. Thisevent pro vided a venue forfel low youn ger chem ists tonet work in a more ca sual set -ting. The at ten dance of 25 to30 peo ple in cluded un der grad -u ates, grad u ate stu dents, post-docs, newly ap pointed pro fes -sors and chem ists from in dus -try from Ver mont, Boston andPhil a del phia. Ac a demic in sti -tu tions rep re sented in cludedUni ver sity of Rhode Is land,Drexel Uni ver sity, Uni ver sity

of Penn syl va nia, Ole Miss andTem ple Uni ver sity. The nightin cluded an Ital ian feast buf fetwith bil liards and games. Ev -ery one gave a bit of ad vice tooth ers who were try ing to es -tab lish them selves in in dus tryand academics. The night wasa big success and new con-tacts were made!

Danielle Sherwood was theevent co or di na tor for a Phillyfun-run (led by City Run ningtours) which took par tic i pantson a guided 3.5 to 5-mile run -ning tour of the city. Theroutes went through Phil a del -phia’s tree-lined Fairmountneigh bor hood, past the Ro dinMu seum, the Barnes Found-ation, the Phil a del phia Mu -seum of Art with a run to thetop of the Art Mu seum steps,along the Schuylkill River with a fin ish in the down town area.About 50 peo ple ran the eventin groups of 5-10 participants.

Bill Smith, a chem is try teacher at Bris tol High School, brought four 12th grade stu dents andone June grad u ate, all fromBris tol High School in BucksCounty to the ACS Na tionalMeet ing on Mon day Au gust20th. The stu dents were JohnDoyle, Deirdre French, MikePetrino and Evan Wein berg.The grad u ate was Em ilyCrispell who will be at tend ingBryn Mawr as a Chem is tryma jor and has earned an ACSSchol ar ship. The group at tend- ed sev eral work shops on theIn no cence Pro ject and also at -tended the YCC sym po sium.

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The stu dents at tended a pre sen -ta tion on the IAEA’s work with the UN among other work -shops, sem i nars, and pre sen ta -tions. Three signed up asChem is try Am bas sa dors andpar tic i pated in the video be ingpro duced on that topic. Ad di -tion ally, they met the Pres i -dent-Elect can di dates and thehead of the ACS ChemClubspro gram.

Joe Martino from the Sec tion’s Ca reer Ser vices com mit tee was very ac tive at the Phil a del phiaACS meet ing and took part inthe CEPA Ca reer Plan ningwork shop as a fa cil i ta tor/trainer. Our Ca reer Ser vicescom mit tee con tin ues to be avery ac tive and proactivegroup pro vid ing new eventsfor our mem ber ship. This year,

Ca reer Ser vices or ga nized awork shop on net work ingwhich was well-re ceived bythe par tic i pants, and they arecur rently plan ning a ca reerwork shop on in de pend ent em -ploy ment op tions such as con -tract work, con sult ing anden tre pre neur ship for the end of this year. The new se ries ofCa reer Ser vices net work ingevents which has started lastyear also con tin ues to grow.Not only are these quar terlyevents held in Phil a del phia, but also in the sub urbs as well!The group has spon sored net -work ing events in North Wales and in Plym outh Meet ing, andon Sep tem ber 18th, they will be co-spon sor ing our Fall Net -work ing Event with the NewJer sey BioPharma Net work ingGroup at Bow man’s Tav ern inNew Hope. Please join thegroup on LinkedIn, keep aneye on their website, and keepread ing the Cat a lyst for fu tureCa reer Ser vices ac tiv i ties!

Again our coun cil ors prove tobe ac tive, in no va tive and vo cal at the ACS gov er nance meet -ings, with sev eral lead ing ACS com mit tees. At Wednes day’sCoun cil meet ing, Coun cilvoted to es tab lish a JointBoard-Coun cil Com mit tee onSe nior Chem ists whose mis -sion is to en rich the ed u ca -tional, tech ni cal and cul turallives of the ACS Mem ber shipby min is ter ing to and em ploy -ing the tal ents of se nior ACSmem bers. The com mit tee isaimed pri mar ily at mem bersover 60 years of age. The next

step is a vote by the Board ofDi rec tors on whether to es tab -lish the com mit tee. The Com -mit tee on Eco nomic and Pro-fessional Af fairs (CEPA) hasun veiled six new four-hourwork shops, as the ACS Ca reerPath ways se ries. CEPA trained more than 40 vol un teer fa cil i -ta tors and the work shops arenow avail able for re gionalmeet ings and lo cal sec tions.One other high light was a dis -cus sion led and mod er ated byACS Pres i dent Bassam Sha-khashiri on “What ma jor ef -forts should ACS pur sue tohelp al le vi ate wa ter and otherglobal chal lenges?” The dis -cus sion fo cused on the cri sis of avail able drink ing wa ter for the world pop u la tion (with over 1bil lion peo ple with out ac cessto clean drink ing wa ter) and on what im pact the ACS and itsmem ber ship could have onpro vid ing help, counsel and so -lu tions on al le vi at ing thisglobal chal lenge. Nu mer ousCoun cil mem bers par tic i patedin the dis cus sion, shar ing in -for ma tion on re sources, ex per -tise and pos si ble av e nues forthe ACS to em bark on to im -pact this global health chal-lenge.

The Lo cal Sec tion had an in -for ma tion booth which waswell staffed with Lo cal Sec tion vol un teers. I sin cerely thankthe Communcations Com mit-tee for pro vid ing rich write-ups on res tau rants, mu se ums andhis tor i cal sites, get ting aroundPhil a del phia and lo cal shop -ping. Phil a del phia proved to be

Bill Smith with some of his Bris tol High

School stu dents at his pre sen ta tion dur ing

the Au gust Na tional Meet ing.

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an ex cel lent venue for the Na -tional ACS meet ing, for itsrich cul ture, his tory, ex cel lentac com mo da tions and ac cessto high level sci ence. In ad di -tion, we are for tu nate to haveac cess to a wealth of chem i cal his tory at the Chem i cal Her i -tage Foun da tion which hosted many events re lated to theACS Na tional Meet ing.Thanks again to all the lo calpar tic i pants and vol un teers. The next ACS Na tionalMeeting to be hosted byPhiladelphia is in 2016….stay tuned.

Re spect fully,

Rick Ew ing

NEWS AT OMSFrank lin A. Da vis, the Laura H. Carnell pro fes sor of chem is try at Tem ple Uni ver sity, was hon ored by the ACS Di vi sion of Or -ganic Chem is try with the Paul G. Gassman dis tin guished ser vice award. The award is spon sored by Bayer and rec og nizes out -stand ing ser vice to the or ganic chem is try com mu nity.

Rita Aiello and Kevin Doura were ap pointed staff sci en tists atJohn son Matthey’s sta tion ary emis sion con trol cen ter.

Jenny P. Glusker, pro fes sor emer i tus at the Fox Chase Can cerCen ter, was one of two re cip i ents of the John Scott award,funded through a trust ad min is tered by the board of di rec tors ofCity Trusts in Phil a del phia. The award hon ors those who madeout stand ing con tri bu tions to the com fort, wel fare and hap pi nessof hu man ity.

One of the grad u ate stu dents re cently hon ored with the PennPrize for ex cel lence in grad u ate stu dent teach ing was YitaoZhang in Penn’s chem is try de part ment.

Penn has rec og nized Pro fes sor Mad eleine Joullié for her be -quest to en dow the Allan R. Day me mo rial re search fund. Pennhas also es tab lished an en dow ment fund for the Mad eleineJoullié Lec ture ship.

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Jeanne C. Myers, U of P as so ci ate pro fes sor emerita of bio chem is try and bio phys ics, re tired atthe end of the 2011-2012 ac a demic year.

DuPont chem ist Da vid R. Corbin was rec og nized by the DuPont Fel lows with the Pedersenmedal. Named for DuPont’s No bel Lau re ate Charles J. Pedersen, the honor rec og nizes sig nif i cant tech no log i cal achieve ments that re flect sci en tific ex cel lence and out stand ing con tri bu tions.

The fol low ing Sec tion mem bers were named 2012 Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety Fel lows for theircon tri bu tions to sci ence and the pro fes sion: An thony W. Ad di son of Drexel Uni ver sity, Ar noldJ. Thackray of the Chem i cal Her i tage Foun da tion, Brian A. Bidlingmeyer of Argilent Tech nol -o gies, Roger F. Jones of Frank lin In ter na tional, and Cheryl A. Mar tin of Ad vanced ResearchProjects Agency-Energy.

Thomas Colacot, R&D global man ager in the ho mo ge neous ca tal y sis group at John son Matthey,re ceived the Royal So ci ety of Chem is try ap plied ca tal y sis award for ex cep tional con tri bu tions inthe field of metal-cat a lyzed syn thetic organic chemistry.

DEATHSWayne E. Feely, re tired re search chem ist, Jan u ary 27, 2011 at 79. Af ter serv ing in the US Armychem i cal corps he joined Rohm and Haas as a re search chem ist where he ob tained over 20 pat -ents, and re tired af ter 36 years ser vice. His hobby was col lect ing slide rules with spe cial ex per tise on Fuller and Thacher cy lin dri cal slide rules.

John G. Saviello, re search sci en tist, April 18, 2011 at 41. He was em ployed by GlaxoSmithKline.

Darlene L. Brodie, chem ist for the Food and Drug Ad min is tra tion, Oc to ber 27, 2011. She served in FDA’s of fice of cos me tics and col ors. Brodie worked in the field of HPLC and co-authoredsev eral tech ni cal papers.

Da vid B. Coghlan, re tired chem i cal en gi neer for merly with Foote Min eral, Oc to ber 30, 2011 at91. Fol low ing work at Al lied Chem i cal and DuPont he joined Foote Min eral in 1949 and re tiredin 1994. As man ager of de vel op ment en gi neer ing he was in volved with the de sign of lith iummin ing op er a tions in the United States and Chile. In re tire ment he pro vided en gi neer ing con sult -ing ser vices to the West Whiteland plan ning com mis sion. He had a life long in ter est in cho russing ing be gin ning with the Yale Glee Club and later a num ber of Del a ware Val ley cho ral groups.He was also a dancer with the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society.

Charles H. Kroekel, re tired re search chem ist, De cem ber 14, 2011 at 78. He worked briefly inan a lyt i cal re search for Amer i can Cy an a mid and then served the US Army chem i cal corps in ra -dio log i cal safety. He joined Rohm and Haas and con ducted re search and de vel op ment in plas tics,in par tic u lar un sat u rated poly es ter ther mo set ting res ins in glass fi ber re in forced com pos ites. Healso stud ied out door weath er ing ef fects on performance coatings, and retired in 1992.

John A. Myers, re tired pro fes sor of chem i cal en gi neer ing, June 26, 2012 at 80. He joined theVillanova Uni ver sity fac ulty in 1963 where he taught en gi neer ing de sign courses and re tired af ter 30 years. He was hon ored with the Wil liam F. Farrell award, pre sented to an en gi neer ing fac ulty

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mem ber for ex em plary per sonal con cern for stu dents. He was also a part time con sul tant forDuPont. An avid hiker, Myers en joyed walk ing to and from his of fice each day. He was ac tivewith the Boy Scouts and served as an assistant scoutmaster.

Blaine M. Sutton, re tired re search chem ist, June 30th at 91. Dur ing WWII he was a lab chem istat Fort Dix. He joined Smith, Kline & French work ing on ar thri tis treat ment, in clud ing the teamthat de vel oped the use of oral ad min is tra tion of gold to halt prog ress of the dis ease. He and hiswife en joyed wine mak ing and held an an nual wine party where their cre ations were served.

Harry Kolb, re tired chem ist, June 30th at 94. Fol low ing work at the Na val Re search Lab o ra torywhere he was in volved with the in ven tion of so nar, he joined DuPont and worked in their tex tilefi bers di vi sion. In re tire ment he was in volved with real es tate.

Marjam G. Behar, re tired re search chem ist and sci en tist, July 2nd at 86. Born in Po land, she re -ceived her ed u ca tion in Cuba. She worked briefly for Vir ginia Smelt ing and then a phar ma ceu ti -cal com pany in Cuba. She then taught high school math, phys ics and chem is try. In 1955 herfam ily moved to the US where she was hired by Gar den State Tan ning Corp. as an an a lyt i cal andre search chem ist.

Behar worked briefly for Philco in tran sis tors man u fac tur ing and then joined the U of P School of Med i cine in 1962 in the de part ment of an es the sia where she worked as a re search lab o ra tory as -so ci ate, in struc tor and later, di rec tor of the fa cil ity for an a lyt i cal chem is try at the cen ter for re -search in an es the sia. Af ter 17 years at Penn she worked for 21 years at the Na tional In sti tutes ofHealth’s Cen ter for Sci en tific Re view. She re tired as a sci en tific re view ad min is tra tor in CSR’sbio phys i cal and chemical sciences integrated review group.

Marjam Behar was a men tor for the ACS’s Pro ject SEED and served as chair of the lo cal SEEDchap ter. In 1997 she was hon ored with a spe cial sym po sium on ad vances in bioanalytical andbioinorganic chem is try at the 213th ACS meet ing. She re ceived an EEO spe cial achieve mentaward for her work with Pro ject SEED. Behar was a 53-year member of ACS.

Mi chael A. Lerner, ed u ca tor and school ad min is tra tor, July 14th at 72. He joined the Phil a del phia school dis trict in 1970 as a re search as sis tant and then be came an ad min is tra tive as sis tant to thesu per in ten dent. Later he was named di rec tor of spe cial ed u ca tion and a high school prin ci pal. Hewas ap pointed busi ness agent of the Com mon wealth As so ci a tion of School Ad min is tra tors andthen served as pres i dent from 2005 to 2010 when he re tired.

George Jo seph, Sr., re tired re search chem ist, July 20th at 85. He joined At las Pow der Com panyin 1955 where he served as re search chem ist and then su per vi sor of the an a lyt i cal sec tion of thefirm’s suc ces sor Astra Zeneca. He authored a num ber of tech ni cal pa pers and pat ents, par tic u larly in the fields of polyols and emul si fi ers.

Note: News At oms seeks to re port on peo ple in the field of chem is try in the greater Phil a del phiaarea. If you have news about new hires, sig nif i cant pro mo tions, hon ors and awards, and thosewho have re cently passed away, send it by email to philcatalyst@aol. com or by mail to the Phil a -del phia Sec tion ACS.

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SEP TEM BER BOARD OF DI REC TORS MEET ING

The Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS, Board of Di rec tors will meet at 4:00 PM on Thurs day, Sep tem ber 20th in the Makineni Room of the Chem is try Build ing (Room 260 in the Cret wing), Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia.

Fifty-Year Mem bers at the June LunchFront, left to right: Dr. Rob ert J. Statz. Dr. Mi chael J. Micklus, Dr. Murray Zanger; Rear: Dr.

James G. Connery, Laura L. Zaika, Keiichi Tanabe.

June was Baby MonthThis June we had two new ad di tions to the board of di rec tors – well, maybe that’s a lit tle pre ma ture – John (J.P.) Northrop,

chair elect, is the fa ther of Gage Ethan (left) and Doug Hausner, mem ber of the board, is the fa ther of Ma son (right).

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We are putt ing the FUN back into mid dle school sci ence in Phil a del phia by bring ing sci ence and en gi neer ing ex perts into the class room to men -tor stu dents on Sci ence Fair pro jects, share ex per tise with afterschoolclubs, and giv ing pre sen ta tions on sci ence, tech nol ogy, en gi neer ing, ormath (STEM) top ics!

Come find out how you can get in volved in this ex cit ing vol un teerop por tu nity with other like-minded sci ence ex perts!

If in ter ested in vol un teer ing through iPRAXIS, please con tact the Pro gram Di rec tor, MeaganHopkins-Doerr, at Meagan@ipraxis.org or 215-966-6253. We also have a vol un teer form on ourwebsite at www.ipraxis.org

More in for ma tion can be found here:

The im pact iPRAXIS is mak ing: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8leo6ede8b8k3q5/IF9ZIB0ceh/iPRAXIS%20Report%202006-2012.pdf

Sci ence Fair mentoring:https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xqutevh7usrelh/general%20scienteer%20flyer%20with%20school%20names%20-%20mentor.doc?m

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THE AMER I CAN CHEM I CAL SO CI ETY PHIL A DEL PHIA SEC TION

in as so ci a tion with

THE NEW JER SEY BIOPHARMA NET WORK ING GROUP (NJBPNG)

is co-host ing a FALL NET WORK ING EVENT

Tues day, Sep tem ber 18, 2012

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Bow man’s Tav ern

1600 River Road

New Hope, PA 18938

Come and net work with your fel low ACS mem bers as well as sci en tific, en gi neer ing and busi ness per son nel from the biopharma and life sci ence in dus tries in New Jer sey as we con tinue this ex cit -ing se ries of net work ing events around the Greater Phil a del phia and Cen tral NJ ar eas! We’veteamed up with NJBPNG to pro vide you with an other great, in for mal and easy-go ing event, andyou may be sur prised at what you’ll dis cover and how you can help oth ers, too. Please join us!

Free to all ACS mem bers and NJBPNG mem bers from all re gions.

Bow man’s Tav ern is lo cated on River Road (PA Route 32) in beau ti ful New Hope, PA on the sce -nic banks of the Del a ware River. It is readily ac ces si ble from I-95, I-295, I-276 (the Penn syl va niaTurn pike), US 1, US 202 and US 206. Plenty of free park ing is avail able at Bow man’s Tav ern.

For more in for ma tion and to reg is ter, please visit

http://njbpng-acsphillynetworkingevent.eventbrite.com/

Phil a del phia Sec tion ACS Group on LinkedIn

As many mem bers of ACS are al ready aware, the website LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com)is an ex cel lent net work ing site ded i cated to keep ing work ing pro fes sion als in touch with one an -other. As a re sult, and in an ef fort to as sist in any way that we can, the Phil a del phia Sec tion ofthe ACS has es tab lished a group open for all to join. Within this group, dis cus sions can be fa -cil i tated as well as the op por tu nity for new jobs and in tern ships to be posted. If you al ready have a pro file in LinkedIn, feel free to go to the Groups Sec tion and search for“Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety - Phil a del phia Sec tion.” Send a mes sage to the group ad min is tra -tor to be come a mem ber. If you are not al ready on LinkedIn, we highly rec om mend that youjoin. Es tab lish ing an ac count is free and easy to set up. For ad di tional in for ma tion or as sis -tance, please feel free to con tact J.P. Northrop, Li ai son Com mit tee, atjohn.northrop@anton-paar.comTo join, please click on the fol low ing link: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3366988

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Celebrate National Chemistry Week (NCW) 2012! Theme: “Nanotechnology: The Smallest BIG Idea in Science!” October 21-27, 2012 This year, we celebrate 25 years of National Chemistry with the topic of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is all round us and has applications to the environment, energy, materials and health. Whether it’s the nanoscience used in environmental cleanup, to develop more efficient lighting, to make stronger, lighter, and durable materials, or to make nanomedicine that help us get well, chemistry and nanoscience improve our daily lives.

NCW Poetry Contest for Students in K-12 - see separate announcement for details

Publications for elementary school students

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http://www.acs.org/chemmatters

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TEACHERS/PARENTS‐JointheACS‐NSTAWebSeminartofindoutaboutNationalChemistryWeek(NCW)resourcesfortheHighandMiddleSchoolScience.

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The Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten - 12th grade. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE LOCAL SECTION CONTACT LISTED BELOW and MUST INCLUDE AN ENTRY

FORM (NCW Illustrated Poem Contest Entry Form). ENTRIES SENT DIRECTLY TO ACS NATIONAL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. Contest Deadline: No Later Than October 18, 2012

Prizes: $100 gift card per age category (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) Contact: Judy Summers-Gates, FDA - US Customhouse, Rm. 900; 200 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 Phone: (215) 717-3008 Email: Judith.Summers-Gates@fda.hhs.gov Winners of the local illustrated poem contest will advance to the ACS National Illustrated Poem Contest!

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BOARD OF DI REC TORS’MEET ING

Thurs day, May 17, 2012

The Desmond Ho tel, One Lib erty Bou le vard,

Malvern, PA 19355

Pres ent: R. Ew ing, J.P. North-rop, A. Heldon, D. Cichowicz,M. Cichowicz, S. Flem ing, K.Shaginaw, D. Hausner, K.Lysko, C. Palmer, W. Smith, T.Straub, D. Thomas, V. Tortorelli, M. Tunick.

Also: C. J. Bruner, E. Harper,M. Matthews.

Ex cused: D. Cook, E. Da vis, A. DeMasi, J. Sum mers-Gates.

The meet ing was called to or derat 4:15 by J.P. Northrop in placeof R. Ew ing who was run ninglate.

April and March min utes ac -cepted with two ab sten tions.

The Board was ad vised thatJohn Tierney has re signed forper sonal rea sons.

The Tierney res ig na tion cre atesa va cancy in the po si tion ofPast-Chair. R. Ew ing vol un -teered to as sume the du ties ofPast-Chair. A mo tion was passed unan i mously to vest the du tiesof Past-Chair with R. Ew ing.

COM MIT TEE RE PORTS:

A. Ca reer Ser vices Work shop

J.P. Northrop re ported that thepro gram is cur rently pro vid ingeve ning as well as all dayses sions.

Twenty-four peo ple signed upfor the last ses sion but onlyeight showed up. This re sultedin 16 un used lunches. The com -mit tee is con sid er ing charg ing a$10 sign up fee that will be re -funded at the door to those whoshow up.

R. Ew ing takes over the meet ing from J.P. Northrop.

OF FI CER’S RE PORTS:

A. Chair

The 50-year Mem ber Meet ingwill be held Thurs day, June 21st

be gin ning at 11:45 AM, at theChem i cal Her i tage Foun da tion. There will be a tour, in tro duc -tions, lunch and the awardscer e mony.

The Sec tion’s ac tiv i ties at theAu gust Na tional Meet ing weredis cussed. There will be a spe -cial edi tion of the Cat a lyst. ACS Na tional wants “stu dentrun ners.” Vol un teers are needed for the hos pi tal ity booth.

B. Chair Elect

There will be a Net work ingEvent on Tues day, June 19,2012, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM,Houlihan’s, 601 W. Ger man -town Pike, Plym outh Meet ing,PA 19462.

C. No Sec re tary’s Re port

D. Trea surer’s Re port

Coun cil af fairs - no re im burse -ment yet from Na tional for$6000.00.

Sec tion in vest ments are grow ing sat is fac to rily.

It was de cided with out vote toleave cur rent mon ies in theAward Fund with a view to fur -ther de pos its and grow ing thefund.

The Trea surer’s Re port was ac -cepted unan i mously.

OTHER BUSI NESS:

A. Merck Grant

The Sec tion has a grant fromMerck for $5000.00 that mustbe charged against a pro ject byNo vem ber 1, 2012. The grant is for the year 11-1-2011 to11-1-2012. Sug gested uses in -cluded our Poster Ses sion, theSci ence Fes ti val, a Na tionalMeet ing ac tiv ity in Au gust, andChem is try Week. For mal sug -ges tions will be taken at theJune Meeting.

B. Na tional Meet ing theCat a lyst

There will be an elec tronic Na -tional Meet ing Edi tion of theCat a lyst. It will con tain a res -tau rant guide and notes on his -tor i cal sights. Ar ti cles arewanted and the sub mis siondead line is the end of June. Links to the Au gust Cat a lystwill be pro vided for reg is trantsand on the Na tional Meet ingWeb site.

C. MARM

There will be no MARM nextyear. MARM Awards will bepre sented at our May Sec tionMeet ing.

D. PAGES™

K. Shaginaw re ported that thePAGES™ pro grams in the ac a -

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demic year 2012-2013 will beNo vem ber 3 and March 23.

E. Phil a del phia Sci enceCar ni val

Bill Smith re ported on the Phil a -del phia Sec tion booth at thePhil a del phia Sci ence Car ni valon April 21, 2012. The Sec tionper formed “Shav ing CreamChem is try” with over 500 par -

tic i pants. The Car ni val had over one hun dred at trac tions. Ad di -tional in for ma tion athttp://www.philasciencefestival.org/carnival-listings.

Mo tion to ad journ passed at5:52.

Re spect fully sub mit ted,

Alan R. Heldon, Sec re tary

CHEM I CAL CON SUL TANTS NET WORKSEP TEM BER 12, 2012 Meet ing

Visit our website at www.chemconsultants.org

Date & Time: Wednes day, Sep tem ber 12th

, at the Cynwyd Club, Bala Cynwyd, PA; Net work ing, 5:30 PM; Din ner, 6:30 PM;Talk and Busi ness Ses sion, 7:30 PM.

Pro ject Man age ment for Con sul tants

Ab stract: Our Speaker, Dr. James Samanen, will re view the prin ci ples of pro ject man age ment for the con sul tant. He will dis -cuss the fol low ing top ics:

– what hap pens once a mean ing ful con tact has been made with a po ten tial cli ent,

– how the work is de fined,

– how it is con ducted,

– how the suc cess of the pro ject is de fined, and

– how the con sul tant can iden tify things learned from a pro ject and carry them for ward into fu ture pro jects.

The hard (tech ni cal) skills vs soft (peo ple) skills of pro ject man age ment will be con sid ered.

Bio: James is a phar ma ceu ti cal con sul tant with a track re cord of 30+ years lead er ship and in no va tion in drug dis cov ery pro -ject & port fo lio man age ment, and port fo lio data anal y sis at GlaxoSmithKline. While at GSK James de vel oped and im ple -mented world wide Port fo lio Man age ment for GlaxoSmithKline Dis cov ery and Ge net ics Re search busi nesses en com pass ing2000 staff and $400M bud get - in volv ing ne go ti a tion and im ple men ta tion of pro cesses for se lec tion and pri or i tiz a tion of re -search pro grams, de vel op ing IT sys tems, mir ror ing past to pres ent per for mance with fit-for-pur pose benchmarking anal y sis,mod el ing fu ture per for mance, change man age ment and team train ing. His work en abled an in crease in pro duc tiv ity ofdrug-like leads in GSK by > 50% in 2 years by cross-func tional team-work ing, pri or i tiz a tion and 40% portfoliodownsizing. Healso en abled strat egy changes re duc ing cy cle times by 50%. As a group leader in Me dic i nal Chem is try he dis cov ered andcham pi oned lotrafiban (antithrombotic) to Phase III, and 2 pre clin i cal can di date antithrombotics. He has been a pro jectleader in di verse ar eas of drug dis cov ery. He es tab lished James Samanen Con sult ing in De cem ber, 2008.

Lo ca tion: The Cynwyd Club, 332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.

Res er va tion: To make or can cel a din ner res er va tion, e-mail CCNReservations@aol.com or call the ACS of fice at

(215) 382-1589 (leave mes sage on voicemail if nec es sary).

Join us on Tuesday, September 18, 2012, at 6

pm for an evening of networking at the

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel

University

Details and registration information will be

available soon on the AWIS-PHL web site

www.awisphl.org

 

ACS Webinars™ CLICK * WATCH * LEARN * DISCUSS 

Learn more and register at www.acswebinars.org  Featured Events – September 2012  

  

Finance 101 – Aligning Your Options with Your Business Goals Thursday, September 6, 2012 | 2pm‐3pm EST  

Raising money is the easy part. Anyone can raise ‘fool’s money’. Raising ‘smart money’, that’s the trick. Make sure you know the difference!. Speakers:  Mark Vreeke, Manager/Chemical Angel Network and  Michael Gruber, Founder Cornerstone Angels     

 

Tips for Reporting Green Chemistry Achievements to the U.S. EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory Thursday, September 13, 2012 | 2pm‐3pm EST  

How to report your green chemistry practices to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory (EPA‐TRI)? Chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities are required to file the amount of toxic chemicals released into the environment.  ACS Webinars and Green Chemistry Institute bring you Daniel Teitelbaum, EPA, to share insights about reporting to the EPA‐TRI. Join live for your Q&A opportunity with the expert. 

 Speaker: Daniel Teitelbaum  

 Tasty Culinary Chemistry Thursday, September 20, 2012 | 2pm‐3pm EST  

Learn how your knowledge of chemistry can enhance your cooking. Join Guy Crosby, back by popular demand – as he enthralls us with chemical reactions that occur during the preparation of food which determine how flavors develop. Guy will explore the chemical reactions behind three sources of flavors: those created by enzymes, the caramelization of sugars and the Maillard reaction in browning proteins. He will also explore how storage affects food flavor. Come and equip yourself with the knowledge that will make you a titan in the kitchen. Speaker:  Guy Crosby, America’s Test Kitchen 

 

Genes and Geniuses: How Humans Became “All Too Human” Thursday, September 27,  2012 | 2pm‐3pm EST  Our DNA makes us who we are, but what made our DNA the way it is? Trace the history of our DNA with New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean as he highlights some of the subjects covered in his book, “The Violinist’s Thumb.” You will learn more about our DNA and its history than Mendel and his pea plants ever could have hoped for. There will also be some interesting facts about Einstein’s Brain to boot. Speaker:  Sam Kean, New York Times bestselling author of The Violinist’s Thumb 

  

The Fine Print ACS Webinars™ does not endorse any products or services. The views expressed in this presentation are those of the presenters 

and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the American Chemical Society.                

Mark Vreeke 

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vices, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield,

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ACS 184, 187

Huffman Lab o ra to ries 187

Mass-Vac, Inc. 179

Mi cron Inc. 187

NuMega Res o nance Labs, Inc. 187

Rob ert son Microlit Labs 187

Vacuubrand 175

DI REC TORY OF SER VICES

Be ing a part of one of our teams can help you de velop or ga ni za -tional and meet ing skills as well as help you to net work withpeo ple from the larg est areacom pa nies. Pub lic Re la tions,such as send ing out meet ingno tices and press re leases, canhelp you to de velop a net workand help you get no ticed!

All com mit tees are look ing fornew mem bers and sev eral arelook ing for "take charge" chairs. Some, like the Teller's Com mit -tee, in volve min i mal work—onenight per year and pizza pro -vided. Oth ers, like po si tions onCom mu ni ca tions or So cialCommittees, in volve one or twohours per month.

Comittee de tails can be found at:http://www.mem ber ship.acs.org

/p/phil a del phia

or by call ing Mrs. Libby Harper atthe Phil a del phia Sec tion Of fice

(215) 382-1589.

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2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date Event Locations Sunday, September 9 Greenfest Philly Environmental Festival Headhouse Square

Philadelphia, PA http://greenfestphilly.org/

Monday, Sept. 10 Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group: Tilo Grosser, University of Pennsylvania.: Drug Resistance and Pseudoresistance to Aspirin

Villanova University Villanova, PA http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/

Wednesday, Sept. 12 Chemical Consultants Network: James Samanen: Project Management for Consultants

Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA www.chemconsultants.org

Thursday, Sept. 13 Innovation Day: Society of the Chemical Industry will present the Gordon E. Moore Medal to Dean Rende, Senior Manager, Honeywell UOP

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA www.chemheritage.org

Tuesday, Sept. 18 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Andre Striegel, NIST: Advances in Size Exclusion Chromatography

D’Ignazio’s Towne House Media, PA http://www.cfdv.org/

Tuesday, Sept. 18 Philadelphia Section and the New Jersey BioPharma Networking Group: Fall Networking Event

Bowman’s Tavern New Hope, PA http://njbpng-acsphillynetworkingevent.eventbrite.com/

Tuesday, Sept. 18 Association for Women in Science: Networking Event

Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University Philadelphia, PA www.awisphl.org

Thursday, Sept. 20 Joseph Priestley Society: Brent H Shanks, Iowa State University: What is the Future of Biobased Chemicals?

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA www.chemheritage.org

Thursday, Sept. 20 Board of Directors Meeting University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

Thursday, Sept. 27 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Akin Davulcu, Bristol-Meyers Squibb

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://www.pocclub.org/

Thursday, Oct. 18 Philadelphia Section Award: Marisa Kozlowski, University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

Saturday, Nov. 3 PAGES™: Philadelphia Area Girls Enjoying Science Program for Sixth Grade Girls

Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA http://www.pagesprogram.org./

Friday, November 9 Delaware Valley Society for Radiation Safety (Health Physics Society): Symposium celebrating Marie Curie, Radium and Women in Science

Mutter Museum, College of Physicians Philadelphia, PA

Thursday, Nov. 15 Ullyot Lecture: Paul Anastas, Director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, Yale University

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA www.chemheritage.org

Saturday, Dec. 8 Herb Bassow Memorial Chemistry Demonstrations and Hands-on Activities for All Ages

TBA

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