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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Council Agenda

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:00 AM

Grand Ballroom

Sheraton Boston Hotel

Boston, Massachusetts

COUNCIL, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

8:00 A.M., August 25, 2010 Sheraton Boston Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Boston, Massachusetts

AGENDA

ITEM PAGES I. RESOLUTION HONORING DECEASED COUNCILORS

II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF March 24, 2010 (attached)............................... 1-11

III. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS A. Election to Committee on Committees (attached) ............................................................. 12-20

FOR (1) Introduction of candidates for Committee on Committees (oral) COUNCIL B. Election to Council Policy Committee (attached)............................................................... 21-28 ACTION (1) Introduction of candidates for Council Policy Committee (oral)

C. Election to Committee on Nominations and Elections (attached) ..................................... 29-37 (1) Introduction of candidates for Committee on Nominations and Elections (oral) D. Request for suggestions for 2012 Elected Committees (attached) ................................... 38-42 E. Ballot counts, previous elections (attached) ............................................................................43 IV. REPORTS OF OFFICERS A. President (attached and oral) ............................................................................................ 44-45 B. President-Elect (attached and oral) .........................................................................................46 C. Immediate Past President (attached and oral) ........................................................................47 D. Chair of Board of Directors (attached and oral) ................................................................. 48-49 (1) Minutes of the March 21, 2010 Board meeting (attached) .................................... 50-53

E. Executive Director (attached and oral) .............................................................................. 54-56 (1) Report of the Governing Board for Publishing (attached) ..................................... 57-59 (2) Report of the Governing Board for the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (attached)60-61

V. REPORTS OF ELECTED COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL A. Council Policy Committee (1) Minutes of March 23, 2010 meeting (attached) .................................................... 62-65 (2) Oral report on current activities, Vice-Chair B. Committee on Committees (attached) .....................................................................................66

(1) Oral report on current activities FOR COUNCIL (2) Recommendation for continuation of selected committees (oral) ACTION (3) Recognition of Service (attached and oral)........................................................... 67-68

C. Committee on Nominations and Elections (attached) .............................................................69 (1) Oral report on current activities

(2) Amendment to ACS Bylaws

(a. Petition on President-Elect Eligibility .............................................................. 70-71 WITHDRAWN Bylaw V, Sec. 9, d FOR (b. Petition on Recorded Votes............................................................................ 72-73 COUNCIL Bylaw III, Sec. 4, d ACTION

VI. SPECIAL DISCUSSION ITEM

A. Should Council meetings be moved to Tuesdays? (attached) ........................................... 74-75

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ITEM PAGES VII. REPORTS OF SOCIETY COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE A. Committee on Budget and Finance (attached)........................................................................76 (1) Oral report on current activities

B. Committee on Education (attached) .................................................................................. 77-78 (1) Oral report on current activities C. Committee on Science (joint with Board) (attached) ...............................................................79 (1) Oral report on current activities

VIII. REPORTS OF COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES A. Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (attached) .................................................80 (1) Oral report on current activities

B. Committee on Local Section Activities (attached) ............................................................. 81-82 (1) Oral report on current activities

FOR (2) Change in Local Section Territories and Dissolutions ........................................... 83-85 COUNCIL - North Central Oklahoma Section into the Northeast Oklahoma Section ACTION - Binghamton Section into the Norwich Section

C. Committee on Membership Affairs (attached) .........................................................................86 (1) Oral report on current activities

(a. Petition on International Chemical Sciences Chapters .................................. 87-88 WITHDRAWN Bylaw IX, Sec. 4

D. Committee on Meetings and Expositions (attached) ...............................................................89 (1) Oral report on current activities

E. Committee on Divisional Activities (attached) .........................................................................90

(1) Oral report on current activities F. Committee on Constitution and Bylaws (attached)..................................................................91 (1) Oral report on current activities

IX. REPORTS OF OTHER COMMITTEES A. Younger Chemists (joint with Board) (attached and oral)........................................................92 B. Women Chemists (joint with Board) (attached and oral) ................................................... 93-94 C. Technician Affairs (oral) D. Publications (joint with Board) (attached) .......................................................................... 95-96 E. Public Relations and Communications (joint with Board) (attached).......................................97 F. Project SEED (attached and oral)............................................................................................98 G. Professional Training (joint with Board) (attached and oral) ...................................................99 H. Patents and Related Matters (joint with Board) (attached)....................................................100

I. Nomenclature, Terminology and Symbols (attached and oral) .............................................101 J. Minority Affairs (joint with Board) (attached and oral)............................................................102 K. International Activities (joint with Board) (attached and oral) ................................................103 L. Ethics (attached) ....................................................................................................................104 M. Community Activities (joint with Board) (attached and oral) ..................................................105

N. Chemists with Disabilities (joint with Board) (oral) O. Chemical Safety (joint with Board) (attached and oral) ................................................. 106-107 P. Chemical Abstracts Service (joint with Board) (oral)

X. OLD BUSINESS

XI. NEW BUSINESS A. Resolutions

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DRAFT MINUTES COUNCIL

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY March 24, 2010

San Francisco, California The Council of the American Chemical Society met in San Francisco, California, on March 24, 2010, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Joseph S. Francisco, President of the Society and the Council, presided. The following Councilors, Alternate Councilors, and accredited representatives were present: Ex-Officio: Eric C. Bigham, Ronald Breslow, Bruce E. Bursten, William F. Carroll, Jr., Charles P. Casey, Dennis Chamot, Bonnie A. Charpentier, Pat N. Confalone, Peter K. Dorhout, Joseph S. Francisco, Helen M. Free, Janan M. Hayes, Ned D. Heindel, Catherine T. Hunt, Nancy B. Jackson, Madeleine Jacobs, Neil D. Jespersen, Valerie J. Kuck, Thomas H. Lane, Flint H. Lewis, E. Ann Nalley, Gordon L. Nelson, Attila E. Pavlath, Eli M. Pearce, Elsa Reichmanis, Diane G. Schmidt, Kent J. Voorhees, Paul H.L. Walter, Edel Wasserman, Marinda Li Wu. Bylaw: Arlyne M. Sarquis, Kathleen M. Schulz. Divisions: Agricultural and Food Chemistry, John W. Finley, Michael J. Morello, Agnes M. Rimando, Sara J. Risch. Agrochemicals, Jeanette M. Van Emon, R. Don Wauchope. Analytical Chemistry, Michelle V. Buchanan, M. Bonner Denton, Catherine C. Fenselau, Roland F. Hirsch. Biochemical Technology, Arindam Bose, Frederick G. Heineken, Sadettin Ozturk, Sharon P. Shoemaker. Biological Chemistry, Paul R. Carey, Felicia A. Etzkorn, Tamara L. Hendrickson. Business Development & Management, Janet L. Bryant, Michael Hurrey. Carbohydrate Chemistry, Derek Horton, John R. Vercellotti. Cellulose & Renewable Materials, Kevin J. Edgar. Chemical Education, Renee S. Cole*, Laura E. Pence, Jerry L. Sarquis, Donald J. Wink. Chemical Health & Safety, Laurence J. Doemeny*, Frankie K. Wood-Black. Chemical Information, Bonnie Lawlor, Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks. Chemical Toxicology, Paul T. Henderson. Chemistry & The Law, James C. Carver, Alan M. Ehrlich. Colloid & Surface Chemistry, Maria M. Santore, Robert D. Tilton, Michael Trenary*, John Y. Walz. Computers in Chemistry, Emilio X. Esposito, Peter C. Jurs, Carlos L. Simmerling, Ralph A. Wheeler. Environmental Chemistry, V. Dean Adams, Alan W. Elzerman, Jurgen H. Exner, Martha J.M. Wells. Fluorine Chemistry, Donald J. Burton. Fuel Chemistry, Semih Eser. Geochemistry, Andrew N. Bishop. History of Chemistry, Carmen J. Giunta, Mary Virginia Orna. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Martin A. Abraham, Spiro D. Alexandratos, Melanie J. Lesko, Kenneth L. Nash. Inorganic Chemistry, Alan L. Balch, Stephen A. Koch, Debra R. Rolison. Medicinal Chemistry, Richard A. Gibbs, William J. Greenlee, Wendel L. Nelson. Nuclear Chemistry & Technology, Steven W. Yates. Organic Chemistry, Michael P. Doyle, Donna Huryn, Barry B. Snider, Christopher J. Welch. Petroleum Chemistry, Martin L. Gorbaty, Lisa J. Nash*. Physical Chemistry, John E. Adams, Michael R. Berman, Paul W. Jagodzinski, Gang-Yu Liu*. Polymer Chemistry, H.N. Cheng, William H. Daly, Diana J. Gerbi*, John M. Pochan. Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, Ray A. Dickie, Michael Jaffe, David J. Lohse. Professional Relations, John K. Borchardt, John L. Massingill, Jr. Rubber, John M. Long, Charles P. Rader. Small Chemical Businesses, Sharon V. Vercellotti. Local Sections: Akron, Ann D. Bolek, James E. Duddey. Alabama, Larry K. Krannich. Ames, Kathleen D. Trahanovsky. Auburn, Edward J. Parish. Baton Rouge, Anne K. Taylor. Binghamton, Wayne E. Jones, Jr. Brazosport, Carolyn Ribes. California, G. Bryan Balazs, Mark D. Frishberg, Sheila Kanodia, Lee H. Latimer, Alex M. Madonik, Eileen M. Nottoli, James M. Postma*, Elaine S. Yamaguchi. California Los Padres, Albert C. Censullo. Carolina-Piedmont, Marilynn J. Sikes. Central Arizona, *Alternate Councilor **Temporary Substitute Councilor 8/10 (over)

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of ITEM II Council Minutes Richard C. Bauer, Douglas J. Sawyer. Central Arkansas, Martin D. Perry, Jr. Central Massachusetts, Christopher Masi. Central New Mexico, Ronald D. Clark*, Donivan R. Porterfield. Central North Carolina, Timothy D. Ballard, Robert A. Yokley. Central Ohio Valley, Gary D. Anderson. Central Pennsylvania, Paul D. Schettler, Jr. Central Texas, James E. Boggs, Linette M. Watkins*. CentralWisconsin, C. Marvin Lang. Chattanooga, Maurice R. Smith. Chemical Society of Washington, Joseph M. Antonucci, Elise A. Brown*, Regina J. Cody, John M. Malin, N. Bhushan Mandava, Kim M. Morehouse, Douglas J. Raber, Noel H. Turner, James J. Zwolenik. Chicago, Cherlynlavaughn Bradley, Charles E. Cannon, Mark C. Cesa, David S. Crumrine, Kenneth P. Fivizzani, Herbert S. Golinkin, Inessa Gorelik, Russell W. Johnson, Fran K. Kravitz, Milt Levenberg, Barbara E. Moriarty, Susan M. Shih. Cincinnati, Bruce S. Ault, Kathleen Gibboney, William R. Oliver, Roger A. Parker. Cleveland, Samina Azad, Dwight W. Chasar. Coastal Georgia, Will E. Lynch. Colorado, Sandra J. Bonetti, Kelly M. Elkins*, Angela R. Powers, Susan M. Schelble, James O. Schreck. Columbus, Theresa A. Huston, Maria G.V. Rosenthal, Jeffrey B. Trent. Connecticut Valley, Ronald D. Archer, Tyson A. Miller, Julianne M.D. Smist, Frank J. Torre, Ronald J. Wikholm. Cornell, Thomas A. McCarrick. Corning, Roger F. Bartholomew. Dallas-Fort Worth, Linda D. Schultz, E. Thomas Strom, Angela K. Wilson. Dayton, Steven Trohalaki. Delaware, Allen A. Denio, John Gavenonis, Martha G. Hollomon, Denis A. Kissounko*. Detroit, Mark A. Benvenuto, James M. Landis, Jr., Walter O. Siegl. East Central Illinois, Ellen A. Keiter. East Tennessee, Alan A. Hazari. East Texas, Michael Sheets. Eastern New York, Warren D. Hull, Jr., Joanne D. Kehlbeck*. Eastern North Carolina, Satinder Ahuja. Erie, Robert M. Gallivan, Jr. Florida, Béla S. Buslig, Carmen V. Gauthier. Georgia, Lissa Dulany, Rigoberto Hernandez, C. David Sherrill, Joseph P. Stoner. Greater Houston, Simon G. Bott, Lawrence W. Dennis, James N. Francis, Amber S. Hinkle, Mamie W. Moy, David M. Singleton. Green Mountain, Willem R. Leenstra. Hampton Roads, Kenneth G. Brown. Heart O’Texas, Darrell G. Watson. Huron Valley, Ellene T. Contis, Harriet Lindsay. Idaho, Joshua J. Pak*. Illinois Heartland, Victoria Finkenstadt. Illinois-Iowa, Brian L. Mundell. Indiana, Dawn A. Brooks, David Mitchell*, Robert A. Pribush. Indiana-Kentucky Border, Jeffery W. Seyler. Inland Northwest, Jeffrey A. Rahn. Iowa, Addison Ault. Kalamazoo, Lydia E.M. Hines. Kanawha Valley, Madan Bhasin*. Kansas City, Eckhard Hellmuth. Kentucky Lake, S.K. Airee. LaCrosse-Winona, Ressano Machado. Lake Superior, Donald K. Harriss. Lehigh Valley, Roger A. Egolf, Carol B. Libby. Lexington, Girish S. Patil**. Louisiana, Alvin F. Bopp. Louisville, James F. Tatera. Maine, Mitchell R.M. Bruce. Mark Twain, H. David Wohlers. Maryland, Merle I. Eiss, David F. Roswell, Paul J. Smith, Stephanie Watson. Memphis, Laura M. Wolf. Middle Georgia, Robert J. Hargrove. Mid-Hudson, David Straus. Midland, Kurt F. Brandstadt, Bob A. Howell. Milwaukee, Kevin W. Glaeske, Dimitri Gorjestani. Minnesota, Marilyn Duerst, Lynn G. Hartshorn, Sarah M. Mullins, Joann Pfeiffer, Wayne C. Wolsey. Mobile, Lesli W. Bordas. Mojave Desert, Peter Zarras. Mo-Kan-Ok, The Tri-State, Khamis S. Siam. Montana, Kyle S. Strode. Nashville, Ruth A. Woodall. New Haven, Jennifer A. Larese, Olivier Nicaise. New York, Donald D. Clarke, Ronald P. D’Amelia, Jean Delfiner, Richard M. Goodman, Anne T. O’Brien, Patricia A. Redden*, Yorke E. Rhodes, Frank Romano, Hessy L. Taft*. North Carolina, Dorian A. Canelas*, James L. Chao, Alvin L. Crumbliss, Russell E. Gorga*, Richard A. Palmer, Laura S. Sremaniak. North Jersey, Jeannette E. Brown, Maureen G. Chan, Alan B. Cooper, Jacqueline A. Erickson, Susan R. Fahrenholtz, Marilyn D. Gorman, Stan S. Hall, George E. Heinze, Elizabeth M. Howson*, Anne M. Kelly, Diane Krone, Les W. McQuire, Michael M. Miller, Joseph A. Potenza. Northeast Georgia, Michael B. McGinnis. Northeast Oklahoma, Joe D. Allison. Northeast Tennessee, John K. Sanders. Northeast Wisconsin, Martin D. Rudd. Northeastern, Michaeline F. Chen*, Mukund S. Chorghade*, Catherine E. Costello, Michael P. Filosa, Thomas R. Gilbert, Morton Z. Hoffman, Christine H. Jaworek-Lopes*, Doris I. Lewis, Robert L. Lichter, Lawrence T. Scott*, Michael Singer, Ruth E. Tanner, Amy Tapper. Northeastern Indiana, Michael J. Brownfield. Northeastern Ohio, Carol A. Duane. Northern West Virginia, Edwin L. Kugler*. Northwest Central Ohio, Trilisa M. Perrine**. Oklahoma, Allen W. Apblett. Ole Miss, Jason E. Ritchie. Omaha, Richard B. Lomneth. Orange County, Robert S. Cohen, David J. Marec*, Sanda P. Sun. Oregon, Richard L. Nafshun. Orlando, Ardell R. Thurow*. Ouachita Valley, Upali Siriwardane*. Ozark, Eric Bosch*. Penn-Ohio Border, Doris L. Zimmerman. Pensacola, Allan M. Ford. 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Dr. Mildred B. Perry Pittsburgh (Senior analyst, Office of Coal and (2006-2007) Environmental Systems) Dr. Paul D. Fleischauer Southern California (Retired, principal scientist/director, (2001-2002) Aerospace Corporation) Dr. Roy L. Whistler Carbohydrate Chemistry (Emeritus Hillenbrand Distinguished (1951-1955; 1960-1962) Professor of Biochemistry, Purdue University) Ex Officio (1956-1958) Cellulose and Renewable Materials (1964-1983) Dr. Thomas J. Kucera Chicago (Recognized for his pioneering work with (1970-2006) chemists with disabilities; Chair, Committee on Chemists with Disabilities from its inception

1980 to 1997) Councilors observed a moment of silence following the presentation of the preceding resolution. Approval of Minutes 2. VOTED to approve, as distributed, the minutes of the meeting of August 19, 2009. Report of Interim Actions, Council Policy Committee 3. VOTED to receive the report of an interim action of the Council Policy Committee. Selection of Candidates for President-Elect 2011 Frank D. Blum, chair, Committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E), introduced the following nominees for selection as candidates for President-Elect, 2011, and candidates for election to the Board of Directors: 4. In accordance with the provisions of Bylaw III, Sec 3, b, (1) (b), the Committee on Nominations and Elections presented the following nominees for selection as candidates for President-Elect 2011: Luis A. Echegoyen, John P. Fackler, Jr., and Bassam Z. Shakhashiri. Dr. Blum reminded Councilors that the committee had previously identified four nominees for President-Elect 2011 and submitted those names to the Executive Director as specified in the Bylaws. However, in February 2010, one of the nominees withdrew for personal reasons. At that time, the Committee on Nominations and Elections voted to continue the search for a replacement nominee based on the ranking previously developed by the committee. Committee action specified that if no replacement nominee was found by March 12, 2010, then the original nominee list and biographical data, without the nominee who withdrew, would be sent to Council. As no nominee was identified, three nominees were presented. By electronic ballot, the Council selected Luis A. Echegoyen and Bassam Z. Shakhashiri as candidates for President-Elect, 2011. Dr. Blum introduced the candidates for the Board of Directors, chosen by voting Councilors in District II and District IV for the election to be conducted this fall for the term 2011-2013: District II, George M. Bodner and Joseph R. Peterson; and District IV, Larry K. Krannich and Will E. Lynch. 8/10

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Council Minutes Dr. Blum then announced the following candidates for Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors: Janan M. Hayes, Robert L. Lichter, Kathleen M. Schulz and Kent J. Voorhees. The election will be conducted this fall. The two successful candidates will fill 2011-2013 terms. Reports of Society Officers President Joseph S. Francisco announced a symposium planned for the fall national meeting titled “The Impact of Science and Technology on the Future of Global Healthcare” listing several speakers and an invitation to the governor of Massachusetts to participate. The governor is a strong supporter of the biosciences and biotechnology. Dr. Francisco also reviewed current unemployment statistics and an anticipated report later this year from his Presidential Task Force on Innovation in the Chemical Enterprise: New Technologies for Society; New Jobs for Chemists. Next, Dr. Francisco mentioned his future participation in a webinar on non-traditional opportunities in the chemistry field and in the Northeastern local section’s town hall forum on “Prospects for Chemistry in the Future US Economy.” He also briefly highlighted a meeting with the president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) at which they discussed ways in which ACS and AIChE can work together to bring value to members who find themselves looking for new employment opportunities. Dr. Francisco concluded his report by informing Councilors that the ACS President’s Challenge, started under Immediate Past President Tom Lane, will continue with the full support of the presidential succession. The goal is to continue to recruit undergraduate students, graduate students and regular members, as well as to emphasize recruiting international members ahead of the International Year of Chemistry – 2011. President-Elect Nancy B. Jackson reported that she has taken more than 20 trips for her employer, Sandia National Labs, in the past three years - to Southeast Asia and the Middle East - working with chemists and chemical societies in those regions. She added that she took her first official trip as ACS President-Elect to Kuwait for the Kuwait Conference of Chemistry. Dr. Jackson said from her international chemistry experiences two thoughts emerge: 1) America is indisputably considered the premier country in scientific research and scientific creativity; and 2) the global chemistry community is looking to the US to take leadership and partner with the rest of the world to improve chemical education, chemical research, and to address the world’s needs for sustainability. Dr. Jackson suggested that if ACS could partner with chemical societies of developing countries, we could make a significant impact. She said we can also partner with First World countries and their chemical societies to both enable research collaborations and to jointly support developing countries. Dr. Jackson announced that Dr. Abdulaziz, President of the Kuwait Chemical Society, said that his organization would be willing to translate the Journal of Chemical Education into Arabic. She said that she has invited the Executive Committee of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies to co-locate their meeting with the 2011 ACS spring national meeting, and that they have agreed to co-sponsor a symposium on US-Asian chemistry. Immediate Past President Thomas H. Lane said that 2009 was an incredible year in which we all worked together to make a difference in education, diversity and inclusion, community and international outreach, and helped to create a positive public perception of chemistry. Dr. Lane added that the membership roll has exceeded 161,000 – and that he is most proud of last year’s presidential membership challenge, one of the most productive campaigns in recent history. Next, Dr. Lane highlighted the work of the Joint Subcommittee on Diversity (JSD). He described the JSD as an amazing self-assembled alliance of five ACS committees, which is comprised of the Committee on Minority Affairs, the Committee on Technician Affairs, the Committee on Chemists with 8/10 (over)

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Disabilities, the Women Chemists Committee, and the Younger Chemists Committee. Dr. Lane reported that the JSD is centered on a common vision: the ACS as an inclusive, dynamic community of highly skilled professionals that reflects the diversity of the chemical workforce. He concluded his report with an update on the ACS Joint Presidential Task Force on Diversity Reports announcing that the task force has completed its work and that we will hear more about implementation in the near future. Board Chair Bonnie A. Charpentier began her report by welcoming the new Councilors. She said one of her personal goals this year is to strengthen communication and cooperation between the Board and Council. Dr. Charpentier reported on Board activities - including the new Board member orientation, and a January meeting of Board members that included a review of Board Regulations, operating principles, committee responsibilities, and overall plans for 2010. Later that month, she attended the ACS Leadership Institute in Fort Worth, Texas. Next, Dr. Charpentier reported on key items from the Board meeting held a few days earlier. She briefly commented on ACS finances and contingency planning, on decisions regarding the Planning Committee, and on the Board’s review of recommendations from a presidential task force on diversity reports. She reminded Councilors of preparations for the International Year of Chemistry - 2011, and shared plans for visits to the Brazilian Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Executive Director and CEO Madeleine Jacobs described several new technology developments aimed to preserve ACS as the indispensable professional and information resource for members and other chemistry-related practitioners. She began with an announcement that CAS’s flagship service, SciFinder, is now being managed by a dedicated development team that is accelerating new releases. A new release of SciFinder, the third in six months, was demonstrated at the Exposition with many customer-requested new features and other improvements. A second project involves the installation of an entirely new “electronic input” architecture to enable CAS scientists to more efficiently build databases by using all electronic publications. Ms. Jacobs next introduced ACS Mobile, a new mobile software application for users of Apples’s iPhone and iPod Touch devices. ACS Mobile provides readers with an up-to-the-minute, live stream of peer-reviewed research content published across the Society’s preeminent portfolio of 38 scholarly research journals, and is augmented by “Latest News” from Chemical & Engineering News. She concluded by announcing two other exciting developments: new features on the ACS Network that will encourage more members to engage in this valuable social and professional network; and an update to acs.org to increase the speed at which members can navigate to the information they need in the form of quick links and improved search capabilities. Reports of Elected Committees Council Policy Committee (CPC) Thomas R. Gilbert, committee Vice Chair, reported that the expanded New Councilor Orientation attracted 18 new Councilors and new Alternate Councilors. He said that the participant evaluations ranged from good to excellent. Dr. Gilbert reported that CPC is assessing the feasibility of narrowing the governance window at national meetings by moving the Council meetings to Tuesday. He said that an online survey was launched on February 22, and 347 responses were received in the first four weeks. Dr. Gilbert urged Councilors who have not responded to do so by April 2. He said that the results of the survey will be shared later this spring and that time will be set aside at the Council meeting in Boston to discuss the proposal. Dr. Gilbert also reported that CPC received a report from its Joint Task Force on a Proposed Committee Travel Reimbursement Policy with the Committee on Committees. He said that CPC agreed that additional work was needed and recommended that the task force report again at the Boston meeting. Dr. 8/10

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of ITEM II Council Minutes Gilbert said that CPC is working under its revised guidelines for oral reports to Council. He stated that the oral reports are to be less than 450 words long and delivered in less than three minutes. They are also to focus on information and outcomes that impact Councilors and members, not the details of committee and subcommittee activities. Committee on Committees (ConC) Les W. McQuire, committee chair, reported that the Committee on Committees held its New Chairs Training Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas, January 22-24, 2010, for eleven new chairs and their staff liaisons, as part of the ACS Leadership Institute meeting. Dr. McQuire said that the committee has begun developing recommendations for 2011 committee chair appointments for consideration by the President-Elect and the Chair of the Board of Directors. Dr. McQuire informed the Council that a performance review for the Committee on Science has been completed, and that ConC’s recommendation for the continuation of this committee will appear on the Council agenda for the fall national meeting. Performance reviews for the committees on Ethics, Project SEED, and Publications are underway, and it is expected that ConC’s recommendation for the continuation of these committees will appear on the Council agenda at a national meeting next year. Dr. McQuire also reported that ConC was informed of CPC’s support for the principles embodied in the proposed Committee Expense Reimbursement Policy and its request that the task force examine details and options for reconsideration by CPC in its fall meeting. 5. VOTED, on the recommendation of the Committee on Committees, with the concurrence of the Council Policy Committee and subject to concurrence by the Board of Directors, that the Petition on Admissions Committee be approved. Nominations and Elections (N&E) Frank D. Blum, committee chair, reported on the results of the morning’s elections for President-Elect 2011 (see vote # 4). Dr. Blum then said that the committee held a very successful town hall meeting on March 21, with excellent attendance. He reported that N&E is responsible for reviewing annually the distribution of member population within the six electoral districts to assure that the districts have equitable representation. He said that all six electoral districts are in compliance with the bylaw requirement. Dr. Blum reported that in the 2009 national election, 6,139 members opted in for e-ballots only. This process worked extremely well. Of the members who voted in that election, 73% cast their ballots electronically. A smaller fraction of invalid ballots were found via web submission. In the election for Director-at-Large, Councilors had a higher faction of web-based voting than the membership did in the election for President-Elect. Next, Dr. Blum reported on petitions by N&E to amend the bylaws. He said that the committee revised the Petition on Election Timelines 2009, as directed by Council at the 2009 fall meeting. Consistent with Council’s expressed preference, N&E does not plan to address the Candidate Petition portion of the previous petition. The committee has two petitions for consideration: the Petition on Recorded Votes, and the Petition on President-Elect Eligibility. Dr. Blum reported that N&E voted unanimously to oppose the constitutional amendment in the Petition on Candidate Selection by Member Petition. 6. A motion to approve the Petition on Candidate Selection by Member Petition FAILED. 7. After the vote, a request for a recorded vote was made and ruled out of order by the Council President. A motion to appeal the President’s ruling FAILED. 8/10 (over)

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8. After a motion to close debate was adopted, the motion to approve the Petition on Election Timelines 2009 FAILED. Reports of Society Committees and the Committee on Science Budget and Finance (B&F) John Adams, committee chair, reported that the Society’s total 2009 revenue ($460 million) was up 1% from 2008, but fell short of the 2009 approved budget by $19.5 million or 4.1%. Fortunately, the revenue shortfall was fully anticipated in early 2009. Therefore, contingency planning actions and cost containment initiatives were implemented across the Society, resulting in expense savings totaling $22.5 million. Significant reductions were realized in salaries and fringe benefits, and in discretionary accounts such as travel, training, and professional services. As a result, the Society’s Net Return from Operations was $13.7 million, or $3.0 million greater than anticipated in the 2009 Approved Budget. Unrestricted Net Assets rebounded in 2009 to approximately $124 million, from a previous $60 million at the end of 2008. Dr. Adams said that the significant increase can be attributed to the favorable operating results, investment gains, and a net reduction in the Society’s post-retirement benefit plan liabilities. The Society ended the year in compliance with four of the five Board-established financial guidelines. The Fund Balance Ratio Guideline, which measures the adequacy of the Society’s unrestricted net assets, was not met. Dr. Adams then reported that the committee voted to recommend to Council that the dues for 2011 be set at the proposed fully escalated rate. 9. VOTED, on the recommendation of the Committee on Budget and Finance and with the concurrence of the Council Policy Committee that the member dues for 2011 be set at the fully escalated rate of $146.

Education (SOCED) Andy Jorgensen, representing the committee chair, reported that SOCED discussed the development of an initiative designed to increase the quantity and quality of high school chemistry teachers. He added that ACS is working with the National Science Foundation, the Physics Teacher Education Coalition, and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities in developing this initiative. Dr. Jorgensen said that the Society’s education policy statement will expire at the end of 2010 and SOCED voted to form a task force to develop a revised statement for action in Boston. The committee also formed a task force to update the statement on scholarship.

Dr. Jorgensen reported that SOCED received a progress report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board-Presidential Task Force on Education, including the status of a three-year pilot of the ACS Science Coaches program. He said that six local sections have been approached to participate in the pilot. Dr. Jorgensen added that the recommendations pertaining to the creation of an association for high school teachers and a careers website will be developed later this year.

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Sadiq Shah, committee chair, reported that the committee continued to assess its progress on the Alternative Energy Systems (AES) initiative and determine next steps for the completion of this effort. He also mentioned a symposium sponsored by ComSci on information education in science museums as well as formal education for degreed programs. Dr. Shah reported that as part of the 2011 celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, the committee is planning a symposium on alternative energy systems. He added that ComSci has embarked upon a new initiative to examine the challenges and opportunities related to the various aspects of STEM education and develop a report with recommendations and policy implications. 8/10

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of ITEM II Council Minutes Reports of Standing Committees Divisional Activities (DAC) David J. Lohse, committee chair, reported that the committee approved four Innovative Project Grant (IPG) proposals totaling $27,500, and the committee will consider another set of IPG proposals at the fall meeting. Next, he announced the themes for the upcoming national meetings 2011 and 2012 by the Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group. The theme for the 2010 fall meeting is “Chemistry for Preventing and Combating Disease.” Dr. Lohse reported that DAC was briefed on the recent activities of the Task Force on Electronic Dissemination of Meeting Content. He added that the committee supports the work of this task force and believes making meeting content available online holds great promise for the Society. Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA) Lynne P. Greenblatt, committee chair, reported a relatively low turnout for employers and job seekers. She said that CEPA, along with the Board of Directors and the Presidential Task Force on Innovation in the Chemical Enterprise, is monitoring economic trends, US policy and workforce data. Ms. Greenblatt reported that CEPA hosted a focus group consisting of 75 members from across the Society to identify workforce issues of greatest concern. Based on this feedback, the committee will draft policy statements for Board approval, and create or modify programs for ACS members to ensure that the Society remains competitive in the global marketplace. Ms. Greenblatt stated that CEPA is set to launch the 2010 ChemCensus to 87,000 ACS members. She also reminded Councilors that the ACS Careers team has redoubled efforts to reach out to local sections and divisions with resources for job seekers, including an expanded webinar series. Councilors also were invited to view a full listing of programs and services available to unemployed members at www.acs.org/unemployed. Local Section Activities (LSAC) Lee Latimer, committee chair, reported that the committee hosted the local section track at the ACS Leadership Institute on January 22-24, in Fort Worth, Texas, where 109 of 189 sections were represented. He added that 41 Innovative Project Grants were reviewed and 33 were approved for full or partial funding totaling more than $67,000. The next application deadline is June 30. Dr. Latimer reported that the Online Speaker Directory was shared with the Institute attendees and will go live for 2011 speaker planning in April, coincident with a webinar training. Dr. Latimer stated that LSAC will be partnering with the Committee on Community Activities (CCA) to encourage ACS local sections to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry. In 2011, LSAC will offer minigrants to support IYC local section activity. He reported that CCA has identified four quarterly themes for 2011: environment, energy, materials, and health. Dr. Latimer concluded his report by informing Councilors that LSAC reviewed the local section allotment calculator and voted to recommend to Council that the current allotment calculator be continued for the next three years. 10. VOTED, as recommended by the Committee on Local Section Activities and with the concurrence of the Council Policy Committee, to continue for three years the current formula for determining allotments to local sections. Meetings and Expositions (M&E) William R. Oliver, committee chair, reported that the 239th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco hosted 17,948 attendees. Additionally, 75% of the divisions at this meeting were able to hold technical programs in the convention center, which is significantly higher than previous meetings. He announced 8/10 (over)

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that M&E recommends to the Committee on Budget and Finance that the 2011 registration fees be increased by $5, making the member rate for the 2011 national meetings $355. Dr. Oliver reported that attendees surveyed after the 2009 fall meeting held in Washington, DC gave an approval rating of 96% recommending Washington as a future national meeting site. However, based on the quoted cost of hotel rooms and the unavailability of hotel meeting space due to national events taking place at the time of the 2014 spring national meeting in Washington, M&E recommends that the Board move the 2014 spring national meeting to Dallas. The committee also proposed the sites and dates of the 2020 national meeting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 22-26; and San Francisco, California, August 23-27. Dr. Oliver concluded with a report on regional meetings. In 2009, a total of seven regional meetings were held attracting more than 5,000 attendees and 3,083 abstracts.

Membership Affairs (MAC) D. Richard Cobb, committee chair, reported that at the close of 2009, Society membership totaled 161,783, compared to 154,024 for year-end 2008. He said that the number of new membership applications received last year was the highest ever. The 2009 number also reflects the transition of 6,658 former Student Affiliates to the new student member category in June 2009 and the recruitment of 6,341 new student member undergraduates. Mr. Cobb reported that the Member-Get-A-Member Campaign resulted in 2,178 new members, a 54% increase over 2008, and the highest year ever. Additionally, the ACS President’s Challenge resulted in 3,752 new members. Mr. Cobb reported that the joint MAC/Society Committee on Education Task Force on Precollege Teachers has learned from teachers that they value conferences, networking, professional development, local sections and professional community support, and easy access to all of the ACS benefits and resources available to them. Mr. Cobb concluded his report by informing Councilors that he has been asked to chair the newly-formed Board-Presidential Task Force on Society Services and Associated Dues Pricing Models. Constitution and Bylaws (C&B) Alan M. Ehrlich, committee chair, reported that the committee issued new certified bylaws to the Division of Physical Chemistry. He added that C&B has recently reviewed proposed bylaw amendments and submitted preliminary reports to nine local sections and four divisions; and the committee currently has under review bylaw amendments for two local sections and three divisions. Dr. Ehrlich said that the January 1 edition of Bulletin 5 is available online at www.acs.org/bulletin5. He then invited Councilors’ attention to the yellow sheets in the Council agenda outlining the Petition on International Chemical Sciences Chapters, the Petition on President-Elect Eligibility, and the Petition on Recorded Votes, as listed for consideration. He said that C&B’s preliminary report is included in each document, but that the financial implications of these three petitions are still being assessed by the Committee on Budget and Finance. C&B and B&F will issue final reports when the petitions are presented for action at the fall meeting. Reports of Other and Joint Board Council Committees Environmental Improvement (CEI) Martin A. Abraham, committee chair, said that the national meeting theme “Chemistry for a Sustainable World” was an unprecedented success. He reported that 1600 papers in 95 symposia programmed by 23 divisions, six committees and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute, have featured a wide range of cutting-edge science. Dr. Abraham said that CEI is looking forward to reviewing the ideas generated through the Sustainability Engagement Event. He added that CEI will follow-up on theme programming with a presidential symposium in Boston on sustainability in chemical education. He added that the committee 8/10

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of ITEM II Council Minutes continues to make grants to local sections for innovative programming. Dr. Abraham concluded his report stating that CEI is working this year to recommend four ACS public policy statements to the Board of Directors on biomonitoring, climate change, energy policy and chemical regulation. New Business Resolution The Council adopted the following resolution: 11. BE IT RESOLVED That the Council of the American Chemical Society express to the officers and members of the California and Santa Clara Valley Sections, host Sections for the 239th National Meeting, the sincere appreciation of the Council and the entire Society for the cordial hospitality extended to all registrants at this meeting, and that the Council conveys special thanks to the division program chairs and symposium organizers responsible for the outstanding technical sessions, as well as to members of the Sections and headquarters staff, for the planning and execution that have assured the success of the 239th National Meeting. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m. Flint H. Lewis Secretary 8/10

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ELECTION TO COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Action Requested. The Committee on Nominations and Elections has selected the following slate of candidates for membership on the Committee on Committees, effective January 1, 2011:

Janet L. Bryant Ann H. Hunt H. N. Cheng V. Michael Mautino Alan W. Elzerman Roger A. Parker Amber S. Hinkle Yorke E. Rhodes Roland F. Hirsch Steven W. Yates

The Council must elect five individuals. The five candidates receiving the highest numbers of votes will be declared elected for the 2011-2013 term. All the candidates have indicated their willingness to serve if elected. Biographies of the candidates are summarized at the end of the item. Supplementary Information: Those members of the Committee of Committees whose terms end on December 31, 2010 are: Lawrence Barton, St. Louis Section Lissa Dulany, Georgia Section Roland F. Hirsch, Analytical Chemistry (North Jersey Section) Larry K. Krannich, Alabama Section Will E. Lynch, Coastal Georgia Lawrence Barton, Lissa Dulany, and Larry K. Krannich are ineligible for reelection. The present members of the Committee on Committees who will continue on that body are:

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Cherlynlavaughn Bradley, Chicago Section Rigoberto Hernandez, Georgia Section James M. Landis, Jr., Detroit Section Howard M. Peters, Santa Clara Section Sara J. Risch, Agricultural & Food Chemistry (Michigan State University Section)

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Bryan Balazs, California Section Dawn A. Brooks, Indiana Section Les W. McQuire, North Jersey Section Ingrid Montes, Puerto Rico Section Frankie K. Wood-Black, Chemical Health &Safety (North Central Oklahoma Section)

_______________________________________________________ BRYANT, JANET L. Division of Business Development & Management (Richland Section). Pacific

Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington. Academic Record: Elmhurst College, B.S., 1980; University of Washington, MBA, 1987. 8/10 (over)

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of ITEM III, A Election to ConC Honors: U.S. DOE National Award for Pollution Prevention Outreach, 2000; Battelle Key Contribution

Awards, 1997 and 1999; Battelle-PNNL Woman of Achievement, 1995; U.S. DOE Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, 1993; Phi Kappa Phi Honorary, 1978; Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary, 1978.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (operated by Battelle

Memorial Institute for the Department of Energy) 1980 to date; Senior Research Scientist/Engineer IV, 1995 to date.

Service in ACS National Office: Women Chemists Committee, 2002-10, Chair, 2010, Secretary, 2000-

02, Committee Associate, 1999-01, Newsletter Editor, 2000-02, Webmaster, 2003-09. Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1998. Business Development & Management Division:

Councilor, 2009-11; Past-Chair, 2009-10; Chair, 2008; Chair-Elect, 2007; Program Chair, 2003-06; Alternate Councilor, 2004-06; Awards Committee Chair, 2007-10; Richland Section: Past-Chair 2004, Chair, 2003, Chair-Elect, 2002; Earth Day Committee Chair, 2004-10; NOR Board of Directors Representative 2007-10, Chair, NOR Board Awards Committee, 2008-10.

Member: ACS Divisions: Environmental Chemistry; Industrial and Engineering Chemistry; Nuclear

Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; and Professional Relations. Related Activities: ACS Student Affiliate, 1976-80; Alpha Phi; International Council on System

Engineering (INCOSE), Tri-Cities Chapter Founding Member.

*************************************** CHENG, H. N. Division of Polymer Chemistry (Louisiana Section). Southern Regional Research

Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans, Louisiana. Academic Record: University of California, Los Angeles, B.S., 1969; University of Illinois, Urbana-

Champaign, Ph.D., 1974. Honors: ACS Fellow 2009; POLY Fellow, Polymer Chemistry Division, ACS, 2010; Tillmanns-Skolnik

Award, Delaware Section, ACS, 2006; Distinguished Service Award, Polymer Chemistry Division, ACS, 2005; ACS Delaware Section Award, 1994; Society of Applied Spectroscopy Spectroscopist-of-the-Year, 1986; Hercules Accountability Award, 1997; Hercules Research Fellow Award, 1990; Hercules High Achievement Awards, 1984, 1987; Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Southern Regional Research Center, USDA Agricultural

Research Service, Research Chemist, 2009 to date; Ashland Inc. (formerly Hercules Inc.), Senior Research Fellow, 2002-09; Senior Program Manager, 2000-02.

Service in ACS National Offices: Society Committee on Education, Committee Associate, 2010;

Committee on Committees, 2007-09; Board of Trustees, Group Insurance Plans for ACS Members, 2008-10; Council Policy Committee, (Nonvoting), 2006; Committee on Economics and Professional Affairs, 2001-06, Chair, 2006, Committee Associate, 2000; Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs Task Force on Globalization Issues, 2004-05, Chair, 2004-05; Leadership Advisory Board, 2009-10; Board Task Force on Multidisciplinarity, 2004-05, Associate Chair, 2004-05.

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of ITEM III, A Election to ConC Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1982. Polymer Chemistry Division: Councilor, 2004-12;

Membership-at-Large, 2002-03; By-Laws Committee, 2007-10, Industrial Sponsors Committee, 1997-05; Membership Committee, 1999-10, Co-Chair, 2000-01. Delaware Section: Councilor, 2000-03; Chair, 1997; Chair-Elect., 1996; Long-Range Planning Committee Chair, 2003-09; Nominating Committee Chair, 1997-99; Carothers Committee, 1999-02, Chair, 1996-97. Del-Chem Bulletin Advisory Committee, 1999-2000; Annual Report Committee, 2004-08.

Member: Sigma Xi, Chinese American Chemical Society. ACS Divisions: Polymer Chemistry;

Agricultural & Food Chemistry; and Professional Relations. Related Activities: Committee on Committees Task Force on Senior Chemists, 2010; Committee of

Committees Liaison to Meetings & Expositions Committee and Nomenclature, Terminology & Symbols Committee, 2007-09; Member of Governing Board, International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and Characterization, 2007-10; Associate Editor, International Journal of Polymer Analysis & Characterization, 1996–10; Member of the Advisory Board for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polytechnic University, New York, 2006-08; Served on the Ph.D. Committees of two graduate students, University of Delaware; Taught graduate level courses at the University of Delaware; Organizer of Teacher Appreciation Night, Delaware Section, 1997-03. Organized or co-organized 17 symposia at ACS National Meetings in the past 11 years; published 143 scientific articles, edited 7 books, holds 23 U.S. patents and patent publications on biocatalysis, polymer applications, and pulp/paper chemistry.

*************************************** ELZERMAN, ALAN W. Division of Environmental Chemistry (Western Carolinas Section).

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Academic Record: Williams College, B.A., 1971; University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1976. Honors: Environmental Division, ACS, Distinguished Service Award, 1995; Sigma Xi; Phi Beta Kappa;

NATO Fellow, 1977-78; Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Ocean Institute, 1976-77. Professional Positions (for past ten years): Clemson University, 1978 to date; Professor, 1988 to date;

Director of School of the Environment, 2001-08; Chair of Environmental Engineering and Science, 1996-01; Director, Environmental Science and Policy Program, 1991-08; Member of Clemson Graduate Faculty in Policy Studies; Member of Clemson Graduate Faculty in Environmental Toxicology.

Service in ACS National Office: Society Committee on Education, 2002-10; Committee on

Publications, 1999-01, Committee Associate, 1998; National Awards Committee, 1999-02; Environmental Science and Technology Editorial Advisory Board, 2006 to date; Graduate Education Advisory Board, 2006-08; Advisory Board, Chemical Sciences Graduate School Finder, 1993–96; Liaison to Committee on Environmental Improvement; Environmental Science and Technology Editor Search Committee, Chair, 2001-02.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1973. Environmental Chemistry Division: Councilor, 1997-

11, Alternate Councilor, 1991-96, Treasurer, 1988-94, Chair, 1992-93, Chair-Elect, 1990-91. Member: American Geophysical Union; Association of Environmental Engineering & Science

Professors; Water Environment Federation. ACS Divisions: Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Education.

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of ITEM III, A Election to ConC Related Activities: Clemson University, Associate Professor, 1981-88; Clemson University, Assistant

Professor, 1978-81; Organizer of numerous ACS symposia and symposia for other professional societies; NRC Fellowship Standing Review Committee, 2009 to date; Numerous panels as reviewer for EPA, DOE and NSF; Appointed Member, EPA Contaminant Candidate List Workgroup to National Drinking Water Advisory Committee, 2002-04; National Council for Science and the Environment, Member, Council of Environmental Deans and Directors, 2001- 09, and Executive Committee, 2006-09; Consulting for industry, academic departments, government labs and attorneys; Director, Clemson Sustainable Universities Initiative, 1998-07; Teaching, research, presentations and publications in environmental chemistry; Member, Technical Advisory Committee, SC Hazardous Waste Management Fund, 1998-02; Member, Executive Committee and State Steering Committee, Sustainable Universities Initiative, 1997-07.

*************************************** HINKLE, AMBER S. Greater Houston Section. PCS Lab, Bayer MaterialScience, Baytown, Texas. Academic Record: University of Utah, B.S., 1990; University of Washington, M.S., 1992; Ph.D., 1995. Honors: ACS Salute to Excellence from the Nashville Local Section for contributions to women in the

chemical sciences, February 2009; Fourteen Bayer Special Recognition Awards from 1998-2009 for Outstanding Contributions to the Business; Bayer 2009 Science and Technology Award for improved product performance; Member Iota Sigma Pi since 2008.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Bayer Material Science, Lab Manager for Polycarbonate

Quality Laboratory, 2000-03; Lab Manager and Quality Lead for Polycarbonate Manufacturing 2003 to date; Additional responsibilities as Baytown Site Change Management Team Lead, 2009-10.

Service in ACS National Office: Community Activities, 2010-12, Committee Associate, 2009; Women

Chemists Committee, 2001-08, Chair, 2006-08, Committee Associate, 1997-2000; Co-Chair Leadership Advisory Board, 2009-11; ACS Presidential Task Force on Women in the Chemical Profession.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1993. Greater Houston Section: Councilor, 2010-12,

Alternate Councilor, 2008-09, Director, 2007-08. St. Joseph Valley Section: Chair-Elect, 1996, Chair 1997 partial.

Member: Association for Change Management Professionals. ACS Division: Analytical Chemistry;

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry; and Inorganic Chemistry. ACS Subdivision: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology.

Related Activities: Facilitator for two Society leadership courses, 2008 to date; Member Review Board

for Chemical Sciences Programs at East Texas Technical College; Editor of Book Successful Women in Chemistry, Oxford and ACS, 2005; chaired over 15 Symposia at ACS National Meetings; given over 20 talks at ACS National Meetings; Speaker at 2010 Prosci Global Change Management Conference; facilitated 10 leadership courses for ACS at local and national level; organized annual strategic planning sessions for Greater Houston Local Section 2008-10; spoke at University of Washington on Careers in Chemistry, 2007; Member of Planning Board for Council for Chemical Research 2008, National Meeting; performed community outreach with annual chemistry demonstrations for students in the Barbers Hill Independent School District, Mont Belvieu, TX; one; 10 journal publications and 1 patent for sensor technology.

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of ITEM III, A Election to ConC HIRSCH, ROLAND F. Division of Analytical Chemistry (North Jersey Section). Department of

Energy, Germantown, Maryland. Academic Record: Oberlin College, B.A., 1961; University of Michigan, M.S., 1963; Ph.D., 1965. Honors: Distinguished Service Award in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry, ACS Division of

Analytical Chemistry, 2000; Sigma Xi. Professional Positions (for past ten years): U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Program

Manager, 1991 to date; Acting Director, Biological Systems Sciences Division, 2008. Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Committees, 2008-10; Committee on Chemists with

Disabilities, 2009; Committee on Science, Committee Associate, 2005-07; Committee on Divisional Activities, 1999-04, Committee Associate, 1998; Committee on Publications, Committee Associate, 1996-97; Committee on International Activities, 1984-92, Chair, 1990-92, Committee Associate, 1981-83; Committee on Nominations and Elections, 1985-87, Secretary, 1986-87; Committee on Meetings and Expositions, 1978-84; Program Coordination Conference Advisor, 1983-96; Advisory Board, Analytical Chemistry, 1987-88, 1983-85; Advisory Board, ACS Books, 1985-88.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1966. Division of Analytical Chemistry: Councilor, 1995-

12; Alternate Councilor, 1992-94; Chair, 1987-88; Chair-Elect, 1986-87; Secretary, 1980-83; Division Website Editor, 1995 to date; Financial Planning Committee Chair, 1989-90; Nominations Committee Chair, 1989-90; Awards Committee Chair, 1987-88; ByLaw Councilor, 1987. North Jersey Section: Councilor, 1976-86, 1972-74; Alternate Councilor, 1987-89; Chair, 1979; Chair-Elect and Program Chair, 1978; Nominations Committee Chair, 1981; Hospitality Committee Chair, 1971-74; Analytical Topical Group Chair, 1970.

Member: Society for Applied Spectroscopy; Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry. ACS Divisions:

Analytical Chemistry; Chemical Education; Chemical Information; and Geochemistry. Related Activities: Liaison Member, National Advisory Research Resources Council, National Institutes

of Health, 1995-present; Member, various Federal Interagency Working Groups on synchrotron and neutron beam facilities for chemical science applications; Organizer/Chair of several invited symposia in analytical chemistry and environmental chemistry at ACS National Meetings, and in bioimaging, informatics and biofuel research at Pittsburgh Conferences on Analytical Chemistry.

*************************************** HUNT, ANN H. Indiana Section. (Retired) Eli Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana. Academic Record: University of North Carolina, Greensboro, B.A.,1965; Duke University, Ph.D., 1970. Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; NASA Predoctoral Traineeship, 1965-68. Professional Positions (for past ten years): Retired 2000 to date; Eli Lilly and Company, Research

Scientist, 1983-2000. Service in National ACS Offices: Council Policy Committee (Voting), 2001-04; Committee on

Meetings and Expositions, 1994-00, Committee Associate, 1993; Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, 2005-10, 1987-92, Committee Associate, 2004, 1986.

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of ITEM III, A Election to ConC Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1968. Indiana Section: Councilor, 1985-11; Chair, 1984;

Chair-Elect, 1983; Secretary, 1982; Budget Committee, 1989, 1983-84, Chair, 1989; Awards Committee, 1984; SEED Committee 1984; Nominations Committee 1983-84; Public Affairs Committee 1983; Professional Relations Committee, 1983; Executive Committee, 1981; Program Committee Co-Chair, 1980. Joint Central/Great Lakes Regional Meeting: Treasurer and Finance Co-Chair, 1991. Central Regional Meeting: Finance Chair, 2004.

Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science. ACS Divisions: Medicinal

Chemistry; and Physical Chemistry. Related Activities: Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow, 1975-78; North Shore Community

College, Instructor, 1974; M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Welch Fellow, 1971-73; Converse College, Assistant Professor, 1969-71; published 37 journal articles, 27 abstracts and three patents.

*************************************** MAUTINO, V. MICHAEL Pittsburgh Section. Bayer MaterialScience, LLC, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania. Academic Record: University of Phoenix, B.S., 2005. Honors: Salutes to Excellence Award, Committee on Community Activities, 2004, 2007, ACS Division

of Chemical Technicians, 2009; Special Recognition Award, ACS Division of Chemical Technicians, 2005; Technician of the Year, Western Pennsylvania Technician Affiliate Group, 1999; Special Recognition Award, Western Pennsylvania Technician Affiliate Group, 1999.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Bayer MaterialScience LLC, Marketing Representative, 2006

to date; Senior Research and Development Specialist, 2004-05; Research and Development Specialist, 2001-03; Technician Specialist, 1996-2000.

Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Technician Affairs, 2003-09, Chair, 2007-09,

Committee Associate, 2000-02; Membership Affairs Committee, Committee Associate, 2008-09; Innovation Task Force, Chair, 2009; Committee on Community Activities, 2004-06, Chair, 2004-06; Program Review Advisory Group, 2006; Editorial Board, JobSpectrum.com, 2002; National Chemistry Week Task Force, 2001-03.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1996. Pittsburgh Section: Councilor, 2003-11; Alternate

Councilor, 2001-02; National Chemistry Week Coordinator, 1999 to date; Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Coordinator, 2003 to date; Central Regional Meeting Planning Committee, 2002-03; Nominations and Elections Committee, 1999; Technician Affiliate Group, 1996 to date, Chair, 2007-09, 1997-98; Technician Affiliate Group Recognition Committee, Chair, 1996, 2004. Division of Chemical Technicians: Chair, 2002; Chair-Elect, 2001; Membership Committee, Chair, 2007-09; Nominations and Elections Committee, Chair, 2001; Strategic Planning Committee, Chair, 2001.

Member: ACS Technician Affiliate Groups: Western Pennsylvania TAG, 1996 to date, Mid-Michigan

Technician Affiliate Group, 2002 to date. ACS Divisions: Chemical Technicians, Business Development & Management.

Related Activities: Advisory Board, Governor’s Institute of Physical Science Education, 2002; Bayer

Association for Science in Communities, 1996 to date; holds one patent in polyurethane chemistry.

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PARKER, ROGER A. Cincinnati Section. Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio Academic Record: University of Iowa, B.S., 1965; Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1969. Honors: Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Rho Chi. Professional Positions (for past 10 years): Xavier University, Visiting Professor, 1996 to date; Miami

University, Middletown, 1997-2000. Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Membership Affairs, Committee Associate, 2009-10;

Committee on Nominations and Elections, 2004-08; Committee on Meetings & Expositions, 1998-03, Committee Associate, 1997; Committee on Local Section Activities, 1993-96; Committee on Public Relations, 1989-93, Committee Associate 1988; Committee on Local Section Activities, Committee Associate, 1992.

Services in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1966. Cincinnati Section: Councilor, 1983-12; Chair,

1978-79; Chair-Elect and Program Chair, 1977-78; 2nd Vice-Chair, 1976-77; Treasurer, 1975-76; Trustee, 1979-82. Central Regional Meeting: General Chair, 1992; Vice-General Chair, 2000; Secretary, 1998 to date. Division of Medicinal Chemistry: Membership Committee 1984-88.

Member: ACS Divisions: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry and Professional

Relations. Related Activities: Merrell Dow Research Institute, Senior, Research Chemist, 1982-96; Organic

Research Chemist, 1969-82.

*************************************** RHODES, YORKE E. New York Section. (Retired) New York University, New York, New York. Academic Record: University of Delaware, B.S., 1957; M.S., 1959; University of Illinois, Ph.D., 1964;

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, 1964-65. Honors: Salute to Excellence Award, New York Section, ACS, 2004; Outstanding Service Award, New

York Section, ACS, 2000; New York University Alumni Great Teacher Award, 2000; Phi Lambda Upsilon, Best Professor Award, Chemistry Major Students, 2000, 1993; Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2000, 2005; New York University Golden Dozen Excellence in Teaching Award, 1996, 1991; Alexander Von Humboldt Award, West German Government Prize, 1978; Sigma Xi.

Professional Positions (for past 10 years): Retired, 2002 to date; New York University, Associate

Professor, 1971-00; New York University and Stevens Institute of Technology, Director and Founder, BS-BE Dual Degree Five-Year Program in Science & Engineering, 1987-2000.

Service in ACS National Office: Council Policy Committee, (Voting) 2005-10, (Nonvoting), 2002-04;

Committee on Local Section Activities, 1999-04, Chair, 2002-04, Committee Associate, 1998; Committee on Strategic Planning, Special Liaison, 2003; Joint ACS-AIChE Local Section Coordinating Committee, 2004; Alternate Representative, Perkin Medal Committee, 1998; Committee on Minority Affairs, Committee Associate, 1997; Senior Chemists Task Force, 2008-10; Presidential-Board Task Force on Local Section and Division Funding, 2002-04.

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of ITEM III, A Election to ConC Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1959. New York Section: Councilor, 1998-12; Alternate

Councilor, 1994-97; Chair, 1998; Chair-Elect, 1997; Budget Committee Chair, 1998; Nominating Committee Chair, 1997; Organic Chemistry Topical Group, Acting Chair, 2002-03, Chair 1992, Vice Chair, 1991-92; Nichols Award Jury. 1999-03, Chair 2003; Outstanding Service Award Jury, New York Section, 2001-05, Chair 2004-05; Committee on New York Section History, 1995 to date; Co-Organizer 2001, ACS National Landmark Designation of NYU Professor John W. Draper as first ACS President and Founding of ACS at NYU; Congressional Science Counselors, Chair, 2003-06, 2001; Originator and Organizer Joint New York Academy of Sciences and New York-ACS “Metropolitan Area” Graduate Student Poster Session 1997, 1996, and NY-ACS and NYU in 2003, 2005 as part of MARM ‘05; Founded New York Section Younger Chemists Committee, 1998, and Computers In Chemistry Topical Group, 1998; organized New York Section “Metropolitan Area Chemistry Career Day - A Graduate School and Industry Fair”, 2000; Coordinator, ACS Project SEED at New York University, 1996-06; Co-Chair, William H. Nichols Centennial – ACS Presidential Event at 226th National ACS Meeting, 2003; Coordinator, “Partners in Science” High School Chemistry Teacher Summer Research Program in North Jersey/New York, (Consortium of Six Universities, funded by Dreyfus Foundation and Lucent Technologies), 2000-04; Co-Organizer of New York-ACS Program “Catalyst for Change” at NYU, 1993, and “From Tartaric Acid to Chirotechnology: A Century of Progress in Stereochemistry, 1995. Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting: Executive Board Chair, 2010-12, Board Chair, 2008-10.

Member: Amateur Astronomers Association of New York; New York Academy of Sciences; Royal

Society of Chemistry; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta. ACS Division: Organic Division.

Related Activities: Consultant for DAAD (Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst) German

Academic Exchange Service for Evaluation of Scholars Applications for Research study in the US, 2000-06; Created Joint Committee of Local Sections and Divisions to promote combined Activities, 2004; Visiting Professor: Harvard University, Fall 2001; Hunter College, City University of New York, Spring 2001; New York Academy of Sciences, Chair, Chemical Sciences Section, 1992-93; New York University, Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Science, 1987-89; NASA Summer Research Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, 1980, 1981; Visiting Professor, Groupe d’Astrophysique, Universitee Grenoble, France, 1987; Visiting Professor, Technische Universitat Munchen, 1980, 1981, (six months each year); New York Academy of Sciences, Chair, Chemical Sciences Section, 1992-93, and member many other committees; U.S. State Department Scientific Exchange Visitor to Research Institutes in Zagreb, Yugoslavia and Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1977; Gastprofessor, Universitat Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany, 1972-73; Member of New York City Mayor’s Green Cleaning Advisory Group, 2006-08. While LSAC Chair, initiated Advanced Leadership Conference, introduced “Leading Together” a quarterly Local Section Newsletter, initiated “Innovative Project Funds” for Local Sections.

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YATES, STEVEN W. Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (Lexington Section). University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

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Honors: ACS Fellow, 2009; ACS Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry, 2006; International

Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Fellow, 2002; ACS Student Affiliates Teacher of the Year Award, University of Kentucky 1982-83; William B. Sturgill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate Education, University of Kentucky, 1994; Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, 1993-94; Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Kentucky, 1992; University of Kentucky Research Foundation Award, 1981; Procter and Gamble Fellow, 1972-73; Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Mu Epsilon.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): University of Kentucky, Professor of Chemistry, 1975 to

date; Chair, Department of Chemistry, 2005-09; Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 2004 to date; Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, 2008 to date; Visiting Scientist, TRIUMF, University of British Columbia, 2009-10.

Service in ACS National Office: Committee on Divisional Activities, 2009-10; Committee on Science,

1999-07; Committee on Meetings & Expositions, 1997-02, Committee Associate, 1996; Canvassing Committee, Nuclear Chemistry Award, 2000-03; Governance Review Action Team B, 2007.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1971. Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology:

Councilor, 2008-10, 1995-03; Chair and Program Chair, 1992; Executive Committee, Member-at-Large, 2004-06; Publications Committee, 1993-98, Chair, 1993-98; Nominations Committee, 1993-96, Chair, 1993; Nuclear Science Advisory Committee Liaison, 1990-93; Nuclear Chemistry Summer School Selection Committee, 1994-97, Chair, 1997; Undergraduate Awards Committee, 1981-87, Chair, 1983-87; Education Committee, 1981-89. Lexington Section: Alternate Councilor, 2005-07; Councilor, 1987-89; Chair, 1985-86; Program Chair, 1984; Executive Committee, 1983-89, Chair, 1985.

Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Physical Society; Kentucky

Academy of Science; Alpha Chi Sigma. ACS Divisions: Chemical Education; and Nuclear Chemistry and Technology.

Related Activities: LBNL Neutron Beam Line, Project Review Committee, 2005; IUPAC U.S. National

Nominating Committee, 2001; Handbook on Nuclear and Radiochemistry, International Advisory Board, 2000-09; Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, Program Advisory Committee, 2001-03; National Academy of Sciences (NAS)-National Research Council (NRC), Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 1999-02; IUPAC Commission on Radiochemistry and Nuclear Techniques, 1998-01; LANL GEANIE Detector Council, 1997-2000, LBNL 88-Inch Cyclotron Program Advisory Committee, 1994-98; Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Editorial Advisory Board, 1993-04, Reviews Editor, 1993-02, Editor of 5 special issues; NRC-Institute of Medicine, Committee on Biomedical Isotopes, 1993-95; BNL High-Flux Beam Reactor Program Advisory Committee, 1992-98; International Atomic Energy Agency Advisory Group, Thailand, 1991; NAS-NRC, Committee on Nuclear and Radiochemistry, 1990-93; DOE-NSF, Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, 1990-93; over 200 published journal articles.

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ELECTION TO COUNCIL POLICY COMMITTEE

Action Requested: The Committee on Nominations and Elections has selected the following slate of candidates for membership on the Council Policy Committee: John E. Adams Mary Virginia Orna Lawrence Barton Sally B. Peters Alan B. Cooper Dorothy J. Phillips Alan M. Ehrlich Donivan R. Porterfield The Council must elect four individuals: The four candidates receiving the highest numbers of votes will be declared elected for the 2011-2013 term. All the candidates have indicated their willingness to serve if elected. Biographies of the candidates are presented in summary form at the end of this item. Supplementary Information. Those members of the Council Policy Committee whose terms end on December 31, 2010, are as follows:

Mary Virginia Orna, History of Chemistry (New York Section) Dorothy Phillips, Northeastern Section Yorke E. Rhodes, New York Section Kathleen M. Schulz, Bylaw (Central New Mexico Section)

Yorke E. Rhodes and Kathleen M. Schulz are ineligible for reelection.

The present members of the Council Policy Committee who continue on that body are:

2009 - 2011

Ray A. Dickie, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (North Carolina Section) Bonnie Lawlor, Chemical Information (Philadelphia Section)

Mamie W. Moy, Greater Houston Section Eleanor D. Siebert, Southern California Section

2010- 2012

M. Elizabeth Derrick, Southwest Georgia Section Thomas R. Gilbert, Northeastern Section Willem R. Leenstra, Green Mountain Section Carolyn Ribes, Brazosport Section

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ADAMS, JOHN E. Division of Physical Chemistry (University of Missouri Section). University of

Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. Academic Record: University of Missouri, Rolla, B.S., 1974; University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.,

1979. Honors: University of Missouri, Excellence in Advising Award, 2005; Division of Student Affairs

Excellence in Education Award, 1999; Kemper Fellow for Excellence in Teaching, 1993; AMOCO Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1987; National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1974-77; Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma.

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of ITEM III, B Election to CPC Professional Positions (for past ten years): University of Missouri, Curators’ Teaching Professor, 2009

to date; Professor, 2003-09; Associate Professor, 1987-03; Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, 1996 to date.

Service in ACS National Offices: Council Policy Committee, (Nonvoting) 2010; Board Committee on

Planning, 2010; Committee on Budget and Finance, 2003-10, Chair, 2010, Committee Associate, 2002; Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, 2002, Committee Associate, 2009-10, 2003-05; Committee on Membership Affairs, 1995-00, Committee Associate, 2001, 1994; Board of Trustees, Group Insurance Plans for ACS Members (ex officio), 1997-00; Fellows Oversight Committee, Chair, 2010; Committee on Executive Compensation, 2010; Program Review Advisory Group, 2006-09, Chair 2009; Task Force on Society Services and Associated Dues Pricing Models, 2010.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1974. Division of Physical Chemistry: Councilor, 2003-

11. University of Missouri Section: Councilor, 1993-02; Chair, 1988-89; Chair-Elect, 1988; Secretary-Treasurer, 1984-85. Midwest Regional Meeting: General Chair, 2003; Program Chair, 1993; Webmaster, 2004 to date.

Member: Alpha Chi Sigma, Grand Master Alchemist (President), 2002-04, Grand Professional

Alchemist (Vice President), 1998-02; Delta Chapter Advisor, 1990 to date; Alpha Chi Sigma Educational Foundation, 1998-18, Trustee, 1998 to date, Secretary-Treasurer, 2009 to date; American Physical Society. ACS Divisions: Chemical Education; History of Chemistry; and Physical Chemistry.

Related Activities: Wakonse Conference on College Teaching, Staff, 1999 to date; Symposia co-chair,

223rd and 224th National Meetings; Co-organizer, Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, 2005, 1994; Brown University, Visiting Associate Professor, 1989-90; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Postdoctorate Fellow, 1979-81.

*************************************** BARTON, LAWRENCE St. Louis Section. University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri. Academic Record: Liverpool University, B.Sc., 1960; M.S., 1961; Ph. D., 1964. Honors: St. Louis Section, ACS, Distinguished Service Award, 1999; St. Louis Section, ACS, Award,

1991; Boron in the Americas Award for Distinguished Achievements in Boron Science, 2004; University of Missouri-St. Louis, Outstanding Service Award, 2002; Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Service, 2000; Alumni Association Special Recognition Award, 1998; Potts Medalist, Liverpool University Chemical Society, 1992, Goodlass Wall Fellowship, 196l-64; University of Missouri-St. Louis, Alumni Association Faculty Service Award, 1990; Senior Research Fellowship, Explosives Research and Development Establishment, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England 1970-71.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): University of Missouri-St. Louis, Professor Emeritus 2007 to

date; Professor of Chemistry, 1986-07; Acting Director, Center for Molecular Electronics, 1999-06; Chair, Faculty Senate and University Assembly, 2000-02; Chair, Chemistry Department, 1980-98.

Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Committees, 2005-10; Committee on Local Section

Activities, 1998-04; Committee on Membership Affairs, 1992-97, Committee Associate, 1991. 8/10

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of ITEM III, B Election to CPC Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1966. St. Louis Section: Councilor, 1990-10; Alternate

Councilor, 1987-89, 1979-81; Chair, 1980; Chair-Elect, 1979; Section Historian, 2000 to date; High School Career Day Organizer, 2000, 1993-98; Board of Directors, 1993-03, 1981-89, 1977-79; Steering Committee Member, 1996-98, 1980-81, Chair, 1979; Midwest Award Jury, 1992-03, 1983-89; St. Louis Award Symposium Chair, 1983; Nominations Committee Chair, 1979; St. Louis Award Jury, 1978, 1977, 1975; Continuing Education Committee, 1972-74. Midwest Regional Meeting: Exposition Chair, 2000; Symposium Chair, Rings, Cages and Clusters of the Main Group Elements, 1979.

Member: Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemistry and Physics on Stamps Study Unit. ACS Divisions:

History of Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. Related Activities: President, St. Louis Research Council, 1994-95; 1983-85; Council for Chemical

Research, Member Site Organizing Committee, Annual Meeting, 1997, 1988, Awards Committee Member, 1996-97; Vice-President, University of Missouri-St. Louis Chapter, American Association of University Professors, 1980-81; Ohio State University, Visiting Associate Professor, 1977-78; Washington University, Visiting Professor, 1976; Member, National Organizing Committee, Boron-USA (BUSA) Workshops; Co-host Boron in the Americas XI, 2008, St. Louis, MO; Member, Chemical Industrial Laboratory Technician, Advisory Committee, St. Louis School District, 1989-90; Research Interests, synthesis, structure, and chemistry of borane and metallaborane cage compounds, organometallic chemistry. Author or co-author of 110 publications.

*************************************** COOPER, ALAN B. North Jersey Section. Merck Research Labs, Kenilworth, New Jersey. Academic Record: Rutgers University, B.S., 1973; M.S., 1977; Ph.D., 1984. Honors: E. Ann Nalley Regional Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society, 2010;

Schering-Plough Research Institute Presidents Award for Outstanding Scientific and Technical Achievement, 1988.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Merck Research Labs, Research Fellow, 2009 to date;

Schering-Plough Research Institute, Research Fellow, 2003-09; Senior Principal Scientist, 1998-03.

Service in ACS National Office: Committee on Meetings and Expositions, 2009-10; Committee on

Local Section Activities, 2003-08, Committee Associate, 2002; Committee on Divisional Activities, 1996-01; Task Force on Local Section/Division Interactions, 2002-04.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1974. North Jersey Section: Councilor 1995-11; Chair,

1998; Chair-Elect, 1997; Professional Relations Committee, Chair, 2006; Finance Committee, 1999-06; Executive Committee, 1997-08; Program Planning Committee, Chair, 1999-08; National ACS Award for Team Innovation, 2001-02; Lifetime Achievement Award Subcommittee, 1998; Website Committee Chair, 2000-08; Nominating Committee Member, 2000-05, Chair, 2000; Indicator Committee, 1999-03; Planning Committee, 1998-09; Baekeland Award Jury, Foremen, 1997; “From Bench to Pilot Plant Symposium,” Organizing Committee, 2000, 1998, 1997; Topical Group Planning Committee, Chair, 1996-09; Organic Topical Group, Chair, 1995. Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting: General Co-Chair, 2005; Alternate Delegate, 2005-08; Program Chair, 1999.

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of ITEM III, B Election to CPC Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science; New York Academy of Science. ACS

Divisions: Medicinal Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Related Activities: LSAC-DAC Joint Subcommittee, 2004-08, Co-Chair, 2006-08; Session Chair,

Medicinal Chemistry Division, 2005 ACS National Spring Meeting (“Targeting Kinase Inhibition for Cancer Therapy”; Montclair State University Visiting Committee Chair, 1999; Chemistry Olympics Judge (New Jersey Institute of Technology and North Jersey Section), 1999-07; Poster Session Judge at New York Academy of Sciences/ACS New York Section Annual Chemistry Graduate Poster Session, 1997; 42 publications & presentations and 48 patents and patent applications.

*************************************** EHRLICH, ALAN M. Division of Chemistry and the Law (Chemical Society of Washington

Section). Of Counsel to Stein McEwen, LLP, Washington, DC. Academic Record: State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., cum laude, 1963; Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, S.M., 1965; Ph.D., 1968; Georgia State University, M.B.A., 1972; George Washington University, J.D., 1991.

Honors: Roger Middlekauff Award, ACS Division of Chemistry and the Law, 2008; Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA): Silver Medal for Superior Service, 2002; Bronze Medals for Commendable Service, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004. George Washington University Law School: Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1989-91; Dean's Fellow, 1990-91; Moot Court Board, 1989-91 (Judge’s Chair, 1990-91); George Washington American Inns of Court, 1989; Consumer Product Safety Commission: Chairman’s Special Citations, 1977; Distinguished Safety Glazing Award, 1975. Malanos Prize for Academic Excellence, 1972; Beta Gamma Sigma, 1972; Sigma Xi, 1966; National Science Foundation, Summer Science Fellow, 1965; Phi Eta Sigma, 1960.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Of Counsel, Stein McEwen, LLP, 2006 to date; Of Counsel,

Weiss & Moy, PC, 2005-06; EPA Office of General Counsel, 1991-04: Patent Counsel, 1995-04; Attorney/Patent Attorney, 1991-95.

Service in ACS National Offices: Council Policy Committee, (Nonvoting) 2009-10; Committee on

Constitution and Bylaws, 2004-10; Chair 2009-10; Committee on Patents and Related Matters, 1995-03, Consultant, 2004-06, Chair, 2000-02, Committee Associate, 1993-94; Committee on Science, 2007-09.

Service in ACS Offices: ACS Member since 1964. Division of Chemistry and the Law: Councilor,

2002-10; Immediate Past-Chair, 2001; Chair, 2000; Chair-Elect, 1999; Regulatory Affairs Committee Chair, 1997-98.

Member: Professional Societies in Law: American Bar Association and its Intellectual Property Law

Section; District of Columbia Bar Association and its Intellectual Property Law Section; Maryland State Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Government Intellectual Property Law Association (President-Elect, 1998-99; President, 1999-2000). ACS Divisions: Business Development and Management; Chemistry and the Law; Professional Relations; and Small Chemical Businesses.

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of ITEM III, B Election to CPC Related Activities: Organizer or Co-organizer, 7 ACS Symposia from 1999-07; Two Government

Intellectual Property Law Association Symposia, 1999-2000; George Washington University: Associate Professorial Lecturer in Law, 1992-97 (teaching Seminar in Law, Science and Technology); Environmental Scientist/Physical Scientist, government agencies, 1973-91; Industrial Laboratory Scientist, 1967-73; ACS Student Affiliate, 1961-63. Over 100 publications and presentations.

*************************************** ORNA, MARY VIRGINIA, Division of History of Chemistry (New York Section). College of New

Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York. Academic Record: Chestnut Hill College, B.S., 1955; Fordham University, M.S., 1958, Ph.D., 1962;

Catholic University of America, M.A., 1967. Honors: Award for Volunteer Service, ACS, 2009; Henry Hill Award, Division of Professional

Relations, ACS, 2008; John A. Timm Award, New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, 2007; Distinguished Scientist Award, Westchester Chemical Society, New York Section, ACS, 2004; George C. Pimentel, Award in Chemical Education, ACS, 1999; Visiting Scientist Award, Western Connecticut Section, ACS, 1996; Norris Award, Northeastern Section, ACS 1996; Fulbright Senior Scholar for Israel, 1994; Merck Innovation Award, 1989; CASE New York State Professor of the Year Award, 1989; CASE National Gold Medalist, 1989; CMA Catalyst Award, 1984.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): College of New Rochelle, Professor, 1966 to date; Chemical

Heritage Foundation, Director of Educational Services and Editor, Chemical Heritage Magazine, 1996-00.

Service in ACS National Offices: Council Policy Committee, 2008-10; Committee on Committees,

2002-07; Committee on Nominations and Elections, 1996-01, Vice-Chair, 2000; Committee on Divisional Activities, 1993-95; Society Committee on Education, Committee Associate, 1994-96; Committee on Meetings and Expositions, Committee Associate, 1992; Journal of Chemical Education, Publishing Coordinator, 2002-07; ad hoc Committee on National Historic Chemical Landmarks, 2000-02.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1967. Division of History of Chemistry: Councilor, 1991-

11; Chair, 1998, 1983-84; Chair-Elect, 1997, 1982-83; Treasurer, 1989-90; Awards Committee Chair, 1989; Program Committee Chair, 1984-88. Philadelphia Section: Director, 1999-01. Division of Chemical Education: Chair, 1998, Chair-Elect, 1997; Treasurer, 1985-96; Nominations Committee Chair, 1981-83; Examinations Institute, Board of Trustees, 1983-02. New York Section: Education Committee, 1989-91.

Member: National Science Teachers Association; New England Association of Chemistry Teachers;

Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works; History of Science Society. ACS Divisions: Chemical Education; Chemical Information; and History of Chemistry.

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of ITEM III, B Election to CPC Related Activities: Committee on Meetings and Expositions, Program Coordination Conference

Advisor, 1989-98; Journal of Chemical Education, Feature Editor, 1980-90; Program Chair of the 14th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, August 1996; The Hebrew University, Visiting Professor, 1994-95; Shenkar College of Textile Technology, Visiting Professor, 1994-95; The Weizmann Institute of Science, Visiting Lecturer, 1994-95; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Visiting IPA Research Scientist, 1987-88; National Institutes of Health, Extramural Associate, 1984; New York University National Science Foundation Fellow, 1978; University of California, Los Angeles, Visiting Professor, 1977; Principal Investigator of ChemSource: A Support Strategy for Pre-Service and Inservice Chemistry Teachers, and numerous other grants; ACS Tour Speaker; organizer of numerous symposia for ACS meetings and Biennial Conferences of the Division of Chemical Education; author of two books, editor of eight volumes including two ACS volumes, over 60 papers; book chapters and encyclopedia articles.

*************************************** PETERS, SALLY B. Santa Clara Valley Section. Palo Alto Research Center, Menlo Park, California. Academic Record: Geneva College, B.S., 1964; San Jose State University, M.L.S., 1983. Honors: Ottenberg Award, Santa Clara Valley Section, 2001; Distinguished Service Alumni Award,

Geneva College, 1997, CRG Achievement Award, Xerox Corporation 1994. Professional Positions (for past ten years): Palo Alto Research Center, Supervisor, User Service, 2000 to

date; Xerox-PARC, Manager, Technical Service, 1996-99. Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Local Section Activities, 2004-09; Committee

Associate, 2003; Committee on Meetings and Expositions, 1997-01, Committee Associate, 1995-96; Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, 2002.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1981. Santa Clara Valley Section: Councilor, 1995-12,

Alternate Councilor, 1990-92, Chair, 2001, Chair-Elect, 2000; Chemistry Olympiad Committee, Chair, 2003-10.

Member: Special Libraries Association; American Vacuum Society; SPIE (formerly, Society of

Photographic Instrumentation Engineers). ACS Divisions: Chemical Information; Chemistry & the Law; and Computers in Chemistry.

*************************************** PHILLIPS, DOROTHY J. Northeastern Section. Waters Corporation, Milford, Massachusetts. Academic Record: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1967; University of Cincinnati, Ph.D., 1974. Honors: Boston and Vicinity Club of The National Association of Negro Business and Professional

Women's Clubs, Inc, Professional Award, 2009; First recipient of the Waters Leadership Award for Outstanding Contributions to Waters and Waters’ community, 2008; Santa Clara Valley Section Shirley B. Radding Award, 2008; Vanderbilt University Dr. Dorothy Wingfield Phillips Award for Leadership, first presentation to a graduating senior in 2007; ACS Northeastern Section Henry A.

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Hill Award, 2006; Unsung Heroine Award, Vanderbilt University, 2006; Nashville Section of ACS Salute to Excellence Award, 2004; Honored by TTT Mentor Program of Cambridge, MA, “Minority Role Models in Science, Mathematics, Technology and Engineering”, 2004; Sigma Xi; Distinguished Alumni, University of Cincinnati, awarded by both McMickens College of Arts and Sciences and Center for Women Studies; Waters' Manager Award for Innovation, 1987-88.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Waters Corporation, 1984 to date; Director, Strategic

Marketing, 2006; Director, Clinical Marketing, 2004-05; Director New Business Development, 2003-04; Director, Strategic Program Management, 2000-02; Brand Manager, 1997-99.

Service in ACS National Offices: Council Policy Committee, 2008-10; Committee on Committees,

2001-06, Secretary, 2003-04, Industrial Pipeline Sub-Committee, Chair, 2005-06; Committee on Divisional Activities, 2007-08; Committee on International Activities, Committee Associate, 1998; Committee on Membership Affairs, 1997-2000, Committee Associate, 1996.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1973. Northeastern Section: Councilor, 1995-12; Chair,

1993; Chair-Elect and Program Chair, 1992; Project SEED, Committee Chair, 1994-95; Nominating Committee, Chair, 1994; Centennial Celebration, Co-chair, 1998; Fundraising Committee, Chair, 2004-08, Awards Committee, Chair, 2009-10; Analytical Chemistry Division: Chair, 2009-10; Program Chair, 2008-09, Chair-Elect, 2007-08.

Member: The American Society of Mass Spectrometry; American Association of Pharmaceutical

Scientists (AAPS); National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. ACS Divisions: Agrochemicals; Analytical Chemistry; Biological Chemistry; and Business Development and Management.

Related Activities: Nominee for ACS President-Elect, 2009; Candidate, Director-at-Large, ACS Board,

2006 and for Director District I, 2003; Established Waters’ sponsorship of the Division of Analytical Chemistry Distinguished Service Award; Spearheaded Waters sponsorship of the Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievements in Mass Spectrometry and the ACS Award in Separation Science and Technology; Delegate with the People to People Ambassador Program to China in 1990 with group of scientists for technology transfer; Member of AAPS Delegation to China, 2004; Keynote speaker at Third Annual PepCon Conference in Beijing, China, March 2010; Invited speaker at the Sixth Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science and Technology in Beijing, China, 2008; coordinating the Northeastern Section’s sponsorship of programs that focus on increasing the math and science interest of minority students in greater Boston; Mentor for the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) Science Network for students who are traditionally underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM; approximately 70 publications and numerous presentations in the field of analytical chemistry with a focus on HPLC.

*************************************** PORTERFIELD, DONIVAN R. Central New Mexico Section. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los

Alamos, New Mexico. Academic Record: University of Texas, Arlington, B.S., 1984; University of Texas, Austin, M.A., 1990. Honors: ASTM International Committee D19 (Water) Max Hecht Award, 2010; Radio-bioassay and

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Committee on Meetings & Expositions, 2004-10. Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1984. Central New Mexico Section: Councilor, 2003-11,

Chair-Elect, 2010, 1999, Chair, 2000-02, Treasurer, 1996-98. 17th Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting: General Chair, 2002. ACS Regional Activities Coordination Team, 2003-06.

Member: ACS Divisions: Analytical Chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry & Technology. Related Activities: ASTM International, Committees on Water (D19) and Nuclear Fuel Cycle (C26).

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ELECTION TO COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

Action Requested: The Council Policy Committee has selected the following slate of candidates for membership on the Committee on Nominations and Elections:

Jeannette E. Brown Martin L. Gorbaty Martha L. Casey Melanie J. Lesko D. Richard Cobb David J. Lohse Lissa Dulany Herbert B. Silber John W. Finley Angela K. Wilson

The Council must elect five individuals: The five candidates receiving the highest numbers of votes will be declared elected for the 2011-2013 term. All the candidates have indicated their willingness to serve if elected. Biographies of the candidates are presented in summary form at the end of this item. Supplementary Information. Those members of the Committee on Nominations and Elections whose terms end on December 31, 2010, are as follows:

Frank D. Blum, South Central Missouri Section Carol A. Duane, Northeastern Ohio Section Ruth A. Hathaway, Southern Illinois Section Arlyne M. Sarquis, Chemical Education (Cincinnati Section) Angela K. Wilson, Dallas-Fort Worth Section

Frank D. Blum, Carol A. Duane, Ruth A. Hathaway, and Arlyne M. Sarquis are ineligible for reelection. The present members of the Committee on Nominations and Elections who continue on that body are:

2009-2011 W.H. (Jack) Breazeale, Jr., South Carolina Section Catherine C. Fenselau, Analytical Chemistry (Chemical Society of Washington Section) Peter C. Jurs, Computers in Chemistry (Central Pennsylvania Section) Robert A. Pribush, Indiana Section Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks, Chemical Information (Chicago Section)

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Dwight W. Chasar, Cleveland Section Milagros Delgado, South Florida Section Kevin J. Edgar, Cellulose and Renewable Materials (Northeast Tennessee Section) Sharon P. Shoemaker, Biochemical Technology (Sacramento Section) Ellen B. Stechel, Physical Chemistry (Central New Mexico Section)

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BROWN, JEANNETTE E. North Jersey Section. (Retired) Merck Research Laboratories,

Hillsborough, New Jersey. Academic Record: Hunter College, B.A., 1956; University of Minnesota, M.S., 1958. 8/10 (over)

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of ITEM III, C Election to N&E Honors: ACS Fellow 2009; North Jersey Section, ACS, Harvey Russell Award for Support to Chemistry

Teachers 2006; ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences 2005; Women Chemist Committee, ACS, Regional Award for Diversity, 2002; Metro Women Chemist Award for Mentoring 2010; Glenn E. and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot, Scholar 2008; AWIS Fellow 2007; Outstanding Chemistry Alumni Hunter College 2006; Outstanding Alumni Award University Of Minnesota 2005; Merck & Company, Inc., Management Award, 1992; Hunter College Hall of Fame, 1991; Association for Women in Science - Metropolitan New York Chapter Award, Outstanding Woman Scientist, 1990. Who’s Who in America 2004; Who’s Who in Science & Engineering 2008-09; African American National Biography Oxford U Press 2008; Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship 2004; Iota Sigma Pi.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Retired, Merck Research Laboratories, 1997 to date; Research Chemist, 1969-97; Regional Director, New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative, 1997-02.

Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Nominations and Elections, 2001-03; Council Policy

Committee (Voting), 1995-00; Committee on Education, Committee Associate, 2003-05; Committee on Local Section Activities, 1989-94; Committee on Project SEED, 1983-90, Chair, 1986-88, Committee Associate, 1982; Women Chemists Committee, 1983-85, Consultant, 2008-10, Committee Associate, 1982; Subcommittee on Nominations 1997-00; Task Force on Size of Council 1996-97; Canvassing Committee, Garvan Medal, 1983-85; Woman Chemist Committee Consultant 2008-10, Committee on Minority Affairs 2009-10, Joint Subcommittee on Diversity 2009-10.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1956. North Jersey Section: Councilor, 1982-10; Chair,

1990; Chair-Elect, 1989; Communications Chair, 1997-00; Assistant Webmaster, 1998-00; North Jersey Section Speakers Bureau, Publicity Committee, Chair, 1997-02; Minority Affairs Coordinating Committee, Acting Chair, 1996 to date; Safety Committee Chair, 1990; Nominating Committee Chair, 1990; Planning Committee Chair, 1989; National Chemistry Week Committee Chair, 1989; Baekeland Award Committee Chair, 1982-83; Coordinator, New York/New Jersey Metro Women's Committee, 1980-81.

Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science; National Organization for the

Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers; New York Academy of Science; Women in Science Committee; National Network of Minority Women in Science; Association for Women in Science; New Jersey Science Teachers Association; New Jersey Science Education Association; National Science Writers Association; Oral History Association; Iota Sigma Pi (lifetime member). ACS Divisions: Chemical Education; Chemistry and the Law; History of Chemistry and Professional Relations.

Related Activities: Speakers Bureau; New Jersey Institute of Technology, Faculty Associate, Pre-

College Programs, 1994-97; Dreyfus Oral History Project, University of Iowa, 2002; National Science Foundation Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, (appointed) 1991-98; ACS Career Consultant, 1992 to date; Merck Management Committee for Black University Liaison, 1992-94; Lehman College, CUNY, MBRS/MARC Advisory Board, 1991 to date; Women in Science Videotape, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1981; NSF Visiting Women in Science Program, 1979; CIBA Pharmaceutical Incorporated, Junior Chemist, 1958-69; co-author of eight papers; three patents and two marketed drugs; Outstanding Woman in Somerset County (NJ) for Volunteerism 2010.

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of ITEM III, C Election to N&E CASEY, MARTHA L. Wisconsin Section. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Academic Record: Bryn Mawr College, A.B., 1964; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., 1968. Honors: Sigma Xi; National Institute of Health Predoctoral Fellow, 1965-68. Professional Positions (for past ten years): University of Wisconsin, Madison, Assistant Vice-

Chancellor Emerita, 2003 to date; Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Analysis 1996-03; Assistant Director, Office of Budget, Planning, and Analysis, 1978-96.

Service in ACS National Offices: Council Policy Committee, 2003-10; Committee on Budget and

Finance, Committee Associate, 2006-08; 2001-02; Committee on Econonmic and Professional Affairs, 2001-02, Committee Associate, 1999-00; Women Chemists Committee, Consultant, 2004-06; Committee Associate, 1995-96, 1986-87; Committee on Membership Affairs, 1986-87, Committee Associate, 1986; James Flack Norris Award Canvassing Committee, 2001-04.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1966. Wisconsin Section: Councilor, 1985-12; Alternate

Councilors, 1982-84; Chair, 1980; Chair-Elect, 1979; Secretary-Treasurer, 1975; Nominations Committee, 1986 to date.

Member: Society for College and University Planning; Sigma Delta Epsilon. ACS Divisions:

Biological Chemistry; Business Development and Management, and Professional Relations. Related Activities: Represented the University of Wisconsin-Madison in National Higher Education

Groups such as the American Association of Universities Data Exchange; Director-at-Large, Wisconsin Alumni Association, 1995-01; President, University Club Guild, 1987-99; Member, Madison Downtown Rotary, 1995 to date; present or past service on board of directors of many other civic and university groups; Lecturer and researcher in Department of Chemistry and School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1968-78; Published papers in Journal of the American Chemical Society (and other ACS journals) on synthesis of prostoglandins, linearity of the Bronsted Free Energy Relationship, NMR of rifamycins and others.

*************************************** COBB, D. RICHARD Rochester Section. Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York. Honors: Northeast Region, ACS Volunteer Award, 2006; Special Recognition Award, ACS Division of

Chemical Technicians, 2005, 2002; ACS Rochester Section Award, 2005, 2001; ACS Rochester Section, “Salutes to Excellence” Award, 2004.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Senior Research Associate, Eastman Kodak Company, 1969

to date. Service in ACS National Offices: Council Policy Committee (Nonvoting), 2008-10; Committee on

Membership Affairs, 2008-11, Chair, 2008-10, Committee Associate, 2007; Board of Trustees, Group Insurance Plans, 2008-10, ex officio, 2008-09; Committee on Admissions, 2002-07, Consultant, 2008, Chair, 2003-05, Committee Associate, 2000-01; Committee on Technician Affairs, 1998-03, Chair, 2000-02, Committee Associate, 1997; ACS Governance Review Taskforce, 2005; Board Oversight Group on Leadership Development, 2005.

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of ITEM III, C Election to N&E Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1994. Rochester Section: Councilor, 2008-10, 1999-03;

Chair, 2007, Chair-Elect, 2006; Secretary, 2005; Alternate Councilor, 2004, 1998-99; Treasurer, 1995-97. Division of Chemical Technicians: Councilor, 2007-09, Chair, 1997; Chair-Elect, 1996; Membership Committee, Chair, 1998. Northeast Regional Meeting: Board of Directors, Vice Chair, 2007 to date; General Chair, 2004.

Member: ACS Division: Chemical Health and Safety.

*************************************** DULANY, LISSA (M. A.) Georgia Section. MADesign, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. Academic Record: University of Virginia, B.A., 1977; Emory University, Ph.D., 1985. Honors: Georgia Section, ACS Outstanding Service Award, 1999; Community Associations Institute

Georgia Chapter Going Green Award, 2008; Georgia-Pacific Chemical Division Vice President’s Award, 1988; Emory University Woodruff Fellow, 1982-85; Phi Beta Kappa, 1977.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Positive Community Association Management, Inc.,

President/CEO/COO, 2006 to date; MADesign, Inc., President, 2005 to date; UCB Chemicals, Surface Specialties, Americas Packaging Films Technical Service & Development 2003-05; Powder Coatings R&D Manager, 2001-03; Industrial Coatings, Technical Services & Applications Manager, 1998-01.

Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Committees, 2005-10; Committee on Science, 2004-

06; Committee on Divisional Activities, 1998-03; Women Chemists Committee, 1993-01, Committee Associate, 1991-92, Consultant, 2002; Presidential Task Force to Plan the Millennial ACS Meeting in San Francisco, 1998-2000; Canvassing Committee, Garvan-Olin Medal, 1993-01.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1983. Georgia Section: Councilor, 1997-11; Alternate

Councilor, 1994-96; Chair, 1992; Chair-Elect, 1991; Georgia Section Filter Press, Editor/Managing Editor, 2005 to date; Herty75 Committee, 2009; Herty Award Committee, 1998-08, Chair, 1998-99; Founding member of Georgia Section Women Chemists Discussion Group, 1986 to date. Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering: Regional Meeting Coordinator, 2003-05.

Member: Community Associations Institute. ACS Division: Business Development and Management. Related Activities: Co-Chair of Inaugural ACC/WCC Golf Benefit, 2003-04; Chair, Women at the

Forefront of Chemistry [Presidential] Symposium, Boston, 2002; Liaison Women Chemists Committee to SOCED (1995-97); Chemistry Advisory Board, Kennesaw State University, 1994-98; Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Group Leader, 1992-98; published 9 journal articles, 1 encyclopedia chapter; 4 US patents in organic polymers.

*************************************** FINLEY, JOHN W., Division of Agricultural & Food Chemistry (Baton Rouge Section). Louisiana

State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Academic Record: LeMoyne College, B.S., 1964; Cornell University, Ph.D., 1969. 8/10

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of ITEM III, C Election to N&E Honors: Fellow, Agriculture and Food Chemistry Division, ACS, 1990; Institute of Food Technologists,

Fellow 2008; Outstanding Alumni, Michigan State University, 2007; Kraft Foods, Kraft Fellow, 1999-04; Phi Kappa Phi 1968; Sigma X 1970.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Professor and Chair of Food Science, Louisiana State

University, 2007 to date; A.M. Todd Company, Chief Technical Officer, 2004-07; Kraft Foods, 1999-04.

Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Science, 2008-10, Committee Associate, 2006-07;

Committee on Meetings and Expositions, 2009; Committee on Divisional Activities, 2000-05, Committee Associate, 1998-99.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1969. Agriculture and Food Chemistry Division: Councilor,

1997-11, Chair, 1988, Chair-Elect and Program Chair, 1987, Vice-Chair, 1986, Secretary-Treasurer, 1980. Biotechnology Secretariat: Secretariat, 1990-09; Secretary General, 2005-09.

Member: American Society of Nutrition; Association of Official Analytical Chemists; Institute of Food

Technologists. Related Activities: Institute of Food Technologists, Board of Directors 2008-11; Nabisco Incorporated,

Group Director, 1983-86; University of Iowa, Director, 1982-83; Ralston Purina Company, Scientist, 1981-82; U.S.D.A., Western Regional Research Center, Research Chemist 1970-81.

*************************************** GORBATY, MARTIN L., Division of Petroleum Chemistry (North Jersey Section). Principal, Fuels

Science Consulting, LLC, Westfield, New Jersey. Academic Record: City College of New York, B.S. with Honors in Chemistry, 1964; Purdue University,

Ph.D., 1969. Honors: Distinguished Researcher Award, Petroleum Chemistry Division, ACS, 2007; Distinguished

Service Award, Petroleum Chemistry Division, ACS, 2003; Storch Award in Fuel Chemistry, ACS, 1993; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Purdue University School of Science, 1993; Richard A. Glenn Award, Bituminous Coal Research, 1990; Sigma Xi; Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Professional Positions (for past ten years): Principal, Fuels Science Consulting, LLC, 2006 to date;

Retired, 2006, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Distinguished Research Associate, 1984-06.

Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Budget and Finance, Committee Associate, 2010;

Council Policy Committee, (Nonvoting), 2007-09; Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs, 2004-09, Chair, 2007-09, Committee Associate, 2002-03, 1999; Committee on Science, Committee Associate, 1995-98; Committee on Divisional Activities, Committee Associate, 1991; Society Committee on Budget and Finance, Committee Associate, 1985.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1965. Petroleum Chemistry Division: Councilor, 2001-11,

1988-99. Chair, 1983-84; Chair-Elect and Program Chair, 1982-83; Program Secretary, 1978-82; Program. Committee, 1976-82; Area Representative, 1976-78; Long-Range Planning Committee Chair, 2005; Advisory Board, CHEMTECH, 1986-94; Advisory Board, Advances in Chemistry Series, 1984-87; Canvassing. Committee, Storch Award in Fuel Chemistry, 1987-90; Canvassing Committee, Award in the Chemistry of Contemporary Problems, 1983-6, Chair, 1985-6.

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of ITEM III, C Election to N&E Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science. ACS Divisions: Fuel Chemistry and

Petroleum Chemistry. Related Activities: Chair, Gordon Conference on Fuel Science, 1988; International Editorial Board of

FUEL, 1983 to date; National Research Council Subpanel on "Chemistry Needs in Energy", 1979; Advisory Board for Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1981-1984); DOE Review Panels to Assess Research Efforts, 1984; National Research Council Panel on "Future Directions in Fundamental Research Related to Oil, Gas, Shale and Tar Sands", 1987; DOE Study on "Assessment of Coal Liquefaction Research Needs", 1988; Gordon Conference on Hydrocarbon Sciences Advisory Board, 1995 to date; Advisory Board, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2001-04; Advisory Committee, Purdue University, Department of Chemistry 2005-08; Chair, Symposium on Refining of Synthetic Crudes, ACS Petroleum Chemistry Division, 1977; Chair, Symposium on Coal Structure, ACS/Chemical Society of Japan Chemical Congress, 1979; Chair, ACS Presidential Event Symposium: "Chemistry Enterprise 2015: Where in the World Will We Be? The Big Picture; Opportunities, and Challenges of Globalization", 2005; published 78 journal articles; inventor on 56 U. S. Patents; delivered 77 Invited lectures; edited 5 books on coal and synthetic fuels.

*************************************** LESKO, MELANIE J. Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (Greater Houston Section).

Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas. Academic Record: Lamar University, B.S. 1972, University of Houston, Ph.D., 1977. Honors: Outstanding Teacher Award, 1994; Ricker Distinguished Faculty Award, 1994; Lynne Murray

Scholarship for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement, 1976. Professional Positions (for past 10 years): Texas A&M University at Galveston, Senior Lecturer and

Assistant Department Head, 1992 to date. Service in ACS National Office: Committee on Meetings and Expositions, 2007-10, Committee

Associate, 2005-06; Committee on Divisional Activities, 1999-04; Women Chemists Committee, 1994-02; Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, 1998, Committee Associate, 1997; Chemistry, Advisory Board, 1998-02; Canvassing Committee, Industrial Chemistry Award, 2002-04; Canvassing Committee, Garvan-Olin Medal, 1994-02.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1973. Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry:

Councilor, 1993-2011; Alternate Councilor, 1990-92; Chair, 1991; Chair-Elect, 1990; Secretary, 1986-89; Awards Committee Chair, 2001; National Meetings Events Committee Chair, 1979-85. Greater Houston Section: National Chemistry Week Committee, 1989-93.

Member: ACS Divisions: Chemical Education; and Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Related Activities: U.S. Coast Guard Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee, 1989-95; Chair and co-

organizer of Texas A&M University at Galveston Regional Science Olympiad initiated in 2008, 2008 to date; Co-chair of the annual Galveston County Science and Engineering Fair 1994-99.

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LOHSE, DAVID J. Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (Trenton Section).

ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company, Annandale, New Jersey. Academic Record: Michigan State University, B.S. (Physics), 1974; B.S. (Computer Science), 1974;

University of Illinois, Ph.D. (Materials Science), 1978. Honors: Cooperative Research Award, ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering,

2010; Distinguished Service Award, ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, 2008; Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, Fellow, 2005; American Physical Society, Fellow, 2000; NRC/NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 1978-80.

Professional Positions: ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, Company, Corporate Strategic Research

Labs, Distinguished Research Associate, 1988 to date; Exxon Chemical Company, Staff Engineer, 1980-88.

Service in ACS National Office: Council Policy Committee, (Nonvoting), 2010; Committee on

Divisional Activities, 2005-10, Chair, 2010, Committee Associate, 2004; Board Committee on Planning, (Nonvoting), 2010.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1977. Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering

Division: Councilor, 2003-11, Chair, 1998, Chair-Elect, 1997, Vice-Chair, 1996, Secretary, 1995, Program Chair, 1993.

Member: American Physical Society; New York Academy of Sciences; Society of Plastics Engineers.

ACS Division: Polymer Chemistry. Related Activities: Editorial Board, Advances in Polymer Technology; 115 peer-reviewed publications

(including coauthoring a book on “Polymeric Compatibilizers”); 32 granted US patents; chair of seven symposia at ACS national meetings; chair of polymer symposium at MARM, 1992; chair of symposium at Rubber Division meeting, 1986; New York Academy of Sciences, Polymers Section Chair, 1990-92; over 100 invited talks at national and international meetings.

*************************************** SILBER, HERBERT B. Santa Clara Valley Section. San Jose State University, San Jose, California. Academic Record: Lehigh University, B.S., 1962; M.S., 1964; University of California, Davis, Ph.D.,

1967; Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Research Associate, 1967-68; University of Maryland, Research Associate, 1968-69.

Honors: California State University Wang Family Excellence Award as the Outstanding California State

University Faculty Member in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering and Science, 2002; 1998 Presidential Award for Mentoring Underrepresented Students in Science and Engineering from the White House; San Jose State University, College of Science, Dean’s Award, 1992, and Outstanding Professor, 1990-91; Phi Kappa Phi.

Professional Positions (for past 10 years): San Jose State University, Professor, 1986 to date; Associate

Dean for Minority Programs and Research, 2008 to date; Acting Associate Dean (50% time) 2010. Service in ACS National Offices: Membership Affairs Committee 2010-11; Committee on Nominations

and Elections 2007-09; Committee on Meetings and Expositions, 2006-07; Committee Associate, 2005; Committee on Committees, 1999-04; Committee on Minority Affairs, 1998, Consultant, 1999-2008, Committee Associate, 1995-97; Committee on Project SEED, 1993-98, Chair, 1995-97, Committee Associate, 1992.

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of ITEM III, C Election to N&E Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1963. Santa Clara Valley Section: Councilor, 1996-10;

Alternate Councilor, 1991-93, 1987-89; Chair, 1998; Chair-Elect, 1997; Treasurer, 2005-09; Awards Committee, Chair, 1989-92; Long Range Planning Committee Chair, 1992-95; Safety Committee Chair 1986-87. San Antonio Section: Chair, 1985; Chair-Elect, 1994; Secretary, 1983. Southwest Regional Meeting: Secretary-Treasurer, 1980-85. ACS Scholars Selection Committee, 1998-10; ACS Scholars Evaluation/Review Committee, 1999-08.

Member: Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). ACS

Divisions: Inorganic Chemistry; and Nuclear Chemistry and Technology. Related Activities: National Institutes of Health, Minority Access to Research Careers Program

Director, San Jose State University 1988 to date; National Institutes of Health Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) SCORE Program Director 2007-date; San Jose State University Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Principal Investigator 2010 to date; San Jose State University Site Director for the American Chemical Society/Department of Energy Nuclear Summer School, 1998 to date; Co-Editor, Proceedings of the Rare Earth Research Conferences, 1979-2006; Rare Earth Research Conferences, Inc., Board of Directors 1977-79, 1981-2006, Chair of the Board, 1991-94, Program Chair, 19th Conference (Lexington, KY 1991), General Chair, 20th Conference (Monterey, CA 1993); over 100 publications, mostly with undergraduates; co-editor of a chemistry encyclopedia for K-14.

*************************************** WILSON, ANGELA K. Dallas-Ft. Worth Section. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Academic Record: Eastern Washington University, B.S., 1990; University of Minnesota, Ph.D., 1995. Honors: Leadership Development Award, ACS Younger Chemists Committee, 2002; University of

North Texas 2009 Research-Scholar Award; University of North Texas 2009 Toulouse Scholars Award; National Associate of the National Academies, 2008; The 2006 Eastern Washington University Alumni Achievement Award; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Young Observer, 2005, 2003; Wiley International Journal of Quantum Chemistry Young Investigator Award, 2004; NSF CAREER Award, 2003; NSF POWRE Award, 1999; Sigma Xi.

Professional Positions (for past 10 years): University of North Texas, Professor, 2009 to date, Assistant

Chair, 2009 to date; Co-Director of the UNT Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling, 2005 to date; Associate Professor, 2005-09, Assistant Professor, 2000-05; Visiting Research Scholar, University of Sydney, Australia, 2003; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Visiting Research Scientist, 2003, 2004.

Service in ACS National Offices: Committee on Nominations and Elections, 2009-10; Committee on

Science, 2007-09, Committee Associate, 2005-06. Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2010-13.

Service in ACS Offices: Member ACS since 1990. Dallas-Fort Worth Section: Councilor, 2004-11,

Alternate Councilor, 2003-04; Oklahoma Section: Chair-Elect, 2000. Member: Leadership positions: U.S. National Committee for IUPAC, 2007-10; Titular Member, 2010-

13, Associate Member, 2006-09, Division of Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, IUPAC; Member-at-Large, Division of Computational Physics, American Physical Society, 2008-11. U.S. Delegate, IUPAC General Assembly, 2010. ACS Divisions: Physical Chemistry; and Computers in Chemistry.

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of ITEM III, C Election to N&E Related Activities: U.S. Chair of the 2006 Chinese-American Frontiers of Science Program, National

Academies; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory User Advisory Board, 2007-10; Guest Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2008; Editor, “Recent Advances in Electron Correlation Methodology” (Oxford Publishing, 2006); W.M. Keck Foundation, Futures of Science Panel, 2006; EPA, Science Advisory Program Consultant, 2003-04; ACS Symposium Organizer, Division of Computers in Chemistry, 2002 and 2003; ACS Southwest Regional Meeting Computational Chemistry Symposium Organizer, 2004; International Scientific Advisory Board, 2011 IUPAC Congress. Organizer, Southwest Regional Theoretical Chemistry Conference (2010); published 70+ journal articles.

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of ITEM III, D Suggestions for 2012 Elected Committees

REQUEST FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR 2012 ELECTED COMMITTEES

A Reminder At the Council meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, Councilors will elect members to the Committee on Committees, Council Policy Committee, and Committee on Nominations and Elections to fill 2011-2013 terms. The process to select nominees for 2012-2014 terms will begin almost immediately. The Committee on Nominations and Elections therefore asks each Councilor to examine the following list of elected committee positions with terms ending on December 31, 2011, and the list of the other members of these committees. Names of individuals suggested for nomination should be inserted on the form on pages 40-41. This form may be left on the registration table as you leave the Council meeting or emailed to the Chair of the Committee: Dr. Frank D. Blum, [email protected]. COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES Members of the Committee on Committees (ConC) whose terms end on December 31, 2011, are: Cherlynlavaughn Bradley, Chicago Section Rigoberto Hernandez, Georgia Section James M. Landis, Jr., Detroit Section Howard M. Peters, Santa Clara Section Sara J. Risch, Agricultural & Food Chemistry (Michigan State University Section) Cherlynlavaughn Bradley is ineligible for reelection.

The other elected members serving on the Committee on Committees are:

Term ending December 31, 2012 Bryan Balazs, California Section Dawn A. Brooks, Indiana Section Les W. McQuire, North Jersey Section Ingrid Montes, Puerto Rico Section Frankie K. Wood-Black, Chemical Health & Safety (North Central Oklahoma Section)

Term ending December 31, 2010 Lawrence Barton, St. Louis Section Lissa Dulany, Georgia Section Roland F. Hirsch, Analytical Chemistry (North Jersey Section) Larry K. Krannich, Alabama Section Will E. Lynch, Coastal Georgia ConC nominees for 2011-2013 terms are listed in the agenda for the Council meeting in Boston, Massachusetts under "Election to Committee on Committees." Names of those elected will be announced at that meeting. Lawrence Barton, Lissa Dulany, and Larry K. Krannich are ineligible for reelection. 8/10 (over)

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of ITEM III, D Suggestions for 2012 Elected Committees COUNCIL POLICY COMMITTEE Members of the Council Policy Committee whose terms end on December 31, 2011, are as follows:

Ray A. Dickie, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (North Carolina Section) Bonnie Lawlor, Chemical Information (Philadelphia Section) Mamie W. Moy, Greater Houston Section Eleanor D. Siebert, Southern California Section

Bonnie Lawlor is ineligible for reelection. The other elected members serving on the Council Policy Committee are as follows:

Term ending December 31, 2012 M. Elizabeth Derrick, Southwest Georgia Section Thomas R. Gilbert, Northeastern Section Willem R. Leenstra, Green Mountain Section Carolyn Ribes, Brazosport Section

Term ending December 31, 2010

Mary Virginia Orna, History of Chemistry (New York Section) Dorothy Phillips, Northeastern Section Yorke E. Rhodes, New York Section Kathleen M. Schulz, Business Development & Management (Central New Mexico Section)

CPC nominees for the 2011-2013 term are listed in the agenda for the Council meeting in Boston Massachusetts under "Election to Council Policy Committee." Names of those elected will be announced at that meeting. Yorke E. Rhodes and Kathleen M. Schulz are ineligible for reelection. COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS The duties of the Council Policy Committee include "Nominating voting Councilors for membership on the Committee on Nominations and Elections..." Therefore, suggestions for candidates to serve on N&E will be forwarded to the CPC Subcommittee on Nominations for consideration. Those members of the Committee on Nominations and Elections whose terms end on December 31, 2011, are as follows:

W.H. (Jack) Breazeale, Jr., South Carolina Section Catherine C. Fenselau, Analytical Chemistry (Chemical Society of Washington Section) Peter C. Jurs, Computers in Chemistry (Central Pennsylvania Section) Robert A. Pribush, Indiana Section Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks, Chemical Information (Chicago Section)

Peter C. Jurs is ineligible for reelection.

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Dwight W. Chasar, Cleveland Section Milagros Delgado, South Florida Section Kevin J. Edgar, Cellulose and Renewable Materials (Northeast Tennessee) Sharon P. Shoemaker, Biochemical Technology (Sacramento Section) Ellen B. Stechel, Physical Chemistry (Central New Mexico Section)

Term ending December 31, 2010 Frank D. Blum, South Central Missouri Section Carol A. Duane, Northeastern Ohio Section Ruth A. Hathaway, Southern Illinois Section Arlyne M. Sarquis, Bylaw (Cincinnati Section) Angela K. Wilson, Dallas-Fort Worth Section

Nominees for N&E for 2011-2013 terms are listed in the Council agenda for the Council meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, under "Election to Committee on Nominations and Elections." Names of those elected will be announced at that meeting. Frank D. Blum, Carol A. Duane, Ruth A. Hathaway and Arlyne M. Sarquis are ineligible for reelection. 8/10

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Suggestions for 2012 Elected Committees Dr. Frank D. Blum [email protected] Dear Dr. Blum: I propose the following Councilors for consideration by the Committee on Nominations and Elections and the Council Policy Committee:

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ITEM III, E Ballot Counts

BALLOT COUNTS, PREVIOUS ELECTIONS The Committee on Nominations and Elections regularly reports in the Council agenda the numerical results of balloting from elections at the previous meeting. The following tabulations give the numerical results of the balloting at the March 24, 2010, meeting of the Council for selection of candidates for 2011 President-Elect. Also reported are the results of mail ballots (March 12, 2010) for the selection of candidates for Director from District II and for Director from District IV for 2011-2013 terms. Nominees selected as the candidates are identified by an asterisk.

2011 PRESIDENT-ELECT

*Luis Echegoyen. 345 John Fackler 110 *Bassam Z. Shakhashiri 353

DIRECTOR, DISTRICT II

*George M. Bodner 39 Andrew D. Jorgensen 20 V. Michael Mautino 27 *Joseph R. Peterson 32

DIRECTOR, DISTRICT IV

John W. Finley 14 *Larry K. Krannich 27 *Will E. Lynch. 27 Ingrid Montes 24

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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

When I was a kid, I watched on television as Dr. Martin Luther King gave his final speech, “I have been to the mountain top.” In his closing, he said “We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountain top. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land.”

I have always been puzzled about these last words of Dr. King. What mountain top? What did he see? What was the Promised Land? I was too young to understand. How does this relate to my experience as ACS President? Council and members, thank you for the chance to serve as your President. The experience has opened my eyes to the world outside our borders. The experience has allowed me to journey to the mountain top, to have a glimpse of the road ahead for our chemical enterprise. I have had a glimpse of the Promised Land. I now understand what the promise is for all of us. It is opportunity. The members of this organization gave me the opportunity of a lifetime to serve the chemical profession at the highest level as President of the American Chemical Society, but what would I have missed if I had not run for the Presidential succession, or if I had lost? If I had not won, I would not have been around to see the ACS Board of Directors take a bold step forward creating an advisory group to the Board of Directors on Diversity and Inclusion, as directed by the recommendations from the Presidential Taskforce of Jeanne Pemberton and implemented by Board Committee Chair Diane Schmidt. Jeanne and Diane took to heart the message of Dr. King: “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!” These women dreamt that this message ring out for all of us in the chemical profession and took steps to bring it to fruition, so that this message rings true. I would not have seen our CEO Madeline Jacobs create a Diversity Advisory Council of Staff to directly advise her on matters on diversity. An important moment, a special moment, in my service as President, was to see all the women of ACS work together to address the issue of “Women of Color in the Sciences.” The ACS Women of Color Symposium at the Boston National Meeting focuses on broaden awareness of the challenges women of color at the intersection of gender, ethnicity, and science. When Dr. King spoke of his dream, “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood,” he did not see that “sisterhood” would be the first to lead the way in fulfilling this dream. If I had not won, I would not have been around to see the important step that Pat Confalone and Ron Breslow took to bring Industry and Academia to the table again in their Presidential Symposium at the San Francisco ACS meeting entitled Educating Chemists with the Skills Needed to Compete in the New Global Economy. The objective was to establish a dialogue in which technology leaders from industry articulated the changing landscape of the global economy and academics discussed current and future plans to prepare our students to best address the challenges and opportunities; to have an open dialogue about how we train our students to be “globally ready” to compete in the global marketplace. By matching graduate education in the United States with the challenges and opportunities identified by top R&D leadership, we will ensure that the workforce of tomorrow will be fully equipped with the skill sets needed to compete in the new global economy. This presidential symposium was all but an initial step to ensure that America will continue to lead the world in technological innovation. Through this important dialogue have come suggestions of what ACS can do through its career services to support our members in preparing for the global chemical marketplace. 8/10 (over)

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of ITEM IV, A President’s Report If I had not won, I would not have been here to report on the important recommendations from George Whitesides’ Presidential Taskforce on the important steps that ACS can make to help create job opportunities for those in the chemical enterprise, and foster opportunities for those in the chemical enterprise to be entrepreneurs. As many of you know, I believe a strong American value is our sprit to invent and innovate. We must stand up for this American spirit and dream, and find or create opportunities for young Americans to express this creativity in the spirit of competition. If I had not won, I would not have been around to see the bold planning of Peter Dorhout and his working group; and Judy Benham and her Presidential Taskforce to bring into existence the American Chemical Society International Center. Because I have been to the mountain top, I have seen the need for chemists to be ready to compete in a global chemical enterprise. ACS can be the leader in helping to prepare chemists of all generations by serving as an information clearinghouse for how to operate in a changing world, communicate within different cultures, and succeed in an international marketplace. The diversity of people who make up our human community has much diversity of thought to contribute to solving the diversity of global challenges that await us. If I had not won, I would not have been around to see a major change in the ACS National Meeting to bring in a new lecture series, the Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry Lectures, which will feature a distinguished plenary lecturer to talk about new cutting-edge research innovation in the chemical sciences at our two national meetings for the next three years. I would like to close with a final message to Council as your President. I know we all have responsibilities and demands on our time and resources. I know that many of us are trying to keep our jobs, advance in our careers in tough times, manage our retirement funds, and our young academics are navigating the challenges of “tenure.” We are all in survival mode. However, I caution us to be mindful that these times, unfortunately, can condone a kind of dangerous selfishness that is easily justified in the name of sustainability. We should remember that it is through acts of unselfishness that meaningful and impactful change can be made. In the Presidential message published in Chemical and Engineering News on January 4, 2010, I said that “I believe it is my turn, along with the people of my generation, to use knowledge, resources, and influence to be mentors for the next generation, across the full demographic range, to stir their imaginations about the excitement of math and science, especially chemistry. Not only do we have the power to make a difference, but I believe we also have a responsibility to do so.” In this short time as your President that commitment has been a dream fulfilled.

“Let us rise up … with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.”

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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT Continuing in the spirit of next year’s celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, I visited the first and longest standing international chapter of the ACS: the Saudi Arabian International Chemical Science Chapter (SAICS-ACS). I met with their Board and we discussed their concerns and interests regarding their status as an ACS International Chapter. Although we have only a few ACS International chapters, we need to think about what benefit we offer to our chapters. What value is there for US-based ACS members in having International chapters? A greater interaction between the US-based ACS and the international chapters seems to be a possible benefit for all. Other societies have seen benefits. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has international chapters sprouting all over the globe and is actively cultivating these groups. The SAICS-ACS would certainly like more interaction with ACS. They would like to link web sites; have their meetings publicized through ACS venues; they would like speakers from ACS to present at their monthly meetings once or twice a year; and they would like chemists from the US to participate in their technical meetings. These do not need to be expensive endeavors for ACS. We have members travelling throughout the world on a regular basis. It costs us nothing to provide active links between web sites. SAICS-ACS also made it clear that they did not want to be considered a local section. The by-laws and expectations of local sections did not really fit their interests and needs. They want to be valued as the unique entity that they are. At this meeting in Boston we have some very important international visitors. Dr. Temechegn Engida, a chemist from Ethiopia and President of the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry (FASC), is attending. Dr. Engida is a chemist who was instrumental in making the International Year of Chemistry possible. He convinced the United Nations of the importance of chemistry to developing nations and successfully petitioned for IYC. Dr. Engida is an energetic and effective advocate for chemistry in Africa. He is one of those “heroes of chemistry” that I have been blessed with meeting in the past few years of traveling. Also in Boston, is Dr. Supawan Tantayanon, President of The Chemical Society of Thailand and President-elect of The Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS). The Executive Committee of FACS has been invited to have their spring 2011 meeting in Anaheim during the Spring National Meeting. This will offer an opportunity for the ACS and FACS leadership to learn more about one another and perhaps have a symposium highlighting US-Asian research. Dr. Supawan is another energetic hero of chemistry I have met in my world travels. I hope you get an opportunity to visit with these important guests while in Boston. It is always a privilege to know such dedicated chemists. Now is the time for ACS to develop its international connections and collaborations. The world of science and chemistry is rapidly changing and growing. Other countries will soon be reaching parity with the quantity and quality of research that presently goes on in Europe and the US. ACS has a window of five-to-seven years to take leadership in the global chemistry community and encourage mutual collaborations and connections throughout the world. After that point, we may have more scientific peers than we are used to.

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ITEM IV, C Past President’s Report

REPORT OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Friends, this is my last written report to Council and I must tell you, I am conflicted. I almost don't know how or where to start this conversation - so let me begin by saying thank you! If I have achieved anything during my term it has been because of you: the men and women of Council who carried my challenges back to your local sections and divisions and made something happen! You mobilized our membership and helped us to rebuild our numbers during difficult economic times. You’ve helped me put a human face on chemistry by reaching out into our communities and letting them know that we do not blow stuff up, we make the things that make their lives better. You, along with our membership, created new and innovative programs that sparked our children's imaginations and gave them a sense of wonder. Our local sections and divisions reached out into your communities and developed new relationships with other nonprofits like Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of America, Junior Achievement, and scores of others; teaching them about why you are proud to be a chemist. You helped me remain true to my platforms around education, relationships, and outcomes. Together, we made a difference and I am extremely proud of what we achieved during my time in the presidential succession; thank you for the incredible privilege you afforded me in 2007 when you allowed me to stand as a candidate. Even though I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished, I’m also sad that I did not accomplish everything that I had hoped to. I’m sad that the changing priorities might jeopardize fledgling programs that have not yet taken root. Finally, I’m sad that I couldn't do more for the Society, but I guess we had to leave something for the next leadership team to do. There is one more thing that I would like to ask of you before I leave the Board of Directors, and that is to please continue to support the diversity and inclusion efforts that the Society has reenergized during the last few years. The relationships we have built with American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), and our other sister societies around the world that are critical to the long term success of the chemical enterprise and our Society. Find a way to engage your local section or division in activities that promote or support diversity and inclusion. Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) have been recently signed with SACNAS, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Society for Chemical Industry (SCI), and the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS). These signings are extremely significant events that serve to galvanize the practitioners of our discipline with a shared vision and purpose. Reaching out to our sister Societies and working together will help add to the shared body of knowledge and give us leverage to solve some of our planet's greatest challenges. Finally, make sure that you reach out and include the students, our future, in your local section or division activities. I have spent a lot of time with our students and I must tell you, they are awesome! They have the energy, interest, and drive to revitalize your organizations; teach them so they will be fully prepared when it is their turn to lead this great Society. Friends, I am proud to be a chemist; improving people's lives through the transforming power of chemistry and I am proud to have served with each of you!

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REPORT OF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our Community ACS is a remarkable membership organization. I have been privileged in the first half of 2010 to see first hand the outstanding work of our members in regional and local section meetings. Another example of the outstanding work of our members was also evident in an exceptional National Historic Chemical Landmark designation (Development of Diagnostic Test Strips); most obviously for the significant advance made by the test strip inventors, but also evident in the work done by the organizers of the event. Thank you to every dedicated member who is working to achieve our mission, “to advance the broader chemical enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people.” I’ve also had opportunities to have discussions with a wide range of members, including many students who took the time and had the interest to share their views, questions, and ideas. One of the consistent messages from these discussions was the importance of person-to-person interactions in our profession and in building our community. I look forward to strengthening the interactions between the ACS Board and other members and ACS staff through a focus on collaboration during the rest of 2010. We have many challenging issues to address in the next few years. At times, we as individual members will have widely disparate opinions, which is part of the strength of our Society. Open communication will help us address these different viewpoints with respect, and the recognition that we all share an interest in improving the world through participation in our ACS community. Board Focus and Operations The Board continues to operate in support of the six goals articulated in the ACS Strategic Plan for 2010 and Beyond. We use these goals as a touchstone for our actions and the direction of our activities. A primary duty of the Board is to ensure that ACS is financially sustainable in order to accomplish all of our other goals. As reported previously, and detailed in the report from the Committee on Budget and Finance (B&F), we employed several contingency actions last year to manage the financial challenges resulting from the 2008 economic downturn. In 2010, we continue to have a strong focus on expense management and expect to meet the 2010 approved budget. At the June Board meeting, we agreed to establish a consistent and collaborative process (with the Program Review Advisory Group, B&F, staff and others) for appropriate redeployment of funds among existing programs; building on the processes used in 2009. As I write this, another on-going matter with financial impact, the Leadscope legal case, is under Board discussion. A statement regarding this case and next steps will appear in the Councilor Bulletin prior to the meeting, and an oral update will be provided at the Council meeting. In the coming months the Board will be dealing with, and asking for your input on, some major issues and opportunities. Among these are efforts to continue to build an understanding of members’ needs in these changing times; the role of ACS in the international community; and the appropriate role of revenue-generating activities in supporting our other programs. The Planning Committee has begun preparing for a major five-year review of our strategic plan for 2011 to evaluate whether we have the right goals articulated for the next several years. These are not simple issues, and the more brain-power we have engaged to address them, the better. In more mundane areas, the Board continues to look for ways to improve our efficiency and effectiveness; to that end we agreed to continue holding the Board committee meetings virtually twice a year, instead of in person. We continue to employ web and phone meetings to save both time and ACS funds, but commit enough time for face-to-face meetings to ensure our effective collaboration.

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of ITEM IV, D Chair’s Report International Year of Chemistry 2011 Planning for IYC2011 is exciting at the local level and in collaboration with our international colleagues. It won’t surprise you to hear that chemistry societies in other countries have the same concerns we do with regard to science education and the public image and understanding of chemistry. Building on international strategic alliances with IUPAC, RSC, SCI and others, we are working to address our common concerns. For example, I participated in an energetic working meeting with representatives from Brazil, Mexico, and Columbia in which we shared ideas and materials for IYC2010. Please contribute your ideas and energy for IYC 2011 and other ACS efforts that catch your imagination. Thank you to all of you who continue to make ACS such an amazing community. Feel free to contact me with your suggestions, concerns and ideas at [email protected].

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MINUTES

REGULAR SESSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

San Francisco, CA March 21, 2010

The Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society met in San Francisco, California, on March

21, 2010, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bonnie A. Charpentier, Chair, presided. Other Directors present for all or part of the meeting were: Eric C. Bigham, William F. Carroll, Jr., Dennis Chamot, Pat N. Confalone, Peter K. Dorhout, Joseph S. Francisco, Janan M. Hayes, Nancy B. Jackson, Madeleine Jacobs, Neil D. Jespersen, Valerie J. Kuck, Thomas H. Lane, Diane G. Schmidt, Kent J. Voorhees, and Marinda Li Wu. Present by invitation for all or part of the meeting were: Roland Andersson, Pamela J. Ayre, Rudy M. Baum, Brian A. Bernstein, David Black, Frank D. Blum, Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani, Brian D. Crawford, Denise L. Creech, Yvonne D. Curry, David Garner, Mary Kirchhoff, R. Bruce Lennox, Martha K. Lester, Flint H. Lewis, Robert J. Massie, Les W. McQuire, Luis Oro, David Phillips, Richard Pike, Linda R. Raber, Robert H. Rich, Glenn S. Ruskin, Ronald E. Siatkowski, David T. Smorodin, John R. Sullivan, Frank E. Walworth, and Marleen G. Weidner. Several observers were present at various times during the meeting. Report from Executive Session Bonnie A. Charpentier, Chair, opened the meeting with a summary of the key Board actions and discussion points from its executive session, March 19-20. She reported that the Board: • agreed to the valued and important role that both the Planning Committee and Executive Committee play in

the overall work of the Board of Directors; • reviewed the screened list of nominees for the 2011 Priestley Medal, Volunteer Service Award, and Parsons

Award and announce the winners of these three awards following the June Board meeting; • granted full voting rights on the Planning Committee to the chairs of the Committee on Local Section

Activities and the Committee on Divisional Activities (The chair of the Committee on Budget and Finance and the Vice Chair of the Council Policy Committee already vote);

• referred a report from the Presidential Task Force on Diversity Reports to the Committee on Professional and Member Relations for prioritization, assignment of accountability, and development of implementation timelines, and discharge the task force with sincere thanks for its excellent work;

• received a thorough briefing on the current state of ACS finances, the financial outlook for 2010, and the framework for 2010 Society contingency planning;

• received a report from the Executive Director/CEO’s direct reports on the following items: the activities of Chemical Abstracts Service, the Publications Division, and the Society’s General Counsel;

• approved a new appointment and three reappointments of journal editors; • accept a recommendation to authorize an additional member position on the Governing Board for

Publishing when additional expertise or perspective would help the Governing Board execute its duties; • approve salary actions related to compensation for the Society’s executive staff; and • receive a briefing on the 2010 Board Logistical Training plan. INFORMATION ITEMS

Introduction of Society International Dignitaries Dr. Charpentier introduced international dignitaries Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani, President, Brazilian Chemical Society; R. Bruce Lennox, President, Chemical Society for Canada (CSC); Roland Andersson, 8/10 (over)

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of ITEM IV, D(1) Chair’s Report Executive Director, Chemical Institute of Canada; Luis Oro, President, European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EUCheMS); David Garner, President, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC); David Phillips, President-Elect, RSC; Richard Pike, Executive Director, RSC; and David Black, Secretary General, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Drs. Bolzani, Lennox, Oro, Garner, and Black offered brief remarks. Dr. Bolzani emphasized the importance of Sustainability and noted the ACS national meeting theme devoted to this topic. She said that her country is rich in natural resources, and that it is important to conserve these resources. Dr. Bozani briefly highlighted the Brazilian Chemical Society’s national meeting next year and emphasized a symposium dedicated to the role of women in science. She invited the ACS Board of Directors to attend the national meeting and said that she would send additional information. Dr. Lennox reported on CSC’s progress in accrediting chemistry programs. He said that accreditation has been granted to four international universities outside of Canada. Dr. Lennox stated that CSC is the lead organization for Pacifichem 2010. He commented that Pacifichem is expected to be a good meeting. Dr. Lennox concluded his remarks by reporting that an International Year of Chemistry - 2011 (IYC-2011) planning committee is in place at his organization, and that CSC looks forward to fully participating in IYC events. Dr. Oro said that EuCheMS draws its expertise and advice from the 150,000 chemical scientists belonging to 48 member societies in over 33 European countries who work in academia, industry and government. He added that EuCheMS would like to strengthen cooperation with the ACS and suggested an exchange program/meeting for younger chemists. Dr. Oro then broadened his remarks to a discussion on preparations for the International Year of Chemistry - 2011. He described the European dimensions of IYC and EuCheMS’s specific actions linked to this event. Dr. Garner described RSC’s recent move of many of its staff from its headquarters from Burlington House on London’s Piccadilly to Science Park in Cambridge. He noted that the courtyard of Burlington House had been used for the first time for an exhibit entitled Carbon Rapture which is based on three forms of carbon: diamond, buckminsterfullerene and graphite. Dr. Garner next reported on ACS – RSC joint activities outlined in a memorandum of understanding that focuses on joint position statements on global challenges facing society and potential RSC/ACS events in the US and London. He concluded his report with a briefing on RSC activities focusing on the Pan Africa Chemistry Network and the International Year of Chemistry. Dr. Gardner said IYC events will include a celebration of the life of Marie Curie and women in science and visualizing climate change. Dr. Black also focused his remarks on preparations for the International Year of Chemistry. He said the objectives are as follows: increase the public appreciation and understanding of chemistry in meeting world needs; encourage the interest of young people in chemistry; generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry; and celebrate the role of women and major historical events in chemistry. Dr. Black said that IYC 2011 is intended to make an impact by highlighting the nature, beauty and relevance – both economic and environmental – of chemistry to the modern world and the use of the media effectively to enhance the profile of chemistry, as viewed by pupils, the general population and politicians. He invited the Board to visit www.chemistry2011.org for more information on upcoming events.

Reports of Officers

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of ITEM IV, D(1) Chair’s Report and the fall meeting. Dr. Francisco specifically noted the symposia, “Educating Chemists with the Skills Needed to Compete in the New Global Economy,” and “Frontiers in Materials Chemistry: A Tribute to the Dreyfus Brothers.” He urged his colleagues to attend these events. For the Boston meeting, he highlighted the symposium, “Translational Chemical R&D: The Driving Force of Job Creation” and “Sustainability Education.”

Dr. Francisco also briefed the Board on his presidential task forces particularly the International Center

Working Group, the Task Force on Implementing the ACS Diversity Reports, and the Task Force on Innovation in the Chemical Enterprise. He concluded his report by sharing plans to develop a symposium on women of color.

President-Elect Nancy B. Jackson reminded the Board of its strategic goals – notably its role as a

global leader in enlisting the world’s scientific professionals to address, through chemistry, the challenges facing our world (Goal #3); and the Society’s role as a leader in communicating to the general public the nature and value of chemistry and related sciences (Goal #4). Dr. Jackson said that she will be promoting these goals throughout her time in the presidential succession. She reminded the Board that she feels very privileged that her year as ACS President coincides with the International Year of Chemistry. She reminded the Board of the IYC 2011 theme and objectives.

Next, Dr. Jackson briefly described how her work at Sandia National Lab and her international travels

uniquely prepare her for the role of ACS president. She shared several slides showing her interaction with global scientific leaders, and how she is already directly involved in ACS Strategic Goal #3. Dr. Jackson stated that she is looking forward to her presidential year.

Immediate Past President Thomas H. Lane updated the Board on his work in the area of education,

relationship building, and achieving outcomes, as they are part of his presidential focus. He stated that a working group has been formed to implement the recommendations of the Board-Presidential Task Force on Education. Dr. Lane added that he continues to be involved in outreach across the globe and described his participation in the Serbian Chemical Society, a school-to-school program between Washington, DC and the United Kingdom, the ACS Chemistry Ambassadors program and plans for National Lab Day.

Dr. Lane stressed the importance of putting a human face on chemistry. He described interactions with

a National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) student chapter, participation in a Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) regional meeting, and an American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) region 5 meeting and national science fair, where he was the keynote speaker. Dr. Lane said that understanding that these relationships are predicated upon trust, respect, and a demonstrated commitment is very important.

Executive Director and CEO Madeleine Jacobs briefly updated the Board on a few recent activities

and milestones: a CAS announcement that the Registry had reached the 50 millionth recorded substance in September; the release of several new upgrades to SciFinder; the introduction of ACS Mobile for dissemination of the latest research news from ACS Journals on iPhones; and the fact that ACS Network now has more than 23,000 members. She then focused her report on the ACS Scholars Program and the celebration of its 15th anniversary. Ms. Jacobs reported that the ACS Scholars Program was established by the Board of the Directors in December 1994 and launched its first class of scholars in the fall of 1995. She added that in just 15 years, the Society has awarded 2,269 scholarships: 55% to African Americans, 39% to Hispanic/Latinos, and 6% to Native Americans. Ms. Jacobs said that more than half of these scholarship recipients have continued to graduate school, and 70 scholars have been awarded Ph.D. degrees. 8/10 (over)

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Ms. Jacobs then shared the remainder of her report with ACS Scholar Melanie Wiley, a sophomore

biochemistry major at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Ms. Wiley said that she was awarded an ACS scholarship in her freshman year. Prior to joining the Scholars Program she had been a participant in the Society’s Project SEED program. Ms. Wiley spoke of the value of being selected as an ACS Scholar and stated that she is grateful for ACS support as it has made a difference toward her overall financial aid package and enabled her not to have to work. She said that the mentoring support has also been very helpful. She is doing undergraduate research and will be reporting on her studies at a special symposium at this meeting. OPEN FORUM Dr. Charpentier announced that the Board of Directors had put on its agenda an open forum as an opportunity for meeting attendees, particularly members, to ask questions, share concerns, and/or provide input on Society activities. Comments ranged from a statement from the Joint Subcommittee on Diversity, safety in chemistry laboratories, an ACS display of technical accomplishments in chemistry that is being exhibited by several other chemical societies, and a local section poster display of its role as host section for a national meeting. NEW BUSINESS Resolution 1. The Board of Directors adopted the following resolution in honor of the retirement of the Society’s Director of Human Resources: BE IT RESOLVED That the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society expresses to Pamela J. Ayre its sincere and deep appreciation for her 34 years of distinguished service to the Society on the occasion of her retirement as Director, ACS Human Resources.

The Board and the Society-at-large are especially grateful for Pam’s leadership, keen insight, judgment, and exceptional knowledge of the Society rendered through several key positions in the Society’s Divisions of Education and Membership, the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Treasurer, and especially in her most recent position as Director of Human Resources. Her service in these areas led to the development and delivery of numerous products, programs, and services, and increased the visibility and recognition of the American Chemical Society as a national and global leader for the chemical profession.

The Board will miss Pam’s strong passion and commitment to the Society, exemplary work ethic, her calm demeanor, and her warm partnership. The Board members collectively extend to Pam their very best wishes for a healthy, happy, and rewarding retirement with her family and friends.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:10 p.m.

Flint H. Lewis Secretary

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REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

This brief report to Council highlights key staff activities since my March Council report in San Francisco. ACS management will report to the Committee on Budget and Finance that it expects to meet or exceed the approved budget for 2010. At midyear, operating results for both ACS publishing divisions—CAS and the ACS Publications Division—are on or ahead of budget, and our Boston meeting, following on a successful Spring National Meeting in San Francisco, will certainly highlight the fact that ACS remains strongly positioned to serve the community of chemistry professionals during what has proven to be a prolonged economic recession. Although some economic indicators have improved in 2010 compared to 2009, there are still signs that the global recovery will be slower than economists had forecast previously. Accordingly, ACS senior management continues to monitor revenue trends and carefully control operating expenses. Operating now with staff headcount lower than was in place at the end of 2008, ACS management nonetheless remains deeply committed to ACS members and focused on providing our members and the chemistry enterprise with the highest quality chemical information, membership and career services, education programs, public outreach, and advocacy. The ACS Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF) recently completed another round of grants to the academic community; those grants spur innovation and are very much appreciated by talented investigators in search of research funding. Many ACS activities support Goal 1 of the Strategic Plan, that is, to provide indispensable professional and information resources. In late May, our newly refreshed website, www.acs.org, was launched based on feedback from our members and in response to a changing web environment. If you have not done so already, please visit the website, which features enhanced navigation; clearer, more intuitive search results through Google; and a rich display of digital content. The Web Strategy and Operations team made a concerted effort to place the most popular content more prominently on the site. One feature is the “content carousel,” which increases the visibility and awareness of key ACS programs. The carousel is a dynamic, media-rich digital presentation that changes weekly to showcase our most relevant and timely news, research, programs, and services. For example, the top item in the carousel while this report was being written featured everything you need to know about the Boston ACS meeting. CAS has speeded up its development efforts in response to needs of the research community and has released several new enhancements to SciFinder this year (please see the following Report to Council from the Governing Board for Publishing). The goal is continuous improvement across all aspects of SciFinder, from content to display. When I joined ACS in 1993 as managing editor of C&EN, the first official trip I made was to Columbus, where I saw the prototype of SciFinder. How time flies! This year is the 15th anniversary of the introduction of SciFinder. Anyone who was doing research prior to 1995 knows that SciFinder has transformed the way in which researchers around the world perform research. Be sure to visit the CAS booth in the expo to experience the latest release of SciFinder. Three new journals from the ACS Publications Division—Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, and ACS Chemical Neuroscience—have attracted authors from around the world. Also, the launch of the Journal of Chemical Education as an ACS Publications Division co-publishing venture has brought new functionality to this important publication and filled a gap in the ACS portfolio of journals. Later this year, the Publications Division will introduce a digital archive of C&EN dating back to the magazine’s inception in 1923. C&EN continues to expand its reach through its new webinar series, offering readers and members insights into a wide variety of topics. And, in an exciting development this year, ACS Journals and C&EN can now be accessed via mobile devices; users of Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch, and the new iPad are now able to download a special ACS Mobile app to enable real-time alerting to content immediately upon publication to the web. 8/10 (over)

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of ITEM IV, E Executive Director’s Report Similarly, the Membership & Scientific Advancement (M&SA) Division has expanded its weekly webinars focusing on careers and other ways to negotiate a challenging economy. Each webinar is widely advertised and is attracting hundreds of registrants. One member who has used the webinars wrote: “What you are doing with these webinars makes me proud to be an ACS member. You are covering some critical topics at a critical time for us.” M&SA also carried out a Membership Satisfaction Survey and will be reporting results to the Board Committee on Professional and Member Relations at the Boston meeting. The results of such surveys enable ACS to continue to optimally serve its members. Goal 2 of the ACS Strategic Plan calls for ACS to be a preeminent global scientific community that engages members and other scientific professionals to advance the Society’s vision and mission, including science education, research, knowledge, interaction, and collaboration. To this end, a cross functional team of staff members, led by the ACS Chief Information Officer, Washington IT, and the President of CAS, spent the first five months of this year engaged in an in-depth analysis of technology trends that are most likely to impact ACS. The study identified not only the trends but proposed courses of action to ensure that ACS employs state of the art technology to deliver its programs, products, and services. We will be sharing a summary of this report with members later this year. In the meantime, the ACS Network continues to grow. It is a professional networking and collaboration platform that connects scientists, ideas, and opportunities. To participate, you first need to create an account and then build your online member profile so people can find you. This summer, significant enhancements are occurring in the ACS Network. First, the ACS Network will also become an ACS Online Membership Directory. ACS members will be able to exclude themselves from the directory if they choose, though the ACS Network will become the best and easiest place to find, connect, and network with other ACS members and science professionals. The second enhancement is an upgrade of the collaboration platform that powers the ACS Network. The new features will provide greater ways for ACS Network users to engage in social media tools. M&SA also continues to record selected presentations at the ACS National Meetings and to post them online for meeting registrants and then for the public. More than 330 presentations were recorded at the San Francisco meeting. At the end of June, more than 7,500 people had visited the site hosting the presentations, and 600 of those visitors completed an online survey. Of those, 54% reported that “online meeting content is now among my most valued ACS products/services.” We plan to record and post a similar number of presentations following this meeting in Boston. The ACS Education Division has also had a busy year. The Division now has activities in all aspects of education, from kindergarten through graduate and postgraduate school. Understanding the needs of graduate students has received special attention this year. A graduate student and postdoctoral reception will be held in Boston, and we expect well over 500 people to attend. Four new initiatives—a chemistry coaches pilot for middle and high school teachers, the development of a middle school science unit, a partnership with the ACS Chemistry Ambassadors Program, and a summer internship program for undergraduates through the Society of Chemical Industry (America)—have made excellent progress. The ACS Hach programs continue to thrive under the auspices of ACS, providing scholarships to chemistry majors pursuing careers in high school chemistry teaching and second career chemistry teachers, as well as grants to current high school chemistry teachers. In collaboration with the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® and the ACS PRF, the ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy will be held again at the Colorado School of Mines, with 60 graduate students from the Americas in attendance. Enlisting the world’s scientific professionals to address through chemistry the challenges facing our world is Goal 3 of the ACS Strategic Plan. As pointed out in the following report of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® Governing Board, ACS GCI has made enormous strides this year in fulfillment of this goal. Further, the Sustainability Stakeholders Steering Group—comprised of representatives from various ACS governance units—continues to identify ways in which chemists and chemistry can provide solutions to the global sustainability challenges. Visit www.acs.org/sustainability to learn more. Another significant 8/10

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The following is a summary of the February and May 2010 meetings of the Governing Board for Publishing. CAS Overview CAS closed 2009 with record revenues and net contribution to the Society. Revenues grew over 2008 despite the deep recession in many markets, thanks in part to continued steady growth of subscriptions in the academic sector, where SciFinder is recognized as the “gold standard” for substance research. Another area of growth was the STN service in global patent offices, where the CAS Registry and related content are recognized as indispensable for intellectual property searching. As previously reported to Council, 2009 was also a record year for addition of content to the CAS databases, with the 50 millionth molecule milestone being recognized in the fall. The Governing Board conducted its annual review of all facets of database building, including a review of cost efficiencies being achieved through the introduction of new technologies. 2009 was also the final year for publication of the 103 year old print CA. CAS is now almost exclusively an electronic publisher, with two principal services - the STN online service for information professionals and patent searchers, and the SciFinder services for chemical researchers and academics. CAS Financial Report At the last Governing Board meeting, CAS management reported that it is meeting its Budget targets for 2010, and that its net contribution to the Society will continue to grow year on year. CAS Database Update CAS also continues to add content to its services at record levels, extending trends from 2009. Recently, CAS recorded the 25 millionth reaction record into the CASReact database. SciFinder Development Report The focus this year is on a new approach to SciFinder development, featuring rapid releases of new versions throughout the year. A range of new features and capabilities are being added, including access to Markush substance information in the August release. Universities are now accelerating their conversion from the client to the Web version of SciFinder. CAS tests the performance and speed of its services throughout the world through a range of testing techniques to ensure that the user experience is world class. CAS technology staff have made performance a special priority as more and more users shift to the Web version. Asian Market Update CAS is registering its highest growth rates in Asian markets, as those regions rebound rapidly from the recession and increasingly turn to higher quality information sources for scientific research. China and India in particular are growing at double digit rates. Publications Division Overview Publications Division management provided an overview of the Division’s operational and financial performance for the first calendar quarter of 2010 and provided context for the topics and presentations on the meeting agenda. The presentation included a summary of subscription renewal and sales trends underlying the Division’s anticipated performance against financial growth targets and objectives for 2011; status updates for several new journal titles being introduced in 2010 (including J. Chemical Education now being co-published with the Division of Chemical Education) and others under development for launch in 2011; the progress achieved with the introduction of the ACS Mobile application and other technology initiatives; as well as legislative activities related to open access publishing issues and copyright, and ACS’s advocacy efforts and own experimentation in that regard. 8/10 (over)

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of ITEM IV, E(1) Executive Director’s Report Publications Division Financial Report Publications management reported on the Division’s financial performance for the first calendar quarter of 2010, in comparison to both the 2010 Approved Budget and prior year results. Efficiency savings, particularly those in journal production, implemented in 2009 to offset last year’s revenue shortfall continue to provide operating benefits for the Division. Although early results indicate that the Division will meet or exceed both its revenue budget and Return on Revenue target, management continues to closely monitor operating results and to control discretionary expenses. 2011 Pricing Schedule and Publishing Plan Publications management presented a proposed 2011 institutional and member pricing schedules for ACS journals, C&EN Online, and ancillary products (ACS Legacy Archive and ACS Symposium Series Online). The Governing Board for Publishing unanimously approved the Division’s proposed 2011 institutional pricing programs as presented. Member pricing will be discussed at the July meeting of the Board. Sales & Marketing and Web Innovation Update Publications management reported on the Division’s Sales and Marketing activities and results during 2009, which included oversight of web development activity, related to both platform and product innovations. The Division now derives approximately 90% of its revenues from the electronic delivery of content, with more than 70 million full-text articles downloaded by readers worldwide in 2009. Significant growth in web usage is being seen from institutional accounts located in Asia, notably China, where leading universities now figure prominently among the ACS’s top web usage accounts. Results of extensive customer and user surveys are being used to refine marketing and sales as well as web publishing development priorities, and also to inform collaborative initiatives with Membership and Scientific Advancement, particularly in leveraging the strengths of ACS Journals to aid in recruiting registrants for the ACS Network and dues-paying ACS members. ACS journals continue to sustain their preeminence in terms of both total citations and ISI Impact Factors. ACS Mobile Strategy The ACS Mobile application, developed in conjunction with ACS IT was approved for sale via Apple’s online store. The application alerts users to published articles in ACS Journals and includes a news feed from C&EN. It also authorized subscribers to access the full-text content of ACS journals, either through wireless access at their institutions, or via ACS membership ID and password privileges. Promotional efforts for the marketing launch of the application included promoting this new capability in connection with the Spring National Meeting, web and email advertising campaigns, and space advertising across ACS journals and C&EN. ACS Author Rights and Responsibilities The Division reported on progress made by a task force that was convened to evaluate a revised ACS Copyright status form based on a best practices review of relevant competitor’s publishing agreements and policy statements. The task force, which included two members of the Governing Board for Publishing, provided its final draft recommendations in the form of a revised Publishing Agreement for use by ACS authors. The final draft had been assembled after review and comment by ACS Editors, the Copyright Subcommittee of the Joint Board-Council Committee on Publications, and input from ACS internal legal counsel. After discussion, the Governing Board unanimously approved the revised Publishing Agreement, subject to review and comment by external legal counsel, to be undertaken by the Division in conjunction with the Society’s General Counsel. ACS Policy Statement on Public Access The Director, Office of Public Affairs, provided an update concerning Executive and Legislative Branch activity related to Public Access Policies. The consensus of the Governing Board was that the ACS Publications management should monitor these developments closely, not only to keep the Society’s governance abreast of the implications for ACS’s publishing program, but also to formulate scenarios and 8/10

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REPORT OF THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE GREEN CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE®

The ACS GCI has had a very productive first half of 2010. Highlights are as follows:

• The 14th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference (GC&E), June 21-23, 2010, was very successful, with a 16% increase in attendance (470 registered attendees vs. 405 in 2009). This is a double digit percentage increase for the second year in a row. We had 59 international attendees (12.5%) representing 20 different countries in addition to the U.S. The event was highlighted by keynote speakers Paul Hawken (environmentalist, entrepreneur, and author), Dr. Robert Grubbs (2005 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and a member of the ACS GCI Governing Board), Mr. Steven Webster (Senior Vice President of Research and Technology at 3M), U.S. Congressman John Tierney (D-MA, co-sponsor of the “Green Jobs Act”), Dr. Paul Anastas (U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development), and conference chair Dr. John Warner (President and CTO, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry). The conference included 19 sponsors and 12 exhibitors. The travel of 32 students was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The conference benefited from significant press coverage as a result of working closely with the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) and the Communications Team. More information about the conference is on the ACS GCI website or by visiting www.gcande.org.

• The 15th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Ceremony was held on June 21 in conjunction with the GC&E Conference. The ceremony featured speeches by Lisa Jackson (Administrator of the U.S. EPA) and John Holdren (advisor to President Obama for Science and Technology), both of whom emphasized the President’s support for green chemistry and the need for scientific innovations in greener alternatives. A letter from President Obama was also read by Dr. Holdren. This is the first time that such high level executive branch officials participated in the ceremony.

• Following the GC&E Conference, ACS GCI held a Student Workshop on June 24. Prof. Irv Levy, Beyond Benign and their undergraduate fellows, led the training on how to conduct green chemistry outreach activities for over 45 students (mostly undergraduates, graduate students and post-docs) and professionals. After the morning of training, the newly trained students then led five outreach activities during a 1-hour Youth Event, held at the National Education Association building. Over 80 children and camp councilors from the YMCA and Camp Fire USA participated in the Youth Event.

• Efforts on the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) greener chemical products and processes standard initiative are making good progress. More than 60 stakeholders, representing a broad cross section from industry, government, academia, NGOs, and end users, are actively engaged in the process. Current plans include launching the standard late in the second half of 2010. The standard was featured for the second time in an article in Chemical & Engineering News this year.

• ACS GCI is engaged with the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) on TSCA reform legislation to leverage ACS efforts on Capitol Hill, as green chemistry is an important part of the legislation.

• Record numbers of students are applying for green chemistry student awards. In March, 55 ACS Green Chemistry Student Chapter Awards were presented, representing a 112% increase in awards from last year and 200% increase in new chapters recognized. Likewise, ACS GCI received record numbers of student applications in 2010 for the Joseph Breen Memorial Fellowship and the Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award.

• ACS GCI has created the ACS Webinars - Green Chemistry and Sustainability Series, with a webinar focused on green chemistry at least once a quarter. The May 20 webinar by Dr. Anne Wallin (Director of Sustainable Chemistry, The Dow Chemical Company) was very well attended, with 590 “attendees”, plus 10% of those “attendees” being groups of 2 or more.

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• ACS GCI has increased its corporate training offerings this year by holding training workshops in

companies, scheduling a Green Chemistry 101 workshop at the fall ACS National Meeting, and partnering with Beyond Benign to hold two iSustain™ (a new web tool based on the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry) training workshops (June and August).

• The ACS GCI is building a portfolio of self-funded industry roundtables that are modeled after the highly successful Pharmaceutical Roundtable. The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable has gained two new members in 2010: Abbott Laboratories and Lonza. The current members are: Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Codexis, Dr. Reddy’s, DSM, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Lonza, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, and Roche.

• The Formulators Roundtable, officially launched in 2009 with 10 members, has gained two new members: Ecolab and State Industrial Products. The current members are: Amway Corporation, Bissell Homecare, Inc., Church & Dwight Co., Inc., The Clorox Company, Ecolab, Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Johnson Diversey, Inc., Rug Doctor, Inc., S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Seventh Generation, State Industrial Products, Zep, Inc.

• In addition, the Chemical Manufacturers Roundtable, launched in 2010, has six members: Arizona Chemicals, BWA Water Additives, DuPont, Genencor, Pennakem, and Segetis.

• The ACS GCI Governing Board held its first retreat in January 2010 for planning purposes, with goals of charting the future direction of ACS GCI and further developing the Business and Strategic plans. One new endeavor coming from the retreat is a proposed series of summits to address global challenges. The first summit was held in conjunction with the 5th Annual Greener Nano 2010 Conference in Portland, Oregon, in June. The goal is a white paper outlining key issues/barriers and recommendations addressing the global challenge.

• An ACS Comment was published on the ACS GCI in the May 26 issue of C&EN.

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March 23, 2010 The Council Policy Committee (CPC) of the American Chemical Society met in San Francisco, California, on March 23, 2010, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Chair Joseph S. Francisco presided. Other voting members present were: M. Elizabeth Derrick, Ray A. Dickie, Joseph S. Francisco, Nancy B. Jackson, Thomas R. Gilbert, Madeleine Jacobs, Thomas H. Lane, Bonnie Lawlor, Willem R. Leenstra, Mamie W. Moy, Mary Virginia Orna, Yorke E. Rhodes, Carolyn Ribes, Kathleen M. Schulz, and Eleanor D. Siebert. Flint H. Lewis served as Secretary. The following chairs of Society, Elected, and Standing Committees of the Council, all non-voting members of the Council Policy Committee, attended all or portions of the meeting: John Adams, Frank D. Blum, Mary K. Carroll, D. Richard Cobb, Alan M. Ehrlich, Lynne P. Greenblatt, Lee Latimer, David J. Lohse, Les W. McQuire, William R. Oliver. Present by invitation for all or part of the meeting were: Bonnie A. Charpentier and Yvonne Curry. Several Councilors, ACS staff, and others were present as observers at various times during the meeting. Report of the Subcommittee on Nominations 1. VOTED, in accordance with Bylaw III, Sec. 3,b,(3), that the Council Policy Committee approve the list of potential candidates, as presented by the Subcommittee on Nominations, for election to 2011-2013 terms on the Committee on Nominations and Elections. Approval of Minutes 2. VOTED to approve, as distributed, the minutes of the August 18, 2009, meeting of the committee. Report of Interim Action of the Council Policy Committee 3. CPC 1-2009. VOTED to re-elect Thomas R. Gilbert as Vice Chair of the Council Policy Committee for 2010.

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of ITEM V, A(1) CPC Minutes Reports of Committee Chairs and Society Officers The Council Policy Committee divided into three subgroups for the purpose of reviewing the proposed oral reports to Council of officers and committee chairs. The subgroups met from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m.; Nancy B. Jackson, Thomas H. Lane, and Bonnie Lawlor (for Joseph S. Francisco) served as chairs for the subgroups. Upon reconvening at 9:30 a.m., the committee received reports from the chairs of the subgroups, with the reports emphasizing items for which Council action would be required on March 24. In the subgroups, reports were presented by the officers and by the chairs of the Elected Committees on Committees (ConC) and on Nominations and Elections; the Society Committees on Budget and Finance and on Education; the Standing Committees on Constitution and Bylaws, Divisional Activities, Economic and Professional Affairs, Local Section Activities, Meetings and Expositions, and on Membership Affairs; the Joint Board-Council Committees on Environmental Improvement and on Science, including reports on progress and recommendations resulting from their work during the past half-year and their sessions held in San Francisco, California prior to the CPC meeting. By individual actions, CPC concurred in certain recommendations to be made to Council by the committees. These appear below and, as appropriate, in the record of the March 24, Council meeting. 5. VOTED that the Council Policy Committee authorize the use at Council of projected graphics and/or distributed materials as part of the reports of the ACS President and the Committee on Nominations and Elections. 6. VOTED that the Council Policy Committee concur with the Committee on Budget and Finance’s recommendation that Council approve the fully escalated dues rate for 2011. 7. VOTED that the Council Policy Committee concur with the Committee on Local Section Activities recommendation that Council continue the current local section allocation formula. 8. VOTED that the Council Policy Committee support taking the Council vote on escalating the 2011 dues rate by using clickers. 9. VOTED that the Council Policy Committee authorize the use at Council of projected graphics and/or distributed materials as part of the reports of the Committees on Budget and Finance, Economic and Professional Affairs, Local Section Activities, and Membership Affairs. 10. VOTED that the Council Policy Committee authorize the use at Council of projected graphics and/or distributed materials as part of the reports of the Committees on Constitution and Bylaws and on Meetings and Expositions, and of the Executive Director/CEO. Report of the Council Policy Committee Vice Chair Vice Chair Thomas R. Gilbert said that the bulk of the issues he would cover as part of his vice chair’s report − including the New Councilor group on the ACS Network and ways to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and reduce the demand on volunteer time at national meetings − would be covered in his report as chair of the Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning. Reports of Subcommittees and Task Forces Report of the Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning Subcommittee chair Thomas R. Gilbert reported that the redesigned Councilor Orientation attracted 18 Councilors and received positive evaluations. He reported that the survey on moving Council meetings from Wednesdays to Tuesdays had been sent to Councilors, Council-related committees, and other 8/10

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Society Committees: executive and open sessions to be set by each body, provided that at least one executive session be set prior to the Board of Directors meeting, and at least one open session be set prior to the Council meeting if the committee agenda contains any issue to be voted upon at the Council meeting.

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Council Agenda 14. VOTED that the Council Policy Committee approve the Council Agenda for the March 24, 2010 meeting of the Council. There being no old business, additional new business, or comments during the open forum, the meeting was adjourned at 11:35 a.m. Flint H. Lewis Secretary

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES At its meeting in San Francisco, March 21-25, 2010, the Committee on Committees (ConC) developed its recommendations for 2011 chairs of the Council Standing Committees for approval by the president-elect in June 2010. In Boston, the committee will continue developing recommendations for appointments to all Council, Society, and Joint Board-Council committees for consideration by the president-elect and chair of the board of directors. The committee appointment process is expected to conclude in early January 2011. Also in Boston, ConC will receive reports and consider recommendations from its subcommittees or task forces on leadership development, industrial chemists pipeline, diversity, ConC web page, and Senior Chemists. ConC will receive reports from the Action Enablement Team (AET) Task Force, the CPC-ConC Task Force on the Proposed Committee Reimbursement Policy, and an update on a new charter for the Committee on International Activities. ConC will also receive an update on performance reviews for the committees on Publications, Ethics, and Project SEED, and expects to seek Council approval in Boston on a recommendation for the continuance of the Committees on Science, following the completion of a performance review. At a special luncheon Monday, August 23, 2010, ConC will recognize the contributions of committee chairs who have served the statutory limit on the committee they chair. During the Council meeting on August 25, 2010, ConC will also recognize Councilors who will have served the statutory limit or have otherwise completed their service on committees at the end of 2010, as well as those Councilors observing significant anniversaries of years of service on Council. Councilors and other interested members are invited to attend the committee's open executive session on Monday, August 23, 2010, in the Sheraton Hotel in Boston, MA, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., to offer their views on any topics on the agenda, or other matters of interest.

Les W. McQuire, Chair

Bryan Balazs Lawrence Barton Cherlynlavaughn Bradley Dawn A. Brooks Lissa Dulany Rigoberto Hernandez Roland F. Hirsch Nancy B. Jackson

Larry K. Krannich James M Landis, Jr. Will E. Lynch Ingrid Montes Howard M. Peters Sara J. Risch Frankie K. Wood-Black

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RECOGNITION OF SERVICE Council Meeting, August 25, 2010

1. The following members will have served the statutory limit or have otherwise completed their

service at the end of 2010 on the ACS governance committee shown below:

Alan M. Ehrlich Constitution & Bylaws Ann H. Hunt Constitution & Bylaws Paul D. Schettler, Jr. Constitution & Bylaws David J. Lohse Divisional Activities Martha J.M. Wells Divisional Activities Lynne P. Greenblatt Economic and Professional Affairs Attila E. Pavlath Economic and Professional Affairs James F. Tatera Economic and Professional Affairs Jetty L. Duffy-Matzner Local Section Activities Martha G. Hollomon Local Section Activities Kimberly O. Pacheco Local Section Activities Michael J. Morello Meetings and Expositions Donivan R. Porterfield Meetings and Expositions Royce S. Woosley Membership Affairs John E Adams Budget and Finance Sunny C. Tang Budget and Finance Alan W. Elzerman Education Joseph A. Heppert Education Kenneth P. Fivizzani Chemical Safety Alan A. Hazari Chemical Safety Peter A. Jacobi Chemistry and Public Affairs Claude A. Lucchesi Chemistry and Public Affairs Alvin L. Crumbliss International Activities Robert M. Hoyte International Activities Daniel Rabinovich Minority Affairs Bob A. Howell Patents and Related Matters Valerie L. McDevitt Patents and Related Matters Edlyn S. Simmons Patents and Related Matters William W. Leong Publications Janet L. Bryant Women Chemists Lawrence Barton Committees Lissa Dulany Committees Larry K. Krannich Committees Yorke E. Rhodes Council Policy Frank D. Blum Nominations and Elections Carol A. Duane Nominations and Elections Ruth A. Hathaway Nominations and Elections

2. The following committee chairs have served the statutory limit on the committee they chair:

John E. Adams Budget and Finance Frank D. Blum Nominations and Elections Alan M. Ehrlich Constitution & Bylaws David J. Lohse Divisional Activities Lynne P. Greenblatt Economic and Professional Affairs D. Richard Cobb Membership Affairs Kristin M. Omberg Chemistry and Public Affairs Andrew G. Gilicinski Patents and Related Matters John N. Russell, Jr. Publications Janet L. Bryant Women Chemists Michael Hurrey Younger Chemists

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3. Recognition of Council members for years of service on the ACS Council: Fifteen (15) Years

Christopher Bannochie Savannah River (1996-2010) James E. Boggs Central Texas (1996-2010) Richard S. Danchik Pittsburgh (1996-2010) Milagros Delgado South Florida (1996-2010) Ray A. Dickie Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (2003-2010) Bylaw (2001) Detroit (1995-2000) Mark W. Galley Trenton (1995, 1997-2010) Ruth A. Hathaway Southern Illinois (1996-2010) Derek Horton Carbohydrate Chemistry (1996-2010) Barbara E. Moriarty Chicago (1996-2010) Theodore Provder Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (1996-2010) Douglas J. Sawyer Central Arizona (1996-2010) Walter O. Siegl Detroit (1996-2010) Marilynn J. Sikes Carolina-Piedmont (1996-2010) Herbert B. Silber Santa Clara Valley (1996-2010) Frank J. Torre Connecticut Valley (1996-2010) Richard V. Williams Washington-Idaho Border (1996-2010) Marinda Li Wu Ex Officio (2007-2010) California (1996-2006) Steven W. Yates Nuclear Chemistry (1995-2003, 2008-2010) Lexington (1987-1989)

Twenty (20) Years

Charles A. Allen Idaho (1991-2010) R. Gerald Bass Virginia (1991-2010) Susan R. Fahrenholtz North Jersey (1990-95, 1997-2010) Frederick G. Heineken Biochemical Technology (1991-2010) Neil D. Jespersen Ex Officio (2010) New York (1991-2009) Willem Leenstra Green Mountain (1985-89, 1996-2010) Zaida Morales-Martinez South Florida (1992-99, 2004-2010) Florida (1987-91) Mary Virginia Orna History of Chemistry (1991-2010) Robert A. Pribush Indiana (1991-2010)

Twenty-Five (25) Years

Béla S. Buslig Florida (1985-90, 1995-2010) Professional Relations (1992-94) Don B. Weser Western Maryland (1986-2010) Wayne C. Wolsey Minnesota (1986-2010)

Thirty (30) Years

Ronald D. Archer Connecticut Valley (1981-2010) Thirty-Five (35) Years

Roger Bartholomew Corning (1976-2010) Herbert D. Kaesz Southern California (1976-2010) N. Bhushan Mandava Chem. Soc. of Washington (1976-2010) David F. Roswell Maryland (1976-2010)

Forty (40) Years

George E. Heinze North Jersey (1986-2010, 1970-83) Ex Officio (1983-84)

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS During the spring meeting in San Francisco, the Committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E) developed slates of potential candidates for election to the Council Policy Committee (CPC) and the Committee on Committees (ConC) for 2011-2013. Information about the elections and the candidates appears under Item III of this agenda book. During the Council meeting, N&E will announce the names of the candidates for the three Elected Committees, and their photos will be projected on screen to assist Councilors with name recognition when announced prior to voting. Three different ballots will be projected on screen and Councilors will be asked to vote using the electronic hand-held clickers assigned to them at Council check-in. Prior to the end of the meeting, representatives from N&E will collect all electronic voting devices, or Councilors departing early can turn them in at the check-in area when leaving the Council session. As the committee assigned primary responsibility for the Petition on President-Elect Eligibility, we have received input from Councilors and have discussed this petition, and determined that many Councilors now prefer to keep the eligibility as a practice, rather than to make it a mandate in the Bylaws. Therefore, N&E has requested that the Petition be withdrawn for action in Boston. On Sunday evening, August 16th, N&E will sponsor a Town Hall Meeting with candidates running for the Board of Directors as Directors-at-Large 2011-2013. This forum will facilitate communication among candidates, Councilors and Members using a moderated question and answer format. The forum begins at 4:45 p.m. in the Sheraton Boston Hotel, and ends at 5:45 p.m., so that members can attend Caucuses or other scheduled meetings. On Monday evening, August 23rd, you can meet the candidates for ACS President-Elect at Sci-Mix from 8:00–10:00 p.m. in the Boston Convention and Exposition Center, in Hall C. While in executive session, the committee will develop slates of potential candidates for President-Elect, 2012; Directors-at-Large, 2012-2014; and Directors, Districts III and VI, 2012-2013. As in the past, N&E is always pleased to receive suggestions from Councilors of qualified members as potential candidates for all elected ACS offices - please let us hear from you. We will have a staffed N&E table at the rear of the Council meeting room, as well as an open meeting on Monday, August 23rd, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, to receive your suggestions or hear your concerns. As an alternative means of communication with N&E, please visit the ACS Web Site at http://www.acs.org/; under “Governance” click on “Committees” and then select “Nominations & Elections.”

Frank D. Blum, Chair

William H. Breazeale, Jr. Peter C. Jurs Dwight W. Chasar Robert A. Pribush Milagros Delgado Arlyne M. Sarquis Carol A. Duane Sharon P. Shoemaker Kevin J. Edgar Ellen B. Stechel Catherine C. Fenselau Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks Ruth A. Hathaway Angela K. Wilson

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Bylaw V, Sec. 9, d

Petition

We, the undersigned Councilors of the American Chemical Society, hereby petition to amend the SOCIETY Bylaws as follows (additions underlined; deletions struck through):

BYLAW V Manner of Election Sec. 9 Eligibility d. No person shall be eligible to be a nominee or candidate for President-Elect in an election to be conducted in years ending in an even number, unless their primary career affiliation, as determined by the Committee on Nominations and Elections, has been in academia; or in years ending in an odd number, unless their primary career affiliation, as determined by the Committee on Nominations and Elections, has been in an area other than academia.

Explanation Councilors and Members of the Society seem to overwhelmingly favor the alternation of Presidents from academic and non-academic backgrounds. This Bylaw change codifies the alternation and applies it to both nominees (selected by the Committee on Nominations and Elections or by Councilor petition) and candidates selected by Member petition. The determination of affiliation in academia or not in academia will be made by the Committee on Nominations and Elections, as it has done for nominees for many years. For the purposes of this determination, “academia” consists of institutions that are degree granting. Signed:

Frank D. Blum William H. Breazeale, Jr. Milagros Delgado Carol A. Duane

Merle I. Eiss Ruth A. Hathaway Peter C. Jurs Robert A. Pribush

Sharon P. Shoemaker Herbert B. Silber Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks

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(This petition has been referred to the *Committee on Nominations and Elections, Committee on Membership Affairs, the Council Policy Committee, the Society Committee on Budget and Finance, and the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws.) *Committee having primary substantive responsibility

FINAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL IMPACT The Society Committee on Budget and Finance has examined this petition and concludes that it will have no impact on the finances of the Society ($0).

FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS The Final Report of the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws was not available at the time this petition was withdrawn.

Dr. Alan M. Ehrlich Chair

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Petition on Recorded Votes

Bylaw III, Sec. 4, d

Petition

We, the undersigned Councilors and members of the American Chemical Society, hereby petition to amend the SOCIETY Bylaws as follows (additions underlined; deletions struck through):

REVISED VERSION FOR COUNCIL ACTION

BYLAW III Council Sec. 4. Meetings of the Council d. Recorded Vote Any member of Council may call for a recorded vote on the current action before the Council, other than an election, at any time before the Council has proceeded to the next item of business or recessed. Upon approval by three-tenths (3/10) of the Councilors voting, a recorded vote shall be taken without an intervening recess, either at the close of the debate or when approved, whichever is later. The recorded vote shall be administered using an identifiable ballot completed and signed by a voting method from which it shall be determined how each Councilor voted. The record of the each Councilor’s vote shall appear promptly in the official organ of the SOCIETY. (9/24/93)

Explanation

During 2009, Councilors used clickers to vote on matters before Council. The current Bylaws do not allow recorded votes by any other means except by a written, signed ballot. Currently when recorded votes occur, Councilors are instructed to use one of their assigned, numbered ballots to vote, then to sign the ballot and pass it to the aisle. Members of the Committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E) collect these ballots, adjourn to a secluded room and tally the votes. During this time, no business regarding the issue at hand may continue. After the votes are tallied, the chair of N&E announces the vote to Council, and the issue at hand is resumed. This process takes a minimum of 15 minutes. Changing the Bylaws to allow recorded electronic votes would permit results to be announced once the voting has closed. The information stored in the voting system would be subsequently retrieved and printed, showing the recorded vote of each Councilor, as prescribed by the Bylaws.

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Rachael Barbour Mekki Bayachou David W. Ball Frank D. Blum Marcus R. Bond William H. Breazeale, Jr. Mary S. Chaklos Dwight W. Chasar Robert J. Cotter Norman C. Craig Philip W. Crawford

Milagros Delgado Carol A. Duane Merle I. Eiss Catherine C. Fenselau Andrew L. Graf Bruce A. Hathaway Ruth A. Hathaway Donald A. Jaworske Peter C. Jurs David F. Miller Bjorn Olesen

David A. Payne Robert A. Pribush Michael Rodgers Arlyne M. Sarquis Sharon P. Shoemaker Herbert B. Silber Kenneth W. Street, Jr. Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks Mark J. Waner Teresa Wiltowska

(This petition has been referred to the *Committee on Nominations and Elections, the Council Policy Committee, the Society Committee on Budget and Finance, and the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws.) *Committee having primary substantive responsibility

FINAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL IMPACT The Society Committee on Budget and Finance has examined this petition and concludes that it will have a minor negative impact on the finances of the Society ($0 - $100,000).

FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS The Committee on Constitution and Bylaws has prepared a revised version of the petition, making editorial changes to clarify the wording and to remove wording that was not necessary. The Committee finds the revised petition to be legal and consistent with other provisions of the Society’s documents. A two-thirds vote of Council is required for approval of amendments to the Bylaws. If approved by Council, the amendments will become effective upon confirmation by the Board of Directors.


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Should Council Meetings be moved to Tuesdays at the ACS National Meetings? August 2010, Boston, MA

Background In August 2009, Council-related committee chairs were asked by then-ACS President Tom Lane to consider how to improve efficiency and effectiveness of their committee’s work, including during the ACS National Meetings. These considerations included holding virtual meetings, particularly of subcommittees; holding shorter meetings (i.e., fewer days); and other changes. Although the responding committees felt that face-to-face meetings would continue to play a critical role in making decisions and achieving goals, many have made changes that have reduced the number of committee meeting days. The Council Policy Committee (CPC) shared best practices suggestions on how to do so with Councilors and Council-related committees late last year. Linked to improved efficiency and effectiveness is the proposal to reschedule the Council meeting from Wednesday to Tuesday at ACS National Meetings. CPC has worked with staff to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of such a change. In January 2010, the committee developed a white paper that outlined some key issues, which are summarized below: Possible Advantages

1. Most Councilors would not need to engage in ACS governance on Wednesday. This would free them up to attend more of the National Meeting or head home earlier.

2. Lodging, dining, and incidental expenses that are reimbursed expenses through the Councilor travel program would be reduced, saving money for Local Sections, Divisions, and ACS.

3. Individual Councilors leaving a day earlier would reduce out-of-pocket expenses over and above those reimbursed by ACS.

4. Councilors choosing to stay after Tuesday could more easily justify the additional expenses incurred as professional development.

5. The aggregate amount of Councilor travel time would decrease, possibly leading to more members being willing to participate in Council-related governance.

6. The amount of time and expense of ACS staff to support Council-related governance would decrease.

Possible Disadvantages

1. Compression of the schedule could lead to more conflicts among meetings scheduled between Saturday and Tuesday.

2. Compression could also cause conflicts with technical programming and other National Meeting events on Monday and Tuesday, which might decrease attendance at these events unless they are switched to Tuesday afternoons or later. This is a relatively small effect, since there are only about 500 Councilors compared with typically 14,000 or so attendees at each National Meeting.

3. The time pressure on staff to support governance activities would increase incrementally. Survey of Councilors and Other Stakeholders CPC began soliciting the opinions of those who might be affected by the change with an online survey. In connection with the ACS 2010 Spring National Meeting, Councilors, Alternate Councilors, members of Council-related committees, and others were requested to complete an online survey. A total of 546 responses were received. In addition, a discussion thread on the Councilor ACS Network Group was established, and discussions were held with several committees likely to be significantly affected. The results of the online survey are summarized as follows:

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• 52.4% Yes; 31.7% No; 15.9% Undecided

“Yes” Respondents Most Cited Reasons:

38%: Less financial cost to Councilors and the Society 26%: Less time away from work 15%: Less time between committee and Council meetings 11%: Less time away from classes 4%: More time to do other meeting activities 4%: Less time away from family

“No” Respondents Most Cited Reasons: 44%: Conflict with technical programming 22%: Limited time to prepare for Council 20%: Conflict with other national meeting activities (e.g. lunch, caucuses) 11%: Possible mass departure of Councilors from the Meeting after Council 4%: Current system works

Question # 2: Would you be more or less interested in continuing or expanding your participation in Council and other ACS governance activities at National Meetings if Council met on Tuesdays?

24.4% More Likely; 17.5% Less Likely; 58.1% No Effect

Question # 3: Would you be more or less likely to attend technical sessions or the ACS exposition if Council met on Tuesdays? 15.4% More Likely; 39.9% Less Likely; 44.7% No Effect Question # 4: Do you think that the time of your departure from the National Meetings would change if Council met on Tuesdays?

57.3% Yes; 19.6% No; 23.1% Undecided Next Steps CPC plans to assemble the feedback from the Council special discussion, along with online comments in the New Councilor Group (https://communities.acs.org/groups/new-councilor-group) and data from the survey and other sources. Based upon this information, CPC in consultation with the Board of Directors, plans to make a decision on the proposal to move Council meetings to Tuesdays at the 2011 Spring National Meeting, in Anaheim. The change, if approved, would likely not take effect until the 2012 Spring National Meeting.

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE

The Society Committee on Budget and Finance (B&F) met on Saturday, March 20, 2010, to review the Society’s 2009 financial performance. The Society ended 2009 with a net contribution from operations of $13.7 million, on revenues of $460.1 million and expenses of $446.4 million. This was $3.0 million favorable to the Approved Budget. After including the results of the Member Insurance Program and New Ventures, the Society’s overall net contribution for 2009 was $14.6 million, which was $5.3 million favorable to the Approved Budget. In addition, the Society ended the year in compliance with four of the five Board-established financial guidelines. The Fund Balance Ratio Guideline, which measures reserve adequacy, was not met. In other actions, the committee elected Dr. Tom Lane as Vice Chair of the committee, and voted to recommend to Council that dues for 2011 be set at the fully escalated rate of $146. In addition, the committee received a report from its Subcommittee on Financial Impacts of Constitution and Bylaw Amendments on three petitions slated for consideration. These included the Petition on International Chemical Sciences Chapters; the Petition on President-Elect Eligibility; and the Petition on Recorded Votes. Reports were also received from the Subcommittee on Program Funding Requests, on the schedule and process to be followed for 2011 New Program Funding and Program Reauthorization Requests; and from the Program Review Advisory Group (PRAG) on its planned activities in 2010.

John Adams, Chair

Ronald D. Archer Sharon L. Haynie Arindam Bose Michael Jaffe Dennis Chamot Paul W. Jagodzinski Maureen G. Chan Madeleine M. Joullié Bonnie A. Charpentier Thomas H. Lane Pat N. Confalone Robert L. Lichter John B. Covington Anne T. O’Brien Arlene A. Garrison Diane G. Schmidt Sunny C. Tang

Associates Martin L. Gorbaty Kristin M. Omberg Neil D. Jespersen Joseph P. Stoner

Consultant Judith L. Benham

Staff Liaison: Brian A. Bernstein

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

This report updates the Council on SOCED’s progress in implementing the actions to which it agreed in San Francisco and highlights significant accomplishments of the Society’s education programs. The initiative to increase the quantity and quality of high school chemistry teachers, the Chemistry Teacher Education Coalition, continues to gain momentum. The SOCED statement on pre-service education has been endorsed by 88 colleges and universities. A survey of high school chemistry teachers has been conducted to assess the need for and interest in a national association of high school chemistry teachers. More than 3,600 teachers responded to the survey, the results of which are currently being analyzed to identify trends and determine next steps. The survey was undertaken in response to a recommendation from the Board-Presidential Task Force on Education. SOCED, the Committee on Professional Training (CPT), and the Committee on Chemistry in Two-Year Colleges are collaborating on the Two-Year College Faculty Status Survey. The survey is designed to provide insight into the status of full-time and adjunct faculty at two-year colleges and parallels the Faculty Status Survey conducted by the CPT in 2009. SOCED and CPT are jointly organizing a symposium on “Practices and Policies that Foster Excellence in the First Two Years” at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, August 1-5, at the University of North Texas. Two SOCED Task Forces are working on revisions to the Society’s science education policy statement and the statement on scholarship. The Committee expects to take action on these statements in Boston. The Office of Graduate Education and Graduate Education Advisory Board are organizing two special events in Boston. The Postdoc to Faculty Workshop will engage approximately 40 postdocs in exploring the academic hiring process, faculty expectations at different types of institutions, and interactive teaching models. All graduate students and postdocs are invited to a presentation by Jorge Cham, author of PHD comics, on Monday evening, prior to the start of Sci-Mix. The new SCI (Society for Chemical Industry) Scholars program successfully launched, with 21 undergraduate chemistry and chemical engineering majors participating in summer internships at SCI member companies. The program, a collaborative effort among SCI, ACS, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, is designed to provide undergraduates with first-hand experience in the chemical industry. The Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy (a joint effort between the Education Division and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute) will be held July 21-29 at the Colorado School of Mines. The primary sponsor of this year’s program is the ACS-GCI Petroleum Research Fund. Sixty-one participants were selected from the 118 applicants. 2,397 undergraduate students attended the 239th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco. There were 105 SAACS chapters presenting at the Sci-Mix poster session, and 1,036 undergraduate research posters were presented.

Mary K. Carroll, Chair

Iona Black Mary K. Carroll John V. Clevenger Deborah H. Cook Melanie M. Cooper

Alan W. Elzerman Joseph A. Heppert Morton Z. Hoffman Andrew D. Jorgensen Joan A. Laredo-Liddell

Eli M. Pearce Ieva Reich Barbara P. Sitzman Thomas W. Smith Donald J. Wink

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Associates Charles M. Baldwin Simon G. Bott H.N. Cheng Mark A. Forman

Melissa D. Hellman Tom Higgins Malika Jeffries-El Diane Krone

Jennifer Nielson Martin Perry Susan M. Shih Darrell Watson

Consultants Bryan Balazs Nathan Beach

Norbert Pienta Arden Zipp

Staff Liaison: Mary Kirchhoff

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE The Committee on Science (ComSci) continues to make progress on the Alternative Energy Systems (AES) initiative. In anticipation of the successful completion of the various aspects of this effort, ComSci has also embarked upon a new initiative that has broad implications for the Society. This report features the highlights of major accomplishments since the last written report. A symposium on “Resources for Learning About Sustainable Energy Systems” was held on Monday, March 22 in San Francisco. This symposium focused on informal education in science museums as well as formal education for degreed programs. As part of the 2011 celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, ComSci proposed, and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry approved, a symposium on alternative energy systems to be held in Puerto Rico. This symposium will allow ComSci to leverage international expertise to showcase advances in alternative energy systems. ComSci is partnering with appropriate ACS divisions in planning this symposium, and three speakers have already been confirmed. ComSci has completed preparations for posting both informal and formal educational resources on the ComSci web site. ComSci has completed literature reviews on nine specific areas of interest related to alternative energy systems for sustainability. The committee has completed bibliographies for these areas as well. After final expert review of these documents, they will also be posted on the ComSci web site. ComSci is planning to publish a special issue in the Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research with invited papers by appropriate experts to cover all aspects of alternative energy systems for sustainability. ComSci is organizing two symposia for the Boston National Meeting. One will highlight formal and informal educational resources on the east coast on energy sustainability. The second symposium will highlight advances in hydrogen and wind energy for sustainability. ComSci has embarked upon a new initiative, a “Comprehensive STEM Education Pipeline to Achieve Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” which has broad implications for the Society. The goal of this initiative is to examine the challenges and opportunities related to the various aspects of STEM education and develop a report with recommendations and policy implications. The first brainstorming discussion was held in San Francisco. A task force was established, and appropriate committees and divisions have been invited to join the task force.

Sadiq Shah, Chair

Spiro Alexandratos Katherine C. Glasgow Eric Amis Susan Kauzlarich Christopher J. Bannochie Barbara E. Moriarty Michael R. Berman Tina M. Nenoff Mark C. Cesa James K. Rice Alan D. English Hessy L. Taft Victoria Finkenstadt Robert A. Volkmann John W. Finley Robert C. Wingfield

Associates

Squire J. Bookers Gloria Thomas Mukund S. Chorghade Marlon Walker Dee Strand Ralph A. Wheeler

Staff Liaison: Jeffrey Allum

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CEPA Report

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS The Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA) continues to focus on unemployment in the chemical enterprise and methods for the creation of jobs. At the San Francisco meeting, CEPA hosted a public policy focus group to identify workforce issues of greatest concern to our members. Topics included, among others: legislative protections of US jobs and employment practices, educational reform, incentives for small businesses, discrimination in the workplace, and healthcare. The committee will discuss, prioritize, and formulate responses to these concerns during the Boston meeting. The committee also conducted brainstorming sessions during their executive session related to job creation and security. In addition to the topics raised in the public policy focus groups, CEPA discussed certification and professional development programs, retraining for mid to late career chemists, and transitions from industry to the teaching and non-profit sectors. In July, the committee met in Washington, DC for strategic planning. Resources were reallocated and initiatives were prioritized and assigned to cognizant subcommittees for implementation. The Boston meeting will allow for full consideration and action by the full committee. CEPA continues to work with the Professional Advancement Subcommittee on the Board’s Professional and Member Relations Committee, as well as the Presidential Task Force on Innovation. CEPA and PROF will join forces to cosponsor a symposium titled, “Globalization of the Chemical Enterprise” on Monday afternoon of the Boston meeting. The symposium has been granted Presidential status and will feature many top officials in industry as well as analyses by economists and other experts. The committee continues to be concerned with the relatively low turnout of employers and job seekers at the career fairs held at national meetings. As an experiment, the ACS Career Fair and the Expo will be combined during the Boston meeting. This will allow greater exposure for employers and a more interactive format for job seekers. Additionally, a virtual career fair is being planned for the last week in October of this year to allow greater access to those who are unable to travel. The ACS continues to offer more unemployment benefits to its members than any other association. A list of benefits can be found at www.acs.org/unemployed, and as always, career programs, products and services are available to www.acs.org/careers.

Lynne P. Greenblatt, Chair

Lisa M. Balbes Patrick G. Barber Charles E. Cannon Anne M. Gaffney Timothy L. Hubler Donna M. Huryn Theresa A. Huston Anne M. Kelly Louise Lawter

Attila E. Pavlath Sonja Strah Pleynet Debra R. Rolison Ved P. Srivastava David Straus E. Thomas Strom James Tatera Keith R. Vitense

Associates

John R. Berg Kevin Dalby Lawrence W. Dennis Jacqueline A. Erickson

John L. Massingill, Jr. Joann Pfeiffer Joseph P. Stoner Sharon V. Vercellotti

Staff Liaison: David Harwell

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL SECTION ACTIVITIES

The Committee on Local Section Activities continues to work on a rebuild of the Annual Report form for the 2010 reporting cycle to be submitted by February 15, 2011. LSAC is continuing to seek input from ACS committees, departments and other groups interested in collecting data from local sections about their activities. The approach is to sunset all past questions to encourage improved wording and ownership. Time is critical, so interested groups are encouraged to contact [email protected] ASAP if they would like to include questions in the new form. The requested response date has been extended to the end of the Boston meeting. LSAC is in the process of completing its review of the 2009 Local Section Annual Reports. Reviewer comments have been sent to local sections that filed their reports by the February 15th deadline. LSAC received a petition from the Northeast Oklahoma Local Section requesting approval to change its territory to include the North Central Oklahoma Local Section territory which will dissolve on 12/31/2010. The North Central Oklahoma Local Section will be dissolving because their membership has fallen below the minimum requirement. Likewise, the Binghamton Local Section submitted a petition to LSAC requesting approval to change its territory to include the Norwich Local Section territory which will dissolve on 12/31/2010 because its membership has also fallen below the minimum membership requirement and shall automatically dissolve on 12/31/10. LSAC will bring these petitions before Council during the Boston national meeting. LSAC continues to make extensive use of the highly successful webinar series which provides support, training and best practices for local section leaders. Six webinars were held in the last year with an average of 50 local sections participating in each. Additional webinars are planned for the fall. All of the webinars can be downloaded from www.acs.org/getinvolved. Two particular topics have been held since the San Francisco meeting. Following the launch of the Online Speaker Directory (http://speakers.acs.org), LSAC hosted a webinar on May 6th to debut the Speaker Directory and to provide local sections with more information about using the Directory. Speakers are being added on a regular basis to ensure that a diverse pool of speakers is available for local sections to plan their 2011 events. Additional Speaker nominations are welcomed at any time. A webinar to refresh and enhance the information from the 2010 Leadership Institute was held on June 15th. This webinar discussed information that will assist for 2010 chair-elects and other interested section leaders with preparing for 2011, particularly on grant programs from LSAC and an update on the Annual Report rebuild. The 2011 ACS Leadership Institute will be held on January 21-23 in Fort Worth, TX. All local sections should plan to send their 2011 chair-elect to this very informative training. The webinar can be downloaded from www.acs.org/getinvolved. Both separately and in the webinar, LSAC announced the continuation of the “Bridging the Gap Nano Grant: Student Members” program. Local sections may apply for $250 to support activities aimed to integrate the local section, ACS Student Members and potential ACS Student Members. A particular goal is to inform and engage these members about the possible roles that student members can play at the local section level. Applications are being accepted until August 2nd.

Lee Latimer, Chair

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S. K. Airee Gerald Bass Tom Beattie Mitchell Bruce Ressano De Souza-Machado Jetty Duffy-Matzner Lucy Eubanks

John Gavenonis Thomas Hays Martha Hollomon Sarah Leibowitz Carol Libby Richard Nafshun Kimberley Pacheco

Ernie Simpson Michael Singer Maurice Smith Ann Sullivan Stephanie Watson

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John Borchardt Fran Kravitz Martin Rudd Alexa Serfis

Staff Liaison: LaTrease E. Garrison

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PETITION FOR CHANGE IN SECTION TERRITORY

The Northeast Oklahoma Local Section requests approval to change its territory to include the North Central Oklahoma Local Section territory which will dissolve on 12/31/2010. The North Central Oklahoma Local Section has fallen below the minimum membership requirement and shall automatically dissolve at 12/31/10. The combination of the local sections will allow members residing in the North Central Oklahoma territory to remain assigned to a local section. North Central Oklahoma members have been notified and the combination of section territories has been approved by both local sections. All neighboring local sections have been notified and support the combination of territory.

PETITION FOR CHANGE IN SECTION TERRITORY The Binghamton Local Section requests approval to change its territory to include the Norwich Local Section which will dissolve on 12/31/2010 because its membership has fallen below the minimum membership requirement and shall automatically dissolve at 12/31/10. This territory change will allow members residing in the Norwich territory to remain assigned to a local section. Members of the Norwich Local Section have been notified and approved this change. The Binghamton Local Section membership has likewise been notified and approved the merger. All neighboring local sections have been notified and no concerns have been raised.

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MAC Report

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP AFFAIRS

The Committee on Membership Affairs (MAC) continues to work with all interested groups within the Society to identify new opportunities to attract and retain members. An international mini web site was launched at http://international.acs.org. The mission of the new international site is to serve as a viral, international, recruitment tool for ACS membership. The site features multi-lingual member testimonials, highlights of International Chapters, alliances, 2011 International Year of Chemistry, Member-Get-a-Member, ACS Publications, networking opportunities, meetings, education and career resources, and grants and funding information. Of particular importance to this audience, the site is also a reference for questions related to passports, visas, and travel in to and out of the United States. The new international web site was designed to mimic the successful undergraduate site, http://undergrad.acs.org . June marked the first anniversary of the ACS bylaw change that provided for inclusion of undergraduates as Members of the Society. As of May 28, 2010, the number of Student Member undergraduates had reached 12,873. MAC and the Society Committee on Education continue to work together on a joint task force on precollege chemistry teachers examining what products, programs, and services might attract additional high school teachers to join the society. Two new personal benefit offering proposals will be evaluated during the Boston meeting and a request for proposal has been developed to seek bids for a new contract on the ACS credit card program, the contract for which is due to renew in 2011. The Subcommittee on Categories and Dues will deliberate on the ACS bylaws concerning the Recent Graduate discount of 50% for those who have graduated with a bachelor’s degree within the previous 12 months. The Boston national meeting will be the first meeting during which MAC will have responsibility for accepting ACS membership applications. For many years that responsibility has been well met by the ACS Admissions Committee. MAC is grateful to have former members of the Admissions Committee now serving on MAC to ensure the continuity of the admissions process. The ACS Board-Presidential Task Force on Society Services and Associated Dues Pricing Models and MAC will hold an open discussion on topics related to ACS dues, member categories, and member benefits during the MAC Open Meeting in Boston on Monday, August 23, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

D. Richard Cobb, Chair

Georgia Arbuckle-Kiel Wayne Jones Herbert Silber Jacqueline Erickson Arthur Marcinkowsky Paul Smith Mark Frishberg Zaida Morales-Martinez Michael L. Webb George Heinze Jason Ritchie Royce Woosley Warren Hull, Jr. Michael Webb Peter Zarras

Associates Roger Bartholomew Diane Krone James Duddey Roger Parker Merle Eiss Walter Siegl

Staff Liaison: Debora Fillinich

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Petition on International Chemical Sciences Chapters

Bylaw IX, Sec. 4

Petition

We, the undersigned Councilors of the American Chemical Society, hereby petition to amend the SOCIETY Bylaws as follows (additions underlined; deletions struck through):

BYLAW IX International Chemical Sciences Chapters Section 4 An International Chemical Sciences Chapter shall receive no allotment of funds from the SOCIETY and shall not be entitled to elected representation on the Council. However, travel for the Chair or Chair-Elect to attend governance meetings shall be supported under the same conditions as provided for Local Section and Divisional Councilors to attend Council meetings. The base will be twice the amount allotted for a Councilor. A Chapter may assess local dues to be expended for its own purposes in harmony with the objects of the SOCIETY. (11/18/91)

Explanation Our International Chemical Sciences Chapters are important points for ACS members living in their area to maintain close contact with the SOCIETY. Their leadership has to maintain continuous contact with ACS activities and governance, but they operate at large distances from the SOCIETY. For efficient operation they need to learn firsthand about plans and changes of international nature, so they can provide input and voice their concerns. This does not require official voting representation on the Council, but attendance at pertinent governance meetings. Due to the large distances involved, their leaders have financial hardships to be physically present at the meetings of the International Activities Committee and the Council. Their presence would allow them to interact with appropriate governance units and staff to offer important views and suggestions affecting international relations. This will create closer connection between their members and the SOCIETY. The Chapters do not ask for subsidy to carry out their local activities, they just would like to have the opportunity to have continuous close relations with the SOCIETY. Presently, the SOCIETY partially reimburses Local Sections and Divisions for their councilors’ travel expenses for this purpose. The

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Chair or Chair-Elect of the International Chemical Sciences Chapters should be reimbursed by the SOCIETY in the same way as Local Sections and Divisions upon submitting the request with the supporting documents. Because of the large distances involved the maximum amount should be twice the limit granted to Councilors as set by the SOCIETY. Signed:

N. Bhushan Mandava Jean Delfiner George E. Heinze Ned D. Heindel Roland F. Hirsch

Ingrid Montes E. Ann Nalley Mary Virginia Orna Attila E. Pavlath Eli M. Pearce

Howard M. Peters Yorke E. Rhodes E. Wasserman James A. Walsh Paul H. Walter

(This petition has been referred to the *Committee on Membership Affairs, the Council Policy Committee, the Society Committee on Budget and Finance, and the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws.) Note: Article XVIII, Sec. 2 limits the referring of petitions to Elected and/or Standing Committees of the Council and/or Society Committees.

*Committee having primary substantive responsibility

FINAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL IMPACT The Society Committee on Budget and Finance has examined this petition and concludes that it will have a minor negative impact on the finances of the Society ($0 - $100,000). The Committee noted that this assessment relates only to the petition as written. If the number of international chemical sciences chapters increases significantly, the financial impact will change.

FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS The Final Report of the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws was not available at the time this petition was withdrawn.


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ITEM VIII, D M&E Report

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEETINGS AND EXPOSITIONS The Committee on Meetings and Expositions reports that the 239th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco hosted 18,093 attendees, including 9,725 full registrants, 5,710 students, 1,219 exhibitors, 925 exposition only, and 514 guests. Additionally, 75% of the Divisions programming during this meeting were able to hold technical programs in the convention center; this is significantly higher than previous meetings. The Exposition had 387 booths and 257 exhibiting companies. In accordance with the Board-approved, long-range financial plan for the National Meeting, M&E recommended to the Board Committee on Budget and Finance that the 2011 registration fees be increased by $5 making the member rate for the 2011 national meetings $355. M&E also reports that the attendees surveyed after the last Fall Meeting in Washington, DC gave an approval rating of 96%, recommending Washington, as a future site of a Fall National Meeting. Unfortunately, based on the quoted cost of hotel rooms and the unavailability of hotel meeting space due to other national events taking place at the time of the 2014 Spring National Meeting in Washington, M&E recommended that the Board move the 2014 spring meeting to Dallas, TX. Additionally, the Committee on Meetings and Expositions proposed the sites and dates to the Board for the 2020 national meetings. M&E recommended to the Board that the spring national meeting be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 22-26, 2020. Secondly, the Committee on Meetings and Expositions recommended to the Board that the fall national meeting be held in San Francisco, California, August 23 – 27, 2020. As we did in San Francisco, future national meetings will have a full day shuttle schedule: please note that during the San Francisco meeting we were able to run all the shuttles using Bio-diesel fuel. We will continue to work with committees such as Committee on Environmental Improvement to help us in our sustainability efforts, such as using recyclable materials wherever possible. In 2009, a total of 7 regional meetings were held which attracted more than 5,100 attendees, and received a total of 3,083 abstracts.

William R. Oliver, Chair

V. Dean Adams C. Marvin Lang Donivan R. Porterfield Anthony W. Addison Melanie J. Lesko Theodor (Ted) Provder Dee Ann Castell John M. Long Frank R. Romano William H. Daly Michael J. Morello Frank J. Torre Kathleen Gibboney Guenter Niessen Don B. Weser Stan S. Hall Richard A. Palmer Mark L. Wicholas Lynn G. Hartshorn

Associates

Kenneth G. Caulton Robert J. Hargrove Alan B. Cooper Patricia A. Mabrouck Emilio X. Esposito N. Bhushan Mandava Narmada Gunawardena Barbara E. Moriarty

Barry B. Snider

ConsultantChristopher J. Bannochie

Staff Liaison: Willie Benjamin

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DAC Report

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DIVISIONAL ACTIVITIES At the San Francisco national meeting, the Divisional Activities Committee (DAC) approved four Innovative Project Grant (IPG) proposals totaling $27,500. DAC will evaluate another round of IPG proposals at the Boston national meeting in August. Operating as a DAC subcommittee, the Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group (MPPG) approved the following themes for upcoming national meetings:

• For the Spring 2011 meeting in Anaheim: “Chemistry of Natural Resources” • For the Fall 2011 meeting in Denver: “Chemistry of Air, Space, and Water” • For the Spring 2012 meeting in San Diego: “Chemistry of Life” • For the Fall 2012 meeting in Philadelphia: “Materials for Health and Medicine.”

The theme for the 2010 national meeting in Boston is “Chemistry for Preventing and Combating Disease.” Regarding the Program and Abstract Creation System (PACS), DAC is aware that a significant number of division program chairs and session organizers encountered frustration in organizing their technical programs with respect to the San Francisco national meeting. Three open forums on this subject were held in San Francisco. The objectives of these meetings were: (1) to provide division program and session organizers with a chance to give ACS staff input on their experiences with PACS, and (2) to allow staff to share its plan to improve the situation. DAC will closely monitor this matter. DAC has received 2009 annual reports from all divisions. DAC was briefed on the recent activities of the Electronic Dissemination of Meeting Content Task Force. The committee supports the work of this task force, and believes making meeting content available online holds great promise for ACS. At the San Francisco meeting, over 325 presentations were recorded and posted online. As of June 20, over 7,500 unique visitors had visited the site hosting the presentations. In addition, 600 of those visitors completed an online survey, with 54% reporting that ‘online meeting content is now among my most valued ACS products/services.’

David J. Lohse, Chair

Gary D. Anderson Bruce S. Ault Michael R. Berman Michael Brownfield J.M. (Joe) Calo Carmen J. Giunta

Fred Heineken Michael M. Miller Kenneth (Ken) L. Nash John M. Pochan D. Paul Rillema James Schreck

Carlos Simmerling Jeanette M. Van Emon Christopher J. Welch Martha J.M. Wells Steven Yates

Associates

William F. Carroll, Jr. Roger A. Egolf William J. Greenlee

Maria M. Santore Julianne M.D. Smist

Consultant Frank Blum

Staff Liaison: John C. Katz

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS The Committee on Constitution and Bylaws (C&B), acting for the Council, completed the bylaw review process and issued certified bylaws to the Sabine-Neches Local Section and to the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering and the Rubber Division. C&B also reviewed proposed bylaw amendments and submitted preliminary reports to the Central Pennsylvania, Maine, Midland, and Portland Sections and to the Divisions of Analytical Chemistry, Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Chemical Education, and Professional Relations. The online version of the ACS Governing Documents (Bulletin 5), which is available at www.acs.org/bulletin5, has been updated with changes approved by the Council in San Francisco and by the Board at their June meeting. The following petition will be presented for Action at this Council meeting:

• Petition on Recorded Votes (green sheets) Two petitions, which have been withdrawn, are included in the Council agenda for information:

• Petition on International Chemical Sciences Chapters (green sheets) • Petition on President-Elect Eligibility (green sheets)

New petitions to amend the Constitution and/or Bylaws must be received by the Executive Director by December 8, to be included in the Council agenda for the spring 2011 meeting in Anaheim, CA. There are a number of Local Sections and Divisions (units) whose bylaws are out-of-date, are no longer consistent with the Society’s Governing Documents, and do not permit you to do electronic balloting. Those units should submit proposed bylaw amendments and/or questions to [email protected] Information that can assist you in drafting revised bylaws include all current unit bylaws, which are available on the web at www.acs.org/bulletin5, along with the date when the bylaws were last updated. Useful guideline documents are also available online.. The committee’s open meeting is scheduled for Sunday, August 22, from 1:00 to 1:30 pm. ACS members are invited to attend the committee’s open meeting at which the committee will discuss the issues on its agenda and other matters that Councilors and members may wish to bring to the committee’s attention.

Alan M. Ehrlich, Chair

Harmon B. Abrahamson Mark A. Benvenuto James C. Carver Matthew K. Chan Robert S. Cohen

Donna G. Friedman Donald K. Harriss Eckhard Hellmuth Lydia E. M. Hines Ann H. Hunt

Carolyn H. Kendrow Charles P. Rader Paul D. Schettler, Jr. Steven Trohalaki Doris L. Zimmerman

Associates

John E. Adams Kenneth G. Brown

Terrill D. Smith Noel H. Turner

Staff Liaison: Barbara F. Polansky

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A. Younger Chemists

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The Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) met March 19-21, 2010 in San Francisco and continues to promote its vision to lead younger chemists into successful careers in the profession and active roles in the Society. YCC’s mission is to advocate for and provide resources to early career chemists and professionals in the chemical sciences and related fields. YCC recently finished rewriting our strategic plan to focus on what we do best and developed goals that will help us accomplish our mission and vision. During this process we also looked at how we were organized as a committee. As a result, we have developed a new committee structure, consisting of three subcommittees that make us lean, more efficient and more in line with other committees in the Society. Last year, the Ciba Young Scientist Leadership Development program was established, with funding from the Ciba Foundation The YCC Governance Interface and Outreach Subcommittee (GIO) recently selected the first group of CIBA Young Scientists Travel Award winners. The nine recipients were awarded travel grants of $500 to attend ACS national or regional meetings to exhibit research and for professional development purposes. The YCC Membership Engagement Subcommittee (ME) is extending all its strength to provide quality programming and activities to meet YCC constituent needs, including the needs of local section younger chemist committees (LSYCC’s). Besides several exciting symposium organized by ME, the Boston meeting will highlight YCC’s 8th Annual 5K Fun Run. With the co-sponsorship of the ACS Publications Division, ACS Member Insurance Programs, and the ACS Northeastern Local Section YCC, this exciting event will take place at 6:30 am on Monday, Aug 23rd at Castle Island. Registration for this ticketed event will be available when registering at the national meeting registration site or via racemenu.com. Additionally, ME is exploring an international younger chemists exchange program. The program would be based on the successful nine year ongoing exchange between the ACS Northeastern Local Section and the Young Chemists Forum of the German Chemical Society. The program would enable younger chemists to travel to international chemistry meetings and vice versa, with the goal of helping both the US and international younger chemists make connections and build professional relationships in another country. Thanks to the new ACS webhost server, the Communications Subcommittee (COM) has updated the YCC website (http://ycc.sites.acs.org/) with new content and features. The website can be easily located by searching YCC on acs.org. A special column was created for each ACS president to deliver a personal message to all the younger chemists at large. Another special column was created for ACS Leadership Development Workshop (LDW) attendees, to share their experience and vision as emerging leaders with other younger chemists. YCC has also extended its presence to many social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter) to involve more young chemists.

Michael (Mick) Hurrey, Chair

Neal Abram Omar Asensio Shanadeen Begay Jens Breffke Stephen Canham William Case Christopher J. Ciolli Dionne Dickson Jamila R. Cola

Doug Hausner Carl B. (Burt) Hollandsworth Lore J. Jarrett Rama Konduri Jennifer Larese Waisu Lawal Justin Martin Taina Matos Natalia Melcer

Dorothy (Dotti) Miller Ryan Miwa Keri A. Moss Adam C. Myers Harish S. Parihar Samuel R. Pazicni Luke Roberson Danielle S. Sherwood

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Peng Tao Ian Thorpe

Joelle Wells Uzama Zakai

Staff Liaison: Martha Lester

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B. Women Chemists (joint with Board)

For the Fall 2010 meeting in Boston, the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) has an action-packed line-up of technical programming, events, and networking opportunities to support the goals of ACS to increase and diversify membership, and to serve the needs of our constituencies in an impactful manner. In programming at this meeting, a symposium is planned on Sunday on the topic of Non-tenure Track Faculty – on the employment trends and the issues that face non-tenure track faculty, as well as the departments in which they work. The percentage of faculty who are not on the tenure track has been increasing over the last two decades, and policies that promote best practices in their employment remain lacking. This niche represents a tremendous human resource, and membership potential, for our Society, which is underutilized. WCC is proud to organize thematic programming at this meeting, an afternoon symposium, Women at the Forefront of Preventing and Combating Disease, on Monday, partnered with our Division co-sponsors BIOL, I&EC-ACTS, MEDI, and PROF. I reported at the last meeting on WCC’s efforts to support actionable steps for ACS to encourage and support full participation by women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities within all levels of America’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The final report from the Mini-Symposium, “Women of Color in STEM: Perspectives on Experiences, Research, Evaluation, and Policy in Higher Education and Careers” has been issued and is available at http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/activities/ceose/reports/TERC_mini_symp_rprt_hires.pdf. Here in Boston, WCC is proud to host the symposium, Women Chemists of Color (WCoC) Summit: Staying at the Table, (part of the Office of Diversity Programs-led Initiative within ACS on WCoC), since the “leaky pipeline” doesn’t apply only to students. In addition to the symposium, WCC is again hosting (together with our Division and Diversity Committee partners) the WCC “Just Cocktails” networking reception/event. The purpose of “Just Cocktails” is multi-faceted: 1) to provide a networking function at ACS meetings to enable mid-career chemists to leverage their energies and mitigate isolation; and 2) to provide a facilitated online blog to provide an ongoing resource specifically targeted at this portion of our WCC constituency to better serve their needs. We welcome all chemists to this exciting networking event immediately following the symposium on Tuesday afternoon. WCC’s ongoing and successful events include the Women in Industry Breakfast on Monday, a working/networking breakfast; the WCC Open Meeting, held Monday evening as part of the Joint Subcommittee on Diversity’s Open Meeting – followed by a reception; and, in support of thematic programming in Boston, the WCC networking luncheon on Tuesday is pleased to host keynote speaker, Dr. Donna Murasko, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University. Dean Murasko earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology from The Pennsylvania State University. Your WCC is committed to being a leader in attracting, developing, recognizing and advocating for women in the chemical sciences and related disciplines. We support strong and diverse award nominations and strive to remain current with the needs of our constituency to help make our Society the best that it can be to serve the needs of the chemical enterprise worldwide.

Janet L. Bryant, Chair

Novella Bridges Amber Charlebois Christine Chow Judith Cohen Teri Quinn Gray

Judith Iriarte-Gross Diane Kneeland Jody Kocsis R. Daniel Libby Amy Nicely

John Palmer Sara Paisner Colleen Pasley Laura Sremaniak

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Associates: Samina Azad Shannon Davis Amy DeBaillie Kelly George

Tamara Henrickson Maureen Kane Ellen Keiter Marsha Lambregts Thomas Luther

Lisa Nash Bevin Parks-Lee Dawn Shaughnessy Gail Webster

Staff Liaison: Katherine Hoffman

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(joint with Board) The committee voted unanimously to elect Kevin Gable as Vice Chair. The Conference of Editors of ACS Publications was held in January 2010. Topics included a forum on the financial and operational health of the Division and a review of ongoing developments across all aspects of the publishing operations. The ACS journal editors were briefed on the Taskforce for Development of Best Practice Guidelines for Editor Appointments report and provided feedback. The Joint Board–Council Committee on Publications reviewed and accepted this report at its Spring 2010 meeting. The editorial monitoring reports for the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Energy & Fuels were presented, discussed thoroughly and accepted with thanks. The committee deliberated regarding the reappointment of the editors of these respective journals, and submitted recommendations to the ACS Board of Directors for their consideration. Chemical & Engineering News is ACS’s professional journalism unit, rather than simply a print news magazine. The print edition of C&EN remains the flagship publication of this journalism unit, but it is by no means the sole output:

• The electronic edition of C&EN—the facsimile of the print edition—is now delivered in lieu of paper to 59% of ACS members living outside North America and 13% of members living in North America.

• C&EN Online had 12.8 million page downloads in 2009, a 10.2% increase over 2008; 44% of the traffic to C&EN Online is to “Latest News” stories, indicating that readers are using C&EN Online as a true news alert mechanism.

• The introduction of a “JACS research in C&EN” box on the JACS home page resulted in a significant increase in traffic from JACS to C&EN Online; syndication of C&EN content to journal home pages will be an important element in transitioning journal readers from browsing their print copies to browsing the increasingly rich environment of the web editions of journals.

• CENtral Science, the C&EN Online permanent blog, posted 249 entries in 2009 and had 138,000 page views; CENtral Science is planned to undergo a major transformation from a grab-bag blog of miscellaneous items related to the chemistry enterprise to a portal to several blogs focusing on specific topics such as chemistry in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, chemical safety, and sustainability.

• C&EN Webinars—seminars over the web sponsored by a C&EN advertiser and hosted by a C&EN reporter—debuted in 2009 with two webinars sponsored by AMRI and Tripos; 10 to 15 webinars are planned for 2010; the webinars are a new channel for C&EN to deliver content to readers and a new revenue stream to support the magazine’s journalism.

C&EN has embarked on an ambitious effort, the C&EN Production Automation Program, a set of four interrelated projects that will establish a web content management and delivery system for C&EN, enable syndication of C&EN content to ACS journal websites, and create an archive of C&EN extending back to its first issue in 1923. The Copyright Subcommittee presented an update on the ACS Copyright Office’s licensing-related activities.

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Michael Appell William W. Leong David E. Bergbreiter Tatyana E. Polenova Kevin P. Gable Robert A. Pribush Ned D. Heindel Charles Reynolds

Paul R. Jones Leah Solla

Associates Stephanie L. Brock Martin G. Kociolek Nicole S. Sampson

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E. Public Relations and Communications

(joint with Board) During the past year, CPRC has been involved in launching the Chemistry Ambassadors program, providing guidance to Public Relations chairs in Local Sections, and administering awards for public outreach and public relations. Most recently, the committee was asked to participate on one of the Society’s Sustainability Engagement Event (SEE) action teams, and anticipates leading the effort on viral marketing of sustainability information after the Boston meeting. Working with the ACS Office of Public Affairs, the committee helped bring the number of ACS Chemistry Ambassadors to more than 4,000 following the San Francisco national meeting and National Lab Day. Any chemist can be a Chemistry Ambassador. The concept is to be able and willing to communicate effectively and compellingly about chemistry. That can take the form of reaching into one’s local community with ACS resources and messages for students, teachers, the news media, or policymakers. But the simplest way to be a Chemistry Ambassador is to be ready to talk in simple terms about chemistry and one’s work, in casual conversations. During the San Francisco meeting, CPRC members helped coach other meeting attendees in how to prepare an engaging answer to the question often asked at cocktail parties, neighborhood barbeques, and in other social settings: “So what kind of work do you do?” Watch ACS members with excellent responses to this question at www.acs.org/chemistryambassadors. CPRC will continue recruiting Chemistry Ambassadors at the Boston meeting and will be working with staff to identify members who are already Chemistry Ambassadors, but don’t yet know it. Lapel pins and other materials will be available this fall to recognize Chemistry Ambassadors in a more formal way. Being a Local Section Public Relations chair is another way to be a Chemistry Ambassador, and CPRC has been contacting the 61 PR chairs to thank them for their efforts, offer assistance, and learn more about their accomplishments and challenges. Outstanding public relations programs will be honored at the ChemLuminary Awards program in Boston, and success stories from PR chairs can be found at the url above. The Helen Free Award for Public Outreach is also administered by CPRC and will be presented at the ChemLuminary event to 2010 winner, Bill Deese. CPRC continues to contribute to the weekly ACS podcast series “Science Elements,” which can be found on iTunes and at www.acs.org/pressroom. Weekly downloads average 1,322.

Cheryl B. Frech, Chair

Béla Buslig Keith Butler Allan M. Ford

David S. Gottfried Pamela Kistler Mike Lawrence

Milt Levenberg Steven K. Showalter William H. Suits

Associates

Margaret A. Cavanaugh Shirley Corriher

Kenneth Poggenburg

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Robert M. de Groot

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F. Project SEED (joint with Board)

Since its inception in 1968, the Project SEED program has had a significant impact on the lives of nearly 9,000 high school students. This summer, nearly 500 high school students from economically disadvantaged families - highest participation of students in our history - were placed in more than 100 academic, governmental, and industrial laboratories to work under the supervision of research scientists on projects that provide real research experience in chemistry and related sciences. Evaluation shows that Project SEED is successful in stimulating its participants’ interest in science. This outstanding participation is made possible by contributions from industry, academia, local sections, ACS friends and members, the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, and the Project SEED Endowment. The Committee on Project SEED also awarded 27 college scholarships and three Ciba Scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year to Project SEED alumni. At the ChemLuminary Awards event in Boston, the Committee on Project SEED will recognize the 2009 Local Section with the Outstanding Project SEED Program. In addition, 2010 SEED students will present posters of their research at the SciMix event. Along with our record setting participation, we are also experiencing the record low reserve funding for future programs. In Boston, the committee members will continue working on strategies to increase awareness among potential donors to increase funding for the program. The committee encourages all members to continue using the dues check-off option on their ACS membership renewal to support this remarkable program.

Joshua J. Pak, Chair

Seth Y. Ablordeppey Sandra J. Bonetti Anita J. Brandolini Kurt F. Brandstadt David L. Cedeno

Anna G. Cavinato Ronald D. Clark Ingolf Gruen Adriane G. Ludwick James A. Manner

John E. Sheats Albert N. Thompson Mark A. Thomson Elaine Yamaguchi

Associates

Carolyn A. Burnley Marilyn D. Gorman James A. Hammond

Richard A. Hermens Nadia Makar Michael B. Moeller

Staff Liaison: Cecilia Hernandez

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G. Professional Training (joint with Board)

At the March 2010 meeting, the Committee on Professional Training (CPT) evaluated 45 periodic reports from currently approved programs. Approval was continued for 28 programs. Three programs were asked for more information, and 14 programs were found noncompliant with the ACS Guidelines. CPT held conferences with three schools seeking approval, discussed three updates and one site visit report, and considered an appeal of an action to withdraw approval of one department. The committee added four schools to the approved list and denied the appeal to restore approval. The total number of colleges and universities offering ACS-approved bachelor’s degree programs in chemistry is 661. The first of two meetings planned for the chairs of PhD-granting chemistry departments was held in San Francisco. Approximately 40 people participated in conversations focused on the advantages and challenges of the ACS approval process and how certification of chemistry majors could help ensure that students entering PhD programs have the preparation necessary to embark on graduate work in chemistry. The second meeting will be held at the ACS National Meeting in Boston. In subcommittee, members reviewed the preliminary data analysis for the faculty status survey, considered changes to data collected as part of the annual report from approved programs, and discussed actions to be taken in response to the workshop with Hispanic-serving institutions. The full committee established a working group to complete the final report on the faculty status survey for approval at the Boston meeting and accepted recommendations to explore opportunities to collaborate with the Society Committee on Education on projects to support the diversity efforts of chemistry departments. The committee continued planning for its 75th anniversary celebration at the ACS National Meeting in Anaheim (March 2011). A half-day symposium on the present and future of the ACS approval program, “75 Years of Excellence in the Professional Preparation of Chemists”, is being developed to be followed by a reception. The committee also continued its discussion on the feasibility of approval of chemistry programs located outside the United States and its territories and received comments on this issue from ACS President Joseph Francisco and President-elect Nancy Jackson.

Cynthia K. Larive, Chair Lee Y. Park, Vice Chair

Robert A. Copeland Bob A. Howell Ron W. Darbeau Clark R. Landis Ron C. Estler Robin L. McCarley Cornelia D. Gillyard Anne B. McCoy Suzanne Harris Barbara A. Sawrey Scott C. Hartsel Joel I. Shulman George S. Wilson

Consultants John W. Kozarich

Nancy S. Mills William F. Polik

Staff Liaison: Mary Kirchhoff

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H. Patents and Related Matters

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The Committee on Patents and Related Matters (CPRM) focuses on three main areas. First, CPRM provides ACS members and the general public with information about patents and other intellectual property issues. Second, CPRM proposes nominations of notable inventors for external national awards recognizing the innovations and inventions of chemists. Finally, CPRM monitors legislative and regulatory developments influencing intellectual property in ways that impact the chemical enterprise. Over the past year, CPRM has recommended a new policy statement on U.S. patent reform. Our statement incorporates compromise positions reflecting the diverse interests of the chemical enterprise. Among the committee’s recommendations is improving funding for the Patent and Trademark Office by preventing patent fee diversion. Our statement also advocates adopting a first-to-file patent system. The Board of Directors has adopted our recommended statement. More information about CPRM and patent reform can be found in the June 28 Chair’s comment in C&EN. CPRM has recommended several outstanding nominees for the National Inventors’ Hall of Fame, National Women’s Hall of Fame and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. CPRM also engages in educational outreach to help chemists and others understand the patent system. CPRM continues to partner with the Chemistry and the Law Division to provide patent-related programming at national and regional meetings. In addition, CPRM has created numerous educational materials, many of which provide guidance regarding second careers in the area of intellectual property. CPRM’s materials are available on its new website. CPRM has developed active working relationships with many governance units. If you are interested in working with us, please contact us at [email protected]

Andrew G. Gilicinski, Chair

Andrew Berks Jay M. Brown James Lee Chao Beth Fitzsimmons Bob A. Howell

Patrick MacCarthy Valerie Landrio McDevitt Marc A. McKithen David Mitchell Edlyn S. Simmons

Sandra P. Thompson Brian G.R. Treco Sidney White Robert D. Sindelar

Associates

Anuj Chauhan William Gutheil John L. Massingill, Jr.

Brian C. Meadows Laura Robinson

Consultants

Hubert E. Dubb David H. Jaffer

Staff Liaison: David T. Smorodin

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I. Nomenclature, Terminology and Symbols

The name and element symbol for element 112 has been officially accepted by IUPAC as Copernicium (Cn). During the open comment period, the committee suggested that the name would be easier to pronounce in English (and would be closer to the honoree’s name) if the last “i” was omitted in keeping with some other element names. Notice of the acceptance of the name and element symbol was published following the deadline for the Council agenda in San Francisco. A Presidential Symposium in San Francisco on the topic of “The Kilogram and The Mole” was planned by the committee. This symposium is part of the committee’s due diligence in helping the SOCIETY understand what is happening and what it means to the practice of chemistry. Speakers addressed the proposed redefinition of all of the SI Units including the kilogram and the mole; the impact on mass spectrometry; and suggestions for making the redefinitions more relevant to the practice of chemistry. A panel discussion permitted all of the speakers and the audience to discuss the issues. In keeping with the committee’s duty to provide liaison with non-SOCIETY national and international organizations, commissions and committees, it is making a thorough review of all such potential liaisons. It is evident that appropriate liaison opportunities far exceed the committee’s resources. This offers the committee a significant challenge as the SOCIETY is easily eliminated from considerations of many bodies due to lack of representation. Task forces of the committee have continued their work in several areas. The list of nomenclature generation software was updated and expanded to include some OCR software for chemical structures. Wider awareness of the role of nomenclature in communications is the work of a task force on locating and promoting better access to standard nomenclature for teaching and publications. The committee’s website has been restructured and launched as part of an effort to increase communication.

Peter F. Rusch, Chair

Mark Benvenuto Derek Horton Warren H. Powell Narayan G. Bhat Bob A. Howell Jeffrey A. Rahn Albert C. Censulllo Herbert D. Kaesz James G. Traynham G. Clark Dehne Paul J. Karol Jeffrey M. Wilson Carmen J. Giunta Donivan Porterfield

Associates Elise Ann Brown Gopal Coimbatore Gail Karet Donald S. McLean Lisa J. Nash Jerry Sarquis Tracy C. Williamson

Consultants

Patton M. Giles John A. Secrist Anne C. O’Melia Leslie H. Sperling

Staff Liaison: Gerald P. Fenske

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J. Minority Affairs (joint with Board)

2010 is the 15th anniversary for the ACS Scholars program. Former Scholars are being recognized in C&EN throughout the year. A Presidential symposium will be held on Monday in Boston titled, “ACS Scholars Program Results: Stories Highlighting 15 Successful Years, Underwritten by PPG Industries Foundation”. The CMA Luncheon will also be dedicated to success stories from the ACS Scholars program, and will feature Dr. Daniel J. Mindiola who was the first ACS Scholar to complete his Ph.D. Dr. Mindiola recently won The National Fresenius Award, which was presented to him during the ACS Awards Gala at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco. The CMA Luncheon is being underwritten by P&G Beauty and Grooming. On Tuesday, the programming focus for the committee will turn to women of color in chemistry. A series of symposia are planned to broaden the awareness of the challenges women of color (African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic/Latinas, and Asian Americans) face at this very specific intersection of gender, ethnicity, and science. Tuesday morning will feature early-career women and the obstacles that they must overcome to secure professional positions within organizations in a symposium titled, “Getting to the Table”, while the afternoon will feature mid-career women who have found or who are seeking high-level leadership roles within organizations titled, “Staying at the Table”. The symposia and related events are part of the Presidential program and have been co-sponsored by the Society’s diversity committees, the Committee on Science, and several divisions. CMA is also proud to cosponsor the “Encouraging Diversity Award Symposium in Honor of Robert L. Lichter,” which will also take place Tuesday.

Allison Aldridge, Chair

Al Ribes Harmon B. Abrahamson Luke E. K. Achenie Mary Boyd Jeannette Brown

Joan M. Frye Onofrio G. Gaglione Allene Johnson Hiroko I. Karan Darryl R. Prater

Daniel Rabinovich Felix M. Rivas Maria G.V. Rosenthal

Associates

Takiya Ahmed Filomena Califano S. Thomas Dealy Susan Fahrenholtz

Patrick Gordon Trinity Horton Kimberley Jackson Jerainne Johnson

Carol Libby George Negrete Jerry Sarquis

Staff Liaison: David Harwell

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K. International Activities

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The International Activities Committee (IAC) continues its efforts to help shape and inform how to best enhance the Society’s global impact. We completed a strategic prioritization and identified five areas to focus our initiatives:

(a) fostering ACS international collaborations furthering chemistry’s role in addressing global challenges; (b) sustaining momentum of International Year of Chemistry beyond 2011; (c) extending the Society’s engagements in international education and training; (d) exploring opportunities with partner societies on helping to build capacities of chemical societies in developing nations; (e) and enhancing opportunities for international research and innovation exchange of chemists at all levels in support of ACS President, Joe Francisco’s International Center concept.

Through efforts of the IAC, the ACS continues to be a strong supporter of the human rights of individual scientists. There is a need, however, to renew and expand its participation and work in this area, and to improve its effectiveness to identify and better respond to cases of alleged human rights violations of scientists.

Judith L. Benham, Chair

Susan B. Butts Guang Cao Eun-Woo Chang Ellene T. Contis Alvin L. Crumbliss

Richard S. Danchik Bryan R. Henry John O. Hoberg Rolande R. Hodel Robin J. Hood

Robert M. Hoyte Gabriel A. Infante Susan C. Jackels Eli M. Pearce Bassam Z. Shakhashiri

Associates Madan M. Bhasin Richard W. Hartmann Venera Jouraeva

Sheila Kanodia Veronica Vaida

Consultants

Cheryl A. Martin Edmund T. King Nancy B. Jackson

Sharon P. Shoemaker

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L. Ethics

The ACS Ethics Committee made significant progress at its meeting in San Francisco toward committee goals in programming, ethics education, and ethics awareness. Programming. The committee co-sponsored (with the Division of Chemical Health and Safety) a symposium titled “Perspectives on Biofuels: Potential and Possible Pitfalls.” The committee also presented its Professional Ethics Workshop at the Southeast Regional meeting (SERMACS) last October in Puerto Rico. The committee will be sponsoring a symposium at Pacifichem 2010 titled “Cultural Influences on Professional Ethics.” This symposium will explore the influence of a student’s local or national culture on his or her ability to integrate into the professional culture of the country in which they ultimately find employment. Ethics Awareness. The committee has developed a custom search engine to assist chemical professionals in finding guidance for ethics-related issues. This search engine is currently being beta-tested and will be available soon on the committee webpage. The Ethics Awareness subcommittee continues to index material that may be of particular interest to individual ACS constituencies, such as students, women, industrial chemists, and senior professionals. Links to such materials will be added to the search engine. Ethics Education. The Ethics Education subcommittee reported that it continues to develop and refine ethics case studies into a form suitable for use as instructional resources on our web page. The Ethics Committee met with members of the Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA) Subcommittee on Standards and Ethics (S&E) to explore the potential for collaborative efforts, particularly in the development of case study scenarios in the workplace. The Ethics Committee also met with a delegation from the Committee on Chemical Safety (CCS). Discussion identified several areas in which the two committees saw an intersection of ethics and safety.

David J. Chesney, Chair

George Bodner Catherine E. Costello Alanah Fitch Paul S. Furth

Carlos G. Gutierrez Thomas R. LeBon Susan M. Schelble James Visintainer

Associates

Ben B. Chastain Gregory M. Ferrence

Victor Hruby Keith Vitense

James J. Zwolenick

Staff Liaison: Eric S. Slater

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M. Community Activities

(joint with Board)

The Committee on Community Activities partnered with the ACS Office of the President to host an outreach event during the San Francisco national meeting at the California Academy of Sciences. Members of the local sections near San Francisco, student member chapters from across the country as well as other ACS members served as volunteers for this event. Over 400 people attended the event and participated in hands-on activities related to water. Joe Francisco, ACS President, presented a Salutes to Excellence plaque to the Academy for hosting the event and for their dedication to community outreach. The 2010 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day (CCED) celebration occurred in 100 local sections with 111 coordinators leading the efforts within their communities. Over 79,000 copies of Celebrating Chemistry, CCED Edition were distributed. According to data collected by the North American Precis Syndicate, Inc., over 6 million people were reached through newspaper articles; over 97 million people were reached through a variety of websites that listed CCED information; and, over 21 million people heard about CCED via radio coverage. The committee hosted a webinar in July to prepare coordinators for the 2010 National Chemistry Week Celebration where the theme is “Behind the Scenes with Chemistry” – celebrating the chemistry in movies, movie set design, makeup artistry, and common special effects. During the International Year of Chemistry, the Committee on Community Activities will spearhead the outreach efforts for the Society. ACS members are encouraged to celebrate the four quarterly outreach themes - environment, energy, materials and health - by hosting events in their local section related to these themes. The International Year of Chemistry is a great time to show that chemistry is a worldwide science that impacts all people positively.

Lynn Hogue, Chair

Ronald D’Amelia Robert de Groot Marilyn Duerst Carmen Gauthier Tracy Halmi George Heard Lydia E.M. Hines

Amber Hinkle Christine Jaworek-Lopes Sheila Kanodia E. Gerald Meyer Kim Morehouse Al Ribes Michael Sheets

Analice Sowell Anne K. Taylor Jeffrey B. Trent Andrea Twiss-Brooks Ruth Ann Woodall

Associates

Ludivina Avila George Fisher Melissa Golden Narmada Gunawardena

Michael McGinnis Amy Pollock Sanda Sun H. David Wohlers

Consultant

Ingrid Montes

Staff Liaison: LaTrease E. Garrison

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O. Chemical Safety (joint with Board)

The Committee on Chemical Safety has as its prime responsibility the encouragement of safe practices in chemical activities. The committee serves as a resource to the chemical professional in providing advice and counsel on the handling of chemicals, and seeks to ensure safe facilities, designs, and operations by calling attention to potential hazards and stimulating education in safe chemical practices. The committee fulfills this responsibility through developing and distributing publication related to its mission. In the past year more that 16,000 copies of its authored publication were distributed to secondary schools, universities colleges, and community colleges. The Committee on Chemical Safety (CCS), at its meeting in San Francisco, CA, reviewed the progress of recent activities, and discussed new projects and directions for the committee. CCS has numerous publications in print, and works continuously to keep these updated. The Resources subcommittee has just revised and reprinted Doing Things Safely, a guide that contains information and guidelines regarding the safe use and handling of chemicals in introductory chemistry laboratories and student classrooms. The committee has also been revising Safety in the Elementary (K-6) Science Publication to include new art, and updated information. The video on eye protection is being modified in response to objections that the mannequin used in the presentation represented only one race and gender. The plan is to use a variety of mannequins to demonstrate eye protection rules. The Safe Practices subcommittee completed a document “Recommendations for Shared Goggle Cleaning.” Safety goggles are often shared in schools, as well as in various programs, such as ACS Kids and Chemistry and National Chemistry Week, and the CCS document provides recommendations on cleaning goggles for reuse. The document is now available on www.acs.org/safety, and was also published in a Tennessee Science Teachers Association quarterly publication. The Task Force for Laboratory Waste Management is completing the “Handbook of Lab Waste Management”. The Task Force is meeting at Princeton University in early July to initiate development of risk- based chemical safety levels (CSL) for laboratories. The risk levels would be similar to Biological Safety Levels, which are the levels of the biocontainment precautions required to isolate biological agents in an enclosed facility. The levels of containment range from the lowest biosafety level 1 to the highest at level 4. These chemical safety levels would encompass engineering requirements, emergency response, etc. The CSL proposal is likely to fit with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Committee on Chemical Safety worked with Division of Chemical Health and Safety and the ACS Board Committee on Grants and Awards (G&A), to incorporate demonstrated health and safety as part of the criteria for receiving any ACS grant or award from G&A. Future awards will include a new requirement including “…demonstrated adherence to the ACS Chemical Professional’s Code of Conduct.” Members of the committee are working with a Jordanian chemist to translate the popular CCS pamphlet Safety in the Academic Chemistry Laboratory into Arabic. The work is nearly complete and undergoing review for accuracy. The translated version will be available for downloading from the ACS/CCS publications web site. This year the CCS successfully completed its five-year performance review.

Laurence J. Doemeny, Chair

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Joseph M. Antonucci Lester M. Bynum David S. Crumrine Harry J. Elston Scott R. Goode

Alan A. Hazari Robert H. Hill, Jr Elizabeth M. Howson David A. Katz George J. Lechner

Todd Nelson Patricia A. Redden Patricia A. Schumann Linda Stroud Erik A. Talley

Associates Lesli W. Bordas Regina Cody Kirk Hunter

Edward Movitz Celia K. Williams

Consultants

W. H. (Jack) Breazeale, Jr Neal R. Langerman

Betsy Shelton

Staff Liaison: Marta Gmurczyk

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