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DIRECTIONS TO THE MEETINGFrom 290 East/West - Take 290 fromeither direction and exit onto 294 North.Continue until you reach the exit for 190West (to O'Hare). Exit and immediatelypay toll. Exit onto Mannheim RoadNorth. Go North for 1.5 miles. Therestaurant is on the right side after thesecond stoplight.

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PARKING: Go directly to parking lot forself-parking. Valet parking also available.

PRE-DINNER TALK 5:15 – 6:00 P.M.

“Science Beyond The Demo — Get-ting Science To The Public WhenBlowing Things Up Isn’t An Option”,by Monica Metzler, President, IllinoisScience Council and a Vice-President atConlon Public Strategies (See page 2)

JOB CLUB 5:00 - 6:00 P.M.

SOCIAL HOUR 5:30- 6:30 P.M.Complimentary Hors D'oeuvres servedbutler style. Cash Bar

DINNER 6:30 P.M.

Menu: Soup de Jour; Squillo Salad withWalnuts and Cranberries; Entrée choiceof either a Breast of Chicken Combina-tion (Sautéed Breast of Chicken withfresh mushrooms & shallots with a Sher-ry Cream Sauce and Sautéed Breast ofChicken with Shiitake mushrooms with aMarsala Wine Sauce), Seared Salmonwith a Ginger Sauce, or Fresh Vegeta-bles with Pasta; Anna Potatoes; medleyof fresh vegetables; Dessert de Jour; avariety of breads; beverage.

Dinner reservations are required andshould be received in the Section Officevia phone (847-647-8405), fax (847-647-8364), email (chicagoacs@ameritech.net), or online (http://mem-bership.acs.org/C/Chicago) by noon onTuesday, March 25. The dinner cost is$35 to Section members who have paidtheir local section dues, members' fami-lies, and visiting ACS members. The

cost to members who haven’t paid theirlocal section dues and to non-Sectionmembers and is $37. The cost to stu-dents and unemployed members is $18.Seating will be available for those whowish to attend the meeting without din-ner. PLEASE HONOR YOUR RESER-VATIONS. The Section must pay for alldinner orders. No-shows will be billed.

GENERAL MEETING 7:30 P.M.

2008 PUBLIC AFFAIRS MEETINGLECTURER

MARCH • 2008

CHICAGO SECTION AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETYBiannual Public Affairs Meeting

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008

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http://chicagoacs.org

Robert J. Massie, President, ChemicalAbstract Services (CAS), Columbus, Ohio

Topic: "Chemical Information: Yes-terday, Today and Tomorrow"

Abstract: CAS' mission to make theworld's disclosed chemistry-relatedinformation accessible to scientists hasentailed many challenges over theyears. Two world wars, the post-warinformation explosion, recurring finan-

IMPORTANT NOTICEThe Chemical Bulletin is changing!

Starting September 2008, primarydistribution of The Chemical Bulletinwill be an electronic version. We willsend you the link to each issue byemail. You will have the option tonot receive the email notification,and you will still be able to reacheach issue through the Section webpage. You also will still have theoption of receiving a paper copy ofThe Chemical Bulletin for a smalladditional fee. More details will begiven in The Chemical Bulletin andalso at the Chicago Section webpage: www.chicagoacs.org. Wewould also like to hear about yourthoughts and guidance as we makethis change; please send commentsand questions to: change@mychemist.net.

cial crises, and competitive threats areamong the obstacles CAS has weath-ered. Innovations in indexing, computer-assisted publishing, the creation of theCAS Chemical Registry and innovativeproduct development and internationalcooperation have been crucial elementsin CAS' survival and success. Morerecent developments, such as the OpenAccess movement and governmentalparticipation in the information industryare no less daunting than the challengesCAS has faced before. This presentationsurveys CAS’ history and sets out theprinciple trends and directions for chemi-cal information going forward.

The Speaker: Mr. Massie holds a jointJD/MBA degree from Columbia Univer-sity, where he was a Harlan FiskeStone scholar. He is an honors gradu-ate of Yale College. He joined the ACSstaff as head of Chemical Abstract Ser-vice (CAS) in 1992. He came to CASwith an extensive background in pub-lishing, having served as President andCEO of Gale Research Inc, a subsidiaryof the Thomson organization. He hasheld senior executive positions with theTorstar Corporation and was manage-ment consultant with McKinsey & Co. inNew York. He also practiced law withCovington & Burling in WashingtonD.C., where one of his areas of special-izations was Food and Drug Law.

He has served as Chair of the Colum-bus Chamber of Commerce and receivedthe Executive of the Year Award from theIndustry & Technology Council of CentralOhio. In 2003, he received the Patterson-Crane Award from the Columbus - Day-ton Sections in recognition of his achieve-ments as the leader of the Society’sabstracting services.

For more information on BobMassie, read the introductoryremarks on page 5.

PRE-DINNER TALK by Monica Metzler

Abstract: There is a marked increaserecently in the number of organizationsand initiatives aimed at greater publicoutreach in science, both locally andnationally. How can the scientific com-munity take advantage of these in themost successful way? This talk will dis-cuss some of the local efforts at bring-ing science to the public and make rec-ommendations for scientists to tap intotheir inner Carl Sagan by learning howto translate Science to English forreaching lay audiences.

Speaker's Biography: Monica Metzleris the president and founder of the Illi-nois Science Council, a nonprofit orga-nization aimed at increasing publicawareness and appreciation of scienceand technology. By day, she is a vicepresident at Conlon Public Strategies, apublic affairs firm that helps organiza-tions navigate the political landscape toachieve their goals in the public arena.Monica earned her Juris Doctor fromDuke University School of Law, a Mas-ter of Arts in Public Policy from the San-ford Institute at Duke University, and aBachelor of Science from NorthwesternUniversity.

CHEMISTRY IN THECOMMUNITY, A DIGITALTALKING BOOK

In collaboration with gH, LLC, theAmerican Chemical Society has convert-ed its high school chemistry textbook,Chemistry in the Community, 5th editioninto a digital talking book (DTB). This isthe first digital talking chemistry textbook and is designed to increasethe accessibility of chemistry for allstudents. Each CD contains the com-plete textbook in a National InstructionalMaterials Accessibility Standard(NIMAS) format, which meets compli-ance with emerging federal legislationand includes the gH player, the technol-ogy that gives the DTB its functionality.

Students may enlarge the text forreading, read along and/or have thetext read to them in their choice of threedifferent languages. Students controlthe pace and volume as the text is readaloud. For more information contacteducation@acs.org. To order, call 1-800-227-5558.

gH, LLC is a product manufacturerproviding technology allowing peoplewith disabilities access to information.

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(continued from page 1) NOTICE TO ILLINOISTEACHERS

The Chicago Section-ACS is anISBE provider for professionaldevelopment units for Illinois teach-ers. Teachers who register for thismonth's meeting wil l have theopportunity to earn up to 4 CPDU's.

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FREE T-SHIRTSThe Hospitality Committee raffles

one T-shirt at each monthly dinnermeeting. The shirt has CHICAgOspelled out using the periodic table.So come to a monthly meeting andmaybe you’ll win one!

IN THIS ISSUE1 — Important Notice1 — Dinner Meeting2 — Notice to Illinois Teachers2 — Digital Talking Book3 — ChemShorts for Kids:

Flower Food 3 — New Podcast for Young

Listeners4 — Gibbs Dinner

Reservation Coupon4 — Job Club 5 — Dinner Speaker,

Robert Massie6 — Chicago Section's NCW6 — March Historical Events

in Chemistry7 — Send in Your Email

Address!7 — Shampoo Chemistry

Lecture7 — Ad Index8 — Calendar

The Elementary Education Committeeof the Chicago Section ACS presentsthis column. They hope that it will reachyoung children and help increase theirscience literacy. Please cut it out andpass it on to your children, grandchil-dren, or elementary school teachers. Itis hoped that teachers will incorporatesome of the projects in this column intotheir lesson plans.

Flower Food

Kids, what’s up with those little cello-phane packets of powder that comewith cut flowers? They have three com-ponents:Food: Sugar is needed to continuedevelopment of a bud into a flower, andthe flower will perform better in terms ofsize, color and vase life.Hydrating agent: A wilted flower is onewhere the cells do not have their fullamount of water. The outside ring of thestem is made up of tiny tubes or ves-sels. This group of vessels transportswater from the roots (or vase) to theleaves and flowers. When a flowerdehydrates through harvest and ship-ping, the chemistry needs a jumpstart.Agents that lower the solution pHencourage hydration. This is normally amild acid such as citric acid.Antibacterial agent: The water in thevase can quickly become bacteriasoup. All it takes is a few stray pieces ofplant tissue and some latent bacteria.Bacteria in the water will form plugs inthe stem of the flower, blocking thewater from flowing through the stem ofthe flower. The preservative containsan antibacterial agent to stop this fromhappening.

Most packets contain 5 grams andmake one pint of solution. Averagevases hold at least one quart of water,however. Use too little solution andthere is not enough antibacterial agentand you may get cloudy, smelly water.The best remedy is to make your ownat home!

Tulips are a good flower to test plainwater versus a preservative (eithercommercial or homemade). Use thesame number of flowers per container,the same size container, and the samevolume of liquid. Use warm water (100-110°F or 38-40°C) because it will moveinto the stems better than cold water.Tap water is fine; in fact the chlorine intap water acts as a natural disinfectant.Have an adult partner handle thebleach in these recipes:

Recipe #1* 2 cups lemon-lime soda (e.g.,

Sprite™ or 7-Up™)* 1/2-teaspoon household chlorine

bleach* 2 cups warm water

Recipe #2* 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice* sugar* household chlorine bleach* 1-quart warm water

Recipe #3* 2 tablespoons white vinegar* 2 tablespoons sugar* 1/2-teaspoon household chlorine

bleach* 1-quart warm water

Which ingredient acts as the food, thehydrating acid, and the antibacterialagent in each recipe?

We have even found websites advo-cating the use of ListerineTM mouth-wash because it contains all of theseingredients! (e.g. http://ars.org/About_Roses/conditioning_noble.html)

References:Ann Marie Helmenstine at http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryhow-toguide/a/cutflowers.htm

Karen Marinelli at http://ezinearticles.com/?Fresh-Cut-F l o w e r - P r e s e r v a t i v e - P a c k e t s&id=81863

Edited by K. A. CARRADO, ArgonneNational Laboratory

All past “ChemShorts”: http://membership.acs.org/C/Chicago/ChmShort/kidindex.html.

A NEW PODCAST FORYOUNG LISTENERS

The ACS Office of Communicationshas launched Bytesize Science, aneducational, entertaining podcast foryoung listeners. Like the flying car,Anglia, in the Harry Potter films, Byte-size Science transports kids, teachers,and other listeners into a real-life worldrealm where science is the enchant-ment. Bytesize Science translates cut-ting-edge scientific discoveries fromACS' 36 peer-reviewed journals intostories for young listeners about sci-ence, health, medicine, energy, food,and other topics. It also includes con-tent from Chemical & EngineeringNews. Contact 202-872-4400, m_bernstein@acs.org, or go to www.acs.organd search keyword "bytesize science".

AND GLADLY TEACH: ARESOURCE BOOK FORCHEMISTS CONSIDERINGACADEMIC CAREERS

Among the specific topics included inthe second edition of this 81-page bookare the nature of academic positions invarious types of institutions; prepara-tions to make while still in graduateschool; choosing between a postdoctor-al position and a temporary teachingjob; preparing a curriculum vitae,research proposal, and statement ofteaching philosophy; campus visits forjob interviews; weighing competing joboffers; and balancing time demands inworking toward tenure. Go towww.acs.org to search the book title.

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March, 2008 Vol. 95, No. 3. Pub-lished by the Chicago Section of TheAmerican Chemical Society, EditorialStaff: Cherlyn Bradley, Editor; FranKravitz, Associate Editor; Fadwa Al-Taher and Richard Treptow, Proof-readers; Frank Jarzembowski, Publi-cations Business Manager. Address:7173 North Austin, Niles, Illinois60714; 847/647-8405. Subscriptionrates: $15 per year. Frequency:monthly-September through June.

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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY CHICAGO SECTION

2008 WILLARD GIBBS MEDAL AWARD PRESENTATION

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008

You and your guests are cordially invited to attend the 97th presentation of the Josiah Willard Gibbs medal to Professor CarolynBertozzi, the T.Z. and Irmgard Chu Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, on Friday, May 9, at Carriage Greens Country Club, 8700 Carriage Greens Drive, Darien, IL 60561. A social hourbegins at 6 PM. Dinner is served at 7 PM. Dr. Bertozzi’s talk will begin at approximately 8:30 pm.

After a social hour with Hors-d’oeuvres and both Champagne Punch and Non-alcoholic Punch, dinner on this special occasion includesCaesar Salad; a choice of Seared Medallions of Beef with Burgundy Reduction Sauce, Broiled Atlantic Salmon with Bearnaise Sauce,or Pasta Primavera; Twice Baked Potato and Whole Baby Green Beans; and Peach Cobbler, as well as Wine.

To reserve your tickets, please call the Chicago Section office at 847-647-8405 or register at http://ChicagoACS.org by Tuesday, May 6and pay $45 at the door, or fill out the attached reservation form and mail it with your payment of $45 by Wednesday, April 30 to theaddress below. If you have not paid dues to the Local Chicago Section ($15 per year), the price is $47. Tables of 10 may be reserved.If you request seating for a group, please include a list of names of the people in your group and their meal choices. Tickets andnametags will be available at the door. No refunds will be made after noon, on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.

The Gibbs Award Dinner is always a memorable occasion. Only the Nobel Prize is considered more prestigious. Please come to salutethe recipient and rejoice in Dr. Bertozzi’s achievements in and contribution to the science of Chemistry.

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Total Enclosed $___________ Payable at time of reservation, if reservation is made by mail. Please include a list of your guests’names, affiliations and dinner selections with this form.

Return with payment to: American Chemical Society, Gibbs Reservations7173 North Austin Ave., Niles, IL 60714

JOB CLUBThe next meeting of the Chicago Sec-

tion ACS Job Club will be held onThursday, March 27 at 5:00 p.m. atCafé La Cave. The meeting will includea review and discussion of some of thetools that a chemist can use to conducta job search.

The Job Club provides a continuing

opportunity for unemployed members ofthe Section to meet with one another,share their experiences and develop anetwork that may help in identifyingemployment opportunities. Bring plenty ofresumes and business cards to distributeto your colleagues. Be prepared to talkabout the kind of job you are seeking.Should you wish to attend the Sec-

tion's dinner meeting following the

Job Club, the cost is $18 and youcan continue your networking activi-ties. Please call the Section office forreservations and indicate that you areeligible for a discount.

Also, the Chicago Section's websitehas a link to the Job Club's yahoo jobforum group. If you can't attend the JobClub, you can still find out about jobopenings and other information.

MR. ROBERT J. MASSIE,PRESIDENT OF CHEMICALABSTRACTS SERVICESWe are pleased and honored to have

as our speaker for this evening Mr.Robert J. Massie, who most of us knowas Bob. He joined the ACS staff ashead of Chemical Abstract Service –CAS. He came to CAS with an exten-sive background in publishing, havingserved as President and CEO of GaleResearch Inc, a subsidiary of theThomson organization. He has alsoheld senior executive positions with theTorstar Corporation and was manage-ment consultant with McKinsey & Co. inNew York. While with Torstar, he man-aged 10 global subsidiaries and jointventures in Asia, Latin America andEurope. He also practiced law withCovington & Burling in WashingtonD.C., where one of his areas of special-izations was Food and Drug Law. Bob holds a joint JD/MBA degree from

Columbia University, where he was aHarlan Fiske Stone scholar. He is anhonors graduate of Yale College.When he came to CAS in 1992, CAS

was not the dynamic abstracting andpublishing giant that i t is today,although it has been doing a creditable

and successful job for ACS in this areasince its establishment in 1907. As theorganization observed its 100thanniversary in 2007, there was much tocelebrate. Although CAS has alwaysbeen among the leaders in abstractingand distributing information regardingchemical science and technology, thereis no doubt that during the past tenyears, it has opened new paths andblazed new frontiers in abstracting anddistributing such information. Much ofthis growth and pioneering advance-ment has been due to the leadershipthat Bob has given since assuming theleadership in Columbus. In addition to being an outstanding lead-

er for CAS and the American ChemicalSociety, Bob has also been a leader inthe Greater Columbus community. He isa member of several community boards,has served as Chair of the ColumbusChamber of Commerce and received theExecutive of the Year Award from theIndustry & Technology Council of CentralOhio. In 2003, he received the Patterson-Crane Award from the Columbus - Day-ton Sections in recognition of his achieve-ments as the leader of the Society’sabstracting services.We could write much more about Bob

and his professional achievements. Itwould be much better, and you would

get a more complete story if you getyour copy of C&EN, June 11, 2007 andread about the 100th Anniversary ofCAS, where Bob has given his ownaccount, along with stories of many oth-ers. The June 11 issue was followed bythe June 18 issue, which tells the storyof CAS as a National Historic Land-mark, describing how it became a Soci-ety Treasure.

JIM SHOFFNER AND BARB MORIARTYCO-CHAIRS, PUBLIC AFFAIRSCOMMITTEE

PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT

ACS recognizes the importance ofprofessional development at all stagesof education and is expanding its offer-ings in a number of areas. ACS willcontinue to offer ChemCom andAdvanced Chemistry workshops in2008, with new offerings for middleschool teachers, high school teachersinterested in green chemistry, and post-docs planning academic careers. Go toChemistry.org and click on "education"for updates on these exciting ACSopportunities.

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NEW FOR CHICAGOSECTION'S NATIONALCHEMISTRY WEEKAre you interested in sharing your love

of chemistry? The Community AffairsCommittee needs your help!We are planning an exciting new pro-

gram to extend our outreach for Nation-al Chemistry Week. We already have atreasure trove of ideas from ourChemShorts for Kids series of scienceactivities for children. What we need isyour help in assisting or sponsoringsomeone with activities at your chil-dren’s or grandchildren’s school, yourlocal library, a church or Girl Scoutgroup, etc.

We will write an integrated, applica-tions-oriented activities plan related tothe 2008 NCW theme – "Having a Ballwith Chemistry"! All of the activities willuse readily available, consumer-typematerials with minimal setup.

Please sign up now to join us in thisexciting new program! Send your nameand contact information to Irene Cesa,Community Affairs Chair, aticesa@flinnsci.com or contact theChicago Section Office atchicagoacs@ameritech.net.We look forward to hearing from you!

MARCH HISTORICALEVENTS IN CHEMISTRYMarch 1, 1771 John McLean, f irstprofessor of chemistry at Princeton Uni-versity, established the first laboratoryof chemistry in North America.

March 10, 1851 William McMurtie, whodid research on methods for convertingsewage to ferti l izer, was born. Heserved as president of the AmericanChemical Society.

March 18, 1900 Laueren B. Hitchcock,an expert in chemistry of the environ-ment, was born.

March 21, 1817 George W. Rains,who was a chemistry teacher and aConfederate Army chemist, was born.

LEOPOLD MAYThe Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC

Additional historical events can befound at Dr. May’s website, www.faculty.cua.edu/may/Chemistrycalendar.htm.

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THE SOCIETY OF COSMETICCHEMISTS: JANUARY 2008LECTURE ON SHAMPOOCHEMISTRYOut of curiosity, I attended the January

2008 meeting of the Midwest section ofthe Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC)in Westmont, IL. I highly recommendattending one of their meetings. It was avery lively occasion. My curiosity aboutSCC was piqued last fall at the ChicagoSection Chemistry Day at IIT when Iwatched participants make lotions. During the meeting, I had the chance to

talk with the invited speaker, EdwardDiAntonio of Amerchol Corporation (asubsidiary of The Dow Chemical Compa-ny). The lecture was titled, "Selecting theOptimum Silicone Particle Size/CationicPolymer Structure to Maximize ShampooConditioning Performance." I asked himhow he got interested in cosmetic chem-istry. It was purely by chance that heinterviewed at a fragrance company inaddition to other chemical companies.From the fragrance industry it was a natu-ral transition to the cosmetic chemistry.Mr. DiAntonio gave a very informative

lecture on how hair of different ethnic origin(European vs. Asian) is affected by differ-ences in a polymer’s charge, hydrophobic

character and molecular weight. I learnedthat hair is negatively charged. Shampooconsists of three components: polymer, sil-icone and surfactant. Cellulose polymercan be positively charged with trimethy-lamine groups that help it to stick to hair.Silicone particles are carried along with thepolymer and act as the conditioner thatkeeps hair healthy. Finally, the surfactant(the soap) cleans and creates micelle cavi-ties that help dissolve other active ingredi-ents. Hair from different ethnic groupsresponds very differently to shampoo for-mulations. I never realized that hair hasenergy. It is called zeta potential and is ameasure of how much negative charge ison hair fibers. One of the ways the condi-tioning effect of shampoos can be mea-sured is by measuring how much siliconethey can deposit. Small silicone particlesize deposits readily on European brownhair. Higher molecular weight and chargedpolymer deposits even better. By contrast,large silicone particles adhere better toAsian hair, and low molecular weight andpolymer content are favored. The end ofthe presentation left me even more inter-ested in hair, ethnicity and zeta potential. Ilook forward to more interesting lectures atfuture SCC meetings!

WANDA K. HARTMANNWKH CHEM CONSULTING

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YOUR SECTION NEEDSYOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!!

We need your e-mail address inorder for the Chicago Section to bet-ter communicate with you. TheChicago Section is investigatingways to reduce the Section budgetso more money can be used inmember’s programs such as educa-tion, community outreach, and otherprogram areas. One way is tochange the Chemical Bulletin to anelectronic version this year. Thisdoes not mean there will not be apaper version of the Chemical Bul-letin. The idea is to reduce our print-ing and mailing costs.

Please send your e-mail addresswith your name and phone numberto the Section off ice atchicagoacs@ameritech.net. If youchange your email address, pleaselet us know! We do not share thisinformation with other organizations.

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March 2-9: PittCon Conference and Expo, New Orleans,LA. For further information, call (412) 825-3220. Website:www.pittcon.org.

March 26: The Society of Cosmetic Chemists MidwestChapter will host TEAMWORKS 2008, the premier industri-al trade show for the personal care industry in mid-America,Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL.,12:00 noon – 7:00 pm. The event is free, but pre-registeringonline is recommended at the SCC Midwest Chapter web-site (www.midwestscc.org). For further details call (888)411-4264 or email teamworks@midwestscc.org.

March 27: Chicago Section's Public Affairs Meeting. BobMassie, CAS president, is the after-dinner speaker. This isa Thursday meeting. See this issue.

April 6-10: The 235th ACS National Meeting & Exposition,New Orleans, LA. Website:acs.org.

April 6-10: The 2008 AIChE Spring Meeting, New Orleans,LA. Website: www/aiche.org/Conferences/SpringMeeting/index.aspx.

April 17: Chicago Section's joint dinner meeting with theJoliet Section. This is a Thursday meeting.

May 6-9: The Consumer Specialty Product Association(CSPA) Mid-Year Meeting, Chicago, IL. Contact AnnWheeler at (202) 872-8110; email:awheeler@cspa.org.Website: www.cspa.org.

May 9: Chicago Section's Gibbs Award Banquet. Notechange in date. See reservation coupon in this issue.

June 18 - July 2: 2008: Science History Tour to France.Contact Lee Marek at Lmarek@aol.com or Yvonne Twom-ey at ytwomey@mindspring.com.

June 20: Chicago Section's luncheon meeting.

June 24-26: 12th Annual Green Chemistry & EngineeringConference, Washington, D.C. For more information, call(202) 872-6102, email: greenchem2008@acs.org. Web-site: www.gcande.org.

July 7-11: 60th Anniversary Inter/Micro Conferencefocused on applied microscopy, hosted by the McCroneResearch Institute will be held in Chicago at the MillenniumKnickerbocker Hotel. For information, contact Lauren Loganat intermicro@mcri.org or go to www.mcri.org. Call forpapers is open until March 15.

July 27-31: 20th Biennial Conference on Chemical Educa-tion, Bloomington, IN. For further information, emailBCCE2008@indiana.edu. Website: bcce2008indiana.edu.

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