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CNC-ACS Officers
Dr. Deborah Pritchard Chair [email protected]
Dr. Fenghai Guo Chair Elect [email protected]
Dr. John Merle Treasurer/Secretary [email protected]
CNC-ACS Website: http://www.cnc-acs.sites.acs.org/
Newsletter Editor: Bill Eberle [email protected]
Speaker Bio 2
50 Year CNC-ACS Mem-bers
3
National Chemistry Week 4-5
Local Section News 6,7
CNC-ACS Committee Members
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Highlights in this issue: Page
Volume 47, Number 8, October 2015
Central North Carolina Section American Chemical Society
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Packed October Schedule
October Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Robert Yokley: “Chili Peppers – the Chemistry of Capsai-
cin”.
When: Thursday, October 8, 2015 (6:30 Social, 7:00 Meeting)
Where: New Student Center (Room B and C) , Salem College, Winston-
Salem
National Chemistry Week Event
When: Sunday, October 18, 2015; 1-4pm
Where: Franks Family Science Center, Guilford College, Greensboro
Analytical Group Speaker
Speaker: Dr. David Muddiman, NC State: “Innovative Molecular Tech-
nologies to Unravel Complex Biological Questions” (A Mass Spectome-
try based talk).
When: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 (6:30 Social, 7:00 Meeting)
Where: Syngenta Auditorium, Greensboro
October Speaker Information
Robert A. Yokley, Ph.D.
Robert was born in Hohenwald, TN and grew up in Tennessee, Indiana, and Maryland. He
started his college career at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro TN but com-
pletion was postponed while he served in the U.S. Marine Corps in Viet Nam (1969-70). After
he graduated from Middle Tennessee State Univer-
sity in 1972 with a B.S. degree in chemistry he ob-
tained employment with the Food and Drug Divi-
sion, Tennessee Department of Agriculture in
Nashville. It was here that he developed a passion
for analytical chemistry and a desire to further his
education. Thus, he later entered graduate school
at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he
obtained a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry under the
direction of Professors Gleb Mamantov and Earl
Wehry. He then worked on various environmental
research projects for the Coal Research Division of CONOCO, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA for five
years before accepting a position with Ciba-Geigy Corporation in Greensboro, NC. This al-
lowed him to return to his first love, analytical chemistry. Due to various mergers, Ciba-
Geigy became Novartis in 1997 and Syngenta in 2000. During his tenure, he traveled to nu-
merous locations around the world including China, India, Japan, Viet Nam (2008), South
Africa, Switzerland, England, and The Netherlands to give invited oral presentations or to
solve analytical issues of importance to Syngenta. He is the author or co-author of more than
20 published, peer-reviewed research papers and six book chapters on applications of gas and
liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. He also serves as a referee/reviewer for four
scientific journals.
Robert retired from Syngenta in July 2008 but continued working part-time for the company
until July 2013. He serves as a Councilor for the Central North Carolina Section of the Amer-
ican Chemical Society (ACS) and as a member and sub-committee chair of the ACS’s Nation-
al Committee on Nomenclature, Terminology, and Symbols. He also occasionally writes arti-
cles for the publication Celebrating Chemistry.
Robert currently lives in Belews Creek, NC and Lawrenceville, NJ. The half time residence in
each state is because his wife, Phyllis Fangli Yokley, is vice-president of Finance and Opera-
tions for a Specialty Chemical Company near Princeton, NJ. Robert enjoys driving his vin-
tage Triumph sports car in tours and rallies, boating, tennis, and writing. He and his wife
share a love of travel, hiking, fine and exotic dining, poker, and frequent socialization with
family and friends. They are members of the Lutheran Church. He has two daughters and
four grandchildren living in Kernersville and Greensboro.
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Honoring our 50 and 60 year CNC-ACS Members
Our 50 and 60 year members will be recognized at the Analytical Meeting on Tuesday, Octo-
ber 27, 2015 at Syngenta. This is always a special meeting as these individuals represent 350
years of chemistry experience. They started their chemistry careers during a time when re-
search and teaching were carried out in a very different manner. Consider:
1960: 5 hours: time it took for a chemist to do a search for one compound
Mid 1960s: Calculations still being done by slide rule
1980: hand held scientific calculators become “reasonably” affordable for students (~$75 in
1980 dollars)
Late 80s: use of the Internet introduced
1987: Microsoft Excel released
1988: Introduction of modems (editor’s note: I had a blazing fast 9600 kbyte modem on my
NMR in 1989)
1993: Adobe offers pdf file free of charge
1998: Founding of Google
CNC-ACS 50 Year Members
David Gleeson
John McKenzie
Arnulf Mohar
Dr. Wid Painter
Dr. Ronald Patterson
Robert Speth
Dr. Stephen Turner
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Chemistry Day 2015 – Announcement
and Call for Volunteers!
Colleagues,
Our annual Chemistry Day celebration will be here soon and we would like to invite you and your college, organiza-tion, or company to participate! Chemistry Day is our way to celebrate National Chemistry Week and to increase the public appreciation of chemistry, increase the interest of young people in the Triad in chemistry, and generate enthu-siasm for the creative future of chemistry.
The theme for 2015 is “"Chemistry Colors Our World: Exploring the chemistry of dyes, pigments, and light”. We plan to have our Chemistry Day celebration on Sunday, October 18, 2015, 1 pm – 4 pm at the Frank Family Science Center at Guilford College in Greensboro. We hope to have a number of activities exploring the positive impacts of chemistry and communicating the importance of chemistry to our quality of life. These activities include hands-on activities, chemistry shows, and demos/displays from local business and colleges. This event will be open to the public and will be absolutely free.
Past celebrations have featured activities and presentations by numerous scientists representing great Triad univer-sities and businesses. We would love for you and your college, organization, or business to organize a hands-on chemistry activity or a demo/display table on some interesting and fun aspects of chemistry. Relevance to this year’s theme, to your research activities, or to your company’s products are a plus but please feel free to choose any topic of general chemistry which would be fun and interesting to our youth. In addition, we welcome any donations of items that could be used for goody bags or game prizes (pens, pencils, erasers, magnets, etc.).
We also need volunteers for other operations such as registration, snacks, cleanup, etc. Please contact us if you would like to participate so that we can save a spot for you!
Thank you very much for your time and support!
Kindest Regards,
Coordinator – CNC-ACS cynthia.williarCynthia Williard NCW [email protected] (336) 335-6729 ITG Brands 420 N English St Greensboro, NC 27405
Dennis Ergle NCW Coordinator – CNC-ACS [email protected] (336) 335-6629 ITG Brands 420 N English St Greensboro, NC 27405
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Keep Current on Local Section Events
Depending on your preference, you can keep up with local section events in the following ways:
Twitter:
The CNC-ACS is running two Twitter accounts. The first is @CNC_ACS and our name is Central NC
ACS and is being moderated by Gail Webster. The second account is named PosterVendorNight,
@PosterVendor_15 .
Newsletter:
You can request to receive an electronic copy of the newsletter by contacting the editor, Bill Eberle at
Website:
The local section website is at http://cnc-acs.sites.acs.org/.
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Stream Cleanup
TJ Mayer and family represented the CNC-ACS and cleaned a section of stream between
W. Smith Street and Guilford Avenue in downtown Greensboro. Thanks to TJ and his fami-
ly.
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Dear Silver Circle Members,
REMINDER – our next meeting will take place Tuesday, 13 October at Syngenta in Greensboro. The goal will be to discuss and address any last minute planning details for National Chemistry Week (Sunday, 18 October) and to develop our action plan for participation in the new ACS “Science Coaches” program for the preK-12 grade levels. We need your ideas and guidance. This will also be a good time to establish the dates and activities for our six meetings in 2016 (bring your calendar). For example, would anyone be interested in a day trip to one of the sci-ence museums in Raleigh?
Bring a dish to share (drinks will be provided) but bringing a dish is not a requirement to attend. We will dine from 6:30 to about 7:15 PM followed by our business meeting.
Contact Robert Yokley for more information.
Call for Nominations for the CNC-ACS Executive Committee
The following positions will be up for election at our November Section Meeting. If you are interested in
running for these positions, please contact Debbie Pritchard.
Chair Elect: This position is a two year position where the candidate works with the Chair in 2016, and
assumes the duties of Chair in 2017.
Director (2 positions): This position is an at large seat on the Executive Committee.
Treasurer: This candidate is responsible for the financial transactions of the local section.
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Officer and Committee Head Contacts
Office Officer E-mail Phone
Chair Deborah Pritchard [email protected] 409-6673
Chair Elect Fenghai Guo [email protected] 750-3158
Secretary/Treasurer John Merle [email protected] 750-2237
Councilor ('16) Robert Yokley [email protected] 558.8212
Councilor ('15) Gail Webster [email protected] 316-2486
Alternate Councilor ('17) Ed Robinson [email protected] 337-3361 Alternate Councilor ('17) Rich Honeycutt [email protected] 601-8117
Director ('15) Bill Eberle [email protected] 632-7569
Director ('15) TJ Mayer [email protected] 632-6079
Past Chair Cale Murray [email protected] 501-4706
Analytical Sub Group Jeremi Johnson [email protected] 335-6624
Awards Robert Yokley [email protected] 558-8212
Education Yulia Basova [email protected] 834-2335
* Chemsense OPEN
* National Chemistry Olympiad Bakarr Kanu [email protected] 750-3199;
* Science Center Advisor Jerry Walsh [email protected] 334-5672
* UNC-G High School Lab Day Jerry Walsh [email protected] 334-5672
Earth Day Bill Nell [email protected] 764-9322
Government Relations Edward Robinson [email protected] 335-6625
Hospitality OPEN
Long Range Planning OPEN
Membership OPEN
Minority Affairs Julius Harp [email protected] 285-2239
National Chemistry Week Dennis Ergle [email protected] 335-6629
Cynthia Willard [email protected] 335-6729
Newsletter Editor Bill Eberle [email protected] 632-7569
Poster Vendor Night
* Vendor Coordinator Sameer Tyagi [email protected]
* Poster Coordinator Jill Tierney [email protected] 430-8601
Project Seed OPEN
Professional Relations Doug Tsao [email protected]
Public Relations & Publicity Doug Tsao [email protected]
Public Affairs Edward Robinson [email protected] 335-6625
* Science Advisor - Mark Walker Dave MacInnes [email protected] 254-8453
* Science Advisor - Richard Burr Liliana Garcia [email protected]
Student Member Coordinators Matt Beck/Jonathan Hawxhurst
[email protected] [email protected]
Silver Circle Robert Yokley [email protected] 558.8212
Web Page Tim Ballard [email protected] 785-3252
Womens Chemists Gail Webster [email protected] 316-2486
Younger Chemists OPEN
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