The American Chemical Society is the world's largest scientific society and its Akron Section is one of the society's 188 local sections. The ACS Akron Section serves Summit, Stark, and Portage counties, including the cities of Akron, Canton, and Kent, in the state of Ohio.
Winter/Spring 1999
Committee Meeting
A special Executive Committee meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Friday June 25 in Hudson, with cook-out at 5:30 pm and business at 6:30 pm. Long-range planning for the section is the subject. Elements include mission statement, and goals, objectives, and action plans. Some topics might be membership, participation, outreach, teachers, ACESS, and by-laws.
Career Service
Amy Milsted of the U of Akron and Jim Visintainer of Goodyear Research have been appointed as National ACS Career Consultants by the Council Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs. Amy and Jim are members of the Akron Section, and can give advice to a broad range of ACS membership, from new graduates who need guidance in beginning a professional career, to mid-career chemists seeking a new direction and assistance in identifying transferable skills.
The career program is available to Akron Section members, but to maintain confidentiality, Akron Section members will not be matched with these consultants from their own section. For more information about the program or about being matched with a consultant, contact Elaine Diggs at 800-227-5558x4436. This service may be particularly valuable to our members whose employment was terminated this month at BFGoodrich's Brecksville facility.
General Meeting
The May general meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Wednesday evening May 19, 1999 at Tangier. The schedule is social at 5:15, dinner at 6:00, business at 6:50, and presentation at 7:00. Dinner costs $14 for members and guests and $7 for students. Dave Giffels and Steve Lovefrom the Akron Beacon Journal will discuss Wheels of Fortune: History of Tires in Akron. Also, several major awards of the Akron Section will be presented. The program is free and open to the public. Dinner reservations are required by noon on May 17. Please send e-mail to Ann Bolek or call 330-972-6264. Further information can be found in the abstracts, biographies, and newsletter.
Committee Meeting
The May Executive Committee meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Tuesday May 4 at 5:10 pm, in the University of Akron Knight Chemical Laboratories. Members of the committee who cannot attend are urged to submit reports to the Secretary. Other issues can be addressed to the Chair. This will likely be the final Executive Committee meeting before summer break.
General Meeting
The April general meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Wednesday evening April 21, 1999 at Tangier. The schedule is social at 5:15, dinner at 6:00, business at 6:50, and presentation at 7:00. Dinner costs $14 for members and guests and $7 for students. Jeff Lynn from a forensic organization will discuss Trace Evidence Analysis. Note that the originally scheduled speaker and presentation have been changed. Also, new fifty-year ACS members of the Akron Section will be recognized. The program is free and open to the public. Dinner reservations are required by noon on April 19. Please send e-mail to Ann Bolek or call 330-972-6264. Further information can be found in the abstracts, biographies, and newsletter.
Reference Volumes
A member of the Akron Section has acquired some of the important organic chemistry volumes from the reference library of a defunct Akron business. He would like to donate these volumes to a person or organization, such as a school library, that would make use of them. Please contact the Webmaster, who will coordinate the transfer of these reference volumes.
Committee Meeting
The April Executive Committee meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Tuesday April 6 at 5:10 pm, in the University of Akron Knight Chemical Laboratories. Members of the committee who cannot attend are urged to submit reports to the Secretary. Other issues can be addressed to the Chair.
Judges Needed
Help our young people in their study of science and encourage them to consider science as a career. There are two science fairs in March for middle and high school students that need judges. On Saturday, March 6, the Akron Public Schools holds its annual Akron Science and Technology Expo at Central-Hower High School. On Saturday, March 27, the Western Reserve District Science Day will be held at the Gardner Student Center on the campus of the University of Akron. At both events, judges will meet at 7:30 am for coffee and donuts and finish by 12:00 noon with a complementary lunch.
Please contact Walt Ruthenburg or call 330-796-7385 with your name and some means of contacting you. Walt can provide additional details, which will also be published in the February Akron ChemLine.
Annual Report
One of the top activities of the ACS Akron Section, according to its annual report, is Project Seed. The section increased its involvement in this national activity in 1998 by hosting six students, the most in this decade for the section. Four were Summer I students (new to the program) and two were Summer II students (repeating a second year). Five of the students worked at the University of Akron and the remaining student worked at BFGoodrich Research. For the first time, unfortunately, the section had a drop out. The five students that completed the program enjoyed the work and learned about chemistry careers. They wrote papers on their work at the end of their projects and presented posters to the section at the October general meeting. The students, along with their parents and preceptors, were recognized at this general meeting. Thanks go to Claire Tessier, Roger Crawford, and the preceptors for their work with this program. Contact Roger Crawford at 330-972-6838 for information on 1999 Project Seed.
Newsletter Printing
Harlan Wilk, the ACS Akron Section newsletter editor, arranged for an experimental printing process to be used to print the paper version of the March issue of the Akron ChemLine. A result of the process is that Rich Corbett of Consolidated Printing and Publishing produced offset printing plates directly from Harlan's computer files. Comments can be directed to the editor.
General Meeting
The March general meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Wednesday evening March 17, 1999 at Tangier. The schedule is social at 5:15, dinner at 6:00, business at 6:50, and presentation at 7:00. Dinner costs $14 for members and guests and $7 for students. Thomas Holmefrom The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee will discuss Teaching and Technology in the Chemistry Classroom. Also, Peter Wipf of the University of Pittsburgh will be presented with the Akron Section Award. The program is free and open to the public. Dinner reservations are required by noon on March 15. Please send e-mail to Ann Bolek or call 330-972-6264. Further information can be found in the abstracts, biographies, and newsletter.
Committee Meeting
The March Executive Committee meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Tuesday March 2 at 5:10 pm, in the University of Akron Knight Chemical Laboratories. Members of the committee who cannot attend are urged to submit reports to the Secretary. Other issues can be addressed to the Chair.
General Meeting
The February general meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Tuesday evening February 23, 1999 at Tangier. The schedule is social at 5:30, dinner at 6:15, business at 7:00, and presentation at 7:15. Dinner costs $14 for members and guests and $7 for students. Barry Van Gamertfrom PPG Industries will discuss The Commercialization of Photochromism . The program is free and open to the public. Dinner reservations are required by noon on February 22. Please send e-mail to Ann Bolek or call 330-972-6264. Further information can be found in the abstracts, biographies, and newsletter.
Committee Meeting
The February Executive Committee meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Tuesday February 2 at 5:10 pm, in the University of Akron Knight Chemical Laboratories. Members of the committee who cannot attend are urged to submit reports to the Secretary. Other issues can be addressed to the Chair. Committee Chairs should have their 1999 committees organized by this date.
General Meeting
The January general meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Wednesday evening January 20, 1999 at Tangier. The schedule is social at 5:15, dinner at 6:00, business at 6:50, and presentation at 7:00. Dinner costs $14 for members and guests and $7 for students. Robert E Hall from the Goodyear Technical Center will discuss Runflat Tires, Evolution and Future . The program is free and open to the public. Members of the ACS Rubber Division are especially invited. Dinner reservations are required by noon on Monday January 18. Please send e-mail to Ann Bolek or call 330-972-6264.
Committee Meeting
The January Executive Committee meeting of the ACS Akron Section will be held on Tuesday January 5 at 5:10 pm, in the University of Akron Knight Chemical Laboratories. Members of the committee who cannot attend are urged to submit reports to the Secretary. Other issues can be addressed to the Chair. The transition between the outgoing and incoming Executive Committees will take place. This will be an excellent opportunity to transfer files and materials.
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