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Richard Bunce Wins Oklahoma Award Richard A. Bunce, professor of chemistry at Oklahoma State University, is the recipient of the 2009 Oklahoma Chemist Award from ACS's Oklahoma sections. His research is on mechanistic organic chemistry, the development of new tandem reactions for organic synthesis, and asymmetric organic synthesis. The award includes $1,000 and a plaque. Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society Posted with permission from Chem. Eng. News, May 11, 2009, 87(19) p.35. 50 and 60 Year Members Honored at May Local Section Meeting
Sixty Year Service Awards: Mr. Keith Angus Catto Retired: Halliburton and Oklahoma Geological Survey Dr. Cedomir M. Sliepcevich Emeritus: University of Oklahoma Dr. Lowell E. Netherton Oklahoma City, OK Dr. George Rozier Waller Emeritus: Oklahoma State University
Fifty Year Service Awards: Dr. D. S. Arnold Retired: Kerr McGee Dr. Rolan V. Decker Emeritus: Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ. Dr. Tommy Karns Emeritus: University of Oklahoma Dr. Edward Neparko Emeritus: Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ. Dr. Francis J. Schmitz Emeritus: University of Oklahoma
Local Section Olympiad Winners were Honored at May 2009 Section Meeting High school students from the Oklahoma Section of the ACS once again participated in the Chemistry Olympiad. The students took the United States National Chemistry Olympiad Exam, consisting of multiple choice, free response, and laboratory practical sections, at Oklahoma Baptist University this spring. These students and their teachers were honored at the May Oklahoma Local Section Meeting at the Oklahoma School of Science and Math in Oklahoma City. The students and their teachers are:
Link: Local Section Names Top Projects in Chemistry at State Science Fair Nearly 100 senior high projects and nearly 150 junior high projects were judged at the 2009 Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair held in late March at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. Three projects involving chemistry were chosen at each level to receive awards from the Oklahoma Local Section of the ACS. The awards include a certificate of accomplishment and a check, and were presented at the science fair banquet by Dr. Ken Brown. The following students were presented with awards. Senior High Division John Moore, Grove, OK, "The Cellulose Race: A comparative study of various pretreatments and enzyme hydrolysis treatments on cellulose decomposition". Ruthie Cantu, Moore, OK, "Methamphetamines: Hiding in Plain Sight". Daniel Wilburn, Fitzhugh, OK, "Lighting the Way! A Study of Maximizing Luminol Chemiluminescence". Junior High Division Emilie Salisbury, Mutual, OK, "Liquor Does it Quicker" (a comparative study of ethanol blended fuels). Brock Marble, Atoka, OK, "Bio-Alternative to Methyl Bromide". Tony Jasak, Norman, OK, "The Effects of Aeration and Fatty Acid on Ethanol Yield".
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