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PMSE Executive Committee


    OFFICERS, 2005
    POSITION: Chair
    Benny D. Freeman
    University of Texas at Austin
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    10100 Burnet Road, Building 133
    Austin, TX 78758
    WORK: (512) 232-2803
    FAX: (512) 232-2807
    e-mail: freeman@che.utexas.edu
    POSITION: Chair-Elect
    CHAIR: Meeting Arrangements
    Ronald N. DeMartino
    11 Mandeville Drive
    Wayne, NJ 07470
    WORK: (973) 696-8839
    HOME: (973) 696-8839
    FAX: (973) 696-8839
    e-mail: rndemartino@optonline.net
    POSITION: Vice Chair
    Elliot P. Douglas
    Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
    University of Florida
    P.O. Box 116400, 323 MAE
    Gainesville, FL 32611
    WORK: (352) 846-2836
    FAX: (352) 392-3771
    e-mail: edoug@mse.ufl.edu
    POSITION: Secretary, 2005-2006

    Julie Jessop
    University of Iowa
    Dept. of Chemical & Biochemical Engg.
    4133 Seamans Center
    Iowa City, IA 52242-1527
    WORK: (319) 335-0681
    FAX: (319) 335-1415
    e-mail: julie-jessop@uiowa.edu
    POSITION: Treasurer, 2004-2005
    CHAIR: Finance and Investment
    E. Bryan Coughlin
    Dept. of Polymer Science & Engineering
    University of Massachusetts
    120 Governors Drive
    Amherst, MA 01003-4530
    WORK: (413) 577-1616
    FAX: (413) 545-0082
    e-mail: coughlin@mail.pse.umass.edu
    POSITION: Past Chair
    CHAIR: Nominations
    A. Jay Dias
    ExxonMobil Chemical Company
    Baytown Polymer Center
    5200 Bayway Drive
    Baytown, TX 77520-5200
    WORK: (281) 834-5199
    FAX: (281) 834-2678
    e-mail: jay.dias@exxonmobil.com
    POSITION: Administrative Assistant Eileen Ernst
    2088 Berwyn Street
    Union, NJ 07083
    WORK: (908) 851-9465
    FAX: (908) 810-0723
    HOME: (908) 851-9465
    e-mail: eernst@comcast.net

    COUNCILORS

    POSITION: Councilor, 2003-2005
    CO-CHAIR: Long-Range Planning
    Ray A. Dickie
    6429 Mount Mitchell Road
    Efland, NC 27243
    HOME: (919) 563-9617
    e-mail: rdickie@mebtel.net
    POSITION: Councilor, 2004-2006
    CO-CHAIR: Long-Range Planning
    Michael Jaffe
    N.J. Institute of Technology
    Medical Device Concept Laboratory
    111 Lock Street
    Newark, NJ 07103
    WORK: (973) 353-1462
    FAX: (973) 353-3556
    HOME: (973) 761-1184
    e-mail: jaffe@adm.njit.edu
    POSITION: Councilor, 2003-2005
    David J. Lohse
    ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
    Corporate Strategic Research Laboratories
    1545 Route 22 East
    Annandale, NJ 08801
    WORK: (908) 730-2541
    FAX: (262) 313-4715
    HOME: (908) 526-6196
    e-mail: david.j.lohse@exxonmobil.com
    POSITION: Councilor, 2005-2006
    CHAIR: DAC Liaison
    Theodore Provder
    Director, Coatings Research Institute
    Eastern Michigan University
    430 West Forest Avenue
    Ypsilanti, MI 48197
    WORK: (734) 487-2203
    FAX: (734) 483-0085
    HOME: (440) 235-3680
    e-mail: ted.provder@emich.edu; tprovder@worldnet.att.net

    ALTERNATE COUNCILORS

    POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2004-2006
    CHAIR: Roy W. Tess Award
    CO-CHAIR: Audit; Long-Range Planning
    David R. Bauer
    Ford Motor Company
    MD-3182, SRL
    P.O. Box 2053
    Dearborn, MI 48121-2053
    WORK: (313) 594-1756
    FAX: (313) 323-1129
    e-mail: dbauer3@ford.com
    POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2003-2005
    CO-CHAIR: Joint Polymer Education;

    PMSE Representative to IPEC
    Charles E. Carraher
    Florida Atlantic University
    Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
    500 N.W. 20th Street
    Boca Raton, FL 33431
    WORK: (561) 297-2107
    FAX: (561) 297-2759
    HOME: (954) 755-2768
    e-mail: carraher@fau.edu; carrahercm@aol.com
    POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2003-2005
    Clara D. Craver
    Consultant
    Goose Creek Lake
    Highway Y
    P.O. Box 265
    French Village, MO 63036-0265
    *November – April
    500 Park Blvd. South, #72
    Venice, FL 34285
    email: claracraver@comcast.net
    WORK: (573) 358-2589
    ALTERNATE*: (941) 485-0820
    FAX: (573) 358-2589
    e-mail: clara@irspectroscopy.com

    POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2005-2006
    COMMITTEE: Long-Range Planning
    Christopher K. Ober
    Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
    Cornell University
    327 Bard Hall
    Ithaca, NY 14853-1501
    WORK: (607) 255-8417
    FAX: (607) 255-6575
    e-mail: cober@ccmr.cornell.edu

    MEMBERS-AT-LARGE, 2005-2006

    CO-CHAIR: Technical Program
    COMMITTEE: Ford Travel Grant

    Zhenan Bao
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    Stanford University

    381 North South Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-5025
    WORK: (650) 723-2419
    FAX: (650) 723-9780
    e-mail: zbao@chemeng.stanford.edu
    CO-CHAIR: Technical Program Timothy J. Bunning
    Air Force Research Laboratory
    Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
    AFRL/MLPJ
    3005 P. St., Suite 1
    WPAFB, OH 45433
    WORK: (937) 255-3808 x3167
    FAX: (937) 255-1128
    CELL: (937) 602-1638
    e-mail: timothy.bunning@wpafb.af.mil
    Paula T. Hammond
    Dept. of Chemical Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    25 Ames Street, 66-550
    Cambridge, MA 02139
    WORK: (617) 258-7577
    FAX: (617) 258-5766
    e-mail: hammond@mit.edu
    CHAIR: Newsletter/Publicity Debra Tindall
    Eastman Chemical Company
    P.O. Box 1972
    Kingsport, TN 37662-5150

    WORK: (423) 229-4821
    FAX: (423) 229-4558
    e-mail:
    dtindall@eastman.com

    COMMITTEE: Long-Range Planning Marek W. Urban
    University of Southern Mississippi
    Department of Polymer Science
    Box 10076
    Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0076
    WORK: (601) 266-6454 or
    (601) 266-6868

    FAX: (601) 266-5504
    e-mail: marek.urban@usm.edu
    Dean Webster
    North Dakota State University
    Department of Polymers and Coatings
    1735 NDSU Research Park Drive
    P.O. Box 5376
    Fargo, ND 58105
    WORK: (701) 231-8709
    FAX: (701) 231-8439

    e-mail: dean.webster@ndsu.nodak.edu

    MEMBERS-AT-LARGE, 2004-2005

    COMMITTEE: Newsletter/Publicity
    CHAIR: Membership
    CO-CHAIR: Catalysis and Surface
    Science Secretariat
    Lisa Saunders Baugh
    ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
    Corporate Strategic Research Laboratories
    Route 22 East

    Annandale, NJ 08801
    WORK: (908) 730-2240
    FAX: (908) 730-2536
    e-mail: lisa.s.baugh@exxonmobil.com
    COMMITTEE: Newsletter/Publicity John W. Gilmer
    Research Laboratories
    Eastman Chemical Company
    Kingsport, TN 37662
    WORK: (423) 229-8637
    FAX: (423) 229-4558
    e-mail: jwgilmer@eastman.com
    Craig J. Hawker
    IBM Almaden Research Center
    650 Harry Road
    San Jose, CA 95120-6099
    WORK: (408) 927-2377
    FAX: (408) 927-3310
    e-mail: hawker@almaden.ibm.com
    Ellen Lee
    Ford Motor Company
    Materials Science Department/FRL
    P.O. Box 2053 – MD3182 – SRL
    Dearborn, MI 48121-2053

    WORK: (313) 390-4222
    FAX:
    (313) 323-1129
    e-mail:
    elee9@ford.com
    COMMITTEE: Ford Travel Grant David Martin
    University of Michigan
    Department of Materials Science & Engg.
    Macromolecular Science & Engg. Ctr.
    2125 H.H. Dow Building
    2300 Hayward Street
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2136

    WORK: (734) 763-4196
    FAX: (734) 763-4788
    e-mail:
    milty@engin.umich.edu
    Rose Ryntz
    Visteon Corporation
    401 Southfield Road
    P.O. Box 6231
    Dearborn, MI 48121
    WORK: (313) 755-6164
    FAX: (313) 755-0601
    e-mail:
    rryntz@visteon.com
    CHAIR: Cooperative Research Award David Schiraldi
    Case Western Reserve University
    2100 Adelbert Road
    Cleveland, OH 44106-7202

    WORK: (216) 368-4243
    FAX:
    (216) 368-4243

    e-mail: das44@po.cwru.edu
    COMMITTEE: POLYED; Nomenclature Leslie H. Sperling
    Lehigh University
    5 East Packer Avenue
    Bethlehem, PA 18015-3194
    WORK: (610) 758-3845
    FAX: (610) 758-3526
    e-mail: lhs0@lehigh.edu
    Kathryn Uhrich
    Rutgers University
    Department of Chemistry
    610 Taylor Road
    WL-311/312/396
    Piscataway, NJ 08855-8087
    WORK: (732) 445-0361
    FAX:
    (732) 445-5312
    e-mail:
    uhrich@rutchem.rutgers.edu

    COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS

    CO-CHAIR: POLYED,
    Precollege Directorate

    David A. Cocuzzi
    Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.
    P.O. Box 489
    Columbus, OH 43216-0489
    WORK: (614) 298-1832
    FAX: (614) 421-4360
    e-mail: david.cocuzzi@akzonobel.com
    Peggy Cebe
    Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
    Tufts University
    Science and Technology Center
    4 Colby Street, Room 208
    Medford, MA 02155
    WORK: (617) 627-3365
    FAX: (617) 627-3744
    e-mail: peggy.cebe@tufts.edu
    Larry F. Charbonneau
    DuPont Central Research & Development
    P.O. Box 80323
    Wilmington, DE 19880-0323
    WORK: (302) 695-6874
    FAX: (302) 695-1513
    e-mail: larry.f.charbonneau@usa.dupont.com
    CO-CHAIR: Joint Polymer Education;
    Director, POLYED National
    Information Center
    John P. Droske
    Department of Chemistry
    University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
    Stevens Point, WI 54481
    WORK: (715) 346-3703
    FAX: (715) 346-2640
    e-mail: jdroske@uwsp.edu
    CHAIR: Distinguished Service Award Kenneth N. Edwards
    Dunn-Edwards Corporation
    136 West Walnut
    Monrovia, CA 91016-3426
    WORK: (626) 359-0666
    FAX: (626) 357-4367
    HOME: (818) 241-8514
    e-mail: KNEatDE@aol.com
    CHAIR: Ford Travel Grant Todd Emrick
    Department of Polymer Science & Engg.
    University of Massachusetts
    120 Governors Drive
    Amherst, MA 01003
    WORK: (413) 577-1613
    FAX: (413) 545-0082
    e-mail: emrick@mail.pse.umass.edu
    CO-CHAIR: ICI Student Award Thomas Hahn
    National Starch and Chemical Company
    10 Finderne Avenue
    Bridgewater, NJ 08807
    WORK: (908) 685-5672
    FAX: (908) 685-7037
    e-mail: tom.hahn@nstarch.com

    CHAIR: PMSE Representative
    to IPEC
    Frank N. Jones
    Coatings Research Institute
    Eastern Michigan University
    430 West Forest Street
    Ypsilanti, MI 48197
    WORK: (734) 487-2203
    FAX: (734) 483-0085
    HOME: (734) 769-5296
    e-mail: frank.jones@emich.edu
    CHAIR: Doolittle Award Yu-Chin Lai
    Global RD & E
    Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    1400 North Goodman Street
    P.O. Box 450
    Rochester, NY 14603-0450
    WORK: (716) 338-8711
    FAX: (716) 338-5304
    e-mail: yu-chin_lai@bausch.com
    COMMITTEE: Webmaster
    CHAIR: Materials Secretariat
    Qinghuang Lin
    IBM T. J. Watson Research Ctr.
    Route 134, MS 6-250
    Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
    WORK: (914) 945-2366
    FAX: (914) 945-2141
    e-mail: qhlin@us.ibm.com
    CHAIR: Investment John Lupinski
    Consultant
    9318 Old Courthouse Road
    Vienna, VA 22182-2014
    WORK: (703) 281-9450
    e-mail: j.lupinski@att.net
    CHAIR: Advertising Patrick R. L. Malenfant
    General Electric Company
    Global Research Center – Niskayuna
    K-1 4A49, 1 Research Circle
    Niskayuna, NY 12309
    WORK: (518) 387-7212
    CELL: (518) 505-8370
    FAX: (518) 387-7403
    e-mail: malenfan@research.ge.com
    CHAIR: Books Abhimanyu Patil
    ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
    Corporate Strategic Research Laboratories
    Route 22 East

    Annandale, NJ 08801
    WORK: (908) 730-2639
    FAX: (908) 730-2536
    e-mail: abhimanyu.o.patil@exxonmobil.com
    CHAIR: Educational Outreach; Educational Funding George R. Pilcher
    Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.
    P.O. Box 489
    Columbus, OH 43216-0489
    WORK: (614) 298-1818
    FAX: (614) 421-4360
    HOME: (614) 895-3191
    e-mail: george.pilcher@akzonobel.com
    CO-CHAIR: Technical Program
    COMMITTEE: Ford Travel Grant
    Darrin J. Pochan
    University of Delaware
    Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
    201 DuPont Hall
    Newark, DE 19716
    WORK: (302) 831-3569
    FAX: (302) 831-4545
    e-mail: pochan@udel.edu


    CO-CHAIR: Macromolecular Secretariat Donald N. Schulz
    ExxonMobil Res.& Engg. Co.
    Corporate Strategic Research Laboratories
    Route 22 East
    Annandale, NJ 08801
    WORK: (908) 730-2526
    FAX: (908) 730-2536
    e-mail: donald.n.schulz@exxonmobil.com
    CHAIR: By-Laws; Biotechnology Secretariat Graham Swift
    10378 East Church
    Chapel Hill, NC 27517
    WORK: (919) 960-0832
    e-mail: grahamgswift@aol.com
    COMMITTEE: POLYED
    James W. Taylor
    Johnson Polymer
    P.O. Box 902, MS 712
    Sturtevant, WI 53177-0902
    WORK: (262) 631-4044
    FAX: (262) 631-4039
    HOME: (847) 856-0434
    e-mail: james.taylor@JWP.com
    John Thomaides
    National Starch and Chemical Company
    10 Finderne Avenue
    Bridgewater, NJ 08807
    WORK: (908) 685-5064
    FAX: (908) 685-7400
    e-mail: john.s.thomaides@nstarch.com
    CO-CHAIR: Macromolecular Secretariat

    S. Richard Turner
    Research Laboratories
    Eastman Chemical Company
    Kingsport, TN 37662
    WORK: (423) 224-0489
    FAX: (423) 229-4558
    e-mail: srturner@eastman.com
    COMMITTEE: Long Range Planning Paul L. Valint, Jr.
    Department of Chemistry
    University at Buffalo
    State University of New York

    NSM Complex, Room 471
    Buffalo, NY 14260
    WORK: (716) 645-6800, x2112
    FAX: (716) 645-6963
    e-mail: plvjr@aol.com
    CHAIR: Fellowship Selection Douglas Wicks
    School of Polymers and High Performance
    Materials

    The University of Southern Mississippi
    118 College Drive #10076
    Hattiesburg, MS 39401
    WORK: (601) 266-4868
    FAX: (601) 266-5504
    e-mail: douglas.wicks@usm.edu



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