September 25
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Annual Awards Program
|
Distinguished Service Award:
Dr. Will Lewis |
Outstanding Research Award:
Dr. M. Samy El-Shall |
Local Contact Person: Dr. Sally Hunnicutt
(804) 828-8599; sshunnic @ vcu.edu
October 23
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater
Mr. Robert D. Blackledge
"The Floyd Landis Sports Doping Case as Evaluated
by a Forensic Analytical Chemist"
Local Contact Person: Dr. Joseph Crockett
(540)828-5431; jcrocket @ bridgewater.edu
November 13
The University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg
Dr. Catherine C. Fenselau
"New Methods for Proteomics"
Local Contact Person: Dr. Roy Gratz
(540) 654-1412; rgratz @ umw.edu
December 4
Virginia Union University, Richmond
Teacher Awards Program
Local Contact Person: Dr. Dorothy Eseonu
(804) 257-5615; dneseonu @ vuu.edu
The September meeting of the Virginia Section will be held in Richmond at
Virginia Common-wealth University on Friday, September 25, 2009. The Virginia
Section will be presenting its Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Willie Lewis,
Jr. Dr. Lewis is a former Chair of the Virginia Section and recently retired
from the Philip Morris Division of Altria. Dr. M. Samy El-Shall, Professor of
Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University, will receive a Distinguished
Research Award. Meeting details will appear in the September issue of the
Bulletin. For more information, please contact Dr. Sally Hunnicutt at VCU [(804)
827-0531; sshunnic @ vcu.edu] or Virginia Section Chair Elect Yezdi Pithawalla
at (804) 355-2301; yezdi.b.pithawalla @ altria.com.
"Missing the Message"
 Several years ago, a C&EN reporter with many years of experience writing
about the chemical industry astonished me when he confessed that only recently
had he realized that much was still unknown about chemistry. He left his college
chemistry courses with the perspective that all was known about the subject. I
wondered if many chemists held such a view and if our teaching strategies
suggested that chemistry discovery had reached an end. Personally, I had always
viewed chemistry as a dynamic area of knowledge where each new discovery exposed
new questions. This summer I am taking a course on nanotechnology, where
chemistry lends many of its concepts and techniques. In turn, what is being
learned from exploring and observing matter at a nanoscale seems likely to add
to our knowledge of how molecules behave. Chemistry and other areas of science
exploration add their unique observations and methods to expanding chemical
knowledge and revealing new questions. Educators may need to spend some time on
the expanding frontiers of chemistry as well as teaching the knowledge and
skills that underlie our science, in order to prevent graduates from leaving our
classrooms with the same view as my friend, the C&EN reporter.
...Ken Chapman
2009 Virginia Section Chair
The Virginia Section met on Friday, March 27 at Lynchburg College in
Lynchburg. This was a joint meeting with the Virginia Blue Ridge Section of the
ACS. Mr. Bradley Smith, Manager of Grassroots and Member Involvement for the
ACS, spoke on (Science Policy Today for a Better Tomorrow.( Thanks to Dr. Bill
Lokar and his colleagues in the Blue Ridge Section for making the arrangements
for this joint meeting.
The Women Chemists Committee of the Virginia Section held a networking lunch
on Friday, June 19, 2009 at Legends Brewery in Richmond. Fourteen women and men
(plus one baby!) participated in the event, coming from as far away as
Williamsburg. The main topic of discussion was pregnancy in the lab. Attendees
were surprised by the variation in policies and practice that exists not only
among companies, but among university labs. Everyone shared his or her own story
or those of colleagues while enjoying a delicious lunch and door prizes provided
by Saks Fifth Avenue.
WCC is sponsoring Catherine Fenselau, an ACS Garvan award winner, as the speaker
for the November 13 Section meeting in Fredericksburg. In addition, a WCC
planning meeting for 2010 will be scheduled this fall. Anyone wanting to get
involved with planning WCC activities, or be added to the e-mail list, should
contact Stephanie Mabry at (804) 788-5280 or by e-mail to stephanie.mabry @
aftonchemical.com
 The Virginia Section sponsored its second Science Café on Saturday, August 1,
2009 at the Edible Garden restaurant in Goochland. ACS member and former Section
treasurer Brian Moores, of the chemistry faculty at Randolph-Macon College, was
joined by his neighbor Bruce Dubee, a soil scientist at the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, in leading a discussion of scientific issues surrounding the topic
"What's in our food, and where does it come from?" with an audience of nineteen.
Issues related to sustainable agriculture, organic farming and foods, food
safety, the local foods movement, and health problems related to the American
diet were discussed, followed by a delicious complimentary lunch featuring foods
purchased by Edible Garden from the surrounding area. Ken Chapman, Chair of the
Virginia Section, introduced the proceedings and explained the ACS Science Café
program to the attendees. Molly Harris, owner of Edible Garden, discussed her
business philosophy and mentioned ways that attendees could support local food
production.
The Virginia Section is grateful to the ACS for a generous grant to support this
Science Café. A vote of thanks is also due to Section Chair Ken Chapman for his support of the
Café, and also to immediate past-chair Trey Gregory and Science Café Chair Trish
Lauck for suggesting the topic and helping with preparations for the event.
The Section would welcome the submission of ideas for its next Science Café. To
do so, please e-mail Trish Lauck at trish.lauck @ gmail.com
Molly Harris |
Brian Moores |
Bruce Dubee |
Bruce Dubee and Ken Chapman |
About 80 persons attended the University of Virginia meeting on April 24,
2008 and heard Dr. John T. Yates, Jr. of the University of Virginia speak on
"Observation of Chemical Reactions on Surfaces Using STM
- Watching Individual
Molecules Do Their Molecular Dances." The speaker was introduced by Courtney
Megan Schroeder, senior chemistry major at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Yates' talk was preceded by the 23rd annual Poster Session that featured
student research at colleges and universities. Forty-seven posters (a record
number) by students from 15 colleges and universities were presented (a complete
list of authors and titles is included in this issue of the Bulletin). Nineteen
of the posters were by students from six schools located outside the Virginia
Section. Section Chair Ken Chapman recognized 14 outstanding senior chemistry
majors from colleges and universities within the Virginia Section (the names of
the recipients are listed below). Each student received a Certificate of
Recognition and a copy of the Merck Index. The Section thanks Dr. James Demas
and his colleagues at the University of Virginia who assisted with this
successful meeting.
At the April meeting, the Virginia Section recognized graduating seniors from
colleges and universities within the Section. Schools in the Virginia Section
were invited to nominate senior chemistry majors for this honor. The outstanding
students for the year 2009:
| College/University |
Student |
| Bridgewater College |
William Michael Heiston |
| College of William & Mary |
Brooklynd Saar |
| Eastern Mennonite University
|
David Showalter |
| Hampden-Sydney College
|
John Campbell |
| James Madison University
|
Kristina Hamill |
| Longwood University
|
Kathryn J. Greenly |
| Mary Baldwin College |
Abigail Turner |
| Randolph Macon College
|
Keith Searles |
| University of Mary Washington |
Amy Hruska |
| University of Richmond |
Benjamin C. Giglio |
| University of Virginia
|
Courtney Megan Schroeder |
| Virginia Commonwealth University |
John Bajacan |
| Virginia State University |
Sharon Francis |
| Virginia Union University
|
Lorenza Black |
Ms. Trish Lauck is the new Chair of the Section's Media/Public Relations
Committee. Trish is employed by Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals in Petersburg.
She can be reached at (804) 832-0396 or by e-mail to Trish.Lauck @ gmail.com.
The Virginia Section is soliciting nominees for three teaching awards: the
Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher Award, the Outstanding Middle School
Science Teacher Award, and the . Outstanding Elementary School Science Teacher
Award. If you would like to nominate persons for these awards, contact Dr.
William Rademaker at (804) 794-3752; wrad @ verizon.net. Each award consists of
a plaque and a check for $300.00. The teacher awards are sponsored by Boehringer
Ingelheim Chemicals; the 2009 awards will be presented at the December 4 Section
meeting.
Congratulations to these Section members, each of whom has been a member of
the American Chemical Society for 60 years:
| Mr. John S. Pierce |
Richmond |
| Dr. M. A. Jimenez
|
Richmond |
| Dr. Robert Vernon Blanke
|
Richmond |
| Dr. Fritz Will
|
Richmond |
| Dr. James Burns Patrick
|
Staunton |
| Dr. Donald S. Acker
|
Stuarts Draft |
Congratulations to these Section members, each of whom has been a member of
the American Chemical Society for 50 years:
| Dr. Goetz E. Hardtmann
|
Earlysville |
| Dr. Thomas M. Harris
|
Hartfield |
| Dr. Edward T. McHale
|
Gainesville |
| Dr. Charles Harold O'Neal
|
Richmond |
| Mr. Robert L. Silber
|
Manakin Sabot |
| Dr. Lawrence Graham Vaughan
|
Williamsburg |
| Mr. Robert A. Walde
|
Haymarket |
| Dr. William Welstead
|
Hopewell |
The Virginia Section has received a Third Place Hospitality Award for 2008.
Hospitality awards are presented to local sections that demonstrate outstanding
service to visiting tour speakers. The speaker from 2008 who nominated the
Virginia Section had this to say of his visit to our Section:
"Of the many, many Speaker Service tours I've conducted over the past 25 years,
this one is the Number One in enthusiastic attendance, pre-planning, and execution. All
tour speakers ought to "push" to get invited to this Section...it is worth the
effort."
Those are the words of Dr. C. Marvin Lang of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point, who spoke to the Section at the November 21 meeting at the University of
Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. Thanks to the faculty and students at UMW who
helped to make this award a reality.
The Virginia Section is soliciting proposals for grants to support school
science projects in grades K through 12. The $50 to $500 grants will be provided to teachers in the
Virginia Section for the purchase of materials and supplies. To apply for support, request an
application form from Mr. Ryan Warren, 6001 Grove Avenue, Richmond, VA 23226; (804) 288-2804; warrencr
@ vcu.edu. Or complete an application on-line by accessing the Virginia Section website
at http://membership.acs.org/V/VA/grants.htm.
 This question was asked in the
April Bulletin: Dr. Fred Hawkridge spoke to
the Virginia Section a second time. When and where was his second presentation
and what was his topic then? The date was March 24, 2005 for the Section meeting
at Longwood University in Farmville where Dr. Hawkridge spoke on "Applications
of Oxidase Modified Electrodes."
A new question from the past: On April 25, 1964, the Virginia Section
sponsored a Symposium on Gas Chromatography. Speakers included Mr. Ralph Woods
and Dr. Donald Petitjean of the Barber-Colman Company, Dr. Stephen Dal Nogare of
E.I DuPont de Nemours, Dr. Robert Ikeda of the Philip Morris Research
Laboratory, Dr Thomas A. Gover of the University of Virginia, and Dr. William
Dabney of the Medical College of Virginia. Where was this Symposium held?
 Dr. Kristine Smetana, Professor of Chemistry at John Tyler Community College,
has been invited to become a member of the ACS Society Committee on Education's
Task Force on Two-Year College Activities. In his letter of invitation to Dr.
Smetana, Dr. Ralph Balazs, Chair of the ACS Society Committee on Education, said
"You have been recommended for this appointment based on your professional
experience and outstanding work within higher education." The Task Force is
charged with determining the interest in and viability of strategies for
engaging and supporting two-year college programs within the broader higher
education community. Dr. Smetana is Chair of the Virginia Section Committee on
Community Activities; she coordinates the Section's National Chemistry Week and
Chemists Celebrate Earth Day activities. She is shown here with Dr. Bruce
Bursten, 2008 National President of the ACS.
On Friday, March 27, five chemists from various areas of industry,
government, and academia talked to over 50 students and guests at John Tyler
Community College for the first Chemistry Career Panel sponsored by the Women
Chemists Committee of Virginia. Dr. Stephanie Mabry, Chair of the WCC,
introduced each of the women chemists who talked about how she became involved
in her career in chemistry. Ms. Shannon Smith talked about gaining a MS in
chemical engineering, an MA in chemistry and finally a teaching certificate
which allowed her to teach in high school and community college. She described
getting a teaching certificate in Virginia, which allowed her to teach
introductory, college prep, and forensics chemistry at a high school. Dr.
Marilyn Miller spoke on her varied career starting with a BS in chemistry and
working as a forensic chemist both in the lab and at crime scenes. She
eventually received her doctorate in a forensics chemistry program and now leads
the program at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dr. Miller was followed by Ms. Jenna Rice, one of her former students who
received a BS degree from the forensics program at VCU. Ms. Rice now works in
the Chemical Terrorism group at the Division of Consolidated Laboratory
Services, the laboratory responsible for all testing for the Commonwealth of
Virginia. She spoke on what she does in the lab and how the hiring process works
at a government laboratory. Next, Dr. Denise Walters from Wyeth Consumer
Healthcare shared her career history working in industrial research
laboratories. She joined the workforce after getting a BS in chemistry and
worked on her PhD while employed. She explained that as a chemist in the
pharmaceutical industry, she has dealt with many aspects of projects from
inception of an idea through testing and marketing of the product. Finally, Dr.
Suzanne Ruder, who is a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, spoke on
her journey toward becoming a research chemist at a PhD granting university. She
described her decision to go directly into a PhD program after receiving her BS
degree and she explained that by being a teaching assistant and doing research
during her education, she was able to get her advanced degree without incurring
large debt. Each of these women described their career path in such a way that
the audience of both men and women were able to understand and appreciate the
options that a degree in chemistry can provide. Many thanks go to Dr. Kristine
Smetana and to JTCC for hosting this event.
The WCC consists of chemists in industry, academia and government who wish to
advance the careers of women in chemistry. For more information, visit the WCC
webpage at http://membership.acs.org/V/VA/WCC/.
Members of the WWC Career Panel:
(left to right)
Dr. Marilyn Miller, Dr. Denise Walters,
Ms. Jenna Rice, Dr. Suzanne Ruder,
Dr. Stephanie Mabry,
Not pictured: Ms. Shannon Smith
The Nominating Committee, chaired by Trey Gregory, has submitted the
following slate of Virginia Section officers for 2010:
For CHAIR: Dr. Yezdi B. Pithawalla, Altria Client Services
For CHAIR ELECT: Dr. Stephanie Mabry, Afton Chemical
For VICE CHAIR: Dr. Karen Carter, Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc.
For TREASURER: Dr. Bradley (Brad( K. Norwood, Arista Laboratories
For SECRETARY: Ms. Trish Lauck, Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals, Inc.
For COUNCILOR (three-year term): Dr. Patrick Barber, Longwood University
(retired)
For ALTERNATE COUNCILOR (three-year term): Dr. Kristine Smetana, John Tyler
Community College
For TRUSTEE (three-year term): Dr. William Welstead, Whitehall-Robins (retired)
Full biographies of the candidates and voting instructions will appear in the
September Bulletin. Balloting will be conducted in October. Write-in candidates
are permitted.
Ottie Allgood and James E. Turner - Department of Chemistry, Virginia
Military Institute
"Estrogen's Impact on Cardiovascular Function in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio)"
Aneliese L. Apala, Alexander J, Raubach, Sara R. Goldstein, and William A.
Mattson - Department of Chemistry, Randolph College
"Replacement of the Dropping Mercury Electrode in Voltammetry"
Michelle Archibald - Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
"Progress Towards Enantiomerically Selective Palladium Catalyzed Decarboxylative
Allylations"
Charve' Brown and Martha (Susan) Blair - Department of Chemistry and Physics,
Virginia State University
"Synthesis of a Spectrochemical Series and Examination of Structurally Analogous
Compounds"
Stephen E. Callahan - Department of Chemistry, Emory & Henry College
"Molecular Interfacial Repair Using Dipodal Silane Coupling Agents"
L. Wyatt Colvin, Jeramie Stamps and Christopher G. Gulgas - Department of
Chemistry and Physics, Longwood University
"Synthesis and Characterization of Small, Thiourea Based Fluorescent Anion
Sensors"
Jeff Cooper - Department of Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute
"Cocrystals with Pharmaceuticals and Flavones"
Rita L. DiGrazia, Alison H. Dewald, Linda Columbus - Department of Chemistry,
University of Virginia
"Liposome Reconstitution of Opa Proteins of Neisseria"
James E. Doyle and Erich E. Brumbaugh - Department of Chemistry, Bridgewater
College
"Intermolecular Forces in Binary Liquid Solutions: Boiling Point Diagrams and
Refractive Index"
Courtney E. Dula, Shirnece Brown, and Edmund Moses N. Ndip - Department of
Chemistry, Hampton University
"Theoretical Studies of Some Donor -
p-Donor Heterocyclic Systems for Molecular
Electronics"
S. E. Ebmeier, E. E. Mcguire, M. Aguiar, L. K. Willis and K. M. Maples
- Eastern
Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
"Resolution of Submucosal Fibrosis in a Case of Fluticasone Resistant
Eosinophilic Esophagitis"
Ruffin E. Evans, Guoqing Zhang, and Cassandra L. Fraser -
Department of
Chemistry, University of Virginia
"Light Emitting Boron Biomaterials for Imaging and Sensing"
Sara R. Goldstein, Aneliese L. Apala, Alexander J. Raubach, and William A.
Mattson - Department of Chemistry, Randolph College
"Enhancement of Atomic Emission and Atomic Absorption Lamps"
Leopold Green, Kesete Ghebreyessus, and Uwe Hömmerich - Department of Chemistry
and Department of Physics, Hampton University
"Synthesis of Yb3+/Er3+ Co Doped LaF3 Nano Crystals for Up-Conversion
Fluorescence"
Kristina M. Hamill and Kevin L. Caran - Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, James Madison University
"Synthesis and Colloidal Properties of Novel Biscationic Bicephalic (Double
Headed) Amphiphiles"
Paris L. Hamilton, Marilise Hyacinth, Lin Pu, Michal Sabat and Kevin L. Caran
-
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Madison University; Department
of Chemistry and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of
Virginia
"The Effect of Structure Modification on Low-Molecular-Weight Organogelators"
William Harkins, Jianyuan Sun, Cheng Zhang, Rui Li, and Sam Shajing Sun - Center
for Materials Research and Department of Chemistry, Norfolk State University
"C12-PTV with Controlled Regioregularity for Photovoltaic Application"
Alisha Harris, Antonia Nwankwo, Adrienne Thomas, Kimberly Wilburn, and Michelle
Waddell - Department of Chemistry, Hampton University
"Synthesis of Dragomabin and it's Derivatives as an Antimalarial Drug"
Magen L. Harris - Department of Chemistry, Emory & Henry College
"Effects of the Environment on Interfacial Adhesion Using Critical and
Subcritical Adhesion Measurements"
W. Michael Heiston and Ellen Mitchell
- Department of Chemistry, Bridgewater
College
"A Study of the Reaction of Tris(2,4-pentanedionato)ruthenium(III) and Myrcene"
K. D. Huzek and K. M. Dunn - Department of Chemistry, Hampden Sydney College
"The Kinetics of Cold Process Soap Making Through the Determination of Residual
Total Alkali"
Kendra Keith and Robert Bryant - Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
"Osmolyte-Protein Binding Interactions Determined by H-NMR Spectroscopy"
Ali K. Khan, Wendy Fields, and Jason J. Chruma - Department of Chemistry,
University of Virginia
"Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Nakadomarin A"
Samantha K. Kistler, Joseph M. Crockett, and Stephen Baron - Department of
Chemistry, Bridgewater College
"A Study of Suspect Drug Components in Bacterial Growth"
Shawnta Lloyd and Patricia Hatch - Department of Chemistry, Hampton University
"Identification and Characterization of Lectins
- A Potential Surrogate for Ricin"
Adam Maclauchlan and Rebecca R. H. Michelsen - Department of Chemistry, Randolph
Macon College
"Protonation of 1-Pentanol and tert-Butanol in Cold Sulfuric Acid"
Richard Mullenberg and Everett E. Carpenter - Department of Chemistry, Virginia
Commonwealth University
"Synthesis of Iron Oxide Thin Films Using Spin-Spray Plating"
H. Thien Nguyen, Chris Reyes, Izabela Bielnicka, and Linda Columbus - Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia
"Investigating the Effects of Detergent Size on the Refolding of a Beta Barrel
Membrane Protein Using On-Column Methods"
Jay (Hong) Park and Jill Venton - Department of Chemistry, University of
Virginia
"Carbon Nanotube Modification to the Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes"
Daniel Y. Pharr, Matthew Glomb, and Dennis Habersang - Department of Chemistry,
Virginia Military Institute
"Developing a Faster Method for the Analysis of Selenium"
Sean P. Platt and H. J. Sipe, Jr. - Department of Chemistry, Hampden Sydney
College
"A Study of the Free Radical Production of Curcumin and Related Phenolic
Antioxidants"
Alexander J. Raubach, Sara R. Goldstein, Aneliese L. Apala, and William A.
Mattson - Department of Chemistry, Randolph College
"Elimination of the Sample Cell in Infrared Spectrophotometry"
Christopher Reyes, Daniel A. Fox, Kalyani Jambunathan, H. Thien Nguyen, Izabela
Bielnicka, and Linda Columbus - Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
"Molecular Determinants of Neisserial Pathogenesis: Mapping the Interaction
Between Opa I and a Human Binding Partner CEACAM1"
Ben Romer, Sylvia Cechova, and Jill Venton - Department of Chemistry, University
of Virginia
"Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine and Adenosine in the Presence of Certain
Drugs"
Abby Roush - Department of Chemistry, Emory & Henry
College
"Repair of Dielectric Interfaces using Chemistry Specific Coupling Agents"
Christian R. Schwantes, Jenifer L. Banning, Matt H. Becker, Rob M. Brucker,
Devon C. Flaherty, Reid N. Harris, Kevin P. C. Minbiole, and Doug C. Woodhams -
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Biology, James
Madison University
"Developing a Bacterial Treatment Using Janthinobacterium lividum
for Amphibians
Rana muscosa and Plethodon cinereus Infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis"
Keith F. Searles and Rebecca R. H. Michelsen - Department of Chemistry, Randolph
Macon College
"Ion Exclusion and the Acidity of Ice Films"
Nacole King, Jessica Brigance, Jennifer Leach and Aprint Powell - Department of
Chemistry and Physics, Virginia State University
"The Symmetry Change of [Co(2,9 dimethyl-l,10 phenanthroline)(H2O)4]2+ in Sol
Gels and the Examination
of Similar Chemical Behavior with [Co(6,6 dimethyl 2,2 dipyridyl)(H2O)4]2+"
Amanda M. Kistler and Kenneth Overway - Department of Chemistry, Bridgewater
College
"Do You Know What You Are Eating? A Study of the Leaching of Bisphenol A"
Myrta A. See and Kenneth Overway - Department of Chemistry, Bridgewater College
"Preliminary Kinetics Studies of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Enzyme"
Jonathon E. Sheldon and Christopher G. Gulgas - Department of Chemistry and
Physics, Longwood University
"Towards the Synthesis of Lanthanide Triple Helicates Through Anion Templated
Assembly"
Wei Yu Shih and Chi Chin Wu - Department of Chemistry, Virginia Military
Institute
"Nanoscale Local Heating of the Poly(methylmethacrylate) Thin Film by Focused
Ion Beam Using the Finite Element Method"
Jacquelyn Singletary, Tanya David, C. Zhang, S. Sun, R. Li - Center for
Materials Research, Norfolk State University
"Poly-(3-Dodecyloxy-2,5-thienylene vinylene) for Potential Optoelectronic
Applications"
Alexander J. Snyder, Tappey H. Jones, and William A, Shear
- Department of
Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute and Department of Biology, Hampden Sydney
College
"Phenols from Opilionids"
Sonia Taneja - Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
"Screening for a Genetic Predisposition to Accidental Overdose of the
Anticoagulant Drug Warfarin: Assay Development for a Microchip PCR Device"
Abigail Turner and Karl Zachary - Department of Chemistry, Mary Baldwin College
"A Spectroscopic Study of Cucurbit[7]uril Host-Guest Recognition Properties"
Logan Wise - Department of Chemistry, Emory & Henry College
"Effects of Carbon Doping and Environmental Corrosion in Glassy Films"
 The photograph is from 2006 when the subject was president of the American
Chemical Society. She is a professor of Chemistry at Cameron University in
Lawton, Oklahoma and holds degrees from N.E. Oklahoma University, Oklahoma State
University, and Texas Woman's University. In October, 2006, she spoke to the Virginia Section on "Improving People's Lives
Through the Transforming Power of Chemistry."
 The "mystery persons in the
April issue were John Thoburn (left) and Brian
Moores, faculty members at Randolph-Macon College. They did a program of
chemical demonstrations titled "An Evening of Chemical Diversions" at the
Virginia Section meeting held at Randolph-Macon College on December 3, 2004.
|
