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PARAS N. PRASAD
To Receive
69th ANNUAL SCHOELLKOPF AWARD
Airport Holiday Inn
Tuesday May 25, 1999
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My thanks to Professor Ken J. Takeuchi, our speaker for Education Night, on his well-received talk about student perceptions in chemistry and science courses in general. I hope that our local science teachers and faculty who attended will examine how they teach their courses with a new perspective.
The month of May is always a busy period for the local ACS section. First, the Schoellkopf Banquet is held each year in May, and this year's winner is Distinguished Professor Paras Prasad of the Dept. of Chemistry at SUNY-Buffalo. Dr. Prasad will be honored at the Schoellkopf Banquet on May 25th, and I hope to see many of you in attendance.
The local section also sponsors two symposia during May. First, the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at SUNY-Buffalo hosts its 40th annual Medicinal Chemistry Symposium May 16-19. I would encourage those interested in attending the symposium to check out the web site:
http://www.specialevents.buffalo.edu/medchem
In addition, the Graduate Students' Symposium will be hosted by the Graduate Student Chemists Club of the Department of Chemistry at SUNY-Buffalo on May 19-20. Their web site is:
http://wings.buffalo.edu/chem-gss
I encourage you to visit that site also.
We will go into hiatus over the summer. If anyone has suggestions for a speaker for the September monthly meeting, please send me an email at:
twood@asu.buffalo.edu
Chair
Troy Wood
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Dr. Paras N. Prasad, Distinguished
Research Professor in the Dept. of Chemistry at SUNY at Buffalo,
New York will receive the 1999 Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal Award
from the Western New York Section of the American Chemical
Society at the Annual Award Dinner to be held on Tuesday, May 25,
at the Holiday Inn at the Airport on Genesee Street, Buffalo, New
York.
In making the selection, the Jury of
Award cited Professor Prasad
“for his outstanding achievements
in Spectroscopy and Materials Science specifically focused on
Photonics Technology.”
Dr. Prasad holds the rank of
Distinguished Research Professor at SUNY Buffalo. He is Photonics
Science Professor and Director of the Photonics Research
Laboratory at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was
recently named Samuel Capen Professor of Chemistry at SUNYAB, and
was named a John Guggenheim Fellow in 1997.
He recently founded Laser Photonics
Technology, Inc. located in Amherst, New York. This private
corporation has been a significant contributor to the economic
well-being of Western New York.
Professor Prasad manages a group of 26
scientists, working in
Western New York, who support over $3,000,000 in research grants.
He has authored over 325 publications,
co-authored seven books, and has taught 37 courses at UB. His
expertise in translating complex optical
measurements into practical devices is well known in the
international scientific community. He is recognized as a primary
founder of the Science of Photonics. His laboratory is
outstanding as a leader in this new technology.
He recently developed a novel concept of
3-dimensional optical data storage which offers promise for more
effective application in Photodynamic Therapy in cancer treatment
and dental imaging. This same technology allows 3/D optical
storage discs to hold thousands of times more information
than present CD-ROMs. This new concept of Photonic Technology
offers a fundamental impact on this new frontier science for high
capacity data storage and retrieval on optical discs.
Dr. Prasad received his Ph.D. in
Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. He did his
undergraduate work at Bihar University in India. He is a resident
of Snyder, New York.
The Jury of Award consists of Dr. Larry B. Fertel, Chair; Dr. Mary M. Schreiner; Dr. Mariusz Kozik; Michael Brewster; and Dr. Troy Wood. Dr. Mary P. McCourt served as Secretary for the Jury.
This brief history of the Schoellkopf Medal is reprinted in part from an article which originally appeared in a Western New York magazine June 1976, volume 51 (6), p20.
The harnessing of the Niagara River in 1895, to produce hydro-electric power, spawned the world's first electrochemical and electro-thermic industries at Niagara Falls. The incredible growth of the chemical industry on the Niagara Frontier since then is an inspiring tribute to the chemists and chemical engineers who have made it possible. Add to the pioneers the entrepreneurs, the financiers, who laid their fortunes on the line.
One of these, Jacob F. Schoellkopf, Sr. (1858-1942), holds a place of honor in this history. Jacob F. Schoellkopf came to this country in 1842 and settled in Niagara Falls in 1857. As one of 15 children, his family provided the initial material support for a small leather business which multiplied into a major commercial enterprise in several leading cities.
In 1877 Jacob F. Schoellkopf the Elder purchased the defunct Niagara Falls Hydraulic Canal for just over $70,000, and in 1881 the first dynamo was turned by Niagara waters. Soon alternating current was flowing to small shops and furnaces.
The elder Schoellkopf died in 1899. His son Jacob F., Sr., built the first dye plant in this country, out of which was formed the Aniline Chemical Works. A third generation, Jacob F. Schoellkopf Jr., carried on in his father's footsteps, and the National Aniline complex resulted.
The idea of founding a gold medal award by the American Chemical Society's Western New York Section originated with the late Robert J. Moore in 1929 when he was vice chairman. A trust fund was established by the Schoellkopf family to provide the award. The first medal was struck in a die supplied by Jacob F. Schoellkopf, Jr. The medal, bearing a likeness of his father and Niagara Falls, represents two vital forces in the growth of the Niagara Frontier.
The purpose of the award is to recognize a person who has fostered the objectives or activities of the American Chemical Society. The medalist's contribution might be a discovery pertaining to chemistry, or an invention of a plan, process, or device useful, valuable, or significant in the theory or practice of chemistry, or distinguished service to the Western New York Section or its successor.
Since 1931, without interruption, the Schoellkopf Medal has been presented personally by a member of the original Schoellkopf family - now in the sixth generation - to a distinguished Western New Yorker. The impact of chemistry on the community can be easily followed by looking at the record of the Schoellkopf Awards.
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The Western New York Section of the American Chemical Society
invites you to be present at the
Sixty-Ninth Presentation
of the
Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal to:
Dr. Paras N. Prasad
Tuesday Evening the Twenty-Fifth of May
Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Nine
Cocktails at 6 O'clock Dinner at 7 O'clock
Presentation to follow Dinner
Holiday Inn - Buffalo International Airport
4600 Genesee Street
Cheektowaga, New York
Formal Dress Optional
Dinner Selection
Prime Rib of Beef Au Jus
or
Grilled Swordfish with Dill Sauce
Cash Bar, Wine served with meal
Resevations:
Mrs. Patty Shelley
Canisius College
Buffalo, New York l4208
716-888-2340
Cost $25.00
Please respond by May 14th. Make checks
payable to
Western New York Section - American Chemical Society
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Saturday, May 22
Bill Fenzel , Presenter
Location: Canisius College, Horan-O'Donnell Science Building
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
You will participate in hands-on exploration of the principles of aerodynamics through the construction and flying of kites and rubberband powered airplanes. Topics will include kinetic and potential energy, Bernoulli's principles, Newton's Laws of Motions, etc. Please dress for the outdoors.
Saturday, June 12 Perry's Ice Cream Tour
Presenters: Mike Brewster, Safety/Environmental Director
Brian Perry, Vice President of Operations
Robyn Waite, Chemist
Location: Perry's Ice Cream, One Ice Cream Plaza, Akron, NY
Maps will be provided at our May meeting. For those of you not able to attend the May meeting, here are the directions.
Directions to Perry's: Take Main Street Route 5 East to
Akron. Follow 93 North through the Village of Akron, taking
a right, left, right, left on 93N. As you pass the old railroad
tracks, you will see Ice Cream Plaza (old Cedar Street)
about 1/4 mile on the right.
Participants will explore areas of the facility where chemistry is utilized: manufacturing and production, and waste water treatment. Taste testing is OPTIONAL!
Please note that the owner of Hydroponics of Buffalo expresses his deep regrets for the cancellation of our April 24th workshop. He did experience car trouble and had no way to inform us. He will re-schedule with us for a date TBA in the fall.
PLEASE CONTACT KAREN ARNOLD AT 884-5894 TO REGISTER FOR EACH WORKSHOP. WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTERS WITH THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES.
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if you have any questions please call Patty @ 888-2340ÿ
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ANALYTICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
To analyze environmental samples for organic components by Gas Chromatography (GC). Experience in GC techniques required.
ANALYTICAL LABORATORY SUPERVISOR
To work and supervise personnel in the Organic Analytical Department. Supervisory skills and experience in environmental analysis by GC methods are a must.
Please send or fax resumes or call:
Dr. W. Joseph McDougall
Advanced Environmental Services, Inc.
2186 Liberty Drive
Niagara Falls, NY 14304
(716) 283-3120
(716) 283-4727 (fax)
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