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Topic: “Science and Health is More Than Taking Medicine When You're Sick”
Speaker: Dr. Helen M. Free
Professional Relations Consultant for the Diagnostics Division of Bayer, Inc., Elkhart, IN
Date: Friday, September 17, 1999
Place: The Eagle House Restaurant
5559 Main St., Williamsville, NY
Fellowship: 6:00 PM Cash Bar
Dinner: 7:00 PM 3 meal choices @ a cost of
$15.00 per person
(1) Open Sliced Top Round of Beef
w/Mushroom Sauce
(2) Roast Turkey Dinner w/Stuffing
(3) Penne Pasta tossed w/Olive Oil
Talk: 8:00 PM
Reservations: Patty 888-2340
by Wednesday, September 15, 1999ÿÿÿ
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Recently, the Graduate Student Symposium in the Dept. of Chemistry at SUNY-Buffalo hosted a panel discussion about ACS membership for younger members of the local section. Funding for this panel discussion was provided by the National ACS from a grant written by SUNY-Buffalo Graduate Chemistry Students, Adam Hawkridge and Christopher Kim. Adam Hawkridge acted as moderator, and the panel consisted of Dr. Larry Fertel, Prof. Luis Colon, Maureen Kane, Christopher Kim, and myself. An interesting question was raised at this discussion: “what do our local ACS dues” do? I thought I would address that question in this editorial. Virtually all of your local dues come directly back to the Western New York section. With these funds, we support a number of worthy programs, including the Schoellkopf Medal program, the Education Night program, the Science Olympiad, the REACT program, the Graduate Student Symposium at SUNY-Buffalo, the Medicinal Chemistry Symposium at SUNY-Buffalo, National Chemistry Week, the speakers program (including ACS tour speakers), and many others. You will notice that these programs are directed at acknowledging and promoting the great development of the chemical sciences within our local section.
So, that local section fee that you pay every year yields real dividends in Western New York and supports a number of worthwhile programs to help us promote the chemical sciences in the area. Your voluntary local section dues contribution is greatly appreciated!
Chair
Troy Wood
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Dr. Helen M. Free is a Professional Relations Consultant for the Diagnostics Division of Bayer, Inc., in Elkhart, IN. Dr. Free also is an adjunct faculty member at Indiana University in South Bend. She holds a B.S. (Honors) in Chemistry from The College of Wooster, a Master's in Management in the Health Care Field from Central Michigan University, and an honorary doctorate of science from The College of Wooster. Dr. Free is a past president of the American Chemical Society (1993) and has served on seven major national committees for the ACS. She also served as President of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (1990).
Dr. Free has over 200 publications and has been issued several patents. With her husband, Alfred H. Free, she has co-authored two books which are standards in the field of clinical urine study. Her awards are numerous, and include a 1980 Distinguished Alumni Award from The College of Wooster, the Garvan Medal from the ACS (1980), the Santa Clara Valley ACS Local Section Mosher Award, the service award from the St. Joseph Valley ACS Local Section, and has been selected an honorary member of Iota Sigma Pi and Sigma Delta Epsilon.
“Science and Health is More Than Taking Medicine When You're Sick”
We are all familiar with the new advances in therapeutic drugs which would not have occurred without the expertise of chemists. We are less familiar with the contributions scientists make every day in the clinical laboratory in evaluating the status of hospital patients, in the physician's office or clinic in the evaluation of the status of we healthy people at our annual physical exams, or in particular instances in which evaluation is made of special population groups. The trend is for each of us to give extra attention to maintaining our own health at the highest level possible. Many more people exercise today than ever before and greater and greater attention is given to good nutrition. Innovations in home testing to evaluate personal health status are described in detail. Such innovations include diabetics testing their own blood sugar and evaluating our own salt intake to help avoid its deleterious effects.
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NCW is an enormously successful program, which serves as our main event in trying to improve the public's perception and understanding of chemistry as well as to motivate students to pursue careers in chemistry.
NCW-99 marks the culmination of the International Chemistry Celebration and local sections are encouraged to hold events that combine the two celebrations. The fall issues of both ChemMatters and WonderScience contain articles and activities on polymers. The Unifying event will challenge students to create a new, unique use for the polymer, sodium polyacrylate, after they carry out the activity described in the magazines. There will also be a photo contest for local sections with the theme, Celebrating Polymers.
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The Phoenix Awards are given to local sections in recognition of outstanding activities and events carried out in celebration of National Chemistry Week. They are presented annually at a gala event held during the ACS fall national meeting: The ChemLuminary Awards: Thanking our Members for Their Volunteer Efforts!
To participate in the program, local sections must submit an entry form describing their NCW activities to the Office of Community Activities shortly after NCW. Forms are sent to coordinators in mid-October. A subcommittee of the National Chemistry Week Task Force selects the awardees.
Winning a Phoenix Award brings national recognition to your local section! And, volunteers feel great about the acknowledgement of their mammoth efforts.
June 18-21, 2000
Hosted by the Connecticut Valley Section
at UCONN, Storrs, CTÏJà
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Phoenix Awards for NCW-99 will be given in the categories listed below. Further details of the categories will be included with the information you receive in October. If you have any questions, please contact:
M Strem, Region 1 Director
7 Mulliken Way
Newburyport, MA 01950.
Most Unique Student Affiliate Activity
Best Activity with Underrepresented Minority Group
Greatest Increase in Membership Involvement
Greatest Industrial Involvement
Greatest Community Involvement
Most Unique Open House
Most Creative Activity/Event
Most Unique Demonstration Program
Most Original Hands-On Activity
Most Unique Site
Outstanding Event for a Specific Audience
Best NCW Contest (Note: this refers to contests created and conducted by a local section)
Most Imaginative Periodic Table Display
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Work in the Congress using your scientific and
technical expertise
Gain first-hand knowledge of the legislative branch
Contact: Congressional Fellowship Program Office of Legislative and Government Affairs
American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036
202/452-8917
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The Department of Chemical Engineering of the State University of New York at Buffalo held a symposium in June, in honor of Distinguished Professor Eli Ruckenstein of the Dept. of Chemical Engineering at SUNY-Buffalo. Prof. Ruckenstein was awarded a 1998 National Medal of Science by President Clinton for “creativity, resolve, and a restless spirit of innovation to ensure continued U.S. leadership across the frontiers of scientific knowledge.”
Professor Eli Ruckenstein earned his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the Polytechnic Institute in Bucharest. From 1949 to 1969, Professor Ruckenstein was a Professor in Chemical Engineering at Polytechnic Institute. From 1970-73, Professor Ruckenstein was a member of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Delaware. Since 1973, Professor Ruckenstein has been at SUNY-Buffalo, moving from Faculty Professor to being honored as Distinguished Professor in 1981. Professor Ruckenstein has won many prestigious awards including the Alpha Chi Sigma Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (1977), The Creativity Award of the National Science Foundation (1985), The Walker Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for Excellence in Contribution to Chemical Engineering Literature, the Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal from our local ACS section (1991), and the National Medal of Science (1998). Professor Ruckenstein was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1990, and he has held numerous distinguished lectureships. He was honored with an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Bucharest in 1993. His achievements in chemical engineering are numerous, and include the study of transport phenomena, separation processes, catalysis, colloids, emulsions and interfaces, biological problems, and materials technology.
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