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Dr. Thomas Zajicek to Present  the 21^st Annual Nora Harrington Lecture at Elms College

 

 

 

The 21^st annual Nora Harrington Lecture will be held at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumnae Library Theatre.  The speaker is Dr. Thomas Zajicek, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts.  The title of his lecture is

 

                                                 "I Didn’t Lose My Equilibrium"

 

Perhaps you’ve heard the saying, “Old chemists never die, they just reach equilibrium.”  Dr. Zajicek will show us, paradoxically, that we can keep our equilibrium without actually reaching it.  In his lecture, he will present anecdotes of the applications of freshman chemistry (e.g. equilibrium) to real life problems. 

 

Dr. Zajicek received a B.S. in 1950 from Baldwin-Wallace College, an M.S. in 1958 and Ph.D. in 1961 from Wayne State University.  He has taught chemistry for over 40 years.  He has carried out important research studies on the inorganic chemistry occurring in natural aquatic environments as well as aspects of trace metal chemistry in nutrition and abnormalities associated with metabolic dysfunctions. 

 

The Nora Harrington Lecture series is jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Valley section of the American Chemical Society and the Elms College Chemistry Department.  The lecture series was inaugurated in 1983 to honor the 32 years of teaching service of Sr. Nora Harrington to Elms College.  A Social Hour, featuring wine and hors d'oeuvres is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Fontbonne Room of  Mary Dooley College Center.  The Social Hour is free to CVS members and invited guests.  A reception will immediately follow the lecture.

 

DIRECTIONS TO ELMS COLLEGE

        

         Massachusetts Turnpike- East or West

 

         Leave the Massachusetts Turnpike at Exit 4 (West Springfield).   Take Rte. 91 South.   Leave at

         Exit 12 to Rte. 391 North  (Chicopee).  Continue with directions listed below.*

        

         Rte. 91 South

 

         Take Rte. 91 South.  Leave at Exit 12 to Rte. 391 North.  Follow directions listed below. *

        

 

         Rte. 91 North

 

         Take Rte 91 North Exit at Rte. 391 North  (First exit after Main Street, Springfield exit).  Follow

         directions listed below. *

 

         *Take Exit 2 to Center Street.  At the end of exit ramp turn right, go through the traffic light and

            take your first right, this is South Street.  Continue up the hill through next traffic light and take

            second right onto Grant Street.  Follow Grant Street into college parking lot.