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http://phil a del phia.sites.acs.org/ Vol ume 96, No. 7

HIGHLIGHTS

Chair's Col umn 144

Penns Woods Win ery 146

News Atoms 147

Fall Net work ing Event 153

Re cent Event Pho tos 154

2011 Cal en dar 156

OCTOBER MEETING

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Philadelphia Section AwardDr. Larry G. Sneddon

University of Pennsylvania

See the October issue of the Catalyst for details, call the Sec tion Of fice at (215) 382-1589 or email PhilaACS@aol.com.

A D V A N C E N O T I C E

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Penns Woods Winery

Joint with AIChE

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ACS Phil a del phia Sec tion

Founded April 15, 1899

STAFF

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFRobin S. Davis

EDITORSNews Atoms: Alan WarrenProof Editors: Georgia Arbuckle-Keil

Marge MatthewsAlan Warren

ADVERTISING MANAGERVince Gale

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

Chair: Marge MatthewsAnthony W. AddisonGeorgia Arbuckle-KeilRobin S. DavisVince GaleRobert GatesKendra LutherJudy Summers-GatesVictor TortorelliAlan Warren

Pub lished monthly ex cept July, Au gust and De cem ber by the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i -can Chem i cal So ci ety. All views ex pressed are those of the ed i tors and con tri bu tors and do notnec es sar ily rep re sent the of fi cial po si tion of the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i calSo ci ety. Ed i to rial mat ters should be sent to the at ten tion of the Ed i tor-in-Chief c/o the Phil a del -phia Sec tion ACS, De part ment of Chem is try, Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia, 231 South 34th Street,Phil a del phia, PA 19104-6323 or philcatalyst@aol.com.

Ad ver tis ing: Vince Gale, MBO Ser vices, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield, MA 02050

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CON TENTSOc to ber Ad vance No tice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Chair's Col umn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Fall 2011 Slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Sep tem ber Meet ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Penns Woods Win ery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

News At oms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Phil a del phia Sec tion on LinkedIn . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Chem i cal Con sul tants Net work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

May 2011 Board Meet ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Book Re view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Fall Net work ing Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

50-Year Mem ber Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Phil a del phia Sec tion Awards Photo . . . . . . . . . . 154

2011 Elec tion No tice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Di rec tory of Ser vices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

2011 Cal en dar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

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FromTheChair

In June, we had an other won -der ful meet ing in Mar shall-ton, PA, where we hon oredthe 50-year mem bers for their ser vice to the ACS and theLo cal Sec tion. The lun cheonwas held at the Four DogsCafé - the pub lished des ti na -tion was the Marshalton Inn,but both es tab lish ments areright next to each other andop er ated by the same owner,so there was no con fu sion.

Af ter the lun cheon, TomTritton, Pres i dent and CEO at the Chem i cal Her i tage Foun -da tion, gave a talk on the top10 sci en tists of all time. Thelist is (not nec es sar ily in or -der of Tom’s pre sen ta tion):Ma rie Cu rie, Antoine Lavois- ier, Jo seph Priestley, JohnDal ton, Justus Liebig,Friedrich Wöhler, DmitriMendeleev, Emil Fischer,Rob ert B. Wood ward andLinus Pauling. Tom did notjust post his list on a slide and be done with it; he spoke pas -sion ately as to why those sci -en tists were cho sen for hislist. In ad di tion, his talk wasre plete with his tor i cal an ec -dotes sur round ing each fa -mous sci en tist. He alsochal lenged the as sem bled

FALL 2011 SLATE

CHAIR ELECT (Need 2)

SEC RE TARY (Need 2)

Da vid Wolf

COUN CILOR (Need 12)

Geor gia Arbuckle-KeilCas san dra BurchamMe lissa CichowiczJu dith CurranoElla Da visMark FormanRob ert GatesDoug HausnerRob ert Le visJohn NikellyRuss PhiferJohn TierneyPe ter Wade

DI REC TOR (Need 14)

Nancy BufordCas san dra BurchamMe lissa CichowiczXuetong Fan Ste ven Flem ingRob ert GatesKendra Lu therKathryn LyskoMarge MatthewsShel don MillerJohn NorthropMoushumi Paul Bill SmithJu dith Sum mers-GatesVic TortorelliMi chael Tunick

group to come up with theirown ‘top ten’ list ofsci en tists.

The fi nal or der of the daywas to make the pre sen ta tions to the 50-year mem bers.Those mem bers in at ten dance and the photo of the event are shown later in this is sue ofthe Cat a lyst. One very no ta -ble point to this meet ing wasthat af ter the of fi cial eventswere over, no body seemed towant to leave, and many ofthe at ten dees re mained chat -ting with each other for acon sid er able length of time;this added to the meet ing, and I hope that it can be rep li -cated at fu ture events.

The Sep tem ber meet ing is tobe held at the Penns WoodsWin ery in Chadds Ford, PA.The meet ing at the win erycan be viewed as our con tin -ued at tempt to keep the fo cuson the In ter na tional Year ofChem is try and the theme of“wa ter” in its broad est sense.A num ber of speak ers as so ci -ated with the win ery will betalk ing about grapes used byPenns Woods, the winesmade from the grapes andwines in gen eral. The meet -ing will be a joint meet ingwith the Amer i can In sti tuteof Chem i cal En gi neers, Del a -ware Val ley Sec tion. So,please come and join us forwhat will be a very in ter est -ing, fun, sci en tific and so cialmeet ing.

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The Philadelphia Section, American Chemical Society

Joins with the Delaware Valley Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

For a Wine Tasting Evening at

PENNS WOODS WINERY TASTING ROOM

124 Beaver Valley Road Chadds Ford, PA 19317

Thursday, September 15, 2011

6:00 PM

Cost $40.00; students over 21 with ID $20.00 Heavy hors d’oeuvres including an Italian meat and cheese platter, relish platter with marinated mozzarella,

olives, peppers, artichokes, and mushrooms; a dessert platter with homemade cannolis and cookies. Participation includes a tasting and sensory analysis of six wines, as well as a Penns Woods Wine glass.

RESERVATIONS should be made by PayPal at the AIChE website (www.aiche-philadelphia.org/events/events2011/0915pennswoods.htm) by 5:00 PM Thursday, September 8th. Cancellations, if necessary, cannot be accepted after Tuesday, September 13th.

For further information call Mrs. Harper at the Section Office (215) 382-1589, or email PhilaACS@aol.com DIRECTIONS: http://www.pennswoodswinery.com/contact.asp The Board of Directors will meet at 4:00 PM at the Winery Tasting Room.

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PENNS WOODS WIN ERYPenns Woods Win ery is the re sult of Gino Razzi's life time of ex pe ri ence in the world of wine. Are spected im porter and dis trib u tor of wine, Gino is an Ital ian im mi grant from Abruzzo in south ern It aly. He set tled in the Del a ware County area in 1962, where he was fos tered by the area’s Ital -ian-Amer i can com mu nity. Gino served four years in the US Ma rines then at tended col lege in Cal -i for nia. Af ter grad u a tion, he re turned to Penn syl va nia to re join fam ily and friends.

With three de cades of suc cess as a wine im porter, in 1995, Gino turned his ex pe ri ence to wards the craft of wine mak ing. He fin ished his first wine in 1997. Sym po sium, a Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, was his first com mer cially re leased wine, and was awarded 95 points by Wine Spec ta tor Mag a -zine. This pub li ca tion re cently hon ored this wine again with its in clu sion in the ret ro spec tive ar ti -cle “It aly’s Golden Vin tage - the 1997 Har vest” in 2007.

Gino’s pur suit of per fec tion led him to his own back yard. In 2002, he be gan to craft wines fromPenn syl va nia–grown grapes. To his sur prise, he found that great wines can be made in Penn syl va -nia. Af ter a two year search for an ideal vine yard site, Gino de cided to pur chase the SmithbridgeWin ery, in 2004, to take ad van tage of its 25-year-old vines.

Gino is con vinced that Penn syl va nia has the ca pa bil ity to pro duce world-class wines and hopes to con trib ute to the leg acy of hard work and art istry of his pre de ces sors. As a sym bol of these as pi ra -tions, one dol lar from the pro ceeds of each bot tle of Penns Woods wines is do nated to fur ther ingwine and grape re search in Penn syl va nia.

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NEWS AT OMSSid Bhoopathy pro moted tochief op er at ing of fi cer of Ab -sorp tion Systems.

Re tir ing from the Uni ver sityof Penn syl va nia fac ulty areDon ald D. Fitts, chem is trypro fes sor, and Jane M.Vanderkooi, bio chem is tryand bio phys ics pro fes sor.

Catherine T. “Katie” Hunt,di rec tor of in no va tion sour -cing and sus tain able tech nol o -gies at Dow Chem i cal, writesa bi monthly col umn onwomen in sci ence. The firstone was posted to the chem i -cal pro cess ing web sitewww.chemicalprocessing.com/articles/2011/mastering-juggling-act-circus-of-life.html?page=full.

U of P as sis tant pro fes sor ofchem is try So-Jung Park re -ceived a 2011 Camille Drey-fus Teacher-Scholar award for his teach ing and work in volv -ing syn the sis and char ac ter -iza tion of nanoscale in or ganic sol ids.

Janis Matisons ap pointedtech ni cal man ager at Gelest.Other changes at the firm in -clude the pro mo tion of Jon a -than Goff to man ager ofsil i cones R&D, the pro mo tion of Ed ward Kimble to prod -uct man ager for sil i cones, and the ap point ment of BarbaraTsuie as prod uct man ager forsil anes and metal organics.

Chris to pher B. Murray, Uof P pro fes sor of chem is try,was awarded an hon or arydoc tor ate in sustainability atUtrecht Uni ver sity for hiswork in colloid sci ence andnanoscience.

Mat thew Lazzara, pro fes sorin Penn’s de part ments ofchem i cal and biomolecularen gi neer ing and bio en gi neer -ing re ceived the S. Reid War -ren, Jr. award for his out-stand ing ser vice in stim u lat -ing and guid ing the in tel lec -tual and pro fes sional de velop- ment of un der grad u ates.

The Uni ver sity of Penn syl va -nia re cently broke ground forthe Krishna P. Singh Cen terfor Nanotechnology, sched -uled to open in 2013.

DEATHS

John M. Davidson, II, re -tired man ager with the for mer Pennsalt Chem i cal Corp.,April 11th at 100. Fol low ingser vice in the US Navy inWWII where he was in volved with build ing air strips onNew Zea land and Aus tra lia,he joined Pennsalt in 1946 asa sales man. Davidson re tiredin 1975 as man ager of em -ployee de vel op ment. Heserved as a com mis sioner andthen mem ber of the BoyScouts Phil a del phia Coun cil.He was ac tive in Wayne Pres -by te rian Church and servedtwo terms on the board of theTredyffrin/Easttown schooldis trict.

Syd ney W. Por ter, Jr., ra di a -tion safety con sul tant, April23rd at 78. From 1957 to 1963 he co or di nated health phys icsat Gen eral Dy namics Elec tricBoat and de vel oped a ra di a -tion safety pro gram for nu -clear ves sels. Por ter thenheaded the ra dio log i cal safety de part ment at the ArmedForces Radiobiology Re -search In sti tute., and earnedthe Antarctica Ser vice Medalfrom the De fense De part mentfor his work at McMurdoSta tion.

Por ter cofounded the Ra di a -tion Man age ment Corp. inPhil a del phia and served asvice pres i dent from 1969 to1974. In 1974 he foundedPor ter Con sul tants of Ard-more and pro vided ra di a tionsafety train ing and con sult ing. Fol low ing the Three Mile Is -land nu clear ac ci dent he wasre spon si ble for TMI’s ra dio -log i cal en vi ron men tal mon i -tor ing pro gram for threeyears. He re tired from hisfirm in 2009. He taught atDrexel Uni ver sity and servedas pres i dent of the Amer i canAs so ci a tion of Ra don Sci en -tists and Tech nol o gists.

Duane G. Clarke, re tired re -search chem ist and con ser va -tion ist, May 25th at 93. Hewas a re search chem ist withRohm and Haas and laterserved the firm as an en vi ron -men tal con trol spe cial ist, re -tir ing af ter nearly 40 years.Clarke was a found ing boardmem ber of the Pennypack

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Phil a del phia Sec tion ACS Group on LinkedIn

As many mem bers of ACS are al ready aware, the website LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com)is an ex cel lent net work ing site ded i cated to keep ing work ing pro fes sion als in touch with one an -other. As a re sult, and in an ef fort to as sist in any way that we can, the Phil a del phia Sec tion ofthe ACS has es tab lished a group open for all to join. Within this group, dis cus sions can be fa -cil i tated as well as the op por tu nity for new jobs and in tern ships to be posted. If you al ready have a pro file in LinkedIn, feel free to go to the Groups Sec tion and search for“Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety - Phil a del phia Sec tion.” Send a mes sage to the group ad min is tra -tor to be come a mem ber. If you are not al ready on LinkedIn, we highly rec om mend that youjoin. Es tab lish ing an ac count is free and easy to set up. For ad di tional in for ma tion or as sis -tance, please feel free to con tact J.P. Northrop, Li ai son Com mit tee, at john.northrop@anton-paar.comTo join, please click on the fol low ing link:

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3366988

Wa ter shed As so ci a tion, which later be came an eco log i calres to ra tion trust. He servedthe trust as pres i dent and as aboard mem ber. He was rec og -nized by the Penn syl va nia As -so ci a tion of Con ser va tionDis tricts for his 18 years ofser vice as chair man of thestate soil and wa ter re sourcescom mit tee.

Delbert Payne, re tired R&Dspe cial ist and in dus trial man -ager, May 30th at 80. Heserved as com mand ing of fi cer of the US Army Nu clear, Bi o -log i cal, and Chem i cal TestDi vi sion of the Army’s Arc tic Test Cen ter in Ft. Greeley,Alaska, re tir ing as lieu ten antcol o nel. He was also re tiredfrom Rohm and Haas wherehe was di rec tor of hu man re -la tions at the Bris tol plant,man ager of the cor po rateequal op por tu nity pro gram,

and man ager of cor po rate so -cial in vest ment. Payne servedas chair man of the board oftrust ees of the Uni ver sity ofthe Sci ences.

Wil liam Tyrell Powell, re -tired phys i cal chem ist, June24th at 83. He was in volvedwith ma te ri als and pro cess en -gi neer ing at Amer i can Vis-cose, Gen eral Chem i cal, andGen eral Elec tric. At GE hewas re spon si ble for ma te ri alsand meth ods of ap pli ca tionfor com po nents used in space -craft and sat el lites. He thenformed his own elec tri calcon tract ing firm, re tir ing in1989 and re lo cat ing to NewHamp shire where he workedin the chem is try de part mentof the Uni ver sity of NewHamp shire. Powell lovedcamp ing, fish ing, sail ing, andhik ing.

John E. Fischer, pro fes soremer i tus, June 28th at 72. Hejoined the Uni ver sity of Penn -

syl va nia’s elec tri cal en gi neer -ing de part ment in 1979 andthe ma te ri als sci ence and en -gi neer ing de part ment in 1984. In 2009 he was named emer i -tus pro fes sor. Prior to com ingto Penn he headed the semi -con duc tor phys ics group atMichelson Lab o ra tory inChina Lake, CA. Fischer wasrec og nized as a world leaderin the sci ence and en gi neer ing of car bon-based ma te ri als,and was cited as one of theworld’s top 20 sci en tists innanotechnology.

Note: News At oms seeks tore port on peo ple in the fieldof chem is try in the greaterPhil a del phia area. If you have news about new hires, sig nif i -cant pro mo tions, hon ors andawards, and those who havere cently passed away, send itby email to philcatalyst@aol.com or by mail to the Phil a -del phia Sec tion ACS.

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CHEMICAL CONSULTANTS NETWORK

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 MEETING

Visit our website at www.chemconsultants.org

Date & Time: Wednesday, September 14, at the Cynwyd Club, Bala Cynwyd, PA Networking, 5:30 PM; Dinner, 6:30 PM; Talk and Business Session, 7:30 PM

Bookkeeping For Consultants

Panel Discussion

Abstract: All independent consultants need to keep track of billable hours, billable and/or tax deductible expenses, accounts receivable, and prepare invoices. A recent discussion on the CCN LinkedIn site evoked many responses and several ways of doing this, ranging from handwritten notes to sophisticated software and hired bookkeepers. The panel will present their approaches, including QuickBooks, spreadsheets and handwritten records. This will be an interactive session with (hopefully) lots of ideas from the audience as well. Panelists: Dr. William (Bill) Golton (Moderator) has been a consultant and a (ret.) executive at The CECON Group for many years. Prior to becoming a consultant he worked for DuPont as an analytical chemist and manager, quality manager, and project manager. He is a founder of the CCN and is a published expert on chemical consulting. Bill does his record keeping by hand and his invoices with a template. Dr. Ron Bihovsky is a medicinal chemistry and organic chemistry consultant and the founder of Key Synthesis LLC, a custom synthesis company specializing in synthesis of biologically active compounds. He also performs experimental work and testifies as an expert witness in pharmaceutical patent cases. He previously worked as a medicinal chemist in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, and conducted research natural product synthesis in academia. He currently serves as chairman of the Chemical Consultants Network. Ron uses QuickBooks for all of his record keeping and invoices. Dr. John Newport provides consulting and R&D services through Cheminnolab and Chemventive in which he is a partner. Previous to this he was a Senior Research Fellow at Hercules Incorporated where, in his 34-year career there, he worked on the R&D side of the fibers, film, RIM, resins and paper businesses. His areas of expertise cover polymer chemistry, surface chemistry, rheology and transport phenomena. John does his bookkeeping with spreadsheets and his invoices with a template. Location: The Cynwyd Club, 332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. Please park in lot if space is available; otherwise park on Trevor Lane. If lost, call the club at 610-667-4524, ext. 2. MAP Reservation: To make or cancel a dinner reservation, e-mail CCNReservations@aol.com or call the ACS office at (215) 382-1589 (leave message on voicemail if necessary). Fee, including food and beverages (wine, beer & sodas), is $25 by Thursday, Sept. 8th, $35 afterwards. Late reservations and walk-ins subject to availability. No-shows will be invoiced. Please advise of any special food requirements. There is no charge for talk only; registration is suggested using contact information above.

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631st BOARD OF DIRECTORS’

MEETINGThursday, May 19, 2011

The Irish Pub

1123 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107

Present: J. Tierney, R. Ewing,K. Lysko, J. Summers-Gates, D.Cook, E. Davis, A. DeMasi, D.Hausner, K. Yoder Luther, M.Matthews, J.P. Northrop, C.Palmer, K. Thrush Shaginaw, T.Straub, W. Smith, V. Tortorelli.

Also: L. Harper, K. Lammers.

Excused: M. Cichowicz, D.Cichowicz, S. Miller, D.Thomas.

The meeting was called to orderby Chairman J. Tierney at 4:10PM.

There were no minutes from theNovember meeting to approve.Minutes from the April meetingwere approved with two correc-tions and one abstention .

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Nominations: J. Summers-Gates reported that there is acomplete roster of nominees forthe fall 2011 election except forSecretary and Chair-elect. Theslate for board of directors andcouncilors is complete. A.DeMasi volunteered to run forSecretary and try to get morecandidates.

YCC: K. Lammers reportedthat she met with the chair-electof YCC and the undergraduatecommittee to explore the forma-tion of a permanent committeeof undergraduates at Temple.They would like to build a big-

ger budget base to put toward a“Science After Dark Series” lateSeptember 2011, and a majorevent the following year. Theywould like to advertise in theCatalyst . L. Harper asked K.Lammers to send her the infor-mation. They had a meetingwith representatives on 5/11 atnational Mechanics.

OFFICER’S REPORTS:

Chair (J Tierney):

1. J. Tierney revised the By-laws, correcting discrepancies.He is not finished with correc-tions suggested by others. K.Shaginaw mentioned that theexecutive committee needs to bedefined.

2. J. Tierney feels that perhapsthe members of our councilshould be more in touch withthe Board of Directors and ourmeetings in order to representus accurately. A. DeMasi saidthat most of the council mem-bers were active in the NationalACS, or had been active asSection members either on theBoard or on Section commit-tees. V. Tortorelli asked ifcouncilors could call in and benon-voting members at theBoard of Directors meetings. L.Harper said that the councilorsreceive all of the same informa-tion that is sent to all the boardmembers. J.P. Northrop com-mented that the councilors doneed to be aware of boardissues.

Chair Elect (R. Ewing):

1. As chairman of the TeachingAwards committee, R. Ewingwill present the high school andundergraduate chemistry teach-ing awards tonight. The com-

mittee needs a Section Awardwinner for fall and they havetwo excellent candidates.

2. R. Ewing has attendedNational’s webinars for localsections. The current topic isFORMS, the software for the2010 annual reports. He hasslides of the presentations ifanyone would like to see them.

3. R. Ewing is working on theNational meeting to be held inPhiladelphia next year. Therehas been poor follow-up fromnational. LaTrease Garrisonhad him contact Al Hutchins,the current contact. He wants tofigure out how the PhiladelphiaNational ACS meeting will beworked.

4. There are two grants to getmoney for local section ex-penses, one for local section ex-penses connected with theNational meeting and one forstrategic planning.

5. R. Ewing is going to CHF tovisit with Sarah Reisert. Therewill be a meeting in June to pickthe 2012 theme. He questionedhow we have representation onthe committee. He feels the rep-resentative to the Ullyot com-mittee ought to be a continuousposition, not just the newchair-elect each year. J. Tierneyfeels the same way after his ex-perience last year. CHF hasmore power in the selections be-cause they have permanent rep-resentation. V. Tortorelli sug-gests that we have more repre-sentatives on the committee butstill retain only one vote.

6. R. Ewing will put the consid-eration of additional section rep-

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Sec re tary (K. Lysko):

1. K. Lysko men tioned that there im burse ment for at tend ing the Na tional ACS meet ing in An a -heim as an al ter nate coun cilordid not cover the ex penses fortrans por ta tion, lodg ing, and reg -is tra tion. A. DeMasi said shewould look into the mat ter andthat there were Section funds tocover ex penses that were notcovered by National.

Trea surer (D. Cichowicz.):Re port was ta bled un til D.Cichowicz is pres ent.

Pub li ca tions Commitee (M.Matthews): the bud get for theCat a lyst may be in cor rect. Theover all bud get should not goover the to tal bud geted but thecat e go ries for ad money that co -mes in and the com mis sion forthe ad man ager will be dif fer ent. Also, the webmaster had to redo the pro gram for S. Miller’s un -der grad u ate sum mer em ploy -ment pro ject, which was anad di tional ex pense.

OTHER BUSI NESS:

1. A grad u ated grad u ate stu dent from Tem ple was in ter ested in

ob tain ing money for a re searchpre sen ta tion at a meet ing, butthe Section stu dent funds areonly avail able for un der grad u ate stu dents still in school.

2. M. Matthews re ported thatshe re ceived an email ask ing todis trib ute in for ma tion by emailblast about Spe cial Li brar iesAs so ci a tion’s Chem is try Di vi -sion pro fes sional de vel op mentcourses of fered in June 2011. Dis cus sion en sued about theSection ab sorb ing costs for pro -grams that are charg ing fees fortheir pro grams and V. Tortorellisaid the Section should not pickup costs for ad ver tis ing. R. Ew -ing said we need to de velop apol icy about email blasts for afee. L. Harper men tioned thatthey could take out an ad ver tise -ment in the Cat a lyst. E. Da vismen tioned the email blast couldcost the same as an ad ver tise -ment. It was also men tionedthat too many email blastsmight be unwelcome to Sectionmembers.

3. L. Harper re ported that J.Falcone, chair of the in vest ment com mit tee, sent a ta ble il lus trat -ing that our in vest ments havein creased 9.7% since our ac -count was instituted.

4. M. Matthews asked about the elec tion pro cess. We agreed the sec ond trial in 2010 was ac cept -able. She said that the link toSur vey Mon key went to thehomepage which was not cor -rect and that she would like topre view the pro cess with peo ple for cor rect ness be fore send ing it out to all Section members.

M. Matthews and J. Tierneyboth in di cated that thewebmaster should be part of theteam for the elec tion pro cess.

5. D. Cook and W. Smith are on the ACS com mit tee to re vise the guide lines for high schoolchem is try courses, which should have a draft ready for the Den -ver meet ing (fall 2011) and fi -nal ized by ei ther the San Diegoor Phil a del phia meet ing in2012.

6. A. DeMasi and S. Haynie arein volved with na tional’s Heroesof Chem is try Com mit tee.

7. S. Haynie is on the NationalACS se lec tion com mit tee for In -dus trial Mem bers Pro grams.

Meet ing was ad journed at 5:05pm by Chair man, J. Tierney.

Re spect fully sub mit ted,

Kathie Lysko, Sec re tary

BOOK RE VIEW—Alan War renWon der ing About: A Per sonal Jour nal by an Un usual Mind, Da vidStrumfels. 262 pages, 6 by 9 inches, card cov ers, per fect bound, XlibrisCorp., 2010. Cost in for ma tion from www.xlibris.com.

With his sci en tific back ground as a chem ist and his in sa tia ble cu ri os ityabout the world around him, the au thor raises many ques tions in a se ries of top i cal chap ters. He uses these top ics to raise ques tions to which man

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seeks an swers. He points out that much of what we have al ready learned from sci ence can ex -plain some of the phe nom ena, but ad di tional ques tions of ten arise. Won der ing about the skystim u lates thoughts on the so lar sys tem, the Hub ble tele scope, the na ture of light, and spacetravel. Won der ing about re al ity prompts fur ther thoughts on per cep tion, and the work ofBoltzmann and Niels Bohr.

Won der ing about mat ter stirs one to think also about the pe ri odic ta ble, at oms, the work ofHeisenberg and Schröding er, and chem i cal bonds. Won der ing about our selves leads to imag i na -tion, the car bon atom, the or i gins of life, and nat u ral se lec tion. Re turn ing to fur ther thoughts ofthe sky, Strumfels causes the reader to think about the stars, con stel la tions, mea sur ing as tro nom -i cal dis tances, and the uni verse.

In won der ing about the fu ture, the au thor of fers nearly 30 pre dic tions on trans por ta tion, farm -ing, ed u ca tion, com mu ni ca tion and many other top ics. He also makes us look at the past withre spect to the big bang the ory, fos sils, ice ages, and mass ex tinc tion, among oth ers. These top ics and many other im pon der a bles are broached by the au thor through out this in trigu ing book.

De spite his use of sci ence to ex plain much of the world around us, there are still ques tions to bean swered. But will the an swers be re solved by fu ture sci ence, or will they sim ply be re placedwith fur ther ques tions? Strumfels leads read ers on a jour ney to make sense of the world inwhich we live—a world that be comes even more cu ri ous the more we think we un der stand it.

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THE ACS PHILADELPHIA SECTION 

FIRST FALL NETWORKING EVENT 

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 

3:00 – 5:00 PM 

The Irish Pub 

2007 Walnut Street (20th and Walnut) 

Philadelphia, PA 

Come and network with your fellow ACS members as we begin this new event to encourage our members to connect with one another in an informal and easy‐going setting.  You may be surprised at what you’ll discover and how you can help others, too.  Please join us! 

Free to all ACS members from all regions. 

To register for this event, please visit http://acs‐philadelphia.eventbrite.com/ 

Further information about the event can be obtained by calling Mrs. Libby Harper at the Section Office, (215) 382‐1589, or by e‐mail at PhilaACS@aol.com 

The Irish Pub is within walking distance from SEPTA’s Suburban Station and Rittenhouse Square.  Parking is also conveniently located at the 2000 Walnut Street parking garage or the parking lot at 1908 Walnut Street (Parking fees apply.) 

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ELEC TION NOTICE

When the elec tion slate is ready, we will again hold the elec tion by elec -tronic vot ing over the internet. You will re ceive an email no tice with the ap -pro pri ate link. If you do not have an up-to-date email ad dress listed withACS you will be sent a post card about the elec tion and you may re quest amailed hard copy of the bal lot. The slate with bi og ra phies and state ments of the can di dates will be avail able on the Sec tion website: http://phil a del -phia.sites.acs.org. If you do not have ac cess to a li brary or the internet,please call the Sec tion Of fice at (215) 382-1589.

2011 FIFTY-YEAR MEM BERS AT THE JUNE LUN CHEON

Front row, left to right: Pe ter Manni, Salvatore DiGiovanni, Otto Ziemann, Ivory Nel son. Rear, left to right: John

Babiec, Ed ward Murray, Jo seph Cassarella, Hirotoshi Nishikawa, Louis Good man.

PHIL A DEL PHIA SEC TION TEACH ING AWARD WIN NERS AT THE MAY MEET ING

Left: Chris tine Brandt of Wissahickon High School, Award for Ex cel lence in High School Chem is try Teach ing, and

right: Dr. James K. Murray, Jr. of Immaculata Uni ver sity, Award for Ex cel lence in Un der grad u ate Teach ing in

Chem i cal Sci ence with Chair-Elect Dr. Rick Ew ing.

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DI REC TORY OF SER VICES

Ad ver tis ing: Vince Gale, MBO Ser -

vices, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield,

MA 02050; phone: (781) 837-0424

email: vincegale@mboservices.net

AD VER TIS ING IN DEXACS 148, 155

The Chem Show 142

EMD Chem i cals Inc. 155

Huffman Lab o ra to ries 155

Mass-Vac, Inc. 152

Mi cron Inc. 155

NuMega Res o nance Labs, Inc. 155

Rob ert son Microlit Labs 155

Vacuubrand 146

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PHILADELPHIA SECTION, ACS

2011 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date Event Locations

Friday, September 9 Chemical Heritage Foundation: Sir John Meurig Thomas: The Genius of Michael Faraday

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia www.chemheritage.org

Wednesday, September 14 Chemical Consultants Network: Bookkeeping for Consultants Panel Discussion

The Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA www.chemconsultants.org

Thursday, September 15 Joseph Priestley Society: Symposium on Biomass and Green Chemistry moderated by Keith Pauley, Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center (MATRIC)

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia http://www.chemheritage.org/visit/events/joseph-priestley-society/index.aspx

Thursday, September 15 Wine Tasting Event with AIChE Pennswoods Winery Tasting Room Chadds Ford, PA

Tuesday, September 20 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Dr. Douglas Raynie, South Dakota University: Are Green Separations Possible?

D’ignazio’s Towne House Media, PA http://www.cfdv.org/

Thursday, September 22 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Dr. Gary Molander, University of Pennsylvania: Organotrifluoroborates - New Reagents and Novel Reactivities

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia http://www.pocclub.org/

Wednesday, October 5 History Live Event with Dr. Dario Altieri, Wistar Institute Cancer Center and Dr. Stephen Lippard, MIT: Cancer Therapies: 19th Century to Tomorrow

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia www.chemheritage.org

Saturday, October 8 Philadelphia Area Girls Enjoying Science (PAGES™) Program

Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia http://www.pagesprogram.org/

Wednesday, October 12 Chemical Consultants Network: Michael J. DeLaurentis, Esq. How to Set up Your Business and Protect Yourself.

The Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA www.chemconsultants.org

Thursday, October 20 Joseph Priestley Society: Judith Giordan, Chair, Venture Well and Senior Advisor, National Collegiate Investors and Innovators Alliance

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia http://www.chemheritage.org/visit/events/joseph-priestley-society/index.aspx

Thursday, October 20 Philadelphia Section Award Dr. Larry G. Sneddon University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Thursday, October 22 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club Allan R. Day Award: Dr. Douglass F. Taber, University of Delaware: Computational Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis of (-)-Veratramine

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia http://www.pocclub.org/

Thursday, November 10 Joseph Priestley Society: Skip Volante, Vice President and Global Leader, Process Chemistry, Merck Laboratories

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia http://www.chemheritage.org/visit/events/joseph-priestley-society/index.aspx

Thursday, November 17 TBA TBA

Thursday, December 1 Ullyot Lecture: Dr. Michael Christman, President and CEO, Coriell Institute for Medical Research

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia

Saturday, December 10 Chemistry Demonstrations and Hands-on Activities for Children of All Ages

TBA

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