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2 The Nucleus November 2013 The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, Inc. Contents Office: Anna Singer, 12 Corcoran Road, Burlington, MA 01803 (Voice or FAX) 781-272-1966. NESACS Members named 2014 ACS Awardees______4 e-mail: secretary(at)nesacs.org NESACS Homepage: Call for Abstracts ______4 http://www.NESACS.org 12th Annual Undergraduate Symposium on Sustainability and the Environment. Officers 2013 Chair To be held at Bridgewater State University, December 7, 2013. Liming Shao 158South Great Road Monthly Meeting ______5 Lincoln, MA 01773 Professor Melanie Cooper of Michigan State University to receive the 2013 limingshao(at)comcast.net shao(at)fas.harvard.edu James Flack Norris Award For Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of 781-518-0720 Chemistry. Chair-Elect Arno Heyn Book Prize to be awarded. Catherine Costello Boston University School of Medicine To be held at Holiday Inn - Bunker Hill. 670 Albany Street, room 511 Boston, MA 02118-2646 NESACS Wins Chemluminary Award______6 cecmsms(at)bu.edu By Morton Z. Hoffman Immediate Past Chair Ruth Tanner Olney Hall 415B ACS Entrepreneurial Resources Center Showcase East ______7 Lowell, MA 01854 November 14, 2013 at Nova Biomedical Corporation, Waltham University of Mass Lowell Ruth_Tanner(at)uml.edu Summary of Governance Actions/Reports 8 978-934-3662 ______Secretary: Councilor Talking Points from the 246th ACS National Meeting, Michael Singer Indianapolis, Indiana, September 8-12, 2013. Sigma-Aldrich 3 Strathmore Rd, Natick, MA 01360 James Flack Norris 12 774-290-1391, michael.singer(at)sial.com ______Treasurer: The Award and the Man James Piper 19 Mill Rd, Harvard, MA 01451 Cover: NESACS and SCHB (Small Chemical Business Division) receiving 978-456-3155, piper28(at)attglobal.net their ChemLuminary Award at the Ceremony on September 10, 2013. L to R: Auditor: Anthony Rosner Mike Morello, DAC; Sharon Vercellotti, SCHB Councilor; Jennifer Maclach- Archivist lan*, SCHB PR Chair; Joseph Sabol, SCHB Program Chair; Stan Seelig, Tim Frigo SCHB Chair; Mukund Chorghade*, SCHB Immediate Past Chair; Mitchell Trustees: Peter C. Meltzer, Esther A. H. Hopkins, Bruce, LSAC Chair; Jack Driscoll* NESACS PR Chair; Tom Barton, 20113 Michael E. Strem ACS President-elect. See article on page 6 for more detail. (Photo by Morton Directors-at-Large Z. Hoffman). *NESACS Member David Harris, Stephen Lantos, James Phillips, Ralph Scannell, Mary Burgess, John Burke Editorial Deadlines: Councilors Alternate Councilors January 2014 Issue: November 15, 2013 Term Ends 12/31/2013 February 2014 Issue: December 15, 2013 Alfred Viola Mark Froimowitz Michael Singer Sophia R. Su Robert Lichter Kenneth C. Mattes Mary Shultz Tim Frigo Leland L. Johnson, Jr. Mukund Chorghade Term Ends 12/31/2014 Katherine Lee C. Jaworek-Lopes The Nucleus is published monthly, except June and August, by the Northeastern Section of the American Michael P. Filosa Lawrence Scott Chemical Society, Inc. Forms close for advertising on the 1st of the month of the preceding issue. Text Doris Lewis Andrew Scholte must be received by the editor six weeks before the date of issue. Morton Z. Hoffman Raj Rajur Editor: Michael P. Filosa, Ph.D., ZINK Imaging, Inc., 16 Crosby Drive, Building 4G, Patrick Gordon John Podobinski Mary Burgess Stuart Levy Bedford, MA 01730 Email: Michael.filosa(at)zink.com; Tel: 508-843-9070 Term Ends 12/31/2015 Associate Editors: Myron S. Simon, 60 Seminary Ave. apt 272, Auburndale, MA 02466, Catherine E. Costello Marietta Schwartz Mindy Levine, 516-697-9688, mindy.levine(at)gmail.com Ruth Tanner JerryJasinski Board of Publications: Mary Mahaney (Chair), Vivian K. Walworth, James Phillips Dorothy J. Phillips Stephen Lantos Michaeline Chen Norton P. Peet Business Manager: Karen Piper, 19 Mill Rd., Harvard, MA 01451, Tel: 978-456-8622 Jackie O’Neil Wilton Virgo Advertising Manager: Vincent J. Gale, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield, MA 02050, All Chairs of standing Email: Manager-vincegale(at)mboservices.net; Tel: 781-837-0424 Committees, the editor Contributing Editors: Morton Hoffman, Feature Editor; Dennis Sardella, Book Reviews of THE NUCLEUS, and Calendar Coordinator: Michael P. Filosa, email: Michael.filosa(at)zink.com the Trustees of Section Photographers: Morton Z. Hoffman and James Phillips Funds are members of the Board of Directors. Any Proofreaders: Donald O. Rickter, Vivian K. Walworth, Mindy Levine Coun cilor of the American Chemical Soci- Webmaster: Roy Hagen ety residing within the section area is an ex Copyright 2013, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, Inc. officio member of the Board of Directors. The Nucleus November 2013 3 Institute, Harvard University, and the Call for NESACS Broad Institute. sponsored by ACS, Stephen J. Lippard, Massachu- Abstracts! Members setts Institute of Technology. 12th Annual Undergraduate In addition, Matthew S. Platz, Named University of Hawaii, Hilo, will Symposium on Sustainability receive the James Flack Norris Award and the Environment in Physical Organic Chemistry spon- Saturday, December 7, 2013 2014 ACS sored by the ACS Northeastern Sec- tion. 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Melanie Cooper, Michigan State Bridgewater State University Awardees University, the recipient of the 2013 Conant Science and Math Center The following members of the North- James Flack Norris Award for Out- Please join us at the only symposium eastern Section have been designated standing Achievement in the Teaching dedicated to undergraduate environ- as recipients of awards administered of Chemistry from NESACS, will mental research, and projects that by the American Chemical Society for receive the ACS Award for Achieve- address sustainability issues from a 2014. Vignettes of all the award recip- ment in Research for the Teaching and campus, regional, national, or global ients will appear in C&EN in early Learning of Chemistry sponsored by perspective. Undergraduate research 2014. Recipients will be honored at the Pearson Education. u Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, March posters (including completed, in th progress, and proposed research) in all 18, 2014, in conjunction with the 247 environmental disciplines are wel- ACS National Meeting in Dallas. come. Abstract submission is open to ACS Award for Creative Work in all undergraduate students at http:// Synthetic Organic Chemistry spon- www.bridgew.edu/Environmental. sored by Aldrich Chemical Co. LLC, Abstract submission deadline is Amir H. Hoveyda, Boston College. Wednesday, November 20. Please Arthur C. Cope Award sponsored email questions to Ed Brush by the Arthur C. Cope Fund, Stuart L. ([email protected]) u Schreiber, Howard Hughes Medical

4 The Nucleus November 2013 Monthly Meeting Biography The 935th Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society Presentation of the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry Thursday, November 14, 2013 Holiday Inn - Bunker Hill, 30 Washington Street, Somerville, MA 02143 (800)- 972-3381 4:30 pm Board Meeting 5:30 pm Social Hour 6:15 pm Dinner Melanie Cooper received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of 7:30 pm Award Meeting, Liming Shao, NESACS Chair, Presiding Manchester, England. Presentation of Arno Heyn Memorial Book Prize In January 2013 she moved to Mary Mahaney, Chair, NESACS Board of Publications Michigan State University as the Lap- Reflections on James Flack Norris pan-Phillips Professor of Science Edu- Ken Mattes, NESACS Archivist cation and Professor of Chemistry, Introduction of Norris Award Recipient from her previous position as Alumni Marcy Towns, Purdue University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Presentation of Norris Award at Clemson University. Mary Jane Shultz, Chair, Norris Award Committee Her appointment at Clemson was ground-breaking, not only at Clemson Norris Award Address: but nationally, in that it was one of the Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything first tenure track appointments in Professor Melanie Cooper, Department of Chemistry, chemistry education in a chemistry Michigan State University, Lansing, MI department. Her Discipline-Based Dinner reservations should be made no later than noon, Wednesday, November continued on page 12 6. Reservations are to be made using PayPal services: http://acssymposium. com/paypal.html. Select pay with credit or debit card option and follow the additional instructions on the page. Members, $30; Non-members, $35; Abstract: Retirees, $20; Students, $10. Reservations for new members and for additional information, contact the secretary Anna Singer at (781)272-1966 between 9am Chemistry, Life, the Universe and and 6pm or e-mail at [email protected]. Reservations not cancelled at least Everything 24 hours in advance must be paid. Chemistry is a fascinating science, it THE PUBLIC IS INVITED plays a central role in scientific under- standing, and yet it has something of Directions to Holiday Inn-Bunker Hill: an image problem. General Chemistry http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/somerville/bossv/hoteldetail is the university course where many By Auto: From I-93 North take exit 28, Charlestown/Somerville. Stay in left students begin – and end – their col- lane on ramp. Turn left onto Washington Street. Hotel is 3 blocks ahead. lege level chemistry education. It is By Train: From North Station, below the TD Garden Arena. Distance: 1.0 where many teachers of physical sci- Mile EAST to Hotel. Complimentary Shuttle Available. ence and chemistry learn most of their By MBTA: Sullivan Station-Orange Line. Distance: 0.2 Mile EAST to Hotel. relevant chemistry, and as such is the Complimentary Shuttle Available course with the greatest impact on the Turn left from hotel parking lot. Immediate right onto Washington Street. 2 public perception, knowledge and blocks to Sullivan Square Subway Station on left. understanding of chemical principles. Complimentary Local Area Shuttle: Radius 3.0 MI. Complimentary However, the structure of the tradi- Parking tional general chemistry course does not appear to be effective for promot- continued on page 12

The Nucleus November 2013 5 tions in its annual report for 2012, NESACS Wins which was generated by Ruth Tanner, NESACS Chair that year: Outstanding Continuing Public Relations Program ChemLuminary Award of a Local Section (Committee on Pub- By Morton Z. Hoffman lic Relations and Communications), Outstanding High School Student Pro- The award for an Outstanding Collabo- SBA and conventional lending, the gram (Society Committee on Educa- ration Between a Local Section and a ACS Program for Entrepreneurs, tion), Local Section Partnership Award Division during 2012 was presented to opportunities from the Massachusetts (LSAC), and Outstanding Performance NESACS and the Division of Small Small Business Development Center, by a Local Section in the Very Large Chemical Businesses (SCHB) at the and dilutive and non-dilutive equity Category with more than 3,200 mem- ChemLuminary Ceremony on Septem- funding.” The symposium was bers (LSAC). The winners in those ber 10, 2013, at the ACS National described in detail in the December categories were the Georgia, New Meeting in Indianapolis. The award, 2012 Nucleus. York, Indiana, and New York Local which is given by the Committee on Jack Driscoll (NESACS Public Sections, respectively. Local Section Activities (LSAC) and Relations Chair) and Mukund The NESACS Continuing Public the Committee on Divisional Activities Chorghade (SCHB Immediate Past Relations Program nomination (DAC), recognizes “outstanding col- Chair) joined Maclachlan in accepting included new social media communi- laboration between an ACS local sec- the award on behalf of NESACS and cations, press releases, Science Cafés, tion and a division.” SCHB in the presence of Mike Morello and public outreach events. The nomi- The specific event that was recog- (DAC), Sharon Vercellotti (SCHB nation for the High School Student nized was the small chemical business Councilor), Joseph Sabol (SCHB Pro- Program cited the High School Science symposium held on October 11, 2012, gram Chair), Stan Seelig (SCHB Series event at the Museum of Science at Nova Biomedical Corp. in Waltham Chair), Mitchell Bruce (LSAC Chair), Boston during National Chemistry prior to the NESACS Monthly Meet- and Tom Barton (2013 ACS Chair- Week, the annual “Connections to ing. According to Jennifer Maclachlan Elect). Chemistry” workshop event for high (SCHB Public Relations Chair), “A The Northeastern Section was also school teachers, and the Chemistry number of startup stories were pre- a finalist in four other award categories Olympiad activities. The LSAC/DAC sented, including programs involving for its activities based on self-nomina- continued on page 12

6 The Nucleus November 2013 EARLY-STAGE CHEMICAL START-UPS, INVESTORS, & PARTNERS

In cooperation with THE NORTHEASTERN SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (NESACS), ACS DIVISION OF SMALL CHEMICAL BUSINESSES, and NOVA BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION, YOU are cordially invited to participate in a full-day program of business plan presentations, networking, refreshments, and discussions at the ACS ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCES CENTER SHOWCASE EAST THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 Nova Biomedical Corporation 200 Prospect Street, Waltham MA, 02254-9141

ENTREPRENEURS: ACS is organizing this one-day event to help you introduce your chemistry-based technologies or product opportunities to potential investors or partners. During this event, twenty (20)slots will be available for 15-minute investment or partnering pitches. You can apply to present by completing this “Investor Readiness Questionnaire” at: Showcase East Presenter Application. Applications must be received by October 2, 2013. Applications arecompetitively scored for investor or partner readiness.

INTERESTED INVESTORS OR PARTNERS: you can participate live or online. You will receive an ACS ERC Showcase East Presenter Bookcontainingexecutive summaries and presenter information before the event. Presentations arelikely to offer therapeutic, diagnostic, greentech, and renewable energyopportunities, to name a few. If interested, please contact Ken Polk directly at [email protected] and indicate your preference for live or onlineparticipation by October 31, 2013. Credentials to participate will be provided to you.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Day (By Invitation Only) 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Business Plan Presentations

Evening (Free & Open to the Public) 5:00 p.m. -6:15p.m. ACS/NESACS Reception & Networking (refreshments provided by ACS) 6:15 p.m. -7:30p.m. Announcement of ACS Best-PitchAward&PresentationbyAwardWinner; Entrepreneur Panel Discussion 7:30 p.m. -8:30p.m. Networking Continued Please register at: http://acsercshowcaseeast.eventbrite.com/

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The Nucleus November 2013 7 SUMMARY OF GOVERNANCE ACTIONS and REPORTS American Chemical Society

246th ACS National Meeting

Indianapolis, Indiana

September 8-12, 2013 ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL Cobb, and Lissa Dulany for the 2014- • Dr. Alan A. Hazari, Director of Election Results: 2016 term. Chemistry Labs and Lecturer, Uni- versity of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN The Committee on Nominations Candidates for President-Elect and and Elections presented to the Council Board of Directors: Candidates for District IV Director, the following slate of candidates for The candidates for the fall 2013 ACS 2014-2016 membership on the Committee on national election were announced as • Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez, Chem- Committees beginning in 2014: follows: istry and Biochemistry, Georgia Mitchell R. M. Bruce, Janet L. Bryant, Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Dee Ann Casteel, Amber S. Hinkle, Candidates for President-Elect, 2014 • Dr. Larry K. Krannich, Professor Wayne E. Jones, Jr., V. Michael • Dr. G. Bryan Balazs, Associate Pro- Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Mautino, Jason E. Ritchie, Sharon P. Alabama, Birmingham, AL Shoemaker, Russell W. Johnson, and gram Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA Ralph A. Wheeler. By electronic ballot, Committee Reviews: the Council elected Janet L. Bryant, • Dr. Charles E. Kolb, Jr., President As part of a regular committee per- Dee Ann Casteel, Amber S. Hinkle, and CEO, Aerodyne Research Inc., formance review, the Council voted to Billerica, MA continue the joint Board-Council Com- Wayne E. Jones, Jr., and V. Michael Mautino for the 2014-2016 term. • Dr. , Section mittee on International Activities and The Committee on Nominations and Head R&D, The Procter & Gamble the Council Other Committee on Elections presented to the Council the Company, Cincinnati, OH Nomenclature, Terminology and Sym- bols. Continuation of the Committee following slate of candidates for mem- Candidates for Directors-at-Large, bership on the Council Policy Com- on International Activities also requires 2014-2016 (two will be elected) Board of Directors concurrence. mittee beginning in 2014: Harmon B. • Dr. Susan B. Butts, Independent Abrahamson, Arindam Bose, Judith H. Consultant, Susan Butts Consulting, Committee Charters Approved: Cohen, Alan M. Ehrlich, Martha G. Midland, MI The Council voted to approve amend- Hollomon, Paul J. Smith, Ellen B. • Dr. Thom H. Dunning, Jr., Director, ments to the charters of the committees Stechel, and Angela K. Wilson. By National Center for Supercomputing on International Activities and on electronic ballot, the Council elected Applications and Professor, Distin- Nomenclature, Terminology and Sym- Harmon B. Abrahamson, Judith H. guished Chair for Research, Univer- bols. Cohen, Alan M. Ehrlich, and Angela K. sity of Illinois at Urbana- Wilson for the 2014-2016 term. Committee Reports (Highlights): Champaign, Urbana, IL The Council Policy Committee Society Committee on Education presented to the Council the following • Dr. Dorothy J. Phillips, Retired, SOCED recognized the achievement slate of candidates for membership on Waters Corporation, Milford, MA that is present in the Next Generation the Committee on Nominations and • Dr. Kathleen M. Schulz, President, Science Standards, including their Elections beginning in 2014: Lisa M. Business Results, Inc., Albuquerque, basis in research on teaching and learn- Balbes, Jeannette E. Brown, Martha L. NM ing, their formulation as performance standards, and their basis in the NRC Casey, Dwight W. Chasar, D. Richard Candidates for District II Director, Cobb, Catherine E. Costello, Lissa framework and its dimensions of Sci- 2014-2016 ence and Engineering Practices, Disci- Dulany, Kevin J. Edgar, Paul W. • Dr. George M. Bodner, Arthur Kelly Jagodzinski, and Robert A. Pribush. plinary Core Ideas, and Cross Cutting Distinguished Professor of Chem- Concepts. SOCED supported the Stan- By electronic ballot, the Council istry Education and Engineering, elected Lisa M. Balbes, Jeannette E. dards as a document that is broadly Purdue University, West Lafayette, applicable as a basis for K-12 science Brown, Martha L. Casey, D. Richard IN

8 The Nucleus November 2013 instruction and called upon the Society voted to approve a proposal by the to a decline in activity over the last to develop innovative programming to Committee on Nominations and Elec- several years. The North Jersey Local support the implementation of the tions to realign these districts. The Section has contacted LSAC and will Standards. realignment meets the specified criteria submit a petition in 2014 to annex the Standing Committee on Economic for redistricting as required by Bylaw Monmouth County territory. V, Section 4a and brings all six dis- and Professional Affairs (CEPA) Divisions: tricts within permissible population Committee on Economic and Profes- After much debate, a proposed name range. This change takes place in 2014 sional Affairs reported that employ- change for the Division of Colloid and and does not affect the 2013 national ment is up and unemployment is down Surface Chemistry to the Division of ACS elections. Councilors and others for ACS chemists. The complete Colloids, Surfaces, and Nanomaterials may visit the N&E website to look at review of the Comprehensive Salary was defeated by the Council in a close the actual proposal and its impact. Survey will appear in the September vote. 23 issue of C&EN. Meeting Registration Report: Special Discussion Item: As of the morning of September 11, Project SEED A special discussion item was put on 2013, the ACS fall national meeting The Committee on Project SEED needs the Council agenda for this meeting. had attracted 10,840 registrants, mentors in Alaska, Arkansas, Connecti- ACS President Marinda Wu presented including 6,630 regular attendees and cut, Hawaii, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, and moderated a discussion on “What 2,584 students. New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode can we – as the Society and as individ- Island, South Dakota, Utah, Washing- Local Sections: ual citizens – do to help create jobs or ton, and Wyoming. Contact Cecilia The Council voted, on the recommen- demand for chemists?” She shared Hernandez ([email protected]) for dation of the Committee on Local Sec- five recommendations from the presi- more information. tion Activities (LSAC), to approve a dential task force “Vision 2025: Help- Realignment of Electoral Districts: request from the Syracuse Local Sec- ing ACS Members to Thrive in the ACS Bylaws require that the six elec- tion to change its name to the Central Global Chemistry Enterprise” and toral districts – from which six direc- New York Local Section. Council also what they might imply for our efforts tors are elected to the ACS Board of approved a recommendation from to help create jobs: discover and share Directors – be balanced in their total LSAC that the Monmouth County information about the skills and com- member populations. The Council Local Section (in New Jersey) be dis- petencies that a wide range of employ- solved, effective January 1, 2014, due continued on page 10

The Nucleus November 2013 9 Governance world renowned chemists/innovators New Members that comprise our membership. Continued from page 9 Invitation to attend a meeting On the recommendation of the ers will need; continue to expand Committee on Grants and Awards, the resources which help our members to You are cordially invited to attend one Board voted to approve Society nomi- position themselves for successful of our upcoming Section meetings as a nations for the National Science careers in the global chemistry enter- guest of the Section at the social hour Board’s Public Service Award and the prise; enable entrepreneurs to create and dinner preceding the meeting. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) and strengthen their startups that hire Reservations for new members Alan T. Waterman Award. The chemistry professionals; advocate for and for additional information, contact National Science Board’s Public Serv- policies that improve the business cli- the secretary Anna Singer at (781)272- ice Award honors individuals and mate and promote the creation of 1966 between 9am and 6pm or e-mail groups that have made substantial con- chemistry jobs; and work with other at [email protected] u tributions toward increasing public stakeholders to understand and influ- understanding of science and engineer- ence the supply and demand of ing in the US. The Alan T. Waterman chemists and jobs. Following the pres- ports from its committees on Planning, Award recognizes an outstanding entation, numerous Councilors Executive Compensation, Grants and young researcher in any field of sci- engaged in a discussion of this focused Awards (G&A), Budget and Finance ence or engineering supported by the topic on possibilities to encourage jobs (B&F) and the working group on Soci- NSF. creation and offered several sugges- ety Program Portfolio Management. The working group on Society tions. The Board held a lengthy strategic Program Portfolio Management issue discussion on the topic “Connect- briefed the Board on its activities. The ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF ing Chemists with Each Other.” It con- DIRECTORS working group is charged with deliver- sidered what the role of ACS should be ing a process for portfolio management At this meeting, the ACS Board of in helping chemists develop relation- Directors considered a number of key of Society programs in the divisions of ships with other chemists and the Membership and Scientific Advance- strategic issues and responded with strategies that enable those relation- several actions. ment, Education, and the Office of the ships; how these strategies encourage Secretary and General Counsel (Office The Board’s Committees and Work- and support younger and inter national of Public Affairs) and pilot programs. ing Groups: members; and how these strategies The Board received a briefing and The Board of Directors received re - develop relationships to leverage the approved a recommendation from its Committee on Executive Compensa- tion. The compensation of the Soci- ety’s executive staff receives regular review from the Board. On the recommendation of the Committee on Budget and Finance (B&F), the Board voted to approve an advance member registration fee of $380 for national meetings held in 2014. The Board also voted to reau- thorize funding in next year’s proposed budget for the ACS International Cen- ter, and the ACS Entrepreneurial Initia- tive, and to authorize funding for a new initiative, the National Associa- tion of Chemistry Teachers (NACT). This association will be an ACS pro- gram to provide teachers a professional home. Through NACT they will have access to specialized resources and the broader ACS community. The Board confirmed the recom- mendation of the ACS Executive Director/CEO of the new President of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). continued on page 12

10 The Nucleus November 2013 James Flack Norris: The Man and The Award The James Flack Norris Award for head its School of Science. He inorganic and organic chemistry. The Outstanding Achievement in the remained at Simmons until 1915 income from those texts, at least in Teaching of Chemistry pays tribute to except for 1910-11 when, feeling the part, formed the foundation of the outstanding contributions to the field need for more physical chemistry, he bequest from Mrs. Norris to the North- of chemical education and in so doing spent a sabbatical with Fritz Haber at eastern Section in 1948. The purpose honors the memory of a distinguished Karlsruhe. After one year at Vanderbilt of this bequest, to quote the will of teacher of chemistry: James Flack University, Norris returned to M.I.T. Mrs. Norris, is “to keep green the Norris. where he remained for the next 24 memory of James Flack Norris.” The Award: The Norris Award is years as an enthusiastic and successful The Norris Fund has grown over one of the oldest national awards of the teacher of chemistry. On February 4, the years with judicious management American Chemical Society and is pre- 1902 he was married in Washington, by the Trustees of the Northeastern sented annually by the Northeastern D.C. to Anne Bent Chamberlin, daugh- Section. From its income the Section Section. The recipient is selected from ter of an Army Captain. They had no sponsors two James Flack Norris an international list of nominees who children. Professor Norris died in Awards: the James Flack Norris have served with special distinction as Cambridge, Massachusetts on August Award in Physical Organic Chemistry, teachers of chemistry at any level and 4, 1940. administered by the National ACS, and whose efforts have had a wide-ranging In 1916 Norris was a member of the James Flack Norris Award for Out- effect on chemical education. The the Naval Consulting Board and during standing Achievement in the Teaching award has been given for a wide vari- World War I he served as a Lt. Colonel of Chemistry. Tonight’s recipient joins ety of achievements: for outstandingly in the Chemical Warfare Service. a distinguished group of predecessors. effective textbooks, lecture demonstra- After the war, he served for ten years *Taken from the biographical tions, or laboratory experiments, for as vice chairman and chairman of the memoir of James Flack Norris by John editing the Journal of Chemical Educa- Division of Chemistry and Chemical D. Roberts and from the biography of tion, for developing the Chemical Edu- Technology of the National Research James Flack Norris given by Joseph cational Material Study Project, or for Council. Bornstein at the presentation of the new ways to teach laboratory courses Although serious when the occa- James Flack Norris Award for Out- in chemistry. Always, and this is of the sion called for it, the debonair Norris standing Achievement in the Teaching utmost importance, the specific was known as “Sunny Jim” to a host of of Chemistry. u achievement must be coupled with friends who found him a jovial com- dedicated teaching of chemistry at the panion. graduate, undergraduate, or high His activities in the ACS were school level. The award consists of a many: Chairman of the Northeastern citation and an honorarium. Section in 1904 and President of the The Man: James Norris was born National Society in 1925 and 1926. in 1871 in Baltimore. He was the fifth As President of the Society, he did What’s Yours? of nine children and attended schools much to improve and clarify the in that city and in Washington, D.C. finances of the society. He was also Many local employers post positions His collegiate career started at Johns active in the National Research Coun- on the NESACS job board. Hopkins University, from which he cil and in IUPAC, serving as vice pres- Find yours at graduated with an A.B. degree, Phi ident of the latter from 1925-28. He www.nesacs.org/jobs Beta Kappa, in 1892. He was strongly was an honorary member of the attracted by the great and Rumanian Chemical Society and of the consequently decided to carry out his Royal Institute of Chemistry in Great graduate studies at Johns Hopkins Britain. In 1937, he received the gold where he investigated complex com- medal of the American Institute of pounds of selenium and tellurium. In Chemists for “outstanding service as a Q. Exactly, how many awards and 1895 he obtained his Ph.D. After grad- teacher and as an investigator.” Norris scholarships does NESACS sponsor? uation, Professor Norris served in the was one of the first chemists to study Chemistry Department of M.I.T. In the structure-reactivity relationship of A) One b) Two c) Many 1904 he then moved to the newly organic compounds on a systematic www.nesacs.org/awards founded Simmons College to become basis. Between 1912 and 1922 he its first Professor of Chemistry and to authored four influential textbooks in

The Nucleus November 2013 11 Biography Governance ChemLuminary Award Continued from page 5 Continued from page 10 Continued from page 6 Education Research has focused on He is Manuel (Manny) Guzman, most award that was received recognized the improving teaching and learning in recently Executive Vice President of partnership of NESACS with SCHB. large enrollment, introductory chem- Learning and Research Solutions of For the Outstanding Performance nom- istry courses, including general and Cengage Learning. Mr. Guzman suc- ination, the wide array of NESACS organic chemistry. ceeds Robert J, Massie, who is retiring programs, activities, and projects were She has investigated how students after leading CAS with great distinc- presented as well as the numerous learn to construct and use representa- tion and success for 21 years and is awards and recognitions received by tions, problem solving, conceptual retiring in March 2014. Mr. Guzman its members, graduate students, and understanding, and development of will begin September 30. Mr. Massie undergraduate student chapters. u practices such as argumentation and will assist in the transition when he meta-cognition, and has collaborated returns from medical leave. with researchers in chemistry educa- The Executive Director/CEO out reasonable lists of duties and tion research and other fields - from Report: expectations of Councilors, their role molecular biology, to the cognitive sci- The Executive Director/CEO and her in governance, and information on ences and computer science. She was a direct reports updated the Board on the governance organization and opera- member of the inaugural class of following: highlights and high-level tions. American Chemical Society Fellows recommendations on the ACS global www.acs.org/getinvolved and is a Fellow of the AAAS. She is a presence; and the activities of CAS ACS offers many ways to get involved past chair of the ACS Division of (Chemical Abstracts Service) and the at the local, regional, and national lev- Chemical Education, and the Western ACS Publications Division. As a fol- els. There are opportunities for every- Carolinas Local Section. She is a low-up to the Publications report, the one, whether you are a student, just member of the Leadership team for the Board voted to approve one journal starting your career, or a seasoned pro- Next Generation Science Standards editor appointment and several editor fessional. (NGSS), and the NRC Board on Sci- re-appointments. ence Education (BOSE). She has www.acs.org/cta received a number of teaching awards, Other Society Business: Information about the Committee on including the 2010-2011 the Society The Board also voted to hold the Technician Affairs and its fiftieth for College Science Teachers (SCST) December 2015 Board of Directors anniversary will be posted here. Outstanding Undergraduate Science meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, in con- www.ACS.org/ChemistryAmbas- Teacher Award (OUSTA). u junction with the 2015 International sadors Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Visit the Chemistry Ambassadors web- Societies (Pacifichem). The ACS is the site for ideas and resources to engage Abstract host society for the 2015 Pacifichem your community with positive mes- sages about chemistry. Continued from page 5 meeting, and co-location will allow Board members to participate in this [email protected] ing deep conceptual understanding or very successful Pacifichem meeting. 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