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HOLIDAY INN NORTH SHORE DISTINGUISHED then rejoined AMCOL as vice president 5300 West Touhy Avenue SERVICE AWARD 8:00P.M. of corporate development. In August Skokie, IL 1995, he became president of PRESENTATION TO DR. ELLI S K. AMCOL's Nanocor business unit upon DIRECTIONS TO THE MEETING FIELDS its formation. Maul has a degree in From the City: Take 1-94 (Edens (continued on page 2) Expressway) north to Touhy Ave. Go PRESENTATION OF 50-YR MEMBERS west (lett) on Touhy about three blocks to hotel. GENERAL MEETING From the west: Take 294 North to PLEASE VOTE Touhy Ave East. Go east on Touhy to THE TOPIC (Ballots were mailed in March) the hotel, which is on the left side on Peter L. Maul, President of Nanocor Touhy. and Vice President of AMCOL Interna­ tional, "Recent Advances in Clay/Plas­ FREE PARKING tic Nanocomposites". JOB CLUB The fundamental bases of clay/poly­ The next meeting of the Chicago TOPICAL GROUP 5:00- 6:00 PM mer nanocomposites are the clay uti­ Section Job Club will be held on Fri­ lized and the surface modification, day, April14 at the Holiday Inn North Dr. Gary Spedding, Siebel Institute of which renders that clay compatible with Shore at 5 p.m. The Job Club pro­ Technology, Chicago, IL, "Fermentation the polymer of interest. Nanocor's sur­ vides a continuing opportunity for and Flavor Chemistry as Applied to the face modified clays are sold under the unemployed members of the Section Brewing of Beer" trade name, Nanomer. The selection of to meet with one another, share their appropriate clay involves a number of experiences and develop a network See abstract and biography on Page 2. variables including, among others, mor­ that may help in identifying employ­ phology, cation exchange capacity, ment opportunities. Bring plenty of SOCIAL HOUR: 6:00- 7:00 P.M. cationic form, charge density, aspect resumes and business cards to dis­ ratio, color and degree of purity. The tribute to your colleagues. DINNER 7:00P.M. most critical of these are discussed in Should you wish to attend the Dinner reservations are required and some detail as they relate to surface Section meeting following the Job should be received in the section office modification and ultimately the formation Club, the fee for unemployed mem­ (847/647-8405) by noon on Tuesday, of nanocomposites. There are a number bers is only $13 and you can contin­ April 11, 2000. Dinner cost is $23.00 to of surface modification options, includ­ ue your networking activities. Please Section members. Cost to non-Section ing onium ion exchange, ion-dipole call the Section office for reserva­ members is $25.00. Seating will be treatment and coupling agents. These tions and indicate that you are eligi­ available for those who wish to attend chemistries are also briefly discussed. ble for a discount. the meeting without dinner. PLEASE Performance properties for three HONOR YOUR RESERVATIONS. The clay/polymer nanocomposites, epoxy, section must pay for all dinners nylon-6 and nylon MXD6 are presented. ordered. No-shows will be billed. AVAILABLE NOW! The menu consists of Homemade THE SPEAKER Soup Du Jour, Caesar Salad, Chicken Peter L. Maul was born April 2, 1950, REGISTER TO ATTEND Breast Marsala in a Marsala wine, peas in Alton, IL and joined American Colloid MONTHLY SECTION MEETINGS & pearl onions, rice pilaf, rolls and but­ Co. in 1976 as a product development ter, lemon sunburst cake, and bever­ specialist. He left the corporation and ON LINE age. A fish entree (broiled Lake Superi­ served as vice president and general at or Whitefish) is available upon request manager of a California-based chemical http://membership.acs.org/C/Chicago at the time of reservation. firm from 1986 to September 1993, 2

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Chicago Section for the coming year. Instrumentation: FT·IR, NMR, GC, GC/MS, SEM-EDXA, HPLS, DSC, TGA Officers elected will begin their duties on July 1, 2000. Note that because Bob McGorrin has left the Chicago area, we ~/} Chemir I Polytech have to elect a Chair. The slate is given ... Laboratories, Inc. (314) 291-6620 below. Please be sure to vote when you Since 1959 receive your ballot. Ballots will be counted on Friday, April 14, 2000. 2672 Metro Bl vd. Maryland Heights, MO 63043 htt"p://www.chemir.com Results will be announced at the Sec­ tion meeting that evening.

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Fields, I cannot end this tribute without men­ In honoring Ellis, we are recognizing Distinguished Service tioning his wonderful wife, Jeannette. a loyal, dedicated member of the sec­ Long before the Clintons presented tion who has been there whenever we Awardee, 2000 themselves as a "twofer," Ellis and needed him and called on him; stead­ I feel proud that I was invited to write Jeannette had laid claim to that title in fast, committed and true to the sec­ an account of the contributions of Dr. making their mutual contributions to the tion's mission. He is truly deserving of Ellis K. Fields in honor of his selection as American Chemical Society. Jeanette the Distinguished Service Award for the Distinguished Service Awardee for has had a career of her own, serving as 2000. 2000. I am also awed by the challenge of executive director of Glessner House trying to say in a few words just what from 1970-76, where she coordinated Jim Shoffner needs to be said in order to do justice to and led architectural tours and gave his many contributions and achieve­ lectures for the Chicago Architectural ments. My task is eased somewhat by Foundation. She still leads tours and the fact that the award is given for sup­ gives lectures in Oak Park - River For­ Alpha port of and contributions toward the mis­ est. Ellis and Jeanette live in a Frank Consulting Laboratories, Inc. sion of the Chicago Section. Although 1 Lloyd Wright House - the Arthur E. Dav­ A Consulting Group For Your Non-routine Problems enport House - in River Forest. 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Jean­ Drug Deformulation HPLC, GC, IC, AA Chicago at the very young age of 21. nette would prepare a wonderful meal After spending some ti me at UC as a for us and Ellis would open some of the Preparative Small Scale LC research associate, he joined Standard wine he had made. It couldn't have Chicago, lll. (773) 274-3658 Oil (Ind.). He eventually retired from been any better than that. Amoco Chemical Co. in 1992 with the highest rank that could be achieved by a researcher, research consultant. Along the way he received 232 patents and was responsible for 126 publications - a Providing truly remarkable research career! Upon retirement, he was appointed Excellence- to the Alva Todd Chair of Chemical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Tech­ For The Entire nology. 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