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CINTACS Newsletter of the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society October, 2004 Vol. 42, No. 2 Meeting Calendar The 2004 Oesper Banquet and Fri. Oesper Banquet October Monthly Meeting Oct. 15 University of Cincinnati Thurs. Janet Reid Friday, Oct. 15, 2004 Dec. 9 Xavier University cosponsored by the Wed. Jennifer Holmgren Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati Jan. 19 TBA honoring Wed. Chemist of the Year Feb. 16 Givaudan Flavors Professor George M. Whitesides Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry Wed. Dr. Burkhard Jansen Harvard University Mar. 9 Genome Research Inst. with featured after-dinner speaker Thurs. High School Awards April 21 Northern Kentucky U. Felice Frankel Massachusetts Institute of Technology May Party Night! The Power of the “Pretty Picture" TBA (see abstract on page 4) About the Awardee In this issue George M. Whitesides received his A.B. degree from Har- From the Chair 2 vard University in 1960, and his Ph.D. from the California Institute October Meeting Details 3 of Technology in 1964. He is currently Mallinckrodt Professor of Call for Posters! 4 Chemistry at Harvard University. Prior to joining the Harvard fac- Chemical Educators Group 5 (Continued on page 4) ChemLuminary Awards! 5 2004-2005 Committee Chairs 6 Trustees Report 9 About the Speaker Educational Grants Program 10 Educational Grants Application 11 Felice Frankel is science photographer and Research Scien- Call for Nominations 13 tist in the School of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Oesper Symposium 16 nology, Cambridge Massachusetts. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Ad- (Continued on page 4) CINTACS NEWSLETTER 2 THE CINTACS NEWSLETTER From the Chair Vol. 42, No. 2 October, 2004 October is a busy and exciting month for our local section with two major events on the schedule: the Oesper Banquet and Sym- Editor.........................Bruce S. Ault Advertising.......... ……..Ed Hunter posium and National Chemistry Week. CINTACS is published nine times a year The Oesper Banquet is typically one of the best meetings of (September through May) by the Cincinnati the year and this year is no exception. The 2004 Oesper award recog- Section of the American Chemical Society. The submission deadline will be nizes the accomplishments of Professor George M. Whitesides of approximately October 23 for the December, Harvard University, well known for his interdisciplinary research. 2004 issue. Electronic submission is strongly The banquet speaker is the renowned science photographer Felice preferred, except for original photos. All Frankel. The program for the Oesper Symposium on the following materials should be sent to: day is truly outstanding and is not to be missed. Our section’s annual Dr. Bruce Ault poster session will be held prior to the banquet on Friday evening. Department of Chemistry Poster presenters should send an abstract to Nebojsa Pantelic University of Cincinnati ([email protected]) by October 11. See the following link for Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172 Telephone:(513) 556-9238 additional information regarding the poster session and the Oesper FAX: (513) 556-9239 Banquet: http://www.che.uc.edu/alumni/oesper/banquet.html E-mail: [email protected] National Chemistry Week (October 17 – 23) will explore the Section Officers theme of “Health and Wellness” and help show how chemistry im- Chair: pacts our daily life. Chemistry demonstrations and other activities are Phil Christenson planned at local libraries and the Cincinnati Museum Center. Our 513-948-4942 section will sponsor articles regarding NCW in the Cincinnati En- [email protected] quirer/Post. If you want to help with our section’s NCW program, 1st Vice Chair: contact Victor Arredondo, NCW chair at [email protected]. Emel Yakali 513-745-5686 [email protected] Just a brief look ahead: there will not be a meeting in No- vember. Our next meeting will be a joint meeting with NOBCHE on 2nd Vice Chair: th Joel Oliver Thursday, December 9 and will feature Janet Reid, Chairwoman of 513-677-1844 the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, as our after dinner [email protected] speaker. I’m really looking forward to this meeting as I understand Secretary: that Janet Reid is a great speaker. Please mark your calendars for George Rizzi what promises to be an interesting evening. 513-761-0816 [email protected] ChemLuminary Awards: The Cincinnati section won two Treasurer: ChemLuminary Awards at the National ACS meeting in Philadelphia. Robert Kempton Our section received the Committee on Community Activities’ Award 859-572-5116 [email protected] for Outstanding Industrial Involvement in National Chemistry Week and the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs’ ACS President’s Councilors: Award for Local Section Government Affairs. Congratulations to all Roger Parker (12/31/06) 513-771-3613 involved in making those activities successful!! [email protected] Ted Logan (12/31/05) As the above awards demonstrate, we do, indeed, have an 513-385-8856 outstanding section. One of the key factors in making our section [email protected] success over the years is the strength and dedication of our volunteers, Bruce Ault (12/31/04) especially our committee chairs. The list of committee chairs is pub- 513-556-9238 lished in this month’s issue and so now is a good time to recognize [email protected] them and thank them for their contributions to our section. Without Kathy Gibboney (12/31/04) their efforts, this section would come to a screeching halt. Many of 513-622-2289 [email protected] (Continued on page 9) CINTACS NEWSLETTER 3 October Monthly Meeting The 2004 Ralph and Helen Oesper Banquet and Poster Session honoring George M. Whitesides Harvard University Friday, October 15, 2004 University of Cincinnati Faculty Club (see page 16 for Oesper Symposium Program on Saturday, Oct. 16) Program 5:30-6:50 p.m. Local Cincinnati Poster Session/Social Hour, including complimentary snacks 7:00 p.m. Oesper Banquet (dinner includes your choice of 1) Chicken roulades with spinach.; 2) Lemon baked cod; or 3) Grilled marinated portobello mushrooms with pesto angel hair pri mavera. $25.00 ($13.00 for students, emeritus, unemployed and new members) Presentation of the 2004 Oesper Award to Professor George M. Whitesides After-dinner speaker, Felice Frankel The Power of the “Pretty Picture" Dinner Reservations: The meeting reservation form is now online at: http://www.che.uc.edu/acs/cinacs.html. This is the best and easiest way to register. As a lesser alternative, you may send your reservations by email to [email protected]. If absolutely impossible to make reservations via the internet, telephone 513-556-0293 (if you call, please leave a contact phone number and dinner entrée choice). Deadline for reservations is 12:00 noon on Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. Include your name, affiliation, and state if you're in one of the 1/2 price cate- gories. If you decide you must miss a meeting after you have made reservations, please call to cancel. If you do not cancel, the Section will have to charge you because it will have been charged by the University. Inter- ested persons are welcome to attend the award presentation and after-dinner talk free of charge, without signing up for dinner. We still ask that you register for the meeting, and note that you will not be having dinner. Directions: If you approach via I-75, take the Hopple Street exit and turn left at the light. You will pass over the highway. At the next light, go “straight” (straight here is actually about a 45 degree turn to the left). You are now on Martin Luther King Drive. Continue up King to the 4th traffic light. You will reach the first one quickly, the second one about ½ mile after that, the third (Clifton Ave.) after going up a long hill, and the 4th as you continue eastward with the campus on your right. Turn right at this 4th traffic light onto campus, and then right into the parking garage. If you approach Cincinnati coming south on I-71, get off at the Taft Street exit (exit 3). After the light at the end of the off-ramp, continue straight (west) on Taft for about 1.3 miles. At this time, Hughes High School is directly in front of you, and you must turn. Turn right onto Clifton Avenue. The University is now on your right side. Continue on Clifton to King; turn right (eastbound) on King and follow to the first light. Turn right onto campus, and then right into the library garage. CINTACS NEWSLETTER 4 cating Science and Technology, to promote new col- Felice Frankel laborations among researchers, imaging and graphic The Power of the "Pretty Picture" experts, and writers, June 23-25, 2005 at the Getty Center, Los Angeles. Abstract She and Whitesides are working on their second book: The advent of remarkable new (Continued from page 1) imaging tools has ulty in 1992 he was a given us an exciting member of the chemistry opportunity to see faculty of the Massachu- science in ways we’ve setts Institute of Technol- never dreamed of. ogy. His research inter- And surely, one of the ests include physical and reasons why so many organic chemistry, materi- scientists delve into als science, biophysics, the field in the first complexity, surface sci- place has to do with ence, microfluidics, self- its inherent beauty. But why is communicating that assembly, micro- and attribute discouraged to be part of the conversation? nanotechnology, and cell- It’s true that researchers should be absorbed in the surface biochemistry. documentation of research to communicate to their colleagues, but unfortunately, that’s where it seems Whitesides has won numerous medals and to stop –– that the “good enough” image is good honors in his career, including the James Flack Norris enough.