Mosher Award Recipient Plastic Solar Cell with Engineered Interfaces • Chair’S Message Dr

Newsletter December 2010

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December 2010 NEWSLETTER TOPICS Reminder January Dinner Meeting Reminder • January Dinner Meeting Reminder: Mosher Award Recipient Mosher Award Recipient Plastic Solar Cell with Engineered Interfaces • Chair’s Message Dr. Tobin J. Marks • Nobel Laureates Speak at the 25th Annual William S. Johnson Abstract to solar power conversion efficien- Symposium The ability to fabricate molec- cies as high as 5.6% - 7.3%, along • Teach the Teachers Returns ularly-tailored interfaces with nano- with far greater cell durability. scale precision can selectively modu- Biography • Donate to the American Chemical Society or any other Charitable late charge transport across hard The 2010 Harry and Carol Organization matter-soft matter interfaces, facili- Mosher award recipient is Dr. tating transport of the “correct Tobin J. Marks. Dr. Marks is the • Welcome to the Santa Clara Valley charges” while blocking transport of Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Section of ACS the “incorrect charges.” This interfacial tailor- Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science • New Members List for November ing can also control defect densities at such and Engineering at Northwestern University. • Calling all Stanford Chemistry and interfaces and stabilize them with respect to continued on next page Chemical Engineering Alumni physical/thermal decohesion. In this lecture, • National Chemistry Week 2010 -- It’s challenges and opportunities are illustrated for a Wrap! three specific and related areas of research: 1) January • How to Grow a Borax Crystal charge transport across hard matter-soft mat- Snowflake ter interfaces in organic electroluminescent Dinner Meeting • Cabrillo College Instructor Wins 2010 devices, 2) charge transport across hard mat- Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011 Teacher-Scholar Award ter-soft matter interfaces in organic photovol- Time: 6:00 Social Hour • Highlights from the November 15th taic cells, 3) charge transport to unconven- 7:00 Dinner Dinner Meeting tional electrodes. It will be seen that rational 8:00 Presentation • Chemployment Abstracts interface engineering along with improved Location: Biltmore Hotel & Suites bulk-heterojunction polymer structures leads 2151 Laurelwood Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Chair's Message Speaker: Dr. Tobin Marks Wow! Our November 15th applications of chemistry to Northwestern University dinner meeting was very special. the production of certain solar “Plastic Solar Cells with Engineered Interfaces” Herb Silber received the Radding cell materials. Please plan on Award and T.R. Dickson received attending this significant Cost: $27.00 with a choice of: the Community College Teacher- meeting. Pork Marsala or Scholar Award. Also, about 20 Abby Kennedy will be our Eggplant Parmesan people received the Chemistry Section Chair in 2011 and she Reservations: www.scvacs.org Ambassador Award from the is planning an interesting year. Sally Peters 650-812-4994 national ACS president, Dr. Please support her. Reservations should be made by Joseph Francisco. Dr. Francisco talked This message is my last as I fade January 17th stating your name, address, about some of the national programs, away to become Past Chair for next year. company affiliation, number of people in specifically emphasizing programs for As always, the Section’s year has been party. Watch the web site for more infor- helping community colleges. interesting and a bit different than during mation. If you are unable to honor your Our January 20 meeting will feature my first term as Chair in the 1970’s. reservation and do not cancel by Wednesday, January 19th, you will be the presentation of the Mosher Award Thank you for your support during invoiced following the dinner meeting. to Dr. Tobin Marks of Northwestern 2010. This is a good and strong Section; University. He will be discussing help keep it that way. Mosher Award, continued from front page Associate Editor of the ACS journal, ACS Cotton Medal; 2001 ACS Willard Among the themes of his research are synthet- Organometallics. Gibbs Medal; 2001 ACS Linus Pauling ic organo-f-element and early-transition metal Dr. Marks has served on the NAS-NRC Medal; 2002 American Institute of Chemists organometallic chemistry, polymer chemistry, International Benchmarking committee to Gold Medal; 2003 German Chemical Society materials chemistry, homogeneous and het- evaluate the health of the US chemical Karl Ziegler Prize; 2004 Royal Society of erogeneous catalysis, molecule-based photonic research, and the DOE Basic Energy Grand Chemistry Frankland Medal, and the 2005 materials, superconductivity, metal-organic Research Challenges Committee to help iden- ACS Bailar Medal. He received the 2008 chemical vapor deposition, and biological tify promising future directions for US scien- Spanish Principe de Asturias Prize for aspects of transition metal chemistry. tific research. He will be serving as the US Scientific Research; the 2009 N. American He received a B.S. degree from the team leader (on behalf of ACS office of Catalysis Society Pines Award; the 2009 University of Maryland in1966 and a Ph.D. International Activities and NSF Chemistry Taylor Materials Research Award from from MIT in 1971 in Chemistry. Dr. Marks Division) at an upcoming Chemical Sciences Pennsylvania State University; the 2009 Von has mentored over 100 Ph.D. students and and Society Symposium on Sustainable Hippel Award from the Materials Research nearly as many postdoctoral fellows. He has Materials involving the US, UK, German, Society; the 2010 ACS Nichols Medal; the been chair of the ACS Division of Inorganic Japanese and Chinese Chemical societies 2010 Distinguished Affiliated Professor Award Chemistry, and he has been active in the Dr. Marks has received multiple awards and Wilhelm Manchot Prize, Technical Chicago local section. Dr. Marks has also and honors from the ACS and other organiza- University of Munich; and the 2011 Schulich organized a number of conferences and sym- tions. We are very pleased to add the 2010 Prize from the Technion-Israel Institute of posia to help introduce the scientific commu- Mosher Award to this distinguished list. A Technology. nity to emerging fields, and he has been an few of the major ones include the ACS 2000 v v v

at the new Rosewood Hotel was Rudy Baum, Nobel Laureates Speak at the 25th Annual Editor-in-Chief of the ACS weekly news William S. Johnson Symposium magazine, Chemical and Engineering News. by Howard Peters (Stanford University, Ph.D., Chemistry 1967) Rudy’s thought-provoking subject was “Sustainable Growth; Is it an Oxymoron and The 25th annual Johnson Johnson (1913-1995). Dr. Johnson What That Means for the Chemistry Symposium was celebrated at the was a Homer Adkins Professor of Enterprise.” Rudy mentioned the Johnson Stanford University Department of Chemistry at the University of Symposium in his editorial page in the Chemistry on October 8th and 9th. Wisconsin in 1957 when he was October 18th edition of C&E News. Also, This October's meeting occurred approached by the Stanford Provost, the full text of his Johnson Symposium after- on a quintessential California sun- Dr. Frederick Terman to head the dinner address is found in the November 8th lit, autumn day. The Braun Stanford Chemistry Department. edition of C&E News (pp. 44-47). Auditorium in the Mudd Johnson was one of the leading fig- The next Johnson symposium will be Chemistry Building was filled com- ures in the development of the art held on Friday, October 7th, 2011 and infor- pletely, as expected, and some attendees had and science of the synthesis of organic com- mation can be found beginning in May 2011 to overflow into the adjacent lecture hall pounds, particularly steroid structures. In at www.stanford.edu/dept/chemistry/events/ equipped with a television monitor. The audi- addition to his many honors and awards, index.html under Events. ence included Stanford faculty, graduate stu- Johnson was elected to the National Academy dents, post-docs, sponsor representatives, of Sciences in 1954. Johnson arrived at Stanford alums, and some general public. in 1958 and was successful in recruiting an This was probably the largest group amazing faculty including: Dr. Carl Djerassi, meeting of Nobel Prize winners in the State of Dr. Eugene van Tamelen, Dr. Henry Taube, California this year. The invited Nobel Prize Dr. Paul Flory, and Dr. Harden McConnell. lecturers included: Dr. E. J. Corey (Harvard, It was said by Dr. Terman that William Nobel in Chemistry, 1990), Dr. Robert M. Johnson was instrumental in creating the Grubbs (California Institute of Technology, Stanford chemistry renaissance we now know. Nobel in Chemistry, 2005), Dr. Ada Yonath The Johnson Symposium continues to (Weitzmann Institute, Nobel in Chemistry, focus on the synthesis of organic compounds, Front row: Dr. Bianxiao Cui, Stanford Session Chair; 2009), Dr. Andrew Fire (Stanford Medical particularly those related to natural products. Dr. Karlene Cimprich, Stanford Session Chair; Dr. Barry School, Nobel in Medicine, 2006), Dr. Stanley The 2010 Johnson Symposium was organized Trost, Stanford, Session Chair & Johnson Commit- tee; Dr. Ada Yonath, Speaker, Weitzmann Institute; Prusiner (University of California San Francisco, and facilitated by many people under the Dr.Roderick MacKinnon, Speaker, Rockefeller U.: Dr. Nobel in Medicine, 1997), Dr. Roderick direction of the Organizing Committee: Dr. Robert Waymouth, Stanford Session Chair; Dr. Paul MacKinnon (Howard Hughes Medical Chaitan Khosla, Dr. Barry Trost and Dr. Paul Wender, Stanford, Johnson Committee; Dr. E. J. Corey, Speaker, Harvard. Back row: Dr. Lynette Celgeski, Institute, Nobel in Chemistry, 2003), and Dr. Wender. The industrial sponsors for this Stanford Session Chair; Dr. Andrew Fire, Speaker, Richard Schrock (Massachusetts Institute of Johnson Symposium included: Amgen, Stanford; Dr. Chaitan Khosla, Stanford Session Chair Technology, Nobel in Chemistry, 2005). Genentech, Merck, Gilead, and Boehringer- & Johnson Committee; Dr. Matthew Kanan, Stanford Session chair; Dr. Richard Schrock, Speaker, MIT; The Johnson Symposium was first held Ingelheim. Rudy Baum, Dinner Speaker, Editor-in-Chief, Chemical in 1985 and commemorates Dr. William S. The Friday evening after-dinner speaker and Engineering News. Teach the Teachers Returns By Bonnie Charpentier (Workshop Organizer) The workshop “Teach the Teachers” at the Roche Palo Alto campus to obtain Arruiza and Susan Sakaguchi. This year for middle and elementary school teach- supplies that were given to the teachers at we had the participation of Linda ers was held October 30 celebrating the the raffle. Teachers were also provided Brunauer’s students from Santa Clara National Chemistry Week (NCW) theme University and Jeanette Medina’s students “Behind the Scenes with Chemistry”. Led from Cañada College. Thank you to by Juanita Ryan, our remarkable work- Linda and Jeanette for encouraging their shop instructor, teachers performed students to participate and for helping experiments such as pH color changes organize the raffle prizes. Thanks go to and demonstrated the chemistry behind our other amazing ACS volunteers who slime, fake blood, and magic writing set jumped in wherever needed and made to examples from movies including the workshop run smoothly (lead roles “Flubber”, “Ghost Busters” and “Harry noted in parenthesis): Lois Durham (vol- Potter”. unteer set up coordination and pictures), The resumption of “Teach the Maurizio Franzini, Mark Kent, Lee Teachers” was made possible by a gener- Latimer, George Lechner (breakfast orga- ous grant from our new sponsor, Gilead nizer), Susan Oldham-Fritts (registration Sciences. (The workshop was not held and give-away bag organization), Howard last year due to the closure of the site of Peters (purchase and delivery of drinks our long-time sponsor, Roche Palo Alto). and supplies, lunch supervision and We also have a new partner, the Resource clean-up), Bruce Raby, Carmen Area for Teaching (RAFT). RAFT per- Rodriguez, and Rebecca Suttmann. Our sonnel managed notification and registra- RAFT partners were Jeanne Izant and tion of teachers and provided space to Sylvia Lodge. We’d also like to thank hold the workshop. Robin Martinez of the Epicurean Group Teachers performing experiments for working with us to provide a delicious lunch for the teachers at an affordable links to ACS resources for teachers and a cost. discounted rate to become members of RAFT. This year about three quarters of the teachers were first time attendees. We also welcomed back teachers who have attended many times since the workshop first began in 1996, including one teacher who attended with her daughter who is Juanita Ryan teaching the teachers now also a teacher. A total of 38 teachers participated in the workshop, represent- ing almost as many individual schools Juanita Ryan and a teacher having some fun (and one home-schooler). The feedback from the teachers was overwhelmingly This workshop is a great partnership positive, rating the overall workshop which provides a wonderful service for highly with particular appreciation for teachers. We hope to keep it going for the hands-on aspect of the workshop. many years to come. Some of the feedback included the following comments: “It was fun and very engaging.” “So many helpful people.” Students helpers demonstrating special effects “Getting all the materials and explicit directions and handouts…ensures that Teachers performed hands-on experi- the activities will be implemented and ments and were provided with a binder not just stored in a pile at the back of my of experiment instructions and all of the room.” “It was awesome!” “Be sure to do materials needed to do the experiments in it again!” their classrooms. In addition, there was a In addition to Gilead and RAFT raffle that gave away laboratory supplies (and, of course, Juanita), the workshop and equipment. A special thanks to Linda depended on the hard work and time Brunauer, Juanita Ryan and Lee Latimer commitments of our dedicated volun- who joined me in attending a give-away teers. Juanita was ably assisted by Josefa electronically) to our books—not the Donate to the American Chemical Society date you ask your broker to make the or any other Charitable Organization transfer. • Real estate gifts, in most states, are con- As the end of the year approaches, it Scholars Program, Teachers Professional sidered complete on the date a properly becomes more critical to plan the timing of Development, or the ACS General Fund. executed deed is delivered. your gift to support the American Chemical In addition to the ACS, there are a number • Tangible personal property gifts are com- Society. There are a number of programs of other charitable causes that could use a plete once the property is delivered to that one can contribute to at the ACS, gift in these difficult times. 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New Members List Welcome to for November the Santa Clara Valley Section of ACS Adolfredo Alvarez Each month the section receives a The dinner meetings are often the 3rd Annabelle I. Benin spreadsheet from national ACS with the Thursday of the month at a local spot, Dr. Mary L. Blackburn names of members new to our section. somewhat convenient to the entire section. Dr. Roberto A. Bogomolni The members are either new to ACS, have If you are unable to attend in the evening, Forest Bohrer transferred in from other areas, or are the perhaps you would join us for an outreach Dr. Alexander Breder newest members -- the students. To wel- event, like judging a science fair, partici- Allan Chan come you to the section and get to know pating in the chemistry olympiad, or a Dr. Zhu Chen you, the Executive Committee offers new national chemistry week event in October. Lila Forte members a free dinner!! To encourage you Then, there is our annual wine tasting and Dr. Qiufeng Gao to attend a monthly section dinner meet- awards picnic in July. The local section is a Chiara Helena Catherina Giammanco ing, we would like you to be our guest. volunteer organization. Please attend an Dr. Fangxiao Guan When you register, make certain to men- event, volunteer to help, and get to know Ryan G. Hadt tion that you are a new member and you your local fellow chemists. Welcome!! Young Soo Han and a spouse (or friend) will be our guests. v v v Laural Elizabeth Hargrove Brandon Heilman Joseph Henrich Dr. Joseph I. Horwitz Glenn Johnson Douglas Jones II Calling all Stanford Chemistry and Samuel S. Kintz Chemical Engineering Alumni Dr. Mikhail N. Kislitsyn By Howard Peters Brianna Michelle LaMay (Stanford University, Ph.D., Chemistry 1967) Brian Leon Dr. Dong-Hee Lim Following the 25th annual Johnson for alumni. Linda Lim Symposium at the Stanford University Professor Du Bois shared with the group Prof. Robert S. H. Liu Department of Chemistry on October 9, a that the Stanford Chemistry Department is Stephen Mangum brief luncheon was held at the Palo Alto interested in reviving events and get-togethers Ruben M. Martinez Sheraton Hotel for local Stanford Chemistry with its alumni. If you are interested in being David Nasim Mazahreh and Chemical Engineering Alumni. Professor notified, getting involved or contributing, Lillian McBee Justin Du Bois made a short presentation of please contact Dr. Justin Du Bois (jdubois@ Chris Murphy some interesting events, new Chemistry stanford.edu) or Patricia Dwyer (pdwyer@ Thomas Ni Department faculty hires, and opportunities stanford.edu). Dr. Jens K. Norskov National Chemistry Week 2010 -- It’s a Wrap! By Abby Kennedy The Santa Clara Valley and Sunday, October 17, 2010 California Sections of the ACS teamed • St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA up this year to celebrate National Monday, October 18, 2010 Chemistry Week (NCW) with a • California State University, Chico KABOOM by sponsoring “Chemistry – Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Colorful and Fun in 2010”, at eight ven- • California State University, Sonoma ues in Northern California. Professors Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Marvin Lang and Donald Showalter of • Dominican University of California, the University of Wisconsin, Stevens San Rafael Point, thrilled audiences from Santa Cruz Thursday, October 21, 2010 to Chico with their world-famous dem- • California State East Bay, Hayward Marvin Lang and Donald Showalter in action onstrations. Beginning with the cryogenic Friday, October 22, 2010 magic of liquid nitrogen, they progressed • Exploratorium, San Francisco to color changes and clock reactions at Saturday, October 23, 2010 room temperature, and finally to flames • San Jose State University and detonations when various combina- Saturday, October 23, 2010 tions of fuel, air, and ignition meet in To see Professors Lang and bottles or balloons. Among the nearly Showalter in action, at CSU Sonoma 800 attendees were many local chemistry please visit: www.youtube.com/ teachers, who left with new ideas and watch?v=mAn9tJbZFnI new connections with the ACS and their Of course NCW wouldn’t be com- colleagues. The NCW Committee would plete without our flagship event; the California Section ACS President Paul Varta- like to especially thank the student chem- annual public outreach booth held this nian, Donald Showalter, Marvin Lang, and SCV Section Chair-Elect Abby Kennedy istry clubs and their faculty advisors at year on National Mole Day, Saturday, University of California at Santa Cruz October 23rd at the Dr. Martin Luther Chemistry”, kids were able to experiment and San Jose State University for hosting King Jr. Library in downtown San Jose. with movie special effects like sodium these special events! Over 75 kids and their families came to polyacrylate snow and carbon dioxide(g) The complete list of venues was as take a spin on the Wheel of Chemistry fog, and to practice deciphering secret follows: Fortune. In celebration of the NCW messages using acid-base reactions. As • University of California, Santa Cruz theme, “Behind the Scenes with usual, the enthusiasm of the young chemists was only surpassed by the enthusiasm of our amazing student volunteers. Special thanks go to Santa Clara University, San Jose State University, Cañada College and De Anza College student and faculty volunteers! Stay tuned next summer for announcements about National Chemistry Week fun for 2011, during the International Year of Chemistry! GO IYC NCW!

Student volunteers and future chemists enjoying National Chemistry Week How to Grow a Borax Crystal Snowflake Do real snowflakes melt too quickly? length to be such that the pencil hangs Mule Team Borax Laundry Booster. Grow a borax crystal snowflake, color it the snowflake into the jar. Do not use Boraxo soap. blue if you like, and enjoy the sparkle all • Fill the wide mouth pint jar with • If you can't find borax, you can use year long! boiling water. sugar or salt (may take longer to grow What You Need: • Add borax one tablespoon at a time to the crystals, so be patient). Add sugar • string the boiling water, stirring to dissolve or salt to the boiling water until it • wide mouth jar (pint) after each addition. The amount used stops dissolving. Ideally you want no • white pipe cleaners is 3 tablespoons borax per cup of crystals at the bottom of the jar. • borax (see tips) water. It is okay if some undissolved • pencil borax settles to the bottom of the jar. • boiling water • If desired, you may tint the mixture • blue food coloring (optional) with food color. • scissors • Hang the pipe cleaner snowflake into Here's How: the jar so that the pencil rests on top • The first step of making borax crystal of the jar and the snowflake is com- snowflakes is to make the snowflake pletely covered with liquid and hangs shape. Cut a pipe cleaner into three freely (not touching the bottom equal sections. of the jar). • Twist the sections together at their • Allow the jar to sit in an undisturbed centers to form a six-sided snowflake location overnight. shape. Don't worry if an end isn't • Look at the pretty crystals!!! You can even, just trim to get the desired shape. hang your snowflake as a decoration or The snowflake should fit inside the jar. in a window to catch the sunlight. • Tie the string to the end of one of the Tips: snowflake arms. Tie the other end of • Borax is available at grocery stores in the string to the pencil. You want the the laundry soap section, such as 20

Cabrillo College Instructor Wins 2010 Teacher-Scholar Award By Bob Galemmo At the November dinner meeting, The Katherine Olgiati, Ph.D., a former stu- Chemistry" has been reprinted in Spanish as 2010 Community College Teacher-Scholar dent and herself a retired Professor of well as English. It has been updated through Award was awarded to Thomas R. Dickson. Chemistry at St. Michael's College in eight editions and is regarded as a model of His anecdotes "brought the world of Vermont, recalls, "T.R. brought clarity to clarity in presentation and developing prob- chemistry alive to his students". A gifted chemistry, lab work and problem solving, in lem solving skills. One of T.R.'s colleagues author, his textbook "presented important a course that is rarely, if ever, celebrated by once spotted a copy in the front window of a material in a clear, interesting way". As a students as clear." large bookstore in downtown Melbourne, mentor and advocate for his students he "T.R.'s teaching style was captivating," Australia. "guided them onward to advanced education explains Albion Baucom, now a computer In 1968, the year the Defense Advanced in the nation's top universities". systems architect at Genentech, "although I Research Projects Agency (DARPA) linked These accolades define the teaching had endured high school chemistry just a two mainframe computers, known as the career of Thomas R. Dickson, "T.R." to his year prior, his ability to keep me focused on birth of the internet, he published friends and students--an emeritus Instructor the material while explaining it in terms that Computers and Chemistry: An Introduction at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California, who made it very understandable was uncanny." to Programming and Numerical Methods, taught there from 1971 to 1997. "His ability to capture and hold the one of the seminal books to explain a central The award honors teaching and scholar- attention of a diverse group of students is tool of chemistry. ship among the chemistry faculty of two- uniquely T.R.", according to Christy Vogel, a In 1978, when hand held calculators year colleges. It is the first of its kind in the Chemistry Instructor at Cabrillo College. were cutting-edge technology, Popular nation, and it was first awarded in 2009. "Interweaving his extensive knowledge of Science declared his 364-page Electronic This year's award was presented to Dickson novel chemical applications and historical Calculator Handbook as a "superb guide to by Dr. Joseph Francisco, President of the background with a clear presentation of using your calculator" that "includes every- American Chemical Society, at the chemical principles, he maintained the larg- thing--and more-about how these electronic November 15 dinner meeting at the est non-science major audience in the history marvels work." Biltmore Hotel in Santa Clara. of Cabrillo College." T.R.'s whimsical and imaginative side His students and colleagues affectionate- Dickson is also the author of several came through in his 1999 novel "The Great ly remember Dickson, an instructor whose books. White Troid," a science fictionalized version specialty was freshman college chemistry. His textbook "Introduction to of the Moby Dick tale. Highlights of the November 15th Dinner Meeting

National ACS Chair of the Board Joe Francisco, T.R. Dickson and Alternate Councilor SCV Section staff photographer of Directors Bonnie Charpentier, Harry Ungar Lois Durham ACS President Joe Francisco, this year’s Community College Teacher-Scholar Award winner T.R. Dickson, and last year’s winner Jeanette Medina

SCV Section Secretary Karl Marhenke receives a Peter Rusch giving the Shirley Radding Award to Chemistry Ambassador Award from Joe Francisco, SCV Section Councilor Herb Silber while Chair Bruce Raby looks on

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SANTA CLARA VALLEY SECTION 2010 Section Officers FUTURE MEETINGS Chair Bruce Raby 408-294-6718 [email protected] Chair-Elect Abby Kennedy 209-640-2005 [email protected] 2010 Natalie McClure Past Chair 650-906-7831 [email protected] Dec 15-20 Secretary Karl Marhenke 831-688-4959 [email protected] PacifiChem 2010 Treasurer Ihab Darwish 650-594-1654 [email protected] Honolulu, HI http://pacifichem.org Councilors 2008-2010 George Lechner 408-226-7262 [email protected] 2011 2008-2010 Herb Silber 408-924-4954 [email protected] 2009-2011 Abby Kennedy 209-640-2005 [email protected] Jan 9-14 20th Winter Fluorine Conference 2009-2011 Howard Peters 650-854-4614 [email protected] St. Pete Beach , FL 2009-2011 Ean Warren 650-329-4554 [email protected] http://fluorine.sites.acs.org/20thwfc.htm 2010-2012 Linda Brunauer 408-554-6947 [email protected] 2010-2012 Sally Peters 650-812-4994 [email protected] Jan 20 Dr. Tobin Marks 2010-2012 Peter Rusch 650-961-8120 [email protected] Mosher Award Dinner Alternate Councilors Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara, CA Mark Kent 2008-2010 408-736-0989 [email protected] Feb 11 Monthly Dinner Meeting (TBD) 2009-2011 Ihab Darwish 650-594-1654 [email protected] 2009-2011 David Parker 408-615-4961 [email protected] Feb 13 Dr. Uwe Bergmann 2009-2011 Bruce Raby 408-294-6718 [email protected] Secrets of the Ancient Goatskin Lois Durham 2010-2012 650-322-3507 [email protected] Silicon Valley Café Scientifique 2010-2012 Natalie McClure 650-906-7831 [email protected] 2010-2012 Stephanie Gehling 408-429-9681 [email protected] www.cafescisv.org/mtg070213.html 2010 Harry Ungar 831-708-2049 [email protected] Mar 16 Dr. Megan Schwarzman Public Relations Joint meeting with AWIS Robert Galemmo 650-866-4702 [email protected] Mar 27-31 National Meeting and Exposition Newsletter Anaheim, CA Editor Aaron Novack 650-796-3665 [email protected] ChemPloyment Abstracts Director Charles Sullivan 650-728-7034 [email protected]