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2017 ACA Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana Make Your Experiment Time Your Zen Time 2017 ACA Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana Make Your Experiment Time Your Zen Time What is the sound of one hand clapping? Unfortunately, this is one question that our all-new APEX3 software cannot answer. However, with its combination of lightning speed, unrivalled power and its intuitive and easy- to-use interface, APEX3 will solve your crystallographic problems faster than ever before, leaving you more time to meditate on the mysteries of crystallography. Contact us for a personal system demonstration www.bruker.com/APEX3 Crystallography Innovation with Integrity APEX3_ACA_proof6.indd 1 5/7/15 1:07:01 PM Summer 2015 Title Summer 2017 Table of Contents ACA HOME PAGE: www.amercrystalassn.org 2 President’s Column What’s on the Cover The idea for this cover came 3 ACA Balance Sheet from James O’Brien, the 4 Update on the ACA History Portal winner of the 2017 Elizabeth 5 - 8 ACA Living History - A. Michael Glazer Wood Science Writing Award.: 10-12 ACA History - Rose C. L. Mooney-Slater See page13 13 What’s on the Cover 14-15 Book Reviews 15 Index of Advertisers 17-18 2018 ACA Awards Buerger: Frank Hawthorne Warren: Simon Billinge Etter Early Career: Jason McLellan 18-19 2017 ACA Fellows 21-22 General News and Awards to ACA Members In Memoriam 22-23 Al Tulinsky 23-24 Robert Rosenstein 26-27 Bryan Craven 27 Philip Coppens 28 AIP Services / For Your Information 29 Spotlight on Stamps / Contributors to this Issue 30 Puzzle Corner Update on Structural Dynamics 31 2016 ACA Transactions Now Online 32 Structural Dynamics at ACA 2017 33 Structural Dynamics - New Home Page 34-36 Refl eXions from Canada 37-43 Candidates for ACA Offi cers and Committees for 2018 44 ACA Corporate Members 45 Future Meetings / AIP Fellowships Available 46 ACA Toronto 2018 - Preview 47-48 ACA 2017 - New Orleans Please address matters pertaining to advertisements, membership fl Contributions to ACA Re eXions may be sent to either of the Editors: inquiries, or use of the ACA mailing list to: Thomas F. Koetzle .................................................. [email protected] Judith L. Flippen-Anderson ....................acarefl [email protected] Marcia J. Colquhoun, Director of Administrative Services American Crystallographic Association Cover: Connie Rajnak Book Reviews: Joe Ferrara P.O. Box 96, Ellicott Station Historian: Virginia Pett Net Refl eXions: Anastasiya Vinokur Buffalo, NY 14205 Photographer: Peter Müller News & Awards: Kay Onan tel: 716-898-8692; fax: 716-898-8695 Copy Editing: Jane Griffi n Puzzle Corner: Frank Fronczek [email protected] Deadlines for contributions to ACA Refl eXions are: February 1 (Spring), May 1 (Summer), August 1 (Fall), and November 1 (Winter) ACA Refl eXions (ISSN 1058-9945) Number 2, 2017 Published four times per year in the spring, summer, fall, and winter for the membership of the American Crystallographic Association, P.O. Box 96, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, NY 14205-0096. Membership in the ACA includes a non-deductible charge of $1.75 from membership dues to be applied to a subscription to ACA Refl eXions. Periodicals postage paid at Buffalo, New York. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ACA, P.O.Box 96, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, NY, 14205-0096. 1 ACA Structure Matters President’s Column Summer 2017 From the President’s Desk Committee chairs Allen Oliver (Membership) and Kristin Ste- Lassiez les bon temps rouler! vens (Meetings) welcome your feedback. We have launched a Here we are on the Website Redesign fundraiser and before leaving New Orleans, other side of our 2017 obtained pledges for over $7500 towards our $20,000 goal. Check Annual Meeting – and our website for the many ways you can donate to support the what a great time it ACA’s general activities. We closed the business meeting with was! Well over 500 of a challenge to our members: Given that the scientifi c content of us convened in New our meetings is changing to refl ect a broader range of structure Orleans for four days determination techniques, should we consider a new name for of science, collabora- the society that would speak to this wider demographic? We’d tion, networking and love to know what you think this new name should be! just good fun. From the Even though the 2017 meeting has just fi nished, we’re already standing-room-only planning for Toronto. Thanks to all the SIG offi cers who gave us crowd at the opening valuable feedback on our new session proposal process. We’re ceremony that stayed already considering ways to improve communication among in rapt attention as No- your SIG members. We left New Orleans with a solid program bel laureate Sir Fraser in place including sessions on Hybrid Methods, Mineralogy, and Stoddart spun stories of Diversity and Inclusion. Our Transactions Symposium “Shining research and life lessons, to the stand-out Transactions Symposium a Light on Structure-Based Drug Design” promises to attract a on Cryo-Electron microscopy, this meeting was an unqualifi ed broad range of talks from Cryo-EM structure determination to success. We had as many attendees as the 2016 meeting in Den- small molecule ligand design. Mark your calendars for July 20- ver and about 100 more than we anticipated for this IUCr year. 24, 2018; you truly don’t want to miss this meeting! We’re excited to have this meeting’s abstracts archived by the Finally, I’d like to end this column by recognizing a dedicated fi IUCr. Our vendors showed amazing support, both nancially volunteer to the ACA community and by raising a call for vol- fi and scienti cally with contributions to many sessions and some unteers across the board. As you may know, Tom Koetzle has fi fabulous exhibits. We presented the rst-ever Rognlie Award been co-editor of Refl eXions, since 2014 . His attention to detail to Helen Berman. This award, made possibly by a posthumous and turn of phrase help make Refl eXions the quality publication donation, honors Dave Rognlie and his many contributions to that the ACA community consistently ranks as one of the top the ACA. And of course, who could forget the wedding of Al- benefi ts of membership. Tom will be stepping down from his len Oliver and Jeanette Krause right in the middle of the expo! co-editorial position after producing the fall issue, and as we I can’t think of any other society that would stand as witness to thank him for his efforts, we call to members for a volunteer to two of its members’ lifelong commitment. take up this position. If you’re interested in the task, please let During the meeting, we were fortunate to have representatives us know. It’s not just Refl eXions that requires volunteers, though. from our journal, Structural Dynamics, including editor-in-chief We rely on our active and engaged members to keep the society Majed Chergui. Council had an update from the journal which running and we can always use an extra set of hands. We’ll be shows some excellent statistics: a 3.67 Impact Factor for 2015, adding volunteer information to our website in the coming weeks an average time to publication of 55 days, and a 3-fold increase so you can see where we need the most help. After all, the ACA in submissions since the journal launched in 2014. There have can only be as strong and vibrant as the members who pitch in been several special issues, including last year’s Transactions and help us with the many things that make this organization Symposium which is now published and, don’t forget, ACA such a great place to call home. members get a 40% discount on the submission fees. If you happened to miss the All-Members Business Meeting in New Orleans, I offer this brief recap: The ACA is continu- ing to plan for the future. We’ve hired Kristin Stevens as our new Assistant Director of Administrative Services, and she did a fantastic job keeping the show on the road in New Orleans. Financially the ACA continues to face challenges with declining membership and meeting attendance. Raising dues helped stem the tide, but we are still in need of more members – both new and renewing – to fund the ACA’s activities. To this end, we’ve launched a Membership Drive; the individual who succeeds in bringing in the most new members to the ACA will receive a free membership for one year, in addition to the people’s ovation and fame forever. We’ve also formed two ad-hoc committees to address the membership experience and meeting reorganiza- tion. We anticipate having some actionable data from these two committees by the time our fall council meeting rolls around. 2 ACA Structure Matters ACA Balance Sheet Summer 2017 AMERICAN CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION, INC. BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 2016 and 2015 CURRENT FUNDS (2016) TOTALS 2016 2015 ASSET4 Current Assets: Cash 100,972 100,972 131,807 Investments (unrestricted) 580,789 580,789 578,713 Investments (restricted) 524,053 524,053 544,182 Accounts Receivable 0 0 0 Total Current Assets 1,205,814 1,205,814 1,254,702 Fixed Assets: Computers and Printers 0 0 0 Offi ce Equipment 0 0 0 Accumulated Depreciation 0 0 0 Total Fixed Assets 0 0 0 TOTAL ASSETS 1,205,814 1,205,814 1,254,702 Liabilities: Unearned Revenues 73,876 73,876 75,624 Other Liabilities 22,133 22,133 0 Total Liabilities 96,009 96,009 75,624 Fund Balance Unrestricted 585,752 585,752 634,896 Restricted 523,053 524,053 544,182 Total Fund Balance 1,127,805 1,127,805 1,179,078 TOTAL LIABILITIES & FUND BALANCE 1,205,814 1,205,814 1,254,702 * Current Balances in individual restricted funds - as of December 31, 2016 Bau Neutron Award 36,494 Buerger Award 38,978 Rognlie Award 60,000 Etter Award 68,783 Fankuchen Award 71,343 Patterson Award 48,786 Pauling Award 38,780 A more detailed report on the ACA fi nances Supper Award 12,661 may be obtained by sending a written request fi Student Travel Fund 21756 to the ACA of ce in Buffalo, PO Box 96, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, NY 14205-0906.
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