Division of Organic .__Chemistry__________________ F _au-20-02-- American Chemical Society Office of the Secretary-Treasurer Department of Chemistry Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 Phone: 313-577-34 72 Website: http://www.chem.wavne.edu/acs-or~anic-di vision/ Fax: 313-577-3585 e-mail: [email protected] Executive Committee Members at Large Councilors Alternate Councilors William Nugent, Chair Robert Volkmann Michael Doyle Victor Snieckus Robert Boeckman, Past-Chair Peter Wipf Thomas Hoye Cynthia Maryanoff Edwin Vedejs, Chair Elect William Greenlee Kathy Parker Anthony Czarnik James Rigby, Secretary/Treasurer Paul Feldman Barry Snider Stephen Kaldor Lisa McElwee-White, Program Chair Sarah Kelly Huw Davies, NOS Executive Officer John Stille Members of the Division of Organic Chemistry You are invited to attend National meetings of the ACS and present contributed papers (oral or poster). Instructions for submission of papers are near the end of this letter in the section entitled "Information for submission of a paper or poster at an ACS meeting in an Organic Division session." Please read them carefully. Submissions should arrive by the indicated deadline for each meeting, which is published in the membership newsletter and C&E News (January and July) and posted on the ACS Website: http://www.chemcenter.org/. Members also are encouraged to submit brief proposals to the National Program Chair for contributed symposia at future National ACS meetings. Contact Lisa McElwee-White, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, P. 0. Box 117300, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Tel: 352-392-2264, Fax: 352-392-3584, e-mail: [email protected]. Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award David Chavez, Harvard University, Albany Winner Molecular Research, Inc. Fellow, Eric Jacobsen, Faculty Advisor We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Tom G. Driver, University of California, Irvine. 2002 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Fellow, is William R. Roush of the University of Michigan. Keith Woerpel, Faculty Advisor This award recognizes his exemplary leadership role Christine Espino, Stanford University, Merck in the organic chemistry community. He was honored Research Laboratories Fellow, Justin Du Bois, by the Division at the Executive Committee banquet Faculty Advisor that was held on August 20, 2002. Andrew M. Harned, University of Kansas, Nelson J. Leonard Graduate Fellow sponsored Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate by Organic Syntheses, Paul R. Hanson, Faculty Fellowships Advisor. Graduate fellowships in the amount of $20,000 each David Jensen, University of Utah, Schering­ have been awarded to: Plough Research Institute Fellow, Matthew Mark L. Bushey, Columbia University, Britsol­ Sigman, Faculty Advisor Myers Squibb Foundation Fellow, Colin Richard Keaton, University of Maryland Nuckolls, Faculty Advisor College Park, The Procter & Gamble Company Fellow, Lawrence Sita, Faculty Advisor Bianca Sculimbrene, Boston College, Organic Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Syntheses, Inc. Fellow, Scott Miller, Faculty Awards Symposium Advisor Michael Castaldi, Pfizer, Groton Matthew D. Simon, University of California, Michele M. Cudahy, Pharmacia Berkeley, Pfizer, Inc. Fellow, Kevan Shokat, James F .. Dropinski, Merck, Rahway Faculty Advisor Claude Dufresne, Merck, Frosst Kian L. Tan, University of California, Berkeley, James Guare, Merck, West Pointe Wyeth Research Fellow, Robert G. Bergman, Denis Har, Novartis Faculty Advisor Timothy Z. Hoffman, Scripps Research Inst. Chad D. Tatko, University of North Carolina at Daniel Ortwine, Pfizer, Ann Arbor Chapel Hill, GlaxoSmithKline Fellow, Marcey Sai Shrum, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Waters, Faculty Advisor Gary Shrum, Proctor & Gamble Benjamin Travis, Michigan State University, Ronald Sorcek, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmacia Corporation Fellow, Babak Borhan, Bryan Sorenson, Abbott Faculty Advisor Joseph Swistak, Hoffman-La Roche Matthew G. Woll, University of Wisconsin­ Thomas M. Wilson, Lilly Madison, Eli Lilly and Company Fellow, Samuel H. Gellman, Faculty Advisor Stefan Debbert, Cornell University, Organic ACS Sponsored Meetings Reactions, Inc. Fellow, Barry Carpenter, Faculty Advisor For information about attending the National meeting Erick B. Iezzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute see the ACS meeting web site at: and State University, Aventis Pharmaceuticals http://www.acs.org/meetings Fellow, Harry C. Dorn, Faculty Advisor Ivory D. Hills, Massachusetts Institute of The 225th National Meeting of the American Technology, Abbott Laboratories Fellow, Chemical Society Gregory C. Fu, Faculty Advisor Date/Location: March 23-27, 2003 in New Orleans, Awards Symposia, 224th ACS National Meeting, LA. Boston, August 18-20, 2002 The 226th National Meeting of the American ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Chemical Society Organic Chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc. to Professor Andrew G. Date/Location: September 7-11, 2003 in New York, Myers, Harvard University (out of sequence at NY request of awardee) Abstracts Due Online: The deadline for submission will be posted on the Division web site. Arthur C. Cope Award for outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry to Professor Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute Other Organic Chemistry Meetings of of Technology Interest A. C. Cope Scholar Awards: National Organic Symposium (NOS): Xumu Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University James S. Panek, Boston University The 38th National Organic Symposium will be held Robert M. Williams, Colorado State University between June 8-12, 2003 at Indiana University, Alois Fi.irstner, Max-Planck-Institut ftir Bloomington. Check the Official NOS web page for Kohlenforschung further information (http://nos2003.om/). Arthur C. Cope Senior Scholar Awards: Carl R. Johnson, Wayne State University Plenary Speakers: Madeleine M. Joullie, University of Pennsylvania Albert Eshenmoser (ETH-Zurich) - Alan R. Katritzky, University of Florida Roger Adams A wardee Masakatsu Shibasaki, The University ofTokyo Arthur C. Cope Young Scholar Awards: Donna Blackmond (Hull, UK) Matthew D. Shair, Harvard University Ronald Breslow (Columbia) Karen L. Wooley, Washington Univ. in St. Louis Edward Delaney (Bristol-Myers Squibb) David Evans (Harvard) Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Laura Kiessling (Wisconsin) Synthesis sponsored by Elsevier Science Ltd. to Eric Kool (Stanford) Professor Yoshito Kishi, Harvard University. James Leighton (Columbia) David MacMillan (Cal Tech) 2 Larry Overman U California-Irvine) Special Requests: Please note on your registration Peter Schultz (Scripps) form if you have any dietary restrictions or special Matthew Shair (Harvard) needs. We will make every effort to accommodate Timothy Swager (MIT) your requests. John Wood (Yale) Registration fee for the 381h National Organic 19th International Congress of Heterocyclic Symposium includes all conference materials, Chemistry opening reception, morning refreshment breaks, social mixers on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Date/Location: August 10-15, 2003 in Fort Collins, evenings, and picnic/barbeque on Wednesday Colorado evening. Registrants are responsible for travel, Abstracts Due: 31 March, 2003 lodging, meals other than those identified and any Web site: http://www.19ichc.colostate.edu/ costs associated with planned excursions. Registration for the Symposium will be accepted Important Notices beginning September 3, 2002 and concluding May 16. 2003. Discounted fees will remain in effect from The Division's Spring 2002 Newsletter is available September 3rd through April 4, 2003 at which time on the internet at http://www.chem.wavne.edu/acs­ late registration fees will go into effect. All organic-division/newsletter.html participants are encouraged to register early. All participants including speakers, presenters, sponsors and guest are asked to register. There will be no on­ With regard to the following two ballot issues, please site registration. Pre-registration may be made on­ follow the directions carefully in order for your vote line, by phone, mail or FAX. to be valid. PLEASE USE A NUMBER 2 PENCIL TO COMP LE TEL Y FILL IN THE Registration fees are based on professional status and CORRESPONDING BOXES. The results of each membership participation in the National Organic ballot shall be determined by those votes returned Association: (envelope provided) to the Secretary-Treasurer's Before April 4 2003: member fees $300, non­ office: Dr. James H. Rigby, Department of member fees $325, post-doctoral students $100, all Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI other students $50. April 4 through May 16, 2003: 48202 no later than November 29. 2002. Please note: member fees $350, non-member fees $375, post­ Under the bylaw for the Division of Organic doctoral students $125, all other students $75. Chemistry, Affiliates do not have voting privileges. Registration fees can be paid by: The 2002 Nominating Committee Report. Please Credit card -- Master Card, American Express, Visa, see the information provided on each candidate in the Discover insert. Check -- Made payable to JU Conferences #88-03. Checks must be issued in the US currency and Articles of Incorporation. A proposal to drawn on a bank that does business in the US incorporate the Division of Organic Chemistry was Purchase Order recently approved by the Executive Committee. The Committee believes that incorporation is in the best Registrations are accepted: interest of the Division