DED UN 18 O 98 F N Y O T R E I T H C E N O A E S S S L T A E A C R C I N S M S E E H C C TI N O CA November 2007 Vol. LXXXVI, No. 3 N • AMERI Monthly Meeting Norris Award to Professor Diane M. Bunce Arno Heyn Prize to Myron S. Simon Paul Wender's Birthday Symposium By Michael Filosa The Time of Your Life Award Address by Morton Z. Hoffman Sukant Tripathy Memorial Symposium November 30, 2007 at UMASS Lowell 2 The Nucleus November 2007 The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, Inc. Contents Office: Marilou Cashman, 23 Cottage St., Natick, MA 01360. 1-800-872-2054 (Voice or FAX) or 508-653-6329. Paul Wender's 60th Birthday Symposium 4 e-mail: mcash0953(at)aol.com ____________________ Any Section business may be conducted By Michael P. Filosa via the business office above. 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The Nucleus November 2007 3 th Paul Wender’s 60 Corporate Patrons ($2000+) Abbott Laboratories Birthday Symposium Lyophilization Service of New England Merck By Michael Filosa National ACS Novartis Pfizer Sepracor Vertex Pharmaceuticals Patrons ($1000-$1999) Astra-Zeneca R&D Boston IRIX Pharmaceuticals Millenium Pharmaceuticals Shasun Pharmaceuticals Strem Chemicals ZINK Imaging Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. Donors ($300-$999) Cambridge Major Laboratories Occidental PCI Synthesis Royal Society of Chemistry Wender Group in 2007 Serono Research Institute Members of Paul Wender's research group at Harvard (1974-80). Pictured at the Symposium Ban- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals quet held in Palo Alto in August 2007. First Row (L-R): John Schaus, Katherine Brighty, John Hubbs, Paul Wender, Leo Letendre. Second Row: Jeff Howbert, John Lechleiter, Michael Eissenstat, Scott Sieburth. Back Row: Alan White, Geoff Dreyer, Michael Filosa, Donald Wolanin. Not Pictured: Stephen Eck and Karl Fisher. Photo provided by Scott Sieburth. A special reunion of Wender Group Symposium members occurred at Stanford from August 10-12, 2007. The occasion was Sukant Tripathy Annual a celebration of Professor Paul Wen- th Memorial Symposium 2007 to der’s 60 birthday and 30+ years of be held at UMASS Lowell scientific excellence. Group members and former group members came from The University of Massachusetts Low- all over the world to attend this special ell will hold its seventh anniversary event. The festivities began with a Fri- symposium on November 30, 2007, to day night get together at the Palo Alto honor the memory of the late Prof. Sheraton. The Friday event was high- Sukant Tripathy, renowned researcher lighted by a slide show as well as a and former Director of the Center for video with commentary by Paul’s Advanced Materials, University chemical father, Prof. Fred Ziegler of Provost and Vice Chancellor. This Yale University. Fred described the annual event brings together group in those days from 1969-1973 researchers and colleagues from uni- versities and industries, as well as for- when Paul not only synthesized ere- Wender Group in 1976 mophilone but also worked with liquid Members of Paul Wender's Group in 1976-77 mer and present students and HCN in their method for converting pictured in front of Converse Memorial Labora- associates of the Center for Advanced ketones to nitriles. Scott Sieburth of tory. First Row (L-R): John Hubbs, Edward Materials, to discuss latest research Temple University and Don Wolanin Smith, Anthony Feliu, Leo Letendre. Second activities in materials science. Row: Michael Eissenstat, John Schaus, Craig Sukant was recognized around the were responsible for this part of the Hillemann, Stephen Eck. Back Row: John Lech- entertainment. leiter, Alan White, Michael Szymonifka, Michael world for his research in thin polymer The Friday soiree was followed Filosa. Picture courtesy of the Wender Group films and their electrical and linear and early Saturday morning by an all day Archives. nonlinear optical properties. Born in symposium in the Mudd Chemistry Continued on page 12 Continued on page 11 4 The Nucleus November 2007 Monthly Meeting Biography Diane Bunce received her B.S. in chem- The 882nd Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American istry from Le Moyne College in Syra- Chemical Society cuse, NY, a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Cornell University, and Presentation of the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding a Ph.D. in Chemical Education from Achievement in Teaching Chemistry to Prof. Diane M. Bunce University of Maryland, College Park. She served as one of the original Thursday, November 8, 2007 authors on the American Chemical Harvard Faculty Club, Society’s high school textbook, Chem- 20 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA. Com; Chemistry in Context, the ACS textbook for college nonscience majors 4:30 pm Board Meeting and Chemistry, the ACS textbook for 5:30 pm Social Hour chemistry majors. Diane is past chair 6:15 pm Dinner of the Division of Chemical Education (2000) and founding feature editor of 8:00 pm Evening Meeting, Dr. Mukund Chorghade, Chair, presiding the Chemical Education Research Fea- Presentation of the Arno Heyn Book Prize ture of the Journal of Chemical Educa- to Myron S. Simon by Vivian Walworth, Chair, NESACS Board of tion. She is the recipient of several Publications teaching awards, including the Ameri- James Flack Norris can Chemical Society’s Helen Free Award for Public Outreach (August Myron S. Simon, NESACS 2001); Western Connecticut Section of Introduction of the Norris Award Winner the American Chemical Society’s Vis- Michael P. Doyle, University of Maryland iting Scientist Award (May 2001); Presentation of the Norris Award Chemical Manufacturing Chemists Prof. J. Donald Smith, Chair, Norris Award Committee Catalyst Award for National Excel- lence in Chemistry Teaching, 1998; Norris Award Address Society of College Science Professor Diane M. Bunce, The Catholic University of America Teachers/Kendall Hunt Award for Out- “Teaching Is More than Lecturing and Learning Is More than standing College Science Teaching, Memorizing” 1995; CASE (Council for Advance- Dinner reservations should be made no later than noon, Thursday, Novmeber 1, ment and Support of Education) 1993, 2007.