The Chicago Chemical Bulletin Published Monthly by the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society MARCH • 2007 THE CHICAGO SECTION ACS WELCOMES ATTENDEES TO THE 233rd AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY’S NATIONAL MEETING, MARCH 25-29, 2007 Chicago Skyline Courtesy of Mike Gustafson DID YOU KNOW? The Chemical Bulletin is online at www.chicagoacs.org See page 11 for the Section’s March Public Affairs Award dinner and meeting information 3/07 2 Chicago Section American Chemical Society (847) 647-8405 FAX (847) 647-8364 www.chicagoacs.org Email: [email protected] Dear ACS Attendees, On behalf of the members of the Chicago Section, I welcome you and your guests to Chicago and the 233rd National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society. Meeting organizers have put together another outstanding technical program. Whether attending symposia, browsing through poster sessions, visiting the Exposition, or exchanging recent news and scientific developments with friends and colleagues, you will sense the excitement of today’s research in chemistry. We are pleased to host this national exchange of scientific and technical ideas. During this meeting, you are located in a wonderful metropolitan area with much to see and do. If you have not been in Chicago for a few years, I would recommend a visit to Millennium Park, which is already a popular destination for residents and visitors. Of course, the first-rate museums, the wide variety of restaurants, extensive shopping, and the scenic lakefront provide many opportunities to enjoy your leisure time. The Chicago Section Host Committee has been working to ensure that your visit will be pleasant and memorable as well as informative. If you need information about places of interest, restaurants, transportation, or answers to any other questions you might have, please visit our Hospitality Center at McCormick Place. Our Section volunteers look forward to enhancing your enjoyment of our city. Have a great meeting! We hope you will have many occasions to return to Chicago for discussions of chemistry or for more leisurely pursuits. KENNETH P. FIVIZZANI CHAIR, ACS CHICAGO SECTION 3/07 3 EDITORIAL THE WOMEN CHEMISTS March, 2007 Vol. 94, No. 3. Pub- The entire Chicago Section of the COMMITTEE TURNS 80 lished by the Chicago Section of The American Chemical Society is honored The ACS National’s Women Chemists American Chemical Society, Editorial to host our fellow chemists at our soci- Committee (WCC) will celebrate its Staff: Cherlyn Bradley, Editor; Fran ety's Spring 2007 National Meeting. We 80th birthday in 2007. The committee Kravitz, Copy Editor; Fadwa Al- extend a warm welcome to you! has planned a number of events to Taher and Richard Treptow, Proof- The staff of The Chemical Bulletin has honor and recognize their achieve- readers; Frank Jarzembowski, Publi- put aside its usual format to prepare a ments since 1927. We will kick off our cations Business Manager. Address: special edition for you, our guests. celebration at the 233rd National ACS 7173 North Austin, Niles, Illinois Usual editorial criteria require articles Meeting in Chicago, IL. Symposia 60714; 847/647-8405. Subscription relating to chemistry and chemists in planned include “Symposium in Honor rates: $15 per year. Frequency: the Chicago area (northeast Illinois and of the Recipient of the ACS Award for monthly-September through June. northwest Indiana). To help make the Encouraging Women into Careers in many visiting chemists feel more at the Chemical Sciences”and “Women IN THIS ISSUE home, we have prepared several arti- Achieving Success: The ACS as a Plat- cles describing some of the features of form in Leadership Development.” In 2 — Welcome from the Chicago the city we call home. Enclosed are arti- addition to the above symposia, WCC Section Chair cles describing some of the history of will hold its WCC Luncheon on Tues- 3 — Editorial the Chicago Section as well as special day, March 27, 2007. The keynote 3 — WCC Turns 80 symposium schedules and other events speaker is Dr. Laura Kiessling of the of the National meeting. Guides to local University of Wisconsin, Madison who 4 — Greetings from the Mayor sites and restaurants are also included is the recipient of the 2007 Garvan-Olin of Chicago --- all prepared to make your stay more Medal, an ACS National Award that 5 — ACS Presidential Events interesting and memorable. We have recognizes a female scientist for her 5 — WCC Reception also included the proclamations from contributions to chemistry. the Governor of Illinois and the Mayor 5 — Elsa Reichmanis to Speak Additionally, the WCC will recognize at Silver Circle Breakfast of Chicago in this special National 13 of the 22 recipients of the 2007 Meeting issue. spring Eli Lilly Travel Award during the 5 — Call for ACS Scholars Here and there throughout the issue WCC/Eli Lilly poster session and recep- Applications we also share with you our Section's tion on Tuesday, March 27. On Mon- 6 — Greetings from the regular news, announcements, and fea- day, March 26, the WCC will hold its Governor of Illinois tures. For example, our "ChemShorts Women in Industry Breakfast. for Kids" continues to be our most pop- 7 — High School Program at ular regular column and celebrates its National Meeting 151st installment this month. Our "Pro- 9 — A Brief History of the files in Chemistry" is a much newer fea- Chicago Section tured column that highlights Chicago- area chemists. 10 — Chicago Section’s WCC The special masthead used on this Column Topics commemorative edition is a replica of 11 — Public Affairs Award the one used to publish the first Chemi- Dinner Meeting cal Bulletin in 1914. The Chemical Bul- 11 — Notice to Illinois Teachers letin continues to keep pace with the 12 — Topical Group Speaker – times to provide news expressing our commitment to chemistry and to our fel- Jim Shoffner low chemists. Last year we started 12 — Job Club posting an electronic version of the 13 — ChemShorts for Kids: newsletter on the Section’s website. Alka-Seltzer Surface Area We hope your week in Chicago is sci- 14 — Profiles in Chemistry: entifically productive and personally enjoyable. Lee R. Marek 15 — A Guide to Chicago Attrac- CHERLYN BRADLEY tions 18 — Broadway in Chicago 19 — Dining in Chicago DID YOU KNOW? 20 — Chicago Section Chairs 21 — ALMA e-News: Managing The ACS Education Division provides Personal Risk Factors programs and activities that promote lifelong chemistry education, profes- 22 — ChemShorts for Kids – the sional activities, and scientific matters list of interest to chemists and chemical 23 — Deadlines for Chemical engineers worldwide. Bulletin To find out more about ACS Education 23 — Kilpatrick Lecturer programs, visit the ChemunityNews 23 — Ad Index FAQs, or write to us at [email protected]. 24 — Calendar 3/07 4 3/07 5 ACS PRESIDENTIAL EVENTS — Sustainability and Chemistry: Tomorrow's Challenge for Today's WCC RECEPTION Catherine T. ("Katie") Hunt, ACS Students (sponsored by SOCED; As part of the National ACS meet- President 2007, will be cosponsoring a cosponsored with CEI), Monday, ing, the Women Chemists Commit- full week of exciting presidential events March 26, 9 to 10 AM, Westin Hotel, tee (WCC) will hold a reception for and sessions at the national meeting in Michigan Avenue. Chicago. In her desire to address sub- women chemists and anyone inter- ested in their issues on Saturday, stantive societal issues, she has — Going with the Flow: Water Sustain- March 24 at 5 pm at the Hyatt selected "Sustainability of Energy, ability: Past, Present, Future (spon- Regency Chicago, Columbus EF Food and Water" as the presidential sored by HIST; cosponsored with SUST Room. theme for the Chicago meeting in and ENVR) Tuesday, March 27, 8:30 The Chicago WCC is a co-sponsor March and “Material Innovations: From AM to 12 Noon, McCormick Place. Nanotech to Biotech and Beyond” as of the event and will display posters of some of the WCC articles pub- the presidential theme for the Boston — Benchmarking the Research Com- lished in The Chemical Bulletin fea- meeting in August. petitiveness of U.S. Chemistry and turing women chemists in the Chica- Her goal is to successfully execute Chemical Engineering (sponsored by go area. Please join us! meaningful thematic programming at PRES, cosponsored with CHED, national meetings that will not only CEPA, ComSCI, and International nucleate ideas, foster community, and Activities Committee) Tuesday, March ELSA REICHMANIS TO accelerate innovation, but will be 27, 2 – 4:30 PM, McCormick Place. essential to effectively communicate SPEAK AT SENIOR CHEMIST chemistry to a broader audience. Open- — Excellence in Graduate Polymer & RETIREE BREAKFAST IN ly discussing these topics as a scientific Science Research Symposium (spon- CHICAGO community will better enable us to sored by POLY; cosponsored with speak with one voice to our member- YCC and PROF), Poster Session: Sun- A dynamic program is planned for the ship, the media and the general public. day, March 25, 6 to 8 PM, Hyatt Silver Circle & Retiree Breakfast at the Sustainability of Energy, Food and Regency Chicago; Oral Session: Mon- ACS National Meeting in Chicago on Water — Three presidential sessions day, March 26, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 will be featured, including Sustainabil- McCormick Place. a.m., at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel. ity: A World View on Sunday after- The guest speaker, ACS Past Presi- noon, March 25; Technology Chal- — Undergraduate Research in Poly- dent Dr. Elsa Reichmanis, will talk lenges and Opportunities for a Sus- mer Science (sponsored by POLY), on: “Perspectives on Employment tainable Future on Monday morning, Oral Session: Sunday, March 25, 8:30 Opportunities for Seniors/Retirees.” March 26; and Educating for Sus- to 12:30 PM, McCormick Place; Poster Cost for the breakfast event is $10.00.