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MonthlyMeetingRamesh Jasti to speak at BostonUniversity Hillel HouseHenry A. Hill Award Presentation,Outreach Volunteer Award, 50-yearand 60-year Members Honored

Henry A. HillAward to ArthurS. Obermayer

Recollectionsof Henry A. HillBy Arnet L. Powell

2013 BMMConferenceBy Jack Driscoll

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Contents2013 Henry A. Hill Award to Arthur S. Obermayer ____________4Monthly Meeting _______________________________________5Prof. Ramesh Jasti to speak on carbon nanotubes at Boston University HillelHouse, Henry A. Hill Award Presentation, 50-year and 60-year Members Hon-ored, Outreach Volunteer Award

Outreach Volunteer Award to Alfred A. Barney _______________5National Chemistry Week Events __________________________6NESACS Southeastern Region Meeting _____________________7Madeleine Jacobs, Executive Director and CEO, American Chemical Society tospeak at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, October 3, 2013.

Doris Lewis to be honored at NERM _______________________8Harvard Ph.D. wins IUPAC Prize___________________________8National Historic Chemical Landmarks _____________________8By Keith Lindblom, ACS Program Manager

Recollections of Henry A. Hill_____________________________9By Arnet L. Powell

BMM Conference, July 5-9, 2013 ________________________10By Jack Driscoll, NESACS Public Relations Chair

Connections to Chemistry 2013 _________________________1150-Year and 60-Year NESACS Members____________________13Cover: 2013 Henry A. Hill Awardee, Dr. Arthur S. Obermayer (Photo courtesyof Dr. Obermayer).

Editorial Deadlines: December 2013 Issue: October 15, 2013 January 2014 Issue: November 15, 2013

All Chairs of standingCommittees, the editor of THE NUCLEUS, and the Trustees of SectionFunds are members of theBoard of Directors. AnyCoun cilor of the American Chemical Soci-ety residing within the section area is an exofficio member of the Board of Directors.


Dr. Arthur S. Obermayer, presidentof Moleculon Research Corporation, isthe recipient of the 2013 Henry A. HillAward. The award will be presented toDr. Obermayer at the October 10, 2013meeting of the Northeastern Section ofthe American Chemical Society(NESACS). The Hill Award is pre-sented annually to a member ofNESACS for meritorious service to theSection and to the profession of chem-istry.

Dr. Obermayer has been an activemember of NESACS for more than 60years. During the 1950s he chaired theNortheastern Section Television Com-mittee, which had a monthly televisionprogram on Channel 4 describing themethods of professional chemists. Thehost on these programs was Dr. IsaacAsimov, the well-known science andscience fiction writer. This also led toa continuing personal friendship

between the two individuals. For many years thereafter Ober-

mayer was a NESACS Councilor rep-resenting the Section at nationalmeetings. In 1982 Obermayer waselected chairman of the NortheasternSection, and under his leadership, theSection developed a more formal com-mittee structure and encouragedbroader participation in its governance.From 1983 to 1986 he was a memberof the NESACS Board of Trustees.Under his chairmanship an externalinvestment advisory process, which isstill in use, was set up.

Additionally, while chairman heconvinced Gus Esselen III to providean NESACS award in memory of hisfather, Dr. Gus Esselen Jr., for Chem-istry in the Public Interest, and for sixyears (1988-91 and 2009-11) he servedon the Esselen Award Committee and

Dr. Arthur S. Obermayerto Receive 2013 Henry A.Hill Award

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ApplicationReminderNSYCC/NESACS–JCF/GDChExchange to GermanyMarch 22-30, 2014Applications are welcome from gradu-ate and undergraduate students ofchemistry, biochemistry, and chemicalengineering (including materials sci-ence) at colleges and universitieswithin the Northeastern Section for the14th annual German Exchangebetween the NESACS YoungerChemists Committee and the Jung-chemikerforum (Young ChemistsCommittee; JCF) of the GesellschaftDeutscher Chemiker (German Chemi-cal Society; GDCh). The nextExchange to Germany will take placeon March 22-30, 2014, in Jena.Prospective applicants should note thatthe Spring ACS national meeting inDallas will be held on March 16-20,2014.Application forms and more details areavailable on the NSYCC <http:// www. nsycc.org> and NESACS <http://www.nesacs.org> websites.The deadline for the submission ofapplications (electronic only) to<[email protected]> is Friday,November 1, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. u

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OutreachVolunteerAward toAlfred A.BarneyCongratulations to Dr. Alfred A. Bar-ney as the 2013 Outreach Volunteer ofthe Year for the Northeastern LocalSection. This recognition program wasestablished by the ACS Committee onCommunity Activities (CCA) toacknowledge individuals who have

contributed many hours to outreachefforts and activities.

As an employee of Strem Chemi-cals, Alfred Barney has volunteered histime and expertise to designing andrunning novel experiments and demon-strations for students from K to 12 forover 13 years within the MerrimackValley Region of Massachusetts. Since2005, he has made presentations forhundreds of elementary, middle, andhigh school students. Popular topicsinclude Properties of Matter andMolecular Structure, Thin Layer Chro-matography, Electroplating, and Purifi-cation of Water. Additional volunteeractivities include serving as an ACSScience Coach, judging science andmath competitions, and assisting sum-mer programs for 4th and 5th graders

on chemistry related themes.On behalf of the ACS Committee

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Abstract

The Jasti research group's approach tothe organic synthesis of uniform car-bon nanotubes will be described. Inaddition, recent discoveries in the syn-thesis, reactivity, and self-assembly ofthe cycloparaphenylenes (i.e. carbonnanohoops) will also be provided. u

Biography

Professor Jasti received his Ph.D. atUC Irvine in 2006 with Prof. ScottRychnovsky and conducted his post-doctoral studies with Prof. CarolynBertozzi at UC Berkeley. At UCBerkeley, Prof. Jasti was the first sci-entist to prepare the cyclopara-phenylenes (i.e., carbon nanohoops),which represent the shortest possiblearmchair carbon nanotube. Prof. Jastijoined the faculty at Boston Universityin 2009 where his research focuses onthe synthesis and properties of carbon-based nanomaterials. Recent Awards:Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship & NSFCareer Award. u

Monthly MeetingThe 934th Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the AmericanChemical SocietyHenry Hill Award, and Recognition of 50 and 60-year membersThursday, October 10, 2013Boston University Florence and Chafez Hillel House, 213 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 022154:00 pm Board Meeting5:30 pm Social Hour6:15 pm Dinner7:15 pm Presentation of 50 and 60-Year Members7:30 pm Award Meeting, Liming Shao, NESACS Chair, Presiding

2013 Outreach Volunteer Award to Alfred BarneyHenry A. Hill Award for Outstanding Service to the NortheasternSection presented to Arthur ObermayerSpeaker: Prof. Ramesh Jasti, Boston University Department ofChemistry, “The Bottom-Up Organic Synthesis of Carbon Nano -tubes”

Dinner reservations should be made no later than noon, Thursday, October 3.Reservations are to be made using PayPal services: http://acssymposium.com/paypal.html. Select pay with credit or debit card optionand follow the additional instructions on the page. Members, $30; Non-mem-bers, $35; Retirees, $20; Students, $10. Reservations for new members and foradditional information, contact the secretary Anna Singer at (781)272-1966between 9am and 6pm or e-mail at [email protected]. Reservations notcancelled at least 24 hours in advance must be paid.Parking is available on the street or for $10 at the lot located at 665 Common-wealth Ave.THE PUBLIC IS INVITED


National Chemistry Week Events*Celebrating

Energy: Now and Forever!*National Chemistry Week is Officially held Oct.20 -26

October 27, 2013 – Museum of Science Boston• Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture by Dr. Bassam Shakhashiri

Dr. Bassam Shakhashiri is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is theWilliam T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea. Professor Shakhashiri has captivatedaudiences with his scientific demonstrations at a variety of locations, including Boston’s Museum ofScience, the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum inWashington.

Taking place in Cahners Theatre (2nd floor, Blue Wing) at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm.

* Admission to the museum is required. Free tickets to Dr. Shakhashiri’s show will be availableon a first come, first serve basis. Tickets are available via advance reservation. To reserve tick-ets, please contact the NESACS secretary either via email [email protected] (preferred) orby phone 1-781-272-1966 before October 23, 2013. Tickets will be available for pick-up in thelobby of the museum at the ACS table.

• Hands-on Activities related to energyTaking place from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm on October 27, 2013 throughout the Museum.

November 9, 2013 – Boston Children’s Museum From 11 am – 4 pm, NCW volunteers will be on-hand throughout the museum to perform demonstra-tions and assist in hands-on activities related to the yearly theme.

September 1 – October 5, 2013K-12 students participate in the NCW poetry contest. Visit www.nesacs.org andhttp://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_MULTICOLUMN_T2_50&node_id=1033&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=58ef8ea1-4479-48ac-91dd-6d2467fe63bc for more information (afterJuly 15, 2013).

July 1 – September 20, 2013K-12 students participate in the Northeastern Local Section “design a t-shirt competition.” Visitwww.nesacs.org for more information.

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/outreach/ncw/studentseducators/NCW-2013-Illustrated-Poem-Contest.html

BiographyMadeleine Jacobs has been ExecutiveDirector and CEO of the AmericanChemical Society since 2004. Earlier,she served for 10 years as ManagingEditor (1993-95) and Editor-in-Chief(1995-2003) of ACS’s weekly news-magazine, Chemical and EngineeringNews (C&EN). She received a B.S. inchemistry with honors and distinctionfrom George Washington University in1968 and completed a year of graduatestudy in organic chemistry at the Uni-versity of Maryland in 1969. Shereceived an honorary Doctor of Sci-ence from GWU in 2003.

Jacobs is a member of the GWUBoard of Trustees, a member of theBoard of Directors of the ACS, theRosalind Franklin Society (dedicated

to advancing careers of women in thesciences), the Société de Chimie Indus-trielle, and ASTRA (Alliance for Sci-ence and Technology Research inAmerica). She is a Governing Mem-ber of the Baltimore SymphonyOrchestra (BSO) and a member of theBSO Women’s Leadership Forum, amember of the Board of Advisors ofthe Harpswell Foundation (dedicatedto empowering women in developingnations), a general member of theCouncil on Competitiveness, and amember of the GWU National Councilfor the College of Arts and Sciences.

Jacobs has received a number ofawards, including the New York Acad-emy of Sciences Women’s HistoryMonth Award (2002), the ACS Awardfor Encouraging Women into Careersin the Chemical Sciences (2003), theAmerican Crystallographic Association

Public Service Award (2004), and theNational Organization for the Profes-sional Advancement of Black Chemistsand Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)President’s Award (2010). She waselected a Fellow of the American Asso-ciation for the Advancement of Sci-ence in 2004. In 2012, Jacobs waschosen as one of 100 Women in STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering,and Math) by STEMconnector™.

Throughout her career Jacobs hasbeen focused on promoting scienceand technology careers to youngwomen and girls and minorities at alleducational levels to motivate them toachieve their greatest potential.Another theme in her career is theimportance of communicating scienceto general audiences. As Editor-in-Chief of C&EN, she had significantimpact on the public perception ofchemistry and on the profession ofchemistry itself. Jacobs lectures fre-quently in the U.S. and abroad ontrends in the chemistry enterprise, gen-der equity, minority representation, andcommunicating science. u


Meeting AnnouncementMeeting of the Southeastern Massachusetts Area of theNortheastern Section of the American Chemical SocietyThursday, October 3, 2013University of Massachusetts DartmouthWoodland Commons, Conference Room 1285 Old Westport RoadNorth Dartmouth, MA 02747

5:00 pm Registration

5:30 pm Reception (light refreshments)

6:00 pm Welcome: Liming Shao, NESACS Chair, and Emmanuel Ojadi,Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, UMass Dartmouth

6:10 pm Southeastern Massachusetts Area Meeting: Jack Driscoll, PID Ana-lyzers, LLC

6:25 pm Introduction of Speaker: Robert Lichter, Merrimack Consultants,LLC

6:30 pm Speaker: Madeleine Jacobs, Executive Director and CEO, AmericanChemical Society. “Everything You Always Wanted to Know aboutACS, But Were Afraid to Ask”

7:30 pm Reception (heavy hors d’oeuvres)Advance registration is requested for planning purposes and follow up.Please contact Anna Singer at 781-272-1966 or <[email protected]> (e-mail is preferred) by Monday, September 23.THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO THIS EVENT WITHOUT CHARGE

AbstractACS is the world’s largest scientificsociety, with more than 163,000 mem-bers and scores of programs for itsmembers. How does a member figureout where to find information aboutACS programs, and what’s new andexciting at your professional home forlife? Executive Director and ChiefExecutive Officer Madeleine Jacobshas spent nearly 23 years at ACS invarious capacities as a young reporterat C&EN, the managing editor and edi-tor-in-chief of C&EN, and as the CEOfor more than the past nine years. Shewill give a brief, somewhat serious,and somewhat whimsical look at ACS,followed by your opportunity to askwhat you’ve always wanted to knowabout ACS, but were afraid to ask. u

Your one-stop source to career-relatedlinks in the Chemical Sciences

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Doris Lewisto behonored atNERMDoris Lewis, Professor of Chemistry atSuffolk University and 2000 NESACSChair, will be honored at the NortheastRegional Meeting (NERM) in NewHaven with the 2013 E. Ann NalleyNortheast Region Award For VolunteerService to the ACS as announced byRichard Cobb, Awards Chair and ViceChair of the Northeast Region of theACS, Inc.

The award, which will be pre-sented at the NERM Awards Dinner onFriday night, October 25, at the OmniHotel, recognizes the volunteer effortsof individuals who have served theACS by contributing significantly tothe goals and objectives of the Societythrough their activities on the local andregional, as well as national, levels. Itwas instituted in 2006 by ACS Presi-

NationalHistoricChemicalLandmarksin YourCommunity By Keith Lindblom, ACS NationalHistoric Chemical Landmarks ProgramManagerACS established the National HistoricChemical Landmarks program in 1992to enhance public appreciation for thecontributions of the chemical sciencesto modern life in the United States andto encourage a sense of pride in theirpractitioners. To date, the program hasrecognized 70 subjects in the UnitedStates and around the world, includingone in the Northeastern Section—Charles James’ Separation of RareEarth Elements at the University ofNew Hampshire.

ACS local sections, divisions orcommittees can nominate subjects forthe program. To qualify, subjects mustclearly represent seminal achievementsin the history of chemistry; they mustevidence significant impact and benefitto the public and the chemistry profes-sion; and they must be at least 25 yearsold. Recent achievements recognizedthrough this program have included:The development of fluorescent pig-ments; the legacy of Rachel Carson’sSilent Spring; and the Mellon Instituteof Industrial Research. For a completelist of National Historic ChemicalLandmarks or more information aboutthe nomination and selection process,visit www.acs.org/landmarks or con-tact the author at [email protected]

HarvardPh.D. WinsIUPAC PrizeThe International Union of Pure andApplied Chemistry (IUPAC) hasannounced the winners of the 2013IUPAC Prizes for Young Chemists,which are awarded for the best Ph.D.theses in the chemical sciences asdescribed in 1000-word essays.• Daishi Fujita, Japan - University of

Tokyo• Thomas Kempa, U.S.A. - Harvard

University• Huifeng Qian, China - Carnegie Mel-

lon University• Hailiang Wang, China - Stanford

University• Qiao Zhang, China - University of

California, RiversideKempa, who did his undergraduatechemistry studies at Boston College,received his Ph.D. degree in chemistryfrom Harvard in 2012 with Prof.

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By Arnet L. Powell — From a talk given atthe March 1982 meeting of the Northeast-ern Section on the occasion of the ThirdHenry A. Hill Award for DistinguishedService to the Northeastern Section.

Dr. Henry A. Hill, the renownedchemist in whose memory this awardwas established, was a former Chair-man of the Northeastern Section(1963) and President of the AmericanChemical Society in 1977. Henry’soutstanding contributions to chemistry,particularly industrial chemistry, and tothe professional welfare of chemistsare legion, but unfortunately only acapsule review can be given here. Dr.Hill’s first concern and interest was inhis fellow humans and this was thedriving force behind all that he didboth in the chemical community andthe world at large.

Henry Hill was a native of St.Joseph, Missouri. He was a graduate ofJohnson C. Smith University in NorthCarolina and received the Ph.D. degreefrom M.I.T. in 1942, after getting thehighest grades in his class. He began aprofessional career in industrial chem-istry in that year, working largely withplastics, polymers, rubbers, adhesivesand foams. In the early 1950’s Henrybecame one of the founders ofNational Polychemicals, Inc., servingas Vice President of that firm for fiveyears.

In 1961 Dr. Hill decided to start acompany of his own, feeling stronglythat this was the only way that hecould justify his professional educationand fulfill his personal ambitions inlife. He told me in a private conversa-tion at the time that he wanted to domore than just make a comfortable liv-ing in his chosen field; he wished todevelop to the maximum extent possi-ble his professional knowledge andexpertise and do something worthwhilewith it in the private sector. Hefounded Riverside Research Labora-

tory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA on a mod-est basis and in 1964 moved to largerquarters in the Haverhill, Massachu-setts Industrial Park. I rememberreceiving a formal notice regardingthis move in the form of a nicelyprinted card which exhibited the char-acteristic Henry Hill flair for original-ity. The card read “Riverside ResearchLaboratory is changing rivers: we aremoving from the Charles in Cambridgeto the Merrimack in Haverhill.” Thefirm offered research, development andconsulting services in resins, rubbers,textiles and plastics. Dr. Hill’s clientsincluded companies here and abroad.

In the latter category was the gov-ernment of Trinidad, where Henryliked to combine business with a win-ter vacation in the sun. RiversideResearch Laboratory introduced foursuccessful commercial enterprises,including its own manufacturing affili-ate. Dr. Hill, particularly after havingbeen appointed by President LyndonJohnson to the National Commissionon Product Safety, became active inresearch and testing programs in thefield of product flammability and prod-uct safety.

The American Chemical Societywas always very close to Henry Hill’sheart. His active career with the ACSbegan in the middle nineteen fifties inthe Northeastern Section. He creditedEdward R. Atkinson, the 1956 Chair-man, as starting him on the road to thepresidency of the American ChemicalSociety. Henry served on NortheasternSection committees, became a coun-cilor in 1961 and was Chairman of theSection in 1963. He served the ACS inimportant National positions, includingsecretary and chairman of the Profes-sional Relations Committee, the ACSCouncil; Policy Committee, the Boardof Directors, and ultimately presidentin 1977. He made an especially signifi-cant impact in professionalism by pio-neering establishment of a set ofguidelines defining acceptable behav-ior for employers in their professionalrelations with chemists and chemicalengineers. This effort resulted in theACS landmark document entitled“Professional Employment Guide-lines.”

I now conclude my “Recollectionsof Dr. Henry A. Hill” with a few per-



Recollectionsof Henry A.Hill


BMM is an Indian cultural conference that is held in the USon a biannual basis.

The event was held at the Dunkin Donuts Conference Cen-ter in Providence, RI on July 4-6, 2013.This year several new elements were added to the agenda:an Indo-US Educators Summit at Northeastern Universityand a Business Conference on Entrepreneurship. The firstBMM Indo-US Educators Summit was held from 5-9 July,2013 at the Rhode Island Convention Centre, Providence,RI and Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

World-renowned speakers and distinguished educatorsfrom the US and India participated in this very importantsummit (http://www.bmm2013.org/college.html). Dr.Miranda Wu, President of the American Chemical Society(ACS) (http://www.acs.org), world’s largest scientific soci-ety with 164,000 members, was a keynote speaker.

The goal of this summit was to support dialogue amongacademic institutions in India and the US to develop anunderstanding of educational cultures, approaches, and mar-ket needs in both countries; and to foster collaboration. Thissummit focused on the following areas to facilitate collabo-ration between the US & Indian educational institutions: • Best Practices in Education (Philosophy, Quality, Collabo-

ration)• Nurturing Academic Success (through Consulting,

Research, Industry Liaison)

• Indo-US Collaboration in Education – Potential, Opportu-nities & Challenges

• New Approaches to EducationThe conference was kicked off by Bai Mahale:

Business Conference on Entrepreneurship July 5, 2013(http://www.bmm2013.org/business.html )The Business Conference Chair was Dr. MukundChorghade, a serial entrepreneur, President and founder ofChorghade Enterprises and a member of the NortheasternSection of the American Chemical Society (NESACShttp://www.nesacs.org).

New products or services originate from ideas, but entrepre-neurs take these ideas to higher levels. They not only buildsuccessful companies, but also create new markets, hire newemployees, and provide valuable new products and servicesfor the world markets. The panelists shared their experienceson what it took to build their products and companies froman idea, what mistakes many aspiring entrepreneurs maymake and what business opportunities there are for aspiringentrepreneurs in the fields of Technology, Pharmaceuticals,Chemical Sciences and Electrical/Electronics Engineering.

There were five panelists from small and large compa-nies who discussed various entrepreneurial experiences. The

BMM Conference July 5-9, 2013By Jack Driscoll, NESACS Public Relations Chair


Mukund Chorghade + Jack Driscoll

moderator for the entrepreneurial panelwas Santosh Salvi, an entrepreneurfrom NH with strong connections toIndia. Some additional background onthe panelists can be found at:http://www.bmm2013.org/panel-descriptions.html

Makarand Gore, President andprincipal scientist at YewSavin, USAand AJ Organica India, Pvt. Ltd., talkedabout the differences between hisexperiences as a manager at Hewlett-Packard and the startup of his compa-nies that specialize in advancedmaterials & pharmaceuticals. The audi-ence was reasonably large (80 people)and very receptive even for these lateafternoon talks.

Ranjeet Pawar, founder and CEOSugee Developers, was trained in elec-trical engineering, but turned his tal-ents into a real estate empire in India.

Mr. Ajay Bhagwat, another electri-cal engineer, started by licensing hisfirst products, but quickly realized itwas better to manufacture the productsin his own company (Ranu Electron-ics) in India, which now employs 200people.

Jack Driscoll, President of PIDAnalyzers and Public Relations Chairof NESACS, discussed PioneeringNew Technologies. Photoionizationwas used as an example of developinga new technology and finding newenvironmental applications to marketthat product. A new Arsenic Analyzerfor detecting ppt levels in food andwater was described, and it was noted

that PID Analyzers received an R&D100 award (one of the 100 most signif-icant technological developments in2012) last week.

Denise Creech, Director, Div. ofManagement & Scientific Advance-ment, of the ACS talked about theentrepreneurial initiatives started in2010 (http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/careers/profdev/entrepreneuri-alinitiative.html). These include anentrepreneurial training courses, helpwith patents, and the ACS developedentrepreneurial initiative overview,which is a two year pilot program. Shenoted that the unemployment rateamong chemists is 3.5% compared tothe current unemployment number forthe US of 7.7%. u


Jack Driscoll + Santosh Salvi

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2013October 16, 2013Burlington HS, Burlington, MAThe Northeastern Section of the Amer-ican Chemical Society (NESACS) andthe Education Committee of the North-eastern Section invite high schoolchemistry teachers to a program atBurlington High School (Burlington,MA) on Wednesday, October 16th,3:30-8:00 PM. This program will helpconnect high school teachers with thenumerous education resources that areavailable from the American ChemicalSociety. Four simultaneous hands-onworkshops will illustrate theseresources:• Artificial Photosynthesis: A Work-

shop on Solar Cell Design (Dr.Jonathan Rochford, UMass Boston)

• Hands-on Climate Change Sciencefor Your Classroom (Dr. Jerry A.Bell, ACS)

• Inquiring Minds Want to Know:Recent Lab Practicals from the USNational Chemistry Olympiad (Mr.Steven Lantos, Brookline HighSchool)

• TBD (Dr. Deyang Qu, UMassBoston)

3:30 Registration and Refreshments4:00 Welcome and Overview4:30 Workshops6:15 Dinner and Keynote Address The deadline for registration is Fri-day, October 4, 2013. The registrationfee is $20 and is non-refundable afterOctober 7th. Workshop and program-related materials, dinner, a one-yearsubscription to ChemMatters, and acertificate for three hours of Profes-sional Development will be providedto all workshop participants.

The detailed program and registra-tion form can be obtained on theNESACS website (www.nesacs.org)under Connections to Chemistry 2013.

For additional information, contactDr. Marietta Schwartz, Chair, Educa-tion Committee, NESACS: [email protected]. u

NESACS andBoy ScoutsBringingNationalChemistryWeek toCape CodNESACS is working with The CapeCod Council of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica to bring National ChemistryWeek to Cape Cod.On Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, NESACSwill be holding a Cape Cod ScienceCafé at the Cape Cod and IslandsCouncil Cub Scout-Boy Scout, WickedCool Autumn Festival. The location isat Camp Greenough Scout Reservationin Yarmouth Port for a full day of funfamily activities. https://www.familyid.com/cape-cod-islands-council-boy-scouts-of-amer-ica/wicked-cool-autumn-welcomeEvent goes from 1:00 pm-5:00 pm andis held rain or shine. u


was twice its chair. His focus on theCommittee was to emphasize publicinterest aspect as compared to otherACS awards which are for researchexcellence.

In 1996 through Obermayer’sleadership NESACS was among thefirst local sections to set up its ownwebsite. This was shortly after theworldwide web had been introduced,and before most NESACS membershad personal computers. He organizedan Internet Task Force of experiencedSection members working with theBoard of Publications to insure thatThe Nucleus content also appeared onthe web and that email announcementswould be sent out. Obermayer receivedthe 2009 Arno Heyn Book Prize recog-nizing his work with The Nucleus andthe website.

Obermayer’s related business, leg-islative, and other activities weredescribed in his lecture given atNESACS Small Chemical BusinessSymposium, October 11, 2012 andreported in The Nucleus, December2012, Volume XCI, No.4, pp 8,9,12.

Dr. Obermayer founded Molecu-lon Research Corp., a chemical R & Dcompany, in January 1961. A fewweeks later at a monthly NESACSmeeting, he met Dr. Henry A. Hill, whowas also planning to start his owncompany, Riverside Research Labora-tories. Dr. Hill joined Moleculon butcontinued to operate Riverside inde-pendently. For a number of years theyran a cooperative and mutually benefi-cial organization in Cambridge untilHenry Hill moved Riverside from theCharles River to the Merrimac River inHaverhill. u

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sonal reminiscences. At the BostonNational ACS Meeting in April 1973, Iattended on invitation a meeting of theBoard Committee on Professional,Public and Member Relations chairedby Dr. Hill.

A discussion on Project Catalyst, asummer educational program for dis-advantaged high school students, tookplace. Henry was trying to set up amedium to raise more funds for thisprogram. Former ACS President AlanNixon responded with a twinkle in hiseyes that he believed the project to beimportant enough to get out a whitepaper on it. Not to be outdone HenryHill came right back with: “Yes, but itis my observation that every whitepaper must have a lot of black inkimprinted on it.”

While studying at M.I.T., Dr. Hillcame in contact with Prof. James FlackNorris who had an enduring influenceon his career. Norris, besides being agreat teacher, was noted for hisdecency and humanity. Henry latersaid, “He was the first big man I metwho was more interested in my abilityto learn chemistry than in the identityof my grandparents.”

Years later, while Chairman of theNortheastern Section, Dr. Hill wasinstrumental in establishing the JamesFlack Norris Award in PhysicalOrganic Chemistry. I am happy that Iwas able to assist Henry in thisendeavor, presenting the first suchaward to Sir Christopher Ingold at theAtlantic City ACS meeting in 1965,during my tenure as Chairman of theNortheastern Section.

Finally, in the realm of hobbiesand outside interests, I know thatHenry Hill liked hot jazz and similartypes of music. I remember oneevening back in 1967, sitting with himand Dave Roethel in the night club justoff the lobby of the Montmartre Hotelin Miami Beach, discussing ACS pro-fessional relations, or trying to, to thebackground of a very loud jazz band.After some time my aching earsprompted me to suggest moving to aquieter location. My suggestion was

met with surprisingly stiff reprimandby Henry, and there was nothing elseto do but stay in the deafening environ-ment. Henry A. Hill AwardeesHenry A. Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980Edward R. Atkinson. . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Robert D. Eddy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Arnet L. Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983G. Richard Handrick . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Janet S. Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Phyllis A. Brauner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985Arno H. A. Heyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986Sr. Magdalen Julie Wallace. . . . . . 1987Esther A. H. Hopkins. . . . . . . . . . . 1988Wallace J. Gleekman. . . . . . . . . . . 1989James U. Piper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990Valerie Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991Ernest I. Becker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992Arlene W. Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Truman S. Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993William O. Foye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Michael E. Strem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Alfred Viola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Mary T. Burgess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997Michaeline F. Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997David M. Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997John L. Neumeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Morton Z. Hoffman. . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Catherine E. Costello. . . . . . . . . . . 2000Myron S. Simon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Michael J. Hearn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Doris I. Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Donald O. Rickter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Charles E. Kolb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Dorothy J. Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Ruth Tanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Michael Singer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008E. Joseph Billo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Thomas R. Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Stephen A. Lantos . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011Michael P. Filosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012Arthur S. Obermayer. . . . . . . . . . . 2013 u

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dent E. Ann Nalley as part of her presi-dential initiative to recognize ACS vol-unteerism with an award that willcontinue in perpetuity at each regionalmeeting. The award consists of aplaque honoring the recipient with animbedded medallion commemoratingDr. Nalley.

Within NESACS, Doris currentlyserves as the Chair of both the PhyllisA. Brauner Memorial Lecture Com-mittee and the Government AffairsCommittee, and is a member of theNational Chemistry Week Committeeand the James Flack Norris AwardCommittee. She has been a member ofthe NESACS Board of Directors since1991 and represents the Section on theACS Council. She has been the fac-ulty advisor of the multiple award-win-ning Suffolk University StudentChapter for more than 35 years, andwas the driving force for the establish-ment of the annual “Connections toChemistry” workshop event for highschool teachers that will celebrate itsfourteenth anniversary on October 16at Burlington (MA) High School. Forher many contributions, she was recog-nized with the 2003 Henry A. HillAward for Outstanding Service toNESACS and to the Profession ofChemistry.

At the national ACS level, Dorishas served on the Committee onChemistry and Public Affairs and iscurrently a member of the Committeeon Public Relations and Communica-tions. She has been a long-time partic-ipant in the ACS Legislative Summiton Capitol Hill, and is a tireless advo-cate for scientific research, STEM edu-cation, and entrepreneurial innovationin the statehouses of Massachusetts,New Hampshire, and New York.

As one of her nomination lettersstated, “Doris Lewis has been and con-tinues to be the consummate volunteerto the ACS. She is creative, resource-ful, and dependable to the maximum.She does not shy away from chal-lenges; indeed, she is energized bythem. She is the model of what allwho volunteer their time for the ACSshould be.” u

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Charles Lieber as his advisor. His the-sis was entitled, “Nanowire Architec-tures for Next-Generation Solar Cellsand Photonic Devices.”There were 43 applications from 15different countries. The Prize SelectionCommittee was made up of membersof the IUPAC Bureau with a widerange of expertise in chemistry, andwas chaired by Prof. Nicole Moreau,IUPAC Past President. The winners ofthe prizes received cash awards of$1,000 and travel expenses to the 44th

IUPAC World Chemistry Congress inIstanbul, August 8-15, 2013, where theawards were presented during theopening ceremonies. Each prizewin-ner was also invited to present a posterat the Congress that described theaward-winning work, and to submit ashort critical review on aspects of theresearch topic for publication in Pureand Applied Chemistry.

Details about Dr. Kempa’s workcan be found at <www.iupac.org/news/cont/2013/thomas-kempa.html>. u

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Oct 02Prof. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich (Univ. of Toledo)“Chemical toxicology of endogenouslygenerated oxygen species and their role in canceretiology”Northeastern, 129 Hurtig Hall12 noon

Oct 03Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (Univ. of Illinois)Boston College, Merkert 1304:00 pmProf. Sarah Reisman (Caltech) M.I.T., 6-1204:15pm

Harvard-MIT Physical Chemistry SeminarProf. Ralph Nuzzo (U. of Illinois)Harvard, Pfizer Lecture Hall5:00pm Prof. Ellen Yezierski (Miami U. of Ohio)U. New Hampshire, Rm N104 (L103)11:10am

Oct 07Prof. Paul Champion (Northeastern Univ.)Brandeis, Gerstenzang 1224:00 pmProf. Tarun Kapoor (Rockefeller U.)Harvard, Pfizer Lecture Hall4:15pm Prof. Harald Schwalbe (U. of Frankfurt) M.I.T., 56-114 4:00 pm

Oct 08Prof. Geoffrey W. Coates (Cornell Univ.)Boston College, Merkert 1304:00 pmProf. Christine Thomas (Brandeis U.)“Characterization and Applications of Metal-Metal Interactions in HeterobimetallicComplexes”U. New Hampshire, Rm N104 (L103)11:10am

Oct 09Prof. Wayne Curtis (Penn State)“Green (and Red) Chemistry for Biofuels”Northeastern, 129 Hurtig Hall12 noon

Oct 10Prof. Xiaoyang Zhu (Columbia Univ.)Harvard, Pfizer Lecture Hall4:15pmDr. Xiaoxuan Shen (Celgene)U. New Hampshire, Rm N104 (L103)11:10am

Oct 14Prof. Clay Bennett (Tufts Univ.)“Reagent-Controlled Approaches toStereoselective Glycosylation Reactions”Brandeis, Gerstenzang 1224:00 pm

Oct 17Prof. Sara E. Skrabalek (Indiana Univ.)Boston College, Merkert 1304:00 pm

Oct 21Prof. John Pojman (Louisiana State Univ.)“Cure-On-Demand Polymerizations”Brandeis, Gerstenzang 1224:00 pm

Oct 22Prof. Scott Rychnovsky (UC – Irvine)Boston College, Merkert 1304:00 pmProf. Haifeng Gao (Univ. ofNotre Dame)Northeasterntime and location TBA

23 OctProf. Flora Meilleur (NC State andOak Ridge National Laboratory) “LocatingHydrogen Atoms in Enzymes Using NeutronProtein Crystallography”Northeastern, 129 Hurtig Hall 12 noon

Oct 24Prof. David Reichman (Columbia Univ.)Boston College, Merkert 1304:00 pmMerck-Banyu LectureProf. Mamoru Tobisu (Osaka Univ.) M.I.T., 6-1204:15pm Dr. Richard Newman (Boston MFA)U. New Hampshire, Rm N104 (L103)11:10am

Oct 25Merck-Banyu LectureProf. Mamaru Tobisu (Osaka Univ.) “CatalyticTransformation of Strong sigma-bonds: fromNew Cross-Coupling to Heterocycle Synthesis.”.Harvard, Pfizer Lecture Hall4:15pm

Oct 28 Prof. Dennis Selkoe (Harvard Medical School)Brandeis, Gerstenzang 1224:00 pmProf. Katharina Ribbeck (M.I.T.) M.I.T., 56-114 4:00 pm

Oct 30Dr. Ralph Scully (Beth Israel Deaconess MedicalCenter) “Mechanisms of homologous recombination andcancer: opportunities for therapy”Northeastern, 129 Hurtig Hall12 noon

Oct 31Prof. Zvonimir Dogic (Brandeis U.)Harvard, Pfizer Lecture Hall4:15pm Prof. Ron White (Dartmouth College) U. New Hampshire, Rm N104 (L103)11:10am

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