Kathleen Dwyer, coordinator of the High School Chemistry Teacher-of-the-Year Award, has announced this year’s winner: Amy Heath of Granite City (Illinois) High School. Amy Frances Heath received her BS in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University in 1988. While employed as an industrial chemist, she began working with high school students through Junior Achievement and realized […]
Saturday, March 7th, was the date. Maggiano’s Little Italy was the place. Twenty-five people were in attendance. The evening started with appetizers and a slide show of 2014 section activities. Following dinner, each new 50- and 60-year ACS member received a certificate from the ACS. There was one new 60-year ACS member, Avrom Ringel Handleman,
David Rhee, research scientist at Sigma-Aldrich, is the winner of the 2015 Chemical Science & Technology Award. The award will be presented officially at Recognition Night, March 7. Refreshingly, David has chosen to tell us a little about himself (lightly edited): I graduated in 2004 from Hanyang University in Republic of Korea with a Master
Save the date: April 13 Awards Night will be held this year at Maggiano’s on the Boulevard (across Brentwood Blvd from the Galleria, (map). Winners of the high school chemistry contest, the high school chemistry teacher-of-the-year, and the outstanding junior chemistry students at area colleges and universities are all recognized. Agenda: 6:00 PM – Reception/social
Call for Nominations for the 2015 ACS Midwest Award Your assistance is solicited in identifying candidates for the 2015 Midwest Award. The St Louis Section of the American Chemical Society established the ACS Midwest Award in 1944 to recognize outstanding achievements in the Midwest region. The award is conferred annually on a scientist who has
Professor Vicki Grassian, F Wendell Miller Professor of Chemistry, is the 70th recipient of the ACS Midwest Award. This award is given by the St Louis Section–ACS to recognize outstanding achievements in chemistry in the midwest region. Professor Grassian received her BS degree from the State University of New York in Albany, the MS degree
Webmaster’s apologies: this is another post exhumed from the cracks, drafted many months ago and never published. Awards Night was held on Tuesday, April 15, at Maggiano’s Little Italy. Following a delicious dinner, St Louis Section Chair Dr Jim O’Brien (UM-St Louis) spent a few minutes describing the various section activities including awards given and
Saturday, October 18th, directly after the Saint Louis Award Symposium Glen Echo Country Club*, 3401 Lucas & Hunt Road, Saint Louis, MO 63121 6:30 pm cocktails (open bar), 7:00 pm banquet, 8:00 pm program Please send reservations, including check, by October 14th to: Lawrence Barton, Professor Emeritus Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 315 Benton Hall
The program for the Saint Louis Award Symposium on Saturday, October 18th, has been finalized. The symposium will take place at University of Missouri–St Louis in 451 Benton Hall (map). Frontiers in Modern Glycosciences honoring Alexei Demchenko 2014 Saint Louis Award winner 1:00–1:30pm Poster viewing and refreshments 1:30pm Jim O’Brien, University of Missouri–St Louis Chair,
Ziad Ramadan, past chair of the St Louis Section–ACS and chair of the St Louis Award jury, has announced the winner of the 2014 St Louis Award. Alexei Demchenko was born, raised, and educated in Moscow, Russia. He graduated in 1988 from Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia with a Diploma in Chemical Engineering
