Now hear this! Our Section normally announces “Salutes to Excellence” at the Continuity Dinner. But this year … crickets. For reasons your reporter has not been able to suss out, lauding excellence was not a feature of this past December’s Continuity Dinner. Well, it was, but in other categories (cough, cough — Jeff Cornelius and […]
…and one Outstanding Service Award. One of the outgoing Chair’s favorite parts of Continuity Night (second only to the actual outgoing thing) is presenting awards and recognitions. Since everyone who is involved with the Section is a volunteer, accolades are our only Bitcoin. Salutes to Excellence is a program of the national ACS “that gives
Attendees at the December, 2016, Continuity Dinner witnessed the conferring of two S2Es. A great year for Excellence, was 2016. Here we cite Henry Rohrs for his leadership of the Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, one of the most successful of our section’s discussion groups by any measure: activity, attendance, longevity, sponsorship. Henry keeps the ball
One of two S2E awards conferred at the 2016 Continuity Dinner, Jim O’Brien and Keith Stine were recognized for their unbroken 15-year record of Career Day programs. Held each spring at the UMSL Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, these programs draw visitors from area high school chemistry classes. Participants get a short talk (God, we
This one is being resurrected literally from yesteryear (a word that will be forever linked in minds of a certain age with the Lone Ranger). It’s almost too old to report—too embarrassingly old—but Excellence deserves its due, even if it is overdue. The Salute to Excellence was presented to Jost Chemical Company on October 25th,
Presented December 2011 The curiosity of chemistry and the world around him has been a part of Greg’s life from an early age. These early experiences evolved into a career in chemistry and sharing it with the community. At the University of Missouri–St Louis, he earned a BA in biology and chemistry in 1974 and
Presented November 2004 Dr Lisa Balbes received BAs in chemistry and psychology from Washington University in St Louis, and her PhD in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She then spent several years at Research Triangle Institute conducting protein and small molecule modelling studies. In 1992, she founded Balbes Consultants (formerly
Presented December 2003 Eric Ressner was smitten by chemistry in high school in spite of Mr B, who was a much better soccer coach than chemistry teacher. He received his BS in Chemistry from Clarkson College in Potsdam, NY, and his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Kansas. An elective in molecular biology
Presented December 2002 Marie has a BS in Chemistry from Iowa State University and a MS in Chemistry from St Louis University. She worked at Eastman Kodak before moving to St Louis and Monsanto. She has been teaching chemistry at Ursuline Academy since 1967. Marie has been a member of the ACS St Louis Section
Presented March 2002 William S Knowles was born on June 1, 1917 in Massachusetts. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard, his graduate work at Columbia University, followed by a research position at Monsanto. After a brief stint in Dayton, OH, he was transferred to St Louis in 1944, where he has been ever since.
