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Next meeting, the Gibbs Award Banquet:  Friday, May 18, 2012

At:  Casa Royale, Des Plaines, IL

Gibbs Medalist:  Mark Ratner, Dumas University Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

Title: “From Rectifying to Energy:  Some Reflections

Registration for the Gibbs banquet is closed.    More Information 

Prof Mark A. Ratner

 

The DSA committee has announced that Sanford Angelos has posthumously been awarded the Distinguished Service Award for 2012.  This award recognizes outstanding and dedicated service over an extended period of time to the Chicago Section by a Section member, and will be presented to Sandy's wife at our June meeting.

 

New!  The Chicago Section has started video taping interviews with select monthly meeting speakers and events and interviews with Section members.  See our current list.   New!

 

Professor Mark RatnerOur Chair and Gibbs Jury Chair, Avrom Litin, has announced that the Gibbs Jury has elected Mark Ratner, the Dumas University Professor at Northwestern University, the ACS 2012 Willard Gibbs Medalist.  Professor Ratner is the founder of the vibrant research area of Molecular Electronics, and has contributed significantly to the theory of ion transport in solid electrolytes, to molecular nonlinear optics and the theory of electron transfer phenomena in organic solids, and to self-consistent field methods for understanding molecular vibrations.  We congratulate Professor Ratner and are thrilled that a Chicago Section member has received this prestigious honor.  Please register and join us for this gala occasion.

The report on the Spring, 2012 National Council Meeting is now available

Photos from Chemistry Day, 2011 by Avrom, Milt  New!

See the Chemistry Dance, March 28, 2011, Anaheim

 

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Photos from the ACS tent at the 2011 Illinois State Fair    

Photos from Gibbs Award Banquet, May 20, 2011   

Photos from Girl Scout Chemistry Day on April 16, 2011
Photos by Susan and Margy

 

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The dates for 2012 Board meetings have been folded into the Chicago Section meeting calendar

 

Chemistry Day, 2011    all photos by Avrom and Milt

 
 
 

 

 

 

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