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Council business, San Diego 2016

Council business, San Diego 2016

Our Councilors have reported from San Diego, where the 251st ACS National Meeting is wrapping up today. As usual, they have provided “Councilor Talking Points,” a document that summarizes the actions of various Council committees and Council at large. Lol Barton was quickest on the [Attach] and [Send] tool buttons

Sci/Tech Award to Rhonda Woerndle

Sci/Tech Award to Rhonda Woerndle

Rhonda Woerndle, process development chemist at Monsanto, has won the 2016 St Louis Section Chemical Science & Technology Award. The announcement came from the Award coordinator and past winner, David Rhee. Rhonda received her undergraduate chemistry degree with honors in 1999 from Knox College in Galesburg, IL; soon thereafter she

portrait: Natalie LaFranzo

Natalie LaFranzo appointed Chair of national Younger Chemists Committee

Natalie LaFranzo, Chair-elect of the St Louis Local Section, has been appointed Chair of the national Younger Chemists Committee (YCC), serving in 2016. Natalie became involved with the Committee in 2012, when she won a Leadership Development Award to attend the annual Young Leaders track at the ACS Leadership Development

Battle of the Burets 2016 crowns winners and more winners

Battle of the Burets 2016 crowns winners and more winners

For the second year in a row, the Battle of the Burets was hosted by SIU–Edwardsville. On Tuesday, February 16, 24 two-person teams from 10 area high schools competed in the event. Each student performed three titrations, and team scores were composites based on their accuracy. The student teams

Welcome Mikhail Berezin, new Awards Chair

Welcome Mikhail Berezin, new Awards Chair

Committee chairships don’t turn over very often [so zealously are those appointments guarded by appointees (right? ... RIGHT?)], so it is worth noting when one does. One of the biggest jobs we do as a local section is to recognize and publicize excellence in all aspects of the chemistry enterprise.

Salute to Excellence: Jost Chemical Company

Salute to Excellence: Jost Chemical Company

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

portrait, Lisa Balbes

Howard & Sally Peters Award to Lisa Balbes

We have no idea how, and no excuse for, this bit of congratulatory news slipping our consciousness, but we are now prepared to eat crow and congratulate. Our own Lisa Balbes, Career Services Coordinator extraordinaire, has been selected the 2015 Howard & Sally Peters Award recipient. The announcement dates to