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St. Louis Chemists in the News

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

Lincoln Diuguid, first “Salute to Excellence”, dies

Lincoln Diuguid, first “Salute to Excellence”, dies

Dr Lincoln Diuguid was the recipient of the first “Salute to Excellence” ever awarded by the St Louis Section, November 11, 2000. On January 27, 2015, at the age of 97, Dr Diuguid died at Beauvais Manor. He had been diagnosed with pneumonia and flu. Dr Diuguid’s obituary in

Donald Ames

Donald Ames (1922–2014), Manhattan Project scientist

Dr Donald Ames, longtime resident of Kirkwood and 60+ year member of the American Chemical Society, died at his home on January 2, 2014. Dr Ames received his BS in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in 1944 and was drafted into the Army but assigned to the Metallurgy Laboratory

portrait: Natalie LaFranzo

Craigslist? for jobs? for chemists? Actually, yes!

Our own Natalie LaFranzo, chair of the St Louis Section YCC and Secretary-elect, told her unconventional story of job search success in Chemical & Engineering News (Nov 4, p 46, member credentials required for online access). Natalie and eight other recently (re)employed chemists related their search strategies in a

Hand papermakers come to town

Hand papermakers come to town

Friends of Dard Hunter is an organization that connects, encourages, and educates people interested in hand papermaking. They are holding their annual meeting in St Louis October 18-20. Ted Gast is leading a Roundtable on the Chemistry of Paper on Saturday October 19; this is an ACS Chemical Ambassador event.

SLUCC reaches out to city youth

Saint Louis University’s ACS Student Chapter (Chemistry Club) has been awarded a Community Interaction Grant from the national American Chemical Society. The mission of the grant program is “to provide funding for chapter projects that help to improve the science learning experience of underrepresented minority and economically disadvantaged K-12