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ACS NEWS

SCENES FROM THE ACS MEETING IN

WASHINGTON, D.C.PHOTOS BY LINDA WANG

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Treva Brown (right), an undergraduate at Louisiana State University, explains her research project during the undergraduate poster session. (Photos counterclockwise from left) Candidates for 2010 president-elect Mary Virginia Orna (from left), Cheryl A. Martin, and Nancy B. Jackson chatted with ACS members during Sci-Mix. Thomas M. Connelly Jr. (right), chief innovation officer at DuPont, receives the Division of Business Development & Management 2009 Henry F. Whalen Jr. Award; from left are Whalen and division President Anthonie Lombard. Attendees at the presidential outreach event included Jose (J. D.) Garcia (from left), president of the board of directors of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science; Pamala Silas, CEO of the American Indian Science & Engineering Society; Victor McCrary, president of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers; and ACS President Thomas H. Lane.

(Photo at left) Kids react to a science show during the Planning Science Events for Kids workshop. Junior chemistry major Sarah Almahdali (above, left) attended sessions with her sister, Norah; both attend the University of Mary Washington, in Virginia.

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ACS Board Chair Judith L. Benham (photo at left, from left); Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Chair Dawn Brooks; Overcoming Challenges awardee Stefanie Sacknoff; keynote speaker Michelle Buchanan of Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Christina Bodurow Erwin of Eli Lilly & Co., who started the Eli Lilly/WCC Travel Award; and Francisco pause for a photo during the WCC luncheon. (Center photo) The inaugural class of ACS fellows wore these pins. NSF’s Margaret Cavanaugh and Columbia College Chicago’s Zafra Lerman share a lighthearted moment before the WCC luncheon.

Bommanna Loganathan (photo above left), a chemistry professor at Murray State University, in Kentucky, beams after getting a personalized C&EN cover at the ACS Publications booth during the expo. (Photo above right) Attendees at the Committee on Minority Affairs luncheon included ACS Executive Director and CEO Madeleine Jacobs (from left); University of California, Irvine, undergraduate Joel Rivera; Baxter BioScience’s Wanda Seyton; Georgia College & State University chemistry professor Chavonda J. Mills; and Lane.

(Photo at left) Meeting attendees got up at the crack of dawn on Monday to participate in the Younger Chemists Committee Fun Run. An aspiring chemist (above) investigates the properties of density during the presidential outreach event at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington on Saturday. ACS President-Elect Joseph S. Francisco (photo at right, from left), Lane, and Immediate Past-President Bruce E. Bursten take time out of their busy schedules for a photo.