This article was adapted from PICOGRAM, American Chemical Society, AGRO Division 2015; 88:17

Rod was born in High Point, North Carolina, in 1956. The family was in furniture manufacturing and textile production, and was a part of the heritage from the Bennett Place in Durham, NC, the site of the largest surrender of troops in the US Civil War.

After graduation from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, Rod began his career with Ciba-Geigy Corporation in Greensboro, NC. Later he moved to En-Cas Analytical Laboratories in Winston-Salem, NC, where he was Technical Director for 12 years. His professional specialties included residue chemistry, metabolism, environmental fate and worker exposure. Later, after moving to Easton, MD with Wildlife International Ltd., Rod picked up some additional interests in aquatic and avian toxicology. Limited sailing skills were a fun diversion on the Chesapeake Bay even though not perfected.

His professional activities have led him to the Philadelphia, PA, area with Elf Atochem, which became Cerexagri, then part of United Phosphorus, and then JRF America. These last endeavors have entertained him for the past 16 years. Most recently, Rod has joined Critical Path Services, LLC, a Knoell Company (with multiple locations including PA and NC). Each day holds the opportunity to learn something new and to make a positive difference.

Rod’s involvement within the American Chemical Society began in earnest within the Central North Carolina Section (CNC). Excellent program initiatives, such as the Academic-Industrial-Matrix (AIM), sparked a lifelong devotion to the service that ACS provides to individuals and the overall community. On the local front, Rod has had the privilege to serve as secretary, treasurer, vice-chair, and chair of the CNC Section, as well as on the board of managers and as secretary for the Chemical Society of Washington, the Washinton, DC, section of ACS. At various times, he has served as membership chair, regional meeting committee chair, editor, and in other various local ACS activities. On the national front, Rod has been active in the Division of Agricultural Chemicals (AGRO) for the past 36 years. He has served as membership chair, vice chair, program chair, and chair. Currently, Rod is an AGRO Councilor, on the Divisional Activities Committee (DAC), chair of the Technical Programming and Collaboration Subcommittee, chair of the Divisional Officers Caucus (DOC), co-chair of the DAC-IAC working group, and on the editorial board of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Rod is very humbled and greatly honored to have been selected as an ACS Fellow in the class of 2015. Although nomination for the ACS Fellow award came from the Divisional Activities Committee, AGRO is proud to claim him as our own. To be able to work and serve with such a wonderful group as the ACS family is a very special privilege. He hopes that he can live up to the superb examples shown by the current ACS Fellows whom he now proudly joins.

Dr. Steven A. Fleming was elected as an ACS Fellow on the basis of his dedication to science and volunteer work for the American Chemical Society. Steve received a BS in chemistry from the University of Utah (1978) and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin (1984). He was a NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Colorado State University (1984-1986).

Steve’s professional career began in 1986 when he joined Brigham Young University (BYU) as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1992 he was promoted to Associate Professor and in 2000 to full Professor. In 2008 he moved to Temple University as a Professor of Teaching. He is the unofficial coordinator of organic chemistry instruction at Temple. Steve is the co-author of an organic chemistry textbook (used at approximately 35 schools), co-author of ACS organic exams, and primary author of organic reaction animations and bio-organic reaction animations.

Steve’s scholastic honors include: Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award at Temple (2011); University Maeser Teaching Award (highest teaching award at BYU; 2002); Outstanding Achievement in Creative Works at BYU (2001); Student Award for Teaching (2001); College Teaching Award (1998); and Department Teaching Award (1995).

Some of Steve’s current and past professional activities are: member of the American Chemical Society (1978-present), member of the Inter-American Photochemical Society (1991-present), member of Sigma Xi (1982-present), Chair of the Organic Division at BYU Chemistry Department (1995-1997), and Chair of the Organic & Biomolecular Division at the BYU Chemistry Department (2006-2008).

While working at BYU Steve was very active in the American Chemical Society at both the local and national levels. He served as Chair for the Joint 2008 NORM/RMRM ACS Meeting (2006-2008); Chair of the National Meetings & Expositions Committee (2004-2005); Chair of the ACS Meetings & Expositions Site Selection Subcommittee (2000-2003); Councilor for the Central Utah Local Section (1991-2008); National Chemistry Week Poster Session organizer (1990-2007); co-organizer for the Park City Regional Meeting (1995); and Chair of the Central Utah Local Section (1989).

Once Steve moved to the Philadelphia area he became active in the Philadelphia Local Section. He served as Past-Chair (2015), Chair (2014), Chair-Elect (2013), Chair of the Awards Committee (2013), and on the Board of Directors (2012-2013).

The above is just a sampling of various awards and dedicated service to ACS and indicates why Steve was chosen as one of the 2015 ACS Fellows.

Anne S. DeMasi was elected as an ACS Fellow on the basis of her dedication to science and long term dedication to serving the American Chemical Society, particularly in the Philadelphia Local Section. A Philadelphia native, Anne received a BS in chemistry/biochemistry from Chestnut Hill College (1986) and pursued graduate studies at Villanova University, receiving a MS in biochemistry (1989).

Anne’s career began at Rohm and Haas (now Dow Chemical) as a senior research scientist (1988-2000). She was then senior hazard communication and regulatory affairs specialist (2000-2009), subsequently moving to Chemtura in 2010 to her current position as hazard communication manager.

In ACS national offices Anne is currently on the Committee on Corporation Associates (2007-present), Chair (2007-2012 and Awards Chair); Finance and Budget subcommittee (2013-present). Most of Anne’s volunteer work for ACS has been on the local level for the Philadelphia Section. She joined ACS in 1991 and immediately became an active member of the Section. Anne has been on the board of directors since 1991. Some of her other positions are: councilor (2004-present); Council Committee Chair (2007-2011); secretary (2006-2007, 2000, 1994-1995); past-chair (2003), chair (2002), and chair-elect (2001); National Chemistry Week Committee (1992-present) and chair (2004-2005); Graduate School Forum co-chair (1992-2010); Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting publicity chair (2007); 100th Anniversary Committee (1998); Project Labs (1998); and Younger Chemists Committee chair (1991-1997). She is also a member of the Division of Chemical Health & Safety.

Some of the other awards Anne has received are: ACS YCC Outstanding Event (1997); ACS Philadelphia Section Service Award (1996); and Ullyot Award for Meritorious Service.

On the ACS website for the 2014 list of ACS Fellows Anne has stated her contribution to the science profession: “Implemented sustainable processes and developed employees to assure safety and compliance with the global requirements for Safety Data Sheets and Labels across consumer, agricultural, and industrial businesses.” Her comment about contribution to the ACS community is “Initiated and co-chaired the Philadelphia Local Section Graduate School Forum; for more than 18 years, hundreds of undergraduate chemistry students were afforded the opportunity to interact in person with representatives from the top graduate chemistry departments throughout the US.”

The above is just a sampling of various awards and dedicated service to ACS and indicates why Anne was chosen as one of the 2014 ACS Fellows.

Dr. Kevin B. Hicks was elected as an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow on the basis of his dedication to science and having served as Chair of the Carbohydrate Division of the ACS. Kevin received a BS in chemistry (1974), MS in agricultural chemistry (1976) and PhD in biochemistry (1979) all from the University of Missouri – Columbia.

Kevin worked at the USDA’s Eastern Regional Research Center for 33 years before retiring in 2014. At the time of his retirement he was Research Leader for the Sustainable Biofuels and Co-products Research Unit. Kevin led a team of 35 scientists and engineers conducting research to develop sustainable biofuels and co-products from agricultural commodities, energy crops, crop residues and agricultural byproducts. He is the author of approximately 230 peer-reviewed and technical publications and 10 patents as well as numerous presentations to national and international audiences.

Kevin has won many major awards for his work, including a 2010 Superior Technology Transfer Award from Agricultural Research Service (ARS)/USDA for helping to develop a new advanced biofuel, winter barley ethanol, which led to the construction of a 65 million gallon per year winter barley ethanol production facility in Hopewell, VA, and also a 2007 Fuel Ethanol Industrial Leadership Award from Bryan & Bryan Inc. Other awards include the Scientist of the Year for ARS North Atlantic Area (NAA) (2008), USDA Outstanding Technology Transfer Award (1999), Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for Corn Fiber (Amazing) Oil Technology (1998), Certificate of Commendation from The Sugar Association, Inc. (1996), Horace S. Isbell Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry from the ACS (1989), and the Arthur S. Fleming Scientific Research Award (1985).

Kevin has served as Chair of the Carbohydrate Division of the ACS. He has also been involved in other professional associations including American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS), and Ethanol Producers and Consumers (EPAC). He was inducted into the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, the oldest agricultural society in the United States, founded in 1785. Kevin has served on the Editorial Board for Carbohydrate Research and the Publications Committee for IFT (Food Technology and Journal of Food Science).

On the ACS website for the 2014 list of ACS Fellows Kevin’s contribution to the science profession was stated as: “Recognized for leading successful collaborative R&D activities with corporate, academic, and government partners, resulting in the commercial production of functional foods, feeds, and biochemicals and biofuels from renewable (non-fossil) agricultural feedstocks.” A comment about contribution to the ACS community is “Chaired and helped lead the Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry to organizational and programming excellence in the 1980s and 1990s. Organized seven ACS symposia, raised corporate funding, and organized award banquets in notable locations.”

Dr. Frank B. Mallory was elected as an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow on the basis of his dedication to science and having served on the Executive Committee for the Division of Organic Chemistry of the ACS. Frank received a BS in chemistry with a minor in mathematics from Yale University (1954) and a PhD in chemistry with a minor in Physics from California Institute of Technology (1958). In 1957 he joined Bryn Mawr College as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1963 he was promoted to Associate Professor and in 1969 to full Professor. He is currently the W. Alton Jones Research Professor of Chemistry. He served as chair of the department (1982-1992).

Frank has had several visiting appointments: University of Pennsylvania (visiting Scholar, 1988-1989), Yale University (visiting Professor, 1968 and 1977-1979), Cornell University (visiting Fellow, 1970-1971), State University of New York at Albany (visiting Professor, summer 1967), and California Institute of Technology (visiting Fellow, 1963-1964).

Some of Frank’s honors and awards are: American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section Award for Distinguished Research (1989), Fellow of the Inter-American Photochemistry Society Award for Lifetime Achievements in and Contributions to the Photochemical Sciences (2006), Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club Award for Distinguished Research (2000), Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching (1992), NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow (1970-1971), Bond Award of the American Oil Chemists’ Society (1970), Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1964-1966 and 1966-1968), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (1963-1964), General Electric Company Fellow – California Institute of Technology (1956-1957), and NSF Predoctoral Fellow – California Institute of Technology (1954-1955), among others.

Over the years Frank has done quite a bit of volunteer work for the ACS including: Editorial Advisory Board for Organic Letters (1999-present), Philadelphia Local Section Awards Committee (1992-1998), Program Chair for the Division of Organic Chemistry and Coordinator for the Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Subject Area at the 1995 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (1992-1995), Advisory Board for Chemical Sciences Graduate School Finder (1991-present), National Organic Chemistry Symposium Past Executive Officer (1991-1992), National Organic Chemistry Symposium Executive Officer-elect (1988-1989), Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Organic Chemistry (1986-1993), Lecture Tour Speaker (1967), and Visiting Associate for the Professional Training Committee (1961-present).

On the ACS website for the 2014 list of ACS Fellows Frank’s contribution to the science profession was stated as: “Recognized for syntheses and mechanistic studies of the photocyclizations of stilbenes and other 1,2-diarylalkenes, and also NMR studies of the distance dependence of coupling constants between intramolecular pairs of F-19 substituents.” A comment about contribution to the ACS community is “Served on the Executive Committee of the Division of Organic Chemistry from 1986–1992 and served as the Executive Officer of the National Organic Chemistry Symposium from 1989–1991.”

The above demonstrates Frank’s volunteer work for the ACS and promotion of science and reasons for his being chosen as a 2014 ACS Fellow.

Judith Summers-Gates was elected as an ACS Fellow on the basis of her dedication to science and dedication to serving the American Chemical Society, at both the Local Section and National levels. Judy received a BS in unified science (biology, chemistry, physics) from Drexel University (1990).

Judy started her career at the Department of Defense’s Personnel Support Center as a Physical Science Technician performing physical and chemical testing on virtually every commodity used by the Armed Forces and their dependents. In 1990 she moved to the Food and Drug Administration in Philadelphia, PA where she was an analytical chemist. She distinguished herself as an expert in the isolation and identification of colorants and additives in foods, drugs, cosmetics and medical products. She retired from the FDA in 2014.

In the Philadelphia Local Section some of the offices Judy has held are: Chair-elect (2009); Chair (2010); Past-Chair (2011); Board of Directors (2002-present); Communications Committee (2004-2014); National Chemistry Week Coordinator (2006-2014); PAGESTM (Philadelphia Area Girls Enjoying Science) classroom presenter (2005-2014); National Meeting Hospitality Committee (2004); ACS Peer Mentor (2000-2014); Mentor to ACS Scholar/Project SEED Student; ACS Speakers Bureau presentations (2002-2014). She served as Board Member of the Delaware Valley Science Council (2002-2010).

Judy’s participation at the national level are: Councilor (2010-2012); Alternate Councilor (2004-2009, 2013-2015); Member of the Analytical Chemistry and Professional Relations Technical Divisions; Member of the Committee on Chemists with Disabilities (CWD) (1996-present, Chair (2000-2005, 2009-2011); CWD Liaison to Committee on Minority Affairs and Committee on Community Activities; Member of Joint Subcommittee on Diversity (2005-2012); Member of ACS Presidential Task Force on Implementing the ACS Diversity Reports (2010); Program Review and Advisory Group (2009); and Member of the US Committee for International Year of Chemistry (2011).

The following are some of the awards that have been presented to Judy: George Washington Carver Award for promoting science education (2012); Food and Drug Administration Commissioner’s Citation (2007); National Louis Braille Award for Service to the Visually Impaired (2005); Food and Drug Administration National Award for EEO Activities (2000); and American Association for the Advancement of Science Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (1979-present).

Each year the George Washington Carver and Delaware Valley Science Fairs are held in Philadelphia for grades 4-12. For many years Judy has been a judge at these fairs.

On the ACS website for the 2014 list of ACS Fellows Judy has stated her contribution to the science profession: “Performed extensive peer mentoring and advocacy for under-represented groups in STEM from 1996 to 2014.” Her comment about contribution to the ACS community is “Served as a member of the Chemists with Disabilities Committee since 1996 and as its Chair for nine years. Served as a Councilor, Chair, and Board member of the Philadelphia Local Section and as a member of the ACS Presidential Task Force on Implementing CPT’s Diversity Reports.”

The above is good indication of why Judy was chosen as one of the 2014 ACS Fellows.

Bonnie Lawlor was elected as an ACS Fellow in 2013. Bonnie began her career at the Institute for Scientific Information (now part of Thomson Reuters) as a chemical indexer/editor for Index Chemicus® (IC®). Her leadership ability became very apparent and she quickly rose to manager of the department. She eventually became an ISI Director and was responsible for the overall production of the chemical products including the IC Registry System (ICRS®). In the mid-1980s she was promoted to Vice President. In this position the staff and all production phases of Current Contents® (CC®) were added to her responsibilities. Bonnie demonstrated a take-charge attitude and was eventually given the responsibility of content management for all of ISI’s products including the Science Citation Index® (SCI®), Social Science Citation Index® (SSCI®), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index® (AHCI®). Through various promotions she became Executive Vice President of database publishing. In addition to overseeing production of the many ISI products she was given the added responsibility of global sales and marketing.

When new technologies were developed for delivering products Bonnie was at the forefront for pursuing how these technologies could best be used for ISI products. She was involved in making the relevant products available first on diskette and then on CD ROM which became the forerunner for the Web of Science (WOS) which is currently used by millions of students and researchers in colleges and universities throughout the world. The WOS database is also widely used in evaluative and scientometrics studies.

Bonnie is currently Executive Director of the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a membership organization of more than 55 of the world’s leading producers of databases and related information services, information technology, and library services in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, and the arts and humanities.
Bonnie became a member of the American Chemical Society in 1972 and almost immediately became an active member. As a member of the Division of Chemical Information she has had many roles. She started out as Assistant Editor of the CIB and then became Editor. She was Secretary (1984-1987), Chair-elect (1988), Chair (1989), Past-Chair (1990) and is currently Councilor, a position she has held for more than 20 years. Bonnie has been a member of many committees and served as chair for several of them. She is currently the CINF Archivist and is on the CINF Communications and Publications committee. As a Councilor she has held many elected positions at the national level. Some of these are Committee on Committees (2012-present), Council Policy Committee (voting 2006-2011, nonvoting 1997-1999), Committee on Nominations & Elections (2000-2005, vice-chair 2003, secretary 2001), Committee on Divisional Activities (1994-1999, chair 1997-1999), and Committee on Copyrights (1990-1998, chair 1993-1995, committee associate 1989).

Above is only a snapshot of Bonnie’s career accomplishments and her many contributions to ACS. This is enough to give you a sense of why CINF’s Bonnie Lawlor was selected as one of the 2013 ACS Fellows.

Magid received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. After an NIH post doctoral appointment at Temple University, he joined Wyeth in 1982 as a Senior Scientist. He advanced through various positions to become Senior VP and Head of Chemical and Screening Sciences. In 2008, after a long and productive career at Wyeth he joined the faculty at Temple University in Philadelphia in his current position as the Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and the Director of the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research (CDDR) at Temple’s School of Pharmacy.

Magid is a highly accomplished world-class scientist with over 27 years career mostly in Drug Discovery and Development that led to the identification and advancement of several clinical candidates in many therapeutic areas. He is credited with the discovery of six marketed drugs: Effexor®, Sonata®, Mylotarg™, Tygacil®, Bazedoxifene, and Temsirolimus. Magid holds a very impressive scientific track record that includes 87 peer-reviewed scientific publications, more than 120 presentations and invited lectures, 99 issued US patents and over 300 patents worldwide. He served on the Editorial and Scientific Advisory Boards of many journals and held several academic appointments. He has established five Wyeth-sponsored lectureships with Princeton, Penn, MIT, Columbia and Douglass College. His outstanding scientific achievements were recognized by many local and national awards and honors including (but not limited to) the 1997 ACS-Philadelphia Section Award, 2001 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club Award, the 2008 ACS-Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry, the 2008 Induction to Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the ACS, the 2008 ACS Heroes of Chemistry Award and he was selected among “NJ’s Top 10 Scientists” by the New Jersey Business Magazine, December 2008 issue.

Magid is an outstanding manager of chemical research who was recognized nationally by the prestigious Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management in 2001. As the head of the discovery group at Wyeth he established a highly productive and innovative Medicinal Chemistry Department that delivered novel clinical candidates. Magid believes strongly in the role of science and scientific excellence in advancing pharmaceutical business; therefore, he has fostered a highly creative research environment to encourage the active involvement of his team members in the scientific community through publications, presentations and active participation in scientific meetings. In his current position at Temple University he is responsible for directing research efforts of a multidisciplinary team focusing on the design and synthesis of small molecule therapeutics in multiple disease areas.

Dr. Abou-Gharbia has been an active member of the ACS for over 35 years. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Member of Society for Neuroscience and a Member of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Dr. James D. Burke is the perfect example of an ACS Fellow for his outstanding achievements in, and contributions to, Science, the Profession, and the Society. Throughout his career, Jim consistently emphasized commitment to the Society and the dedication to move forward the positive aspects of chemistry to future scientists.

Jim received his BS in chemistry from Spring Hill College and his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was an NSF Predoctoral Fellow. After obtaining his PhD he was a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University and then joined Rohm and Haas as a Senior Research Scientist.

One of Jim’s passions is encouraging others into the scientific field. While he began his career in synthesis and product development research, his true passion for recruiting and career development programs was eventually apparent as he accumulated 25 years of experience in technical recruiting. In 2001 Jim retired from Rohm and Haas, where he was manager of technical recruiting and university relations, with responsibility for scientific and engineering recruiting for his company’s US locations and for managing university relations programs. His unique ability to match individual talent with the technical culture at Rohm and Haas left a legacy of a superior research community that continues to thrive. He has frequently lectured on these and related topics at various campuses, college placement conferences, and ACS meetings. This dedication to helping others was also evident in his involvement with the Big Brother/Big Sister Association of Philadelphia for which he was recognized with the Charles Edwin Fox Distinguished Service Award in 1993.

Jim’s involvement with the ACS is well-known. He has worked at the local level of the ACS as a member of the Philadelphia Section. In 1991 he created The Graduate School Forum and through this his vision and actions have touched and molded countless young lives. Hundreds of students have benefited from this program. He continues to be a presenter of the ACS’s “Preparing for Life after Graduate School” workshop.
Jim was chair-elect, chair, and past chair of the Philadelphia Section ACS. Jim has been an ACS councilor, an ACS career consultant, and very active in his local section. He was Chair of the ACS Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs and the ACS Committee on Local Section Activities.

He served on the ACS Board of Directors and was a member of its Executive Committee, Planning Committee and Strategic Alliances Subcommittee, and Professional & Member Relations Committee. While on the ACS Board of Directors he served as chair (2004-2006). He also chaired the Society Committee on Budget and Finance (2003-2004).
Jim has been recognized within and outside of the Society for his accomplishments. His awards include the ACS Division of Professional Relations Henry Hill Award, the Philadelphia Section ACS Ullyot Award, the National Association of Colleges and Employers Employer of the Year Award, and the Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers Honorary Life Member.

Above is only a snapshot of Jim’s career accomplishments and his many contributions to ACS. This is enough to give you a sense of why he was selected as one of the 2010 ACS Fellows.

Judith H. Cohen was elected as an ACS Fellow on the basis of her dedication to science and volunteer work for the American Chemical Society. Judy received a BS in chemistry from the University of Delaware (1990).

Judy’s career began at Johnson & Johnson in 1990. She was Scientist, Drug Evaluation Chemical & Pharmaceutical Development (2002-2004). In 2004 she moved to Cordis Corporation (a Johnson & Johnson Company) as Staff Scientist, Research and Development. In 2006 she was promoted to Principal Scientist and held that position until being promoted in 2012 to Research Fellow for Product and Process Scientific Solutions at Johnson & Johnson and held this position until she moved to Particle Sciences, Inc. in 2013 as Associate Director for Quality Assurance and was subsequently promoted to her current position, Director of Quality.

In the Philadelphia Local Section Judy is currently serving as Director (2014-2018), Alternate Councilor (2014-2017) and served as Councilor (2008-2013). In ACS national offices Judy is currently on the Women Chemists’ Committee serving as Chair (2011-2013) and on the Committee Executive Board (2005-present).

The awards Judy has received are: Johnson & Johnson Volunteer Grant Awardee (2012), J&J Product/Process Sustainability Awards: Honorable Mention Green Technology Award (2008), Cordis Team Excellence Award CYPHER Select (2006), Cordis Team Excellence Award WLI Event (2005), Cordis Team Excellence Award Drug Content Loss Investigation (2005), Johnson & Johnson Achievement Award–RWJ-2700201 Synthesis Team (1999); Technical Achievement in Organic Chemistry from the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society (1998), Johnson & Johnson Achievement Award–Azaline B Team (1997), and Johnson & Johnson Vice President’s Research Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement (1994).

The above is just a sampling of various awards and dedicated service to ACS and indicates why Judy was chosen as one of the 2010 ACS Fellows.

Dr. Hai-Lung Dai was elected as an ACS Fellow on the basis of his dedication to science and volunteer work for the American Chemical Society. Hai-Lung received a BS in chemistry from the National Taiwan University (1974) and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (1981). He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT (1981-1984).

Hai-Lung’s professional career began in 1984 when he joined the University of Pennsylvania as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1989 he was promoted to Associate Professor and in 1992 to full Professor. In 2007 he moved to Temple University as Dean of the College of Science and Technology and the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Chemistry, a position he holds today. In addition he is Senior Vice Provost for International Affairs and Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Some of Hai-Lung’s scholastic honors are: American Chemical Society, Philadelphia Section Award (1995); Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award, Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (2013); Langmuir Lecturer Award, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, American Chemical Society (2012); Distinguished Achievement in Research Award, US Chinese Institute of Engineers, New York (2009); Clearfield Lectureship, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University (2009); Ellis Lippincott Award in Spectroscopy, Optical Society of America, Society of Applied Spectroscopy and Coblentz Society (2006); plus many others.

Some of Hai-Lung’s current professional activities are: Associate Editor, Advanced Series in Physical Activity (World Scientific); Advisor in Chemistry to World Scientific Publishing Co.; Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Physical Chemistry (Beijing); Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics (Taipei); Editorial Board, Journal of Chinese Chemical Society (Taipei); Advisory Board, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica (Taipei); Advisory Board, National Key Laboratory on Molecular Dynamics, Chinese Academy of Science, among others.

Hai-Lung’s past participation in the American Chemical Society was as Chair of the Peter Debye Award Selection Committee (2007-2008), Advisory Board, Journal of Physical Chemistry (2004-2007) and the Philadelphia Local Section Awards Committee (1996-1998).

An additional dimension to Hai-Lung’s abilities is his musicianship: he has conducted the Temple University Orchestra.

The above is just a sampling of various awards and dedicated service to ACS and indicates why Hai-Lung was chosen as one of the 2010 ACS Fellows.

Dr. Marsha I. Lester was elected as an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow on the basis of her dedication to science and volunteer work for the American Chemical Society. Marsha received a BA from the Douglass College, Rutgers University (1976) and a PhD from Columbia University (1981). She was a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, AT&T Bell Laboratories (1981-1982).

Marsha’s professional career began in 1982 when she joined the University of Pennsylvania as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1988 she was promoted to Associate Professor and in 1992 to full Professor. She was Chair of the Department of Chemistry (2005-2008) and is currently the Edmund J. and Louise Kahn Professor in the Natural Sciences and has held this post since 2003.

Some of Marsha’s scholastic honors are: Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal, American Chemical Society (2014); Fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008); Distinguished Traveling Lecturer, Division of Laser Science, American Physical Society (2002-2004); Visiting Miller Research Professor, Berkeley (2003); Guggenheim Fellowship (2002-2003); Visiting Lecturer of the Chemistry Research Promotion Center, Taiwan (2000); Lucy W. Pickett Lecturer, Mount Holyoke College (1998); Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1997); Broida Prize awarded by the International Symposium on Free Radicals; Fellow of the American Physical Society (1993); plus many more.

Some of Marsha’s recent professional activities are: Chair-Elect, Vice-Chair, Chair and Past-Chair Division of Laser Science, American Physical Society (1998-2002); Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee,  Department of Energy (1998-2002); Commission of Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council (1996-2001); Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Area Coordinator, Pacifichem sponsored by the American Chemical Society (2000). She has served on the editorial advisory board of Chemical Physics Letters (1997-present), Journal of Physical Chemistry (2005-2009, 1995-2000), Journal of Chemical Physics (2007-2009), and Molecular Physics (1998-2000). Effective January 1, 2009, she became the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chemical Physics.

The above is just a sampling of various awards and dedicated service to ACS and indicates why Marsha was chosen as one of the 2010 ACS Fellows.

Henry (Hank) F. Whalen, Jr. was elected as an ACS Fellow in on the basis of his excellence in scientific management and his long-term dedication to serving the American Chemical Society. A Philadelphia native, Hank received a BS in chemistry from Villanova University in 1958 and pursued graduate studies in marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School from 1959 to 1961.

Hank is well known throughout the professional community for his excellence in scientific management. During his 24 years at PQ Corporation, an international producer of silicates and derived products, Hank was part of the management team that grew the company from $50 million to more than $500 million in sales through acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing and new product development, both domestically and abroad. Prior to joining PQ Corporation, he was a vice president at the First National Bank of Chicago and held various business development positions at Rohm and Haas Co.

As a result of Hank’s dedication to the chemical enterprise, he has been recognized with numerous awards and honors. Hank served as president and a director of the Chemical Management and Resources Association, where he received its Award for Executive Excellence in 1988 and its Distinguished Service Award in 1991. He has also been active in the Commercial Development Association and received its “Golden C” award in 1998. As a liaison to the European Association for Business Research, Planning & Development in the Chemical Industry and the Asian Chemical Management and Research Association, he also participated in the Industrial Research Institute, the Council for Chemical Research, several international business associations and the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Hank has been a member of the American Chemical Society since 1960 and has taken an active role in the Society’s governance. On the national level, Hank put to good use his management and leadership skills serving not only as an active member but Chair of various committees including Committee on Divisional Activities (1984-1985), Industry Relations Advisory Board (1997), and Board Committee on Professional and Member Relations (1996). Hank also served the needs of ACS upon his election to the Board of Directors as a Director-at-Large 1995-1997 and as Chair of the Board of Directors 1999-2000. As Chair, Hank established an Industry Relations Advisory Board whose mission was to assure that the ACS would be the premier provider of value-added services and products to industrial members and their employers.

Hank was extremely instrumental in the success of the Division of Business Development & Management, serving as Chair of the Division from 1975-1976 as well as Councilor for over 16 years. As a result of his dedication and service, a Division Award was established in his honor in 2002, the Henry F. Whalen, Jr. Award for Excellence in Development and Management within the Chemical Enterprise, for which Hank was the inaugural recipient.

On the local level, Hank has been an active member and strong supporter of the Philadelphia Section, holding a multitude of positions over the years. Hank’s various roles have been from Publicity Chair to Public Relations Chair to Director and eventually Chair of the Section. He also served as a councilor for many years.

The above is just a small listing of his various awards and dedicated service to ACS. Hank’s induction as an ACS Fellow in 2010 was well deserved.

Ahmed has been an active chemist in the Philadelphia area since 1980. His career began at Wyeth, where he developed a commercial process for the synthesis of Effexor®. The last 20 years of his career were spent at Johnson & Johnson, where he achieved a high level of success, handling more than 50 different projects over those years. While at J&J, he developed the highly-cited and much-used procedure for reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones with sodium triacetoxy-borohydride. He received J&J awards for scientific contributions in 1991, 1994, 1997 and 1999. Importantly, the award received in 1994 was the Philip B. Hofmann Research Award for Excellence in Science. During most of that time he served as an adjunct Full Professor at Drexel University, teaching organic chemistry in the evenings.

Locally, Ahmed served in the Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club as Assistant Secretary in 1987, Secretary in 1988, Chair-Elect in 1993 and Chair in 1994. He received the Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club Award in 2007.

Nationally, his ACS participation has been significant. He has organized, chaired and presided over multiple symposia. The symposium on reduction featuring H.C. Brown, S. Buchwald, G. Gribble and B. Maryanoff (also a 2009 ACS Fellow from the Philadelphia Local Section) resulted in an ACS Book. In recent years he has been very active in the Division of Organic Chemistry, one of the largest divisions. Some (but not all) of his involvement includes member of the Executive Committee 2004-2005, 2009-2012, Program Chair-Elect 2009-2010, Program Chair 2011-2012, etc. He also served as a member of a National ACS Award Selection Committee.

During a career that has spanned almost 40 years Paul S. Anderson has received many awards. In 2006 he received the Priestley Medal, ACS’s highest honor. As a result of receiving this award he was part of the inaugural group of ACS Fellows selected in 2009. Some of the other awards he has received are the Philadelphia Section Award in 1992, Perkin Medal in 2002, and in 2003 the NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to the Society. In 1997 Paul served as ACS President.

Paul received a BS in chemistry from the University of Vermont in 1959. In 1963 he received his PhD in chemistry from the University of New Hampshire. In 1963-1964 he was a NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell. He then joined Merck and rose through the ranks and served as Vice President of Chemistry from 1988-1994. In 1994, he retired from Merck and moved to DuPont Pharmaceuticals serving as Sr. Vice President of Chemical and Physical Sciences from 1994-2001. Paul served as Vice President of Drug Discovery at Bristol-Myers Squibb from 2001-2002.

During his career Paul and his collaborators synthesized numerous compounds that became leading pharmaceutical products. He has published over 100 papers and has 19 patents. At Merck he was part of teams that led to the discovery of Crixivan and Sustiva. During retirement Paul has been asked to serve on the Scientific Advisory Board or the Board of Directors of many companies such as Albany Molecular Research, Vertex, Acadia, Centrose, and Kosan Biosciences, among others.

The article about Paul receiving the Priestley Medal can be found at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/83/i24/8324paulanderson.html and was published in C&EN on June 13, 2005

Professor Franklin Davis joined the chemistry faculty at Drexel in 1968, was promoted through the ranks to a chaired professor, and then moved to Temple University in 1995.

At Drexel and Temple, Frank established active research programs in synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry with emphasis on asymmetric transformations, molecular recognition and the synthesis and study of natural and unnatural products.  He is the co-author of more than 235 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 19 book chapters, and has delivered over 200 invited lectures, including plenary lectures at National ACS Symposia, Fluorine Conferences, Gordon Research Conferences (Reactions and Process, Stereochemistry, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Natural Products), international symposia on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Heteroatom Chemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis.

Davis reagents are now well known and they were invented here in Philadelphia! In 1980 the N-sulfonyloxaziridine class of oxidizing reagents was discovered in Davis’ laboratories. These reagents were demonstrated to be unusually selective as well as being among the few reagents able to hydroxylate carbanions and oxidize enolates to alpha-hydroxy carbonyl compounds.  The chemical community currently uses these reagents, now commonly referred to as “Davis” reagents or “Davis oxaziridines,” worldwide.  A number are commercially available.

Sulfinimines (N-sulfinyl imines, RS(O)-N=CHR’), discovered by the Davis group, have emerged as one of the most important chiral imine building blocks for the asymmetric synthesis of amine derivatives found in many bioactive materials, alpha-amino acids, beta-amino acids, aziridines, etc.  Sulfinimines provide a general solution to the problems of addition of organometallic reagents to chiral imines.  Today these new “Davis” reagents are widely used by the synthetic community for chiral amine syntheses.

This very distinguished chemist received the Philadelphia Section Award in 1982.  In 2006 he won a Cope Scholar award and the John Scott Award, a special award from the City of Philadelphia.  Davis was presented the John Scott Award during a ceremony November 17, 2006 at the American Philosophical Society’s Benjamin Franklin Hall. He was honored “for his work in chemistry that opened up new experimental procedures to achieve the synthesis of important molecular structures.”  The John Scott Award is given to “the most deserving” men and women whose inventions have contributed in some outstanding way to the “comfort, welfare and happiness” of mankind.   They cited his remarkable reagents for opening new pathways of synthesis.

In terms of service, Frank is one of the people who always volunteers.  He has been very active with the Division of Organic Chemistry for over 20 years, serving as program chair from 1988 – 1991, chairing the division in 1994, serving as a National Councilor and heading the committee on regional affairs within DOC.

Michelle received her BS (1979) and PhD (1983) in chemistry, both from the University of California at Irvine and was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University (1983-1985). In 1986 she joined Bryn Mawr College as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and in 1992 was promoted to Associate Professor and in 2001 to full Professor, her current position. She is currently Professor of Chemistry on the Clowes Fund for Science and Public Policy. Michelle has had several visiting appointments: at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Physicist) (1998-1999); Princeton University (Visiting Fellow, 1992-1993); James Franck Institute, University of Chicago (Visiting Fellow 1992); and Haverford College (Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1985-1986). Some of her awards and distinctions are the McPherson Award for excellence in teaching, research and service (2003); ISI List of Top 1000 most cited chemists (1981-1997); Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award (1994) and Rosalyn R. Schwartz Lectureship (1987-1991).

Michelle was nominated and selected as a 2009 ACS Fellow through her involvement in the technical Division of Computers in Chemistry. As a member of COMP she has held many positions, including Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past-Chair (2003-2005). Michelle represented COMP as a member of Council (1999-2007). She is currently Coordinator of Education Programs. Some of Michelle’s national involvement in ACS was as a member of the Divisional Activities Committee (2000-2005), of which she was Vice-Chair (2005) and Secretary (2003-2004). She was on the Nominations & Elections Committee (2006-2008) and on the Board Oversight Group on Leadership Development of the ACS (2004-2009). Some of Michelle’s other professional activities are columnist in Nature Chemistry, Board of Examiners (Chemistry GRE), and OXIDE (Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity) Advisory Board. She is currently serving on the C&E News Editorial Advisory Board.

In addition to her position as Professor of Chemistry, Michelle has held the following positions at Bryn Mawr College: Co-Director, Emily Balch Seminar Program; Chair, Department of Chemistry; and Director, Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center. Some of Michelle’s other service at Bryn Mawr College are as a member of the Curriculum Committee, the Abu Dhabi Working Group (Chair in 2008), the College Seminar Steering Committee (1998-2007), Faculty Grand Marshal (2000-2006), among others.

Michelle has written a couple of articles for Slate magazine and these can be located at http://www.slate.com/authors.michelle_m_francl.html and the URL http://cultureofchemistry.fieldofscience.com is for her blog.

The above is only a snapshot of Michelle’s career accomplishments and her many contributions to ACS.

This write-up was done in 2009 and Katie was part of the inaugural group elected as an ACS Fellow. Katie retired from Dow (formerly Rohm and Haas) in January 2013. One of the most important and visible women in science, Katie was a key architect and leader of the technology partnerships group at Dow, a global specialty materials company. The team’s goal was to accelerate the pace of innovation in the company by fostering collaboration with industry, academia, national laboratories, government agencies and foundations. Under her direction, the technology partnerships group became a force with more than 30 programs. One, for example, developed adhesives from biomass – creating an environmentally-friendly, energy-saving product that performed as well as existing technologies. Another was creating emulsion particles that require less material – ultimately aimed at significantly decreasing dependence on foreign oil. As the partnership program expanded, it created new jobs in research, manufacturing and marketing. It was also a financial success story, working with the company’s business units to secure funding that represented many times the fully-allocated costs for the group. Collaboration and innovation drove her leadership on the job. Her company’s technology partnerships group literally changed the way the organization innovates.

Her work has been widely recognized and lauded. She was named a 2007 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, its top honor. Katie serves on the Board of Directors of the Council for Chemistry Research and is an organizing member of the Vision 2020 Nanotechnology Roadmap. She is a past best-paper awardee from the Association of Nonwoven Fabrics Industry and a team recipient of her company’s S.J. Talucci Quality Award for developing a global, interactive analytical network.

Due in great part to her professional success, Katie was elected the 2007 ACS President. In that role, she promoted science and technology on the local and international stage and from classrooms to Capitol Hill. In her inaugural message, Katie articulated her belief that it is time for the United States to reignite its commitment to science. Even before her presidency, she helped rally ACS members to petition President George W. Bush to highlight the importance of science and technology in his 2006 State of the Union. He did, and also invited ACS leaders to take a “sneak preview” of his speech. Clearly her passion is infectious and she strongly influences collaborations across industry, academia, national laboratories and sister societies to ACS. She visited congressional offices, and drafted policy statements on science and technology. She advocated nationally for “step out” research, in which partnerships with government agencies, industry and universities advance the understanding of fundamental science.

Katie is a clear inspiration and role model for young women who proves that the glass ceiling can be broken and that women can succeed in a male-dominated field. She is a member of the Women Chemists Committee of Philadelphia ACS, through which she has been a passionate volunteer with Expand Your Horizons, a hands-on science experience jointly conducted with Chestnut Hill College and the Montgomery County American Association of University Women. She also speaks at colleges about careers in chemistry and the critical and universal value of science. She is a past recruiter at Harvard, Yale and MIT, but continues to find ways to encourage women to seek exceptional education in the sciences through a wealth of educational programs and local ACS Section activities. And she took great pride in mentoring other women to rise through the ranks at her company.

Of perhaps greatest importance, Katie is an international role model for women. She was one of just 25 women to represent the US in the People to People Ambassador Program’s Women in Science Delegation to Cuba. In the countryside and in Havana, she met with women in science including students, professors, medical doctors and the female members of Fidel Castro’s science advisors. There, she presented a paper entitled Virtuous, not just Virtual, Teams: Analytical Networks Deliver.

Katie’s extraordinary ability and impact is evidenced in her achievements both in her professional career and as a dedicated member of the ACS. Her leadership, passion and talent make her an inspiration to all pursuing careers in the chemical sciences.

The American Chemical Society Fellows program was initiated to recognize members of the ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession, and the Society. In our opinion, Madeleine M. Joullié exemplifies all of these aspects with respect to her professional career and personal dedication and as such is the perfect candidate for this honor.

All who know Madeleine are well aware of her dedication to the profession demonstrated by her distinguished accomplishments in teaching and research activities. Madeleine has long been concerned with the ‘employability of students even after they leave the sheltered academic environment.’  To address this issue Madeleine took on a leadership role as a founding member of the group that developed the Professional Employment Guidelines of the ACS. The guidelines offer a broad spectrum of recommended practices in employment for professional scientists and their employers and are intended to foster productive working relationships between chemical professionals and their employers. Madeleine has also been involved with the advancement of minorities (especially women) into the chemistry profession. In recognition of her high level of commitment, she was presented the ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. which recognizes individuals who have significantly stimulated the interest of women in chemistry, thereby promoting their professional development. Madeleine’s dedication, values and scientific rigor have motivated her students and peers alike and have made perpetual impact on the entire scientific community.

Specifically with respect to her research activities, Madeleine has made original and important significant contributions to synthetic, heterocyclic and natural products chemistry. Her early pioneering efforts in exploring the chemistry of ketene and ketene-sulfur dioxide set the foundation for innovative chemistry all over the world leading to numerous discoveries and formulated the basis for synthesizing a wide variety of biologically active molecules. Her elegant work in the area of tetrahydrofuranoid natural products manipulating carbohydrates as starting building blocks led to the total synthesis of many natural products such as muscarine furonomycin, ascofuranone, geiparvarin and ascochlorin. Madeleine is well respected as a researcher in the scientific community both in this country and abroad. In honor of her many scientific accomplishments, Madeleine received the Arthur C. Cope Senior Scholar Award that recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. Her efforts have strongly influenced the science of organic chemistry through years of excellent teaching and commitment to graduate and undergraduate education and outstanding service to the chemical community.

Madeleine is not only an excellent educator and researcher; she is a wonderful role model for her abundance of service to the chemistry profession and specifically the American Chemical Society. Her service to the ACS started over 50 years ago when she was elected as alternate councilor for the local Philadelphia Section of the ACS. She has continued to be very involved throughout the years often holding several positions at one time. Her service to the local Philadelphia Section includes participation as Councilor, Director, Program Committee Chair as well as Chair of the Section. As a result of her dedication, Madeleine was awarded the Philadelphia Section Award which recognizes an individual, “who, by conspicuous scientific achievement through research, has made important contributions to human knowledge and thereby aided the public appreciation of the profession.”

Of course Madeleine’s dedication does not allow her to stop at just local section participation but she extends her involvement to the National ACS and global chemistry profession. She has served on numerous national committees for the ACS including Council Policy Committee, Committee on Committees, Committee on Professional Relations, and Committee on Chemical Education. Most recently Madeleine served as Director, District III of the ACS Board of Directors.

Madeleine is a long-standing member of the American Chemical Society who has made significant accomplishments and contributions to the chemical community in the US as well as abroad. Her tireless efforts as a leader, researcher, educator and mentor in promoting chemical science make her a role model to chemists in many generations.

Bruce has been an active American Chemical Society member who routinely presents his science at national, regional and local ACS meetings and has overall outstanding achievements in, and contributions to, science, the profession and the Society. Bruce has retired since he was elected as an ACS fellow, but his career was dedicated to identifying active compounds to help the quality of life of people with illnesses: successes such as the anti-epilepsy/anti-migraine drug TOPAMAX® topiramate have had a remarkable effect on those afflicted!

Key Professional Service.
Dr. Maryanoff has served in numerous capacities: the Editorial Advisory Boards of 13 journals, including J. Med. Chem., J. Org. Chem., and Org. Lett.; a 4-year term on the Medicinal Chemistry Study Section of the National Institutes of Health; a 4-year term on the Advisory Board of the ACS Petroleum Research Fund; Chairman of the 1989 Gordon Research Conference on Organic Reactions and Processes; member of the Board of Directors of the ACS Philadelphia Section (1984-1986); and Chair of the Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club (1980-1982). He has organized and chaired several symposia at ACS National and Regional meetings, organized/edited a special issue of J. Med. Chem. to honor the memory of Dr. Paul A.J. Janssen (published in 2005), organized/edited a special issue of J. Med. Chem. to commemorate the centennial of MEDI (that was published in 2009), and was the inaugural editor of the book series Advances in Medicinal Chemistry (1988-1998). He participated as a speaker in the ACS/Council on Scientific and Industrial Research, India, Joint Scientific Symposia (2006) (he was part of the ACS contingent which toured and lectured in India), and an ACS ProSpectives Series on “Advances in Structure-Based Drug Discovery” (2005).

Other ACS Activities.
Dr. Maryanoff has been a member of the ACS for over 40 years. He has participated in 45 ACS National, Regional and Global (e.g., Pacifichem) meetings and has contributed 93 scientific papers to these meetings. He served as Chairman, Philadelphia Section Membership Committee, 1986-1987; Member, Philadelphia Section Award Committee, 1986-1988; Member, ACS Canvassing Committee for the Claude S. Hudson Award, 1990-1993; Member, ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Award Committee, 2001; Member, Award Selection Committee for the 2005 Smissman Award from ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry, 2004; Member, Award Selection Committee for the ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry, 2003-2005

Awards and Honors.
Dr. Maryanoff has received two ACS National awards, a 2000 ACS Heroes of Chemistry Award and the 2003 ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry. He was inducted into the ACS Medicinal Chemistry Division Hall of Fame in 2008. He received the 2009 Edward E. Smissman Award from the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry, the Philadelphia Section Award of the American Chemical Society, 1984, and a Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club Award (1995). He was honored with a Johnson Medal for Research and Development for discovery and development of TOPAMAX®, and was twice a recipient Johnson & Johnson’s Philip B. Hofmann Research Scientist Award. Dr. Maryanoff was recognized by Drexel University as a notable alumnus with several awards, including election to the Drexel Alumni 100 Club. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1989) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2000).

Scientific Background.
Dr. Bruce E. Maryanoff earned a BS in chemistry (1969) and a PhD in organic chemistry (1972) from Drexel University, working with Prof. Robert Hutchins. He conducted postdoctoral studies for two years at Princeton University, with Prof. Kurt Mislow, and had a major impact on the area of thiabenzenes. He joined McNeil Laboratories, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary and advanced on the scientific ladder in various Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical units to the highest scientific position in the company. In 2009 he was a Distinguished Research Fellow and a Team Leader in Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, Spring House, PA. Dr. Maryanoff is an internationally renowned expert in drug

Cyndie received a BS in chemistry from Drexel University in 1972, a PhD in organic chemistry from Princeton University in 1976 and did a postdoctoral in synthetic chemistry at Princeton from 1976-1977. In 1977 she joined SmithKline & French Laboratories as a medicinal chemist and worked there until 1981. From 1981-1988 she worked at McNeil Pharmaceutical as Section Head of Chemical Process Research. From 1991-2004 she worked at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute. In 2004 she moved to Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson medical device unit, and is currently a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Cordis facility in Spring House.

Throughout her distinguished career, Cyndie has published over 95 scientific papers, over 95 abstracts, 3 books and has over 50 US/European patents issued or pending. She has received many awards such as the Philadelphia Section Award, ACS in 1991; TWIN Award (Tribute to Women and Industry, YMCA) 1997; Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal, a national award of the ACS, 1999; Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Service to the Profession (Drexel University) 1999, Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club Award 1999, University of Pennsylvania Trustee’s Council of Penn – Women in Chemistry Award 2001; the National Commission for Cooperative Education Hall of Fame (2002-2003 inaugural class); the Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management, a national award of the ACS, 2005; the Henry F. Whalen, Jr. Award for Business Development from the ACS Division of Business Development and Management 2007; the Anthony J. and Heand Silvestri Award 2008, and the Ronald Mitsch Award 2008.

Cyndie has been very active in the scientific community and in particular ACS. It was her concern for the importance of collaborations between academia and industry that led to her volunteering for the ACS and other organizations. Currently she is a councilor for the Division of Organic Chemistry and has held an elected position on the Executive Committee since 1988. Cyndie was elected chair of the division in 1997 and was the first woman to serve in this position. She has served as chair of the Student Travel Awards Committee from 1990-present, and has chaired and organized 22 Award Symposia and 12 Sessions at National ACS Meetings. Her other activities include membership of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry Long Range Planning Committee, 1999-2003 and Women Chemists Committee as a Committee Associate in 1995. Some of the positions she has held in ACS on a national level are: ACS Task Force on Multidisciplinary Chemistry, 2004-2005; Advisory Board of Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2000-2004; Committee on Science, 1992-1995; ACS Books Advisory Board, 1994-1997; Advisory Board of Chemical & Engineering News, 1990-1992; and the ACS PRE Advisory Board, 1986-1989.

Some of the other organizations of which Cyndie is a member or has been a member are: Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club; a fellow of AAAS (1992); Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society Drexel Chapter; Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society; IUPAC.

Above is only a snapshot of Cyndie’s career accomplishments and her many contributions to ACS. This is enough to give you a sense of why Cyndie Maryanoff was selected as one of the ACS Fellows in the inaugural year.

Amos received his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University where he completed the first combined four-year bachelor’s and master’s of science degree in chemistry. After one year at the University of Pennsylvania medical school he moved to Rockefeller University where he earned a PhD in organic chemistry and then completed a year as a Research Associate at Rockefeller University. In 1973, he joined the University of Pennsylvania as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. He is currently the Rhodes-Thompson Professor of Chemistry at Penn. His other duties at this time are as a Member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center and as Associate Director of the Penn Center for Molecular Discovery (PCMD).

Amos’s research encompasses three areas: natural product synthesis, bioorganic chemistry and materials science. He has supervised more than 120 PhD students and been advisor to almost 200 postdoctoral researchers. He has published more than 600 research papers and patents and given more than 600 invited lectures.

Amos has served on the editorial board of numerous prestigious journals including the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Organic Syntheses, Synlett and Tetrahedron. He is currently serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Antibiotics and Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Organic Reactions, Inc. and Organic Synthesis, Inc. Amos has served on the Scientific Advisory Board of many companies and is currently on the board of Adesis, Inc., New Castle, DE and is a member, ESPCI International Council, Paris, France.

Amos has been very active in the American Chemical Society. He has been involved in the Division of Organic Chemistry and has had many roles such as member and chair of the nominating committee, member of the executive committee, member and chair of the fellowship committee, national organic symposium executive officer, chairman of the ACS task force to monitor the Journal of Organic Chemistry, chair-elect, chair, past-chair of the division and at one point he was on the selection committee to find an editor for the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Amos’s most significant volunteer role is as Editor-in-Chief of ACS’s Organic Letters. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief and holds that position today. Above is only a snapshot of Amos’s career accomplishments and his many contributions to ACS. This is enough to give you a sense of why Amos was selected in the inaugural class of the ACS Fellows.

The following URLs contain a more detailed list of his accomplishments:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/smith-group/people/amosbsmith
http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Graduation/FileStore/Filetoupload,162059,en.pdf