2007 Candidate for Chair-Elect: Ken Schlecht

Ken Schlecht was born (4/4/44) and raised in the Syracuse, NY area. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from LeMoyne College in 1966 and his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Iowa (Iowa City) under Clyde W. Frank in January of 1971. He joined the faculty at SUNY Brockport in September of 1970 and retired during the summer of 2007.

He became active in the Rochester Section in early 1980; first attending a workshop on Chemical Demonstrations at the University of Wisconsin – Madison (run by Prof. Bassam Shakhashiri), then offering similar workshops to high school teachers in the Rochester area. He has also run several workshops on Hands-On Chemical Activities for members who wish to volunteer in primary and middle schools. He has served the Rochester Section as a Member-At-Large (twice), Alternate Councilor, and as Chair of the Section (in 1992). He has performed his “Excitement of Chemistry” show for the Section’s High School Recognition Night since 1987. Throughout his career he has exposed a total of approximately 60,000 people to various aspects of chemistry and science with his various shows. He received the Rochester Section Award in 1999, and served as editor of CHEMunications (the Rochester Section newsletter) from the summer of 1998 until the end of 2006. At the national level, he is currently a member of the ACS Admissions Committee.

In retirement he plans to 1) remain active professionally within the ACS and the Rochester Section, as well as continue to do Chemistry programs (shows) for various audiences – but mostly for pre-college students, 2) see his grandchildren, and 3) travel more.

Statement: I look forward to serving the Rochester Section again as Chair. Much has changed since I last did this: the Section is smaller, I am older (more experienced), and probably slower. But I can also devote a larger percentage of my time to the Section. I hope to increase the involvement of our members in Section activities, which of course means we will need to determine what is most important to our members. I hope I can do as much as recent officers have done. I look forward to your support and participation.

2007 Candidate for Treasurer: Mark P. Heitz

Mark P. Heitz is Associate Professor of Chemistry at SUNY Brockport. Mark teaches a variety of courses, with a primary emphasis on Analytical Chemistry. A native of Rochester, Mark began his training at The King’s College, Briarcliff Manor, NY, receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. He also studied at Rochester Institute of Technology with Professors G. Takacs and V. Vukanovic working on surface modifications of polyimides. In 1990, he earned a Master Degree from the University of Rochester. Following this Mark taught high-school chemistry for three years prior to attending SUNY Buffalo, where in 1995 he earned his Ph.D. under the tutelage of Professor Frank Bright. Mark’s research at UB was focused on studying solute dynamics in reverse micelles formed in liquids and supercritical fluids. Mark accepted a post-doctoral position at The Pennsylvania State University with Professor Mark Maroncelli continuing to study solute-solvent interactions in supercritical fluids.

Mark has become an active contributor to local section activities by serving on the NERM organizing committee as the Public Relations chair and Exhibition co-chair and as a member-at-large for the past two years.

Statement: Local section treasurer is position of significant responsibility. Having been involved in the local section now for nearly four years, I am interested in 1) continuing to serve the needs of the section and 2) expanding my involvement the Rochester Section’s activities by working with the leadership to support, promote and enhance the Section’s programs. It is easy to simply say ‘I’m too busy…’ but the benefits that are enjoyed by the membership are a direct result of those who take time to serve. I have benefited from the numerous people who have generously donated time to the ACS local section and I want to return ‘in-kind’ by contributing where I am able. Serving as treasurer is but one additional way that I can give back to the Society.

2007 Candidate for Councilor: D. Richard Cobb

As we move closer and closer to the 100th anniversary of the Rochester Section, I am honored to look back at the many positions and duties I have filled. These include Secretary, Treasurer, Alternate Councilor, Councilor, Chair-Elect and Chair of the Section as well as Chair of the 2004 Northeast Regional Meeting. On the National level, I have also served in many positions, including Chair-Elect, Chair, Past Chair and Councilor for the Division of Chemical Technicians (TECH), Chair of two National Committees and a member of multiple Presidential Taskforces. I presently serve as Vice Chair of the Northeast Region and in 2008, I begin a new role as Chair of the ACS Membership Affairs Committee (MAC). In each and every position held, the foundation of my service was based on seeking membership value and working hard to represent the needs of those who elected me. I also am a believer in innovative ideas and knowing when to challenge the status quo when the status quo stops making sense.

I strongly feel that one cannot grasp their role on the national level if they do not have a handle on local needs. If I am to represent our members, it is vital that I “walk in their shoes”. In the many positions I have held, I feel I have done so.

We are witnessing times that are different for the ACS and challenging to every member of the Society. There is pressure in the area of membership expansion to reflect more closely the practice of science in today’s world. Throughout ACS history, we have gradually expanded our definition of the subject matter of chemical science to include chemical engineering and multi-disciplinary scientific approaches to chemistry. Now, there is more pressure than ever to expand our vision of membership to more multi-disciplinary areas while we walk a fine line between that expansion and the effort to maintain the intent of the Society. I am proud to have been appointed as a member of the ACS Governance Review Taskforce and the Membership Affairs Committee examining this potential new expansion. As Chair of the ACS Admissions Committee, I have been at the forefront of all of these efforts and, as Chair of MAC, I will serve our Rochester members, and the whole Society, in a way that expands our inclusion without dilution.

Things within the ACS are changing, and change does not come without a need for stamina. I offer that stamina as I have worked on Local Section and Division Bylaws for years and know what it takes to fight bureaucracy in order to make things happen. The Rochester Section needs to successfully blend the experience and knowledge of its massive retired chemist population with the youth and energy of younger chemists and students. We are, in fact, a Local Section in transition from an industrial-focused Section to an academic-focused one. Due to my efforts on the national level, Local Sections will hopefully soon be able to acquire complete information on active Student Affiliates in their geographic area; information that was easy to acquire before due to “different record keeping procedures”. The involvement of these students will help in this transition.

In this run for Councilor in 2007, I am offering my knowledge and experience on the national ACS scene to benefit our Section members and future members. If I were successful in this race, I know that I would have to resign my final leadership position of Immediate Past Chair. There are two roles assigned to this position:
1. That of being a source of guidance for the new leaders of the Section. As
Councilor, I can still fulfill that role.
2. Our Section Handbook gives the Immediate Past Chair the role of Membership Recruitment and Retention. As our Councilor are now required in the Bylaws to take on an active role within the Section, I will take on those specific duties so they are not forgotten due to a lack of an Immediate Past Chair.

I hope, that as Chair of this Section in 2007, you have felt a new level of energy and ideas. That is what I wanted to do as your Chair this year, and what I pledge to continue doing as your Councilor. I am proud to join ACS President Katie Hunt in the effort to build a new energy amongst our membership, so we all feel that we have “Ignition – we have liftoff”!

Biographical Information
Name:D. Richard Cobb
Address: 15-C Greenleaf Meadows, Rochester, NY 14612

Employment: 38 years of employment with the Eastman Kodak Company
Presently, a Senior Research Technician in the Materials & Media Design
Division, FPG and Division HSE Coordinator

National ACS Involvement:
* Councilor for the Division of Chemical Technicians (2007)
* Chair of the ACS Committee on Membership Affairs (MAC) (Beginning in 2008)
* Associate Member of the ACS Committee on Membership Affairs (MAC)
(2007)
* Member of the National ACS Governance Review Taskforce (2005 - 2007)
* Member of the National ACS Board Oversight Group on Leadership
Development (2005 - present)
* Vice Chair of the Northeast Region, ACS Board of Directors (2005 - present)
* Member of the Regional Activities Coordination Team (ReACT) (2004 –
2007)
* Chair of the ACS Committee on Admissions (2003 - 2005)
* Chair of the ACS Committee on Technician Activities (CTA) (2000-2002)
* Co-Chair of the National Visiting Committee for the NSF Grant to support
Chemistry-based Technician Education (2000 - 2004)
* Member of a Presidential Task Force on AIChE / ACS Joint Membership
(2004)
* Chair of the Canvassing Committee for the ACS Award for Volunteer Service
(2003)
* Member of a Presidential Task Force on Local Section/ Division Allotments
(2002)
* Member of CTPAS (Sub-Committee D) for the Society Committee on
Education (SOCED) (1999-2002)
* Member of the ACS Presidential Task Force on the Electronic Membership
Survey (2001)
* Chair-Elect, Chair and Immediate Past Chair (1996-1998) of the Division of
Chemical Technicians (TECH)
* Member of a task force for the Committee on Meetings and Expositions
(1995-1996)

Local ACS involvement:
* Chair, Rochester Section (2007)
* Chair-Elect, Rochester Section (2006)
* Bylaws Committee Chair (1998 – present)
* Secretary, Rochester Section (2005)
* General Chair, NERM 2004 (1999 – 2005)
* Councilor, Rochester Section ACS (1999 – 2003)
* Alternate Councilor, Rochester Section ACS (1998 –1999)
* Treasurer, Rochester Section, ACS) (1995 – 1997)
* Member-at-Large, Treasurer, Chair-Elect, Chair, Past Chair, and Technician Symposium Chair for the Rochester Technician Affiliate Group (TAG)

Awards:
* Northeast Region, ACS Volunteerism Award (2006)
* TECH “Special Recognition” Award (2002, 2005)
* Salutes to Excellence” Award recipient (2004)
* “Rochester Section” Award recipient (2001, 2005)
* Rochester Section, A.C.S. “Special Recognition” Award recipient (1997)

2007 Candidate for Alternate Councilor: Henry Gysling

As a professional organization the American Chemical Society faces several challenges, especially at the Local Section level, to maintain its relevance and vitality. At the local level, where my interests center as a member of the Executive Committee, I believe our primary responsibility is to provide programs and services to our ca. 1000 Section members that promote their professional development. This is especially critical in the current economic situation, with downsizing a way of life, as well as in the technology arena, where R&D is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary. Section initiatives such as the monthly Networking Mixers, which the Section began last year, and similar programs that can provide an opportunity for Section members to meet in informal venues and make technical and social contacts are, I believe, critical for the vitality of our Section. Technical programs such as the Harrison Howe Award and its associated Symposium, as well as the Fall Symposium, are also programs that I believe should be strongly supported by the Executive Committee. In addition to these professional development programs, I strongly support the education outreach programs of our Section. The Annual High School Recognition Nights, the Adopt-a-School. Programs, the Adventures in Chemistry and Physics demonstrations program, the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium are all examples of the excellent efforts in this area offered by the Section and many dedicated members. During my years of involvement in the Rochester Section I have been actively involved in all of these programs and would continue to strongly support and strengthen them.

2007 Candidate for Alternate Councilor: Bob Murray

Education: B.S., Universuty of Nebraska – Lincoln (1969); Ph.D. in organic chemistry, University of Nebraska – Lincoln (1973).
Professional Experience: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Medicinal Chemistry University of Kansas (1973-1974); Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Sidney Farber Cancer Institute (1975); Senior Scientist / Group Leader, Pennwalt Corp (1976 – 1985): Section-head Medicinal Chemistry, Fisons Corp (1985 – 1996); Associate Director Chemistry, Astra (1997- 2000); Director for Chemistry, Serono Research Institute (2001 – 2004); pharmaceutical consultant (2005 – present).
ACS Service: member since 1972.
Rochester Section ACS Service: Finance Committee, 1985-1987 (chairman, 1986-1987); Nominations and Elections Committee, 1986, 1990 and 1991 (chairman 1991); Rochester Section Award Committee, 1987, 1990 and 1995 (chairman 1995); NERM-17, treasurer (1987); Alternate Councilor, 1988; Chair-Elect, 1989; Chair, 1990; Treasurer, 1992; Adopt-a-School Program volunteer (Cobbles School), 1992 – 1996.
Honors: Rochester Section Award (1994).
Statement: I am honored to run for the position of Alternate Councilor for the Rochester section. Although I have not been active in the Rochester section for a number of years due to a job relocation now that I have returned to the area I am eager to re-establish connections with the Rochester chemical community and to serve once again the needs of the section as deemed appropriate. If elected, as a member of the Executive Committee of the Rochester Section, I willl work to ensure that the vision for local sections as expressed recently by the chair of the Local Section Activity Commmittee at national -- to provide community building opportunities, mentoring and leadership opportunities, professional development opportunies, continuing education; and to become advocates for chemistry -- are adopted locally so that we continue to “connect chemistry with the community”. At the national level I would represent the interests of the Rochester Section and its members in council as required. I welcome your support.

2007 Candidate for Member-at-Large: Lew Allen

Biography: Lewis E. Allen took early retirement in 1992 from Eastman Kodak where he was director of the Environmental Analytical Services Laboratory. He then served on the adjunct faculty at Monroe Community College, Brockport and Geneseo and as a mentor at SUNY Empire State College before retiring again in 1999. Before joining Kodak he was associate professor of chemistry at Florida A&M University from 1963 to 1970. He received his B.S. in chemistry from Queens College and his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from Syracuse University. He has served the Rochester Section as Alternate Councilor in 1982-83 and Treasurer in 1984-85. He served as Chair-elect in 1986 and as Chair during the Section’s 75th Anniversary year of 1987 when the section hosted the 17th Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM). As past chair in 1988 he served as chair of the nominating committee and on the audit committee 1988-92. He has also served the section as photographer and on the local Project SEED committee. He was an associate member of the (national) Council Committee on Project SEED from 1990-92 and as a member of the committee 1993-2001. He also served on the national committee on Minority Affairs and served one year as associate member of the Committee on Environmental Improvement. He then served six years as a member of the Council Committee on Meetings and Expositions where he served on three subcommittees. He is also coordinator of the local section’s Project SEED program and chair of its Retired Chemists Committee. Lew was honored with the Rochester Section Award in 1993.

Statement: I have been active in local section activities since 1981 working in a variety of areas in an effort to contribute to the excellent record of the Rochester Section. After fifteen years I have decided to retire from the ACS Council but would like to continue to be a member of the local section executive committee. I will continue my work with Project SEED and the Retired Chemists. I hope you will vote for me as a member at large.

2007 Candidate for Member-at-Large: Valerie Grason

I have been employed at the University of Rochester since 2002. I am currently with the Radiation Safety department as a Radiation Safety Technician. We support the University’s research labs, Strong Memorial Hospital and various offsite facilities that use radioactivity. Before the University of Rochester, I prepared and reviewed MSDS sheets for Eastman Kodak Company. I received a BS in Chemistry from St John Fisher College in 1995.

I have enjoyed participating in several different section activities and would like to become more involved in the section. In 2004, I was the poster chair for the 32nd Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM 2004). This gave me an introduction to having a more active role within the section. I have a lot of ideas that would benefit the section. Being a Member at Large is a great position in which to implement these ideas.

I would like to further joint activities with neighboring sections. This is a great way to interact with others in the chemical profession in a nonformal environment. It is also a great networking opportunity. I also encourage the local section to become more involved with local schools supporting National Chemistry Week and other activities that will expose students to science in general and chemistry in particular at a young age showing them how interesting it can be. I would like to see the local section continue to be involved assisting those who have just graduated finding a career in chemistry as well as those who have just lost their job and are looking to pursue other opportunities in chemistry through activities such as the Networking Mixer as well as Career workshops with information on careers in chemistry, resume review etc with resources currently available being publicized through the newsletter so that members are aware of what is out there. I look forward to working towards these goals as a Member at Large.

2007 Candidate for Member-at-Large: Deborah L. Janes

I have been employed at the Eastman Kodak Company for 31 years, working in Analytical Services at the Kodak Apparatus Division and for the last eight years as an analytical chemist in the Ion Analysis Laboratory of the Foundation Science and Technology Center. I support research and development for imaging chemicals and provide support for Research and the Synthetic Chemicals Division. I received a BS in Chemistry in 1990 and an MS in Material Science and Engineering in 1993 from RIT.

I am involved with local section activities as a Member-at-Large and on the executive board of the Technician Affiliate Group (TAG). I currently serve as the TAG’s chair and co-chair the Education Committee of the TAG along with Tim Wilson. Together we present the chemical education outreach program, Adventures in Chemistry and Physics (ACAP). I am also working with Calvin Uzelmeier and Tim Wilson planning the section’s National Chemistry Week celebration. I was a member of the organizing committee for the 32nd Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM 2004), and was also the co-chair of the Secondary School Teacher and Student Event at NERM 2004.

I am interested in promoting more interaction between the local section and chemical education outreach activities in the community. There is a great need for chemists and technicians to share their interests in science with students and I believe members of the section have many talents to offer. I am interested in establishing activities such as Chemagination, Chemists Celebrate Earth Day, National Chemistry Week, and National Mole Day as yearly events sponsored by the local section. This will require not only monetary funding but also commitment by local section members to volunteer their time to make this program a success. I consider it a privilege to serve the local section as a member-at-large and thank you for your consideration.

50-Year ACS Member (2007): Charles J. Battaglia

Growing up in Schenectady as a son and grandson of barbers, Chuck Battaglia instead chose a career in science and went to Colgate University on a basketball scholarship. His interest in flying led to AFROTC training and a chance to fly out of Griffiss AFB in a B-29 to the Arctic Circle to test Canadian air defense measures. On advice of his professors, he opted out of active AF duty, and went on to earn a PhD in physical chemistry at Brown University under Prof. J. O. Edwards. His studies of peroxy acids and nucleophilic oxidations of halide ions on a Kodak fellowship resulted in an interview with Jack Thirtle and his joining the Kodak Research Labs in 1962.

His KRL work included electrochemical studies of silver complexes, development kinetics, the role of sulfite and thiosulfate ions on the “red spot” problem in microfilm, and clinical blood electrolytes. Chuck was a contributor to several patents, including several on the use of ion-selective electrode technology to measure blood electrolytes. In 1976 he was invited by Chuck Bard to join the Phototechnology Division as a group leader and later as lab head in new photoprocessing development. He retired in 1991 as a Unit Director in the Quality Services Organization. Chuck had served the Rochester Section ACS as representative to the Rochester Council of Scientific Societies and also was a long-term member of SPSE.

One of the retirement benefits was a retraining program, which Chuck used to take a course on repairing electric trains. He joined the Train Collectors Association and has been active ever since buying, repairing, restoring, and selling toy trains and equipment. He describes this as a “Lazarus complex” – the yen to restore dead stuff to useful life. A 1997 heart attack slowed him down a little, but he still manages to sell his trains at eight shows a year. He has worked out regularly on YMCA exercise machines for the last 30 years and has enjoyed playing rhythm guitar in the New Horizons Dance Band.

In 1958 Chuck married Ann, his high school sweetheart, and they have three grown children, David, Michael, and Lisa, as well as six grandchildren. Mike shares Chuck’s interest in trains. Well endowed with a friendly sense of humor, Chuck would like to adopt the motto of a friend he met at a toy show – “Be a kid again for there’s no future in growing old!”

J. Dolf Bass

50-Year ACS Member (2007): John Bourke

John Bourke is a Rochester Section member from one of the outlying counties in the Section. His whole career was as Professor of Chemistry at the Cornell Experiment Station in Geneva, rising through the ranks with the years.

He spent his high school years in Albany where his father was a physician associated with the NY State Health Dept. John’s high school career began at Albany Academy but was permanently interrupted by a long bout with polio. Although he didn’t actually get a high school diploma, he was accepted into Colgate University, where he graduated in 1957. He went on to Oregon State University, where he received an M.S. and Ph.D. the latter in 1963 He then embarked on a two year Post Doc at Cornell, where he surmised it might be a good place to get a job. It turned out that way and led to his career in Geneva.

The Experiment station is part of the New York State land grant college of agriculture at Cornell. It is unusual in academia in that there are no undergraduates. But there are always many graduate students from many different disciplines and from all over the world. John ran the analytical laboratory, employing about 40 people, all of whom are supported by grants, the writing of which was one of his principal occupations. He was teacher, researcher, and eventually administrator. He taught chemistry to all manner of botanists, entomologists, environmentalists, and the like, some of whom from foreign countries were also guests in his home. In his last few years he was director of a new program in viticulture and enology. John retired officially in 1990, but continued part time, assisting with grant applications until 2000.

John liked to hike and hunt, often with a colleague from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Dr. Carl Aten. This activity evolved into a study of acid rain in NY.

John and his wife Virginia live on a 140-acre farm between Newark and Phelps. They have three children, whom, he says, he kept busy in their teen years on the farm. John, Michael and Kathleen all went on to graduate degrees in chemical engineering, molecular genetics, and horticulture, respectively. There are four grandchildren. John and Virginia are now only residents on the farm, the land being rented out. Although in recent years John has been increasingly weakened muscularly by the post polio syndrome, he and Virginia keep busy with hobbies (philately being one), sailing, church, volunteer work and keeping up the homestead.

50-Year ACS Member (2007): Dugald A. Brooks

Dugald A. Brooks was born in Scottsville, New York, in 1928; after graduating from West High School, he entered the Co-op program at RIT and worked at Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories Analytical Division at first as a glassware washer. In the early years, he did get to meet C.E.K. Mees once or twice. In 1946, he joined the Emulsion Research Division where he partnered with Jerry Carges in making nuclear plates, and later worked with Bert Carrol, John Spence and Elmore Jones, who encouraged him to finish his education. He graduated from RIT in 1949 and then went to Michigan State and obtained a Masters in Physical Chemistry. He continued his career in Emulsion Research working on various projects such as cubic grains, SWR film, magnetic tape, and ONR astronomical plates, which were essentially gelatin free. He later joined Information Services where he helped develop a registry system of Accession Numbers. Later, he joined the finance office, where the work was becoming less and enjoyable with unrealistic deadlines and never-ending reorganizations. Dugald describes his 35 years at Kodak as enjoyable as a whole with a few bumps in road.

Dugald served in the US Army Chemical Corp Edgewood Arsenal and was eventually involved in the Army Health and Safety Department developing analytical tools to assess toxicity. He was in the company of other Kodak people such as Al Sieg and Norman Kalenda.

In 1954 he married Helen Short. Together they have two sons, both grown and professional, and four grandchildren. Helen’s active involvement in Sweet Adeline’s soon got Dugald involved in singing and he is a member of the Chorus of the Genesee with whom he travels to perform.

Helen and Dugald still live in the same house in Irondequoit that they bought in 1960. In retirement they still enjoy their singing as well as visiting their grandchildren.

50-Year ACS Member (2007): John F. Carroll, Jr.

The Rochester ACS Section wishes to extend its sympathy to Mrs. Shirley Carroll and her family on the loss of Jack on May 6 of this year, at the age of 78.

Jack Carroll was born in Lyons, NY, in 1928 where he received his early schooling. In 1950, he received his B.S. in chemistry from Clarkson University, followed in 1952 by an M.S. from Purdue in organic chemistry. He moved to Rochester to take up a position with Eastman Kodak in the Manufacturing Experiments Division. He married Shirley Nagell in May of 1955. His work there was largely centered on polymer research and development. He retired in 1991 but was retained by the company for an additional year, making 40 years of service.

50-Year ACS Member (2007): Robert E. Heeks

Robert E. Heeks is a native of Rochester, NY. He graduated from Charlotte High School in 1948 and from the University of Rochester in 1952 with a BA in Chemistry. At that time he was also a Naval Reservist. In 1954 Bob received an MS in Chemical Engineering, also at the U of R studying under Prof G. Broughton. His thesis was "A Study of the Chain Length Distribution of Some Chemical Celluloses". Under the guidance of Dr. G.J.Su and a fellowship from the Ferro Corp. Bob received his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 1957. The title of his thesis was "A Study of Dilatancy in Frit-Water Suspensions. Bob was the first recipient of a Ph. D. degree from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the UofR and was also elected to Sigma Xi. Bob met Shirley Stam at the Uof R coed and they were married in 1955.

After graduation Bob joined the Haloid Co. in Rochester as manager of a group investigating silver halide emulsions and their application to form photosensitive coatings. After Halide became Xerox he transferred to the Webster manufacturing operations in the early 70's. Bob assumed responsibility for manufacturing engineering of all aspects of photoreceptor production, including the alloy raw materials, drum and belt substrates, coating of photosensitive material, and reclaim of alloys and substrates. Bob was responsible for taking these innovations from the product development departments and making them manufacturable. By the early 1980's selenium alloy photoreceptors began to be replaced by organic belt photoreceptors. Bob then assumed a leading role in setting up belt coating operations for the complex layered organic material at a plant in Oklahoma City. Today one of the most lucrative profit centers for Xerox is the sale of "supplies", an area to which Bob contributed during most of his professional career.

Following early retirement he returned to Xerox to supervise chemical cleanup activities in Webster, and after 40 years of service, 7 patents and numerous publications, Bob finally retired to his and Shirley's home on Canandaigua Lake.

On the lake Bob raced Star boats, a Holiday Sloop, and a Catalina while serving two terms on the Canandaigua Yacht Club Board of Governors. Also, during several terms as Membership chairman. membership in the club flourished. Bob and Shirley raised five children; Leslie, Bob(Kathy), Kathy(Kevin), Mark, and Liz(Jim) and they are currently the proud grandparents of eight grangchildren.

50-Year ACS Member (2007): Lewis Lincoln

Lewis Lincoln, who among his peers has always been called “Abe”, worked his way from lab assistant to chemist at Kodak while going nights, working toward his chemistry degree from the University of Rochester.

Abe was born on a farm in Naples, NY, the oldest of eight children. After the death of his mother when he was 15, the family moved to Rochester, where he graduated from Jefferson High School in 1944. He then joined the Air Force and was part of the Troop Carrier Command in Germany for 29 months.

In 1947 Abe was employed at Kodak in the Synthetic Chemistry area as a lab assistant and began to attend the University of Rochester nights. Eventually he transferred to the Sensitizing Dye Lab in the Kodak Research Labs as a lab assistant and later as technician. He joined the ACS in 1957 and soon achieved the rank of Chemist. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from the U of R in 1966. Abe worked on various projects synthesizing sensitizing dyes and related organic compounds under the direction of Leslie Brooker and Donald Heseltine until 1976, when he became a major scale-up chemist in the lab until his retirement in 1986.

For the last 20 years since retirement from Kodak, Abe has made a second career of selling real estate, having become a broker. He is just now in the process of retiring from that. He and his wife Mary live on a beautiful, large wooded lot in northern part of Irondequoit, the rear part of which goes down the slope toward the Lake Ontario shore level. The care of that consumes much of his extra time.

Mary and Abe had five children, all of whom had college educations; the two oldest boys having careers at Xerox and Kodak. A daughter lives in Pennsylvania. Well after the first three they had boy and girl twins. Altogether they have eight grandchildren, most of whom live in the area.

50-Year ACS Member (2007): Joseph Mammino

Joe Mammino was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1932. He graduated from Boys High School. From 1952-1954, Joe served in the U.S. Army in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in a dental unit, where he learned the art of making upper and lower dentures. Joe finished his Army career as a Sergeant. He then entered the College of Pharmacy of Long Island University. Since part-time jobs in 'mom-and-pop' drug stores were rare at that time, he switched to The City College of New York and graduated in 1958 with a B.S. in Chemistry. The most notable graduate in the Class of 1958 at City College was General Colin Powell, later U.S. Secretary of State.

Joe Mammino's first technical job (1957) was during his senior year in college where he started as a lab assistant with Mergenthaler Linotype (Brooklyn) which specialized in the graphic arts and lithography. After graduation, Joe continued working for Mergenthaler as a junior project engineer until 1960. Interestingly, in spite of the more prestigious title, he had to take a pay cut as a college graduate!

From 1960-1962, Joe relocated to the Southern Tier and worked for the Ozalid Division of GAF (General Aniline & Film) in graphic arts, lithography, etc. The work led to 2 U.S. Patents. Joe Mammino then moved to Rochester for a highly-successful 36-year career (1962-1998) in research, development and manufacturing with Xerox in a broad spectrum of applications (color inks, photoconductive materials, toners, imaging processes, etc.). Joe was an Individual Contributor/Principal Scientist when he retired.

His technical accomplishments during his Xerox career are noteworthy: 145 U.S. Patents were credited to him ! In 1987, he was recognized as Distinguished Inventor of the Year by the Rochester Patent Law Association (now called the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association). Other honors include the 1992 Fellowship for Outstanding Achievement by The Society for Imaging Science & Technology.

His post-Xerox career included a brief period as a consultant. His hobbies include
gardening and fishing. Joe and his wife, Constance ('Connie') were married in 1957. They live in Penfield, NY. The Mammino family consists of four children (3 daughters, plus a son) who
live in the Rochester area. All are college graduates with both bachelor's and
master's degrees. Their occupations include: computer sciences; accountant; and,
public administration. One of their children switched from the latter field and now
operates Bauman's Farm Market in Webster, along with her husband. Joe and Connie have been blessed with 9 grandchildren.

Max M. Boudakian

50-Year ACS Member (2007): Richard B. McGriff

Rick McGriff was born in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1935. There, he attended elementary and high school. He graduated from Florida A&M University (FAMU) in 1955 with a BS in Chemistry. His next move was to Pasadena, where he enrolled in the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Rick joined the ACS while he was a full time graduate student at Caltech. His work was the subject of two publications and he was awarded a M.S. in Chemistry in 1959.

Rick’s first industrial job was at Riker Laboratories in Northridge, California. His interest was identifying compounds which control high blood pressure (hypertension).

Jerome Berson was a consultant at Riker Laboratories. When Berson moved his research team to Wisconsin, Rick accompanied him, and in 1967 earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in physical organic chemistry. His thesis described the synthesis of strained bicyclic hydrocarbons.

Rick joined Hercules in Wilmington, Delaware, where he worked on a variety of resins and polymers used in inks and adhesives.
In 1973, he began work at Xerox, and he retired from Xerox in 2001. He is a co-inventor on two patents. He worked on a variety of special elastomers and provided chemical analyses to support the development of new copier products. He investigated rheology of polymers, and consulted internally on reprographic materials problems.

Rick began in the Special Materials Area in 147 compounding rubber for fuser, bias transfer, and paper handling rolls.

Rick recalls several times when he took the early flight to LaGuaurdia Airport, drove to New Jersey, and worked all day in a vendor’s plant. Then he drove to the airport for an evening flight to Rochester and carried the prototype rolls to a project meeting in Henrietta the next morning.

That was his introduction to Product Engineering on the 9200 duplicator program.

In 1978, Rick transferred to the Materials Analysis Area in 139, where he remained throughout a reorganization and name change to the Chemical Analysis Area. He worked with Connie Murphy on the specifications for “Third Generation” or AMAT based products. This work was part of the photoreceptor technology used today in high speed copiers and duplicators.

Rick counts his participation in the 5090 Toner Product delivery Team in 1988 as one of the high points of his career. He was able to pursue in great breadth and depth the characterization of all the toner materials using thermal techniques. As often happen in complex material problems, the particular applications only served to exclude tantalizing leads. The problem solving team did resolve the problems.

Another highlight of Rick’s career was his first computer course in 1977. This was the start of activity in computer aided chemistry. “At one time,” he remembers, “we built our own interface boards.”

Rick ended his career in the Rheological Characterization Group.
This work crossed boundaries of new product platforms and old established products. Testing, problem solving, and writing specifications involved international partners in addition to Product Development and Delivery Teams.

The Program for Rochester Students interested in Science and Math (PRISSM) seeks to encourage minority youth to pursue careers in Engineering and Science. He volunteers with the PRISSM Science and Math competitions among the Rochester High Schools. The U.S. Department of Energy sponsors the National Science Bowl competition. The National Organization of Black Chemists and Engineers supports the Regional Science Bowl competition in Northwestern New York. He volunteers with the local competition

Rick and his wife Brenda are the parents of two daughters. They enjoy reading, traveling, attending cultural events, and gardening.

50-Year ACS Member (2007): Robert J. Tuite

Robert J. Tuite, Sr. is a native Rochesterian. He attended Aquinas Institute and earned a B. S. degree in Chemistry from St. John Fisher College. He received his Ph. D. in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1960. He also graduated from the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in 1981.

Bob joined the Kodak Research Laboratories (KRL) in 1959 as a synthetic organic chemist with the Color Photography Division. After several years in various synthetic and product development assignments, he served in a series of progressive management positions with KRL, including Head of the Color Photographic Chemistry and Color Reversal Photography Laboratories; Assistant Director, Color Photography Division; Director, Color Photography Division; Director, Instant Photography Division; and from 1981-84, Assistant to the Director of Research.

In 1984, Bob was named Director, New Opportunity Development, with responsibility for finding new business opportunities for Kodak's technological assets. In this role, which he found to be the most challenging and enjoyable of his professional career, Bob was the principle architect of Kodak's worldwide innovation and new venture program, which was subsequently moved to Kodak Office, reporting to the corporate Venture Board and Eastman Technology, Inc. In 1989, Bob moved to High Technology of Rochester as Kodak loaned executive to help start a community business incubation facility for high technology startups.

In 1991, Bob took early retirement and immediately co-founded the Innovation Strategy Group, Inc. (ISG) as Managing Partner. ISG is a management consulting firm specializing in business value growth through innovation management excellence. In recent years, he has really started to retire and now estimates that he spends only about 10% of his time on ISG business.

Bob has three sons by his wife of 45 years, Ruth, who passed away in 2003. They are: Dr. Robert, Jr., a practicing pediatrician in Penfield, NY; Dr. Michael, a professor of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School; and Christopher, an Assistant US Attorney in Tampa, FL. Bob has five grandchildren, the oldest of which is an eighth grader who participates with the Pittsford Mendon High School girls cross country and outdoor track teams. Last Fall, she won the Section V cross country title for Class A (middle sized high schools) and was named to the 1st Team All State Cross Country Team and New York State 8th Grade Runner of the Year by Tully Runners. Bob remarried in 2006, and his new wife Sandra brought to the marriage three sons and five grandchildren of her own!

In Bob's early years at Kodak, he participated in a variety of sports and was a softball pitcher on various teams at Kodak and the Rochester area. Now he enjoys boating at their summer home on Canandaigua Lake and playing golf at every opportunity!
David G. Bush

Message from the Chair - September 2007

Looking Towards National Chemistry Week

October 21st - 27th, 2007

“The Many Faces of Chemistry”

For many years, the Rochester ACS Section has celebrated National Chemistry Week (NCW). This year marks the 20th anniversary of NCW, which will be celebrated from October 21-27. The 2007 NCW theme is "The Many Faces of Chemistry". The theme's goal is to create awareness of the wide diversity of career opportunities involving chemistry and to recognize and celebrate the many people whose dedication to a chemistry-related occupation improves the quality of life for those around them.

This year, the Rochester Section's NCW team of Calvin Uzelmeier, Deb Janes, and Tim Wilson are beginning an expansion of our NCW efforts with the goal of filling an entire week of activities. Current plans are to have programs at the Rochester Museum & Science Center on both weekends bookending NCW. The first weekend will tie directly into the "Faces of Chemistry" theme, while the second weekend will dovetail with the RMSC's spooky-science program. The hope is to reach a larger audience by diversifying the program.

For this year’s theme, the focus will be on highlighting not only what chemists, professors, technicians and teachers do, but also how chemistry can be combined with almost any other interest to find a career path. Efforts are underway to involve local industries, colleges & universities, patent lawyers, publishers & book editors, conservators from the Memorial Art Gallery, and representatives from the Monroe County Crime Lab. The Rochester Section has also received a grant that will allow us to unite students from RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) with younger students from the Rochester School for the Deaf and begin a mentorship program between the two schools.

We have also purposely scheduled our Annual Recognition Dinner on the last Friday of NCW at Hawthorne's Restaurant on October 26. Please look for the info for this dinner in this issue of "The CHEMunicator” or on our web page. Plan on joining us as we honor our 50- and 60-year members, the “Rochester Chemical Technician Award” winner, the “Rochester Chemical High School Teacher Award” winner, and the winner of the annual “Rochester Section Volunteerism Award”. This year, we will also be recognizing five students from NTID who recently won National ACS awards. The speaker for the event will be the President of Encore Chocolates, so you won’t want to miss a wonderful chocolate tasting!

You can see the theme in the plans being made – bringing together “The Many Faces of Chemistry”. In 2008, there will be an extra effort to partner with local schools, and the 2008 NCW theme, “Chemistry and Sports”, should provide many opportunities for activities!

Sound like fun? It is! Feelers have gone out to members of the section who have been active in NCW in the past to solicit additional ideas. We can use your thoughts, ideas and energy to be a part of our new, exciting NCW efforts. Whatever time and energy or ideas you can offer, please contact:

Calvin Uzelmeier at: uzelmeier@yahoo.com

Deb Janes at: deborah.janes@kodak.com

Tim Wilson at: timothy.e.wilson@kodak.com

For further information about ACS's National Chemistry Week, visit the official NCW web site.

Please take the time to consider these volunteer opportunities and join us during this special week honoring Chemistry!