Division of Professional Relations

by George Heinze

As the chair-elect for 2011, I will be working with the chair for 2011, as well as the executive committee to further implement the action and strategic plans that John Crawford so successfully initiated in 2010. By putting these plans into action. we can raise the profile of PROF in the ACS. These plans, plus the subdivision structure, will allow for several initiatives to go forward concurrently.

As we move forward into 2011 and 2012, I believe one of the ke...

by Lisa Balbes

Helen M. Free has been selected to receive the 2011 Henry Hill Award. Dr. Free, the 1993 President of ACS, has had a long and rewarding career as a highly successful clinical chemist while greatly advancing professionalism among chemists and promoting greater public awareness of the contributions of chemistry to society.

The award recognizes people who have served the profession in a unique and distinguished manner, and will be presented at the ACS spring
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by Dave Chesney

The Division of Professional Relations, in conjunction with the ACS Ethics Committee, sponsored a symposium at Pacifichem 2010 this past December 17th and 18th. Titled “Cultural Influences on Professional Ethics,” the co-organizers were Dave Chesney (former PROF Chair and current Ethics Committee Chair), Kieran Lim (Royal Australian Chemical Institute) and Peter Mahaffy (Canadian Society for Chemistry).  The symposium was envisioned as a way to enga...

Larry Wagner, a member of the Gay and Transgender Chemists and Allies Subdivision and National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP), will be speaking about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) needs at the NSF National Diversity Equity Workshop (NDEW) in January, an effort by the Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE).

The workshop series brings together chemistry department chairs and social scientists to de...

by John K. Borchardt

The division needs your help in developing programs for the ACS 2011 regional meetings. The regional meeting schedule is:

Middle Atlantic College Park,MD May 21-24

Central Indianapolis, IN June 8–10

Northwest Portland, OR June 26-29

Joint Midwest/ Great Lakes St. Louis, MO Oct. 19-22

Southeast Richmond, VA Oct. 25-28

Southwest Austin, TX Nov. 9-12

How can you help? Ideas for symposia are we...

The PROF website wishes you a very Happy International Year of Chemistry!

We have completed the election for PROF.  We congratulate the following members on their win.  We are pleased to have you assume or continue your roles in 2011:

Chair Elect:  George Heinze

Treasurer:  Peter Smith

Members-at-large:  Janet Bryant, Adam Myers, Burt Hollandsworth

In addition to DPR's officer roles, our bylaw revisions were successfully approved by our membership during this election. The last step for these revisions is for the AC...

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