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American Chemical Society elects top officers for 2000

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American Chemical Society

The American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, has announced the top officers of its Board of Directors for 2000. All newly elected officers assume their positions on January 1.

Chair, Board of Directors
Henry F. Whalen, Jr., vice president of PQ Corporation, an international producer of silicates and derivative products in Valley Forge, Pa., has been re-elected chair of the Society's Board of Directors for 2000. Whalen is currently serving a three-year term (1998-2000) on the Board.

President
Daryle H. Busch, Ph.D., Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., begins his term as president in 2000. Busch was selected during the Society's annual election in 1998 and served as president-elect during 1999. He has been a member of ACS since 1953.

President-Elect
Attila E. Pavlath, Ph.D., lead scientist at the Process Chemistry & Engineering Research Unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Albany, Calif., will serve as president-elect and will begin his fourth consecutive three-year term on the Board of Directors (2000-2002). Pavlath will assume the presidency in 2001. He has been a member of the Society for 42 years.

Immediate Past President
Edel (Ed) Wasserman, Ph.D., science advisor for DuPont Central Research & Development in Wilmington, Del., will serve as immediate past president in 2000, concluding his three-year term on the Board of Directors. Wasserman served as ACS president in 1999.

Other top officers include:

Executive Director
John K Crum, Ph.D., has been executive director since 1983. In this capacity, he oversees all Society operations and staff. Crum's previous positions at ACS include director of the books and journals division, treasurer and chief financial officer, and deputy director/chief operating officer.

Secretary
Halley A. Merrell, of Vienna, Va., has been secretary of ACS since 1998. Prior to this position, he served as director of the Society's membership division.

Treasurer
Brian A. Bernstein, of Alexandria, Va., has been treasurer of ACS since 1984. He came to the Society in 1979, first serving as a financial analyst in the Office of the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, and later as assistant treasurer in 1982.

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A nonprofit organization with a membership of nearly 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers, the American Chemical Society publishes scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences, and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. (http://www.acs.org )


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