Polymer Division: Distinguished Service, Special Service, and POLYED Awards
Distinguished Service Awardees
Sponsered by the division of Polymer Chemistry Inc.
| 1983 |
E. J. Vandenberg, J. Lal |
1984 |
W. J. Bailey, O. Vogl, F. Dammont |
1985 |
B. M. Culberston, F. R. Mayo, F. H.
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| 1986 |
W. Stockmayer, E. M. Fettes, J. C. H. Hwa |
1987 |
C. S. Marvel, C. G. Overberger, W. E. Gibbs |
1988 |
B. H. Ullyot |
| 1989 |
J. C. Salamone |
1990 |
J. Vogl |
1991 |
E. Pearce |
| 1992 |
R. Ikeda, P. Hergenrother |
1993 |
Stan Israel |
1994 |
Val Metanomski |
| 1996 |
Ann B. Salamone |
1999 |
James E. McGrath |
2001 |
William H. Daly, Robson F. Storey, R. B. Moore |
| 2002 |
Frank D. Blum |
2005 |
Thomas Pacansky, H. N. Cheng |
2006 |
William J. Brittain, William H. Daly, Robert B. Moore, Robert S. Moore, Reddy Venumbaka |
| 2008 |
Jimmy Mays, Janelle Hampton |
2009 |
Frederick R. Dammont |
2010 |
Warren Ford |
| 2011 |
Dana Garcia, Kate Beers, John Pochan |
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1996 Awardee
Ann B. Salamone, of AM Products, will receive a Division of Polymer Chemistry Distinguished Service Award. Ann Salamone will be recognized for her service to the Division as Secretary, Vice Chairman, Chairman-Elect, and Chairman as well as her efforts in organizing the Intersociety Polymer Education Task Force, where she is currently serving as Treasurer. This award was presented at the awards banquet in New Orleans.
1999 Awardee
James E. McGrath, Ethyl Chaired Professor of Chemistry and Director, Center for High Performance Polymeric Adhesives and Composites at Virginia Tech is a 1999 winner of the Division of Polymer Chemistry Distinguished Service Award. Jim McGrath will be recognized for his service to the Division as Vice Chairman, Chairman-Elect, and Chairman (1986) as well as his efforts in organizing a series of outstanding Division workshops. Jim was also the reciepient of the 1996 Herman F. Mark, Division of Polymer Chemistry Award.
The Distinguished Service award will be presented at the awards banquet in Anaheim.
2001 Awardee
William Daly, of the University of Louisiana, and Robson F. Storey, and Robert B. Moore, of the University of Mississippi, received 2001 Division of Polymer Chemistry Distinguished Service Awarda. Bill was recognized for his service to the Division as Treasurer, Vice Chairman, Chairman-Elect, and Chairman as well as his efforts in International Activities including the POLY Millennial. Rob and Bob served as Polymer Preprints editors and were prime contributors in converting preprints to an electronic format. This award was presented at the awards reception in San Diego. | 2002 Awardee
Frank D. Blum, of the University of Missouri-Rolla, received the 2002 Division of Polymer Chemistry Distinguished Service Award. Frank was recognized for his service to the Division as Secretary, Vice Chairman, Chairman-Elect, and Chairman as well as his efforts in organizing the POLY web pages and the POLY Electronic Discussion list. This award was presented at the awards reception in Orlando.
2005 Awardee
Thomas J. Pacansky of Apollo Ventures and H. N. Cheng of Hercules, Inc. were awarded 2005 Distinguished Service Awards. Tom was recognized for his outstanding service as awards chair, treasurer, and chair (2000). H.N was recognized for his service including dedicated service to membership including numerous membership initiatives. These award was presented at the awards reception in Washington.
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| 2009 Awardee
POLY saluted its invaluable volunteer, Frederick R. Dammont for his service as the Polymer Division Circulation Manager. Dr. Dammont has contributed to the successful circulation of POLY Preprints to Library’s for over 30 years. Since taking the office in 1979, he has collected more than ONE MILLION dollars for Polymer Preprint Library Subscriptions.
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| 2010 Awardee
POLY salutes its invaluable volunteer, Warren Ford, Oklahoma State University, in recognition of his contributions to the success of regional meetings. Dr. Ford began working on regional meeting programs in 2001, after he served as Program Chair 1998-2000. He worked with regional meeting program organizers to encourage them to hold first rate polymer symposia and arranging seed money to support keynote speakers in their symposia. | 
(left to right) Barry Farmer (POLY Chair) and Warren Ford (2010 Distinguished Service Award Recipient) |
| 2011 Awardees
POLY salutes its invaluable volunteers and staff for their outstanding service to the Division. The following received the Distinguished Service Award at the Fall National meeting in Denver. John Pochan, Cornell University, for his outstanding contributions as POLY Councilor; Dana Garcia, Arkema, Inc., for her long standing organization and chairing of the General Sessions at the National meetings; and Kate Beers, NIST, for her invaluable contributions as POLY treasurer. | |
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Special Service Awardees
Sponsored by the Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.
| 1995 |
F. Dammont, B. M. Culbertson, E. J. Vandenberg |
1999 |
Eli M. Pearce |
2003 |
James E. McGrath |
| 2010 |
Frank Blum |
2011 |
Ann Salamone, Neta L. Byerly |
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1999 Awardee
Eli M. Pearce, Professor of Chemistry, Polytechnic University is a 1999 winner of the Division of Polymer Chemistry Special Service Award. Eli Pearce will be recognized for his service to the Division as Vice Chairman, Chairman-Elect, and Chairman (1980), his efforts as Division Councilor (since 1982), leadership in the Polymer Education Committee (later POLYED) and Election to the ACS Board of Directors (1999).. Eli was also the reciepient of the 1992 Paul F. Flory, Polymer Education Award and the 1991 Division Distinguished Service Award.
The Special Service Award will be presented at the awards banquet in Anaheim. | 2003 Awardee
In recognition of continued dedicated service to the Division of Polymer Chemistry, James E. McGrath, Virginia Tech, was presented the POLY Special Service Award during the 2003 New York ACS National Meeting. Jim's continued service with organization of POLY workshops saw it's culmination with record breaking attendance at the "Fuel Cells Membranes" workshop earlier this year. His pioneering work in this regard is of great importance. In addition, he has organized other heavily attended workshops including Polyolefins, Polyurethanes, and Condensation Polymers. These workshops have greatly benefited POLY and attracted polymer scientists and managers to participate in POLY activities. Not only has he chosen great topics of scientific and technological importance, but he always does a superb job in raising funds for these meetings.
| 2010 Awardee
POLY salutes its invaluable volunteer, Frank Blum, Oklahoma State University, in recognition of his contributions to the success of the POLY Web Site. Dr. Blum created the website in 1995 and served as the web master for 15 years. During this time he also created and managed the POLY List Serv (electronic discussion list) providing a medium for distributing polymer related information. Dr. Blum has supported POLY in many offices including POLY Chair 1999, Chair-Elect 1998, Vice Chair 1997, and Secretary 1989-95, and was recognized as a POLY Fellow in 2010. | 2011 Awardees
Ann Salamone, Rochal Industries, was recognized with the Special Service Award in recognition of her outstanding service to the Industrial Advisory Board.
Neta L. Byerly, Polymer Chemistry Division, was recognize for her 30 years of service at Virginia Tech and outstanding service as POLY Business Office Manager. | __________________________________________
Special POLYED Awardees
Sponsored by the Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.
| 1995 |
J. Droske, C. Carraher |
2003 |
Ann. B. Salamone |
2003 Awardee
In recognition of outstanding contributions to divisional educational activities of the Polymer Chemistry Division and the Division of Polymer Materials: Science and Engineering, Ann Beal Salamone was presented the Excellence in Service Award. Ann's award was presented at a reception held at the Fall ACS National Meeting in New York on September 7, 2003.
Ann's dedication to POLYED has been exemplary over the years. Her work with the Polymer Ambassadors in New Orleans was inspiring. She was largely responsible for the organization of the K-12 workshop affiliated with the symposium "The Polymer Science of Everyday Things". Ann played a leadership role as part of the group of organizers who raised $34K for participant support. She arranged Web casting and participation of 25 teachers in the New Orleans and another 25 in the Akron area through the World Polymer Academy.
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Ken Wynne (l), POLY Chair and Jim McGrath (r) , Award Recipient | 
Frank Blum | 
Robert Moore (r), POLY Chair and Neta Byerly (l), Award Recipient |
Ken Wynne (l), POLY Chair and Ann Salamone (r), Award Recipient |
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