Division member elected to NAE. RAY HENRY BAUGHMAN, STEPHEN Z.D. CHENG, and THOMAS P. RUSSEL elected in 2008. See member honors for additional information. (3/08)
Preliminary Technical Meeting Schedule for the New Orleans National Meeting Available Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.(2/08)
2007 Election Results Announced Farmer, Beers, Pochan, and Reineke elected. See election results.
The passing of Dr. Norman G. Gaylord, 84, on September 18 2007 is reported.
A versatile industrial chemist and long time member of POLY. (12/07)
Boston POLY Board Reports Please feel free to look at some of the efforts of our volunteer committees.(11/07)
Now soliciting for the
National Starch & Chemical Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry deadline Jan. 31, 2008.
The 2007 Election Slate has been approved by the Executive Committee. It will be submitted to the membership at the Annual Business meeting at the Fall National Meeting. See Election Information(6/07).
The passing of Professor George B. Butler , 91, on 7 June 2007 is reported.
More than 180 graduate students and postdoctoral associates recall Professor Butler as an outstanding mentor.(6/07)
The passing of Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid , 79, on 7 Feb. 2007 is reported.
Alan was the 2000 Nobel Prize reciepient in chemistry for his pioneering work on conducting polymers.
Graduate Student Travel Awards for Fall-2007
Please refer to the application instructions. Deadline: March 15, 2007, 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Preliminary Technical Meeting Schedule for the Chicago National Meeting Available Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.
2006 Election Results Announced Smith, Martin, Cheng, and Beers elected. See election results. (12/06)
Elsevier sponsors Mark Awards.
Elsevier, publishers of the journal Polymer, has agreed to sponsor both
the Herman F. Mark Award and new new Mark Scholars Awards. Thanks to
Elsevier and Dr. Rumen Duhlev for sponsoring these key division awards. See Awards. (11/06)
Graduate Student Travel Awards for Spring-2007 Winners Announced, 11/06 Please refer to the application instructions and application form in either .pdf or .doc format. Deadline: November 2, 2006, 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium.
Information and forms for 2007 (Deadline Nov. 14, 2006).
The symposium on Entrepreneurism in Polymers for the 21st Century
from the San Francisco ACS meeting is available on-line thanks to POLY and ACS. POLY membership and registration on Chemistry.org are required for access. (10/06)
The 2007 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
has
been awarded to Dr. Anne Mayes. See Awards. (9/06)
POLY/PMSE Business Card Exchange Networking Event for POLY and PMSE members, Sept 9th from 6-8 PM Thirsy Bear Saloon (http://www.thirstybear.com/) 661 Howard St., San Francisco. (8/06)
Preliminary Schedule for the San Francisco National Meeting Available Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.
Some photos from the Atlanta ACS meeting (S-06)
of the awardees and from social functions are now available.(6/06)
The Strategic Plan for the Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc. is available.(6/06)
The 2007 Election Slate has been approved by the Executive Committee. It will be submitted to the membership at the Annual Business meeting at the Fall National Meeting. See Election Information .(5/06)
Welcome Reception for POLY and PMSE members, Saturday, March 25, 2006, 6-8 PM McCormick and Schmick's Seafood Restaurant - FREE HORS D'OEUVRES.(3/06)
Graduate Student Travel Awards for F-2006 Winners Announced, 11/05
Please refer to the application instructions and application form in either .pdf or .doc format. Deadline: Monday, April 17th, 2006, 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (PST). (3/06)
POLY members have created "UV/EB University" at RadTech's e|5: UV & EB Technology Expo & Conference, April 23-26, 2006, Chicago, IL. Alec Scranton, University of Iowa and Chris Bowman, University of Colorado
are teaching a "Fundamentals of Photopolymerization Short Course";
Allan Guymon, University of Iowa, is teaching a course on "Design of
Experiments for UV/EB Scientists and Engineers";
Byron Christmas, University of Houston-Downtown; Charles Hoyle, University
of Southern Mississippi; and Mike Idacavage, Cytec Surface Specialties are
teaching "Polymer Chemistry for the UV/EB Professional Short Course".
Poly members are eligible to register for the courses and conference at the
special RadTech member rate.
Preliminary Schedule for the Atlanta National Meeting Available Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.
2005 Election Results Announced Amis, Advincula, Reineke, D. Smith, Tew, elected. See election results. (1/06)
The 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared by POLY members Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock.
They, along with Yves Chauvin, won the prize for their work "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis"
Excellence in Graduate Polymer Science Symposium
At the Atlanta ACS Meeting. Opportunities for travel assistance for graduate students. Click for forms and more information.Deadline: Nov. 13, 2005
POLY/PMSE Welcoming Reception, Saturday, August 27 2005, 7-9 PM Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel - networking with POLY and PMSE members.(8/05)
Graduate Student Travel Awards for S-2006
Please refer to the application instructions and application form in either .pdf or .doc format. Deadline: to be announced. 7/05
Welcome Reception, Saturday, March 12, 2005, 7-9 PM San Diego Marriot Yacht Club - for POLY and Perspective POLY members.(2/05)
Set of Macromolecules inclusive from Vol. 15 - 37 - sell to a private party at a fair
price or donate to a library for payment of shipping. Proceeds will go to an undergraduate scholarship fund. Contact zeldin@hws.edu
Preliminary Schedule for San Diego Available Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.(2/05)
The 2005 Herman F. Mark Polymer Chemistry Award been awarded to Dr. Donald R. Paul . See Awards (1/05).
The American Chemical Society International Initiatives Program: Call for applications. The following countries are eligible for participation in the 2005
program: Bahamas, Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Kenya,
Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago,
Uruguay, and Venezuela. Deadline:
March 1, 2005.(1/05)
Graduate Student Travel Awards for F-2005 Download the .pdf files of the application instructions and application form in a .pdf or .doc format .
Deadline April 1, 2005.(1/05)
Excellence in Grad. Polymer Science Symp.
At the Philadelphia ACS Meeting. Opportunities for travel assistance for graduate students. Click for forms and more information.(2/04)
Strong finances with "contributing back" to reserve fund
Superb technical symposia and workshops
Continual improvements in the flagship publication Polymer Preprints
New award program for graduate student scholars
New Mark Scholar Award program for three age levels
All this happened because we have a dedicated group of voluteers who
work hard to make our programs the best.
It has been a privilege to serve as Chair 2003....I am sure that under
Ken Carter we will have a terrific 2004.
Sincerely, Ken Wynne
Distinguished Lecture Series honoring Professor Herbert Morawetz March 12, 2004, David Tirrell - California Institute of Technology, Novel Macromolecules via Alternative Translations of the Genetic Code. April 15, 2004, Daniel Koshland - University of California, Berkeley, How Bacteria Find Their Way.
Lectures held at Othmer Department of Chemical and Biological
Sciences and Engineering and the Herman F. Mark Polymer Research Institute,
Polytechnic University, 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201, Refreshments 10:30 AM, Lecture at 11:00. Further information call 718 260-3834 or email: jmijovic@poly.edu.(11/03)
The 2003 Election Slate has been approved by the Executive Committee. It will be submitted to the membership at the Annual Business meeting at the Fall National Meeting. See Election Information (2/03)
Priestly Medal Awarder to POLY Division member Ed Vandenberg (3/03)
The reports from the POLY Board from the Boston meeting are now on the web. See General POLY Info. (1/03)
Call for the 2003 Unilever award has been announced. Deadline Jan. 31, annually. See Awards (11/02)
Industrial Sponsors cosponsored a luncheon and roundtable discussion at the Boston meeting on "Success Factors for Careers in Polymers and Chemistry in our Dynamic Environment.". See Industrial
Sponsors
POLY played an important role in the 2002ChemLuminary Awards. The Division was honored by the membership Affairs Committee for its member recognition program. POLY also honored the Midland Local Section for their efforts in support of polymer-related activities. See ChemLuminaries (9/02)
POLY Web Pages - A new look!
For a while there will be a mix of the "old" and "new" pages. If appropriate, use the back key on the browser. Java Script needs to be enabled for the full experience. The menus may overlap the page with older viewers (e.g. Netscape 4.7)
A few candid photos from the Chicago ACS meeting are accessable through the General Info page. (9/01)
The 2001 Industrial Sponsors - Industrial Polymer Scientist Award has been awarded to Dr. Alan D. English. See Awards (7/01)
The 2001 call for proposals for the Perception of Polymers have been announced. Deadline Sept 15, 2001. See Awards (6/01)
The Unilever Award for 2001 will be awarded to Dr. Shu Yang formerly of Cornell U. See Awards (6/01)
The 2000 Herman Mark Division of Polymer Chemistry Award has been awarded to Murray Goodman, Robert Grubbs, Henry K. Hall, Jr., Robert Lenz, Leo Mandelkern, and Otto Vogl. See Awards (1/01)
A memorial to the late Professor Sukant Triphathy will be held at U. Mass-Lowell on Feb. 15, 2001 followed by a 1-day symposium on the 16th. (1/01)
New Divisional policy on default subscriptions to Polymer Preprints as the default membership benefit. (01/01)
The Herman F. Mark Award will be given to 6 giants of polymer chemistry at the POLY Millennial. See Awards (10/00)
In 2001,
Polymer Preprints will be distributed to POLY members as a CD-ROM product and on-line automatically. It is also available as a
paper copy at additional cost. 10/00
, WE DID IT! The 1999 - 2000 membership drive called
. has succeeded. Over
2100 new members have joined the Division during the drive. (12/00)
. Please learn some of the
Reasons Why and then
Join the Division now, or if you are already a member, please help us recruit new members.
Down the MOLE HOLE with the Executive Committee. (10/00)
The 2000 ChemLuminarieswere awarded to Divisions for the first time. POLY was one of the recipients. See ChemLuminaries (9/00)
The 2000 Industrial Sponsors - Industrial Polymer Scientist Award has been awarded to Dr. Harry Mandeville and Dr. S.
Randall Holmes-Farley. See Awards (7/00)
The 2000 Paul J. Flory - Polymer Education Award has
been awarded to James E. Mark. See Awards (3/00)
The call for the 1999 Polymer Curriculum Development is out --
Deadline Sept 1, 1999. See Awards (7/99)
The 1999 Division of Polymer Chemistry - Distinguished Service
Awards have been awarded to James McGrath and Eli Pearce. See Awards (3/99)
The 1999 Carl S. Marvel - Creative Polymer Chemistry Award has been awarded to Joe DeSimone. See Awards (3/99)
A new award for Industrial Polymer Research has been
announced. See Awards (12/98)
The call for the 1999 Polymer Curriculum Development is out --
Deadline Sept 1, 1999. See Awards (10/98)
The 1998 Herman Mark Division of Polymer Chemistry Award has been awarded to James Economy. See Awards (10/98)
The 1996 Herman Mark Division of Polymer Chemistry Award has been awarded to James E. McGrath. See Awards (10/96)
Division Awardees Named - Paul J.
Flory-Polymer Education Awardee Eric Baer and Distinguished
Service Awardee Ann B. Salamone will be honored at the New Orleans
Banquet. (3/96)
Historical Officers List - The list of
all the Divsion Officers since 1951. (1/96, under general
information)
At the Divisional Officers Group (DOG) dinner in Orlando, the
Division
of Polymer Chemistry, Inc. was named the Outstanding Large Division
for 1995. In 1995, there was a tie and the award was shared with PMSE.
Both Divisions had excellent years.
POLY has had this honor several times in recent years including:
1995, 1994, 1991, 1989, 1984, 1982.
The award was based on the reports submitted to the ACS Divisional
Activities Committee by the secretary and treasurer. The very hard work
of a number of talented scientists/engineers made the Division activities
outstanding. The chair for 1995 was Bill Daly.
Congratulations to all that helped POLY reach this goal.
POLY named ACS's Outstanding Large Division - for 1994.
August 31, 1995
It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Division of Polymer
Chemistry, Inc. has been chosen as the Outstanding Division for 1994 in
the large division category. The award was based on the achievements for
1994 which were reported in the annual report to the ACS. Excerpts
from this report were in the Spring '94 Newsletter. Burton
Anderson of duPont was chair of the Division during 1994. Many people
contribute to the success of the Division each year and the Executive
Committee wishes to thank all of them for their support.
The ACS has about 33 Divisions. POLY has earned this award in 1982,
1984, 1989, 1991, and now 1994. We are pleased that you are an
"Outstanding Division Member".
The passing of Ed Vandenberg, Chair 1979 is reported with sadness.
With sadness, we report the passing of Jesse Hwa, Chair 1973
. has succeeded. Over
2100 new members have joined the Division during the drive. (12/00)
. Please learn some of the
Reasons Why and then
Join the Division now, or if you are already a member, please help us recruit new members.
With sadness, we report the passing of