Schnoor To Succeed Glaze As ES&T Editor

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NEWS OF THE WEEK ACS MEETING ORLANDO HOST TO MORE THAN 12,000 Themes of energy and advancing women and minorities are highlights Τ HE THEMES OF ELI M. Pearce's ACS presidency were highlighted by special SCENES Kids in Chemistry was a big draw. Minority Affairs Committee Chair Saundra Y. McGuire celebrates diversity with Pearce. programming at last week's ACS national meeting in Orlando, Fla. Pearce sponsored sessions on en- ergy and technology, on advanc- ing women and underrepresent- ed minorities in chemistry, and on successful recruitment and re- tention practices to keep minor- ity students in the educational pipeline. This was in addition to the main attractions: 6,545 tech- nical papers and an exposition. The inclusive mood was boost- ed at Pearce's poolside reception celebrating diversity. Also cele- brated in Orlando were several special anniversaries: the ACS "Wfomen Chemists Committee (75 years), the Student Affiliate Pro- gram (65), the Committee on Corporation Associates (50), and theJournal of Agricultural if Food Chemistry (50). Ella L. Davis, of PQ Corp., president of the National Orga- nization for the Professional Ad- vancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers, accepted the congratulations of ACS Board Chair Nina I. McClelland on the organization's 30th anniversary The Budget & Finance Com- mittee reported that the society's operational programs ended 2001 with a net contribution to society programs of $224,000. With the inclusion of net program expens- es from the Member Insurance Plan of $1.8 million, and various JOURNALS Schnoor To Succeed Glaze As ES&T Editor board appropriations totaling $6.7 million, ACS ended the year with a net deficit of $8.3 million. The ACS Council meeting was pretty straightforward. The peti- tion to increase the size of socie- ty committees was postponed and will be reconsidered in Boston in August. Without debate, the council voted to raise ACS dues by $4.00 to the fully escalated rate of $116 for 2003. The council also selected can- didates for 2003 president-elect from a field of four nominees. The nominees were Charles P. Casey, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ernest R. Davidson, In- diana University, Bloomington; William M. Jackson, University of California, Davis; and Alvin L. Kwiram, University of Washing- ton, Seattle. Each nominee gave a brief presentation. The council then chose Casey and Kwiram as candidates in this fall's election. At the council meeting, it was reported that, at the end of 2001, the total ACS membership was 163,503, slightly ahead of the 2 0 0 0 year-end membership. The meeting attracted 12,246 regis- trants and 2,062 exhibitors for a total of 14,308 attendees. At the National Employment Clearing- house, 867 job seekers and 131 em- ployers registered with 988 posi- tions available and 3,088 inter- views scheduled.—LINDA RABER T he American Chemical Society has selected University of Iowa environmental engineering professor Jerald L. Schnoor to succeed William H. Glaze as editor of Environ- mental Science & Technology. Glaze, who has edited the publica- tion since 1988, will step down at the end of 2002. He is a profes- sor of environmental sciences and engineering at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Glaze says Schnoor is "that rare combination of an outstand- ing scholar, editor, administrator, and public servant, and a strong advocate for the use of high-quality science and engi- neering in the protection of the environment." Schnoor hopes to expand ES&Ts coverage of environmen- tal sensing, analytical chemistry, and sustainability issues, as well as those fields in which environmental science and technology intersect with the biological revolution. Schnoor is codirector of the University of Iowa's Center for Global & Regional Envi- ronmental Research. His work concerns water-quality monitoring, groundwater contamination, phytoremediation, and glob- al climate change and sustainability. He earned a B.S. in chemical engineering at Iowa State University in 1972, followed by an M.S. in environmental health engineer- ing in 1974 and a Ph.D. in chemical engi- neering in 1975 at the University of Texas. He was an associate editor of ES&Τ from 1991 to 2000.-SOPHIE WILKINSON Schnoor 16 C&EN / APRIL 15, 2002 HTTP://PUBS. ACS.ORG/CEN

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NEWS OF THE WEEK

A C S M E E T I N G

ORLANDO HOST TO MORE THAN 12,000 Themes of energy and advancing women and minorities are highlights

Τ HE THEMES OF ELI M. Pearce's ACS presidency were highlighted by special

SCENES Kids in Chemistry was a big draw. Minority Affairs Committee Chair Saundra Y. McGuire celebrates diversity with Pearce.

programming at last week's ACS national meeting in Orlando, Fla. Pearce sponsored sessions on en­ergy and technology, on advanc­ing women and underrepresent-ed minorities in chemistry, and on successful recruitment and re­tention practices to keep minor­ity students in the educational pipeline. This was in addition to the main attractions: 6,545 tech­

nical papers and an exposition. The inclusive mood was boost­

ed at Pearce's poolside reception celebrating diversity. Also cele­brated in Orlando were several special anniversaries: the ACS "Wfomen Chemists Committee (75 years), the Student Affiliate Pro­gram (65), the Committee on Corporation Associates (50), and theJournal of Agricultural if Food Chemistry (50).

Ella L. Davis, of PQ Corp., president of the National Orga­nization for the Professional Ad­vancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers, accepted the congratulations of ACS Board Chair Nina I. McClelland on the organization's 30th anniversary

The Budget & Finance Com­mittee reported that the society's operational programs ended 2001 with a net contribution to society programs of $224,000. With the inclusion of net program expens­es from the Member Insurance Plan of $1.8 million, and various

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Schnoor To Succeed Glaze As ES&T Editor

board appropriations totaling $6.7 million, ACS ended the year with a net deficit of $8.3 million.

The ACS Council meeting was pretty straightforward. The peti­tion to increase the size of socie­ty committees was postponed and will be reconsidered in Boston in August. Without debate, the council voted to raise ACS dues by $4.00 to the fully escalated rate of $116 for 2003.

The council also selected can­didates for 2003 president-elect from a field of four nominees. The nominees were Charles P. Casey, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ernest R. Davidson, In­diana University, Bloomington; William M. Jackson, University of California, Davis; and Alvin L. Kwiram, University of Washing­ton, Seattle. Each nominee gave a brief presentation. The council then chose Casey and Kwiram as candidates in this fall's election.

At the council meeting, it was reported that, at the end of 2001, the total ACS membership was 163,503, slightly ahead of the 2000 year-end membership. The meeting attracted 12,246 regis­trants and 2,062 exhibitors for a total of 14,308 attendees. At the National Employment Clearing­house, 867 job seekers and 131 em­ployers registered with 988 posi­tions available and 3,088 inter­views scheduled.—LINDA RABER

T he American Chemical Society has selected University of Iowa environmental engineering professor Jerald L. Schnoor to succeed William H. Glaze as editor of Environ­

mental Science & Technology. Glaze, who has edited the publica­tion since 1988, wil l step down at the end of 2002. He is a profes­sor of environmental sciences and engineering at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Glaze says Schnoor is "that rare combination of an outstand­ing scholar, editor, administrator, and public servant, and a strong advocate for the use of high-quality science and engi­neering in the protection of the environment."

Schnoor hopes to expand ES&Ts coverage of environmen­tal sensing, analytical chemistry, and sustainability issues, as well as those fields in which environmental science and

technology intersect with the biological revolution.

Schnoor is codirector of the University of Iowa's Center for Global & Regional Envi­ronmental Research. His work concerns water-quality monitoring, groundwater contamination, phytoremediation, and glob­al climate change and sustainability. He earned a B.S. in chemical engineering at Iowa State University in 1972, followed by an M.S. in environmental health engineer-ing in 1974 and a Ph.D. in chemical engi­

neering in 1975 at the University of Texas. He was an associate editor of ES&Τ from 1991 to 2000.-SOPHIE WILKINSON

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