Symposiums will highlight:

• Advanced Battery Chemistry
• Analytical Chemistry
• Automotive Materials
• Biochemistry
• Chemical Education
• Online Chemistry Education
• Detroit 100 – A Celebration of 100 Years of Chemistry in Detroit

Join us for an exciting undergraduate program and an informative and interactive high school teachers workshop.

Events not to be miss include:

Women Chemists Committee Luncheon with an exciting speaker
Younger Chemists Committee Luncheon
Ice Cream Social with the ACS Governance

The meeting will be held June 5 - June 9, 2012.

For more information, please visit our website at http://2012cerm.sites.acs.org

History of the Award and Recent Changes:

Originally established by Charles A. Thomas and Carroll A. Hochwalt, former Dayton chemists and Monsanto researchers, the top chemistry students in the area have been recognized under the auspices of the Dayton Section since 1943. In 1990, the family of the late Austin M. Patterson, also a prominent Dayton chemist, assumed sponsorship. All area high school students are invited to take an examination and the highest scoring applicants are then invited to write essays, which form the basis of the final judging. (These finalists, although only two from one school, are also invited to take the Chemistry Olympiad Exam.) In addition, teachers of the prizewinners receive awards, and the top scoring student from each high school is awarded a plaque. Grading is performed separately for those students who have taken only one year of chemistry. Students from this group who were the highest scorers in their High School will also receive a plaque. This year, we increased the dollar amounts for 2nd and 3rd place, so that the top three essayists are awarded prizes of $1000, $750, and $500, respectively. In addition, the essayists not placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd will be awarded $100.

The 2012 Patterson Scholars (with essayists denoted with asterisks) are:

The 2012 Chemistry-I Patterson Scholars are:

The main purpose of the proposed amendments to the Section’s Bylaws are to make them consistent with changes to the ACS Constitution and Bylaws. Specifically, the amended Bylaws will allow for electronic balloting and for Student Members — persons who are actively working toward an undergraduate degree in a chemical science. Although the ACS Constitution and Bylaws allow for Student Members to hold elective office in Local Sections if permitted by the Local Section, the Board of Directors chose not to allow it because all offices have terms of 2 or 3 years. Student Members are, however, permitted to serve as Committee Chairs.

In addition to these changes, the ACS Committee on Constitution and Bylaws required or suggested numerous other changes, so that the only Bylaws that went unscathed were XIII and XV. Therefore, the current Bylaws and the amended Bylaws are reproduced on pages 4-9 of the current bulletin.

Thanks go to the Sections Bylaws Committee — Jim Carey, Rachel Jakubiak, and Steve Trohalaki. If approved, the amended Bylaws will allow the Section to save money with electronic elections and to have greater involvement by the Section’s Student Members. The Section’s Board of Directors urges all members to look over the proposed Bylaws and to vote for their approval, which requires two-thirds of those members present at this Section Meeting. Contact Steve Trohalaki at steven.trohalaki@wpafb.af.mil if you have any questions about the amended Bylaws.

So, stop by the South Park Tavern for a beer, look for the Section Banner, and vote using the ballot provided below. Please let us know if you’ll be attending so we can save you a seat.

Our first poster session ever at Central State University took place on April 3rd. With 45 posters presented, the meeting was a huge success. Outstanding student poster awards were increased to six this year, with each winner receiving $100. The undergraduate and graduate student winners are:

The 2012 Patterson College Chemistry Award Winners:

Given to outstanding chemistry majors in their junior year, the Patterson College Chemistry Awards consist of a certificate and $400. The Dayton Section offers its congratulations to this year’s winners.

was a big success again this year thanks to Wayne Cook and all the volunteers that helped out. More than 1500 kids of any age stopped by the table. A big Thanks also to Paul Fleitz and Kirby Underwood for representing the Local Section with their awesome "Fires, Explosions, & Other Way Cool Science Demonstrations" on both days. A big thank you to the following volunteers who entertained the kids with hands-on experiments.

We received 21 ballots by the deadline. Several more arrived late but these would not have made a difference in this uncontested election. Ms. Lori Balster was elected Chair-Elect, and Dr. Wayne Cook was elected Secretary. Congratulations to all our newly elected officers! Prof. Suzanne Seleem succeeds to Chair and Vladimir Benin to Immediate Past Chair. Dr. Chris Tabor starts his second and final year in his term as Treasurer, while Steve Trohalaki and Rachel Jakubiak start their second years in their current terms as Councilor and Alternate Councilor, respectively. The Section owes a debt of thanks to our outgoing officers — Dr. Hilmar Koerner and Mr. James Carey — for their selfless service. The alter egos of the 2012 Dayton Section Board of Directors and our outgoing officers are pictured below.

Newly Elected Officers

Returning Officers

Outgoing Officers