00:00:30 Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please?

00:00:55 Hey, y'all.

00:01:10 We're running a little bit behind. Not too long.

00:01:18 But I wanted to say good evening and welcome to Dallas.

00:01:24 My name's Bill Lowery, and I'm chairman of the local section.

00:01:30 And basically here to welcome you on behalf of the Dallas-Fort Worth section of the American Chemical Society.

00:01:37 And we hope that each and every one of you is having a great time in Big D tonight and all week.

00:01:48 And I would like to encourage you to make the best of the city.

00:01:54 And if you have any questions, any problems, or need any assistance, please see any of us.

00:02:08 You can probably find us in the hospitality section.

00:02:15 You know, basically, chemists, on a day-by-day basis, and each and every one of you can attest to this fact,

00:02:26 that we're faced with challenges.

00:02:30 Some that we don't know whether we can meet.

00:02:36 Some that we hope that we can meet.

00:02:42 And some that we pray that we can meet.

00:02:46 And tonight, the latter reaches me because the awards dinner and presentation is such a distinguished event.

00:03:03 And it's an honor for me to be with such distinguished colleagues here tonight.

00:03:13 In fact, it's kind of humbling.

00:03:16 But about five minutes before I left my room tonight to come to the reception, my glasses broke.

00:03:28 I had such a great, distinguished presentation to present.

00:03:39 Now I pray I can meet the challenge.

00:03:46 So you're going to be entertained for a very, very, very few moments by me.

00:04:00 Which I'm sure all of you will applaud to that.

00:04:09 I would like to just kind of tell you that the Dallas-Fort Worth section has a very unique method of electing chairman.

00:04:23 Especially on the year where we are honored to be the host of the national meeting.

00:04:32 Since the past ten years when, quote, TV show Dallas has been on, we have developed some sort of unique prototype.

00:04:48 Or everyone sees us in some sort of specific narrow vision of the type of people we are.

00:04:58 I didn't wear my boots tonight.

00:05:00 But the Dallas-Fort Worth section looked hard and fast to find one of the members with a true Texas accent.

00:05:16 And they found me and I was chosen.

00:05:19 That's how I got up here tonight.

00:05:27 But indeed, we all from the section, and there have been numerous people from our section that have worked hard.

00:05:37 And I would dearly love to mention each and every one of them tonight.

00:05:42 But there's far too much important information and people that are going to be here tonight.

00:05:52 That, you know, members please forgive me, I won't do it.

00:05:58 But the Dallas-Fort Worth section has worked hard for you.

00:06:06 And we hope that this 197th national meeting will be a joyous event for each and every one of you.

00:06:19 And we heartily welcome you to Dallas.

00:06:23 And we hope that this week is a grand time for you.

00:06:29 And we know that there's going to be some fantastic scientific information presented this week.

00:06:37 And we're looking forward to it.

00:06:39 And right now, it's my great honor to introduce to you our president, Dr. Clayton F. Callis.

00:07:02 Thank you, Dr. Lowry.

00:07:04 And good evening.

00:07:06 It's very difficult for a New York accent to follow a Texas accent.

00:07:13 I would like to welcome everyone here tonight.

00:07:18 And I would particularly like to recognize some of our special guests.

00:07:23 In doing so, I ask them to stand briefly.

00:07:27 Please withhold your applause until they all are standing.

00:07:32 First, ACS past presidents, William J. Bailey.

00:07:38 Where are you, Bill?

00:07:41 Fred Bisolo.

00:07:44 Ellis Fields.

00:07:47 Second, the president of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Professor John Ward and his wife, Mrs. Gwenda Ward.

00:07:57 We are also pleased to have with us the president of the American Ceramic Society, Dr. William W. Rhodes.

00:08:06 And the executive director of that society, Paul W. Holbrook.

00:08:11 Finally, I would like to recognize a distinguished scientist after whom a prestigious ACS award is named.

00:08:19 This is Dr. Alfred Bader, who is honored as namesake of the Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry.

00:08:30 And now you may applaud.

00:08:32 Applause

00:08:43 It gives me great pleasure to introduce Dr. George C. Pimentel, a remarkable scientist, educator, and administrator,

00:08:53 who is recipient of the Priestly Medal for 1989.

00:08:58 Dr. Pimentel earned his Ph.D. in 1949 at the University of California, Los Angeles.

00:09:06 During World War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project, served in the U.S. Navy, and at the Office of Naval Research.

00:09:16 Upon receiving his Ph.D., he joined the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley as a chemistry instructor.

00:09:28 He rose rapidly through the ranks to become professor of chemistry, and from 1966 through 1968, chairman of the chemistry department.

00:09:40 In 1977, Dr. Pimentel moved to Washington for a three-year term as deputy director of the National Science Foundation.

00:09:52 Since 1980, he has been associate director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and director of its laboratory of chemical biodynamics.

00:10:02 There are few individuals who could be nominated for the Priestly Medal with more justification than George Pimentel.

00:10:11 His contributions to chemistry have been simply outstanding.

00:10:16 Among these are the development of the chemical laser, matrix isolation of free radicals,

00:10:23 and many advances in photochemistry, chemical dynamics, spectroscopy, and studies of hydrogen bonding.

00:10:33 Dr. Pimentel's influence on chemistry goes well beyond his published research.

00:10:40 As an educator, his demanding standards have inspired many.

00:10:46 His former students are now faculty members at several of our nation's prominent and foremost universities.

00:10:54 Dr. Pimentel is a brilliant lecturer, known for the clarity, depth, and eloquence of his presentations.

00:11:04 In addition to his outstanding scientific and educational excellence,

00:11:09 George Pimentel has made extraordinary contributions to the chemical community

00:11:16 through membership on and chairmanship of a number of hard-working committees.

00:11:22 And finally, as president of the American Chemical Society,

00:11:28 the Pimentel Report, Opportunities in Chemistry,

00:11:32 has focused much beneficial attention on chemistry in our nation's capital and around the nation and in the world.

00:11:42 The honor which we confer on Dr. Pimentel this evening is the highest that the American Chemical Society can bestow.

00:11:52 Initiated in 1923, the Priestly Medal has been awarded to 52 outstanding members of our profession.

00:12:03 The citation for the Priestly Medal is brief and the same every year.

00:12:10 For recipients of the caliber of our Priestly Medalists,

00:12:14 no embellishment need be made on the words for distinguished service to chemistry.

00:12:22 More than four decades of brilliant contributions to chemistry

00:12:27 have clearly established our 1989 recipient, Dr. George Pimentel,

00:12:35 in that group that is honored in this succinct and exclusive fashion.

00:12:41 Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to present the 1989 Priestly Medal for Distinguished Services to Chemistry to George C. Pimentel.

00:12:53 I can't tell you how wonderful I feel tonight.

00:13:22 It's especially gratifying to see so many friends, old colleagues, former students,

00:13:32 and so many people from the ACS with whom I had worked while I was an officer in the ACS.

00:13:39 It's like old home week, and all of that, of course, made richer by this marvelous honor.

00:13:48 It's difficult to express the depth and the compass of my feelings

00:13:53 as I receive this 1989 Priestly Medal of the ACS.

00:13:58 It's with awe and some wonder that I consider the addition of my name

00:14:04 to the list of preeminent chemists who have been so honored in the past.

00:14:09 I notice with real satisfaction that the 1969 winner was Kenneth S. Pitzer,

00:14:15 who was my research director during my Ph.D. study at Berkeley.

00:14:19 Then I came across the 1986 winner of the Priestly Medal, J.D. Roberts.

00:14:26 Jack was my first teaching assistant when I entered chemistry as a freshman at UCLA.

00:14:33 And he scared the hell out of me, I'll tell you.

00:14:36 Always has.

00:14:40 These are only two of the many mentors who over the years have guided me,

00:14:46 inspired me, and instilled in me a love of chemistry.

00:14:52 I would like as well to pay some homage to Joseph Priestly, in whose name this award is given.

00:14:58 It's a pleasure to be even distantly related to Priestly,

00:15:02 because he displayed throughout his life many qualities I admire and try to emulate.

00:15:08 He was an idiosyncratic iconoclast who felt no reluctance to express views

00:15:13 counter to prevailing dogma.

00:15:16 He loved experimentation in chemistry, and he worked well alone,

00:15:20 guided by his own imagination and motivated by his native curiosity.

00:15:25 Late in his life, Joseph Priestly made a conscious decision

00:15:29 to remain in remote Northumberland, Pennsylvania,

00:15:32 rather than be distracted by the diversions of a more prestigious academic post in Philadelphia.

00:15:40 Let me remind you of some of the discoveries that came out of this individualistic approach.

00:15:45 When he was 11 years old, he noticed that spiders had a limited lifetime in a closed bottle,

00:15:51 presumably because of a depletion of some constituent of the atmospheric gas in the bottle.

00:15:57 Some years later, he became interested in the gas produced in a fermentation vat,

00:16:02 which he called fixed air.

00:16:05 This gas caused a flame to be extinguished, and he found that mice could not live in fixed air.

00:16:11 By dissolving some of the gas in water, he obtained a sparkling, pleasant-tasting drink,

00:16:17 thereby providing the foundations for the soda water industry.

00:16:21 Then, in 1972, he discovered that while spiders and mice had limited lifespans in a closed bottle,

00:16:29 the inclusion of plant life in the bottle restored the atmosphere

00:16:33 so that it would again sustain life and support combustion.

00:16:37 That was, of course, the real beginning of our study of photosynthesis.

00:16:41 Two years later, at the age of 41, Joseph Priestly discovered that solar light,

00:16:47 focused onto mercuric oxide, released a gas that was identified as the active element in air.

00:16:54 Priestly had discovered oxygen.

00:16:57 Priestly finally came to America because of his dissenting religious views,

00:17:02 and he spent the last ten years of his life conducting experiments in Northumberland, Pennsylvania.

00:17:07 Two of his achievements during this period were the discovery of carbon monoxide,

00:17:11 formed by passing hot steam over charcoal,

00:17:14 and the first discovery of what we now call acid rain.

00:17:18 He found nitric acid in freshly fallen snow

00:17:22 and deduced that it came from nitric oxide formed in the atmosphere by lightning.

00:17:27 There's one more quality of Joseph Priestly that I can mention.

00:17:31 He wasn't always right.

00:17:33 I like that in a person.

00:17:35 His discovery of oxygen makes some of us feel more comfortable.

00:17:41 His discovery of oxygen signaled the demise of the phlogiston theory of combustion,

00:17:47 but Priestly never gave up on that theory.

00:17:49 In his mid-60s, he published a pamphlet entitled,

00:17:53 The Doctrine of Phlogiston Established.

00:17:56 Why do I value this trait?

00:17:58 Well, it's because it identified him as an individual who thought for himself,

00:18:04 not to be swept along by scientific vogues.

00:18:07 This trait, I believe, is necessary for the bigger breakthroughs.

00:18:11 If one wants to tread on new ground, one must expect to stumble and fall once in a while.

00:18:18 Now, you people are all wondering, I'm sure,

00:18:20 when I'm ever going to get around to something appropriate to the title of this talk,

00:18:24 which I don't think you gave, did you?

00:18:28 Well, let me tell you, the title was supposed to be Chemistry at a Crossroad.

00:18:31 Now, those of you who know me will recognize this as a recently familiar theme.

00:18:36 Actually, ever since my three years as Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation.

00:18:42 While there, I became acutely aware of the mismatch

00:18:46 between the rich potentialities of chemistry today

00:18:49 and the tarnished public image carried by chemicals and the chemical industry.

00:18:54 The potentialities point the way down a road to discovery and advances

00:18:59 at an unprecedented rate.

00:19:02 But we've reached an intersection with another road

00:19:04 that cuts at right angles to this road to extended benefits from chemistry.

00:19:09 I realize that I don't have to convince this audience

00:19:12 that chemistry is poised for remarkable advances.

00:19:15 Nevertheless, let me enumerate a few of these possibilities.

00:19:19 Lasers have given us diagnostic probes that permit temporal resolution

00:19:23 down to the picosecond level.

00:19:26 This means that every chemical behavior we can imagine might be examined in real time.

00:19:31 Alongside these impressive possibilities,

00:19:33 computers have brought classical theory, pardon me,

00:19:37 chemical theory into a powerful partnership with experiment.

00:19:41 For polyatomic molecules composed of first row elements,

00:19:44 computational methods can predict structures and bond energies

00:19:47 as accurately as they can be measured.

00:19:50 At the other extreme, we are at a stage

00:19:53 at which biological functions can be understood at the molecular level.

00:19:57 Using powerful instruments such as high-resolution NMR,

00:20:00 two-dimensional NMR, X-ray crystallography, and mass spectrometry,

00:20:05 chemists are able to deduce chemical composition

00:20:08 of extremely complicated biological molecules

00:20:11 and then to map out the primary, secondary, and tertiary conformations

00:20:15 of these molecules, conformations that figure importantly in biological functions.

00:20:23 So we have on the horizon exciting new frontiers,

00:20:26 such as mapping the human genome,

00:20:29 synthesis of superconductors that operate even closer to room temperature,

00:20:33 synthesis of even more effective pharmaceutical drugs

00:20:37 to reduce suffering and increase longevity,

00:20:39 development of molecular-scale computers,

00:20:42 and who knows, perhaps even nuclear fusion in an electrochemical cell.

00:20:49 In view of such potentialities and promise,

00:20:55 one might expect that chemistry would be entering a golden era

00:20:58 of benefit to human society.

00:21:00 However, we find public attitudes pointing us down a road orthogonal

00:21:04 to this optimistic prospect,

00:21:06 a road that might deny us this golden era.

00:21:09 This new road is a rocky one, cobbled with fear and sensationalism.

00:21:14 Sad to say, it's sponsored and stimulated

00:21:18 by well-meaning environmentalists and single-issue advocates

00:21:22 who are well-versed in exploiting the news media,

00:21:26 who in turn are ever-searching for newsworthy and sensational stories

00:21:30 that will catch the attention of readers and TV viewers.

00:21:34 A message of alarm has that quality.

00:21:37 A message of reassurance does not.

00:21:40 This sensitivity and urgent desire for protection from the unknown

00:21:45 is spelled out in the New California Act, Proposition 65,

00:21:50 the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act.

00:21:54 This law, and you may ridicule it

00:21:56 because it comes from that wild place called California,

00:21:59 but it's going to be copied all over the country, you watch.

00:22:02 This law has the following provisions.

00:22:04 One, of course, to protect drinking water from industrial contamination.

00:22:09 Two, it requires businesses to warn people about potential hazards

00:22:12 to which they are being exposed.

00:22:15 Three, it requires the state to publish a yearly list of dangerous chemicals,

00:22:20 where safe means less than one case of cancer per 100,000 exposed.

00:22:27 It has a bounty hunter clause,

00:22:30 enabling citizens to sue possible violators

00:22:34 and collect a portion of the settlement, whether they claim injury or not.

00:22:38 Now, this warning requirement that I mentioned,

00:22:41 requiring businesses to warn people about potential hazards,

00:22:45 has a wide reach.

00:22:47 It applies to gas stations.

00:22:49 Benzene, of course, is present in gasoline,

00:22:53 lead additives in gasoline.

00:22:55 It applies to dry cleaners.

00:22:57 They use perchloroethylenes.

00:22:59 To restaurants who serve wine, beer, charred food, sugar, even table salt.

00:23:04 Even to grocers.

00:23:06 Now vegetables, because of the possibility of pesticides.

00:23:10 Drinks, artificial sweeteners or caffeine.

00:23:13 Herbal tea, peanut butter, preserved meat.

00:23:17 Richard Lipkin writes about Proposition 65 this way.

00:23:21 Proposition 65 highlights in stark fashion

00:23:25 an ongoing American debate about how to respond to risk.

00:23:29 It is a debate that touches on some of the most primal human passions.

00:23:34 Fear of death, fear of the unknown.

00:23:37 And raises the question of whether the political system

00:23:40 is capable of reasoned policies in the faces of such fears.

00:23:45 He goes on to say Americans today feel they are more at risk than ever before.

00:23:51 And yet, in terms of health, life expectancy, and even accidents,

00:23:56 things have improved greatly.

00:23:58 Ironically, the more the nation spends on regulations and environmental controls,

00:24:03 the less safe the American public seems to feel.

00:24:06 It's a strange paradox.

00:24:09 This public fear and susceptibility of public response to panic response

00:24:14 is illustrated in the recent furor over the fruit-ripener hormone LR.

00:24:20 Diminozid unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine.

00:24:25 This incident was initiated by the National Resources Defense Council, NRDC.

00:24:33 Using models for extrapolation from animal tests to humans, as everyone must do,

00:24:39 they estimate that 5,000 children per year may develop cancer in their elderly years

00:24:45 as a result of their exposure to eight pesticides during their preschool years.

00:24:50 NDRC says flatly that this risk is intolerable.

00:24:56 NDRC does not advertise the fact that in a population of 22 million preschool children,

00:25:02 5.5 million will ultimately get cancer anyway.

00:25:07 Thus, the NDRC estimate of 5,000, if correct,

00:25:11 and that's probably a worst-case estimate,

00:25:14 would represent a barely noticeable perturbation of only 0.025% of the expected total.

00:25:22 Neither did NDRC in its presentation on the 60 Minutes TV show

00:25:30 mention the fact that only about 5% of the apple growers currently spray with ALR.

00:25:35 On the same day that three federal agencies responsible for food safety,

00:25:40 the FDA, the EPA, and OSHA,

00:25:43 made a joint announcement that ALR is not an imminent hazard to children,

00:25:47 on the same day that they made that announcement,

00:25:50 the NDRC enlisted a movie actress, Meryl Streep,

00:25:53 to testify before a packed Senate Labor and Human Resources subcommittee.

00:25:59 She announced that,

00:26:00 even now, we don't know what's on our food.

00:26:04 I no longer want my children to be part of this experiment.

00:26:08 The outcome in our litigious society was predictable.

00:26:11 Meryl Streep prevailed.

00:26:13 Apples were removed from school cafeteria in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

00:26:18 One school official said it was overreaction carried to the point of stupidity.

00:26:23 This strong statement can be backed up by the statements of concern

00:26:26 and authoritative scientists like Professor Bruce Ames,

00:26:30 biochemist at UC Berkeley and inventor of the Ames test for mutagenicity.

00:26:37 He says,

00:26:38 the quantitative extrapolation from rodents to humans,

00:26:42 particularly at low doses,

00:26:44 is guesswork that we have no way of validating.

00:26:47 We are ingesting in our diet at least 10,000 times more weight of natural pesticides

00:26:55 than of man-made pesticide residues.

00:26:58 These are natural, toxic chemicals

00:27:01 that appear to be present in all plants

00:27:03 and serve to protect plants against fungi, insects, and animal predators.

00:27:09 Richard Wilson, a Harvard physicist,

00:27:11 focuses on the dilemma we face.

00:27:14 Almost every regulation of chemical risk

00:27:17 is a willingness to accept natural chemicals

00:27:20 over a willingness to accept artificial chemicals.

00:27:24 This willingness has nothing to do with risk.

00:27:27 And Richard Lipkin adds,

00:27:29 the problem is how to achieve perspective as relative risks

00:27:33 and how to communicate the fact that risk, by definition, cannot be eliminated.

00:27:40 Believe it or not, I found one faint ray of hope for the future in this ALAR incident.

00:27:45 Some of the media seem to have awakened to the fact

00:27:48 that they are being manipulated to stimulate this panic response.

00:27:53 For example, Time magazine on March 27 published an article

00:27:57 that distinctly questions the rationality and appropriateness

00:28:01 of the course of events in the ALAR apple furor.

00:28:04 Quotes from this article convey its tone throughout.

00:28:08 The incident demonstrates how the public increasingly demands

00:28:12 a risk-free society, whatever the cost.

00:28:16 Immune from the ills that all less affluent societies,

00:28:21 that ail less affluent societies,

00:28:24 America has the luxury of fretting over the little things.

00:28:28 These are quotes from this Time magazine article.

00:28:31 And then regulation that swoops down on the scare of the week

00:28:35 keeps attention diverted from the problems individuals can do less about,

00:28:39 like acid rain and overflowing trash dumps.

00:28:42 Noting that some of the leaders of these environmentalist organizations

00:28:46 come from the protest generation of the late 60s,

00:28:49 the article summarizes,

00:28:51 they turn to perfecting their immediate environment,

00:28:55 pressing the government for help,

00:28:57 and suing anyone who did not share their finicky obsessions.

00:29:01 Safety regulations multiplied,

00:29:03 tort law loomed, boomed, and liability rates soared.

00:29:08 Those are strong words coming from a public news medium.

00:29:12 Could it be that at last the media are recognizing

00:29:15 their tacit participation in spreading irrationality, fear, and panic response?

00:29:22 Well, now I must turn to what can be done to help the situation.

00:29:26 Much is at stake for all technologically advanced cultures.

00:29:31 I believe that a massive and ongoing campaign of public education is needed.

00:29:36 This campaign must be launched and led by people who understand risk assessment,

00:29:40 people who are used to dealing with uncertainty and tentativity,

00:29:44 and by people who see the rich possibilities that might be lost.

00:29:48 Who are these people?

00:29:50 They're us, you and me.

00:29:53 We're all familiar with chemical hazards.

00:29:55 We're used to assessing danger

00:29:57 and taking rational and appropriate measures to avoid injury.

00:30:01 There are many fronts on which to act, many roles to be filled.

00:30:05 Each one of us must ask, where can I participate?

00:30:10 Here are some possibilities.

00:30:13 One, you can actively engage in communicating with the public

00:30:16 about the risk-benefit assessment.

00:30:19 Let your voice of reason and perspective be heard,

00:30:22 whether it be across the back fence talking to neighbors,

00:30:25 talks at Rotary Club, or any other arena where you can reach concerned citizens.

00:30:31 Find your place in making the ACS National Chemistry Week a big success.

00:30:39 Another possibility, engage actively in communicating with the public

00:30:43 about societal benefits that flow from chemistry.

00:30:47 See that promising advances come into public view

00:30:50 through newspaper articles and TV reports.

00:30:53 Get acquainted with the science reporters in your city.

00:30:56 Make your expertise available to them.

00:30:59 Once again, National Chemistry Week might be the place to get your feet wet.

00:31:04 Three, help upgrade the presentation of chemistry

00:31:07 as part of the education of non-scientists.

00:31:11 If you're in academia, help design attractive

00:31:14 and interesting college courses for non-scientists.

00:31:18 More important, get involved at the pre-college level,

00:31:22 particularly at the middle school level.

00:31:25 My experience in summer institutes for middle school teachers

00:31:28 points this as a disaster area.

00:31:31 The average middle school teacher took their last chemistry course in high school

00:31:35 and hated it.

00:31:38 The usual approach to chemistry in such a cross-disciplinary course

00:31:42 is to spend a little time talking about pollution in the environment.

00:31:47 Instead of attracting their students to want to learn more about chemistry,

00:31:52 these teachers subtly convey their own discomfort with the field.

00:31:56 They need reassurance and guidance

00:31:58 so they can speak about chemistry with confidence.

00:32:01 Take your turn by finding an active political role,

00:32:04 whether it be participating in expert panels advisory

00:32:07 to local, state, and federal agencies,

00:32:10 or accepting a tour of duty in Washington, D.C.,

00:32:13 from a leadership role in one of the science-oriented federal agencies

00:32:17 right up to the president's science advisor.

00:32:20 This is a time for action.

00:32:23 We are the individuals who can and must lead in this action campaign.

00:32:28 It's a responsibility we cannot sidestep.

00:32:31 Please join in.

00:32:33 Help us get back on the right road.

00:32:35 Thank you very much.

00:32:37 Applause

00:32:58 Thank you, Dr. Pimentel.

00:33:01 You honor us both by your presence here tonight

00:33:05 and by the remarks you have just made.

00:33:08 We now come to the presentation

00:33:11 of the 36 ACS Awards for Professional Achievement.

00:33:16 The citations for these awards

00:33:19 are printed in the programs you have for this meeting.

00:33:23 The order of presentation of awards

00:33:27 will be in the order of the date of the establishment of the award.

00:33:32 Dr. Paul Gassman, president-elect of the Society,

00:33:36 will read the titles of the awards

00:33:39 and the name of each recipient

00:33:41 and the name of the sponsor and the sponsor's representative.

00:33:45 We ask that each participant come forward

00:33:49 for presentation of award ahead of time

00:33:52 on the area to my left by the stage,

00:33:56 and we ask that the presentation

00:34:00 then be made and you pass off on the right side.

00:34:05 We ask that you hold your applause

00:34:08 until all of the awards are presented.

00:34:11 Paul, will you please come forward?

00:34:22 Thank you, Dr. Callis.

00:34:25 As with Dr. Callis,

00:34:28 I, too, was born in New York.

00:34:37 And I'm very pleased that you all could join us here in Dallas

00:34:40 this evening for this presentation.

00:34:53 The awards this evening,

00:34:56 as has been said, are the 1989 awards,

00:34:59 and I'll stop at this point and talk in my own voice.

00:35:02 The first award, the 1989 American Chemical Society Award

00:35:05 in Pure Chemistry, sponsored by Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity,

00:35:09 goes to Dr. Stuart L. Schreiber of Harvard University.

00:35:13 The presenter will be Dr. Paul R. Jones,

00:35:16 Grand Collegiate L-Chemist, Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity.

00:35:26 Thank you.

00:35:38 The 1989 Garvin Medal, sponsored by Olin Corporation,

00:35:48 goes to Dr. Kathleen C. Taylor of the General Motors Corporation.

00:35:53 The award will be given by Dr. Irving Shane,

00:35:57 Vice President and Chief Scientist, Olin Corporation.

00:36:09 The 1989 Patiaf Prize goes to Dr. Alexander M. Klebenoff

00:36:15 of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

00:36:18 The award will be presented by Dr. Robert L. Burwell, Jr.,

00:36:22 Patiaf Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University.

00:36:31 The 1989 Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry,

00:36:35 sponsored by the Merck Sharp and Dome Research Laboratories,

00:36:38 goes to Dr. Walter A. Zarek, Queens University.

00:36:43 The award is presented by Dr. Richard Tolman,

00:36:46 Director of Exploratory Chemistry,

00:36:48 Merck Sharp and Dome Research Laboratories.

00:36:53 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry,

00:37:00 sponsored by Fisher Scientific Company,

00:37:03 goes to Dr. Fred C. Anson of the California Institute of Technology.

00:37:07 Mr. Dale Mars of the Sales Manager, Southwest Region,

00:37:11 Fisher Scientific Company, will be the presenter.

00:37:15 The Ernest Gunther Award in the Chemistry of Essential Oils and Related Products,

00:37:20 sponsored by Fritchie Dodge Olcott,

00:37:23 goes to Dr. Henry Rappaport of the University of California, Berkeley.

00:37:27 The presenter is Dr. Robert G. Eilerman,

00:37:29 Director of Research, Fritchie Dodge Olcott.

00:37:38 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award

00:37:42 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Petroleum Chemistry,

00:37:46 sponsored by the Amico Foundation,

00:37:48 goes to Dr. Thomas Assel, Exxon Research and Engineering Company,

00:37:53 and will be presented by Dr. Ellis K. Fields,

00:37:56 Research Consultant, Amico Chemicals Company.

00:38:05 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Education,

00:38:09 sponsored by Union Carbide Corporation,

00:38:11 goes to Dr. Joseph J. Legowski, University of Texas, Austin.

00:38:16 The presenter is Dr. William P. Samuels,

00:38:19 Manager, Corporate Technology, Union Carbide Corporation.

00:38:28 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Colloid or Surface Chemistry,

00:38:32 sponsored by the Kendall Company,

00:38:34 goes to Dr. Arthur T. Hubbard, University of Cincinnati,

00:38:38 The presenter is Dr. W. Ross Yates,

00:38:41 Section Head, Materials Characterization Group, the Kendall Company.

00:38:50 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award for Nuclear Chemistry,

00:38:54 sponsored by the Amersham Corporation,

00:38:56 goes to Dr. Ronald D. McFarlane, Texas A&M University.

00:39:01 The presenter is Mr. David G. Kolosinski,

00:39:06 Vice President, Research Products, Amersham Corporation.

00:39:15 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work

00:39:18 in Synthetic Organic Chemistry,

00:39:20 sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Company, Incorporated,

00:39:23 goes to Dr. Derek H.R. Barton, Texas A&M University.

00:39:27 The presenter is Dr. Alfred Bader,

00:39:29 Chairman, Aldrich Chemical Company, Incorporated.

00:39:37 The James T. Grady James H. Stack Award

00:39:41 for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public,

00:39:44 goes to Mr. Robert Canegal, Baltimore, Maryland.

00:39:47 The presenter is Mrs. Helen M. Freed,

00:39:49 Chairman, Committee on Public Affairs and Public Relations,

00:39:52 American Chemical Society.

00:39:59 The 1989 E. V. Murphy Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry,

00:40:04 sponsored by Exxon Research and Engineering Company

00:40:07 and Exxon Chemical Company,

00:40:09 goes to Dr. Warren E. Stewart, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

00:40:12 The presenter is Dr. Andrew Kaldor,

00:40:15 Director, Research Chemistry Laboratory,

00:40:17 Corporate Research Laboratories,

00:40:19 Exxon Research and Engineering Company.

00:40:26 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Chromatography,

00:40:30 sponsored by Sopelco, Incorporated,

00:40:33 goes to Dr. Fred E. Grenier, Purdue University.

00:40:36 The presenter is Dr. Daryl J. Gish,

00:40:38 Manager, Solid Phase Extraction R&D, Sopelco, Incorporated.

00:40:47 The 1989 Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry,

00:40:51 sponsored by Organic Reactions, Incorporated

00:40:53 and Organic Synthesis, Incorporated,

00:40:55 goes to Dr. George A. Ola, University of Southern California.

00:40:58 Dr. Ola is here tonight,

00:41:00 but this award will not be presented tonight.

00:41:02 Rather, it will be presented

00:41:03 during the 31st National Organic Symposium

00:41:05 in Ithaca, New York, June 18-22, 1989.

00:41:09 And I invite all you organic chemists to be there.

00:41:12 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry,

00:41:19 sponsored by Monsanto Company,

00:41:21 goes to Dr. Malcolm H. Chisholm of Indiana University.

00:41:24 The award will be presented by

00:41:26 Dr. Dennis P. Reilly, Science Fellow, Monsanto Company.

00:41:32 The 1989 Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry,

00:41:47 sponsored by E. I. DuPont, Denumerous & Company,

00:41:50 goes to Dr. Gabor H. Somerjai

00:41:52 of the University of California, Berkeley.

00:41:54 The presenter is Dr. James E. Notke,

00:41:56 Director, Advanced Materials,

00:41:58 E. I. DuPont, Denumerous & Company.

00:42:02 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry,

00:42:13 sponsored by Mobil Chemical Company,

00:42:15 goes to Dr. William R. Krigbaum of Duke University.

00:42:19 Unfortunately, Dr. Krigbaum is quite ill,

00:42:22 and the reward will be received on his behalf tonight

00:42:25 by Dr. Greg L. Brailsford.

00:42:28 The presenter is Dr. Wu-Yang Lee,

00:42:30 Manager, Polyolefins R&D, Mobil Chemical Company.

00:42:40 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award

00:42:43 for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry,

00:42:46 sponsored by Mellon Crowd, Incorporated,

00:42:48 goes to Dr. Neil Bartlett of the University of California, Berkeley.

00:42:52 The presenter will be Dr. C. Philip Shank,

00:42:54 Director of Technology, Mellon Crowd, Incorporated.

00:43:05 The 1989 James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry,

00:43:09 sponsored by the Northeast Section of the American Chemical Society,

00:43:12 goes to Dr. William Von Eggers-During of Harvard University.

00:43:16 The presenter will be Dr. Michael E. Strim,

00:43:18 Chairman, Northeast Section, American Chemical Society.

00:43:29 The 1989 Henry H. Storch Award in Fuel Chemistry,

00:43:33 sponsored by Exxon Research and Engineering Company,

00:43:35 goes to Dr. Harry Marsh of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

00:43:40 The presenter is Dr. Eldon B. Priestley,

00:43:42 Manager, Research and Development Laboratories,

00:43:45 Exxon Research and Engineering Company.

00:43:55 The 1989 James Bryant Canada Award in High School Chemistry Teaching,

00:43:59 sponsored by Ethel Corporation, goes to Dr. Clifford L. Schrader,

00:44:03 Dover High School, Dover, Ohio.

00:44:05 The presenter is Mr. Kenneth H. Schmidt,

00:44:08 Manager, Advertising and Sales Promotion,

00:44:10 Chemicals Group, Ethel Corporation.

00:44:22 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention,

00:44:25 sponsored by the Corporation Associates,

00:44:28 goes to Dr. George Levitt, E.I. DuPont De Numeris & Company, retired.

00:44:34 The presenter will be Dr. John R. Norell,

00:44:36 Chairman, Committee on Corporate Associates, American Chemical Society.

00:44:46 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Applied Polymer Science,

00:44:50 sponsored by the Phillips Petroleum Company,

00:44:52 goes to Dr. Leo Mandelkern, Florida State University.

00:44:57 The presenter will be Dr. D.G. Brady,

00:45:00 Manager, Polymers and Materials, Phillips Petroleum Company.

00:45:10 The 1989 Arthur C. Cope Award will go to Dr. William S. Johnson of Stanford University.

00:45:15 This award will be presented at the 198th National ACS Meeting in Miami, Florida,

00:45:21 September 10-15, 1989.

00:45:25 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Advances

00:45:28 in Environmental Science and Technology,

00:45:30 sponsored by Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated,

00:45:33 goes to Dr. James G. Anderson of Harvard University.

00:45:37 The presenter will be Dr. James F. Roth, Corporate Chief Scientist,

00:45:41 Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated.

00:45:50 The 1989 Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry,

00:45:54 sponsored by J.T. Baker Incorporated,

00:45:57 goes to Dr. Nicholas J. Kirshner, Stanford University,

00:46:01 and to his advisor, Dr. Michael Bowers.

00:46:05 The award will be presented by Dr. Harold A. Kaufman,

00:46:08 Vice President, Research and Development, J.T. Baker Incorporated.

00:46:20 The 1989 Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry

00:46:26 of Liquids, sponsored by E.I. DuPont DeNumers & Company,

00:46:29 goes to Dr. David Chandler, University of California, Berkeley.

00:46:33 The presenter will be Dr. James E. Notke,

00:46:35 Director, Advanced Materials, E.I. DuPont DeNumers & Company.

00:46:46 The 1989 Earl B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management,

00:46:51 sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company,

00:46:53 goes to Dr. George W. Parshall, E.I. DuPont DeNumers & Company.

00:46:58 The award will be presented by Mr. David L. Nijbos,

00:47:01 Director, Texas Applied Science and Technology Laboratories,

00:47:04 the Dow Chemical Company.

00:47:13 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Separation Science and Technology,

00:47:18 sponsored by Roman Haas Company, goes to Dr. J.M.S. Hennis,

00:47:22 Monsanto Company.

00:47:24 The award will be presented by Mr. Anthony J. Testa, Romicon Incorporated.

00:47:38 The 1989 Frank H. Field and Joelle Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement

00:47:43 in Mass Spectrometry, goes to Dr. Fred W. McLafferty of Cornell University.

00:47:49 The award will be presented by Mr. James D. Buckner,

00:47:53 Vice President, Applications and Development, X-Trail Corporation.

00:48:06 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry,

00:48:10 sponsored by Dow Chemical Company Foundation,

00:48:13 goes to Dr. Tobin J. Marks of Northwestern University.

00:48:17 The award will be presented by Dr. Philip E. Garu,

00:48:20 Central Research Technology Development, Dow Chemical Company.

00:48:32 The 1989 Chemical Society Award for Computers and Chemistry,

00:48:35 sponsored by Digital Equipment Corporation, goes to Dr. Christy G. Enke,

00:48:39 Michigan State University.

00:48:41 The award will be presented by Dr. James T. Curry, Jr.,

00:48:44 Laboratory Automation Consultant, Digital Equipment Corporation.

00:48:54 The 1989 American Chemical Society Award for Research at Undergraduate Institutions,

00:48:59 sponsored by Research Corporation, goes to Dr. Lon B. Knight, Jr.,

00:49:03 Furman University.

00:49:05 The presenter will be Mr. R. Scott Pyron, Research Corporation.

00:49:16 The 1989 Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic and Bioorganic Chemistry,

00:49:21 goes to Dr. Jeremy R. Knowles of Harvard University.

00:49:25 The presenter will be Dr. Alfred Bader, Donor.

00:49:37 The 1989 Board of Directors Distinguished Service Award for Senior ACS Administrators,

00:49:43 goes to Mr. Rodney N. Hayter, American Chemical Society, retired.

00:49:48 The presenter will be Dr. Ernest L. Elio, Chairman,

00:49:51 Board of Directors, American Chemical Society.

00:50:09 That's all I have to say, and I'll turn the podium back to Dr. Kahless.

00:50:14 Thank you for the title.

00:50:21 Now I would like for all of the recipients to stand again,

00:50:25 and let's give them all a round of applause.

00:50:55 Thank you.

00:51:24 Thank you.

00:51:54 Thank you.

00:52:24 Thank you.

00:52:54 Thank you.