
NORTHEASTERN SECTION
of the
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Education Awards
Thursday, the 13th of May
Two thousand twenty-one
EVENTS FOR THIS EVENING |
May Board Meeting 4:30 p.m.Break for Dinner 5:45 p.m.Virtual Networking 6:30 p.m.Award Meeting 7:00 p.m.Awards 7:55 p.m.
PROGRAM
Raj (SB) Rajur, NESACS Chair-Presiding
Introduction of this evening’s speaker by
Morton Hoffman
NESACS Councilor
William F. Carroll, Jr.
2005 American Chemical Society President
Chemists Celebrating Earth Week
Poetry Contest Award |
Jayashree Ranga
Salem State University Chair, CCEW |
The College and University Awards |
Ruth Tanner University of Massachusetts Lowell Acting Chair, NESACS Education Committee |
Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference (NSCRC)
|
Meredith Ward
Chair
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Dr. Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Book Award | Ruth Tanner |
The High School Awards | Steve Lantos
Brookline High School Chair, High School Education
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The Theodore William Richards
Teaching Award |
Steve Lantos |
Aula Laudis Society Induction | Ann Lambert
Chair, Aula Laudis
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Avery Ashdown Contest | Alan Crosby
Chair, Ashdown Examination
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The Simmons University Prize | Professor Michael Berger
Simmons University |
Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr.
2005 American Chemical Society President
Title: What I Learned: Forty Years of Acquired Knowledge That Has Nothing To Do With Science
Abstract: One of the things attributed to Yogi Berra that he probably never said is, “You can observe a lot just by watching.” A corollary that he probably never said either is, “Pay attention to what’s going on around you; you might learn something.” Personally, I’ve tried to take both of those non-Yogi-isms to heart. This talk is about some of the bits of what I hope are wisdom that I accumulated in forty years in the chemical industry as a scientist, a manager, a spokesperson, an advocate, a diplomat and an ACS volunteer. All of it is useful inside or outside the chemical industry.
Biography: Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr., holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. He retired from Occidental Chemical Corporation in 2015 after 37 years and now heads his own company, Carroll Applied Science, LLC. He is also Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Indiana. Bill has served as President and as Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society (ACS), one of three living members to hold both offices. He is a Fellow of ACS, as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). In 2009, he was chair of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents. Bill has received Distinguished Alumni Awards from both Indiana and DePauw and has over seventy-five publications in the fields of organic electrochemistry, polymer chemistry, combustion chemistry, incineration, plastics recycling, sustainability and … popular music history and analytics.