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American Chemical Society 2009 Northwest Regional Meeting Final Report 

I. Introduction 

A. Executive Summary 

The Puget Sound Section of the American Chemical Society hosted the 64 th Northwest 

Regional Meeting (NORM) on June 28 – July 1, 2009 in Tacoma, WA at Pacific Lutheran 

University (PLU). The NORM 2009 website is www.chem.plu.edu/norm2009. 

Themes of the meeting included Chemistry, Energy, and Sustainability, Bioanalytical 

Mass Spectrometry, Chemistry of the Bioregion, Medicinal Chemistry, Novel Polymer Science 

for Modern Applications, and others. Prominent speakers came from MIT, the University of 

Illinois, UCLA, the University of Washington, University of Oregon, University of British 

Columbia, and other major institutions. Abstracts were received from as far away as Hawaii and 

Massachusetts. Exciting research presentations delved into timely topics such as nanotechnology, 

the environment, innovative alternate energy generation, catalysis, medicinal chemistry, and 

polymer synthesis. NORM 2009 also featured presentations in chemical education, the 

chemistry of chocolate, and workshops on career development. 

NORM 2009 included a Chem Demo Exchange by ACS Student Affiliate Chapters, and 

a “Wizards of Chemistry” show by Puget Sound Section members Herb Bryce and Tim Hoyt. 

A one-woman dramatic presentation of “Madame Curie” was presented by Carole Berg. 

The Museum of Glass, on the waterfront in downtown Tacoma, was the stunning 

location for the Awards Banquet. Glass artists worked in the Hot Shop throughout the evening. 

Banquet attendees were able to watch the creation of glass art in the Hot Shop before and after the 

meal. It would have been hard to imagine a more spectacular venue for the banquet. 

NORM expenses were roughly $35,000 and income was over $39,000. Thus, the NORM 

2009 budget closed with revenue exceeding expenses by over $4000. 

Information about NORM 2009 persists at www.chem.plu.edu/norm2009. In sum, 

NORM 2009’s cutting edge scientific program, its central location in the Puget Sound area (less 

than an hour from Seattle and Olympia), and the beautiful Northwest summer environment helped 

shape an outstanding nexus for attendees from industry, academia, government, and the 

community. 

General Chair: Craig Fryhle, fryhle@chem.plu.edu 

Program Chair: Dean Waldow, waldow@chem.plu.edu 

Exhibits Chair: Terry Nicksic, nicksitd@plu.edu 

Treasurer: Neal Yakelis (yakelis@chem.plu.edu)

B. Site Selection 

In early 2005 Pacific Lutheran University (PLU, Tacoma, WA) expressed an 

interest in hosting NORM 2009 for the Puget Sound Section. A bid was presented by 

PLU at NORM 2005 in Fairbanks, AK, which was accepted by the NOR Board. 

The Puget Sound Section: Advantages of the Puget Sound area included the following 

parameters. The Puget Sound Section has approximately 1800 members. It is home to 

nearly a dozen four-year colleges and universities, including the University of 

Washington, and an acclaimed and broad network of community colleges. The Puget 

Sound area is a hub for industry, as well, including Amgen, Boeing, Weyerhaeuser, and 

many others. It is also well-connected to government laboratories. NOAA has a 

laboratory in the area, and many scientists in the Puget Sound Section enjoy ties with 

Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) in Richland. The Puget Sound Section 

has the ability to draw participation and involvement from academic, government, and 

industrial members of our section. 

Pacific Lutheran University: The PLU campus was well-suited to host NORM 2009. 

Several new or renovated venues were available for the meeting. 

The most important venue was the Morken Center for Learning and Technology 

(MCLT), which opened in Spring 2006. It is a state-of-the-art facility for instruction and 

meetings. All concurrent sessions of NORM 2009 were held in Morken. It was also the 

location of the vendor exhibition and poster sessions. Vendors benefited from the fact 

that concurrent sessions surrounded the exhibition area. Box lunches were also served in 

the vendor area. 

Leraas Hall (180 seats) in Rieke Science Center, adjacent to the Morken Center 

for Learning and Technology, was the venue for NORM 2009 plenary lectures. Rieke 

Science Center. Leraas Hall was nearly full for the plenary lectures. It provided a 

comfortable and well-functioning space for the keynote addresses. 

The Scandinavian Cultural Center within the University Center, which has 

banquet facilities and a small stage, was the venue for the Women Chemists Committee 

(WCC) Luncheon. Tthe “Madame Curie” one-woman dramatic presentation by Carole 

Berg followed the WCC luncheon immediately. . 

Off-site lodging was available at the Puyallup Best Western and Holiday Inn 

Express, as well as the Tacoma Shilo Inn. Blocks of rooms were reserved a year in 

advance. 

C. Organizing Committee 

General Chair – Craig Fryhle (Pacific Lutheran University) 

Program Chair – Dean Waldow (Pacific Lutheran University)

Exhibits Chair – Terry Nicksic (Pacific Lutheran University) 

Treasurer – Neal Yakelis (Pacific Lutheran University) 

Fundraising Co-chairs 

• Kerry Fowler (2008 Puget Sound Section Chair), 

• Craig Fryhle (PLU), 

• Dean Waldow (PLU) 

Awards Co-Chairs - Clarita Bhat (Shoreline Community College), Janet Bryant (Pacific 

Northwest National Laboratory) 

Undergraduate Program Chair - Neal Yakelis (Pacific Lutheran University) 

Women Chemists Committee and Diversity Committee Luncheon Co-Chairs - 

Stacia Rink (Pacific Lutheran University), Janet Bryant (Pacific Northwest National 

Laboratory) 

Web Site 

• Webmaster and site design - Dean Waldow (PLU) 

• Web content - Dean Waldow and Craig Fryhle (PLU) 

• NORM 2009 banner graphic design - Craig Fryhle (PLU) 

ACS Office of Regional Meetings Liaison - John Michael Sophos 

2009 ACS Puget Sound Section Executive Committee Chair: Jim Boyce 

D. Organizing Committee Operations 

The NORM 2009 Organizing Committee streamlined planning for the conference 

by not holding any plenary meetings of the committee. The General Chair, Program 

Chair, Exhibits Chair, and Treasurer met in-person and by email to handle top-level 

organizing duties. John Sophos (ACS Meeting Planner) provided ongoing advice and 

assistance, both through in-person visits and through email and telephone conference 

calls. The General Chair met with some committee chairs in the context of other 

meetings (e.g., Puget Sound Local Section Executive Committee meetings). Email and 

occasional telephone communication with other committee chairs sufficed to supplement 

or replace in-person contacts. 

E. Budget Development 

The initial budget proposal presented in 2005 was based closely on that of a prior 

NORM. One important factor in planning NORM 2009 was that use of a university 

campus for the site meant it was not necessary to engage in potentially costly hotel

contracts for meeting space. Arranging no-penalty contracts for blocks of rooms at local 

hotels also reduced budget uncertainty. 

Arrangements for the awards banquet were the largest single budgetary planning 

parameter. It was necessary to sign contracts with the Museum of Glass and a caterer in 

one year in advance, in June 2008. The economic downturn at the end of 2008, however, 

brought significant uncertainty as to whether NORM 2009 could afford these plans for 

the banquet. We reduced our original registration estimate from 750-1000 down to 500, 

which in turn reduced projected income for the meeting. Final iterations of the budget 

were made in spring 2009 as vendor registrations and grant support settled into place. 

F. Lessons Learned 

(1) Attendance estimates made four years in advance are very unreliable, especially 

when circumstances like the economic crash of 2008 take place in the interim. 

(2) Holding NORM on a university campus helped keep costs low and minimized 

inflexible financial commitments. In turn, this allowed a bit of financial risktaking 

with regard to the Awards Banquet (at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma). 

(3) Blocks of rooms reserved at area hotels went largely unfilled. Most attendees 

commuted to the meeting. 

(4) It was a good decision not to print abstracts in the program book, for both 

financial and environmental reasons. 

II. Meeting Program 

A. Program Overview 

Program Chair – Dean Waldow (Pacific Lutheran University) 

General Chair – Craig Fryhle (Pacific Lutheran University) 

A block schedule overview of the program is attached as an appendix. Please also see the 

program book and website: www.chem.plu.edu/norm2009. 

NORM technical sessions, symposia were as follows. 

Sessions 

• Analytical, Chair - Gary Christian (University of Washington) 

• Biochemistry - Stacia Rink (Pacific Lutheran University) 

• Chemical Education, - Dharshi Bopegedera (The Evergreen State College) and 

Carole Berg (Bellevue College) 

• High School Chemistry, Chair - Steve Ufer (Washington High School, Tacoma) 

• Inorganic, Chair - Mark Wicholas (Western Washington University, Emeritus) 

• Medicinal Chemisty - Kerry Fowler (Past-chair, Puget Sound Section) 

• Organic - Kerry Fowler (Past-chair, Puget Sound Section) 

• Physical - Dean Waldow 

• Undergraduate Program, Chair - Neal Yakelis (Pacific Lutheran University)

Symposia 

• Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry, Chair Frantisek Turecek (University of 

Washington) 

• Chemistry of Chocolate, Chair Rob Synovec (University of Washington) and 

Andy McShea (Theo Chocoloates) 

• Chemistry of the Bioregion, Chair - Brian Naasz (Pacific Lutheran University) 

• Chemistry, Energy, and Sustainability, Chair - Justin Lytle (Pacific Lutheran 

University) 

• Clinical Chemistry, Chair - Arden Forrey (University of Washington) 

• Lab Safety Program, Chair - Douglas Mandt (Pacific Lutheran University) 

• Novel Polymer Science for Modern Applications, Co-Chairs - Mark Dadmun 

(University of Tennessee, Knoxville) and Dean Waldow (Pacific Lutheran 

University) 

• Strategies to promote active learning - Dharshi Bopegedera (The Evergreen State 

College) and Carole Berg (Bellevue College) 

Special Events 

In addition to the technical sessions and symposia, special events included: 

• The Wizards of Chemistry Show, by Dr. Herb Bryce 

(Seattle Central Community College, Emeritus) and Mr. 

Tim Hoyt (University of Puget Sound), which served as a 

public event to open NORM 2009 on Sunday evening 

June 28. The show was very well-received and 

attendance was excellent. Photos are available at this 

link. 

• A Chem Demo Exchange by the PLU ACS 

Student Affiliate Chapter and supported by a 

grant from the ACS Office of Undergraduate 

Programs. The focus was on demonstrations 

that utilized green chemistry techniques and 

household chemicals. 

• The Women Chemists Committee (WCC) and Diversity Committee (DC) 

Luncheon was organized by Dr. Stacia Rink (Pacific Lutheran University), and 

featured Dr. Dharshi Bopegedera (The Evergreen State College). Dr. 

Bopegedera’s, keynote speech, entitled “Women Inspiring Women and Men! – 

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” was about women who have inspired others to 

be better scientists and citizens, with the hope that the future generation of 

chemists will aspire to be better citizens of the world. The luncheon was a

ticketed event that enjoyed very good attendance. Photos are available at this 

link. 

• A one-woman dramatic presentation on the life of 

Madame Curie was given by Carole Berg (Bellevue 

College), immediately following the WCC/DC 

Luncheon. The Madame Curie performance was free 

and open to the public. Photos are available at this 

link. 

• The Awards Banquet was held at the 

Museum of Glass (Tacoma). The 

artists Hot Shop was open for live 

glassblowing throughout the 

evening. The event was subtitled 

“An evening of glass: Where 

science meets art.” Photos are 

available at this link. 

• A “Lives of Science” panel was organized by the PLU ACS Student Affiliate 

Chapter and supported by a grant from the ACS Office of Undergraduate 

Programs. Panelists included Dr. Janet Bryant (PNNL), Professor Neil Kelleher 

(Univ. Illinois), Dr. Marinda Li Wu (ACS Director), and Paul Clark (Graduate 

student, California Institute of Technology). 

• The 100 th Anniversary of the Puget Sound Section was celebrated by a special 

symposium. The symposium included a retrospective on the 1983 ACS National 

Meeting held in Seattle (presented by Harriet Wasserman, wife of Bill 

Wasserman, Chair of the 1983 meeting), a report on digital archiving of all of the 

Puget Sound Section newsletters at the University of Washington (by Susanne 

Redalje, UW Chemistry Librarian), and the honoring of all Puget Sound Section 

Chairs (by former ACS President Attila Pavlath). . 

B. Plenary/Keynote Speakers 

The NORM program provided for two plenary speakers during prime-time slots 

in the daily schedule. The speakers, their topics, and their biographical information is 

given below. Funds from an Undergraduate Programming grant supported Professor 

Kelleher’s participation at NORM.

Frontiers in Mass Spectrometry – Keynote Speaker 

Professor Neil L. Kelleher received a B.S. and B.A. from Pacific Lutheran 

University in 1992, a Fulbright Fellowship the following year, and a Ph.D. with 

Tadhg Begley and Fred McLafferty (Cornell University) in 1997. After a NIH 

Postdoctoral Fellowship with Chris Walsh (Harvard Medical School), Kelleher 

joined the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1999. He has received several 

awards including a Packard Fellowship, the NSF CAREER Award, the Lilly 

Analytical Chemistry Award, and support from the Burroughs Wellcome, the 

Searle, and the Dreyfus Foundations. Kelleher has interests in the biosynthesis 

of clinically-used natural products, including polyketides and non-ribosomally produced 

peptides. Further themes of the Kelleher laboratory include “Top Down” proteomics using intact 

proteins for efficient detection of their post-translational modifications, with specific interests in 

chromatin and human cell biology. 

Chemistry, Energy, and Sustainability – Keynote Speaker 

Daniel G. Nocera is the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director of the Solar Revolutions Project 

and Director of the Eni Solar Frontiers Center at MIT. His group pioneered 

studies of the basic mechanisms of energy conversion in biology and chemistry. 

He has recently accomplished the solar fuels process of photosynthesis outside 

of the leaf - the splitting of water to hydrogen and oxygen using light from 

neutral water, at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. This discovery 

sets a course for the large scale deployment of solar energy by providing a 

mechanism for its storage as a fuel. He is the recipient of many awards including the Eni-Italgas 

Prize (2005), IAPS Award (2006), Burghausen Prize (2007), Harrison Howe Award (2008), ACS 

Inorganic Chemistry Award (2008), Time Magazine 100 Award (2009) and the United Nations 

Science and Technology Award (2009) for his contributions to the development of renewable 

energy. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (2009). Nocera is a frequent guest 

on TV and radio, and is regularly featured in print. His 2006 NOVA show was nominated for an 

Emmy Award. He opened the Mountain Film Festival 2007 in Telluride CO, the World Science 

Festival in NYC in 2008 and the Aspen Forum in Aspen CO in 2008 and 2009. In 2008, he 

founded Sun Catalytix, a company committed to bringing personalized energy to the non-legacy 

world. 

C. Workshops 

From Context to Content: The Chemistry in Context Approach 

Wednesday: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Morken 103 

In this workshop participants had the opportunity to interact with three authors of 

Chemistry in Context, a successful curriculum project of the American Chemical Society 

for non-science majors at the college level. Discussions focused on the “nuts and bolts” 

of teaching and learning with Chemistry in Context, and offered many opportunities to 

ask questions and to try out new ideas.

Lab Safety Workshop: 

Rehab the Lab – Enhancing Chemical Consciousness 


This presentation provided attendees with information from the award-winning Rehab the 

Lab Program. King County (Washington), which has partnered with secondary schools to 

create positive, lasting environmental change and removed over 40 tons of hazardous 

chemicals from their schools. 

Strategies to Promote Active Learning 


This session included presentations on guided-inquiry learning in the laboratory, 

Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL), and a mini-workshop on Process-Oriented Guided 

Inquiry Learning (POGIL). 

Chemical Education: Lunch (BYO) with Resource Round Table 

Wednesday: 12:00 PM-1:20 PM, Morken 105 

topics. 

Attendees gathered over lunch for a round table discussion of chemical education 

A block schedule overview of the program is attached with this report. Please see the 

program book and website, as well: www.chem.plu.edu/norm2009 

D. Award Presentations 

The awards process was handled with great efficiency and attention to detail by 

Dr. Clarita Bhat (Shoreline Community College) and Dr. Janet Bryant (Pacific Northwest 

National Laboratories). A summary of the award information regarding NORM 2009 

follows. 

There were no Northwest Region nominees for the Stanley C. Israel Regional 

Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences or for the Industrial Innovation 

Award. 

Paul Phillips 

The ACS Division of Chemical Education Regional 

Award for Excellence in High School Teaching for 2009 was 

awarded to Mr. Paul Phillips, Capital High School, Helena, 

Montana. The 2009 Puget Sound Section Award for 

Excellence in High School Teaching was awarded to Dr. 

Dewey Moody, Ballard High School, Seattle, Washington. 

Dewey Moody

The E. Ann Nalley Regional Volunteer Service Awardee was Dr. 

David Munch, Seattle Central Community College (Emeritus), Seattle, 

Washington 

Readers of this report are encouraged to view the NORM 2009 web 

pages for detailed information about the awards and awardees. 

(www.chem.plu.edu/norm2009/awards). 

David Munch 

Award presentations were made at the Awards Banquet, which was held at the 

Museum of Glass in downtown Tacoma. 

E. A/V Services 

Existing audio/visual capabilities at Pacific Lutheran University were adequate 

for most needs, and additional A/V service needs were minimal. The sessions and the 

plenary sessions took place in classrooms that each had an existing “smart podium” with 

a built-in computer and monitor, as well as laptop, sound amplification, and digital 

projector facilities. Additional arrangements were made for audio/visual support at the 

“wizard show” on the opening evening of NORM, for the Madame Curie dramatic 

performance, and for the Directors’ Ice Cream Social. 

F. Abstract Services 

Abstract services were provided by the ACS contractor. The system was 

relatively easy to use. The technical program was printed as a Word document download 

from the abstract service. The abstract interface provided an online personal scheduling 

tool that was useful for attendees. The program book did not include printed abstracts, 

so as to reduce the environmental impact of the meeting and to save publication costs. 

No complaints were received about not having abstracts printed in the book. 

G. Co-sponsorship 

There were no co-sponsors of NORM 2009. 

H. Lessons Learned 

1) Having an easily editable website was extremely helpful and served as the main 

mode to disseminate information. 

2) Money and effort was saved by not mailing postcards or printed announcements. 

Postcards and magnets were distributed at NORM 2008 and at the two national 

ACS meetings that preceded NORM 2009. Monthly email blasts to the ACS 

members in Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regions in the 6 months prior to

NORM highlighted key deadlines and information, and called attention to the 

website. 

3) Use of a slimmed down program book by only providing abstracts online saved 

money, paper, and production time. NORM attendees seemed satisfied with the 

format of the book. 

4) Locating the vendor exposition at the heart of the technical session venues worked 

very well. Vendors were pleased with the amount of attendee interaction and 

interest. 

5) Including the undergraduate posters in the regular poster session, rather than as a 

separate session worked well, as judged by overall poster visitation. 

6) Hosting an ice cream social to accompany the Director’s event instead of a meal 

(e.g., breakfast) helped to keep expenses low. 

7) Writing of the final report narrative should begin as soon as possible after NORM 

concludes, ideally within 1-2 months, even though the finances may not be settled 

until a bit later. Contributions for the report narrative should be solicited from the 

organizers of each aspect of the meeting. 

III. Meeting Finances 

A. Budget 

NORM 2009 expenses were approximately $35,000 and income was over 

$39,000 (see the detailed report in the appendix), thus revenue exceeded expenses by 

over $4000 for NORM 2009. The positive budget outcome is attributed to strong support 

from exhibitors, modest grant funding, solid but not exceptional attendance, and careful 

cost management. 

IV. Fund Raising 

Grants to support programming were received from the Division of Nuclear 

Chemistry (NUCL), the Division of Chemical Education, and the Division of Polymer 

Chemistry, and the Office of Undergraduate Programs. Fundraising overtures to 

businesses, other than by solicitations to act as exhibitors, were not successful. We 

viewed the reticence of businesses to provide grant funds as a sign of the economic 

climate at the time that NORM 2009 organizing was underway. 

V. Exhibition 

There were 15 commercial exhibitors at NORM 2009 and 2 academic exhibitors. 

Due the state of the economy during preparations for NORM 2009, we chose to charge

A list of NORM 2009 exhibitors with names, websites, contact information, and 

company boilerplate information is provided in an appendix to this report. This 

information is also included in the NORM 2009 Program Book, and at the NORM 2009 

website (www.chem.plu.edu/norm2009). A table listing exhibitors at prior NORMs is 

also included as an appendix. 

Vendors at NORM seemed uniformly pleased with the exhibition. A key factor 

in their satisfaction was the high degree of visibility and attendee traffic afforded them by 

locating the exhibition at the heart of the venue for the technical sessions. 

V. Acknowledgements 

As General Chair for NORM 2009 and author of this report, I would like to thank 

colleagues and contributors who helped to make NORM 2009 a success. Extraordinary 

amounts of time and effort over several years were given by key members of the 

Organizing Committee, including Dean Waldow (Program Chair and webmaster), Terry 

Nicksic (Exhibits Chair), and Neal Yakelis (Treasurer and Undergraduate Program 

Chair). All of the other session, symposium, award, and event chairs mentioned in this 

report also gave very generously of their time, especially during the hectic months 

leading up to NORM. Colleagues on the Executive Committee of the Puget Sound 

Section were extremely supportive. Many of them assumed key roles on the organizing 

committee. We would like to thank our exhibitors, for without them, a meeting such as 

NORM would not be feasible. We also thank PLU staff and colleagues, especially Cathy 

Biddy, for assistance with site planning and logistics for the meeting. 

John Michael Sophos provided such deep, timely, and encouraging support that it 

is hard to imagine any regional meeting taking place successfully without him. John 

Michael’s assistance was invaluable, and interactions with him were always a great 

pleasure. Thanks also to Matt Peterson for sharing guidance, insight, and materials from 

his experience as NORM 2008 General Chair and as NOR Board Chair. Lastly, I thank 

NOR Board members for giving us the opportunity to host NORM 2009 and for their 

patience and support throughout the process. 

Appendixes: 

Program Block Schedule Grid 

NORM Budget Detail 

NORM 2009 Exhibitor Information (Program Book information) 

Table of Exhibitor Contact Information

Day Time UC CK/SC 

Rieke 

Leraas 

NORM 2009 Block Schedule 

MCLT 103 MCLT 105 MCLT 124 MCLT 125 MCLT 131 MCLT 132 MCLT 138 MCLT 214 

Sun 

Sun Eve 

Wizards Show 

Chem Demos 

Monday 

AM I 8:00 - 9:20 Grad Brkfst 

AM Break 9:20 - 9:50 

AM II 9:50-10:50 

Plenary 11:00-12:00 

Lunch 12:00 - 1:20 

Poster Session 12:20 - 1:20 

PM I 1:20 - 2:40 

PM Break 2:40 - 3:10 

PM II 3:10 - 4:50 

PM III 5:00 - 6:00 

WCC / DC 

Lunch (UC SC) 

M. Curie 

(UC SC) 

Professor Danial Nocera 

Lives in Science 

(4:00 - 4:50) 

Director's Forum 

/ Ice Cream 

Chem Ed 

GOB 

Chem Ed 

Green Chem 

Chem Ed 

Gen Interest 

Physical Polymers Analytical Energy Biochem 

Exhibition / Vendors 

Physical Polymers Analytical Energy Biochem 

Appendix: Budget Detail 

NORM 2009 Budget Report 

Neal Yakelis, Treasurer 

Date Transaction type Category Description Income Expenditures 

04/30/08 fee bank fee bank check card fee -$12.50 

04/30/08 check grant/loan loan from ACS NOR $4,000.00 

06/10/08 check banquet Museum of Glass venue deposit -$960.00 

06/10/08 check banquet Gallucci's catering initial deposite -$495.99 

06/10/08 check publicity magnets -$266.00 

06/11/08 check publicity postcard priting -$191.00 

07/31/08 fee bank fee monthly bank account service fee -$12.00 

08/06/08 fee bank fee monthly bank account service fee reversal $12.00 






01/16/09 fee bank fee monthly bank account service fee reversal $24.00 

02/03/09 transfer publicity Google Adsense revenue $0.44 

05/04/09 fee bank fee check card fee -$25.00 

05/16/09 check vendor vendor check deposit: Varian $500.00 

05/16/09 check vendor vendor check deposit: Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks $500.00 

05/16/09 check vendor vendor check deposit: Thales Nanotechnology $500.00 

05/27/09 check grant ACS Division of Nuclear Chemistry grant $1,000.00 

06/05/09 check banquet food and services deposit -$2,365.83 

06/05/09 check banquet Museum of Glass venue rental deposit -$2,240.00 

06/08/09 fee bank fee online bank account fee -$3.00 

06/08/09 check conference PLU Conf. & Events deposit -$827.80 

06/08/09 transfer registration National ACS registration fee deposit $5,000.00 

06/10/09 check vendor vendor check deposit: Dionex $500.00 

06/16/09 check vendor vendor check deposit: Pine Research Instrumentation $500.00 

06/24/09 check vendor vendor check deposit: Measurement Technology $375.00 

06/24/09 check vendor vendor check deposit: W.H. Freeman $500.00 


07/01/09 check banquet on site bill for venue/catering -$2,984.58 

07/01/09 check conference program printing -$3,190.00 

07/03/09 check vendor vendor check deposit: McGraw Hill Higher Education $500.00 

07/03/09 check vendor vendor deposit: EDU-CHEM Innovations $375.00 

07/14/09 check banquet Gallucci's final bill for catering -$387.48 

07/16/09 check travel reimbursement Neil Kelleher (UIUC) - plenary speaker -$627.15 

07/16/09 check travel reimbursement Manesh Mahanthappa (Wisconsin) -$550.00 

07/16/09 check travel reimbursement Derek Gates (UBC) -$500.00 

07/16/09 check travel reimbursement Mark Dadmun (Tennessee) -$400.00 

07/17/09 check travel reimbursement Rachel Seagalman (UC Berkeley) -$550.00 

07/24/09 check conference WCC/Diversity luncheon and "Wizards" materials -$98.81 

07/27/09 check banquet shuttle van gas reimbursement -$15.89 

07/27/09 check travel reimbursement Attila Pavlath (former ACS President) -$262.63 

07/27/09 check travel reimbursement Daniel Nocera (MIT) - keynote speaker -$1,312.63 

07/27/09 check grant ACS POLY Division $500.00 

07/29/09 check travel reimbursement Paul Philipps (High School Teacher Awardee) -$499.20 

07/30/09 check travel reimbursement Staci Simonich (Oregon State) -$338.24 

07/30/09 check travel reimbursement Bruce Dunn (UCLA) -$510.94 

08/03/09 check travel reimbursement Debra Rolison (U.S. Naval Res. Lab) -$540.40 

08/10/09 fee bank fee online bank account fee -$3.00 


10/02/09 check conference final bill for PLU Conf. & Events venue and catering -$11,758.78 

10/02/09 check loan reimbursement to ACS NOR -$3,000.00 

10/30/09 check vendor vendor deposit: MLS Technologies $500.00 

12/29/09 fee banquet shuttle van rental from PLU reimbursement -$36.44 

12/29/09 fee banquet shuttle van rental from PLU reimbursement -$34.43 

01/20/10 check conference remainder of bill for PLU Conf. & Events -$70.87 

02/08/10 fee bank fee bank account fee -$3.00 

Total $39,421.44 -$35,133.59 

NORM Account Balance $4,287.85

Appendix: Exhibitors at past NORM and RMRM (see end of table for NORM 2009) 

Quark Glass Direct Contact Ray DeCoux rdecoux_quarkglass@yahoo.com 

Benjamin/Cummings NORM 01 G. Goodell Gail.Goodell@peasoned.com 

Biotage NORM 01 M. Lichtenstein mlichtenstein@biotage.com 

Buck Scientific NORM 01 P. Ryckebosch peter@bucksci.com 

Cache Group, Fujitsu NORM 01 K. Hill khill@cachesoftware.com 

Digital Instruments, Veeco Metrology 

Group NORM 01 M. Carlyle marlene@di.com 

Heidolph Instruments NORM 01 M. Veneziano mveneziano@dca.net 

INTEGRA Chemical Co. NORM 01 P. Burg paulb@integrachem.com 

Isco NORM 01 R. Plies rickp@isco.com 

Jobin Yvon NORM 01 G. Fromm gfromm@teleport.com 

Lancaster Synthesis NORM 01 A. Napiorkowski anapiorkowski@earlthlink.com 

MacKichan Software NORM 01 P. Kearney patti@mackichan.com 

Nicolet Instrument Corp NORM 01 D. Paz paz@nicolet.com 

Perkin Elmer NORM 01 A. Fakharzadeh fakharan@perkin-elmer.com 

Schrodinger NORM 01 R. Distifeno Robert@schrodinger.com 

Spectrum Laboratory Products NORM 01 D. Kim dkim@spectrumchemical.com 

Thermo Finnigan NORM 01 K. Wheeler kwheeler@thermofinnigan.com 

US DOT RSDA NORM 01 P. Romero Pat.Romero@rspa.dot.gov 

W.H. Freeman & Co/Worth Pulishers NORM 01 J. Britch jbritch@bfwpub.com 

ACE Glass NORM 02 John Rodriquez j0hnrod@aol.com 

ACS Office of Industry Programs NORM 02 

Vanessa Johnson- 

Evans 

v_j_evans@acs.org 

Alturas Analytics NORM 02 Robin Woods sneedhan@alturasanalytics.com 

Aurora Instruments Ltd. NORM 02 Martina Jochova aurora@intergate.bc.ca 

Quantum Northwest NORM 02 Enoch Small qnw@qnw.com 

Thermo Elemental NORM 02 Lauri Toolin ltoolin@thermoelemental.com 

Varian NORM 02 Mike Matthews mike.matthews@varian.com 

Analytical Group NORM 05 Brad Olson bolson@analyticagroup.com 

Huffman Laboratories NORM 05 Bill Huffman bhuffman@huffmanlabs.com 

IQ Scientific Instruments NORM 05 Tracy Cotton tracy@phmeters.com 

Thermo Fisher Scientific NORM 05 Chris Jenkins chris.jenkins@fishersci.com 

Thermo Electron CA NORM 05 Ben Adams ben.adams@thermo.com 

Thermo Electron WA NORM 05 Diana Baker diana.baker@thermo.com 

Teledyne Tekmar NORM 07 Jonathan Fernandez jfernandez23@msn.com 

Agilent Technologies Inc NORM/RM 04 Bill Johnson bill_c_johnson@agelent.com 

CEM Corporation NORM/RM 04 Cindy Condreay Cindy.Condreay@cem.com 

Dependable Scientific Glass & Lab 

Supplies NORM/RM 04 Tim Grayson DependableSci@aol.com 

Dionex NORM/RM 04 David Knowles David.Knowles@dionex.com 

Frontier Scientific Inc. NORM/RM 04 Bert V Israelsen info@frontiersci.com 

ISC BioExpress NORM/RM 04 Louise Cummings LCUMMINGS@bioexpress.com 

Kelly Scientific Resources NORM/RM 04 Angie Jenkins JENKIAO@kellyservices.com 

Measurenet Technology NORM/RM 04 Michael Kurutz kurutz@measurenet-tech.com 

SGE NORM/RM 04 Larry Ballard lballard@sge.com 

TA Instruments NORM/RM 04 Steve Page spage@tainstruments.com 

Teledyne Tekmar NORM/RM 04 Jonathan Fernandez jfernandez23@msn.com 

Vernier Software and Technology NORM/RM 04 Robyn Johnson info@vernier.com 

Western Analytical Enterprises NORM/RM 04 Neil Black neilblack@aol.com 

Avantes NORM 06 Greg Neece GregN@Avantes.com 

Bruker AXS NORM 06 

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Executive 

info@bruker-axs.com 

Desert Analytics NORM 06 Betty Shapiro thelab@desertanalytics.com 

John Wiley & Sons NORM 06 

Advertising 

Executive 

dedson@wiley.com

Mictotrac NORM 06 Neil Black neilblack@aol.com 

Ocean Optics NORM 06 Beth Weinstein Beth.Weinstein@OceanOptics.com 

PSSC Labs NORM 06 

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Executive 

4sales@pssclabs.com 

SciGene NORM 06 Liz Robertson erobertson@scigene.com 

Thermo Electron Corporation NORM 06 

Advertising 

Executive 

ben.adams@thermo.com 

Varian NORM 06 

Advertising 

Executive 

corey.morcombe@varianinc.com 

Alfa Aesar RMRM 06 Pamela Poulin info@alfa.com 

Chase Scientific Glass Company RMRM 06 Julie Ramstead e-mail Pending 

Chemglass RMRM 06 Steve Yonemura customer-service@chemglass.com 

Hayden-McNeil Publishing RMRM 06 Kat McKenna email pending 

High Pressure Diamond Optics RMRM 06 Lisa O'Connor hpdo@aol.com 

John Wiley & Sons RMRM 06 Rachel Benner rbenner@wiley.com 

Leeds Precision Instruments RMRM 06 Mike Holland mholland@leedsmicro.com 

McGraw-Hill Publishing RMRM 06 Kelly Brown kelly_brown@mcgraw-hill.com 

Prentice Hall Publishing RMRM 06 Heidi Shadix e-mail Pending 

Roper Scientific RMRM 06 Lindsay Gensinger cservice@roperscientific.com 

Spectrum Chemical & Laboratory 

Products RMRM 06 Remay McNally marketing@spectrumchemical.com 

TCI America RMRM 06 Michelle Anselmo michelle.anselmo@tciamerica.com 

Thermo Fisher Scientific RMRM 06 Mary Gundlach mary.gundlach@thermofisher.com 

VWR International RMRM 06 Lynleah Smart lynleah_smart@vwr.com 

McGraw-Hill Publishing NORM/RM 08 Kelly Brown kelly_brown@mcgraw-hill.com 

Pearson Publishing NORM/RM 08 M. Dzierzanowski margaret.dzierzanowski@pearson.com 

Brooks/Cole NORM/RM 08 Dianna Plagenz dianna.plagenz@cengage.com 

Thermo Fisher Scientific NORM/RM 08 Mike Landowski michael.landowski@thermofisher.com 

Frontier Scientific Inc. NORM/RM 08 Bert V Israelsen info@frontiersci.com 

Western Analytical Enterprises NORM/RM 08 Neil Black neilblack@aol.com 

John Wiley & Sons NORM/RM 08 Amanda Wainer awainer@wiley.com 

IBC NORM/RM 08 Neil Izatt nizatt@ibcmrt.com 

Varian NORM/RM 08 Ben Adams ben.adams@varianinc.com 

Anton Paar NORM/RM 08 Kristin Bowles kristen.bowles@anton-paar.com 

Dionex NORM/RM 08 David Knowles David.Knowles@dionex.com 

TCI America NORM/RM 08 Michelle Anselmo michelle.anselmo@tciamerica.com 

Microlab NORM/RM 08 Richard Hermans joann@microlabinfo.com 

Measurenet Technology NORM/RM 08 Michael Kurutz kurutz@measurenet-tech.com 

Teledyne Isco NORM/RM 08 Richard Plies rplies@teledyne.com 

Dionex Corporation NORM 09 Brian K. Luckenbill brian.luckenbill@dionex.com 

Edu-Chem Innovations NORM 09 Gordon Fromm gfromm@teleport.com 

Full Spectrum Analytics NORM 09 Diane Domina ddomina@fullspectrum-inc.com 

Grace Davison Discover Sciences NORM 09 Deanna Rentner deanna.rentner@grace.com 

Leco Corporation NORM 09 Heidi Neiman heidi_neiman@leco.com 

McGraw-Hill Higher Education NORM 09 Peggy Lucas peggy_lucas@mcgraw-hill.com 

MeasureNet Technologies, Ltde. NORM 09 Gordon Fromm gfromm@teleport.com 

MicroLab NORM 09 John Amend jamend@microlabinfo.com 

Pine Research Instrumentation NORM 09 Jenny Garry jgarry@pineinst.com 

TCI America NORM 09 Michelle Anselmo sales@tciamerica.com 

ThalesNano Nanotechnology, Inc. NORM 09 Paul Whittles paul.whittles@thalesnano.com 

ThermoFisher Scientific NORM 09 Kevin P. Wheeler kevin.p.wheeler@thermofisher.com 

Varian Instruments NORM 09 Tom Swift tom.swift@varianinc.com 

W. H. Freeman Publishers NORM 09 Alicia Brady abrady@bfwpub.com 

Wiley Higher Education NORM 09 Johnna Reitz jreitz@wiley.com

Exhibitors at 2009 NORM 

(as of the program book printing deadline) 

Dionex Corporation 

3000 Lakeside Drive 

Suite 116N 

Bannockburn, IL 60015 

801-451-8586 

801-451-4676 fax 

Representative at conference: David Knowles 

david.Knowles@dionex.com 

http://www.dionex.com/en-us/index.html 

Dionex Corporation develops, manufactures, sells, and services 

chromatography and extraction systems for separating, isolating, and 

identifying the components of chemical mixtures. Dionex products are 

used extensively in the environmental, pharmaceutical, life science, 

biotechnology, chemical, petrochemical, power generation, and 

electronics industries. 

Edu-Chem Innovations 

101 Malaga Street 

Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 

866) 859-9904 

(561) 828-0563 fax 

Representative at conference: Dr. Jerry DeMenna 

info@edu-chem.com 

http://www.edu-chem.com/ 

Edu-Chem Innovations is a company dedicated to the specific needs of 

the Scientific Teaching Community. We specialize in supplying High 

Schools, Colleges and Universities around the country with quality 

equipment and supplies at an economical cost.

Grace Davison Discovery Sciences 

2051 Waukegan Rd. 

Deerfield, IL 60015 

847-948-8600 

847-948-1078 fax 

Representative at conference: Kathy Lawrence 

http://www.discoverysciences.com/default.aspx 

Grace Davison Discovery Sciences is a premier manufacturer of silicabased 

media for SPE, Flash, HPLC and Process Chromatography. We 

help pharmaceutical labs in all stages of drug discovery to optimize 

their time and improve their results through our decades of experience 

in silica bonding and the art of column packing 

John Wiley and Sons 

111 River Street 

Hoboken, NJ 07030 

801-796-0421 

Representative at conference: Johnna Reitz 

jreitz@wiley.com 

www.wiley.com/college 

Wiley Higher Education publishes textbooks and other educational 

materials in a variety of formats, both print and online, around the 

world. We maximize the value of our content by publishing it in all 

media, notably through WileyPLUS, the online solution which has been 

used by nearly 1 million students in about 20 nations worldwide. 

Available in virtually all our disciplines, WileyPLUS courses contain the 

full online version of the text, plus all of the integrated teaching and 

learning resources instructors and students need to solve the problems 

inherent to their courses. 

LECO Corporation 

3000 Lakeview Ave. 

St. Joseph’s, MO 49085 

269-985-5714 

Representative at conference: Adriene Pike, Sales Engineer 

Heidi-Neiman@LECO.com 

www.leco.com

For over 70 years, industries around the world have trusted LECO 

Corporation to deliver high-performance analytical instrumentation. 

Today, the commitment continues with high-speed Time-of-Flight Mass 

Spectrometry (TOFMS) for liquid and gas chromatography, as well as 

comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) all 

featuring our easy-to-use ChromaTOF tm operation software. 

McGraw-Hill Publishers 

161 East 450 South 

Farmington, UT 84025 

801-451-0798 

801-447-7777 fax 

Representative at conference: Kelly Brown, Senior Account Manager – 

Utah/Idaho 

http://catalogs.mhhe.com/mhhe/home.do 

McGraw-Hill is a global leader in educational materials and professional 

information, with offices in more than thirty countries. Available with 

McGraw-Hill Chemistry texts is a complete electronic homework and 

course management system (ARIS), designed for greater ease of use 

than any other system available. 

MeasureNet Technology Ltd. 

4242 Airport Road 

Cincinnati, OH 45226 

866-396-6765 

866-209-8111 fax 

Representative at conference: Michael Kurutz 

kurutz@measurenet-tech.com 

http://www.measurenet-tech.com 

MeasureNet is the only LIMS-featured data acquisition interface 

offering academic laboratories seamless, out-of-box data sharing 

between students, instructors, and partner institutions. Best-in-class 

resolution generates research grade results, while instructors monitor 

live acquisitions to know where and when to assist students. Go 

beyond General Chemistry with new advanced lab capabilities 

featuring HPLC, GC, and calorimeter connectivity, amperometric and 

potentiometric probeware, and an array of ion selective electrodes.

MicroLab 

PO Box 7358 

Bozeman, MT 59771 

888-586-3274 

406-586-3582 fax 

Representative at conference: Richard Hermens 

info@microlabinfo.com 

MicroLab’s affordable computer-based USB instruments integrate 

FASTspec tm technology and the most-used chemical sensors, enabling 

students to make almost every instrumental measurement required in 

general and environmental chemistry and biology. They do so with 

high-grade resolution and powerful, transparent software that engages 

students in the process of science. Integrated sensors and sensor 

amplifiers eliminate clutter from the lab bench, reduce cost, and create 

low-noise, high resolution measurements. 

425-883-8447 

425-883-8049 fax 

Representative: Abe Sonoja 

a7sanoja@gmail.com 

www.mlstechnologies.com/ 

MLS Technologies 

6855 176th Ave. 

Redmond, Wa 98052 

"Today not tomorow" - Marketing Logistics and Support for Analytical 

equipment and supplies. We take pride in placing the customer first 

with personal and timely response. We are an USA Northwest local 

company with caring and personable staff with many years of 

analytical laboratory experience committed to exceptional service. 

Pine Research Instrumentation 

5908 Triangle Dr. 

Raleigh, NC 27617 

(919) 782-8320 

(919) 782-8323 fax 

http://www.pineinst.com/ 

Pine manufactures and supplies electrochemistry research equipment. 

This equipment is sold domestically and internationally to major

colleges and universities, and to the research and development 

departments of major corporations. 

TCI America 

9211 North Harborgate St. 

Portland, OR 97203 

800-423-8616 

888-520-1075 fax 

Representative at conference: Andra Havener 

sales@tciamerica.com 

www.tciamerica.com 

TCI America manufactures laboratory chemicals, provides custom 

synthesis and offers contract research services for pharmaceutical, 

cosmetic, electronic, chemical, and biotechnology researchers. The 

2008-2009 Laboratory Chemicals Catalog lists 20,000+ products, 

including NEW Chiral HPLC columns - wide applications and especially 

effective with carbonyl compounds. Visit our website to view our 

online catalog: www.tciamerica.com 

ThalesNano 

Princeton Corporate Plaza 

7 Deer Park Drive, Suite M-3 

Monmouth Jct., NJ 08852 

732-274-3388 

usasales@thalesnano.com 

ThalesNano is specialized in developing and providing microscale flow 

instruments for chemistry, by exploiting benefits of combining 

microfluidics, mesofluidics and nanotechnology with flow chemistry. 

The company was founded in 2002 and is located in Budapest, 

Hungary. The company is widely recognized for its expertise in 

transforming chemical processes to microscale continuous-flow 

operations and developing manual or robotic continuous microreactors 

for the chemical industry.

Thermo Fisher Scientific 

PO Box 19811 

Seattle, WA 98112 

206-329-7588 

Representative at conference: Kevin Wheeler 

kevin.p.wheeler@thermofisher.com 

www.thermofisher.com 

Thermo Fisher Scientific is a world leader in serving science. Thermo 

Scientific offers customers a complete range of high-end analytical 

instruments, laboratory reagents, software and reagents for analytical 

solutions. Fisher Scientific provides a complete portfolio of laboratory 

equipment, chemicals, supplies and services for your choice and 

convenience. 

Varian, Inc. 

2700 Mitchell Dr. 

Walnut Creek, CA 94598 

206-550-0570 

Representative at conference: Tom Swift 

tom.swift@varianinc.com 

www.varianinc.com 

Varian, Inc. is a diversified, global technology leader solving critical 

challenges and creating breakthrough innovations for science and 

industry. Varian is the only manufacturer with anintegrated suite of 

instruments designed to perform information-rich analyses with 

UV/VIS, FTIR, AA, ICP, ICP/MS, Triple Quadrupole and Ion Trap 

GC/MS, CI and Ms/MS, GC, LC, LC-NMR/MS, NMR and MR Imaging.

University of Alaska Fairbanks 

900 Yukon Dr. 

Fairbanks, AK 99775 

907-474-5510 

Representative at conference: John Keller 

www.uaf.edu/ 

fychem@uaf.edu 

Chemistry Graduate Program in the Land of Adventure. Programs 

available in Environmental chemistry, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, 

and Chemistry 

University of Montana 

Missoula, Montana 

406-243-4118 

Representative at conference: Prof. Mike DeGrandpre 

michael.degrandpre@umontana.edu 

http://www.cas.umt.edu/chemistry/ 

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers graduate study 

leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The diverse interests of the 

faculty allow graduate students to pursue research in any of the 

following areas: environmental, biochemistry, organic, organometallic, 

analytical or physical chemistry in addition to chemical education.

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