Award for Volunteer Service to the American<strong>Chemical</strong> Society sponsored by <strong>ACS</strong>,William H. (Jack) Breazeale Jr., College ofCharleston and Francis Marion University.Address to be presented during the <strong>ACS</strong>ChemLuminary Awards at the <strong>ACS</strong> fall nationalmeeting in Indianapolis.Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistrysponsored by Organic Reactions Inc. andOrganic Syntheses Inc., David A. Evans,Harvard University. Address to be presentedat the National Organic ChemistrySymposium, in Seattle in June.Arthur W. Adamson Award for DistinguishedService in the Advancement of Surface Chemistrysponsored by the <strong>ACS</strong> Division of Colloid& Surface Chemistry and the <strong>ACS</strong> Publicationsjournal Langmuir, Ulrike Diebold, ViennaUniversity of Technology and TulaneUniversity. Address to be presented beforethe Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry.Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or BioorganicChemistry sponsored by the AlfredR. Bader Fund, David E. Cane, Brown University.Address to be presented before theDivision of Organic Chemistry.Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in<strong>Chemical</strong> Research Management sponsoredby Dow <strong>Chemical</strong> Co. Foundation, AlanD. Palkowitz, Eli Lilly & Co. Address to bepresented before the Division of MedicinalChemistry.Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement inBiomimetic Chemistry sponsored by theRonald Breslow Award Endowment,Samuel I. Stupp, Northwestern University.Address to be presented before theDivision of Organic Chemistry.Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Researchin Synthetic Methods sponsored bythe Purdue Borane Research Fund andthe Herbert C. Brown Award Endowment,John F. Hartwig, University of California,Berkeley. Address to be presented beforethe Division of Organic Chemistry.James Bryant Conant Award in High SchoolChemistry Teaching sponsored by ThermoFisher Scientific, Stephen Radice, EdwardR. Murrow High School, New York City.Address to be presented before the Divisionof <strong>Chemical</strong> Education.Arthur C. Cope Award sponsored by the ArthurC. Cope Fund, Stephen L. Buchwald,Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Address to be presented before the Divisionof Organic Chemistry at the <strong>ACS</strong> fallnational meeting in Indianapolis.Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards sponsoredby the Arthur C. Cope Fund, William R.Dichtel, Cornell University; Makoto Fujita,University of Tokyo; Michael J. Krische,University of Texas, Austin; Donald S.Matteson, Washington State University;Bradley S. Moore, University of California,San Diego; Thomas W. Muir, Princeton University;Jack R. Norton, Columbia University;Sarah E. Reisman, California Instituteof Technology; Martin F. Semmelhack,Princeton University; and Shannon S.Stahl, University of Wisconsin, Madison.Addresses to be presented before the Divisionof Organic Chemistry at the <strong>ACS</strong> fallnational meeting in Indianapolis.Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding OriginalContribution in Organic Synthesis by aYoung Investigator sponsored by the PfizerEndowment Fund, Martin D. Burke, Universityof Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Addressto be presented before the Division ofOrganic Chemistry.F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic InorganicChemistry sponsored by the F. AlbertCotton Endowment Fund, Gregory H.Robinson, University of Georgia. Addressto be presented before the Division of InorganicChemistry.Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistrysponsored by E. I. du Pont de Nemours &Co., William E. Moerner, Stanford University.Address to be presented before theDivision of Physical Chemistry.Frank H. Field & Joe L. Franklin Award forOutstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometrysponsored by Waters Corp., David H.Russell, Texas A&M University. Addressto be presented before the Division of AnalyticalChemistry.Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medalsponsored by the Francis P. Garvan-JohnM. Olin Medal Endowment, Susan M.Kauzlarich, University of California, Davis.Address to be presented before the Divisionof Inorganic Chemistry.James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award forInterpreting Chemistry for the Public sponsoredby <strong>ACS</strong>, Shirley O. Corriher, authorof “Cookwise” and “Bakewise.” Address tobe presented before the Division of Agricultural& Food Chemistry.Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry ofNatural Products sponsored by Givaudan,Kuniaki Tatsuta, Waseda University, Japan.Address to be presented before theDivision of Organic Chemistry.E. B. Hershberg Award for Important Discoveriesin Medicinally Active Substances sponsoredby Merck Research Laboratories,Bruce E. Maryanoff, Scripps Research Institute,Institute for Hepatitis & Virus Research,and Pennsylvania Drug DiscoveryInstitute. Address to be presented beforethe Division of Medicinal Chemistry.Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical& Experimental Chemistry of Liquidssponsored by ExxonMobil Research &<strong>Engineering</strong>, Mark D. Ediger, Universityof Wisconsin, Madison. Address to bepresented before the Division of PhysicalChemistry.Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistrysponsored by Merck Research Laboratories,Dale L. Boger, Scripps ResearchInstitute. Address to be presented beforethe Division of Organic Chemistry.Ipatieff Prize sponsored by the IpatieffTrust Fund, Melanie S. Sanford, Universityof Michigan. Address to be presentedbefore the Division of Inorganic Chemistry.E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial &<strong>Engineering</strong> Chemistry sponsored byExxonMobil Research & <strong>Engineering</strong> Co.,Esther S. Takeuchi, State University of NewYork, Stony Brook. Address to be presentedbefore the Division of Energy & Fuels.Nakanishi Prize sponsored by the NakanishiPrize Endowment, Arthur G. Palmer III,Columbia University. Address to be presentedbefore the Division of PhysicalChemistry.Nobel Laureate Signature Award for GraduateEducation in Chemistry sponsored byAvantor Performance Materials, Bryan C.Dickinson (student), Harvard University,and Christopher J. Chang (preceptor),University of California, Berkeley. Addressto be presented before the Division of OrganicChemistry.WWW.CEN-ONLINE.ORG 79 JANUARY 28, 2013
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMJames Flack Norris Award in Physical OrganicChemistry sponsored by the <strong>ACS</strong> NortheasternSection, Ned A. Porter, VanderbiltUniversity. Address to be presented beforethe Division of Organic Chemistry.George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or PetroleumChemistry sponsored by the GeorgeA. Olah Award Endowment, Alexis T. Bell,University of California, Berkeley. Addressto be presented before the Division of CatalysisScience & Technology.Charles Lathrop Parsons Award sponsored by<strong>ACS</strong>, Geraldine L. Richmond, University ofOregon. Address to be presented on Sunday,April 7, at 1:30 PM, at the Hilton Riverside.George C. Pimentel Award in <strong>Chemical</strong> Educationsponsored by Cengage Learning andfriends and colleagues of George & JeannePimentel, Conrad L. Stanitski, Franklin &Marshall College. Address to be presentedbefore the Division of <strong>Chemical</strong> Education.Priestley Medal sponsored by <strong>ACS</strong>, Peter J.Stang, University of Utah. Address to bepresented before the general meeting ofthe American <strong>Chemical</strong> Society, Tuesday,April 9, at the New Orleans Marriott.Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistrysponsored by the <strong>ACS</strong> Division ofNuclear Chemistry & Technology, RichardG. Haire, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Address to be presented before the Divisionof Nuclear Chemistry & Technology.Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Researchin Catalysis sponsored by the GaborA. & Judith K. Somorjai Endowment Fund,Tobin J. Marks, Northwestern University.Address to be presented before the Divisionof Inorganic Chemistry.E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopysponsored by the <strong>ACS</strong> Division of PhysicalChemistry, Steven G. Boxer, Stanford University.Address to be presented before theDivision of Physical Chemistry.Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science &Technology sponsored by the Ahmed ZewailEndowment Fund established by NewportCorp., David M. Jonas, University of Colorado,Boulder. Address to be presented beforethe Division of Physical Chemistry.National Fresenius Award sponsored by PhiLambda Upsilon, the National ChemistryHonor Society, Theodore A. Betley, HarvardUniversity. Address to be presentedbefore the Division of Inorganic Chemistry.STUDENT & TEACHERACTIVITIESEDUCATION-FOCUSED programsand specialty activities are being heldfor undergraduate students, graduatestudents, high school teachers, andchemical professionals. Explore theseopportunities in-depth at www.acs.org/neworleans2013.UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM. A vibrantprogram designed especially for undergraduatestudents has been planned bythe Society Committee on Education’sUndergraduate Programs Advisory Board.This educational and career-orientedprogram includes technical symposia andworkshops on essential skills for success,employment in chemistry, and success ingraduate school. Eminent scientist KendallN. Houk, a chemistry professor at UCLA,will discuss “Computation & Collaborationfor <strong>Chemical</strong> Discovery.” Events will takeplace at the New Orleans Ernest N. MorialConvention Center.SUNDAY, APRIL 7Undergraduate Hospitality Center,8:30 AM to 5 PMMaking the Most of Your First <strong>ACS</strong>Meeting, 9 to 9:45 AMGraduate School Reality Check, Step I:Getting In, 10 to 11 AMGraduate School Reality Check, Step II:You’re In—Now What? 11 AM to noonChem Demo Exchange, 11 AM to 12:30 PMNetworking Social with Graduate SchoolRecruiters, 11 AM to 4 PMTechnical Symposium: ComputationalNeuroscience Advances in Drug Abuse &Addiction, 1 to 2:30 PMTechnical Symposium: How To Becomean Exemplary Teaching Assistant, 1 to2:30 PMWorkshop Part I: Essential Skills for Success—OralPresentation of ScientificResults, 2:45 to 4 PMWorkshop Part II: Essential Skills forSuccess—Write Like a Chemist, 4 to5:15 PMWorkshop: Making Demos Matter, 4 to5:30 PMStudent Chapter Awards Ceremony, 7 to8:30 PMUndergraduate Social, 8:30 to 11 PMMONDAY, APRIL 8Undergraduate Hospitality Center, 8 AMto 5 PMUnderstanding Climate Science: A Scientist’sResponsibility, 8:30 to 11:30 AMWorkshop: Award-Winning Outreach Programs—ChemistsCelebrate Earth DayIdeas, 9:45 to 11:15 AMWorkshop: Employment in Chemistry—Academics, Industry, Small Business &Government, 9:45 to 11:15 AMUndergraduate Research PosterSession (sponsored by CHED), noon to2:30 PMEminent Scientist Lecture, 3 to 4 PMUndergraduate Speed Networking withIndustrial Chemists, 4 to 5:30 PMSci-Mix/Successful Student ChapterPosters, 8 to 10 PMTUESDAY, APRIL 9Water: A Grand Challenge for Science &Society, 8:30 to 11:30 AMChemistry & the Environment FilmSeries, noon to 2 PMAll events are sponsored or cosponsoredby the Society Committee on Education’sUndergraduate Programs Advisory Board.Chair: Matthew Mio, University of Detroit,Mercy. Program Chair: Jeffery D. Evanseck,Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh. Formore information, go to www.acs.org/undergrad or contact the <strong>ACS</strong> UndergraduatePrograms Office at (800) 227-5558 ext.4480.GRADUATE & POSTDOCTORAL PRO-GRAM. The Graduate & Postdoctoral ScholarsOffice with support from the GraduateEducation Advisory Board provides andpromotes programs and events for graduatestudents and postdoctoral scholars. Allevents will take place at the New OrleansErnest N. Morial Convention Center.MONDAY, APRIL 8Graduate & Postdoctoral ScholarsReception, 7 to 8:30 PMWWW.CEN-ONLINE.ORG 80 JANUARY 28, 2013