GEOC Newsletter: Spring 2003
Message from the Chairperson
Greetings from the Division Executive Committee. Our division has had another outstanding year. We were awarded an ACS Chemluminary Award for our "innovation and outstanding service to members" at the August 2002 Boston National Meeting. Spencer Walse has been selected for the Outstanding Student Paper at the Boston meeting for his talk on “Surface-catalyzed transformations of aqueous endosulfan.” co-authored with J. L. Ferry (Paper number 28) in the symposium on Chemical Equilibrium Measurement and Modeling, organized by Ed Urbansky.
We have a tremendous lineup for the March 2003 New Orleans meeting; 10 divisional symposia and 198 abstracts submitted. This includes our 2003 Geochemistry Division Award Symposium honoring John Hayes. We are also co-sponsoring 7 symposia with the Fuel Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, and the Environmental Chemistry divisions. The Geochemistry Award Reception and Banquet on Tuesday 3/25/03 promises to be a memorable evening. The Executive Committee will meet Sunday evening 3/23/03. Please bring any issues to my attention, or to any other division officer, so we can discuss your concerns at this meeting.
Our 2003 Program Chair, Susan Carroll, is off to a great start lining up symposia for the September 7-11, 2003 meeting in New York City and the March 28-April 1, 2004 meeting in Anaheim, CA. If you have an idea for a symposium or would like to be involved in program planning, contact Susan. With electronic abstract submittal, organizing a symposium at a national meeting is easy. Remember that funds are available through the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) to support symposia at national meetings (up to $3600). We are happy to assist all symposium organizers in submitting an application. This money can be used to pay expenses for invited European speakers or to support symposium-related activities. The division also supports each half-day session with $300.
If you are getting this newsletter, then you are already a Geochemistry Division member. But our division needs more members. Please encourage your friends, colleagues, and students to join and support the Division. The Geochemistry Division exists to serve its members and the broader community of geochemists, and we are interested in your suggestions and support. Let us know if you want to run for an office, organize a symposium, or contribute in any way to the success of the Division.
Bill Landing, 2002 Program Chair and 2003 Division Chair