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Industrial Sponsors S00 Report
Industrial Sponsors - E. Vandenberg
The Industrial Sponsors Group of the Division of Polymer Chemistry consists of 29 members (see listing below). In the past each member contributed $1000 per year to support polymer education and other polymer development activities. We have now expanded our list to include small companies with less than 500 employees who contribute $500.
If your company is not a member, please urge them to join and participate in this worthwhile program. The Industrial Coordinating Committee includes E. Vandenberg, M. Jaffe, W. Daly, R. Ikeda, I. Kahn, T. Pacansky, R. Ottenbrite, R. Stackman, C. Wooten, A. English, K. Havelka and H. N. Cheng.
2000 INDUSTRIAL SPONSORS
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
S. C. Johnson & Son Inc. |
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Allied-Signal, Inc. |
Lubrizol Corporation |
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BASF Corporation |
Montell USA Inc. |
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Bayer Corporation |
National Starch and Chemical Corp. |
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Dow Chemical Company |
Phasex Corporation |
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Eastman Chemical Company |
Phillips Petroleum Company |
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. |
Polaroid Corporation |
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Exxon Mobil Company |
Polymer Source Inc. |
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General Electric Company |
PPG Industries, Inc. |
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Genesee Polymers Corp. |
Proctor & Gamble Company |
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B. F. Goodrich Company |
Raychem/Tyco Electronics |
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Hercules Incorporated |
Rohm and Haas Company |
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Hoechst Celanese Company |
Solutia |
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International Specialty Products |
Wyatt Technology Corporation |
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Kosa, Inc. |
Our Twenty-first Annual Meeting of Sponsors will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2000 at the Washington, DC Meeting. From 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., there will be a Minisymposium and Panel Discussion organized by Dr. Ray Ottenbrite and Dr. M. Jaffe on "Polymers for the 21st Century" at the assigned Hotel and Room (See Fall Program). This program will be followed by a social hour in honor of the FIRST INDUSTRIAL SPONSOR SCIENTIST AWARDEES, Dr. Harry Mandeville and Dr. S. Randall Holmes-Farley, of Geltex Pharmaceutical, Inc. Final details will be published in the Fall 2000 ACS program. Other details of this new Award are given in a special section which follows.
Our Twentieth Annual Meeting of Sponsors was held on Tuesday, August 24, 1999 at the New Orleans ACS Meeting with a Minisymposium and Panel Discussion on "Does the Future of Polymer Research and Development Depend on Entrepreneurs". This program was organized by M. Jaffe and J. Salmone and was very successful.
The major activities which are currently supported by the Industrial Sponsors, many in cooperation with PMSE via POLYED, include the Polymer Education Newsletter (PEN), Workshops at schools to help introduce polymer education, the Undergraduate Summer Scholarship Program, The Curriculum Development Award, Tutorials, and Free Short Courses on Polymer Science at National and Regional Meetings. We also provide funding to support the "Intersociety Polymers and Plastics Education Committee". A competitive grant program was initiated in 1991 to improve the public perception of polymers and is described below.
"Improving the Public Perception of Polymers" (I. Kahn)
This Grant consists of up to $10,000 distributed over three years for an innovative program directed toward "Improving the Public Perception of Polymers". The proposals received in a competitive process are evaluated based on feasibility, impact and originality. Grants have been made annually since 1991 except for 1995 and 1997-1998. To date, we have allocated $52,200 for improving the Public Perception of Polymers (including year 2000). This program was suspended in 1997 because of limited submissions. We have reactivated this worthwhile program under the chairmanship of Dr. Ishrat Kahn and the results are promising. He obtained in 1999 seven quality proposals. The one judged best by the review panel was from the NOBBChE, Atlanta Metro Chapter, titled "Polymers: Uses, Applications and the Future" has been funded this year with $10,000 distributed over three years.
Recently an interim report has been obtained from the Science Alliance of Delaware under Mel Kohan on the funding they received a few years ago for a Public Perception Program. It is a very large report covering K3 and K9 with K4-7 pending but promised.
I will be pleased to mail copies of what I have if you will try to use it in your local schools.
"Industrial Polymer Scientist Award" (R. Ikeda)
This Award was approved in 1998 to "recognize outstanding industrial innovation and creativity by individual scientists and research teams".
The first solicitation for nominations was very sucessful with seven excellent nominations received. The best one was selected by the Division Awards committee for the combined effort of Dr. Harry Mandeville and Dr. S. Randall Holmes-Farley at Geltex Pharmaceutical, Inc. They will be recognized at the Washington DC ACS meeting by a Symposium and Social hour in their honor as well as by a $2,000 honorarium, a plaque, and travel expenses.
Dr. R. Ikeda, Chairman of this activity,has issued a Call for Nominations for the next Award. Nominations are due to Dr. Ikeda by July 31, 2000 (Tel. 610-388-6125 ). For further details call Dr. Ikeda.
