Section Meetings From Previous Years
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2007 |
| Thurs Jan 25 2007 |
Rev James D. Wheeler on his 51 years at Rockhurst
University
6:00 pm |
| Fri Feb 16, 2007 |
Spencer Award Dinner
Dr. Russel J. Molyneux Awardee
6:45 pm Banquet at Linda Hall Reading Room |
| Wed Mar 21, 2007 |
"New Local Chair Shares Global
Experiences"
Dr. Sapna Gupta
Southwest Blvd Brewery |
| Tues Apr 10, 2007 |
Biomaterials: Intersection of Chemistry and Biology
Dr. Michael Jaffe, Center of Biomaterials, New Jersey
Park University |
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Sat May 5, 2007 |
"My Life in Chemistry in Kansas City"
Mr. John Kuhns, HMS Beagle, Parkville
Parkville Power Plant |
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Fri July 20, 2007 |
"Analytical Chemistry and the Vinland Map.
Genuine or a $25M hoax?"
Dr. Michael Henchman Brandeis University
Linda Hall Library |
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2006 |
| Thurs Jan. 12, 2006 |
"Why the Stowers Institute Supports Stem Cell
Research "
Dr. William B. Neaves
5:30 @ The Stowers Research Institute |
| Fri Feb. 24, 2006 |
Spencer Award Dinner
Dr. Don Baker ?Awardee
6:00 at The Kaufman Foundation |
| Tues Apr. 25, 2006 |
KC-ACS Awards Meeting
McCoy Meeting House, Park University. |
| Tues Sept 19, 2006 |
"Chemical Sources for the 21st Century"
Dr. John J. Meister
Location: Midwest Research Institute, Mag Conference Center |
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Tues Oct. 10, 2006 |
"Doing Chemistry at the Art/Archaeology Interface"
Mary Virginia Orna
Afternoon seminar @ 3:00-4:00 at UMKC
Katz Room 2A
Dinner Seminar: Program starts @ 6:00 with tour, dinner and talk @ 7:30
Joint dinner meeting with KU section of ACS at the Hollyfield Winery
"Uncovering the Secrets of Medieval Artists Through Chemistry? |
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Tues Nov 14, 2006 |
"Antioxidants in Green Tea, Beer, and Red Wine"
Dr. Tawfik M. ElAttar
Missouri Department of
Conservation Discovery Center |
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2005 |
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Fri, Feb 25, 2005 |
SPENCER Award Dinner,
"By the Awful Grace ofGod"
Dr. Steven D. Aust, Utah St. Univ.
Linda Hall Library |
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Thurs., Apr 21, 2005 |
"Risk Assessment Milestones"
Dr. J. Doull, KUMed
Center
Discovery Center |
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Thur., May 19, 2005 |
"Opportunity in aircraft industry"
Dr. Peter H. Wu (Boeing, Wichita),
Rockhurst University,
Award meeting |
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Mon.,
Oct. 10, 2005 |
"Chemistry-Contributions to
the Quality of Life"
Dr Helen Free
(Past ACS President) |
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Thur., Dec. 1, 2005 |
"Ensuring the future: The ACS and the
Chemical Enterprise"
Dr. Ann Nalley,
(2006 ACS
President)
at the Discovery Center |
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2004 |
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Thurs Jan 22, 2004 |
"Partnership
between Industry & Education"
Margaret E. Wickham & Mary Ann Figuly
Discovery Center |
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Tues Mar 2, 2004 |
SPENCER Award Dinner
"Chemistry in the Salad Bowl: The Organosulfur and
Organoselenium Chemistry of Garlic, Onions andMushrooms"
Dr. Eric
Block, State University of New York
Linda Hall Library |
|
Wed May 12, 2004 |
The NIH COBRE
Center for Cancer Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Kansas
Gunda I. Georg, Ph.D., KU
Massman Hall, Rockhurst University |
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Wed Sept 22, 2004 |
Boulevard Brewery |
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Mon Oct 25, 2004 |
National Chemistry Week
Project Seed
Dr. M. Dixon
MRI |
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 |
Dr. Cheng's 90th
Birthday and Holiday Party
Princess Garden |
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2003 |
| Thurs January 30, 2003 |
"Research and
Applications in Bio-Inorganic Chemistry"
Dr. David Van Horn |
| Thurs February 27, 2003 |
Spencer Award Winner
"The Importance of Enantiomeric Analysis in Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science
"
Dr. Daniel W. Armstrong, 2002 More Info |
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Thurs Apr 17, 2003 |
"Green Chemistry:
Principles, Practices, and Economics"
Dr. Mary Kirchhoff, Green
Chemistry Institute, Wash. DC
Discovery Center. |
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Mon May 12, 2003 |
"Career Paths in
the Sciences: One Woman's Journey"
Dr. Vaneica Young, U of Florida. Also Honoring Award Winners
Massman Hall,
Rockhurst University |
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Wed Sept 24, 2003 |
Tour of Boulevard
Brewing Company
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Tues Oct 14, 2003 |
"Transporters on
the Cornea and Design of Nucleoside Analogues Targeted to these
Transporters"
Dr. Ashim K. Mitra, UMKC Pharm
MRI |
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Thurs Nov 13, 2003 |
"Searching for a
Protein Kinase that Utilizes Phosphoenolpyruvate as the Phosphoryl
Donor" by Dr. Gerald M. Carlson, UMKC
MRI |
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Thurs Dec 11, 2003 |
"Environmentally
Beneficial Catalysis"
Dr. Bala Subramaniam, University of Kansas
Discovery Center |
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2002 |
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Wed. Feb 6, 2002 |
"New Tooth Colored
Materials That will Replace Your Ugly Silver Fillings"
Dr. J. David Eick, UMKC
MRI |
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Thurs. Feb 28, 2002 |
SPENCER Award Banquet.
"How Plants Defend Against Insect Pests By Recruiting Wasps as Bodyguards"
Dr. James Tumlinson, USDA, Gainesville, FL.
Linda Hall Library |
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Tues. Mar. 26, 2002 |
Tour of Boulevard Brewing
Company. |
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Mon Apr 22, 2002 |
"Chromatography- A New
Science Discipline"
Dr. Charles Gehrke, Emeritus/Biochem, UMKC
MRI |
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Thurs Sept 12, 2002 |
"The Chemistry of Vincent
van Gogh and King George III"
Wilfred Niels Arnold Ph.D., Biochem, UMKC
MRI |
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Wed Oct 2, 2002 |
"Dioxins:Our Environment
and Us"
Jeffrey C. Archer, US Food And Drug Adm.
MRI |
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2001 |
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Tues Jan 30, 2001 |
"125 Years of
American Chemical Society It's Time for a Change"
Dr. Attlia Pavlath,
President, ACS
Linda Hall & UMKC |
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Wed. Feb 28, 2001 |
SPENCER Award Banquet.
"Defining
Sex Signals in Moths & Mammals"
Dr. Wendell L. Roelofs, Cornell University
Little Theater, KC Auditorium |
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Wed Mar 28, 2001
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"Wine Tasting: Nutritional Value of
Wine and Tea"
Dr. Tawfik Elattar Biochem, UMKC
Pirtles Winery, Weston MO |
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Tues Apr 10, 2001 |
"Optimizing Information Exchange in
the Pharmaceutical Sciences"
Dr. Richard T. Borchardt, KU. Joint meeting with AAPS
Golden Ox |
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Thurs Sept 27, 2001
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Explore Linda Hall Library
Linda Hall and Accurso Italian |
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Wed Oct 24, 2001 |
"Real Chemistry in the Real World:
Cleaning Up the Environment"
Dr. Steve L. Wilhelm
Flarsheim
Hall, UMKC |
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Wed Nov 14, 2001 |
"Fighting Cancer: New Strategies
for Targeting Telomerase; A Potential Universal Cancer Target"
Simon Friedman Ph.D. UMKC Pharm Science
Massman Hall, Rockhurst U. |
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Tues Dec 11, 2001 |
"The Global Drug
Development Cycle"
three presenters AAI International
AAI International |
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2000 |
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Thurs Jan 20, 2000 |
"Small Air Bubbles
in Liquids, Technology & Chemistry"
Dr. H. Yasuda, UM Columbia
Flarsheim Hall, UMKC |
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Thurs Feb 17, 2000 |
SPENCER Award
Dinner.
"On the Path to Biorational Herbicide Discovery"
James A. Sikorski, Ph.D. Monsanto
Little Theater |
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Wed Mar 8, 2000 |
"Chemical Magic from the Grocery
Store: Dispel Chemophobia"
Dr. Andy Sae, Eastern New Mexico University
Massman Hall, Rockhurst |
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Thurs April 27, 2000 |
"A Century of
Chemistry"
Dr. Daryle H. Busch, President of ACS
Pierson
Auditorium, UMKC |
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Thurs May 11, 2000 |
"Honoring Recent
Award Winners"
Fortune Star Restaurant, KS |
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Fri Sept 15, 2000 |
"Maintaining a
Career in Chemistry"
Dr. Dorit L. Noether
MRI |
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Wed Oct 4, 2000 |
"America's
Scientific Treasures"
Drs. Paul & Brenda Cohen
Avila College |
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Wed Nov 15,2000 |
"UFO, Unique Fullerene
Objects, Soccer Ball Fragments, Saucers, & Cups"
Dr.
Kathleen V. Kilway, UMKC
Longview College |
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Tues, Dec 19, 2000 |
"Chemical Magic"
Dr. Marvin Dixon, William Jewell College
William Jewell College |
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1999 |
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Thurs Jan14, 1999 |
"The Life and Times
of Smalll Oxygen Carriers"
Dr. Daryle H. Busch, ACS President-Elect
UMKC |
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Thurs Feb 25, 1999 |
SPENCER Award
Banquet
"Improvement in the Quality and Safety of Food"
Dr.
Mendel Friedman, USDA
Little Theatre |
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Wed Mar 10, 1999 |
"The Applications
of Chemistry to the Examinations of Works of Art"
Dr. Suzanne Quillen
Lomax, National Gallery of Art
Main Chinese |
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Wed Apr 21, 1999 |
"Green Chemistry:
Challenges & Opportunities for all Chemistry in the Twenty-First
Century"
Dr. Joseph Breen, Green Chemistry Institute
Jerusalem Cafe |
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Tues May 18, 1999 |
Honoring Recent Award
Winners
Massman Gallery, Massman Hall |
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Thurs Sept 23, 1999 |
"Polymers for Light-Emitting Diodes:
Seeing Polymers in a New Light"
Dr. Z. Peng, UMKC
UMKC University
Center |
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Wed Oct 20, 1999 |
"The Use and Misuse
of Scientific Evidence (or Sherlock Holmes Makes Mistakes)"
Dr.
Richard W. Henderson, Southeastern Research Laboratories
Avila
College |
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Thurs Nov 18, 1999
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"Mercury Release from Dental Amalgam: A
Clear and Present Danger or Tales of a "Mad Hatter"
Dr. Paulette
Spencer, UMKC Dentistry
Park College |
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Thurs Dec 9, 1999 |
"Science City at
Union Station: A New Model for Recreational Learning"
Dr. David
A. Ucko, President of Science City
Union Station |
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1998 |
|
Thurs Jan 22, 1998 |
"A World Outside of
the Laboratory: Experiences of Career Planning"
Tonya Fogg, and
others. National ACS
Princess Gardens |
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Thurs Feb 26, 1998 |
SPENCER Award
Banquet
"40 Years of Starch Research"
Dr. William M. Doane,
Biotechnology R & D Corp
Little Theater |
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Mon Mar 9, 1998 |
"Science Education:
What is it? Who needs it?"
Dr. Norman Hackerman, U of Texas
Wyndham Garden Hotel |
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Mon Apr 20, 1998 |
"The Micro-World of
Organic Solid-State Chemistry"
Dr. Anthony Trozzolo, Univ. of Notre
Dame
Colony Steak House |
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Wed May 13, 1998 |
Honoring Recent
Award Winners
Princess Garden Restaurant |
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Wed Sept 16, 1998 |
"Fluorine and
Tritium NMR Studies of Biological Structures"
Dr. J. T. Gerig, U of
Cal-Santa Barbara
Benjamin Hotel & Suites |
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Wed Oct 14, 1998 |
"Boston Harbor Sediments.
There's More Than Tea"
Dr. Frank T. Manheim, US
Geological Survey
Double Dragon |
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Thurs Nov 19, 1998 |
"Is it Chemistry or
Magic?"
Dr. Otis Rothenberger and Dr. James Webb, Illinois State University
William Jewell College |
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Tues Dec 8, 1998 |
"Applications of
Ion Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy"
Dr. Sheher Moshin, Bayer Corp.
Maria's |
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1997 |
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Tues Jan 29, 1997 |
The American
Heartland Theatre Presents "Return to the Forbidden Planet" |
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Thurs Feb 20, 1997 |
SPENCER Award Banquet
"Approaches to
Higher Value Starches and Starch Products"
Dr. James N BeMiller,
Purdue University
Little Theatre |
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Wed Mar 12, 1997 |
"America's Funniest
Chemical Videos"
Dr. John Fortman, Wright State University
Golden Ox |
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Tues April 15, 1997 |
"Analytical Plasma
Source Mass Spectrometric Analysis for Nutrition and Toxicology"
Dr.
Ramon M. Barnes, U of Mass.
Old Spaghetti Factory |
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Tues May 20, 1997 |
Honoring Recent
Award Winners
Princess Garden Restaurant |
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Mon Sept 22, 1997 |
"The History of the
Invention of the Mass Spectrometer"
Dr. Maurice M. Bursey, U of
Chapel Hill NC
Princess Garden |
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Tues Oct 14, 1997 |
"Cold Confusion"
Dr. J. J. Lagowski, U of Texas, Austin
Jennies Italian |
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Wed Nov 19, 1997 |
"Challenges in the
Development of a Channel Forming Peptide Drug for The Treatment of
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)"
Dr. John M. Tomich, KSU
Manny's South |
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Wed Dec 17, 1997 |
"Vincent van Gogh:
Chemicals, Crises, and Creativity"
Dr. Wilfred Niels Arnold, KUMC
Haywards Pit BBQ |
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1996 |
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Thurs Jan 25, 1996 |
"The Impact of Internet Technology on
Science, Industry and the Public Sector"
Dr. Timothy R. Carr, KS Geological Survey KU
Golden Ox |
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Thurs Feb 22, 1996 |
SPENCER Award
Banquet
"Development and Commercialization of Biotechnology Products
Strategies and Status"
Dr. Robert T. Fraley, Ceregen/Monsanto
Little Theatre |
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Tues Mar 19, 1996 |
"Working in the
Tropics on Food Problems"
Dr. Peter J. Reilly, Iowa State University
Old Spaghetti Factory |
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Thurs Apr 18, 1996 |
"The Chemistry of
Water and Soil Systems, World-wide"
Ms.Ann Mary Nefcy,
ChemData Inc. & Awards Presentation
Princess Gardens
Restaurant |
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Wed May 15, 1996 |
"Myth and Mystery
of Supercritical Fluids"
Dr. Val Krukonis, Phasex, Corporation
Jennies Italian |
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Thurs Sept 5, 1996 |
"I. Kekule's
Predecessors ; II. Adventures of a Chemist-Collector"
Dr.
Albert Bader, Aldrich Chem Co
Golden Ox |
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Thurs Oct 24, 1996 |
"Discovery of the
Elements"
Dr. James L. Marshall, U of N Texas
Princess Garden |
| Tues Dec 17, 1996 |
"The Kansas City ACS Year in
Review"
Golden Ox |
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