Pittcon 2008 Daily Highlights

Monday, March 3, 2008

Opening Ceremony

Pittcon 2008 President, John Varine welcomes conferees to Pittcon 2008.

On stage left to right: Beth Kirol, Pittcon 2007 President; John Varine, Pittcon 2008 President; Edward Ladner, Vice President Pittcon 2008; Stephen Perry, President & CEO of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau; Bob Johnson, President & General Manager of the Morial Convention Center.

Pittcon 2008 President, John Varine cuts the ribbon.

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Exposition

Awards

Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award

Adrian Michael, Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Chairman, presents the 2008 Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award to Neil Kelleher, professor at the Univeristy of Illinois.

Dal Nogare Award Presented by the Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley

Mike Konigbauer, President of the Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley, presents the 2008 Dal Nogare Award to John G. Dorsey, Katherine Blood Hoffman Professor of Chemistry at Florida State Univeristy

Ralph N. Adams Award Presented by the Pittsburgh Conference and Friends of Ralph Adams

Beth Kirol, Immediate Former Pittcon President presents the 2008 Ralph N. Adams Award to Milos V. Novotny, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Lilly Chemistry Alumni Chair in the Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Univeristy of Indiana School of Medicine.

The Nineteenth James L. Waters Annual Symposium Recognizing Pioneers in the Development of Analytical Instrumentation: DNA Sequencing: From the Early Days of Sanger Sequencing to the Human Genome Project

Pictured from left: Richard K. Wilson, Washington University School of Medicine; W. Richard Howe, the Pittsburgh Conference; George M. Church, Harvard Medical School; Robert H. Waterston, University of Washington; Leroy Hood, Institute for Systems Biology; Lloyd M. Smith, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison; James L. Waters.

Science Week Teacher Awards

Pittcon 2008 Science Week Chairman Jim Bock, standing left, and Charles Holifield, Science Week chair-elect, standing right, along with Pittcon 2008 President John Varine, standing center, recognized teachers from New Orleans and surrounding parishes at the annual Scinece Week Teacher Recognition Dinner. Appreciation Awards were presented to acknowledge the teacher's help in promoting the Science Week program to their respective school districts. Bock and Holifield credited the grass-roots support from these science curriculum coordinators for the record turnout of teachers and students for this week's myraid of science workshops.

Dozens of teachers stepped up to the proverbial plate with their enthusiasm, leadership and focus on education in New Orleans and surrounding parishes after most of the area - and its schools- were devestated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Each teacher was given a $500 grant, along with a plque in appreciation of each person's over-and-above-the-call-of-duty efforts.

Science Week

ACS International Delegation

Edmund King, of ACS, introduced a delegation of international, ACS-sponsored visitors to Pittcon 2008. They include Attitaya Siripinyanond (Thialand), Bernard John V. Tongol (Philippines), Lee Yook Heng (Malaysia), Lim Lee Hoon (Brunei), and Trang Nguyen (Vietnam). Also pictured are Pittcon 2008 President John Varine (upper left) and Pittcon Past President Richard Danchik (lower right).

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