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Executive Committee Meetings
Section officers, councilors, committee chairs, topical group chairs, and section event organizers meet regularly at the Executive Committee Meeting to discuss topics of importance to running the section and representing the membership. All ACS members are welcome to attend these meetings and to become more involved in section activities. Meetings generally take place the last Monday of each month at around 7:00 PM.
Next Executive Committee Meeting
When and where (Please note venue):
| Date: | Monday, Jan 23 |
| Times | 7:00 — Executive Committee Meeting: (Virtual) |
| Venue: |
Video Conference ID: 273 143 729 878 Or call in (audio only) +1 856-295-2448,,972564260# United States, Camden Phone Conference ID: 972 564 260# |
Annual Reports, Brochures, Bylaws, Documents
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- NJACS 2022 Preliminary Planning Calendar:
[ PDF ] - Brochure for prospective new members
- Section Bylaws
- NJACS Election Results for 2022
- NJACS 2022 Preliminary Planning Calendar:
2023 Executive Committee
Chair (2023)
Dr. Justyna Sikorska
Merck & Co., Inc.
2015 Galloping Hill Rd
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
Tel: 908-740-2867
www.linkedin.com/in/justyna-sikorska-53651614
Chair Elect (2024)
Dr. Sandra Keyser
sandrakkeyser@gmail.com
skeyser@rocketpharma.com
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
9 Cedarbrook Dr
Cranbury, NJ
Past Chair (2022)
Dr. Qi Gao
Merck & Co., Inc.
126 E Lincoln Ave
Rahway, NJ 07065
qi.gao1@merck.com
Secretary (2021-2023)
Bettyann Howson
49 Pippins Way
Morris Township, NJ 07960
h: (973) 822-2575
bettyann@njacs.org
Treasurer (2022-2024)
Dr. Miriam Gulotta
University Lecturer
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 596-2943
Cell: 201-414-3819
mgulotta@njacs.org
No. Jersey Section Office
Bettyann Howson
49 Pippins Way
Morris Township NJ 07960
(973) 822-2575
bettyann@njacs.org
Councilors (Elected)
2022-2024
Monica Sekharan
Diane Krone
Robert Menger
Michael Peddicord (2022 only)
Alternates
Miriam Gulotta
Yalan Xing
Lynda Box
2023-2025
Bettyann Howson
Mohammad Elshaer
Michael Peddicord
Alternates
Kathleen Gilbert
2021-2023
Alan Cooper
Amanda Peterson Mann
Cecilia Marzabadi
Alternates
Steven Silverman
Jasmine Lu
Justyna Sikorska
Other Contacts
Awards Committee Chair
Diane Krone
dkrone@njacs.org
Website & Planning Committee Chair
Web Master
Paul Tukey
paul.tukey@gmail.com
Alan Cooper
Cooper MedChem Consulting, LLC
acooper@njacs.org
Communications Chair
Kathleen Gilbert
kgilbert@njacs.org
Publicity Chair
Jeannette Brown
Hillsborough, NJ 08844.
Tel: 908-239-1515
Fax: 908-874-6177
jbrown@njacs.org
Congratulations are in order to the members of the North Jersey Section who have reached 50, 60 and 70 years of service! We will honor and thank them for their service at the section’s Award Banquet on Monday, May 22, 2023.
Join us as we honor our volunteers and honor student
Date:::::::::: Monday, May 22, 2023
Times:::::::: 5:30 PM – Presentation of Certificates & Awards to 50, 60 and 70 year members
::::::::::::::::: 6:00 PM – Dinner
::::::::::::::::: 7:00 PM – Presentation of Awards volunteers & students
Place::::::::: Fairleigh Dickinson University
::::::::::::::::: College at Florham, Lenfell Hall in The Mansion
::::::::::::::::: Madison, NJ
(extended deadline )
Directions
Directions to campus and a campus map can be found at http://tinyurl.com/j6j9nsl
Questions
Call (973)822-2575 or e-mail bhowson@njacs.org
50-Year Members
- Mr Andrew B Auerbach
- Mr Edgar C Baker
- Mr Howard S Baker
- Ms Trean Korbelak Blumenthal
- Ms Howching Karen Chan
- Dr Ismael Colon
- Dr Alan Bruce Cooper
- Dr Thomas Gerard Cullen
- Dr Raymond Cvetovich
- Dr Anneli Mirja De Paolis
- Mr Charles M Delaney
- Dr Allan B Furtek
- Mr Joseph J Gregg
- Mr Vincent P Gullo
- Mr William K Hagmann
- Mr James Francis Hains
- Mr Stephen Alan Jacobs
- Dr Gregory J Kaczorowski
- Dr Bruce A Kaduk
- Mr Kenneth J Kaufmann
- Ms Lakshmi Khemani
- Dr Walter Averill Korfmacher
- Dr Hung Van Le
- Mr Lawrence Joseph Lepore
- Mr Louis M Maresca
- Mr Bert Minerley II
- Dr Henry J Mortko
- Mr Carl A Perini
- Dr Daniel George Phillips
- Mr Robert M Pricone
- Dr Donald Prentice Satchell Jr
- Mr Arpad Savoly
- Dr Irene Sawchyn
- Dr Dalbir Singh Sethi
- Dr Ali Uddin Shaikh
- Dr Jerauld S Skotnicki
- Dr John Joseph Tegeler
- Mr Paul Daniel Tyma
- Mr Robert John Winchurch
- Mr Bernard Zimmerman
60-Year Members
- Mr Joseph L Bach
- Dr Raouf Botros
- Dr Albert C Chen
- Mr Robert Dworkin
- Dr Gary J Gerardi
- Mr William S Gilman
- Mr John Hodgkiss
- Dr Lester L Maravetz
- Dr John J Rose
- Mr Leo F Ryan
- Mr Anthony Scerbo
- Dr Leonard N Schoenberg
- Mr Girish Chandulal Shah
- Mr Peter Michael Swist
- Dr Deger Tunc
- Dr David G Vickroy
- Mr Stanley Frank Wanat
- Mr Jay Weinstein
70-Year Members
- Dr Robert Leo Augustine
- Ms Elizabeth Anne Bellamy
- Dr Alfred Christian Glatz
- Dr George Mortimer Kramer
- Dr Nicholas George Lordi
- Dr Walter Thomas Reichle
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- Mr Avery Rosegay
- Dr Edwin A Schmall
- Dr George Joseph Schmitt
- Dr Arthur Leroy Squares
- Mr Arthur Montgomery Thomas Jr
- Mr Thomas Joseph Welsh Jr
Latest News
2021 Baekeland Award
The North Jersey Section of the American Chemical Society will award the 2021 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award on May 12, 2022, to Dr Prashant K. Jain.
The Section presents the Award biennially to commemorate the technical and industrial achievements of Leo Hendrik Baekeland and to encourage younger chemists to emulate his example.
Message From Justyna Sikorska
It is a great honor to serve as Chair for 2023. I look forward to leading this incredible and diverse group of volunteers . . . My goals for 2023 start with supporting our diverse topical groups and committees in organizing exciting seminars . . .
