Susquehanna Valley Section

November 2001 Meeting

The three hundred and thirtyfirst meeting of the Section will be held at is a joint meeting with the Corning Section on Monday, November 15, 2001 at Elmira College. The speaker for the evening is Dr. Attila E. Pavlath, Past President of the American Chemistry Society, who will be presenting a talk entitled "Public Image of Chemists and Chemistry".

Directions: Elmira College Campus Center, cor of 6th and Columbia. Exit Hgwy 17 at the Rte 14 exit and go south; when street divides, take right fork (Oakwood Ave); Continue on Oakwood, which becomes Davis Street in Elmira. Turn left at 6th St; the Campus Center is on your left at the end of the block. Parking is available in back of Library, which is across street from Campus Center.

Social Time: 6:00 pm
Dinner: 6:30 pm
Talk: 8:00 pm

Entree Choice: Dinner is a Buffet featuring Prime Rib and Salmon, Salads, Seasonal Vegetables, Sliced Fruit, Dessert, Beverage.

Industrials and Guests $23.00
Academics, Retirees $22.00

Please call your reservations to Robert LaDuca at 570-208-5900 x5733 by Nov 2, 2001.

"Public Image of Chemists and Chemistry"

While medical doctors and medicine are in the top quartile of public esteem, chemistry and chemists lag considerably behind them, even though most of the progress in health can be traced to chemical discoveries and developments. The lecture will describe the problem, what the ACS is doing in this area, and what the individual can do about it. It will also solicit from the audience new ideas for implementation by the ACS.

Dr. Attila E. Pavlath received his education at the Technical University of Budapest in Hungary, where he became assistant professor. In 1956, he left Hungary first for Montreal, Canada (McGill University), then in 1958, he joined Stauffer Chemical Company in Richmond, California. Since 1967, he has been with the Western Regional Research Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Albany, California. He is leading a group involved in research on various agricultural chemical problems. Dr. Pavlath's scientific career includes work on fluorine chemistry (30+ years), glow discharge chemistry (10+ years), textile chemistry (10 years), energy and biomass research (10 years) and most recently on the freshness in fruits and vegetables. He has published almost 100 scientific papers on these subjects and has presented numerous lectures in the U.S. and abroad. He also holds 20-25 patents. Dr. Pavlath is also well known for his activities in the ACS during the past 20 years to make the ACS more responsive to the professional needs of its members. Dr. Pavlath is the 2000 President of the American Chemical Society.