Henry A. Hill Award
The Henry A. Hill Award for Outstanding Service to the Northeastern Section is awarded annually to a member, to a former member, or in memory of a deceased member or former member of the Section who has made outstanding contributions to the Section's programs and activities.
Micael Filosa
2012 Hill Award to Michael P. Filosa
 
Dr. Michael P. Filosa, Senior Manager at ZINK Imaging, Inc. of Bedford, MA is the recipient of the 2012 Henry A. Hill Award. The award will be presented to Dr. Filosa at the October 13, 2012 meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS). The Hill Award is presented annually to a member of NESACS for meritorious service to the Section and to the profession of chemistry. Dr. Filosa was appointed editor of the Nucleus in 2004 by the NESACS Board of Publications with the mission of continuing the legacy of excellence established by long-time Nucleus Editor, Arno H. A. Heyn. Dr. Filosa has served as Nucleus editor from January 2005 to the present and has been responsible for producing over 70 issues of the NESACS newsletter.
After graduating as valedictorian of his high school class, Dr. Filosa attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology receiving his B.S. in chemistry in 1974. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1979 from Harvard University under the direction of Professor Paul A. Wender. Upon completion of his Ph.D. he joined Polaroid in their Cambridge, Massachusetts labs where he worked for 26 years. His research involved developing and supporting silver halide and non-silver halide imaging products. Since 2005 Dr. Filosa has worked at ZINK Imaging, Inc. which is a spinoff of Polaroid. He is a co-inventor on multiple Polaroid and ZINK patents related to thermal imaging materials and formulations.
Dr. Filosa has been a member of the American Chemical Society since 1976 and began his service to NESACS in 1997 with his election as an alternate councilor. He was elected to a second term as alternate councilor in 2005 and has been a councilor since 2009. He is currently serving a three-year term on the ACS joint Board-Council Committee on Chemical Abstracts (CCAS). As Nucleus editor he regularly attends the Board of Pub- lications meetings and serves on the Arno Heyn Award Committee. He has also been a member of NESACS Nom- inating Committee for several terms. As Nucleus editor and a councilor, Dr. Filosa is an active and influential member of the Northeastern Section Board of Directors.
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On Receiving the 2012 Henry A. Hill Award - by Michael Filosa
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The award is comprised of a plaque and a scroll suitably engraved with an appropriate citation. It shall be awarded annually at a regular meeting of the Northeastern Section unless otherwise specified by the Board of Directors.
 
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