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| Current Issue of The Nucleus |
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Transitioning into 2021 |
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| To say that I am surprised to sit here and write this column as Editor of The Nucleus would be an understatement. Looking back at the beginning of 2020, I would have expected many other things instead. I had started attending the NESACS monthly meetings over a year ago and found the presentations be enlightening, and the attendees to be a wonderful and diverse group of like-minded academic and business professionals. I would especially point out the good-natured efforts of Michael Singer at these meetings to encourage me to take a greater part in the NESACS organization. He said that I need not worry that I will automatically be put in charge of a committee if I chose to help a bit. He was correct in that sense, but maybe I should have been rather a little more circumspect in retrospect. |
| So I joined the Board of Publications (BOP) under the excellent leadership of Kathy Lee. I was first introduced to her at what happened to be the last in-person meeting for 2020 of NESACS in February. After watching the fascinating work on the topic of Regenerative Engineering of Prof. Cato T. Laurencin of the University of Connecticut presented by him, Michael brought me over to meet with Kathy, and informed her that I would be assisting in proofreading The Nucleus. She was very glad to hear of this, and I remember well, and was impressed, by her pleasant smile and disposition. I could immediately sense that she possessed some inherent leadership qualities, and was later only a little surprised to learn that she had already been Chair of NESACS back in 2015. |
| As it turns out, I never got a chance to proofread The Nucleus in 2020. In the rather topsy-turvy year that we had, many different things happened or did not happen. I was beginning to feel a bit useless as far as being a member of the BOP. It was then that I decided to speak with Kathy and ask her what next steps I should take since I had no desire to just be present at the meetings and do little else. It was then that she broached to me the topic of becoming Editor and, after some consideration, it is in that capacity that I am writing now. |
| I can only hope to reach the eminent level of Michael Filosa’s 15 years as Editor of The Nucleus. I certainly have no inkling as to what will be my situation in the year 2036, which would be longer than I have been working professionally as of today. Yet time has a way of flowing unbeknownst to the travelers on her path and we will yet see what the future holds. |
| Regarding this month’s contents of The Nucleus, as is our yearly tradition, and always an honor for the Northeastern Section, the President of the ACS will be attending and speaking at the January monthly meeting. Dr. H. N. Cheng will be presenting a talk on “Sustainability and Green Chemistry,” and I very much look forward to listening to his insights and ideas. This will also mark the 1,000th monthly meeting of NESACS; here’s to the next one thousand! |
| Dr. Raj Rajur gives his statement as Chair of NESACS for 2021. I look forward to his strong leadership this year and am especially intrigued by the concepts of a new Medicinal Chemistry prize and a new exchange program with universities in India. |
| Chair-Elect Carol Mulrooney and Past-Chair Anna Sromek have put together a description of the nominations of NESACS in nine categories for the 22nd annual ChemLuminary Awards. It is a real testament to the hard work of the NESACS community that we should have been nominated for so many awards in 2020. |
| NESACS NSYCC Chair Meredith Ward has examined how the NSYCC Career Symposium went virtual this year. It is a very important example of the flexibility of the community to go virtual successfully and still be able to help our local chemists improve their career skills. |
| Another contribution I also want to point out here is by Ray Lam on National Chemistry Week. It is a true mark of how NESACS supports the education of chemistry for the next generation with our sponsorship of $5,000 of the CreatedBy e-Festival of the Boston Children’s Museum. We are very proud this brought about the donation of 82 STEAM kits to local schools. I would also like to point out the poem contest winners and their very impressive contributions. |
| Dear Readers, I hope you will find this first issue of The Nucleus with me as Editor to be up to the high standards you have come to expect. Here’s to a bright 2021! |
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| NEW EDITOR! |
| Craig Sergeant to edit the Nucleus |
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| Craig Sergeant will become Editor of the Nucleus beginning with the January 2021 issue. Craig’s background includes chemistry, project management, marketing, and website management. Craig received a BS in Chemistry and a MS in Organic Chemistry from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, and an MBA from Salem State University. Currently, Craig is a Product Marketing Manager at JEOL USA, and has also held roles in Product Management at Alfa Aesar/Thermo Fisher Scientific, as well as Johnson Matthey. You may have met Craig at the January and February Monthly Meetings in 2020, or virtually at the October Board Meeting. Craig has been learning the ins and outs of the Editor of the Nucleus role from Mike, preparing to assume the mantle. Welcome to Craig. You may reach Craig at csergeant@jeol.com |
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| Additional BOP Updates |
| NESACS committee chairs, event organizers, and members, we welcome your submissions of articles for the Nucleus. Please reach out to Craig Sergeant (csergeant@jeol.com) |
| Interested in placing an advertisement in the Nucleus? Ad rates are posted below on this page. |
| Please reach out to Craig Sergeant (csergeant@jeol.com) |
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| The Nucleus 2005 –2020 |
| By Michael P. Filosa, Nucleus Editor 2005-2020 |
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Members of the NESACS Board of Publications with Harvey Steiner (Art Related Technology), recipient of the 2011 Arno Heyn Memorial Book Prize: (l-r) Mary Mahaney, Chair; Vivian Walworth, Past-chair; Mr. Steiner; Myron Simon, Associate Editor of the Nucleus; Michael Filosa, Editor of the Nucleus.
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| Early in my tenure as Nucleus editor I asked at a Board of Publications (BOP) meeting how I would ever get out of the job now that I had it? Vince Gale, Nucleus Ad Manager, quipped, “you either become ill like Arno, or you take a job out of state like Mark Spitler.” the Nucleus job in those days adhered to a tight production schedule for 10 issues per year. The issue had to be ready for the printer two weeks before the month of issue for third class mail to deliver it in time. Timely arrival of the Nucleus was a big issue in those days when third class mail could, unpredictably, sit in the post office for a few weeks before it was delivered. Now we have internet delivery of a pdf so the delivery issues have gone away and the issue can be more of a just-in-time publication. |
| I blundered into the job as Nucleus Editor. I had been recruited to run for Counselor for the 1998 NESACS Election by NESACS Archivist and colleague at Polaroid, Myke Simon. I was elected an alternate counselor for the term from 1999-2001. I attended Board Meetings but struggled to find a meaningful role in the Section. However, I always enjoyed the presence of Arno Heyn at those Board Meetings when he would pridefully circulate the proof of the upcoming issue of the Nucleus. |
| Polaroid was going through upheaval in those days so I didn’t run again for Counselor in 2001 and instead focused on work and creating a new printing technology which was the foundation for the formation of ZINK Imaging, which spun out of Polaroid in 2005. At the end of 2004 I was ready to reengage with NESACS so I attended the October Monthly Meeting where I sat with Vivian Walworth. Vivian was a very old friend of Arno Heyn going back to their days together at the University of Michigan. One of her favorite stories was how she introduced Arno to his future wife. Vivian had a long career at Polaroid working directly with Edwin Land starting in 1944 on 3-D battlefield photography (Vectograph). Vivian was an editor par excellence for the The Society of Imaging Science and Technology, a chair of the IS&T, and wrote and edited many seminal works on instant photography. After the death of her husband and retirement from her duties at the IS&T she engaged with NESACS as one of the three members (since expanded to five) of the Board of Publications. |
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| A brief tribute to Mike Filosa, Editor of the Nucleus |
| By Katherine Lee, NESACS Board of Publications Chair and ACS District I Director |
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| Photo taken in 2008 by Philip Tseng on the West Lake Causeway in Hangzhou, China. |
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| Mike Filosa has been the Editor of the Nucleus since January 2005, and some of us have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to hear Mike’s story about how he assumed the mantle of this role from none other than Arno Heyn (NESACS Chair 1968, Henry Hill Award Winner 1986, Nucleus Editor 1989-2004). |
| As I have come to know Mike through the years, I have been impressed by his stewardship for the history of NESACS and his dedication to our Section and to the ACS as a whole. Perhaps you have attended a NESACS Board Meeting at which Mike gave an update on the latest issue of the Nucleus and passed around the proof so we could get a sneak peek of the contents. Perhaps you have been the recipient of a nudge from Mike, along the lines of, “It would be great if you could write up [name of event]” or “I need the announcement for the monthly meeting.” |
| As Ajay Purohit, the 2019 Chair of the NESACS Board of Publications (BOP) notes, “I think that what I remember most about Mike is his selfless devotion to NESACS and the work he did to continue Arno Heyn’s legacy in the Nucleus.” |
A labor of love:
To put together up to 10 issues per year, amassing the content, and in many cases, writing articles in addition to editing submissions, is a demanding job; you may browse the issues edited by Mike here: https://www.nesacs.org/publications_nucleus.html |
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