History of the Section
Fifteen academic and industrial chemists met on February 15, 1894 in a Recitation Room in Lehigh University's Chandler Laboratory in Bethlehem, PA to form the Lehigh Valley local section of the American Chemical Society. An Executive Committee was nominated and elected consisting of President, William H. Chandler, Secretary, A.H. Welles, Treasurer, Albert L. Colby and member, Clemens Jones. The section agreed to meet monthly, alternating between venues in Bethlehem and Easton.
Officers 2020
Chair:
George Ruger, gruger04@yahoo.com
Chair-Elect:
Roger Egolf, rae4@psu.edu
Immediate Past Chair:
Denise Beautreau, deedewwo@yahoo.com
Secretary:
Nigel Sanders, nigel53.sanders@gmail.com
Treasurer:
Tesia Chciuk, tvc212@lehigh.edu
Term ends 12/31/20
Kelley Caflin, caflinacs@yahoo.com
Lorena Tribe, alternate, lut1@psu.edu
Term ends 12/31/21
Jeanne Berk, jrberk@cedarcrest.edu
Celia Williams, alternate, lvacscma@gmail.com
Nigel Sanders, editor
nigel53.sanders@gmail.com
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SECTION ACTIVITY COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Awards:
John Freeman, jcf2@rcn.com
Chemistry Olympiad Coordinator:
Gail Marsella, gailmarsella@muhlenberg.edu
Education/SEED coordinator:
Jeremy Heyman, jheyman@northampton.edu
Long Range Planning:
Nigel Sanders, nigel53.sanders@gmail.com
Membership:
Greglynn Gibbs, gdw104@psu.edu
Minority Affairs:
Celia Williams, lvacscma@gmail.com
National Chemistry Week/CCEW:
Lindsey Welch, lawelch@cedarcrest.edu
Newsletter Editor:
Nigel Sanders, nigel53.sanders@gmail.com
Professional Relations/Career Counseling:
Greglynn Gibbs, gdw104@psu.edu
Public Relations:
Jennifer Mehalshick, jennifer.mehalshick@outlook.com
Safety:
Caroline Multari, caroline.multari@gmail.com
Senior Chemists:
John Freeman, jcf2@rcn.com
Webmaster:
Nigel Sanders, nigel53.sanders@gmail.com
