Sierra Nevada Local Section

American Chemical Society

2001 Section Meetings

February 23, 2001 "Environmental Behavior of Plutonium", Prof. Gregory Choppin, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. The meeting will be held at Rm. 333, Red Mountain Bldg., TMCC, 6:30 p.m. Download the pdf file of our January/February Newsletter. Required: Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0

April 27, 2001 "The Use and Misue of Scientific Evidence (or, Sherlock Holmes Makes Mistakes)", Dr. Richard Henderson, Southern Research Laboratories, Florence, SC. The meeting will be held at Yen Ching Restaurant, 6:30 p.m. Download the pdf file of our March/April Newsletter.

May 16, 2001 High School Chemistry & Physics Awards, Schulich Lecture Hall, Room 1, UNR, 6:00 p.m.

NOTE: SNDC award POSTPONED until 2002 Sierra Nevada Distinguished Chemist Lecture and Banquet - Prof. Richard Zare, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Time and place TBA. Download the pdf file of our July/August Newsletter that contains the outdated award and banquet info, along with other section announcements.

November 9, 2001 "The Scent of Seduction: Pheromone Production in Bark Beetles and Houseflies", Dr. Gary Blomquist, University of Nevada, Reno. The meeting will be held at the Texas Longhorn Bar and Grill, 6:30 p.m. Download the pdf file of our September/October Newsletter.

December 7, 2001 "Wines of the California Central Coast," Larry Sapperstein, Eagle Vineyards. The meeting will be held in the Reading Room at the Reynolds School of Journalism on the UNR campus, 6:30 pm. Download the pdf file of our November/December Newsletter.

Section Officers (2001)

Program Chair: H. Eugene LeMay, Jr.

Secretary/Treasurer: Cinzia Muzzi

Councilor: Eun-Woo Chang

Alternate Councilor: John H. Nelson