Dr. Fillmore Freeman, a graduate of John Marshall Metropolitan High School (Chicago Public Schools), made his name as a Prof. at University of California, Irvine) doing physical organic chemistry, including computational chemistry. His research synthesizing anti-viral and anti-tumor compounds includ...
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Prof. Billie Joe Evans went from Coordinator for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to full Professor at the University of Michigan (after getting his Chemistry PhD in 1968 from The University of Chicago). Specializing in solid state chemistry that "directly affects human environments", he also...
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Dr. Lilia Abron is a chemical engineer who spent time at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Abron founded Peer Africa with the mission of building energy-efficient homes in post-apartheid South Africa, earning her the ...
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Dr. Gloria Long Anderson earned her PhD in Organic Chemistry from The University of Chicago in 1968. Born to Arkansas sharecroppers, she became Chair of the Chemistry Department of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, GA...then earned the distinguished endowed Fuller E. Calloway professorship several ti...
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Prof. William Lester, Jr. was born in 1937 Chicago, where he had to attend segregated schools. He earned his M.S. from The University of Chicago, went on to get a Ph.D., and became a Distinguished Professor at U.Cal.-Berkeley (after working at IBM and the United States National Bureau of Standards),...
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Our own Dr. Jim Shoffner is our kickoff for celebrating #blackhistorymonth this year. Jim grew up on a rural plantation, then earned his PhD at UIC and had long, celebrated career as an organic chemist with UOP in Des Plaines, Illinois. He's served the Chicago ACS for decades, and was Section Chair ...
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February 2018:
Materials:
Two different sized ziplock bags; Water; Calcium Chloride ice-melt pellets
Experiment:
In the large bag, put the ice-melt pellets in so that it is about one-fourth full. Fill the small bag about half full with water and make sure that it is sealed well. Place the wat...
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January 2018:
Materials:
Glass, Water, Pepper, Dish Soap
Experiment:
In a glass of water, lightly sprinkle a little pepper onto it. What do you see happen? Maybe some of the flakes sank and some of them floated? Now, touch your fingertip to the dishwashing soap and then using that finger, touc...
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November 2017:
In the February 2017 edition of ChemShorts For Kids you investigated some unique properties of water like cohesion. I want to take a look at that again using a different experiment.
Materials:
Wax paper, Water, Food coloring, Toothpicks, Dropper, Dish soap
Experiment:
Have differ...
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Report of ACS Council Meeting - Fall 2017; Washington, D.C.
- Barbara Moriarty, Councilor
The 254th National Meeting of the ACS was held in Washington DC, from August 20 – 24, 2017. The theme of this meeting was “Chemistry’s Impact on the Global Economy” The Chicago section...
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