Prof. Marie Curie, portrayed by Dr. Maria Bakalis, describes the major events of her life at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.

2017 Chicago Section Chair Fran Kravitz, in her last duty as Chair, presents Anthony Toussaint, 2018 Chair, with his Chair's gavel at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.

Iota Sigma Pi member and artist Janet Ferroni shows the chemistry-themed holiday ornaments the organization raffled off at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party. (Ilana Lemberger, not shown, won them!)

December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party at North Central College, Naperville, IL.

Chicago Section ACS Hospitality Chair Richard Cornell masterfully conducts his annual door prize giveaway at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.

2017 Chair Fran Kravitz and son prepare to give away door prizes at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party. What mysteries lay inside?!?

2017 Section Chair Fran Kravitz (ctr) and son (L) distribute door prizes to eager chemists at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party

Chicago Section member Vivian Sullivan is delighted she came to the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party, now that she opened the mystery door prize provided  ACS Hospitality Chair Richard Cornell (R)

Who knows what treasures await inside the wrapped door prizes that Hospitality Chair Richard Cornell provided at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party?

Attendees of the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party provided a lot of food and toys for the Loaves and Fishes Community Pantry and the Adoption Center of Illinois!

Members of the (now-dissolved) Chemists Club of Chicago reunited at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party. (Left-to-Right: Jerome Kenney, Dolores Kenney, Rudy Bernath, Liz Bernath, Judy Reuter, and Russ Reuter)

Iota Sigma Pi - Chicago Section Chair Tanya Hunter greets the audience at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.

Iota Sigma Pi (L-R Janet Ferroni, Tanya Hunter, Theresa Bixby) raffles off their gorgeous chemistry-themed holiday ornaments at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party. (Ilana Lemberger won! But she was attending the streaming meeting at Loyola, and is not shown here.)

Having received his 2018 Chair's gavel, Anthony Toussaint presents outgoing Chair Fran Kravitz with her Past Chair pin at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.

The stage is set for Prof. Marie Curie, portrayed by Dr. Maria Bakalis, at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.

Prof. Marie Curie, portrayed by Dr. Maria Bakalis, brought some items from her lab in Paris to help illustrate her life for the chemists at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.

Prof. Marie Curie, portrayed by Dr. Maria Bakalis, brought some items from her lab in Paris to help illustrate her life for the chemists at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party. Check out the letter from Albert Einstein!

Prof. Marie Curie, portrayed by Dr. Maria Bakalis, enters the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.

Prof. Marie Curie, portrayed by Dr. Maria Bakalis, describes the major events of her life at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.

Prof. Marie Curie, portrayed by Dr. Maria Bakalis, describes the major events of her life at the December 2017 Chicago Section ACS meeting and holiday party.