THE FILTER PRESS
Newsletter of the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society
November, 1998
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THE FILTER PRESSNewsletter of the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society |
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The invention of the Daguerreotype, the first practical photographic process, as the culmination of 15 years of work by Louis Mandé Jacque Daguerre in collaboration with Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The details of the process were revealed in 1839 in France and received widespread acclaim throughout the world, as evidenced by the vast number of daguerreotypes found today. The daguerreotype image is totally different from that obtained by modern photography.
At about the same time, William Henry Fox Talbot invented the callotype, the forerunner of modern photography. The lecture will cover the history and chemistry of the daguerreotype and the callotype. Other early photographic processes such as the ambrotype, tintype, and wet-plate process will be discussed. For illustration, images and equipment dating from the earliest days of photography will be exhibited, including daguerrotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and other examples of early photographic images.
Dr. Anthony Winston is a native of Washington D.C.. He received a B.S. Degree in chemistry from George Washington University in 1950. From Duke University he received the M.S. degree in 1952 ad the Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1955. After five years of industrial research, he came to West Virginia University in 1959, where he is now Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. His research is in the areas of organic and polymer synthesis, with particular interest in the design of polymers for medical applications. He has numerous publications in ACS and other journals. He is active in ACS affairs and has served in a variety of offices in the local section and the Central Region. His interest in photography goes back more than 40 years. He specializes in making exhibition prints in black and white and in color. Many of his photographs have received awards in competition and have been accepted in international photographic salons. Dr. Winston is studying the early history of photography, particularly the chemistry of early processes, and recreates some of these processes in his laboratory. He collects antique photographs and equipment, such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, stereoviews, and stereoviewers. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Photographic Society of America, the National Stereoscopic Association, and the Daguerreian Society.
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Georgia Section officers and Board |
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CHAIRMAN: Tom Netzel Georgia State University (404) 651-3129 tnetzel@gsu.edu CHAIR-ELECT: Rigoberto Hernandez Georgia Institute of Technology (404) 894-0594 hernandez@chemistry.gatech.edu PAST-CHAIR William McGonigal 770-888-3698 Billmcgoni@aol.com SECRETARY: Paul Franklin Georgia State University (404) 651-1988 chepjf@panther.gsu.edu TREASURER: Angus Wilkinson Georgia Institute of Technology 404-894-4036 |
Since our local section does not schedule a monthly meeting in December, this will be the last Filter Press issue of 1998. It is also, therefore, the last time that I will be writing you a Chairman's Message. Working this past year with the other Georgia section board members and volunteers has been an extremely positive experience for me. I hope that I was helpful to them as they pushed to bring their projects to successful completions. In addition to carrying on programs begun in past years such as the Chemistry Olympiad, the Herty Award, and National Chemistry Week, we tried this year to initiate a few new programs. These included councilor reports from national meetings on the web and in the Filter Press, a section website (http://chemistry.gsu.edu/ACS), a summer picnic, and the December Holiday Science Show. In the October Filter Press in this column, I called for volunteers to join me in starting a Georgia local section Governmental Relations Committee. My hope is to continue working in this area with these volunteers during the coming year. Please contact me (tnetzel@gsu.edu) at your earliest convenience if you want to learn more about work in this area.
By way of introduction to local section governmental relations, we have been fortunate to schedule Debora J. Fillinich, Senior Legislative Associate in the ACS Office of Legislative and Governmental |
Affairs (OLGA), to speak at our January local section meeting. Rig Hernandez, next year's Chairman, is now finalizing the date and site details for this meeting, but it looks like it will be in the middle of January. Please come to this meeting with your questions and learn what many of your fellow chemists in other states are now doing in this area.
George McKelvy (george.mckelvy@chemistry.gatech.edu) is producing our section's Holiday Science Show, and he has scheduled it for Sunday afternoon, December 13, 1998. It will be held at Georgia Tech and promises to be a very interesting experience in chemical demonstrations. I urge students, science teachers, parents of students, and the chemically curious to mark this date on their calendars and come to our Science Show. Please check our website for up-to-the-minute details for this event.
Finally, I want to thank the many local section members who worked so enthusiastically with me this past year, and invite members who haven't yet become active in local section activities to begin doing so in 1999. The ACS Georgia Local Section is one of the few organizations that is pure service with no organizational politics. On this note, I wish Rig Hernandez and the rest of the 1999 Georgia Section's board much success in the new year. |
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THE FILTER PRESS Newsletter of the Georgia Section ofthe American Chemical Society
The Filter Press is published monthly (except June, July, August, and December) by the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society. Advertising and Business: Margaret Venable, Georgia Perimeter College, Science Dept. 555 N. Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston GA 30021, e-mail: mvenable@gpc.peachnet.edu Graphics Design: Alan Gabrielli, Southern Polytechnic State University, (770) 528-7316. Address Changes: ACS members should send address changes to ACS Membership Services, 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 or call 1-800-227-5558. Advertising: Direct advertising copy and inquiries to Margaret Venable, Georgia Perimeter College, Science Dept. 555 N. Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston GA 30021. Submission of materials for publication: Direct materials for publication to Alan Gabrielli, Southern Polytechnic State University, 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060-2896, fax to (770) 528-7490, or email to agabriel@spsu.edu |
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MEMBERS-AT-LARGE: JoAnn Arceneaux UCB Chemicals Corp. Mitch Katz Needle and Rosenberg Joyce Scanlon Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Co. COUNCILORS: Lissa Dulany UCB Chemicals Corp. Theresa Chamblee Coca-Cola Company David Collard Georgia Institute of Technology Don Hicks Georgia State University ALTERNATE COUNCILORS: Ken Busch Georgia Institute of Technology Alan Gabrielli Southern PolytechnicState University Jancie Hatcher Georgia Pollution Prevention Susan Hornbuckle Clayton State College |
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November Meeting The Invention of PhotographyDr. Anthony WinstonDate: Monday, November 9, 1998 Time: 6:30 -7:00 arrive & social 7:00-8:00 dinner 8:00-9:00 speaker Dinner: "South of the Border" buffet: tortilla chips with vegetarian chili con queso, flour tortillas, beef or chicken fajitas with sauteed onions and mixed peppers, vegetarian spicy black beans, sour cream, salsa, cheese, Spanish rice, mexican corn, coffee, iced tea, and cinnamon tortilla crips for desert. Prices include tax and gratuity Location: Gordy Room, Wardlaw Center @ Georgia Tech Campus (404) 894-6096 The Wardlaw Center is located on the southern side of the football stadium. (see map) Please park inside the deck parking underneath the Wardlaw Center on the Northern side of North Avenue between Techwood Drive and Fowler Street. Please press the button at the gate and notify the attendant that you are a guest of the Wardlaw Center to obtain entry. Cost: $15 per person, full-time students with ID and high school teachers, $10. Payment should be made to the ACS Georgia Section and will be collected at the door. RSVP: Paul Franklin, 404-651-1988 (chepjf@panther.gsu.edu) or Rigoberto Hernandez (hernandez@chemistry.gatech.edu),404-894-0594. You are strongly encouraged to make reservations one week prior to the event, as we can not guarantee seats beyond that. When making reservations, please state your name, choice of entree, professional affiliation, and telephone number. Reservation deadline is 5:00 PM on the Friday preceding the meeting. If you make a dinner reservation but fail to attend, you must still make payment for your meal to treasurer Angus Wilkinson, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400 (404) 894-7452. |
1999 Georgia Section
Meetings: Monday, January 11 Debbie Fillinich ACS Office of Legislative and Government Affairs
February: no meeting
Wednesday, March 24 Charles Liotta, Vice-Provost for Research, Georgia Tech Dennis Liotta, Vice President for Research, Emory
The Georgia Section of the ACS is soliciting nominations for the 1999 Charles Holmes Herty Medal, which is presented annually to recognize the work and service of an outstanding chemist from the Southeast. The award recipient is honored at a ceremony in late Spring when an address is given to the local section, and the gold medal (designed to commemorate the work of Herty) is given. Nominees may come from academic, government, or industrial laboratories. (See the ACS award booklet for additional information.) The deadline for submission of nominations is January 29, 1999. Send all nominations or inquiries to: Dr. Susan Hornbuckle, Clayton College and State University, 5900 North Lee Street, Morrow, GA 30260;770-961-3665 susanhornbuc kle@mail.clayton.edu |
