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February 11, 2002 MEETING


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Date & Time: Wednesday, February 13, 2002
Mixer, 5:30 PM; Dinner, 6:30 PM; Presentation, 7:30 PM

Topic: Growing and Expanding the American Chemical Society's (ACS's) Relationship with Senior Management of Major Chemical Comanies

Speaker: Hank Whalen, Director of Industry Relations at the American Chemical Society (ACS)

Meeting Location: The Cynwyd Club, 332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd, PA. 19004. From City Line Ave (Route #1) drive north west on Conshohocken State Road (Route #23) about 3 long blocks. Continue north on Trevor Lane instead of following Route #23 left. At "Y" in road one block north on Trevor Lane, turn left where clubhouse and parking are on the left side of the road. Please park in lot if space is available; otherwise, park on Trevor Lane. If lost, call the club at 610-667-4524.


Reservation: Dinner is by reservation only. To make or cancel a reservation, leave an E-Mail: CCN Reservation or call the ACS office at 215-382-1589 no later than noon, February 7, 2002. Leave a message on the machine if necessary. Meeting fee is $20 by reservation or $25 at the door. No-shows will be invoiced. No call needed if attending the presentation only; however, you may want to register anyway - indicating that it is for the presentation only - so we can contact you in case of cancellation or rescheduling.

Abstract
This presentation will describe an effort to grow and expand the relationship between the ACS with its 163,000 individual members and senior management of the larger chemical companies (25 to 50 companies). A major objective of this effort is to educate management as to the large array of services they now receive from ACS that are of direct value to their business, such as Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS) and Publications. The bottom line is to use this value add to get management to encourage its employees, who are members of aCS, to take a more active role in the efforts of the Society. Finally there will be a brief explanation of the ACS's Matching Gift Fund.

Biography:
Hank Whalen is the new Director of Industry Relations at the American Chemical Society (ACS). He recently retired after 25 years, the last 12 years as Vice President and Director Corporate Development, from PQ Corporation, a $600 million, privately held, inorganic chemical company.

As a member of ACS for 42 years, Hank has had experience in all areas of governance culminating with his election to Chair of the ACS's Board of Directors in 1999.

Hank's job as Director of Industry Relations is to make senior management at the chemical companies to which ACS members belong, aware of the various services currently being provided them by ACS and to learn what additional services they would find of value. He stresses that more than 60% of ACS's 163,000 members are in industry.

He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Chemical Consultant Network, and the American Chemical Society. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Frankford. He is currently serving as club secretary and was president of the club in 1979-80.

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