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PHILADELPHIA, PA—6 February 2009—Four new directors joined the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) at the November semi-annual governance meeting. Their three-year terms officially began on 1 July 2008, the first day of CHF’s fiscal year. The board of directors is charged with fiduciary and policy oversight. The new directors are:
- Madeleine M. Joullié, professor of chemistry, University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
- Stephen J. Lippard, professor of chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Jeffrey I. Seeman, visiting senior research chemistry scholar, University of Richmond
- George A. Vincent, III, chairman and commercial development officer, The HallStar Company
“With two professors of chemistry, a historian, and an industry executive, the new members of CHF’s board of directors bring a vast and varied experience to our board,” said Thomas R. Tritton, president and CEO. “That expertise will be valuable as we face the challenges of operating a world-class museum and library in tough economic times.”
About Madeleine M. Joullié
Madeleine M. Joullié is currently a professor of chemistry at Penn. Joullié was born in Paris, France, during the Great Depression and grew up in Brazil before her father sent her to Simmons College in the United States. After graduating from Simmons in 1949, she went on to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at Penn in 1953.
Joullié was not only the first woman to join Penn’s chemistry faculty, but one of the first female organic chemists appointed to a tenure-track position at any major American university. For her research accomplishments, Joullié has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) and election as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She also implemented affirmative action guidelines that led to the hiring of more women and minorities in tenure-track positions at Penn. In 1998 Joullié received the ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences.
About Stephen J. Lippard
Stephen J. Lippard is the Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry at MIT. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lippard studied at Haverford College before earning a Ph.D. at MIT. After a postdoctoral year at MIT, he joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1966, where he rose to full professor. In 1983 he moved to MIT, where from 1995 to 2005 he served as head of the chemistry department.
Lippard has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2004 he was awarded the National Medal of Science. Lippard is the author or coauthor of over 650 publications in the fields of inorganic, coordination, organometallic, and biological chemistry. He coauthored a book with Jeremy Berg entitled Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry and holds several U.S. and foreign patents.
About Jeffrey I. Seeman
Jeffrey I. Seeman is an internationally recognized expert in organic chemistry and in the history of science. After graduating from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1967, Seeman earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1971. Following a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, he joined the Philip Morris Research Center, where he worked for over 25 years. Seeman has published 120 articles in peer-reviewed scientific literature in fields as diverse as natural product chemistry, chemical physics, flavor and pyrolysis technology, and aerosol science.
Seeman currently serves on the Heritage Council of CHF. He is also editor of the prestigious series of 20 autobiographies of eminent chemists entitled Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams, published by the ACS and Oxford University Press. Seeman was chair of the ACS’s Division of the History of Chemistry from 2005 to 2006, when he started the new award program Citations for Chemical Breakthroughs.
About George A. Vincent, III
George A. Vincent, III, is currently chairman and commercial development officer of The HallStar Company, where he served as CEO for 20 years. HallStar is a chemical manufacturer and innovator specializing in materials science, marketing its products worldwide, primarily to the polymer and personal care industries. Prior to HallStar, Vincent held positions in purchasing, sales, commercial development, and strategic planning with FMC Corporation and General Electric Company. He holds a degree in chemistry from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Vincent has served as chairman of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association and the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois and as director of the American Chemistry Council. He serves on the boards of several closely held companies in the chemical and materials sectors. Vincent is also vice chairman of the board of Nanophase Technologies Corporation.
About the Chemical Heritage Foundation
The Chemical Heritage Foundation serves the community of the chemical and molecular sciences, and the wider public, by treasuring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future. CHF carries out a program of outreach and interpretation in order to advance an understanding of the role of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries in shaping society; maintains a world-class collection of materials that document the history and heritage of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries; and encourages research in its collections. |
