Rubber division takes nominations. (Meetings).

During the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society, spring technical meeting, held last month in San Francisco, CA, Richard J. Hupp of Schenectady International, chair of the Division's Nominating Committee, announced nominations for open executive committee positions in 2004.

Any Rubber Division, ACS, member who wishes to nominate additional people for these positions must do so by June 15, and the nomination must be sponsored by 25 members of the Rubber Division. Nominations may be submitted to the Executive Director, Rubber Division, ACS, P.O. Box 499, Akron, OH 44309-0499. All elegible nominees will be included in the Rubber Division's election ballots, which will be sent to the general membership on July 1. These ballots must be returned to the Executive Director by August 31.

Nominees for open office positions include: Chair-elect (David O'Brien, PolyOne; and Don Reiches, Reiches Chemical); and assistant secretary (John Boruta, Rhein Chemie; and Gerald Williams, Tumpeer Chemical).

There is one open councilor position and one open alternate councilor position. Nominees for these open positions include: Councilor (John Long, DSM Copolymer); and alternate councilor (Krishna Baranwal, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory).

Nominees for open area director and alternate area director positions (listed in order of area director, then alternate area director) in the following rubber groups include: Blue Ridge (Wiley Betts, Crompton/Uniroyal Chemical; and Robert Gaines, Rhein Chemie); Central Illinois (Leonard Thomas, Caterpillar; and Rick L. Davies, Harwick Standard Distribution); Chicago (Rick Webb, Chicago Rawhide); Connecticut (Jeff Linn, ParaTec Elastomers LLC; and Joseph E. Royal, H.M. Royal); Ft. Wayne (Jira Andrews, Cooper-Standard Automotive; and Allen Moorefield, Cooper-Standard Automotive); Ontario (Phil Bailet, G.H. Chemical Ltd.); Southern (Craig Moore, Natrochem; and Gary Homing, Polymer Valley Chemical); Twin Cities (Andrew E. Bobowski, AB Chemical; and Robert E. Eggers, Dyneon LLC); and West Michigan (Morris Riddle, Solvay Solexis; and Greg Diederich, Chemrep).

The Rubber Division, ACS, is also accepting nominations for the following six awards for 2004: The Charles Goodyear Medal (sponsored by the Rubber Division), the Sparks-Thomas Award (sponsored by ExxonMobil Chemical), the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award (sponsored by Crompton/Uniroyal Chemical), the George Stafford Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research (sponsored by Cabot), the Fernley H. Banbury Award (sponsored by Farrel) and The Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award (sponsored by Advanced Elastomer Systems).

These awards recognize specific distinguished achievements of rubber scientists, engineers, chemists and technologists. Special honors are received with the various awards, such as monetary honorariums, engraved plaques and recognition at a presigious awards banquet held in honor of the recipients.

Presentations to the award winners will be made during the Rubber Division's 165th Spring Technical Meeting, to be held in Grand Rapids, MI, May 17-19, 2004.

Detailed information on each award, including the requirements for nominating an individual, can be found in the Rubber Division's web site at www.rubber.org. The deadline for award nominations to be received at the Rubber Division is August 1. Selection of finalists is determined by the Division's Science and Technology Awards Committee and approved by the Executive Committee.

Further information is available from the Rubber Division [phone].