The 2009 Gibbs Award Dinner Presented by the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society

Gibbs Medal Awardee:
Louis Brus
Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry Columbia University New York “Benjamin Franklin and J. W. Gibbs”

Date:	Friday, May 15, 2009
Location:	Lincolnshire Marriott Lincolnshire, IL 60561
Time:	6:00 pm Reception 7:00 pm Dinner 8:30 pm Presentation

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Introducing Professor Brus:  Mark Ratner, Northwestern University

Presentation of the medal:  Joe Francisco, President-Elect, American Chemical Society

Cost:  $50.00 for members of ACS and their guests,
     $25 for students, unemployed or retired members of the Chicago Local Section

• Dinner reservations are required in advance. 
• Tickets will be sent to you by mail if time permits.   Click here for a registration form.  No refunds will be made after noon Tuesday, May 12 for cancellations or no-shows.  Tables of ten are available upon request.   If you would like a table for a group, please put their names on a separate sheet and include it with your registration.
• Seating will be available after the dinner for people not attending the dinner but interested in hearing the speaker.

	The History of the Willard Gibbs Award

The Citation:

Benjamin Franklin and Josiah Williard Gibbs were both revolutionary American Scientists. Their backgrounds, personalities, approaches to science and personal lives could not have been more different. I will discuss the men and their science in this short after-dinner talk.

Biographical Sketch of Professor Louis Brus:   

Lou Brus has a BA from Rice University and a PhD from Columbia University, both in Chemical Physics.   As a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, he worked in the solid state and chemistry divisions of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC.  In 1973 he joined the research area of Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, where he became Distinguished Member of Technical Staff.   He returned to Columbia in 1996, where he is now S. L. Mitchill Professor of Chemistry.  He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and in 1998 was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Gordon Conferences.   In the 1980s he pioneered research in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals exhibiting quantum size effects.  He has won the APS Langmuir Prize, the ACS Chemistry of Materials Prize, and the OSA Wood Prize.  In 2008 he received the first Kavli Prize in Nanoscience.   His present interests include carbon nanotubes and graphene, transition metal oxide nanocrystals, and chemical applications of local electromagnetic fields.

Directions and Map to the Marriott Lincolnshire

Please note recent additions to menu --

Reception: 

• Cheese and vegetable display
• Hot and cold buttler-passed hors-d'oeuvres
• Non-alcoholic punch
• Open bar

Dinner:

• Butternut squash soup
• Wisconsin Winter Salad with Mesculine Greens, Candied Pecans, Dried Cranberries and Maple Chestnut Vinaigrette Dressing
• a choice of:
  • Chicken Florentine with Mozzarella cheese, Sun Dried Tomatoes, and Beurre Blanc Sauce, or
  • Jack Daniel’s Glazed Wild Salmon with Stone Mustard Glaze, or
  • Roasted Vegetables Wellington
• Chef’s Selection of Potato or Rice
• Fresh Seasonal Vegetables
• Chocolate Hazelnut Torte with Mocha Anglaise
• Wine