Topical Presentation:    

"Section Finances:   Budgetary and Fiduciary Interactions"

 
     Speaker:     Dr. Thomas Kucera         

Date: Friday, April 25, 2003
Location:   Midwest Conference Center
(Same as main meeting)
  Times:
Topical Group: 5:30-6:30 P.M.
Social Hour: 6:00- 7:00 P.M.
Dinner: 7:00 P.M.
Meeting: 8:00 P.M.

Abstract:

Thomas Kucera, Section Trustee and member of the Chicago Section ACS, will present a history of the development of the Section budgetary process and that of the trustees and their responsibilities. The interplay between the budgeting process and the fiduciary responsibilities of the Section Board of Directors and the Section Trustees will be discussed. The goal of both units is the safe and best use of the funds available to the Section.

Biography:

Tom earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Purdue University, and then went to New Zealand to do research on a Fulbright scholarship. When he came back to the U.S., he took an industrial position and later went into consulting in electrophotographic science, a field in which he is still recognized as an expert. He was later employed for 20 years by the American Photocopy Company (APCO), eventually becoming a vice president and member of the board of directors, before returning to private consulting.

He has been very active in professionalism affairs, both at the local and national level and has held many offices at the local level, including section chair and chair of various committees. He has been a councilor from the Chicago Section for nearly 30 years.

Tom has also been quite active at the national level, having had a major impact on ACS actions related to chemists with disabilities. More than 10 years before the U.S. Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Tom was part of the group that worked to get the ACS Board to create the Committee on Chemists with Disabilities (CWD), and served as its first chairman. He has participated in and-continues to work on, such projects as production of the ACS booklet, Teaching Chemistry to Students with Disabilities; editing Working Chemists with Disabilities: Expanding Opportunities in Science; and offering counseling to individuals with disabilities. Tom is a member of the Council Committee on Nominations and Elections, and has for some time been program chair for the Division of Professional Relations. He has received the Louis Sacco Award and the Henry Hill Award for service to the Division.





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