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7-29-09

Contacts:
Mark Gordon, Chemistry, (515) 294-0452 (mark@si.msg.chem.iastate.edu)
Laura Engelson, Liberal Arts & Sciences Communications, (515) 294-7742 (lge@iastate.edu)

ISU professor elected to first class of American Chemical Society Fellows

AMES, Iowa – The inaugural class of American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows includes an Iowa State University chemistry professor. Mark Gordon, Frances M. Craig Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences division of Ames Laboratory, was elected to the ACS Fellows Program.

“Some of the foremost names in U.S. chemistry are on this list, including Nobel Laureates and members of the National Academy of Sciences,” Gordon said. “It is a great honor to be included with these folks.”

The ACS Fellows Program was created by the Board of Directors to “recognize members of the American Chemical Society for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the society.” According to the ACS website, the honor of a Fellows designation will go to those who have distinguished themselves in promoting those areas, as well as contributing their services to ACS.

Gordon is a 32-year member of ACS and has served as an officer in the ACS subdivision of Theoretical Chemistry, secretary-treasurer of the Physical Chemistry Division, a member of the ACS public relations committee, and on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Reviews, and Organometallics. He received the ACS Midwest Award in 2004.

Gordon is also the 2009 recipient of the Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research. The annual award recognizes “outstanding achievement in the use of computers in research, development, or education in the chemical and biological sciences.”

This first class of Fellows will be honored at the Fall 2009 ACS National Meeting in August. Gordon and the other Fellows will receive a lapel pin and a certificate that will designate their election.

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