Dolores Aquino
email: dcaquino2246@yahoo.com
Dolores C. Aquino, PHD, is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at San Jacinto College Central, where she has been employed since 1993. She received a B.S. in Chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Her employment record also includes industrial experience as a Research Chemist with Exxon Research and Engineering Company.
In ACS, Dolores has been actively involved in the Greater Houston Section (ACS-GHS) since 1994. She is currently serving Section as Alternate Councilor (2007-20011). She has been serving on the ACS-GHS Executive Committee since 2003; including serving as Section Chair in 2005. She was Chair of the High School Scholarship Exam writing subcommittee 2003-2004. She has been actively involved in the annual ACS-GHS Summer Social, National Chemistry Week and Educational Rainbow Challenge programs and the Education Committee for the section.
Dolores is currently working on an ACS national task force that is working to improve eduacation at Two Year Colleges. She previously served on the national task force that wrote the 2009 revision of the ACS “Guidelines for Chemistry in the Two-Year College”. She has served on a writing committee of the ACS Division of Chemical Education Examinations Institute. She served the ACS Division of Chemical Education for eleven years on the Executive Committee of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium (2YC3) as Past Chair/Future Sites Coordinat (2007 - 2009), 2YC3 Chair (2006) and Membership Chair (1999-2004).
Mark Vreeke
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Wasiu Lawal
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Wasiu Adedapo Lawal was born August 26 1979 in Washington DC to Nigerian parents
Waisu received his BS chemistry degree from Lagos State University. He was elected to two different positions with the school's association of science students(parliamentary clerk and speaker) and chaired a number of committees. Waisu is currently working on two masters degrees-in Chemistry at the University of Houston-Clear Lake as well as Chemical Technology and Management degrees from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Scotland)
Wasiu is currently employed with Chevron as part of it's oilfield chemistry team.
Waisu was the recipient of a YCC youth leadership award (runner up) when he attended the January, 2007 ACS leadership conference held in Baltimore, Md.
Waisu currently serves as chair of the Younger Chemists Chemist Ccommittee.for the ACS Greater Houston Section
Waisu also serves as an Affiliate of the Royal Society of Chemistry(UK)
Joe Hightower
email: jhigh@rice.edu
With a PhD from Johns Hopkins University , Joe W. Hightower has been a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Rice University since 1967 and a Councilor representing the ACS Greater Houston Section since 1975.
During those 28 years he has served the maximum 6 years on all three Elected Council Committees:
Policy
Nominations/Elections
Committee on Committees.
In 1996 he was General Chair of the successful SW Regional ACS Meeting in Houston.
Several national and local awards have come his way:
National ACS Award in Petroleum Chemistry ('73),
Local Section Award ('78)
Texas Institute of Chemists Honor Scroll ('86)
Jefferson Prize for Public Service in Houston ('82)
Leadership in Volunteerism in Houston ('92)
National Distinguished Alumnus Award from Alpha Chi National Honor Society ('97).
In addition to teaching and research at Rice, Dr. Hightower has served terms as Department Chair, Director of Sponsored Research, Member of the Faculty Council, and Secretary of the Rice Faculty. Author of more than 60 technical publications, he has organized and/or taught in more than 100 Industrial Short Courses in his research specialty of catalysis in the US and several foreign countries.
As co-founder and Trustee, for 34 years he has been president of the Hospitality Apartments, an all-Volunteer benevolent ministry that provides free housing and caring friendship for families in need who have come to Houston for treatment in the Texas Medical Center hospitals. That's where he spends a large part of his time in retirement.
John Galiotos
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Antoine Carty
email: afcarty@pvamu.edu
Dolores C. Aquino, PHD, is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at San Jacinto College Central, where she has been employed since 1993. She received a B.S. in Chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Her employment record also includes industrial experience as a Research Chemist with Exxon Research and Engineering Company.
In ACS, Dolores has been actively involved in the Greater Houston Section (ACS-GHS) since 1994. She is currently serving Section as Alternate Councilor (2007-20011). She has been serving on the ACS-GHS Executive Committee since 2003; including serving as Section Chair in 2005. She was Chair of the High School Scholarship Exam writing subcommittee 2003-2004. She has been actively involved in the annual ACS-GHS Summer Social, National Chemistry Week and Educational Rainbow Challenge programs and the Education Committee for the section.
Dolores is currently working on an ACS national task force that is working to improve eduacation at Two Year Colleges. She previously served on the national task force that wrote the 2009 revision of the ACS “Guidelines for Chemistry in the Two-Year College”. She has served on a writing committee of the ACS Division of Chemical Education Examinations Institute. She served the ACS Division of Chemical Education for eleven years on the Executive Committee of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium (2YC3) as Past Chair/Future Sites Coordinat (2007 - 2009), 2YC3 Chair (2006) and Membership Chair (1999-2004).