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On Saturday, September 21^st 2024, the Orlando Section of the American Chemical Society hosted a Membership Meet-Up with guest speaker Bill Easter,  a subject matter expert in the area of Semiconductor Chemical Mechanical Polishing and Material Development and local serial entrepreneur who founded Semplastics, X-MAT, X-BATT and DioQuest.  Bill, who was recognized as the Section’s Outstanding Entrepreneur in 2023, presented an informative talk entitled The Accidental Entrepreneur – A Perspective on Material Systems, Chemistry and Innovation.  After the talk, attendees enjoyed a light lunch and networking opportunities. The event concluded with a brief Executive Meeting, during which six undergraduate attendees were awarded complimentary one-year memberships to ACS.

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The Orlando Section held a summer social on Saturday, June 25 at Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurant.  The well-attended event included recognition of the 95^th anniversary of the ACS Women’s Chemist Committee, an interesting talk by Dr. Christina Drake of Kismet Technologies, and recognition of long-serving members of the ACS.

Those members celebrating 50 years were: 

• Dr. Susan Allen
• Dr. James Bellows
• Dr. Nancy Leissing
• Mr. John Windsor Jr.

60-Year members included:

• Dr. Charles Beck
• Mr. George Cheryan
• Dr. Michael Farona
• Ms. Margaret Oglesby
• Dr. William Steele

And recognized as a 70-Year Member was:

• Mr. Robert Dunmire

We congratulate all and thank each for their many years of service to ACS.

An award was also presented to Dr. Chris Chouinard for his service to the Section.  Chris, a past Chair of the Orlando Section and the overall Chair for SERMACS 2025, will be leaving Florida to assume a new faculty position in South Carolina. While we will miss in-person interactions with Chris, he will continue to oversee the planning for 2025 meeting.