The E. Ann Nalley Regional Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society

Wayne Jones receives the 2015 E Ann Nalley Award

This award recognizes an ACS member who has contributed significantly to ACS activities in their region. For more information see this ACS web page.

Purpose

To recognize the volunteer efforts of individuals who have served the American Chemical Society, contributing significantly to the goals and objectives of the Society through their regional activities.

Establishment & Support

This award was instituted in 2006 by ACS Past President E. Ann Nalley as part of her presidential initiative to recognize ACS volunteerism. It is Dr. Nalley’s wish that the award continue in perpetuity at each regional meeting.

Rules of eligibility

Eligibility: A nominee must be a member of the American Chemical Society residing in a local section within the region, and will have made significant contributions to their region of the American Chemical Society. The volunteerism to be recognized may include a variety of activities, including but not limited to the initiation or sponsorship of a singular endeavor or exemplary leadership in the region. Past and present members of the ACS Board of Directors and staff are ineligible for this award. The awards committee of the region, or its equivalent, will select the recipient.

Selection of recipient

Nominations will be solicited from each Local Section within the Northeast Region, The Northeast Region Awards Committee will select the recipient. Individuals may also nominate members on their own, as long as the proper paperwork accompanies such nominations and the criteria mentioned above is met. The Region Awards Committee will select the recipient and help the Organizing Committee with arranging for an ACS leader to present the award at an appropriate event during the ACS Regional Meeting. The Region Awards Committee will handle deadlines and communications, with deadlines being appropriate to the timing of the Regional Meeting. In a year when no Regional Meeting is scheduled, the award will join the following year’s award in being presented at the following Regional Meeting.

2015 Award Winner

Wayne E. Jones, Jr. earned his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. He continued his education to the Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin, Wayne accepted a post of Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Binghamton. Progressing through the ranks, Wayne Jones is currently Professor of Chemistry. In addition to his scholarly contributions, Wayne’s administrative talents have been recognized by his university. To wit, he has served as Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences at SUNY Binghamton, and is starting his third year as Chemistry Department Chair.

More pertinent to the Nalley ACS Award, Wayne Jones has translated his administrative skills into leadership positions in the American Chemical Society, at the three levels of organization: the Binghamton local section, the Northeast Region, and the national stage of ACS governance. At the local level, Wayne started his service as the Binghamton Local Section Awards Chair in 1996. In 1997 he was elected the section’s Councilor, a post he still holds. In addition to this, he was Chair of the Binghamton Local Section in 2000.

Wayne Jones enlarged the scope of his volunteerism when he decided to get involved with the incorporation of the Northeast Region. As part of the “gang of four” volunteers, Wayne contributed to the deliberations and ultimate production of the constitution and bylaws of the Northeast Region of the ACS (NERACS). Incorporation was finally achieved in 2005, and Wayne served as the inaugural Treasurer of our Region. Besides high-level governance, Wayne Jones has also carried out the heavy lifting of being General Chair of NERM 2006, held in Binghamton, NY. He did a remarkable job, as this NERM proceeded despite the primary conference site having been flooded out just prior to the meeting. Meeting rooms were moved, and this NERM was a success both scientifically and financially. Undaunted, Wayne has volunteered to again, in 2016, hold the reins of a NERM as General Chair.

On the national level, Wayne’s work as Councilor has resulted in posts on three major committees: Local Section Activities, Membership Affairs, and the Committee on Committees. Remarkably, he has served as Chair for all of these! His various other contributions in service to the ACS emphatically point to a well-deserved selection as the NERM 2015 E. Ann Nalley Volunteer Service Award.

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Presentation of the 2015 award

This award will be presented at the NERM 2015 awards banquet, on Friday, June 12, 2015.