FINAL CALL -- 1998 Herman Skolnik Award Nominations

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 Chuck Huber
 Davidson Library
 University of California Santa Barbara
 huber (+ at +) library.ucsb.edu
 Call for Nominations
 The American Chemical Society
 Division of Chemical Information (CINF)
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 1998 Herman Skolnik Award
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 The ACS Division of Chemical Information established this Award to
 recognize outstanding contributions to and achievements in the
 theory and practice of chemical information science.  The Award is
 named in honor of the first recipient, Herman Skolnik.
 By this Award, the Division of Chemical Information hopes to
 encourage the continuing advancement of chemical information
 science in areas such as:
         Design of new and unique computerized information systems;
         Preparation and dissemination of chemical information;
         Editorial innovations;
         Design of new indexing, classification, and notation systems;
         Chemical nomenclature;
         Structure-activity relationships; and
         Numerical data correlation and evaluation.
 The Award consists of a $2000 honorarium and a plaque.  The
 recipient is expected to give an address at the time of the Award
 presentation.  The 1998 Award Symposium will take place at the
 216th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Boston on
 Tuesday, August 25, 1998.  In recent years, the Award Symposium
 has been organized by the recipient.
 Since its establishment in 1976, the Award has been presented to the
 following individuals at a national ACS meeting:
         Herman Skolnik                  1976
         Eugene Garfield                 1977
         Fred A. Tate                    1978
         William J. Wiswesser            1980
         Ben H. Weil                     1981
         Robert Fugmann                  1982
         Russell J. Rowlett, Jr.         1983
         Montagu Hyams                   1984
         Dale B. Baker                   1986
         William Theilheimer             1987
         David R. Lide, Jr.              1988
         Michael F. Lynch &
         Stuart A. Marson                1989
         Ernst Meyer                     1990
         W. Todd Wipke                   1991
         Jacques-Emile Dubois            1992
         Peter Willett                   1993
         Alexandru T. Balaban            1994
         Reiner Luckenbach &
         Clemens Jochum                  1995
         Milan Randic                    1996
         Johann Gasteiger                1997
 Nomination letters should describe the nominee's contributions to
 the field of chemical information and should include supportive
 materials such as a biographical sketch and a list of publications and
 presentations.  Three seconding letters are also required.  The
 deadline for nominations for the 1998 Award is July 1, 1997.
 Nominations should be sent to:
         Charles F. Huber
         CINF Awards Chair
         Davidson Library
         University of California
         Santa Barbara, CA  93106
         Phone: (805)893-2762   Fax: (805)893-8620
         E-mail:  huber (+ at +) library.ucsb.edu