new North American Editor -- JCC



New Editor Announcement:
 John Wiley & Sons wishes to acknowledge Dr. William Jorgensen for his work
 as North American Editor of the Journal of Computational Chemistry over the
 past 2 years.  Thanks to Dr. Jorgensen's efforts, the journal has
 experienced a period of growth and progress, especially in the area of life
 sciences.  Dr. Jorgensen has accepted, effective January 2004, an
 opportunity with the American Chemical Society as Editor of the Journal of
 Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, as well as a new journal to be
 annnounced in 2004. We thank Dr. Jorgensen for his services and wish him
 the best of luck.
       As Dr. Jorgensen steps down, we are pleased to announce the
 appointment of Dr. Charles L. Brooks, III as the new North American Editor
 of the Journal of Computational Chemistry beginning January 2004.  Dr.
 Brooks leads a research group at the Scripps Research Institute in La
 Jolla, California whose focus is computational biophysics and chemistry.
 He is also a member of the National Biomedical Computation Resource
 Advisory Committee; an NSF reviewer for proposals in chemistry, chemical
 instrumentation biological instrumentation, and biophysics; and the
 initiator and organizer of the La Jolla Interfaces in Science
 Interdisciplinary Training Program. Dr. Brooks' reputation as one of the
 foremost scientists in the field of molecular biology is well-known; he is
 a dedicated scientist with an impressive background and we are pleased and
 excited that he has accepted this editorship with JCC.
 We would also like to acknowledge Drs. Gernot Frenking and Hiroshi
 Nakatsuji for their continuing editorial efforts; they will of course
 remain as Editors for Europe, Asia, and the Far East.