Val Kuck
National Efforts in the American Chemical Society

Elected Committees of Council

  • Council Policy Committee, voting Member, 2006-08; non-voting
    Member, 1988-93, 1996-2000, and 2004-05
  • Committee on Nominations and Elections, Member, 2000-5; elected  
    as Chair by committee members, 2004-5
  • Committee on Committees, Member, 1994-8; elected as Chair by
    committee members, 1996-8


Standing Committees of Council

  • Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs, Member and
    appointed as Chair, 1999-2000
  • Committee on Local Section Activities, Member and appointed as
    Chair, 1991-93
  • Committee on Meetings and Expositions, Member, 1985-90; and
    appointed as Chair, 1988-90
  • Committee on Professional Relations, associate Member, 1977-79


Other Committees

  • Committee on Economic Status, Member 1980-87; and appointed
    as Chair, 1987
  • Women Chemists Committee, Member, 1973-78; Secretary, 1974-
    77; and Consultant, 2002-6


Significant Activities

Organized and Chaired Special Presidential Symposia on:
 High Tc Superconductors        
 Cold Fusion

Co-originator of:
 Sci-Mix
The Town Hall Meeting

Facilitated the implementation of electronic balloting

Increased the diversity on national committees and on slates for national
offices

Initiated leadership training for committee chairs

National Career Consultant, 1998-2009 and Career Workshop
presenter, 2003-2009

Initiated and presented monthly local section workshops for the
unemployed 1998-2009

Urged increasing the accessibility of information on safe laboratory
techniques and procedures

Pushed for broadening the pool of individuals nominated to include those
from groups not commonly named as recipients of ACS awards such as
women, minorities, chemists from industry and the National Laboratories
and faculty members at universities not well-represented in the awards
program

Suggested that science museums be informed of the availability of the
ACS podcasts, Bytesize Science and Global Challenges

Recommended that ACS members be encouraged to receive the ACS
podcasts, Bytesize Science, Global Challenges and Science Elements
Val talking with the 2006 winner of overcoming
challenges award, Grace Kennedy
Val receives the 2006 Chemluminary Award for her
Careers in Transition program in the North Jersey Section
Val with the chair of the WCC, Amber Hinkle, and
Dan Libby at the Fall 2006 National Meeting in San
Francisco.
Val Kuck's information at the ACS election site.