Won Phoenix Award in category of “Best Open-House Activity”; Shawn Tonnies, 1991 NCW coordinator.
Won the Outstanding Technician Affiliate Group Award; Tim Guinn was the TAG chairman.
1992
Won Phoenix Award in category of ” Greatest Membership Involvement”. Also nominated in categories of “Most Creative Activity and “Best Event in a Museum or Library”; Steve Perri, 1992 NCW coordinator.
Won the Outstanding Technician Affiliate Group Award; Linda Rothwell was the TAG chariman.
1993
Won Phoenix Award in category of “Greatest Industrial Involvement”; nominated in the category of “Best Media Coverage”; Renee Niziurski-Mann, was the 1993 NCW coordinator.
Won award from Council Committee on Public Relations for media coverage of Section events, especially NCW events; Shawn Tonnies, PR Chair, Renee Niziurski-Mann, 1993 NCW coordinator.
Won Society Award for Outstanding Section in the Medium Size Category; Rick Offerman was the 1993 Chair.
1994
Won Society Award for Outstanding Section in the Medium Size Category; David Allen was the 1994 Chair.
Won Phoenix Award in category of “Best Media Coverage”; Shawn Kerrick was the 1994 NCW coordinator.
Won the Award for Outstanding Performance for Public Relations, awarded by the Committee on Public Relations; Liz West was the 1994 Publicity Committee Chair.
Rodney Bradley, Technician Associate, ECCR, was named “1994 Technician of the Year” by the Division of Chemical Technicians.
Eastman Chemical Company received the ACS Division Director Award for contributions to the success of NETS.
1995
Dennis Marshall, Technician Associate, TEOC, was named “1995 Technician of the Year” by the Division of Chemical Technicians.
Awarded a Certificate of Excellence for 1995 programs; Steve Perri was the 1995 Section Chair.
Nominated for Phoenix Award in the category of “Best Overall Community Involvement” for 1995 NCW activites; Heather Brink was the 1995 NCW coordinator.
1996
Awarded a Certificate of Excellence for 1996 programs; John Sanders was the 1996 Section Chair
Randall Perry, Technician Associate, ECCR, was named “1996 Technician of the Year” by the Division of Chemical Technicians.
Awarded the 1996 Phoenix Award for “Best Media Coverage” for 1996 National Chemistry Week celebration.
1997
Awarded a Certificate of Excellence for 1997 programs; Renee Niziurski-Mann was the 1997 Section Chair.
1999
Won Society Award for Outstanding Section in the Medium Size Category; Lori Wilson was the 1999 Chair.
Nominated for Phoenix Awards in Most Unique Demonstration Program and in Best Activity for a Specific Audience.
2001
Won Society Award for Outstanding Section in the Medium Size Category; Craig Lott was the 1999 Chair.
Won ChemLunimary Award for Greatest Industrial Involvement for 2001 National Chemistry Week Activities.
2010
Won ChemLuminary Award for Division/Local Section Activity
2016
Won ChemLuminary Award for National Chemistry Week
ETSU Student Affiliate Chapter Awards
Year
Faculty Advisor
Award
1973-74
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1974-75
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1975-76
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1978-79
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1979-80
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1980-81
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1982-83
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1983-84
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1984-85
Dick Kopp
Outstanding
1986-87
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1987-88
Jeff Wardeska
Commendable
1988-89
Jeff Wardeska, Barbara Bunn
Outstanding
1989-90
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1990-91
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1992-93
Jeff Wardeska, Lori Wilson
Outstanding
1993-94
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding
1995-96
Jeff Wardeska
Outstanding, Divison Director’s Award
1996-97
Jeff Wardeska, Lori Wilson
Outstanding
1997-98
Jeff Wardeska, Lori Wilson
Outstanding
1998-99
Jeff Wardeska, Tammy Davidson
Honorable Mention
1999-2000
Jeff Wardeska, Tammy Davidson
Honorable Mention
The Charter for the chapter was signed Feb 4, 1954 by ACS president Harry Fisher. No records exist prior to 1973. Commendable status was received in two other years in this time span.
Speakers of the Year and Distinguished Member Award Recipients
Speaker of the Year
Year
Recipient
1960-61
H. W. Patton
1961-62
H. W. Coover, Jr.
1962-63
J. W. Tamblyn
1963-64
J. R. Caldwell
1964-65
K. B. Whetsel
1965-66
K. C. Brannock
1966-67
V. W. Goodlett
1967-68
L. D. Moore
1968-69
R. L. McConnell
1969-70
Boris Franzus
1970-71
C. A. Glover
1971-72
E. L. McDaniel
1972-73
G. R. Lappin
1973-74
C. A. Boye
1974-75
Gether Irick
1975-76
T. S. Huang
1976-77
James Straley
1977-78
Gerald Morie
1978-79
John Fuzek
1979-80
Charles Kibler
1980-81
Jerry Jackson
1981-82
D. M. Pond
1982-83
J. A. Hyatt
1983-84
R. T. Bogan
1984-85
M. A. Weaver
1985-86
J. G. Wardeska
1986-87
Vince Nicely
1987-88
Jim Little
1988-89
Dale Van Sickle
1989-90
Lee Pike
1990-91
Richard Kopp and Marsha Ottem
1991-92
Gether Irick
1992-93
David Fagerburg
1994
Hamid Kasami
1995
Gerald Tustin
1996
Steve Falling and John Monier
1997
Charles Buchanan
1998
Ruifeng Liu
1999
Neil Boaz
2000
Bob Maleski
2001
Joe Zoeller
2002
Doug Lowman
2003
Bill Tindall
2004
Shawn Dougherty
2005
Richard Turner
2006
Jeff Siirola
2007
Howard Young
2008
Van Daniel
2009
Mary Moore
2010
Greg Love
Distinguished Member Award
The Speaker of the Year honor was renamed the Distinguished Member Award beginning in 2011.
Year
Recipient
2011
Chuck Sumner
2012
John Sanders
2013
Steve Perri
2014
Andy Vetter
2015
Bob Hembre
2016
Zhufang Liu and Scott Kirby
2017
Sen Li
2018
John Engelman
2019
Mesfin Janka
Historical Officers
The Historical Officers page provides a list of historical NETS-ACS Chairs (1932-2003) and NETS-ACS Officers (2004-).
Northeast Tennessee Section of the American Chemical Society 