Cincinnati Section, American Chemical Society December Monthly Meeting -December 5, 2001 Conaton Board Room, Room 201 Schmidt Hall, Xavier University Sponsored by Ted Logan
	Featured Speaker - Margaret Ringenberg "GIRLS CAN’T BE PILOTS"

Program

5:30 – 6:30	Board Meeting, President’s Conference Room, Room 204 Schmidt Hall
	Colloid Discussion Group - Logan 101 - R.G. Laughlin ANTICIPATING COLLOIDAL PHENOMENA FROM EQUILIBRIUM PHASE BEHAVIOR
6:00 – 7:00	Registration Social Hour, Conaton Board Room
7:00 – 8:00	Dinner, Conaton Board Room  ($20.00, students, elementary/secondary school teachers, and retirees, 1/2 price) Pan Seared Chicken Breast with Hunter Sauce, Garden Greens Saladd with Italian Vinaigrette, Wild Rice Pilaf, Fresh Seasonal Vegetable Medley, Fresh Baked Bread, Chocolate Mousse wuth Raspberry Sauce, Whipped Cream and Chocolate Shavings, Coffee, Tea Vegetarian Entrée Available upon Request when making reservations
8:00 – 9:00	Speaker - Margaret Ringenberg GIRLS CAN'T BE PILOTS

Reservations: Send your reservations to Robbin Rolfes < rolfes.rl@pg.com > , or if you have difficulty remembering this address, send to < cinacs@greeb.net >. If absolutely impossible to make reservations via the internet, telephone 513-385-8363. Deadline for reservations is Monday, December 3, 2001. (It will save a lot of trouble if you use e-mail, but we don't want to discourage those who like the "olde fashioned" means of making reservations). Include your name, affiliation, and state if you're in one of the 1/2 price categories. As a reminder, if you decide you must miss a meeting after you have made reservations, please call to cancel. If you do not cancel, the Section will have to charge you because it will have been charged by the University.

Directions:

The Xavier University Conaton Presidential Board Room is located on the second floor of Schmidt Hall. Parking is provided free with Parking Pass at the F&W Center on Dana Avenue across the street from Schmidt Hall.

I-71: Exit at Dana Avenue exit. Proceed west on Dana Avenue past Ledgewood Drive. As the road begins a slight turn, the F&W parking area will be on the left before you reach Victory Parkway.

I-75: Exit at Mitchell Avenue. Proceed east on Mitchell Avenue, crossing over Reading Road. Continue to Dana Avenue and turn left. Just after crossing Victory Parkway, the entrance to F&W parking area will be on the right.

Rt. 562: Exit the Norwood Lateral at Reading Road. Continue in the left lane of Reading Road to Victory Parkway. Merge left onto Victory Parkway at the light. Continue to Dana Avenue. Turn left onto Dana Avenue. The entrance to F&W parking area will be on the right in about half a block.

This month we break (recent) tradition and feature a non-chemist with a non-chemistry topic. (See "from the Chair" for a more detailed explanation) We are pleased and honoured to have Margaret Ringenberg as our guest and speaker for the Section’s December meeting. She will draw from her rich and varied aeronautical experiences to share her unique perspective on life as a female aviator in an almost totally male-dominated profession. Starting with her first plane ride at seven, she progressed to a WWII ferry pilot, service in WASP, flight instructor, corporate pilot, and air racer. She has over 40,000 hours of flying time, holds both single- and multiple engine ratings, has flown the last 20 Powder Puff Derbies, and every Air Race Classic since 1977. In 1994 she fulfilled her dream of flying around the world, and , in the Spring of 2001, flew the London to Sydney Air Race as co-pilot, coming in 12^th, at the age of 80.

Margaret Ringenberg’s exploits, adventures, and experiences, and her constant encounters with, and victories over, gender bias will be inspirational and motivational to present and future female managers hearing her messages. Male managers will also gain much from these messages, detailed in her 1998 book, "GIRLS CAN’T BE PILOTS".

Margaret Ringenberg was born and lived her entire life in Allen County (Indiana) near Fort Wayne. She served her country as a WASP (Women Air Service Pilots) from 1943 to 1945, where she ferried planes around the US. She became a flight instructor in 1945 and has flown as a commercial pilot ever since. Since 1957 she has flown in air races including the Powder Puff Derby, the Classic Air Race, the Grand Prix, the Great Southern, the Denver Mile High, the Illi-nine Air Races, and many others. She completed the Round-the-World Air Race in 1994 at age 72, and the London to Sydney Air Race in 2001 at age 80. At the Air Force Academy in 1998 she addressed 1000 cadets and received a standing ovation. Tom Brokaw, in his book "GREATEST GENERATION", devoted a chapter to her and her accomplishments.

Margaret Ringenberg is married to Morris Ringenberg (55 years) and they have 2 children and 5 grand children, all of whom have flown with her in races and all have been in the winner’s circle to receive trophies.

Her home has a room filled with trophies, commendations, awards, mementos, and dozens of pictures with presidents and other dignitaries from around the world.

In her spare time she has served on museum boards, given motivational speeches, and established a scholarship with the Allen County Air Patrol.

Margaret Ringenberg has made history, set records, won trophies, and changed lives in a remarkable career and life.

Colloid science addresses the formation, nature, and collapse of colloidal structure. It is pervasively important to many technologies (foods, cosmetics, paints, detergents, corrosion, etc.), and also to biology. Colloidal structure is inherently unstable, and colloid science treats selected nonequilibrium aspects of physical science.

A unique equilibrium phase state exists for any mixture if composition, temperature, and pressure are defined. This state is dictated by thermodynamics, and is best described using the equilibrium phase diagram. While not intuitively obvious, it is nevertheless true that many colloidal phenomena may be anticipated from knowledge of equilibrium phase behavior. For example, solubility (a phase parameter) is linearly related to transport dynamics, which in turn dictate the rates of crystal growth and the ripening of colloids. Also, the presence of a lamellar liquid crystal phase dramatically retards the collapse of foams and the flocculation of dispersions. The existence of such relationships further enhances the already considerable value of phase science, and can facilitate the control of colloidal phenomena.

Biographical information:

Dr. Robert G. Laughlin obtained his BS degree from Purdue University (1951), his PhD from Cornell University (1955), and had a year’s post-doctoral experience with Prof. Wm. von E. Doering (then of Yale University). He retired in 1999 after 43+ years’ work for the Procter & Gamble Company as a basic research chemist. While with P&G, he was involved in research on oxidizing bleaches, surfactants and surfactant-based technologies, various technology development projects, and as an internal consultant. Scientifically, he specialized in the physical and biological science and the phase equilibria of surfactants, and has written a well-received book on "The Aqueous Phase Behavior of Surfactants" (Academic Press, 1994). Since retiring he has maintained his strong interest in chemistry by creating a Short Course on "The Experimental Phase Science of Small Molecules". This course has to date been given at Cornell University, and in Germany at the Universities of Bayreuth and Cologne. Last September he was the first recipient of the Otto von Warburg Award, a lectureship sponsored by the foundation of the same name in Bayreuth.

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