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We encourage our members to use this site for news, announcements,
communications, discussions, and any thing that would be of general
interest to all members. Perhaps it is also an ideal place to discuss
negative experimental results that would normally not appear in any
journals to help others prevent from making the same mistakes or falling
into the same traps. If you would like to share your experience and
to solicit suggestions for unsuccessful experiments, this is also the
place for you. If you know of any job openings, please send as much
information as possible for publication on this site. For all
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Message from the President
2001 CASMS Annual Meeting
The Chinese American Society of Mass Spectrometry (CASMS) annual meeting was held on May 29, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois. One hundred and eighty members attended the meeting. This year’s meeting was organized by the executive board members:
President Huayi Tong Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
Secretary Tacheng Hsieh BASF Corporation
Treasurer Ada Kong U.S. Department of Energy
Member at Large Jia-Shen Wang Clairol
Emeritus President Ted Chang Cytec Industries Inc.
Past President Sam Hsu ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
We especially thank Micromass, Inc. for sponsoring this meeting.
Highlights of the meeting:
Awards
On behalf of the CASMS, Dr. Huayi Tong presented certificates of appreciation to Dr. Jia-Shen Wang and Dr. Sam Hsu in appreciation of their dedicated service and outstanding leadership to this society.
New Leadership Team for 2001-2003
The members of the elected leadership team for 2001-2003 are:
President Ada Kong U.S. Department of Energy
President-elect* Lee Q. Huang Bayer Company
Vice President Tacheng Hsieh BASF Corporation
Treasurer Kwokei Ng Schering-Plough Research Institute
Secretary Norman Liu Pharmacia Corporation
* Term 2003-2005.
Membership Fee
Members that attended the meeting paid their membership fees. The funds we collected will be used for general administrative expenses. For those who did not attend the meeting but would like to pay their membership fees or make contributions, contact our Treasurer, Kwokei Ng, at kwokei.ng@spcorp.com or (908) 740-3214.
CASMS Directory
Our directory is updated annually. For any corrections or changes, contact our Secretary, Norman Liu, at norman.w.liu@pharmacia.com or (847) 982-8847.
Fund raising for Yanpang Wang
Grace Hsu organized a fund raising to help one of our members, Yanpang Wang, who suffers a very rare and dreadful disease. The total amount donated to the fund is $3001 and twenty German Marks. We greatly appreciated Grace’s effort in organizing this fund raising and thank you all for your generosity and support. Also, if you would like to receive a tax ID for the amount you donated, contact the president of Yanping Wang Fund, Zhao Qian. His e-mail address is: Qian.Zhao@pfizer.com. For those who contributed $50 or more, Mr. Zhao urges you to response with your name and address’ for the Fund’s record.
Tacheng Hsieh has established a site for our group at http://chinese-asms.tripod.com, please visit that site as well.
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