The Committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E) is pleased to announce the slate of candidates that will appear on the fall 2005 ballot. They are:

For President-Elect – 2006
Mr. George E. Heinze, Retired, Robert Wood Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, New Jersey
Dr. Catherine T. Hunt, Rohm and Haas Company, Leader, Technology Partnerships, Pennsylvania
Dr. John W. Kozarich, ActivX Biosciences, Chairman & President, California

For Directors-at-Large - 2006-2008
Dr. James D. Burke, Retired, Rohm and Haas, Pennsylvania
Dr. Edwin A. Chandross, Bell Labs, New Jersey
Dr. C. Gordon McCarty, Retired, Bayer Corporation; Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina
Dr. Frankie K. Wood-Black, Conoco Phillips Incorporated, Oklahoma

For Director, District III - 2006-2008
Dr. Catherine C. Fenselau, University of Maryland, Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Madeleine M. Joullié, University of Pennsylvania, Professor

For Director, District VI – 2006-2008
Dr. Bonnie A. Charpentier, Genitope Corporation, Vice President Regulatory, California
Dr. Stanley H. Pine, California State University, Professor

The above slate of candidates was confirmed at the ACS Council meeting in San Diego, California. According to ACS Bylaw V additional candidates may be nominated by petition until July 15th, 2005. We will notify you again after the July 15th deadline to confirm the final slate of candidates that will appear on the fall ballot.