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SAS HISTORYFOUNDING OF THE SOCIETYIn 1954 a number of spectroscopists, recognizing the existence of several regional societies of spectroscopists, organized a committee to promote a stronger exchange of information among these societies. The efforts of this committee resulted in the formation of the Federation of Spectroscopic Societies on March 1, 1956 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The temporary officers at this meeting were Dr. Eugene Rosenbaum, Chairman, and Mrs. Sarah Degenkolb, Secretary. The Societies adopted a Constitution at this meeting. Five other societies were represented at this meeting including the Canadian Association of Applied Spectroscopy. The officers elected for one year were Mr. Edwin Jaycox, Chairman; Miss Grace Marsh, Vice Chairman; and Rev. James J. Devlin, S.J., Secretary-Treasurer. On March 7, 1957, the Federation held a meeting of the representatives of the member societies in Pittsburgh. The officers elected were Mr. William J. Poehlman, President; Mrs. Sarah Degenkolb, Vice President; and Rev. James J. Devlin, S.J., Secretary-Treasurer. The major business of that meeting was the appointment of a fact finding committee to consider the advisability of founding a National Society of Applied Spectroscopy. After due inquiry, this committee reported a widespread interest in forming a national society and proceeded to draft a constitution. The enthusiastic response to the proposal of a national society and the expressed willingness of the New York area group to relinquish its name and journal, culminated in the foundation of a national Society for Applied Spectroscopy at a meeting of the Federation of Spectroscopic Societies in New York on November 4, 1958. On November 7, 1960, the Society was incorporated in the State of Pennsylvania with its legal residence at Mellon Institute, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a nonprofit corporation. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY JOURNALIn 1958 the New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy donated its journal, Applied Spectroscopy, then in Volume 12, to the National Society and published it for the Society during that year. In 1960, the Society for Applied Spectroscopy assumed the responsibility for publishing the journal. Dr. Frederick Strong III, who was editor at the time of transfer, continued in that capacity until 1961. In 1966 the Society became an affiliate member of the American Institute of Physics. At that time, the responsibility for publication of Applied Spectroscopy was assumed by the American Institute of Physics, but the editorial management remained under the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. In addition to publishing and printing the Journal, the American Institute of Physics also processed membership forms and handled other routine matters such as balloting and dues collection. In 1971, the Society retained its affiliation with AIP but transferred the printing and publication of the journal, together with the managerial services to The Williams & Wilkins/Waverly Press Company. Subscription and managerial services were transferred to the office of the Executive Secretary of the Society in January 1982. In 1984, the printing services were transferred to Allen Press, Inc. in Lawrence, Kansas. LOGOThe logo was designed in 1960 by Rockwell Kent, III. LOCAL SECTIONSThere were seventeen original founding sections. These include: Baltimore-Washington, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Delaware Valley, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee, New England, New York, Niagara Frontier, North California, Ohio Valley, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Southeastern, and Southern California NATIONAL MEETINGSIn 1962 the Baltimore-Washington Section was host to an International Conference on Spectroscopy. The Tenth Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale was also designated the First National Meeting of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. The surplus funds from this meeting were donated to establish a fund for use by other Sections of the Society sponsoring national meetings in succeeding year. National meetings have been held annually since that time. In 1974 the Society began holding its Annual National Meeting in conjunction with the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS). Click here for even more information on the Early Years of SAS.
Presidents1957 William J. Poehlman 1960 Sarah H. Degenkolb 1961 Neil E. Gordon, Jr. 1962 John Hansen 1963 Donald R. Johnson 1964 Charles R. Pepper 1965 John R. Ferraro 1966 Marvin W. Skougstad 1967 Herman A. Szymanski 1968 Bruce M. Larue 1969 C.L. Grant 1970 Jeanette G. Grasselli 1971 Leopold May 1972 R.K. Skogerboe 1973 G. Vernon Wheeler 1974 Marvin Margoshes 1975 John J. McClafferty, Jr. 1976 Jack E. Katon 1977 Robert J. Manning 1978 Edward G. Brame, Jr. 1979 Michael L. Parsons 1980 Philip F. Kane 1981 John F. Jackovitz 1982 Theodore Rains 1983 James D. Winefordner 1984 O. Karmie Galle 1985 Jacob Fuchs 1986 Patricia B. Roush 1987 James A. Holcombe 1988 Richard F. Browner 1989 Alvin Bober 1990 S. Roy Koirtyohahn 1991 Gary M. Hieftje 1992 Truman C. Waugh 1993 M. Bonner Denton 1994 Peter R. Griffiths 1995 David Coleman 1996 Nancy Miller-Ihli 1997 Kathryn S. Kalasinsky 1998 Joseph Caruso 1999 Robin L. Garrell 2000 Rina K. Dukor 2001 Vasilis Gregoriou 2002 Rachael Barbour 2003 Laurence A. Nafie 2004 Robert G. Michel 2005 Cynthia Mahan 2006 Rebecca Dittmar 2007 James de Haseth 2008 John Chalmers 2009 Jon Carnahan 2010 Fred LaPlant 2011 Curt Marcott 2012 Mary Kate Donais 2013 Katherine Bakeev 2014 Ian R. Lewis 2015 Diane Parry 2016 Ellen Miseo 2017 Greg Klunder 2018 Mike Carrabba 2019 Robert Lascola Secretaries1957–1964 James J. Devlin, S.J. 1965–1967 Jan K. Hurwitz 1968–1970 E.R. Shuster 1971–1973 Andrew F. Rekus 1974–1976 Jae Y. Hwang 1977–1982 Genevieve M. Bonini 1983–1985 Constance B. Sobel 1986–1988 Truman C. Waugh 1989–1991 Karen Wolnik 1992–1994 Jean Kane 1995–1997 John Koropchak 1998–2000 Alexander Scheeline 2000–2003 Jon Carnahan 2004–2006 David C. Lankin 2007–2009 Timothy Keiderling 2010–2011 Katherine Bakeev 2012 Michelle Megan 2013–2014 Robert Lascola 2014–2017 Gloria Story 2018 Ian R. Lewis Treasurers1957–1961 Edwin S. Hodge 1962–1964 Isabel H. Tipton 1965–1966 Walthew T. Barnes 1967–1969 William F. Ulrich 1970–1973 Elma Lanterman 1974 Philip Kane 1975–1977 James R. Lindsay 1978–1980 Marion Skeadas 1981–1983 Andrew F. Rekus 1984–1986 Michael S. Epstein 1987–1989 Jan K. Hurwitz 1990–1995 Edgar S. Peck 1996–1998 Marvin Margoshes 1999–2001 Mary (Tungol) Carrabba 2002–2004 Deborah Bradshaw 2005–2007 D. Christian Hassell 2008–2013 Paul Bourassa 2014–2016 D. Bruce Chase 2017 Diane Parry Parliamentarians1969–1982 Abram Davis 1983–1985 F. Monte Evens 1986–1988 O. Karmie Galle 1989–1991 Eileen M. Skelly-Frame 1992–1995 Peggy Dean 1996–1998 Rina K. Dukor 1999–2000 Laurence A. Nafie 2000–2002 Augustus Way Fountain, III 2002–2004 Rebecca Dittmar 2005–2006 Deborah Bradshaw 2006–2007 Brandye Smith-Goettler 2008 Jessica Jarman 2009–2011 Diane Parry 2012–2015 John Wasylyk 2015 Ben Manard Marketing Chair2017 Andrew Whitley Student Representatives to the Executive Committee2002–2003 Paige Eagan 2004–2005 Debbie Martinez 2006–2007 Lacey Averett 2008–2009 Michelle Meighan 2010–2011 John-David McElderry 2012–2013 Ryan Schmeling 2014–2015 Chad Atkins 2016–2017 David Bryce 2018 Megan Stanton Schmale Newsletter Editors1974–1980 Andrew F. Rekus 1981–1983 James R. Lindsay 1984–1995 John A. Dean 1996–1998 Michael Epstein 1999–2004 Marvin Margoshes 2005–2014 David Butcher 2015–2017 Fred Haibach 2018 Xiaoyun (Shawn) Chen Executive Assistant/Director1982–1988 Donna L. Welch 1988–1996 Jo Ann Brown 1996 Bonnie A. Saylor Journal StaffEditors-in-Chief1946–1955 George L. Buc 1958–1961 Frederick C. Strong III 1962–1964 Leopold May 1965–1967 James E. Paterson 1968–1974 John R. Ferraro 1975–1993 William G. Fateley 1994–1997 James A. Holcombe 1998–2009 Joel Harris 2009–2012 Peter R. Griffiths 2012–2018 Michael W. Blades 2018 Sergei Kazarian Editors1986–1997 D. Bruce Chase 1998–2009 Paul Farnsworth 2009–2012 Michael W. Blades 2012–2017 Peter R. Griffiths 2017–2018 Sergei Kazarian 2018 Michael W. Blades Co-Managing Editors1989–1993 O. Karmie Galle and Truman C. Waugh Production and Composition Editor/Managing Editors2001–2012 Rebecca Airmet 2012 Kristin S. MacDonald Business Managers1960–1964 James J. Devlin, S.J. 1965–1981 Alvin Bober 1989–1993 Robert H. Bell Publishing Services/Printing1966–1970 American Institute of Physics 1971–1982 Williams and Wilkins/Waverly Press 1984–2015 Allen Press, Inc. 2016 Sage Publications Inc. |
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