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David N. Rahni is running for the Director At-Large for the American Chemical Society Board of Director Dear American Chemical Society Member, David Rahni of New York (www.drrahni.com) is a well recognized name, not only in the chemical community, education and research due to his two decades of contributions and leadership track records for the advancement of our professional goals, but also in terms of his multifaceted and steadfast activities in the broader community. We have encapsulated his biography herein for your review. With the persuasion of a group of his colleagues and peers, he has now accepted to run for the Director at-Large Board position of the ACS as voted directly by the Councilors through mailed ballots this fall, and only after he receives 300 signatures by ACS members, no more than 50 of which could be from the same local section. So, may we present to you the attached bio and a blank petition for your further duplications, distributions and securing signature collection from ALL ACS members. Such completed legible petition forms could then be sent back to either of us via the addresses below or directly to David’s Office as cited at the end of the petition. Upon his qualification, please be sure to communicate your support of his candidacy to your local section or division councilors. This alternative mode of nomination and election is stipulated in the ACS by-laws and has in recent times been employed routinely by electing ACS Presidents and Board members into Office (e.g. Attilla Pavlath). May we pledge to you of David Rahni’s commitment to ensure that you do have a voice, loud and clear at the ACS Board! For Campaign Committee to elect David Rahni to the ACS Board as Director at-Large Very truly yours, Ali Banijamali, Touradj Solouki,
As
a member of the ACS since 1980, David Rahni has served our Society
and the profession with distinction and in a wide array of leadership
capacities. His accomplishments include serving as the 2000 Chair
and on the Executive Board (1999-2001) of American Chemical Society’s
New York Section where the ACS was conceived 126 years ago. He has
also been an ACS-NY Board member from 1987 to the present where
he is Alternate Councilor. He has chaired Westchester Chemical
Society, served as the General Chair of the 31st. Middle Atlantic
Regional Meeting of the ACS in 1997, and has served as a jury member
and 2004 Chair of the Nichols Chemistry Medal, the oldest and among
the most prestigious Chemistry Awards in the nation. When
entrusted with your vote of confidence, David Rahni pledges to represent
your views and concerns at the ACS Board and further pursue the
following topics of broad member interests and in the context of
the ACS Mission:
nrahni@pace.edu
914-773-3655 Please duplicate and disseminate as necessary, and send inquires and completed signed petitions to:
PETITION We, the undersigned members
of the American Chemical Society, hereby nominate Professor
David N. Rahni as a
candidate for Director-At-Large for the ACS Board.
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