Atilla E. Pavlath It is time for a change! To make the ACS a better place, equally for everyone, from the youngest student of chemistry, to the most respected Nobel Laureate.   New directions and actions needed: Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis! (1984) As the time is changing, we must change with it Be Favorable to Bold Beginnings (1987) Just because we have not done it before, it is no reason not to seek new ways To Boldly Go Where None Has Gone Before (1988) New ideas should come through the Grassroots of the rank and file members What are the problems? Five minutes Before Midnight (1992) What needs to be done? United We Stand or a House Divided (1995) The problems of the chemical profession and how to solve them? Light at the End of the Tunnel (1996) We made progress, but it is still a long way to go. We Are All in This Together (1998) One person's solution can be another one's problem, if we do not work together Supply and Demand: Supply and Demand (1985) Why is the Society afraid to face facts? The Emperor Has No Clothes (1991) Why do our brightest chemistry undergraduates choose medicine? Two Plus Two Makes Four (1991) The undeniable fact about supply and demand in our profession. Economic Status of Chemists (1993) It is controlled by supply and demand. What should be done?. Forgotten Generation (1996) How did the jobs to applicants ratio at our National Employment Clearing House change from 4:1 to 1:4 in one decade? For a Chemist Does Life End after 45? (1998) What is the half-life of a doctoral degree? Chemistry and Professionalism: The Next 75 Years (1998) Chemistry is only fun, if you have a job (unless you are independently wealthy) What should be done? Return to Academe (1985) Is Industrial Sabbatical an Impossible Dream? United the Future is Bright (1986) When Academe and Industry work together everyone benefits. A Golden Handcuff or a Portable Pension?(1988) How to ease the pension problems caused by volatile job situations? Road to the 21st Century (1989) How to increase the value of ACS membership? No Taxation Without Representation (1989) Our members expect tangible benefits for their dues Chemistry 2020, a Myopic Vision? (1997) Chemistry is done by human beings with human needs; creativity wilts in a downsizing atmosphere. No One Is an Island (1997) Someone else's problem today, may be your problem tomorrow. We Can Not Stop Half Way (2000)   go to top