Member Spotlight

District Office Visits

• Delaware GAC Meets with Senator Kaufman (January 2010)
• California GAC Meets with U.S. Representative George Miller (May 2008)
• Delaware GAC Meets with U.S. Senators (February 2008)
• Savannah River GAC Meets with U.S. Representatives & Senators (August 2007)
• New York District Visits Day (August 2006)
• Cincinnati GAC Visits U.S. Representatives & Senators (July 2005)
• ACS Members Pitch NSF and DOE’s Office of Science (June 2005)

Washington DC Office Visits

• Montana GAC Chair Visits Congress to Discuss Green Chemistry (November 2008)
• Philadelphia & Southeastern Pennsylvania Local Sections Visit Congress (July 2007)

State Government Visits

• Tennessee GAC Meets with Governor Bredesen (November 2008)
• Delaware Local Section Active in State Capitol (May 2007)
• ACS Members Active in State Government Affairs (June 2004)

Successful Activities by Local Sections

• Philadelphia Section Presents Public Service to Science Award to PA Representative James Roebuck (May 2010)
• North Jersey Local Section Sees Westfield High School Student Saluted in Congressional Record
  (October 2009)
• University of Kansas Hosts Representative Nancy Boyda (May 2007)
• Maryland GAC Chair Note to Capitol Connection (September 2006)

To learn how your local section GAC or state government affairs group can organize similar events, please email Kathryn Verona or call 1-800-227-5558 ext. 4384.