Thursday, February 1, 2007 Bavarian Inn 700 West Lexington Blvd. Glendale, WI 53217

DIRECTIONS

6:00 PM - Social Hour
7:00 PM - Dinner
8:00 PM - Meeting and Program

Dinner (Prices include tax and gratuity)
            •           Entrees
            ◦           Roasted Chicken
            ◦           Roasted Pork ala Natural and Sauerkraut
with:
            ◦           Potato au gratin
            ◦           Green beans
            ◦           Garden fresh tossed salad
            ◦           Four bean salad
            ◦           French mustard potato salad
            ◦           Coffee, tea, and vanilla ice cream

Members/Guests – $22.00
Chemistry Students – $10.00

For dinner reservations, please call
Bruce Warren at Marquette University
 (414) 288-7065
or
e-mail: bruce.warren@mu.edu

subject="ACS Dinner Reservation"
 by
Friday, January 26, 2007
All are welcome.
 Come and hear the speaker without attending the dinner.

ABSTRACT

Hard-core chocolate enthusiasts have often noted that the euphoric sensations they feel when indulging in their favorite sweet is not that different from the way they feel when falling in love.  This lecture will examine possible molecular connections between these two emotions, by comparing the structures and reactivities of some of the pharmacopoeia of substances naturally occurring in chocolate to known psychoactive drugs and drug-like substances.  The topics will be covered at a level which is highly appropriate to a non-technical audience.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Jeff Byers received his B.S. from the University of Rochester, and his Ph.D. in 1984 from Dartmouth College. After a postdoctoral research position at the University of Utah, he joined the faculty of Middlebury College (VT) in 1986.  He is currently Professor of Chemistry and has previously served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Prof. Byers’ primary teaching responsibilities are in organic chemistry and general chemistry.  Other subjects taught include advanced integrated laboratory (inorganic synthesis techniques), instrumental analysis, senior thesis seminar, and freshman seminars (including freshman composition). His research interests are in synthetic organic chemistry, organic free-radicals, organoselenium and heterocyclic chemistry, and he has mentored 77 Middlebury College undergraduate research students over last 20+ years.  His students are have regularly presented at Regional and National ACS meetings, and they appear as authors on 19 papers from his laboratory.  Outside of Chemistry, Jeff enjoys spending time with his wife and children, particularly on faimily outings to ski or hike in the Vermont woods.