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Brief Review of the Paper-Making Process

Understanding how products are reverse engineered - Given August 17, 2009, as Paper #4 in the Division of Small Chemical Businesses program at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, DC.

An Overview of the Revised Hexavalent Chromium Standard - Given November 15, 2007, at the meeting of the Safety and Environmental Committee of the Macon Economic Development Commission.


PRESENTATIONS ON STARTING AND RUNNING A SOLO PRACTICE IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES

Symposium - Working as a Solo Practitioner after Early Retirement from Industry - Given August 20, 2007, as Introductory Remarks to the Symposium entitled "Working as a Solo Practitioner after Early Retirement from Industry"  in the Division of Small Chemical Businesses program at the 234th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston, MA.

The seventh dollars of sales - Given August 19, 2007, as Paper #2 in the Division of Small Chemical Businesses program at the 234th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston, MA.

Working as a solo practitioner after leaving an Industrial job - Given in 2007 at SERMACS

Working as a solo practitioner:  Dealing with professional and trade organizations - A special interest group (SIG) discussion - Given March 25, 2007, as Paper #1 in the Division of Small Chemical Businesses program at the 233rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago, IL.

Consulting:  Challenges and opportunities - A special interest group (SIG) discussion - Given September 12, 2006, as Paper #2 in the Division of Small Chemical Businesses program at the 232nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA.