DAVID F. BOLTZ, 1971 Fellow  (Bio from '75)

David Boltz is a Professor of Chemistry at Wayne State University, and is also a Science Advisor for the Detroit District, USFDA, Detroit, Michigan. He received the B.A. degree in 1938 from the University of Wisconsin, the M.S. degree in 1940 from the University of Missouri, Rolla, and the Ph.D. in 1946 from Purdue University. In 1946, Dr. Boltz joined the Chemistry faculty at Wayne, and in 1954 he received the promotion to Professor of Chemistry. He served as head of the Analytical Division from 1953 to 1970 Department Vice Chairman from 1966 to 1970. His fields of research include heteropoly chemistry, spectrophotometry, atomic absorption spectrometry, liquid chromatography and analytical separation methods. He authored 75 papers, fifteen chapters in books, written one book, co-authored 14 reviews on light absorption spectrophotometry in Analytical Chemistry and has edited 3 books.

Professor Boltz has directed the graduate research of 24 Ph.D. recipients and 40 M.S. candidates. In 1971, he received the first Anachem Fellow Award from the Association of Analytical Chemists and the Faculty Research Award from the Sigma Xi Chapter at Wayne State University. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Analytical Chemistry and also serves on the Editorial Board of Analytical Letters. Professor Boltz is a member of ACS, SAS, the Anachem, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, and Phi Kappa Phi.

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ELAINE BECKWITH, 1997 Fellow (Bio from '97)

Elaine is a Senior Research Specialist in the Materials Science  Department  of the Research Staff of the Ford Motor Company. She received a M.Sc. from Ohio State University and has been associated with Ford Motor since 1972. Prior to joining Ford, she was a NSF Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory for one year. Her primary research interests are in the composition/processing/ performance of materials and includes extensive research experience in polymers, composites ceramics and metals.She is co-author of numerous technical articles and 14 patents. In addition to Anachem, Elaine is a member of the ACS, the Amer. Ceramics Society, SAE, ASM International and TMS.

Elaine is the 38th Anachem Fellow, only the third woman and only the eighth Fellow not previously having served as President. She has been Anachem Treasurer seven times as well as being heavily involved in annual Anachem Symposia and the Anachem hosted  National FACSS meetings held in Detroit. She has been Chair of the ASM International, Detroit Chapter Materials Institute Committee for six years and is currently serving as Vice Chair of the Detroit ASM Chapter. Elaine also serves as an Alternate Councilor of the Detroit Section of the ACS, a position she has held for six years.

BETTY WILLIAMS, 2002 Fellow (Bio from 2002)

This year's honoree is Betty Williams, a retiree of USFDA . She is a Jackson, MI native and graduated with honors from Marygrove College. After doing graduate studies at Georgetown University she began her career as an analytical chemist with the FDA in Detroit, MI and served in Chicago before returning to Detroit as a Supervisory Chemist. Betty was the Detroit Laboratory Director when she retired. She has been involved with Anachem since 1963 and has served as Secretary and President and has remained active following her retirement. She has been a regular Registration Committee member working at many Fall Symposia and all four FACSS National meetings held in Detroit.

DAVID RORABACHER     2004 Fellow ( Bio from 2004)

David Rorabacher is a native of Ypsilanti, MI. and received his B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1957. Following graduation, he spent one and a half years as a research engineer in the Process Development Department at the Ford Motor Co. In January 1959 he entered the chemistry graduate program at Purdue Univ. from, which he received a Ph.D. degree in analytical chemistry in 1963. He immediately joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at Wayne State for a year before embarking on an NIH postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen at the Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany. There he learned to utilize the relaxation techniques developed by Eigen for studying the kinetics of fast chemical reactions. In the Fall of 1965, he returned to Wayne State where he currently serves as head of the Analytical Chemistry Division, has been a past Associate Dean, and has served on a wide variety of departmental, college and university committees. He has received the Board of Governor’s Faculty Recognition Award (1983), the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (1990) and the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award (2002).

David has been an active member of Anachem since the 1960’s. He has served two 5 year terms as a member and Chairman of the Anachem Award Committee as well as being a multi-time member of symposia program committees and symposia session chairs. He and his students have also contributed many papers to the Symposia.

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