Members of the American Crystallographic Association have elected Raymond E. Davis to be their vice president for 2002. Davis, who took office on 1 January 2002, will become president in 2003, succeeding Charles Carter.
Davis earned his BS in chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1960 and received a PhD in physical chemistry from Yale University in 1965. After postdoc work at the Center for Crystallography Research at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York, he joined the faculty in the chemistry department at the University of Texas at Austin. Currently a University Distinguished Teacher Professor in UT’s department of chemistry and biochemistry, Davis has focused his research on small molecule crystallography, including crystal engineering, packing in molecular crystals, hydrogen bonding patterns, and approximate symmetry in crystals.
“One strength of the ACA rests on the wide diversity of scientific areas in which crystallography has an impact,” says...
