The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr., a vice president at Occidental Chemical Corp., has been elected as director-at-large of the board of directors of the ACS. He will begin a three-year term on Jan. 1, 2009. Carroll was ACS President in 2005.
In addition to his top management position at Occidental, Carroll is an adjunct industrial professor of chemistry at Indiana University, Bloomington. An ACS member since 1974, Carroll has served on numerous committees and task forces, including those focusing on budget and finance and international activities. In industry, his responsibilities have included combustion science, plastics recycling, and chemistry and the environment.
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