Dr. Barbara Hillery, Associate Provost in the Office of Academic Affairs, recently received the American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Region’s E. Ann Nalley Award for Volunteer Service. The award recognizes the volunteer efforts of individuals that have significantly contributed to the goals and objectives of the Society through their time, work, and activities.
Dr. Hillery has been involved on the local, regional, and national levels of service for ACS for several years. She has served as Chair of the Long Island Subsection, Chair of the New York Section, and Councilor for the New York Section. Nationally, she has served with the Local Section Activities Committee, the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, and several ad-hoc committees. She was selected as an ACS Fellow in 2018.
In addition to being associate provost at SUNY Old Westbury, Dr. Hillery is a professor of Chemistry. She also served as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and Chair of the Chemistry and Physics Department.
Founded in 1876 and chartered by the U.S. Congress, the American Chemical Society is the world's largest scientific society with more than 173,000 members in 140+ countries. The mission is to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people. The vision is to improve people’s lives through the transforming power of chemistry. The E. Ann Nalley award was instituted in 2006 and named after ACS Past President E. Ann Nalley as part of her presidential initiative to recognize volunteerism.