1. 2013 Spencer Award Ceremony

2. Section Chair, Tom Metz, welcomes the audience

3. Section Chair-elect/ceremony organizer, Greg Claycomb (left), and 2013 Spencer Award winner, Attila Pavlath (right)

4. Invited speaker, Tom Helming

5. 2013 Spencer Award winner, Attila Pavlath, talks about his research

6. Section Chair-elect/ceremony organizer, Greg Claycomb

7. Chair Tom Metz (left), and Eckhart Hellmuth, Local Section Councilor and Volunteer of the Year (right)

8. Audience and Mike Ducey (the second from the right) Mike is the Chair of Chemistry Dept., Missouri Western State Univ., and also the organizer of 50 th annual Midwest Regional Meeting in 2015

9. Audience – students and faculties from Chemistry Dept. of Missouri Western State Univ.

10. Audience

11. Award winner, Attila (first from the right); Local section councilor, Sarah Leibowitz (third from the right), and audience

12. Audience

13. Audience and faculties from Park Univ. – Donna Howell (in green) and Brenda Royals (in red and black)

14. Gary Clapp (left), treasurer for local section; and faculty (right) with Park Univ.

15. Audience

16. Students’ poster session