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Chemistry International Vol. 21, No. 4 July 1999 40th IUPAC Council Meeting   Free University, Berlin, Germany, 13-14 August 1999 Election of Officers and Bureau Members: Vice President President Vice President .... Prof. Pavel Kratochvil .... Prof. Pieter S. Steyn .... Prof. Leiv K. Sydnes Past-President Secretary General Treasurer—Vacancy Bureau—Four Vacancies (Minimum) Prof. Pieter S. Steyn (South Africa) Prof. Pieter S. Steyn Prof. Pieter Streicher Steyn was born on 5 January 1940 in Vryburg, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. He is married with three children. Education and Career: Prof. Steyn studied at the University of Stellenbosch (B.Sc., 1959; B.Sc., Honors, 1962; M.Sc., cum laude, 1963), and then at the University of South Africa (Ph.D., 1966). In 1967, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. He was appointed to the National Chemical Research Laboratory, CSIR, in 1964, where he became Head of the Division of Organic Chemistry in 1983. From 1986 to 1987, he was Chief Director of the National Food Research Institute, CSIR, and from 1987 to 1992, he was Director of the Division of Food Science Technology, CSIR. In December 1992, Prof. Steyn was appointed the first CSIR Fellow, this being the highest career position in science within the CSIR. In October 1993, he was appointed Head of the SASOL Centre for Chemistry, SASOL Professor of Chemistry, and Director of the SASOL Centre of Separation Technology, and recently promoted to Director of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education. Research Interests: Prof. Steyn's research career has been devoted to the isolation, analysis, structure elucidation, synthesis, and biosynthesis of mycotoxins and, to some extent, other toxic and medicinal substances from plants. This research has been undertaken with numerous groups within South Africa and with research groups in Australia, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States. Prof. Steyn has authored or coauthored 155 scientific papers and 27 reviews. Offices and Assignments: Elected one of 54 Founder Members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (1994-present); Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa (1997-present); Vice President of the South African Joint Council of Scientific Societies (1985-86); President of the South African Joint Council of Scientific Societies (1986-87); and President of the International Association for Cereal Science and Technology, Vienna (1992-94). Since 1967, Prof. Steyn has given lectures at the Conventions of the South African Chemical Institute, at the Specialist Conference on Organic Chemistry, and at numerous international meetings. IUPAC Activities: Member of the South African National Committee for IUPAC (1973-present); Associate Member of the Food Contaminants Commission (1973-1978); Titular Member of the Food Chemistry Commission V1.1 (1979-1987); Vice-Chairman of the Food Chemistry Commission VI.1 (1983-1987); Member of the Applied Chemistry Division Committee (1987-1997) and Vice President (1989-1991); Member of the Bureau (1991-1995); President of the Applied Chemistry Division (1991-1995); Member of the Division Committee of the Division of Chemistry and the Environment (1996-1999); Elected Member of the Bureau and the Executive Committee (1996-1999); Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Chemistry in the 21st Century (1991-1999); Member of the Committee on Printed and Electronic Publications (1996-1999); Member of the Committee on the Teaching of Chemistry (1996-1999); Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committees for the IUPAC Mycotoxin Symposia held in Paris (1976), Lausanne (1979), Vienna (1982), Paris (1985), Tokyo (1988), Mexico City (1992), and Rome (1996); Chairman of scientific sessions at most IUPAC Mycotoxin Symposia; Member of the Organizing Committee of the 13th IUPAC Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, Pretoria, August 1982, and Chairman of the Finance Committee; Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Sixth IUPAC Symposium on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins, Pretoria, 22-25 July 1985 and Chairman of the Finance Committee; Organizing Chairman of the IUPAC Symposium: A Sustainable Environment—National and International Perspectives, Pretoria, December 1996; Organizing Chairman of the IUPAC/AAPAC Workshop on the Role of Chemistry in the Development of Africa, Durban, 11 July 1998; Member of the South African Delegation to IUPAC Council Meetings at Munich, Germany (1973); Madrid, Spain (1975); Warsaw, Poland (1977); Davos, Switzerland (1979); Leuven, Belgium (1981); Lyngby, Denmark (1983); Lyon, France (1985); Boston, USA (1987); Lund, Sweden (1989); Hamburg, Germany (1991); Lisbon, Portugal (1993); Guildford, UK (1995); Geneva, Switzerland (1997); and Berlin, Germany (1999). Awards: Raikes Gold Medal of the South African Chemical Institute (1975), Gold Medal of the South African Chemical Institute (1987), CSIR Merit Prize (1987)—top award of the CSIR, Havenga Gold Medal for Chemistry (1992) from Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, and Friedrich Schweitzer Medal (1993) from the International Association for Cereal Science and Technology, Vienna.

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