Founding Members

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="104a11c3.gif"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our mission"><U>Our mission</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bylaws"><U>By-laws</U></A></div> <div> Founding Members</div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U>Events</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AAU Chemistry Scholarship"><U>AAU Chemistry Scholarship</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U>Membership</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ethiopian Chemical Society in North America (ECSNA)</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT>|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ethiopian Chemical Society in North Amer"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our mission"><U>Our mission</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bylaws"><U>By-laws</U></A>   |   <B>Founding Members</B>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U>Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AAU Chemistry Scholarship"><U>AAU Chemistry Scholarship</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U>Membership</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="061f4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Founding Members</div> <div> Dr. Abera Furra                                        President</div> <div> Senior Research Investigator,  </div> <div> Bristol Myers Squibb, NJ. </div> <div> E-mail:  Myfura@aol.com</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Dr. Berhane Tecle<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >,                                Vice President</FONT></div> <div> Principal Chemist,</div> <div> BASF agricultural Research, NJ.</div> <div> E-mail:  teclenj@aol.com\</div> <bR> <div>   </div> <div> Dr. Bisrat H/ Meskel</div> <div> Assistant Professor, </div> <div> School of Pharmacy,</div> <div> Howard University,</div> <div> E-mail:  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >bhailemeskel@fac.howard.edu</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Dr. Gulilat Gebeyehu</div> <div> Organic Chemistry Manager, </div> <div> Lifetech Co., Washington DC. </div> <div> E-mail:  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >GGebeyeh@lifetech.com</FONT></div> <bR> <div>         </div> <div> Dr. Kebede Beshah                                   Treasurer</div> <div> Research Fellow and Group Leader,</div> <div> Rohm and Haas, PA</div> <div> E-mail:  Kebebeshah@aol.com</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Dr. Kitaw Negash                                    Secretary</div> <div> Sr. Research Investigator</div> <div> GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA</div> <div> E-mail:  natnaelk@cs.com</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Dr. Zerihun Assefa</div> <div> Staff Scientist</div> <div> Chemical and Analytical Science Division</div> <div> Oak Ridge National Laboratory</div> <div> assefa@icx.net</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>