Letter from the Editor

From the Editor

Last week was the ACS Southwest Regional Meeting (fondly known as SWRM 2022) in Baton Rouge. It was held in the Hilton Hotel on Lafayette St., formerly the Heidelberg/Capitol House Hotels, favorite haunt of Huey P. Long in the ‘30s. The Heidelberg was also the site of 29th SW Regional ACS Meeting in 1972, the meeting at which I presented my first scientific paper: The effect of various pesticides and related compounds on crystalline rabbit muscle lactic dehydrogenase, with J. Bowden and R. S. Allen. As I stood up to go to the podium (this pre-dated poster sessions), in strolled three of my undergrad professors from Louisiana Tech. Aargh! I managed not to faint and gave the talk…and yes, that was fifty years ago, little though I like to think it. Time flies when you’re having fun! Thanks to the LSU chemistry department who organized this SWRM. (I think the logo is a fleur-de-lis molecule…?)