Local Resident Joan Shields Earns Award for Scholarly Achievement

Port Washington resident Joan E. Shields, a professor of chemistry at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, NY, has been awarded the 2004 Trustees Award for Scholarly Achievement (TASA). Since 1978, the trustees of Long Island University have recognized faculty from the University’s three main campuses for either an outstanding single scholarly achievement or a body of work accomplished during a lifetime.

Dr. Shields completed her B.A. in chemistry at Regis College, her M.S. in chemistry at Tufts University, and her Ph.D. in chemistry from Boston College. An organic chemist by training, she was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute in Mulheim, Germany, after completion of her graduate studies. She joined the faculty of Long Island University in 1968 as Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the C.W. Post Campus, where she has held the rank of full professor since 1974, and is presently chair of the Department of Chemistry. In addition to authoring more than 30 publications in her field, including nine monographs and reviews, Dr. Shields is active in several scientific societies. She recently served as chair of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society. She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, as well as chair of its Finance Committee. Dr. Shields currently serves on the Governing Board for Publishing of the American Chemical Society.

The process of selection calls for TASA committees on each Long Island University campus (Brooklyn, Southampton and C.W. Post) to review the scholarly work of each nominee. The nominations are then sent to a jury of distinguished scholars and/or artists (external to the University) to make the final awards selection. The jury members are asked to individually and collectively review the materials submitted by the nominees, and to select one award recipient from each campus.