Diane Grob Schmidt

Diane Grob Schmidt grew up in Lorain, Ohio, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. She graduated from Red Bank High School in the class of 1963. She received her A.B. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1967,{{cite news|title=UTC alumna becomes 2015 president of world's largest scientific society|url=http://blog.utc.edu/news/2015/01/utc-alumna-becomes-2015-president-worlds-largest-scientific-society/|access-date=9 December 2015|work=UTC News|agency=University of Tennessee Chattanooga|date=January 23, 2015}} her M.S. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and her Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Cincinnati in 1981.

Diane Grob Schmidt joined Procter & Gamble Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1981 and retired in 2014. She was appointed as a senior scientist from 1992 to 1997 and as section head beginning in 1997. As a section head, she was responsible for safety and regulatory affairs.{{cite journal|title=ACS president to deliver keynote at Elastomer Conference|journal=Rubber & Plastics News Report|date=July 27, 2015|url=http://www.rubbernews.com/article/20150727/NEWS/150729970?template=printart|access-date=9 December 2015}} She has also been an adjunct professor in the department of chemistry in the University of Cincinnati.

Diane Grob Schmidt holds a number of patents, including a patent for Pert Plus shampoo and conditioner formula. She led the team of scientists at Procter & Gamble who developed Pert Plus, the first combined shampoo and conditioner.{{cite news|title=Ten Things You Didn't Know about UTC|url=http://alumnus.tennessee.edu/2011/09/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-utc/|access-date=9 December 2015|work=Tennessee Alumnus|date=6 September 2011}}

She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and the Journal of Chemical Health & Safety.{{cite web|title=McMicken College of Arts and Sciences Alumni and Faculty Members Honored for Achievements|url=http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=19709|website=McMicken College of Arts and Sciences|access-date=9 December 2015}}

Diane Grob Schmidt is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. She has been a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) since 1968 and has held a wide variety of positions whose scope has included chemical health and safety, and chemistry & the law.{{cite journal|title=For President-Elect: Diane Grob Schmidt|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|date=September 16, 2013|volume=91|issue=37|pages=38–40|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i37/President-Elect-Diane-Grob-Schmidt.html|access-date=9 December 2015}} These included three consecutive terms on the board of directors. In 2015, she became president of the American Chemical Society (ACS).{{cite news|last1=Coyle|first1=Joan|title=Diane Grob Schmidt elected 2015 president of world's largest scientific society|url=http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2013/december/diane-grob-schmidt-elected-2015-president-of-worlds-largest-scientific-society.html|access-date=9 December 2015|work=ACS Chemistry for Life|date=December 18, 2013}} Her presidential theme was “Inspiring and Innovating for Tomorrow.”{{cite journal|last1=Grob Schmidt|first1=Diane|title=You And ACS: Relevant, Energized, Committed|journal=Chembond|date=2015|volume=Spring|pages=10–12|url=http://www.artsci.uc.edu/content/dam/artsci/departments/chemistry/Docs/ChemBond2015.pdf|access-date=9 December 2015}} She co-edited 5 books while in the Presidential succession and wrote introductions and chapters in each.

• 2016, Fellow, National Academy of Inventors{{cite web|title= Fellows|url=https://academyofinventors.org/search-fellows|website=NAI Fellows|access-date=30 August 2024}}
• 2016, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science{{cite web|title=2016 Fellows|url=https://www.aaas.org/fellows/2016|website=AAAS|access-date=30 August 2024}}
• 2014, Distinguished Alumna of the University of Cincinnati{{cite web|title=Alumni Recipients|url=http://www.artsci.uc.edu/alumni-friends/distinguished-alumni-awards/alumni-recipients.html|website=University of Cincinnati|access-date=9 December 2015}}
• 2012, Henry A. Hill Award, ACS Division of Professional Relations{{cite news|title=Chemistry Board of Visitors Chair Received The Henry Hill Award from ACS|url=https://www.chem.utk.edu/news/chemistry-board-visitors-chair-received-henry-hill-award-acs|access-date=9 December 2015|work=The University of Tennessee Knoxville|date=April 10, 2012}}
• 2011, Fellow, American Chemical Society{{cite news|title=2011 ACS Fellows|url=http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/fellows/list-of-2011-acs-fellows.html|access-date=9 December 2015|work=ACS Chemistry for Life}}
• 2004, Fellow, ACS Chemical Health & Safety Division
• 1995, Distinguished Alumna, from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
• 1994, Distinguished Scientist of Cincinnati, from the Engineers and Scientists of Cincinnati (first woman so honored)
• Sigma Xi (life member)
• Iota Sigma Pi (life member)

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