WILLIAM CHARLES STEVENS

Experience

• June 1989 to present: Director, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901. Instrumentation: currently Inova 300wb, Inova 500, and Mercury 400 spectrometers but many years experience with VXRs.
• June 1988 to May 1989: NMR Specialist, Department of Chemistry, Loyola University of Chicago, 6525 N. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626. Instrument: Varian VXR-300.
• January 1986 to June 1988: Postdoctoral Fellow, NMR Core Facility of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Biochemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294. Instrumentation: Bruker WH-400, Bruker CXP-200/300.
• August 1984 to June 1985: Temporary Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011. Instrumentation: Nicolet NT-300, Bruker WM-300.

Education

State University of New York, College at Brockport
Degree: B.S. magna cum laude 1977
Brockport, NY 14420
Major: Chemistry / Minors: Philosophy, Mathematics
Research on aqueous transition-metal complexes, reaction kinetics and mechanisms.

Continuing Education

• Sun Microsystems SA-286 Solaris 2.x System Administration II five-day course, January 1998
• Varian Inova Hardware Maintenance ten-day course, November 1999
• Federal Communications Commission Amateur Radio Service licenses: Technician Class, January 2002 / General Class, March 2002 / Extra Class, May 2002. Call sign K9YP.
• Emergency Communications Courses I, II, and III by American Radio Relay League
• Professional Development Series Courses, Federal Emergency Management Agency:
  • Principles of Emergency Management
  • Emergency Planning
  • Effective Communication
  • Decision Making and Problem Solving
  • Leadership and Influence
  • Developing and Managing Volunteers
  • Exercise Design
  • Also:
    • Basic Incident Command System
    • Role of the Emergency Operations Center
    • EOC Operations, Flora, Illinois IEMA 3/9/2004
• Basic & Advanced Storm Spotter Training, National Weather Service 3/12/04

Honors & Associations

• New York State Regents Scholarship 1973-1977
• American Institute of Chemists Award for Scholastic Achievement (1977)
• Sigma Xi Award for Research in Chemistry (1977)
• Sigma Xi
• Association of Managers in Magnetic Resonance Laboratories (Steering Committee, 1992-)
• Volunteer of the Year, WSIU-FM, Carbondale, Illinois (1997)

University Service

• Selection Committee, College of Science Dean, 1993
• Chairman, Committee of Research Support Facility Directors, 1997-1998
• Administrative/Professional Staff Council, 1998-2003
  • Elections Committee, 1998
  • Staff Welfare Committee, 1999
  • ad hoc Committee on Job Content Evaluation, Chair,1999-2000
  • Elections Committee (Chair), Benefits Committee, 2000-2002
• School of Medicine A/P Staff Council, 2000-present
• Honorary Student Life Advisor (new student move-in), 1998, 1999
• Webmaster, Fulbright American Studies Institute on the United States Political System, 2001-present

Community Service

• Fundraising volunteer, WSIU-FM, 1990-present
• Webmaster, WSIU-FM, 1994-2000
• Race Official, River to River Relay, 1998-present (also Radio Communications Team 2002-present)
• Carbondale Junior Sports Basketball volunteer, 1999-present
• Radio Communications Team, Union County "Steeplechase" Relay Race, 2002
• Volunteer Examiner, accredited by the American Radio Relay League to administer examinations for the Federal Communications Commission, June 2002-present
• Certified Instructor/Certified Examiner Amateur Radio Emergency Communications, ARRL 2003-present
• Emergency Coordinator, Jackson County, Amateur Radio Emergency Service
• RACES Coordinator, Jackson County: Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
• Chief Communications Officer, Jackson County Emergency Management Agency
• Official Emergency Station, State of Illinois, Amateur Radio Emergency Service
• Member of Mount Ava Repeater Association, Shawnee Amateur Radio Association, and Southern Counties Amateur Network

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