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This month, we get to meet our candidates for chapter offices. Mr. Boone and Mr. Ciechna are your choices for the esteemed office of Chair-elect while Ms. Kemper and Mr. Abbeduto are running for Secretary.

Chris Boone
Age: 34
SCC Member Since: 1995
Current Company: Alberto Culver
Title/Position: Senior Scientist
Previous Companies: McIntyre Group, Ltd., Helene Curtis
Most Memorable SCC moment: The November 2003 meeting where Jerry Feit gave the most amazing talk at any event I've ever attended. I also took home the Young Scientist Award that night.
Currently live: Bucktown
I'm most proud of: being the first person in my family to get a college degree.
Last book read: "My Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn
Favorite Movie: "Citizen Kane"….I'm just trying to look intellectual, it's really "The Holy Grail"
Last Movie saw: "Mean Girls" I liked it better the first time I saw it when it was called "Heathers"
Hobbies/interests: volleyball, snowboarding, wakeboarding, playing guitar, homebrewing, quashing rebellions, golf.
Favorite Scent: Obsession (I'm so stuck in the '80's)

Dennis Ciechna
Age: 39+
SCC Member Since: 1976
Current Company: Chemia Corporation of St. Louis
Title/Position: Account Manager
Previous Companies: Leibenn Aroma Inc., The Dennis Group Ltd., Mc Intyre Group Ltd., Felton Worldwide
Most Memorable SCC moment: May 1999 receiving Chapter Medal of Merit in Chicago mid year meeting.
Currently live: Downers Grove on the Brookeridge Aero (LL22) fly-in community.
Family : Wife Barbara, One kid, Shadow an Airedale pup
I'm most proud of: Getting my aviation wings in 1983
Last book read: The Stone of Light by Christian Jacq re Ancient Egypt. The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr re the perfume industry
Favorite Month: September, kids are back in school.
Favorite Store: Harrod's London
Hobbies/interests: coin, stamp, paper money and lithograph collecting
Favorite Scent: hugo boss
My last vacation: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Macau, Osaka

Jan Kemper
Age: 24
SCC Member Since: 2003
Current Company: Stepan Company (This is my first job!!)
Most Memorable SCC moment: Perry playing the ukulele in the airport on the way back from Mohegan Sun
Currently live: Northbrook, IL
Have lived: New Albany, IN; Charlotte, NC; and Libertyville, IL
For fun: Horse-back riding, Jujutsu, wall climbing, jogging, lifting, and the occasional swing dancing
I'm most proud of: Surviving engineering school
Favorite Food: Gluten-free mint chocolate ice cream
Languages speak: English and Spanish
Favorite Store: Illuminations(they have the most unique candles!)
Favorite Movie: Office Space ranks up there, so do Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Abre Los Ojos, Nueve Reinas and Labyrinth(David Bowie is my hero)
Favorite Scent: That coconut lotion from Bath and Body Works
My last vacation: New Orleans for Mardi Gras

Dennis Abbeduto
Age: 31
SCC Member Since: 1997
Current Company: McIntyre Group, Ltd (first job)
Title/Position: R&D Chemist
Most Memorable SCC moment: Jerry Feit's presentation, November 2003
Currently live: Elwood, IL
Born in: Bogota, Colombia
For fun: Watch movies, hike, listen to music, also a bit of a technophile
Three I would bring to a desert island: 1)My wife 2)Solar powered laptop computer with satellite internet access 3)Sunscreen
I'm most proud of: Hiking to the top of Mt. Poke-O-Moonshine in NY
Favorite Store: Amazon.com
Favorite Movie: Tie: The Sound of Music, Brazil
Last Movie saw: Rental: Hellraiser IV:Bloodline (aka Pinhead in Space -need I say more?) Theatre: The Bourne Supremacy, which I liked quite a bit.
Favorite Scent: Sandalwood
Favorite dish to cook/eat: Tamales, bubble tea (a drink, but so much fun!)

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