(July 21, 2017) Prof. Emeritus Harold McNair, was named an American Chemical Society Fellow for 2017. This year the highly competitive program honored just 65 members worldwide for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the Society. Prof. McNair was recognized for Basic Gas Chromatography originally published in 1967 and now in its second edition; it has been translated into seven other languages. His contributions to the Society include recognition as the father of the ACS short course, which provides intensive, area-specific training to professionals. He has delivered chromatography and related short courses for more than 50 years, with all proceeds going towards student travel and research support. Over the course of his career as a professor, he supervised 61 graduate theses and taught Separation Science and General Chemistry, receiving many research and teaching awards including one of the first two Virginia Tech Alumni Teaching Awards. Congratulations Prof. McNair!