The demand for synthetic procedures that can be duplicated may be less egregious today than in 1921, but there is still a need. To date, Organic Syntheses has filled this need with 90 volumes of "checked" experimentals; and with the culmination of Kay Brummond's term as a member of the editorial board, the addition of Volume 91.

Kay M. Brummond, Ph.D., is a researcher in the field synthetic organic chemistry. She has published 50 journal articles, 15 reviews and book chapters and delivered over 140 invited lectures and symposia. The students and postdoctoral fellows in her group have presented 52 conference posters and presentations. Nineteen graduate students have obtained Ph.D. and M.S. degrees under her direction. She is a recipient of the Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award from the University of Pittsburgh, the 2006 ACS Akron Section Award, the Carnegie Science Center Emerging Female Scientist Award and the Johnson & Johnson Focused Giving Award. She is on the Board of Editors of Excellence for Chemical Methodologies> and Library Synthesis where she is also a project leader.