James E. Huheey received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has taught at the University of Maryland since 1965. He has received the Leo Schubert Teaching Award and is a Fellow of the AAAS, the Herpetologists' League, and the United States National Museum. Ellen A. Keiter received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is currently the director of the honors program in the chemistry department of Eastern Illinois University, where she has taught since 1977. She has received merit awards from Eastern Illinois University for excellence in teaching, research, and service. Richard L. Keiter received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He joined the faculty at Eastern Illinois University in 1969 and was named distinguished professor in 1998. He served nine years as a councillor of the Council on Undergraduate Research and most recently received a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Scholar/Fellow Award. Okhil K. Medhi received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, has taught at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, and presently teaches at Gauhati University, Assam, where he has been a professor of chemistry since 1991.