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Bacon Ke, who did pioneering research on the primary photochemistry of photosynthesis, was born in China on July 26, 1920, and currently, he is living in a senior home in San Francisco, California, and is a centenarian. To us, this is a very happy and unique occasion to honor him. After providing a brief account of his life, and a glimpse of his research in photosynthesis, we present here “messages” for Bacon Ke@ 100 from: Robert Alfano (USA), Charles Arntzen (USA), Sandor Demeter (Hungary), Richard A. Dilley (USA), John Golbeck (USA), Isamu Ikegami (Japan), Ting-Yun Kuang (China), Richard Malkin (USA), Hualing Mi (China), Teruo Ogawa (Japan), Yasusi Yamamoto (Japan), and Xin-Guang Zhu (China).

A review of the establishment and subsequent demise of the Charles F. Kettering Research Laboratory (in Yellow Springs, Ohio) is presented here.A review of the establishment and subsequent demise of the Charles F. Kettering Research Laboratory (in Yellow Springs, Ohio) is presented here.

In September 1963, I came to the famous Photosynthesis Laboratory of Eugene Rabinowitch (1901-1973) at the University of Illinois at Urbana, Illinois, after submitting my doctoral thesis, under Professor Pasupati Mukerjee, in physical chemistry, then at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, India. I present here my personal impressions, my research and interactions at the then International Center of Photosynthesis at Urbana, Illinois. A brief mention is made of research of others at this center, my collaboration with Govindjee (Urbana) and with John Olson (at Brookhaven National Laboratory).

\"A Couple of Grand Eccentrics: John H. Patterson and Charles F. Kettering\", will be presented at 7:30 p.m. March 19 in the Fellowship Hall of Vandalia United Methodist Church, 200 S. Dixie Drive. The event, sponsored by the Historical Society of Vandalia Butler, will feature Jim Charters, an interpretive guide for Dayton History at Carillon Park. Refreshments will be served. (937) 898- 7633 or (937) 890-7438. 60-year reunion, luncheon at 12 p.m. Oct. 13 at the NCR Country Club, 4435 Dogwood Trail, Kettering; and a brunch at 10 a.m. at the Dayton Marriott, 1414 S. Patterson Blvd., Dayton. Jamie (Hawkes) Bruggeman, (937) 256-5963. Meetings Thursday, March 15 Adult Socialization/Recreation Group, 10 a.m., Epilepsy Foundation of Western Ohio, 7523 Brandt Pike, Huber Heights. (937) 233-2500. Al Anon, 10 a.m., St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 5566 Chambersburg Road, Huber Heights. (937) 233- 4632. Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Belmont Library, 1041 Watervliet Ave., Dayton. Carol Duley, (937) 256-5994.

Those of us who work here enjoy the benefits of proactive government and a thorough capital-improvement program, as well as the same benefits of [Charles F. Kettering]'s extensive parks, recreation and cultural arts department as Kettering residents have. My pride as a Kettering resident and my experience as the CEO of KMC Network, one of Kettering's largest companies, prompted me to serve as co-chair of the campaign committee for Protect Safety and Preserve Stability in Kettering. I support wholeheartedly Issue 12 - - the city's efforts to increase the income tax. I am president of the Kettering Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2150. We endorse Issue 12. The revenue generated by the Kettering income-tax increase is imperative to restore staffing lost over the last four years to attrition and budget cuts.

Through her personal funds and her family's Kettering Fund, Mrs. Kettering supported many educational institutions, fine arts organizations and civic improvements to Dayton. Her office estimated she and the fund gave away $150 million, including $7 million to the Dayton Art Institute, more than $6.5 million to Wright State University and its school of medicine, $10 million to the University of Dayton and $7 million to the U.S. Air Force Museum, to name just a few.

Mrs. [Charles F. Kettering] had plans for the building after her death. She made arrangements to have the building sold, specifying that the proceeds be used to establish a foundation in her name to benefit the Dayton community and charities she had long supported. It's a measure of Mrs. Kettering's love for Dayton that she made clear permanently and precisely where she wanted this financial legacy to go. Upon Mrs. Kettering's death last year at age 95, some of her friends wanted to quantify all that she had given Dayton. One estimate was that she and the Kettering Fund had donated or pledged more than $150 million to Dayton institutions and projects. Many times the people who asked for a gift visited with Mrs. Kettering at her Kettering Tower office; it was a place where a lot of important decisions for Dayton were made.

The auto theme was chosen in recognition of the town's namesake. Charles F. Kettering left a legacy as a community leader, an educator, a philanthropist and most especially as an inventor. With more than 300 patents registered to his name, he is best known for the automotive innovations he created first with his Delco company, which was later sold to General Motors. These include his most famous invention, the electric car starter and ignition system. His other car upgrades include electric lighting and improvements to diesel engines.

Kettering volunteers and staff chose cars to honor Charles F. Kettering, the inventor who lived in Van Buren Twp. and was the city's namesake. He invented the electric starter. Lou Luedtke, president and CEO of NCC, said he hoped some would be placed at the entrance of Kettering Business Park, along Wilmington Pike. NCC is housed in a former warehouse from the World War II era, part of an Air Force base transformed into an office park.