John Borchardt - Career Consultant to the Very End

I admire people who are devoted to helping others.  It is always difficult to for any professional to find a position in their respective profession and develop throughout his career.  The American Chemical Society has a career consultants program to assist chemists at all stages of their careers.  I have been such a consultant for a long time, but must admit that in recent years I have not been active in the program.  My specialty is to advise laboratory chemists of the career option of chemical information specialist or science librarian.

John Borchardt was proactive in the program and wrote number articles on job hunting and other career issues.  He wrote the following book:

Borchardt, J. K. (2000). Career management for scientists and engineers. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society.

Today I found out about his untimely passing in January.  He was at a Career Consultants meeting in Dallas and sadly passed away in his hotel room.  He was devoted to helping fellow professionals with career issues until the very end.  I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times at ACS national meetings.  His thoughts will survive in his writings.  He will be sorely missed by his colleagues.  My condolences to his family