Dr. Hedglin was recently elected as a Nomination Committee Member in the Division of Biological Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. http://www.divbiolchem.org/officers-committees/

The ACS Division of Biological Chemistry was founded in 1913 by chemists who recognized the dominant role played by chemistry in biological systems. The research interests of the Division’s members is a finely woven cloth of chemistry and biology, and many of our members are associated with both the American Chemical Society and one or more sister professional societies, including the American Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (ASBMB), the Biophysical Society, the Protein Society and the RNA Society. The Nomination Committee identifies nominees for Divisional offices and committees.