Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria faculty congratulate their colleague, Willie May, on becoming the ACS President-Elect nominee. They note that as the Head of the Analytical Chemistry Division and later as U.S. Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Undersecretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, Willie gave great support to the Cooperation on International Traceability in Analytical Chemistry (www.citac.cc) from the very beginning by providing expertise and substantially helping to shape the symposia programs.