President, Upstate New York Region of Senior Judea, 1948-49
Chairman, Action Committee, Los Angeles Congress of Racial Equality, 1963.
Board Member, Centre County Civil Liberties Union, 1969-72, 1976-80; Chairman, Police Practices
Committee, 1971-72; Vice-President, 1971-72; Secretary, 1978-80.
National Coordinator, Small Committees, Committee on the International Freedom of Scientists, American
Physical Society, 1983-86.
Comite Youri Tarnopolski, 1985-87.
Member, National Board of Directors, Committee of Concerned Scientists, 1987-present.
Active in Amnesty International  1994-2000 (Freedom Writer's Network, Urgent Action Program). Faculty
Advisor to Amnesty Penn State University, 1997.
Conducted a biweekly seminar in Talmud at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview (1996).
Official Visitor, Pennsylvania Prison Society, 1996.
Staff member, CentrePeace, 1996
Mentor, Project Change of Centre County, 1996.
Founder, Smart on Crime (a citizen's lobby), 1996; Executive Director, 1996-present
Area Coordinator, Justice Fellowship Task Force, 1996-1997.
Prison Reporter, Voices of Central Pennsylvania, 1997.
Organizer and Chair, Centre County Chapter of the Libertarian Party, 1997; Member Libertarian Party of
Pennsylvania Board, 1998-present; Student Outreach Program Chairman, 1999-present; Western Vice Chair. Libertarian Party of PA, 2002; Faculty Advisor, College Libertarians of Penn State, 1998-2001. Libertarian Party National Platform Committee, 2002.
Co-Sponsor of Million Marijuana Marches, 1999-present
High Times Magazine Freedom Fighter of the Month, May 1998
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania Achievement Award 1999
Board of Directors, Tri-State (PA, NJ, DE) Drug Policy Forum, 2001-present
Board of Directors, PA NORML, 2001-present
Deputy Commissioner of Marriages in California, 2001
Elected Patton Township Tax Collector, Auditor, Assessor, Judge of Elections, and Inspector of Elections, 2001
Author of Four Reports on Crime and Drugs

B. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
President, Heicklen Associates
Editorial Board, J. Photochemistry, (1972-89)
Fellow, American Physical Society (1976)
Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences (1977)
American Chemical Society Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Sciences and Technology (1984).
Boris Pregal Award for Applied Science and Technology of the New York Academy of Sciences (1984)
Frank A. Chambers Award of the Air Pollution Control Association (1985)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1985)

First person to explain the basic chemistry of photochemical smog

Author of "Atmospheric Chemistry," the world standard text and reference book on atmospheric
chemistry from 1976-1988

Author of "Colloid Formation and Growth: a Chemical Kinetics Approach"

Author of 27 Review Papers and 257 Research Articles

C. LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Involved in 39 trials (15 criminal and 24 civil), of which Heicklen tried 24 himself.  Cases tried in Centre County Magistrate's Court (1), Centre County Court (21), Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (3), Pennsylvania Superior Court (4), Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2), U.S. District Court (5), and U. S. Circuit Court (3).

D. BRIDGE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Diamond Life Master with over 5000 master points
Founder and Proprietor of The Bridge Club of State College (1988-89)
American Contract Bridge League (ACBL} Certified Tournament Director (1988)
Member of the Board of Directors of Unit 217 of the ACBL (1989)
Author of 10 Bridge pamphlets
Bridge teacher

E. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

Past Treasurer and Vice-President
Head of Cemetery Committee for 25 years
Head of Ritual Burial Society for 15 years
Chaired other temporary committees
Performs outreach activities
Helps lead religious services
Performs funerals as needed

F. OTHER ACTIVITIES

United Jewish Appeal Dinner Chair (1975)
Christmas Day Volunteer at Centre Community Hospital
Meals On Wheels (1997-1999)