AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
IQ66 J annual report
President's Message It is only fitting and proper that I begin my message to you, the members of the American Chemical Society, with a heartfelt note of appreciation for having had the opportunity to serve this great organization. It has been a wonderful year for me personally and, as I reflect back upon 1966, it has been a year of new vision and action for the Society. I would like to call your attention to three activities which I regard as especially significant during my year as your President. The first of these is the progress made by the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs. Bolstered by the enthusiastic response of the membership to this new Society activity, the committee has instituted a major study of the science and technology of environmental improvement. A comprehensive survey of the extent to which chemistry contributes to our country's industrial wealth and to the national welfare has been authorized and will get under way soon. Those of you who attended the national meeting in New York last fall will recall the outstanding symposium cosponsored by the committee and the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry on the organization, structure, and synthesis of living systems. I believe that this committee will have an ever-expanding influence on public policy as it relates to chemistry. Many of us have long been concerned about the need for more practical thinking in scientific research. It has been especially gratifying to me to look back upon 1966 as a year in which this concern was translated into action. One indication of this was the Chemical Pioneers symposium, sponsored at the New York
national meeting last fall by the Committees on Patent Matters and Related Legislation and on Professional Relations and Status. This program was presented in recognition of and tribute to the contributions of inventors to the science of chemistry. It is my hope that such a program will become an annual event. This renewed interest in the "practical chemist" manifested itself in another way last year, I am happy to say. This was the establishment of a new Society award, the ACS Award for Creative Invention. Many resourceful and inventive chemists whose triumphs have been buried in the patent literature may now receive the recognition they so richly deserve. I am proud that this award was created during my term as President. It is my sincere belief that the teaching of chemistry has been neglected in federal and corporate thinking in terms of its potential usefulness to mankind. I hope that we will recognize and stress the needs to teach chemistry as a useful science at both university and college levels, and especially at the secondary school level. As I join the long and distinguished list of ACS Past-Presidents, I am moved by humility to thank you, the membership, for your confidence in me. I shall regard these past 12 months as the summit of my life as a chemist and as a member of the ACS.
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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY
Dr. William J. Sparks President
Dr. Charles G. Overberger President-Elect
Dr. Arthur C. Cope Chairman, Board of Directors January-June
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
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Annual Report 1966
Dr. Milton Harris Chairman Board of Directors June-December
From the Executive Secretary Every annual report provides both a look back and a basis for a meaningful look ahead. The latter is especially important to a well-established Society such as ours, which must be mindful of its future lest it suffer the unhappy fate described by John W. Gardner in his book "Self-Renewal." Dr. Gardner warns that, as an organization ages, its vitality diminishes, flexibility gives way to rigidity, creativity fades, and there is danger of falling into decay unless the organization consciously maintains its capacity for renewal. Much of this capacity lies in the opportunities for the individual, he says, adding, "We can insist that one of the aims of any organization be the development of the individuals who make it up." In 1966, its 90th year, the ACS made dramatic progress in providing opportunities for individual chemists and chemical engineers to continue their development. The short courses—an educational service initiated in 1965—increased greatly in number and reached many new areas Three new journals were authorized to increase the flow of information, and The Chemical Abstracts Service made preparations for two new publications. A committee was formed to develop curriculum guidelines and other recommendations for the training of chemical technicians, and a new staff office was established to determine the proper ACS role in working with two-year colleges. Renewal also was evident in the Society's increased attention to regional meetings and in broadening of the purposes of the Committee on Corporation Associates. This committee and the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs will, I believe, take the So-
Dr. B. R. Stanerson Executive Secretary
ciety along productive new paths in the years ahead. Dr. Gardner observes that "the renewal of societies and organizations can go forward only if someone cares." I know that in the ACS there are many who care: thousands who work regularly in local section affairs, hundreds who contribute countless hours to the activities of the Council and the Board of Directors, and still other hundreds who labor in the interests of the divisions. One whose efforts in behalf of the Society were particularly noteworthy was Board Chairman Arthur C. Cope, whose sudden death left a vacancy difficult to fill. But his able successor, Dr. Milton Harris, and others who care will carry on. A good example of the feeling members have for the ACS was given by Clifford W. Seibel of Amarillo, Tex., who recently completed 50 years of ACS membership. In a congratulatory letter, I asked, "Do you recall when you joined the Society?" He replied: "How well I remember! I was an assistant instructor in the Chemistry Department of the University of Kansas. I was working on a thesis under Dr. Cady and I did not like the subject. I could see little future in helium, which was later to become my life work and which is now a multimillion dollar business. And like helium, my membership in the American Chemical Society grew to mean very much to me." Because there are so many members who care, I know our Society will maintain its capacity for renewal—and its effectiveness in serving chemistry.
Robert V. Mellefont Treasurer
Contents: President's Message/2A
Primary Publications/11A
Executive Secretary's Message/3A
Chemical Abstracts Service/15A
Highlights of the Year/4A
Other Society Services/17A
Governing Bodies of the ACS/6A
Financial Report/22A
Divisions and Local Sections/9A
Statistics/24A
This report is an abridgement of the American Chemical Society's annual statistical and activities reports. Full versions of any section or sections are available on request to the American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 APRIL 10, 1967 C&EN 3A
Highlights of the Year
AWARDS • An ACS Award for Creative Invention was established to recognize individual inventors for successful applications of research in chemistry and chemical engineering. • The first six recipients of the James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching were announced at the fall national meeting. • Dr. Ralph Connor of Rohm and Haas was named Priestley Medalist for 1967. • Minimum honorariums of $2000 were voted for all ACS-administered awards, effective upon renewal of the existing five-year sponsorship agreements. The Garvan Medal and the James T. Grady Award will include $2000 honorariums beginning in 1968. • The honorarium for the Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry was raised to $10,000 beginning in 1967, and extension of the biennial award through 1977 was authorized.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS •Dr. Milton Harris was elected Chairman of the Board for the unexpired term of Dr. Arthur Cope, who died suddenly in Washington on June 4. In December, Dr. Harris was chosen Chairman for 1967. • D r . Robert F. Marschner of American Oil Co. was elected to fill Dr. Cope's term and then serve a full four-year term as director-at-large. • Dr. William A. Mosher of the University of Delaware and Dr. W. Albert Noyes, Jr., of the University of Texas were elected regional directors for 1967-69. • T h e purposes of the Committee on Corporation Associates were redefined and broadened, and it is now a "special" committee, permitting inclusion of non-Board members. • A five-man ad hoc committee of the Board and Council was appointed to study a possible need for changes in existing ACS geographic districts.
BUDGET • An ACS program expense budget of about $20 million and a building operations budget of about $1 million were approved for 1967. Corresponding figures for 1966 were $17 million and $1 million, respectively. In addition, expenses funded by grants and contracts approximate $2 million in each year. 4A C&EN APRIL 10, 1967
• Petroleum Research Fund commitments of about $4.35 million were authorized for grants and awards in 1967, as compared with $3.35 million for 1966. CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE • Conversion to a weekly publishing cycle for Chemical Abstracts was authorized to begin in 1967. •Preparations were completed for introduction in early 1967 of Polymer Science and Technology (POST), a new CAS alerting service. • Experimental publication by CAS of an information service in the field of polymers and plastics was authorized for one year, beginning in 1967. • Preliminary architectural studies for a second CAS building on the Society's Columbus, Ohio, property were authorized. DIVISIONS • The Division of Inorganic Chemistry formed a Subdivision of Organometallic Chemistry, reflecting the growth of this field in recent years. • The Division of Chemical Literature joined the American Documentation Institute and the Special Libraries Association in publication of an abstract journal to be called Documentation Abstracts. • The Division of Analytical Chemistry established an $800 summer fellowship to encourage graduate students to do original analytical research. EDUCATION • An ad hoc Technician Curriculum Committee was formed to develop curriculum guidelines and other recommendations for the training of chemical technicians. • Establishment of a new staff program to study the Society's role in working with two-year colleges was authorized. • Fifteen new student affiliate chapters were chartered, and four charters were withdrawn, making a year-end total of 461 active chapters. •An amendment to the ACS Constitution granting student affiliate status for certain categories of students not formerly eligible was voted by the membership. • Student dues discounts were extended to members enrolled in certain nonchemistry disciplines. • Enrollment in ACS Short Courses totaled 2600 in 1966, double the 1965 total; courses were held in 23 cities as compared with 11 in 1965.
LOCAL SECTIONS • The South Central Missouri Section, the Society's 167th, was chartered, and territorial changes for seven sections were authorized. •The New York and Rhode Island Sections became the first to reach their 75th anniversaries. • The Florida Section became the first to use closedcircuit television to link three of its subsections and two other groups for a scientific meeting. • The first conference of ACS regional meeting chairmen was held in New Orleans in December. • The Oregon and Puget Sound Sections established the Linus Pauling Medal for outstanding achievement in chemistry. Dr. Pauling was the first recipient. •The Colorado Section established an award for outstanding work in chemistry by members of the section. MEMBERSHIP • Dr. Robert W. Cairns of Hercules was chosen 1967 ACS President-Elect by the membership in a record vote. • A committee to study a professionwide pension plan for chemists and chemical engineers was established by the Board. • Changes in requirements for ACS membership and for emeritus status were voted by the Council. • The membership termination procedure was altered to provide for appointment of a nine-member Council committee to hear each case. • A group insurance plan for ACS members instituted in 1966 had nearly 10,000 enrolled by year-end. • ACS membership passed the 105,000 mark in July. NATIONAL OFFICE • Dr. Alden H. Emery, ACS Executive Secretary for 20 years and a staff member for 30, retired June 30 as Honorary Secretary. He was feted at a Board of Directors dinner in Washington on June 3. • Dr. Stephen T. Quigley was appointed director of the new staff Office of Chemistry and Public Affairs. • A Management Planning Department was created in the Office of the Treasurer to provide financial forecasts, budgets, and ACS program analyses. • The Society through Crown Publishers, Inc., pro-
duced a book "Men and Molecules," based on the ACS radio documentary series of the same name and written by John F. Henahan, original producer of the programs. • A fourth ACS regional employment clearing house was opened in Berkeley in January, but in December the Board approved consolidation of all such activity in the Washington office, where an information and data storage and retrieval system will be utilized. PUBLIC AFFAIRS • The Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs undertook a study of the science and technology of environmental improvement and began preparations for a survey of the role of chemistry in American industry. • ACS endorsement of U.S. adoption of the metric system was voted by the Board. • The Committee on Clinical Chemistry, with other interested groups, began work on a national registry of accredited B.S. and M.S. clinical chemists. The registry is due to be in operation by mid-1967. • The Society revised its principles of legislation for regulation of the practice of clinical chemistry. PUBLICATIONS • Publication of the monthly journal Environmental Science and Technology was authorized to begin in January 1967, and Dr. James J. Morgan of California Institute of Technology was appointed editor. • Dr. Harold Hart was named editor of Chemical Reviews, effective Jan. 1, 1967, succeeding Dr. Ralph Shriner, who retired at the end of 1966. • Accounts of Chemical Research, a journal of concise reviews, is to begin publication in 1968 with Dr. Joseph F. Bunnett of the University of California, Santa Cruz, as editor. • Establishment of an ACS journal in the field of macromolecular chemistry was authorized for 1968. • Separate subscriptions for Industrial and Engineering Chemistry and its three quarterlies were authorized, beginning in 1967. • The first 1966 issue of the quarterly Journal of Chemical Documentation marked the beginning of regular production of the journal by computer-aided typesetting methods. APRIL 10, 1967 C&EN 5A
Governing Bodies of the Society DIRECTORS ELECTED DURING 1966
Dr. Bueche
Dr. Marschner
BOARD OF DIRECTORS The sudden passing of Board Chairman Arthur C. Cope on June 4 in Washington, D.C., was a great loss to both the Society and the scientific community. At his death, Dr. Cope was Camille Dreyfus Professor in Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His industriousness in research had earned him the reputation of being perhaps the world's busiest organic chemist. In addition to his full schedule at MIT, he devoted prodigious amounts of time and effort to ACS affairs. He had served continuously on the Board for 16 years, longer than any other member, and was Board Chairman for seven of those years. He was regional director from the First District for three three-year terms, beginning in 1951. He was chosen President-Elect for 1960, thereby becoming a director ex officio for that and the next two years while he was President and immediate Past-President. The Council then named him a director-at-large for a four-year term beginning in 1963. The Board established an Arthur C. Cope Memorial Fund, with contributions to be used in the area of Dr. Cope's life interests. Dr. Cope left half of his estate to the Society. At a special meeting in Boston on June 9, the Board elected Dr. Milton Harris to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Cope as Chairman. Dr. Harris, who had just retired as vice president of Gillette Corp., was in the first year of his term as a director-at-large. He at once set to work studying the over-all ACS operation in terms of its ability to anticipate and meet future needs. The Board re-elected him Chairman at its December meeting. Dr. Robert F. Marschner of American Oil Co. was elected by the Council to fill Dr. Cope's unexpired term as a director-at-large and then to serve a full four-year term as director-at-large, beginning in January 1967. In February Dr. Arthur M. Bueche of General Electric Research and Development Center was chosen 6A C&EN APRIL 10, 1967
Dr. Mosher
Dr. Noyes
by the members in the Second District as regional director to succeed Dr. Charles G. Overberger, who became President-Elect on Jan. 1. In November Dr. William A. Mosher of the University of Delaware and Dr. W. Albert Noyes, Jr., of the University of Texas were elected regional directors by members in the fourth and sixth districts, respectively, for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 1967. The 13-man Board, which is made up of six regional directors who serve three-year terms, four directors-at-large serving four-year terms, and the President-Elect, President, and immediate Past-President as ex officio directors, is responsible for administration of the Society's financial affairs. One of its chief functions is to approve the annual budget. In December 1965, the Board authorized budgeted expenses for 1966 totaling approximately $18 million, and an additional $3.5 million in disbursements from Petroleum Research Fund income. Most of the activities listed in this report are reflected in that budget. Among other important Board actions were the following: • A new role for the Corporation Associates Committee was approved. Since establishment of the Corporation Associates plan in 1952, the Associates had served as a source of funds to offset deficits, first of Chemical Abstracts and then of ACS research journals. Recognizing the need for a more meaningful link between the Society and industry, the Board voted to redefine the committee's purposes in broader perspective and to change its status from a standing committee to a special committee to permit inclusion of non-Board members. Modern information systems and the industry-education interface were among the topics considered at a November meeting of representatives of some 175 participating companies. • A total of 90 Board committees involving 618 members functioned during 1966. New Board committees were established during the year to deal with such matters as a technician curriculum, a professionwide pension plan, employee purchasing of annuities, and four new ACS-administered awards. Three
Board committees were discharged following completion of their work. • Renewal by Humble Oil & Refining Co. of its sponsorship of the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry for another five years was approved. • Continuation of 11 Herman Frasch Foundation awards for a fifth year was authorized, and a recommendation that 14 new Frasch grants be made in 1967 was approved. • Both the size and duration of Petroleum Research Fund Type G ("starter") grants were increased. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Dr. William J. Sparks, ACS President during 1966 and science advisor for Esso Research & Engineering Co., placed new emphasis on the work of the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs. He took special interest in the committee's study of environmental improvement, in its plan to survey the contributions of chemistry to the nation's industry, and in its projected investigation of the academic-industrial interface problem. In keeping with his belief that chemical researchers should indulge in more practical thinking in connection with their work, Dr. Sparks participated in a symposium at the fall national meeting featuring "Chemical Pioneers"—men who have contributed significantly to science and the nation through their inventions ( Dr. Sparks was codiscoverer of butyl rubber). In his Presidential address at the fall national meeting, Dr.
Sparks announced the Society's establishment of a new award—the ACS Award for Creative Invention, the first recipient of which is to be announced in 1967. Dr. Sparks may have set a record for the number of appointments made to fill committee and other posts during the year. Although the relatively new (1964) staff office of Assistant to the President is of considerable assistance, this is a difficult and time-consuming task that every ACS President must face. Chemical and Engineering News publishes Presidential appointments, and a fist appears in nearly every issue. Dr. Robert W. Cairns was chosen President-Elect for 1967 by ACS members in November (he succeeded Dr. Charles G. Overberger, the 1967 President). COUNCIL The Society's deliberative body in 1966 consisted of 456 councilors, 365 of whom represented local sections. Also included were 50 divisions, 33 ex officio, one bylaw, and seven nonvoting councilors. There were 21 Council committees during 1966, with a total membership of 257, and three joint Board-Council committees with 39 members. The Council works closely with the Board of Directors and has a hand in most ACS matters. Ideas from ACS members for changes and improvements in the Society usually come up through the Council. Details of Council action for the year are contained in the minutes of its meetings published in Cà-EN for May 23 and Nov. 14. Principal 1966 actions, in ad-
ACS President Sparks congratulates Dr. William O. Baker of Bell Telephone Laboratories on the latter's receipt of the Society's Priestley Medal. Dr. Charles Allen Thomas of Monsanto addresses the President's Dinner. APRIL 10, 1967 C&EN 7A
The Council is the Society's "house of representatives." ACS national meetings.
It meets twice a year, at
dition to those listed in "Highlights of the Year," included the following: • Approved issuance of charters for 15 new student affiliate chapters and withdrawal of four charters. • Terminated ACS membership of one individual and censured another for unethical activities. • Approved subscription rates set by the Board for Environmental Science à- Technology, and rate increases in 1967 for six other journals. • Voted to amend the ACS Constitution and a related Bylaw (subject to member and Board approval) to make it possible for students enrolled in interdisciplinary curriculums that include strong chemistry programs to become student affiliates, and for students at two-year colleges and technical institutes to affiliate whether or not they intend to continue their education at a four-year institution. • Voted ACS Bylaw amendments (subject to Board confirmation) as follows: To make it necessary for persons applying for ACS membership on the basis of a master's degree and a year of work in chemistry or chemical engineering to hold a master's degree reported to the Society by a "department of chemistry or chemical engineering" approved by the Society. The present rule specifies a degree from an "institution" approved by the Society. To make emeritus status available to ASSOCIATE MEMBERS as well as MEMBERS who have 35 years of paid membership (not necessarily continuous ). To admit to full membership persons lacking the prescribed formal academic training but showing exceptional achievement in chemistry or chemical engineering and widely recognized by leaders in the profession. Such persons currently are eligible for associate membership. 8A C&EN APRIL 10, 1967
To extend student dues discounts to ACS members enrolled in graduate or professional training in nonscience disciplines such as law or business administration. To alter the present Bylaw membership termination procedure by creating a committee of nine councilors to be named by the President to hear testimony by a member who refuses to resign if asked to do so. " The member could then be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the committee; however, the member would have 60 days to appeal and request a hearing before the full Council. To change the name of the Committee on Professional Relations and Status to "Committee on Professsional Relations." • New chairmen were appointed to four Council standing committees, and chairmen of three were reappointed, as follows: Chemical Education, Dr. Donald L. Swanson (new); Constitution and Bylaws, Dr. David C. Young (new); Local Section Activities, Dr. George W. Campbell (new); Membership Affairs, Dr. Charles O. Gerfen; National Meetings and Divisional Activities, Dr. Ambrose G. Whitney; Professional Relations, Joseph H. Stewart; and Publications, Dr. Blaine C. McKusick (new). Members of two other major Council committees—Council Policy and Nominations and Elections—are elected by the Council. CPC chairman for 1966 was ACS President William J. Sparks, and N&E chairman was Dr. George W. Watt. • Finances of local sections are being studied by the Committee on Local Section Activities, with particular attention to sections reporting deficit operations in 1966. The committee also is studying the apportionment of ACS dues to local sections, and the possibility of a need for a dues increase.
Divisions and Local Sections
Executive Secretary Β. R. Stanerson (right) presents a plaque to Dr. George B. Brown, chairman of the New York Section, marking the section's 75th anniversary. The Rhode Island Section was similarly honored at the fall national meeting.
DIVISIONS A primary function of the Society's 25 divisions is to sponsor sessions at ACS meetings at which scien tific papers may be presented. The largest numbers of both papers and authors ever listed at an ACS na tional meeting—1971 papers by 3682 authors—were re corded at the 1966 fall meeting in New York City, where the 306 separate sessions also set a record. For the year, a total of 3075 papers by 5827 authors was given at the two national meetings and one experi mental winter meeting. The total of 20,889 regis trants at the three meetings marked a new high. In addition, nine divisions participated in 10 interim meetings during the year, involving presentation of 264 papers. Thus, the word for 1966 among the divisions was growth. This extended to divisional membership as well, with a net increase of 1696 members resulting in a divisional total for the year of 48,380. The steady growth of ACS national meetings has led to prob lems of a logistical nature. There are only three or four cities that can now accommodate the fall meetings, and the spring gatherings are not far be hind in size. In 1966, there was talk of a need to limit technical sessions, and one suggestion was to hold more regional meetings where papers are given. The problem will be discussed further in 1967. The three 1966 meetings—experimental winter in Phoenix, extended spring in Pittsburgh, and regular fall in New York—presented a complete sampling of the alternatives as presently conceived. Of the three types, the regular variety appears to have the greatest division support. The experiment with winter meet ings has been dropped, at least for the present, and no extended meetings are scheduled through 1973. The membership can take pride in the reasons for the meeting problem, which is mainly one of size, and in the accomplishments of the division officers who have assumed responsibility for organizing the highly com plex programs. The Division of Industrial and Engineering Chem istry in 1966 undertook a program to give chemistry and chemical engineering students a preview of the chemical industry. A pilot run involving 145 senior and graduate students was made in the Connecticut Valley Section area, where 16 schools teaching chem istry and chemical engineering are located. The winner of the Division of Rubber Chemistry's 1966 Charles Goodyear Medal, E. A. Murphy, re corded the story of his work on tape for the division's archives. Known as the "father of foam rubber," Mr. Murphy is one of a number of "greats" of the early days of rubber chemistry whose stories are be ing recorded by the division. His tape completed the recording of all living Goodyear Medalists. APRIL 10, 1967 C&EN 9A
The Division of Polymer Chemistry arranged charter flights to Japan to coincide with the IUPAC Macromolecular Symposium and the Tokyo Plastics Exposition, both in early fall. All ACS members and other professionals interested in polymers, and members of their households, were eligible to go. In June, the Division of Medicinal Chemistry held its 10th Annual Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, and the Division of Organic Chemistry its 20th National Organic Symposium. Division award recipients and additional meeting statistics are listed beginning on page 24A. LOCAL SECTIONS The Society in 1966 chartered its 167th local section—the South Central Missouri Section, with headquarters in Rolla, Mo. The sections cover territory in 49 states (all but Alaska) and Puerto Rico. As of July, section membership totaled 96,652 (fewer than 700 ACS members in the U.S. live in territory not assigned to a section). The approximately 7000 foreign ACS members do not belong to local sections. New in 1966 was a conference of regional meeting chairmen, planned and conducted by staff and the Committees on Local Section Activities and on National Meetings and Divisional Activities. It was designed to promote greater coordination among regional meetings, to review boundaries of such meetings so that every local section might have an opportunity to participate, and to enable chairmen of meetings planned for 1967 to discuss their problems with 1966 chairmen. Such conferences probably will be continued. Three regional conferences for local section officers were held in 1966 in Atlanta, Dallas, and the Chicago area, concluding a series of six begun in 1965. A total of 68 sections were represented at the three 1966 conferences, and the series was considered a success in terms of airing sectional problems and improving communications. The New York and Rhode Island Sections in 1966
became the first to reach their 75th anniversaries. Their chairmen were honored at the fall national meeting in New York. In 1966, the Midland Section's "Science Quiz" television show featuring junior high school students marked its 10th anniversary. The Pittsburgh Section ended a three-year campaign to raise funds for the Science and Technology Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh with the collection of more than $200,000. Eight sections were announced in 1966 as winners of the Society's 1967 member relations and public relations awards. For the second time in its five-year history, the Central Arizona Section won the ACS Local Section Member Relations Award in the small (less than 200 members) category. Other member relations winners were Philadelphia (large), Indiana (medium large), and Trenton (medium small). Local Section Public Relations Awards went to the Northeastern, Western Connecticut, Baton Rouge, and Eastern North Carolina sections in the large (over 1000 members), medium large (500-1000), medium small (200-500), and small categories, respectively. Recipients of awards given by the sections themselves are listed in the tabular summary on page 25A. The Puget Sound Section sponsored a public information symposium on chemical pollution with well-known authorities delivering the papers, and other sections are studying what roles they might take in this area. The Oregon and Puget Sound Sections jointly established the Linus Pauling Medal to recognize outstanding achievement in chemistry. The award, which consists of a gold medal and a scroll, will be given annually and will alternate between the two sponsoring sections. Dr. Pauling, who was the first to receive the medal, was honored at a joint meeting of the sections on Dec. 3. The Colorado Section Award was established by the section to recognize outstanding work in chemistry by a section member. The first presentation will be in 1967.
At the fall national meeting, in which all 25 ACS divisions participated, Dr. Sparks addressed a well-attended symposium on Chemical Pioneers.
AGS Primary Publications Continuing growth was the pattern for the primary publications of the American Chemical Society during 1966. Total circulation of the primary publications climbed by 1.2% to a new high of 335,204 as of Dec. 31, compared with 331,376 subscriptions at the end of 1965. Net change in the circulation figures for individual journals varied from modest losses in the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry complex to net gains for all others—ranging from slightly more than 1% for the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry up to nearly 15% for Biochemistry. One of the biggest single projects for the Publications staff during the year was the series of studies which led to establishment of the new monthly publication, Environmental Science and Technology; appointment of its editor (by the ACS Board of Directors); and provision for its internal staffing. By the end of the year, solicitation and evaluation of manuscripts and preparation of staff-written copy for the first issue of ESirT were far along, and Vol. I, No. 1, dated January 1967, appeared on schedule. Dr. James J. Morgan of California Institute of Technology was appointed editor of ESirT, and Dr. Melvin J. Josephs, formerly on the editorial staff of CirEN, was named managMg editor. David E. Gushee, editor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, was assigned additional duties in connection with ESirT as publication manager. (More recently, following the resignation of Richard H. Belknap, Assistant Director of Publications and Director of Research Journals, Mr. Gushee was given similar responsibilities for all other primary publications of the Society except Chemical and Engineering News, and the new title Publication Manager, Journals.) Advance circulation development in connection with ESirT produced highly favorable results, with nearly 9000 subscriptions entered for the new publication before its first issue appeared. Progress also was registered during the year with another new publishing venture, the concise current review journal scheduled to begin publication in 1968 and titled Accounts of Chemical Research. Dr. Joseph F. Bunnett of the University of California, Santa Cruz, was selected as its editor, and began work at once on the long-range planning which must precede appearance of the first monthly issue. Financially, the ACS Publications enjoyed a successful year, although it has become increasingly clear that with continuing growth in volume of publishable material and mounting unit costs of printing and publishing, sources of additional revenue will have to be sought within the next few years. Advertising revenue received by the ACS through the primary publications totaled $4.8 million in 1966, derived from a total of 6103 paid advertising pages. Total circula-
Dr. Richard L. Kenyon Director of Publications
tion income for all journals (excluding CAS publications) was $2.1 million. Net income from page charges reached a new high of $455,000. For Analytical Chemistry, 1966 was the first year of publication under the direction of its new editor, Dr. H. A. Laitinen of the University of Illinois. For Chemical Reviews, it was the last year under the editorship of Dr. Ralph L. Shriner, who retired at the end of 1966 after 17 years of service to the journal. Dr. Harold Hart of Michigan State University succeeded Dr. Shriner as editor on Jan. 1, 1967. During 1966, plans were formalized for restructuring of the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry complex, with a view to further improvement in over-all publication economics for the IirEC group. Since 1962, when the three IirEC research quarterlies were established as adjuncts to the IirEC monthly, there had been definite and continual progress toward economic balance. However, projection of current trends into the future suggested that financial self-sufficiency might still be rather far away unless adjustments were made in the areas of subscription income and servicing. Subscription connections among the four were therefore severed as of the end of 1966, with the monthly and each quarterly to have its own subscription rate beginning in 1967, and no further requirements for combination monthly-quarterly subscriptions. In addition, the Board of Directors voted to drop the International edition of IirEC (monthly) following publication of the December 1967 issue, with one list then to be maintained for all subscribers regardless of mailing address. The Publications group continued in 1966 to develop an expanded program of research dealing with all aspects of disseminating primary literature. This work is conducted under a grant received in July 1965 from the National Science Foundation for the support of a project titled "Systems Requirements Analysis for Disseminating Primary Literature." It is regarded as the first major step in development and testing of possible new methods of disseminating primary information. Full production of the Journal of Chemical Documentation using computer-aided typesetting methods began in 1966. This work also is supported by grants from NSF. Present plans call for conversion of all ACS journals to computerized typesetting by the end of 1968. The work with computers provides a basis for exploring new concepts of information disseminaAPRIL 10, 1967 C&EN
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY won a first place plaque and CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS a certificate of merit in INDUSTRIAL MARKETING'S 28th editorial achievement competition. Shown are (from left) Philip Hubbard of Reinhold Publishing Corp., C&EN editor Gordon Bixler, l&EC editor David Gushee, and Sidney Bernstein of IM.
tion and handling, based on the availability of machine-readable text. Studies to exploit this potential in developing a more intimate interface between primary and secondary publication activities were begun in 1966 in cooperation with Chemical Abstracts Service. An integrated editing program was agreed on and scheduled to begin early in 1967. Individual reports from editors of the various publications follow. ACS Monographs. Emphasis continued to be on identifying areas of interest for monographs in chemistry, chemical physics, and biochemistry, all broadly defined, and in discussing the writing of such books with experts in these fields. About 30 potential authors have expressed interest for the near or more distant future. Of the half-dozen manuscripts now in preparation, two probably will be published in 1968. Advances in Chemistry Series. Ten books were published in the Advances Series in 1966, with a total of 199 papers in 3007 pages, double the output of 1965. One (Ion-Molecule Reactions in the Gas Phase") was a preprint issued at the New York ACS meeting where the symposium was held by the Division of Physical Chemistry. Another ("Coal Science") is the largest book yet published in the Series (47 articles in 743 pages, with index). A special pricing system was started in 1966 for members of divisions sponsoring symposiums that are published in the Series. Each such member is allowed to buy a single personal copy at a price of 1 cent per page. Nearly 200 members have taken advantage of the special prices for the first four volumes to be offered at this rate. Analytical Chemistry. The journal during its first full year under a new editor continued to have a high acceptance among both authors and readers. Circulation climbed to a new high of over 31,000, and 977 manuscripts were submitted for publication. A conscious effort has been made to improve further the speed of processing manuscripts, with the re12A C&EN APRIL 10, 1967
suit that the processing rate is now the best in the journal's history. Of the manuscripts published during 1966, 64% were handled from receipt to publication in less than five months and 80% were handled in less than six months. Several modifications in appearance and content of the journal were planned to begin with the January 1967 issue, including redesign of style and format, institution of a new notes category, and redefinition of correspondence for the technical section of the journal. Because of rapid processing of manuscripts, the scientific communications section has been dropped for 1967. Biochemistry. During its fifth year of operation, Biochemistry continued its steady growth. Manuscript receipts increased by 14% over 1965, and the number of manuscripts published by 38%. As in the past, approximately two thirds of all manuscripts received were accepted for publication. The number of subscriptions increased substantially and closed the year at 5468, almost 15% above the 1965 level. In order to cope with the increased number of manuscripts, Dr. Edmond H. Fischer has been appointed an assistant editor; Dr. Milton P. Gordon continues his service in that capacity. Chemical
