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ACS-Government Projects Increasing Society administers more than $4 million in grants for a variety of research and educational programs During the ceremonies to dedicate the new headquarters of Chemical Ab stracts Service in Columbus in June, Dr. Donald F. Hornig, the White House science adviser, announced a two-year contract between the Ameri can Chemical Society and the National Science Foundation for research and development by Chemical Abstracts Service on a computer-based registry system for chemical compounds. This agreement, involving more than $2 million of federal funds, was a striking illustration of a new trend in ACS operations and relationships with the Government. As recently as four years ago the Society's operating bud get included almost no outside funds. Today more than $4 million in grants to the Society are being administered for a variety of projects. The change reflects both an increas ing interest in science on the part of the Federal Government and the de sire of the ACS to cooperate with the Government in scientific areas. Un der its national charter, the Society al ways has been prepared to help fed eral agencies, but until recently few suitable opportunities have been avail able. Also, the range of ACS inter ests has grown to the point where some projects now need outside finan cial support. Critical Experiment. Dr. Hornig referred to the National Science Foun dation contract for the Chemical Abstracts Service project as a critical experiment in determining the future
Ed. Note: At the meeting of the ACS Council at the recent 150th national meeting in Atlantic City, Dr. Arthur C. Cope, Chairman of the Board of Directors, reported on the Society's expanding role as an administrator of funds, federal and other, to support chemical re search, information handling, chemical education, and other areas of chemistry. C&EN pre sents Dr. Cope's remarks here.
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pattern of Government-scientific so ciety relationships with respect to the information transfer process. In this agreement and certain others between NSF and ACS, the National Science Foundation represents an interagency group which includes the National Institutes of Health and the Depart ment of Defense. The Atomic En ergy Commission and the National Bureau of Standards also are helping to finance projects directed by ACS. In addition to the $2 million con tract, other grants by National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health bring governmental support of Chemical Abstracts Service research and development to about $3 million. These contracts have been reported in C&EN and I shall not elaborate on them here, but it may be interesting and instructive to review other grants to the ACS totaling nearly $1 million. Research by the Society on ad vanced publishing techniques is sup ported by NSF grants. An investiga tion of the possible role of computers in reproduction and distribution of sci entific papers was begun by the Soci ety in September 1963, with a grant of $171,000. This work is continuing with an additional $225,000. A pri
mary purpose of the project is to de velop an economical method of setting type by computer, with special atten tion to the problem of automatically setting such nonconventional forms as diagrams of chemical structures, tabu lar material, and mathematical formu las. The Society's Visiting Scientists pro grams have received four NSF grants adding up to approximately $122,000. Under these programs, distinguished chemists visit the campuses of smaller colleges for several days of lectures, seminars, and discussions. One pro gram is aimed specifically at bringing scientists from abroad and another provides visitors for secondary schools. Latin America. Another ACS edu cational activity, participation in the CSUCA project, is supported by three NSF grants for a total of $142,000. Under this contract, the Society helps provide technical advice and demon stration quantities of materials for the improvement of science education in the five member universities of the Superior Council of Central American Universities. The funds are supplied through an agreement between NSF and the Agency for International De velopment. Somewhat similar to the CSUCA project is an ACS activity which will be supported by an AID-NSF grant of about $36,000. In this program, which may apply to any part of Latin America, the Society will offer consult ing and evaluation services and pro vide on request specialists and limited amounts of teaching materials to im prove course content of national and regional projects. Also, ACS may ar range to have Latin American teachers study in U.S. institutions under certain approved programs. One ACS project related to chemi cal education has received a nongov ernment grant. Up to $10,000 has been made available this summer by an anonymous donor to support a pro gram of chemical industry orientation for undergraduate college students. Under this grant, 26 chemistry stu dents who will be seniors this year in colleges and universities in the Mid west have toured the plant facilities of some of the leading chemical compa nies in the Chicago area. The Society is responsible for the disposition each year of 3 to 4 million nonfederal dollars through its staff division of Research Grants and Fel lowships. As administrator of the in come from The Petroleum Research
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Fund, the Society supports nearly 500 research programs in some 250 colleges and universities. The PRF funds, now amounting to $3.5 million annually, are used exclusively for advanced scientific education and fundamental research in the petroleum field. Frasch Foundation. The American Chemical Society also acts as adviser to the trustee of the Herman Frasch Foundation, which provides grants totaling about $120,000 annually to educational institutions for research in agricultural chemistry. In addition, the ACS administers a grant of $2500 each year for the Asia Foundation in the interest of furthering international relations in general, and of strengthening educational activities among Asian chemists and chemical engineers in particular. Most of the awards go to individuals teaching and conducting research in their native countries. The current grant for continuing cooperation by the ACS in the preparation and maintenance of a national register of scientific and technical personnel is about $75,000. The Society gathers, tabulates, and supplies to the National Science Foundation information relating to the training, employment, and specialized qualifications of chemists and chemical engineers. An example of a smaller NSF grant is one of $3300 which the Society used to support symposiums in biological chemistry at the national meeting in Atlantic City, by providing travel funds for distinguished foreign scientists. Reference Data. The National Bureau of Standards has granted $19,150 for help by the ACS in efforts to compile information on the physical properties of all definable substances for the National Standard Reference Data System. In this project the Society is mailing to members a fivequestion survey sheet asking for the kinds of data most needed in compiled, critically evaluated form. The general objective is to coordinate and integrate existing data evaluation and compilation activities into a systematic, comprehensive unit. The Atomic Energy Commission has provided approximately $37,000 to the Society for the preparation of monographs and related services. This involves selecting an advisory committee to recommend material and authors for three monographs on chemistry or chemical engineering, concerning the utilization of nuclear
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President Charles C. Price has ap pointed the following to represent the Society at special functions: Dr. Grant H. Harnest, councilor of the Western Vermont Section, par ticipated in the inauguration of Dr. Eugene Clinton Winslow as presi dent of Windham College, Putney, V t , on Oct. 9. Dr. Fred W. Cox, Jr., chairman of the Lehigh Valley Section, partici pated in the inauguration of Willard Deming Lewis as 10th president of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., on Oct. 10. Dr. D. Chakravarti, chairman-elect of the Puget Sound Section, will par ticipate in the inauguration of The Very Reverend John A. Fitterer, S.J., as president of Seattle University, Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 13. Dr. Leon A. Sweet, chairman of the Detroit Section, will participate in the inauguration of Dr. William Rea Keast as fifth president of Wayne State University on Oct. 28.
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HAMPTON ROADS. Allen M. Murphy, manager of the farm chemicals division at Smith-Douglass Co., is the new chairman of the Hampton Roads Section. Serving with him are Dr. Allen K. Clark, first vice-chairman; Dr. Edgar E. Linekin, second vice-chair man; Charles E. Bell, Jr., secretary; and Dr. Vernon L. Bell, treasurer. OREGON. Dr. H. Darwin Reese, as sociate professor of chemistry at Oregon State University, is the new chairman of the Oregon Section. Other officers are Dr. John L. Kice, chairman-elect; Dr. Theran D. Parsons, secretary; and Dr. James H. Krueger, treasurer.
