ACS AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Board of Directors Arthur C. Cope, Chairman M. H. Arveson Robert W. Cairns Herbert E. Carter Ralph Connor Lawrence T. Eby Robert C. Elderfield W. O. Milligan John H. Nair Charles G. Overberger Charles C. Price Byron Riegel William J. Sparks National Officers Arthur C. Cope, Chairman of the Board Charles C. Price, President William J. Sparks, President-Elect Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary R. V. Mellefont, Treasurer
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ACS members on vacation or business in Washington, D . C , or residing in the area, are invited to visit the Society's headquarters building. Conducted tours by trained staff members are available at all hours of the working day for members and their guests. Some of the highlights of the tour are the ACS computer configuration, the Photon ( photocomposition ) process used in the preparation of two ACS journals, the editorial offices and Teletypesetter room, the staff libraries, and the chemical-biological-radiological fallout shelter. The White House and the National Geographic Society's Explorers' Hall are among other points of interest within walking distance of ACS headquarters.
OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary B. R. Stanerson, Deputy Executive Secretary R. M. Warren, Assistant to the President Frances S. Sansbury, Assistant to the Executive Secretary Chemical Abstracts Service Division ( The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210) Dale B. Baker, Director Fred A. Tate, Assistant Director Kurt L. Loening, Director of Nomenclature Kenneth H. Zabriskie, Jr., Director of Research and Development Richard H. Belknap, Business Consultant Financial
The Chicago Section has enrolled its 5000th member and becomes the third ACS local section to reach that mark. The milestone member, Dennis Pogany, who is a graduate student and assistant at the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, was guest of honor at a recent section meeting, where he received a gold ACS pin as a memento of the occasion. The two sections which are larger than the Chicago unit are North Jersey and New York, which have 6793 and 6430 members, respectively.
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R. V. Mellefont, Treasurer Thomas E. Foley, Acting Controller and Assistant Treasurer Membership Activities
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Robert L. Silber, Director Frances Benner, Records Clarita Bugler, Local Section Speakers' Tours Earl Klinefelter, Membership Office Marshall W. Mead, Local Section Office Moses Passer, Educational Secretary Phyllis Powers, Employment Clearing House Phyllis J. Toy, Admissions A. T. Winstead, National Meetings and Divisional Activities Operational Services
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E. G. Harris, Jr., Director William J. Angell, Fulfillment Manager Charles S. Decker, Assistant to the Director Public, Professional, and Member
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ACS short courses in several areas of modern chemistry are now being planned for the Society's 150th National Meeting in Atlantic City in September. Topics under consideration for course offerings include computer programing, conformational analysis, homogeneous catalysis, infrared spectroscopy, microwave spectroscopy, modern industrial organic synthesis, and molecular orbital theory. Complete details on the courses, instructors, textbooks, costs, and schedules will be published in a forthcoming issue of C&EN. Deadline for registration will be Aug. 28. Further information can be obtained from the ACS Educational Secretary, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
James H. Stack, Director Robert K. Neuman, Information Services David A. H. Roethel, Professional and Government Relations ACS News Service (733 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017) Roy Avery, Managing Editor John F. Henahan, Radio and Television Research Grants and Fellowships Division Robert E. Henze, Director and Program Administrator, PRF Joseph H. Boyer, Assistant Program Administrator, PRF ACS PUBLICATIONS See page 2, this issue ACS LOCAL SECTIONS, DIVISIONS, AND COMMITTEES See C&EN-March 22 (officers of local sections and divisions) and Feb. 15 (committee members).
The Ninth Annual Report on Research under sponsorship of the Petroleum Research Fund, released last month, contains 115 abstracts of research in progress as of September 1964, as well as a comprehensive index to all PRF grants which were active at that time. Also included in the report are a description of the PRF program and its background, and a listing of the members of the PRF advisory board for 1964 and for 1965. The 98-page report will be sent to all local section chairmen, secretaries, and editors. Copies also are available to individuals on request to Petroleum Research Fund, 1155 16th St, N . W , Washington, D.C. 20036. J U N E 7, 1965 C & E N
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