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ACS solicits award nominations March 1, 1967, new deadline for receipt of nominations; three awards added to roster Nominations for awards administered by the Society and to be presented in 1968 are now being solicited. Deadline for their receipt has been changed from April 1 to March 1, 1967. Three new awards have been added to the Society's roster—ACS Award for Creative Invention, ACS Award in Fertilizer and Soil Chemistry sponsored by National Plant Food Institute, and ACS Award in the Chemistry of Plastics and Coatings sponsored by The Borden Company Foundation, Inc. These three new awards bring the number of ACS-administered awards honoring individual accomplishment to 31. Nominations for 30 of the 31 awards are now being solicited, three of which are not given annually—the Ipatieff Prize, the Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics sponsored by The General Electric Foundation, and the Charles Lathrop Parsons Award. Changes have been made in the award sponsored by Esso Research and Engineering Company. The name has been changed from ACS Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry to E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry sponsored by Esso Research and Engineering Company. The purpose of the award has been restated and the honorarium has been increased from $1000 to $2000. The Board of Directors Committee on Awards and Recognitions believes the ACS awards program to be unexcelled in terms of the recognition and prestige which accrue to the recipients. The excellence of the ACS awards program can be traced directly to the number of highly qualified nominees proposed, the care with which the nominations are prepared, and the high degree of discrimination exercised in the selection of recipients. The cooperation of the membership in making the annual nominations for these awards has been good. This has been because members have assumed the obligation for nominating colleagues whose achievements are outstanding. Even so, the committee believes there are many exceptionally competent chemists and chemical engineers who have not been nominated. Awards can be made only to those who are nominated. Hence, the committee 66
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wants each ACS member to feel a personal responsibility to review the accomplishments of his friends and coworkers in the profession and nominate those whom he believes eligible for any of the Society's awards. Members nominate. Any member of the Society (except a member of the award committee) may submit one nomination for each award. There is no set form for making a nomination, but the following information (original and two copies) is required: a biographical sketch (including date of birth), list of publications and patents, specific identification of the work on which the nomination is based, and an evaluation and appraisal of the nominee's accomplishments, particularly the work to be recognized by the award. Eight copies are required of any printed material. The committee cautions that great care should be taken in the preparation of the evaluation of the nominee's accomplishments. The evaluation enables the highlighting of contributions of particular significance to theory or practice which might render a nominee more eligible than others nominated for an award. An analysis of patents filed by the nominee is especially valuable. In listing publications, indicate the specific contribution of the nominee to those publications of which he may be coauthor. Seconding letters are not necessary. If the nomination is accompanied by supporting letters, only those which contain factual information about the candidate not provided in the nominating documents will be transmitted to the selection committee. In no instance may more than two such supporting letters be included as part of the nomination. Reprints may be included as documentary evidence provided the subject treated is restricted to the work on which the nomination is based, and such reprints do not exceed five. The awards program is operated on an annual basis. Hence, nominations are not automatically extended from year to year for those candidates not selected for an award. Renomination is necessary if the previous nominee is to be considered by the current selection committee. It is possible to update any previous nomination on file with the ACS. Only the original and
two copies of supplemental material are required. Nominators should submit appropriate documents and seconding letters to R. M. Warren, Assistant to the President, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, by iMarch 1, 1967. Earlier transmission is encouraged. The newly revised edition of Bulletin 7, "Awards Administered by the American Chemical Society," is available upon request to the Assistant to the President. The rules of eligibility for each award are as follows: • ACS Award for Creative Invention. To recognize individual inventors for successful applications of research in chemistry and/or chemical engineering which contribute to the material prosperity and happiness of people. A nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada. The work to be recognized shall have been developed during the preceding 17 years ending Jan. 1, 1968. • ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry sponsored by Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association. A nominee must have accomplished outstanding creative work in synthetic organic chemistry that has been published in an American journal during the preceding five years ending Jan. 1, 1968. • ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry sponsored by Mallinckrodt Chemical Works. A nominee must have demonstrated extensive contributions to the advancement of inorganic chemistry. Activities recognized by the award may include such fields as teaching, writing, research, and administration. A nominee must be a member of the American Chemical Society. • ACS Award for Nuclear Applications in Chemistry sponsored by Nuclear-Chicago Corporation. A nominee must have made outstanding contributions to nuclear isotopic applications in the field of chemistry. There are no limits on age or on nationality. • ACS Award in Biological Chemistry sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company. A nominee must be a citizen of the United States who shall not have passed his 36th birthday on April 30, 1968, and shall have accomplished outstanding research in biological chemistry of unusual merit for an individual on the threshold of his career. Special consideration shall be given to the independence of thought and the originality shown. At the time of the nomination, the nominee must be actively engaged in the line of research for which the award is made. This award will not be voted to any person who previously has received an-
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other award sponsored by Eli Lilly and Co. granted for the same tech nical accomplishment. • ACS Award in Chemical Educa tion sponsored by Scientific Apparatus Makers Association. A nominee must have made outstanding contributions to chemical education considered in its broadest meaning, including the training of professional chemists; the dissemination of reliable information about chemistry to prospective chem ists, to members of the profession, to students in other fields, and to the general public; and the integration of chemistry into our educational system. The activities recognized by the award may lie in the fields of teaching (at any level), organization and adminis tration, influential writing, educational research, the methodology of instruc tion, establishment of standards of instruction, and public enlightenment. Preference shall be given to American citizens. • ACS Award in Chemical Instru mentation sponsored by Ε. Η. Sargent & Co. A nominee must be a citizen of the United States or Canada and must have accomplished a practical and significant simplification of ana lytical procedure by means of instru mental techniques. •ACS Award in Chromatography and Electrophoresis sponsored by Lab-Line Instruments, Inc. A nomi nee must be a resident of the United States or Canada and have made an outstanding contribution to the fields of chromatography and/or electro phoresis, with particular consideration given to developments of new methods designed for accuracy and speed. • ACS Award in Enzyme Chemis try sponsored by Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. A nominee must be a citizen of the United States, engaged in non commercial work, must have accom plished outstanding work in enzyme chemistry, and shall not have passed his 40th birthday on April 30, 1968. The presence of an enzyme action must be unequivocally demonstrated in the nominee's work. This award will not be voted to any person who previously has received another award sponsored by Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., granted for the same technical accom plishment. • ACS Award in Fertilizer and Soil Chemistry sponsored by National Plant Food Institute. Among the factors to be considered is publica tion of original research results in fertilizer and soil chemistry, with par ticular reference to the nutrition and quality of an agriculturally important crop. The award can be made to any one 40 years of age or under in 1968. • ACS Award in Inorganic Chemis try sponsored by Texas Instruments Incorporated. A nominee must have
accomplished outstanding research in the preparation, properties, reactions, or structure of inorganic substances. Special consideration shall be given to the independence of thought and origi nality shown. The nominee must not have passed his 45th birthday on April 30, 1968. The award shall be granted without regard to nationality. • ACS Award in Petroleum Chem istry sponsored by Precision Scientific Company. A nominee must be a citi zen of the United States or Canada and have accomplished outstanding research in the chemistry of petroleum or in fundamental research that con tributes directly and materially to the knowledge of petroleum and its prod ucts. A nominee shall not have passed his 40th birthday on April 30, 1968. Special consideration shall be given to the independence of thought and the originality shown. • ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry sponsored by Witco Chemical Com pany, Inc. Foundation. A nominee must have made outstanding contribu tions to polymer chemistry. The award shall be granted without regard to age, nationality, or sex. • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry sponsored by Alpha Chi Sigma Fra ternity. A nominee must not have passed his 36th birthday on April 30, 1968, and must have accomplished re search of unusual merit for an in dividual on the threshold of his career. Special consideration is given to inde pendence of thought and the original ity shown in the research, which must have been carried out in North Amer ica. • ACS Award in the Chemistry of Milk sponsored by The Borden Com pany Foundation, Inc. A nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada and have accomplished out standing research in the chemistry of milk and dairy products or in funda mental research that contributes di rectly and materially to the knowledge of milk and dairy products. This award will not be voted to any person who previously has received another award sponsored by The Borden Com pany Foundation, Inc. granted for the same technical accomplishment. For the purpose of this award, the chem istry of milk is not to include nutrition or bacteriology. Special consideration shall be given to the independence of thought and the originality shown. • ACS Award in the Chemistry of Plastics and Coatings sponsored by The Borden Company Foundation, Inc. A nominee must have accom plished outstanding work in the chem istry of plastics and coatings to be de fined as including, but not necessarily limited to, plastics, plastic films, paints, printing inks, industrial coatings, and adhesives. A nominee must be a resi-
dent of the United States or Canada. The award shall be granted without regard to age or sex. • James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching sponsored by Έ. I. du Font de Nemours & Company Incorporated consists of six district awards. A can didate may be nominated only by a local section. Each local section is limited to one candidate each year. (Individuals should propose potential candidates to a local section. ) A nom inee must be actively engaged in the teaching of chemistry in a high school (grades nine through 12) either in the territory of the local section mak ing the nomination or in adjacent ter ritory within the district that is not as signed to any local section. For the purpose of equitable distri bution of awards, six districts, each having approximately the same num ber of chemistry teachers, have been established. Each district (defined below) is composed of the territory covered by local sections with head quarters within the states listed, as well as that territory not within the boundaries of any local section. District 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Territory of Puerto Rico. District 2: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Ohio, New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. District 3: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. District 4: Illinois, Indiana, Michi gan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Distnct 5: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. District 6: Alaska, Arizona, Cali fornia, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Mon tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. • The Peter Debye Award in Physi cal Chemistry sponsored by Humble Oil & Refining Company. A nominee must have accomplished outstanding research of a theoretical or experimen tal nature in the field of physical chem istry. The award will be granted without regard to age, nationality, or sex, but the nominee must be a mem ber of the American Chemical Society. • Fisher Award in Analytical Chem istry. A nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada and must have made an outstanding con tribution to analytical chemistry. Spe cial consideration will be given to the independence of thought and the orig inality shown, or to the importance of the work when applied to public wel fare, economics, or the needs and de sires of humanity.
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• Fritzsche Award. A nominee must have accomplished outstanding work in analysis, structure elucidation, chemical synthesis of essential oils, isolates, flavors, and related substances. Special consideration will be given to the independence of thought and the originality shown. This award shall be granted without regard to age, nation ality, or sex. • Garvan Medal. A nominee must be a woman, a citizen of the United States, and have performed distin guished service to chemistry. • James T. Grady Award. A nomi nee must have made noteworthy pres entations through a medium of public communication to increase the Ameri can public's understanding of chemis try and chemical progress. This in formation shall have been disseminated through the press, radio, television, films, the lecture platform, or books or pamphlets for the lay public. •Ipatieff Prize. A nominee must not have passed his 40th birthday on April 30, 1968. He shall have done outstanding chemical experimental work in the field of catalysis or high pressure. Special weight will be given to the independence of thought and the originality shown. The award may be made for investigations carried out in any country and without con sideration of the nationality of the re cipient. Preference will be given to American chemists. • The Kendall Company Award in Colloid Chemistry. A nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada and must have made outstand ing scientific contributions to colloid or surface chemistry. Special con sideration will be given to the inde pendence of thought and the origi nality shown. • Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Organosilicon Chemistry sponsored by Dow Corning Corporation. A nominee must be engaged in non commercial work and must have ac complished distinguished achievement in research in organosilicon chemistry during the preceding 10 years ending Jan. 1, 1968. The measure of this achievement should focus primarily on the nominee's significant publica tions in the field of organosilicon chemistry but may include considera tion of his contributions to the related field of organometallic chemistry, particularly embracing the elements of Group IV. There are no limits on age or on nationality. • The Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics sponsored by The General Electric Foundation. The nominee must have made an out standing contribution to chemical physics or physical chemistry within the preceding 10 years ending Jan. 1, 1968. The award shall be granted
without restriction, except that the re cipient must be a resident of the United States at the time of selection. • E. V. Murphree Award in Indus trial and Engineering Chemistry spon sored by the Esso Research and En gineering Company. A nominee must have accomplished outstanding re search of a theoretical or experimental nature in the fields of industrial chem istry or chemical engineering. The award will be granted without regard to age, nationality, or sex. • The James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry sponsored by the Northeastern Section, ACS. A nominee must have made outstanding contributions to physical organic chem istry. The award will be granted with out restriction. • Charles Lathrop Parsons Award. A nominee must be a member of the American Chemical Society and a citi zen of the United States and have per formed outstanding public service. This award is not a recognition of sci entific accomplishment. The public service recognized may be performed as part of or outside the regular duties and activities of the person's employ ment. Members of the ACS Board of Directors are ineligible to receive this award. • Priestley Medal. The medal, given to recognize distinguished ser vices to chemistry, may be awarded not only to members of the Society, but to nonmembers and to representa tives of any nation, without regard to sex. Members of the ACS Board of Directors are ineligible to receive this award.
Society to receive half of Cope estate Dr. Arthur C. Cope, who was serving his seventh term as Chairman of the ACS Board of Directors when he died on June 4, left one half of his estate to the Society. The gift was an nounced by the present Chairman, Dr. Milton Harris, at the Council meeting in New York. The other half of the estate goes to Dr. Cope's widow, Harriet T. Cope. Although the exact size of the gift to the Society will not be known until the will has been probated, the estate is "of considerable value," according to Dr. Harris. The Society's share, he said, will be placed in the Arthur C. Cope Memorial Fund for support of work and education in the field of or ganic chemistry. This fund had been established by the Board at a special meeting in Boston on June 9, before the provisions of Dr. Cope's will were made known. Since then, Dr. Harris reported, about $7000 of unsolicited money has been
