ACS solicits nominations for 26 awards; petroleum award reinstated Nominations for awards administered by the Society and to be presented in 1976 now are being solicited, including one reinstated award and three that are not given annually—Arthur C. Cope Award, the Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics sponsored by the General Electric Foundation, and the Charles Lathrop Parsons Award (to be presented in 1975). Nominations must be postmarked no later than midnight March 1, 1975. The ACS Award in Petroleum Chemistry has been reactivated by a new sponsor, Lubrizol Corp. The award, given without regard to age, consists of $5000 and a certificate. An allowance of $350 is provided for traveling expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented. The Board of Directors Committee on Grants and Awards 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. Therefore, the committee wants all ACS members to feel a personal responsibility to review the accomplishments of their friends and coworkers in the profession and nominate those whom they believe eligible for any of the Society's awards. • 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. A patent must have been granted for the work to be recognized and it shall have been developed during the preceding 17 years ending Jan. 1, 1976. • 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, 1976.
• ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry sponsored by Mallinckrodt, Incorporated. 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 G. D. Searle & Co. 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 for Pollution Control sponsored by Monsanto Company. A nominee must have made an original finding in chemistry or chemical engineering that has resulted in a new and significant achievement in pollution control. There are no restrictions on age, nationality, or sex. • ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry sponsored by Fisher Scientific Company. A
nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada and must have made an outstanding contribution to analytical chemistry, pure or applied. Special consideration will be given to the independence of thought and the originality shown, or to the importance of the work when applied to public welfare, economics, or the needs and desires of humanity. • ACS Award in Chemical Education 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 chemists, 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 administration, influential writing, educational research, the methodology of instruction, establishment of standards of instruction, and public enlightenment. Preference shall be given to American citizens. • ACS Award in Chromatography sponsored by SUPELCO, INC. A nominee must have made an outstanding contribution to the fields of chromatography, with particular consideration given to developments of new methods. • ACS Award in Colloid or Surface Chemistry sponsored by The Kendall Com-
pany. A nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada and must have made outstanding scientific contributions to colloid or surface chemistry. Special consideration will be given to the independence of thought and the originality shown. • ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry 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 originality shown. The nominees must not have passed their 45th birthday on April 30, 1976. The award shall be granted without regard to nationality. • ACS Award in Petroleum Chemistry sponsored by The Lubrizol Corporation. A
nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada and have accomplished outstanding research in the chemistry of petroleum or in fundamental research that contributes directly and materially to the knowledge of petroleum and its products. Special consideration shall be given to the independence of thought and the originality shown. • ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry sponsored by Witco Chemical Corporation Foundation. A nominee must have made outstanding contributions 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 Fraternity.
Nominees must not have passed their 36th birthday on April 30, 1965, and they must have accomplished research of unusual individual merit for themselves on the threshold of their careers. Special consideration is given to independence of thought and the originality shown in their research, which must have been done in North America. • ACS Award in the Chemistry of Plastics and Coatings sponsored by Borden Foundation, Inc. A nominee must have accomplished outstanding work in the chemistry of plastics and coatings to be defined as including, but not necessarily limited to, plastics, plastic films, paints, printing inks, industrial coatings, and adhesives. A nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada. The award shall be granted without regard to age or sex. • Arthur C. Cope Award. A nominee must have made outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry, the significance of which has become apparent within the five years preceding the year in which the award will be Sept. 30, 1974 C&EN
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considered. The award shall be granted without regard to age, sex, or nationality. • James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching sponsored by CHEM Study (The Chemical Education Material Study) recognizes outstanding teachers of high school chemistry at both the regional and national levels. Regional awards may be made annually, one in each of the ACS meeting regions, provided qualified teachers are identified. Regional recipients will be candidates for the James Bryant Conant Award. • The Regional Award. Formal nominations for this award are submitted only by an ACS local section. Individuals wishing to propose a candidate may submit for consideration such nominations to the ACS local section in their locality. A nominee must be actively engaged in the teaching of chemistry in a high school (grades 9 through 12) either in the territory of the local section making the nomination or in an adjacent territory within the geographic region but not assigned to any local section. The deadline for receipt of nominations for regional awards is Jan. 1, 1975. All nominations must be sent to the national Awards Office where they will be distributed to the award committee of the participating region. The selection of the regional recipient is under the auspices of a regional award committee established for this purpose. Nominations made by local sections in a region not having regional competition any year will be judged with one another and the winner placed in competition for the national award. • The National Award. Each winner of an ACS Regional Award automatically becomes a candidate for the James Bryant Conant Award in the following year and remains a candidate for three successive years unless (a) he or she is selected as a recipient of the Conant Award, or (b) his or her nomination is withdrawn by the nominating region. One of the regional winners or candidates will be selected as the 1976 recipient of the Conant Award. (A separate brochure describing this award is available upon request.) • The Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry sponsored by Exxon Chemical Company U.S.A. A nominee must have accomplished outstanding research of a theoretical or experimental nature in the field of physical chemistry. The award will be granted without regard to age, nationality, or sex, but the nominee must be a member of the American Chemical Society. • James T. Grady Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public. A nominee must have made noteworthy presentations through a medium of public communication to increase the American pub32
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lic's understanding of chemistry and chemical progress. This information shall have been disseminated through the press, radio, television, films, the lecture platform, or books or pamphlets for the lay public. • Garvan Medal. A nominee must be a woman, a citizen of the United States, and have performed distinguished service to chemistry. • The Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Essential Oils and Related Products sponsored by Fritzsche-Dodge & Olcott Incorporated. 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, nationality, or sex. • Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Organosilicon Chemistry sponsored by Dow Corning Corporation. A nominee must be engaged in noncommercial work and must have accomplished distinguished achievement in research in organosilicon chemistry during the preceding 10
years ending Jan. 1, 1976. The measure of this achievement should focus primarily on the nominee's significant publications in the field of organosilicon chemistry but may include consideration of the nominee's 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. A nominee must have made an outstanding contribution to chemical physics or physical chemistry within the 10 years preceding the year in which the award is made. The award shall be granted without restriction, except that the recipient must be a resident of the United States and the honorarium must be used in the United States or its possessions. • E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry sponsored by Exxon Research and Engineering Company. A nominee must have accomplished outstanding research of a theoretical or experimental nature in the fields of industrial chemistry or chemical engineering. The award is granted without regard to age, nationality, or sex.
Nominating procedure for ACS awards The nomination must be made by a member of the Society (except a member of the award committee). It must include a biographical sketch of the nominee (including date of birth), list of publications and patents, specific identification of the work on which the nomination is based, with samples (displayed on 8-inch X 11-inch pages) of published work, and an evaluation and appraisal of the nominee's accomplishments, particularly the work to be recognized by the proposed award. Seconding letters are not necessary. Only those that contain factual information about the candidate not provided in the nominating document will be transmitted to the award committee. In no case should more than two such supporting letters be included. In general, text or reference books shall not be included as part of a nominating document. However, a publisher's descriptive brochure, an abstract, or a pertinent but short extract and/or reviews of books may be included. One copy of the nomination including secondary letters plus eight copies of any printed material must be furnished for distribution to members of the award committee. 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. 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 (titles). 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 ACS. Only the original of supplemental material is required. Nominations and renominations should be submitted to Dr. Justin W. Collât, Awards Program, American Chemical Society, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, and postmarked no later than midnight March 1, 1975. Earlier transmittal is encouraged. "Awards Administered by the American Chemical Society" (Bulletin 7), describing awards to be presented in 1976, is available upon request from the Awards Program office.
• 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 chemistry. The award will be granted without restriction. • Charles Lathrop Parsons Award. A nominee m u s t be a member of the American Chemical Society and a citizen of the U n i t e d States, and m u s t have performed o u t s t a n d i n g public service. This award is not directed toward recognition of scientific a c c o m p l i s h m e n t or stature. T h e public service to be recognized m a y be performed either as a part of or c o m p l e t e l y outside the regular duties and activities of the nominee's e m p l o y m e n t . Current m e m bers of the A C S Board of Directors are ineligible to receive this award. • Priestley Medal. The medal, given to recognize d i s t i n g u i s h e d service to chemistry, m a y be a w a r d e d n o t only t o members of the Society, but to nonmembers and to r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of a n y nation, without r e g a r d to sex. M e m b e r s of t h e A C S Board of Directors are ineligible t o receive t h i s award.
Notices An omission In announcing the 1975 A C S award winners in the S e p t . 9 issue, we inadvertently omitted listing the sponsor, " C H E M Study (Chemical Education Material S t u d y ) " for the J a m e s Bryant Conant Award. C & E N regrets the omission.
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People Awards Josef F r i e d , Louis Block Professor in Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, has received the 5th Award in Medicinal Chemistry, given by the A C S Division of Medicinal Chemistry. The $1000 award and scroll is presented biennially. In receiving the award, Dr. Fried was honored for his outstanding contributions to medicinal chemistry through his studies on the chemistry of antibiotics, alkaloids, and peptide hormones and on the chemistry and biochemistry of steroids, prostaglandins, and carcinogenic hydrocarbons.
Industry G. P. Ahearn named manager of oil field chemicals division, Exxon Chemical USA, Houston . . . C. Gerald Albert, v.p. of research, minerals and chemicals division, Engelhard, Menlo Park, N.J., retiring after 30 years with the company . . . Alexander S. Allen joins Merichem. Houston, as project engineer in the development department . . . George R. Allen appointed head, chemical research, metabolic disease therapy research section, Lederle Labs, Pearl River, N.Y. . . . Juan A. Alvarez promoted to marketing manager and manager of the office, UOP Process International, Madrid, Spain . . . Ronald Anderson appointed manager of Canadian sales, J. T. Baker Chemical, Phillipsburg, N.J. . . . Robert D. Anding named senior v.p., Exxon Chemical, New York, N.Y. . . . Edward J. Apple becomes technical director, Europe and Africa R&D, Johnson Wax, Frimley Green, England . . . Bill L. Augenstein appointed northeastern district sales manager, polymer marketing, Northern Petrochemical, Ramsey, N.J. Stanley J. Batruk named sales manager, paper and reprographic industries—pigment division, New Jersey Zinc, Bethlehem, Pa. . . . Frank E. Bennett retiring from Publicker Industries, Philadelphia, after 27 years of service . . . Peter Bennett appointed industrial marketing consultant, Irish Export Board, New York, N.Y. . . . J. R. Benz promoted to manager of polyethylene products, Phillips Petroleum, Pasadena, Tex. . . . Bruce Berrettini becomes project manager of production facilities, industrial gas division, Air Products and Chemicals, Allentown, Pa. . . . R. A. Bookstaber promoted to senior technical sales representative, Exxon Chemical, Houston . . . James J. Brader named director of research, Chemetron, Chicago . . . Roy F. Brown named corporate v.p. and group manager, Beckman Instruments' process instruments and controls group, Fullerton, Calif. . . . William N. Brown named divisional general sales manager, Chemetron's chemical products division, Chicago . . . Harold H. Burkitt joins Rust Engineering, Portland, Ore., as manager of marketing and sales. Albert J. Camp named general manager, coated fabrics operations, General Tire & Rubber, Reading, Mass. . . . Paul J. Chappie appointed director, W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Lake Placid, N.Y. . . . WuYan Chen promoted to technical associate,
chemical group, GAF, Rensselaer, N.Y. . . . Rosemary A. Chorzempa joins Sherwin Williams Chemicals, Toledo, as information assistant . . . William L. Coble joins Stauffer Chemical's special chemical division, Westport, Conn., as representative for textile chemicals . . . Elliott Cohen promoted to head, chemical research department, central nervous system disease therapy section, Lederle, Pearl River, N.Y. . . . Sidney Cohen named v.p., operations, Tanatex, Lyndhurst. N.J. . . . David Cooper returns to WoodsonTenent Labs, Memphis, as senior chemist in R&D . . . Chatten Cowherd promoted to principal chemical engineer, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo. . . . John D. Cullen assigned assistant general manager, organic chemicals, Du Pont, Wilmington. C. Robert Davenport promoted to manager of LPG supply, hydrocarbons, Dow USA, Houston . . . H. W. Diamond, Jr., named plant manager, Morton Salt, Port Huron, Mich. . . . Anthony R. Dolce appointed sales manager, Reichhold Chemicals' Cooke division, White Plains, N.Y. . . . Edward G. Dressel transfers to marketing section as technical sales representative, textile division, Polymer Industries, Greenville, S.C. . . . Frank A. Dudrow appointed manager of fats & oils section, Rust Engineering, Birmingham, Ala. . . . Robert J. Duffy becomes eastern sales manager for fine chemicals, Lederle, Pearl River, N.Y. . . . Tom Dunn appointed v.p. of marketing, EOCOM Corp., Irvine, Calif. Roy Fanti named manager, manufacturing technology and process research, United Aircraft Research Labs, East Hartford, Conn. . . . William C. Fischer, Jr., joins agricultural division, Ciba-Geigy, as senior analytical chemist, Greensboro, N.C. . . . Merlyn G. Flom promoted to director of technology, Luzier Personalized Cosmetics, Kansas City, Mo. . . . Peter K. Ford named director of materials management, Gould's Century electric division, St. Louis . . . Ronald Fryer becomes v.p., marketing, Tanatex, Lyndhurst, N.J. Harold E. Garey, Jr., appointed R&D chemist, Sundance sheet vinyl lines, American Biltrite, Trenton, N.J. . . . John A. Georges promoted to assistant general manager of industrial chemicals department, Du Pont, Wilmington . . . Jerry R. Goldsmith appointed product manager for hematology products, Corning Scientific Instruments, Medfield, Mass. . . . Tom R. Goshorn becomes manager of B. F. Goodrich Chemical's headquarters in London, England. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr., becomes executive v.p. of Georgia-Pacific, Portland, Ore. . . . Herbert S. Hall joins FMC as director of engineering, fiber division, Philadelphia . . . Vance E. Hall named manager of engineering planning and construction, ICI United States, Wilmington . . . F. Walter HammerSchick appointed project manager, American Hoechst's construction operations, Port Arthur, Tex. . . . Robert G. Hampel elected v.p., technical development, Alcoa, Pittsburgh . . . Michael G. Hanna, Jr., named director of proposed basic research program. National Cancer Institute's research center, Frederick, Md. Robert G. Hargrove appointed director of operations, Badger, Ltd., London . . . C. V. Harris named manager of licensing and project development, international chemicals, Phillips Petroleum, Bartlesville, Okla. . . . John P. Hartmann promoted to sales manager, rubber chemicals, Indochem division of Pennwalt, Philadelphia . . . Martin Hauser appointed manager-corporate lab, Loctite, Newington, Conn. . . . David E. Haynes promoted to northeast district sales manager, metalworking chemicals, Amchem Products, Ambler, Pa. Sept. 30, 1974 C&EN
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