News American Chemical Society 1978 Award Winners Henry Freiser and A.J.P. Martin Win the ACS Awards in Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography since structure-behavior relationships are not satisfied by equilibrium studies alone. He developed a simple extraction method for the study of kinetics of fast reactions and its application t o t h e mechanism of metal chelate chemistry. For the kinetic study of water-insoluble chelate systems, the extraction technique developed by him represents the only simple alternative to the more sophisticated methods such as stopped-flow. His more recent achievements include the application of pattern recognition techniques to elucidate the relationship between molecular structure and metal chelate stability data. Professor Freiser's other contributions to the field of analytical chemistry include his dedication t o the teaching of analytical chemistry as well as in the definition of the role of this discipline in the curriculum.
T h e winners of the 1978 ACS awards were announced a t t h e 174th ACS National Meeting held in Chicago. These awards will be presented at the 1978 ACS Spring Meeting in Anaheim, Calif., March 12-17. Among the 22 recipients named are two analytical chemists of distinction. T h e y are Henry Freiser of the University of Arizona for the analytical chemistry award and A.J.P. Martin of the University of Houston for t h e chromatography award. T h e analytical chemistry award, which has been sponsored by Fisher Scientific Co. since 1947, consists of a $2000 honorarium and an etching. Supelco Inc., is the sponsor of the chromatography award, which was established in 1959 and initially sponsored by Lab-Line Instruments. T h e award consists of $2000 and a certificate.
H e n r y Freiser, professor of chemistry at the University of Arizona, Tucson, is being honored for his many outstanding contributions in the broad areas of analytical chemistry extending from the study of metal chelates and organic analytical reagents, and solvent extraction to the development of the novel coated-wire ion selective electrode. Professor Freiser's lifelong interest in metal chelates and organic analytical reagents was inspired by his use of coordination comp o u n d s to purify a n d isolate heterocyclic nitrogen compounds. This work brought him closer and closer to the field of analytical chemistry. Around 1950 he began a wide ranging study of structure-behavior relationships of organic chelating agents used in the analysis of metal ions. He was perhaps the first analytical chemist to recognize the importance of the use of metal chelate formation constants as a foundation for the evaluation of organic analytical reagents. Following this, he turned his attention to the study of kinetics and mechanisms
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Professor Freiser received his graduate training from Duke University in organic chemistry (MS, 1942) and in physical chemistry (PhD, 1944). Upon graduation in 1944, he took a position as chairman of the Departm e n t of Physical and Analytical Chemistry a t North Dakota State College. In 1946 he moved to the University of Pittsburgh as associate professor of chemistry. While there he was one of the prime organizers of the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. From 1958 to the present, he has been a t t h e University of Arizona, serving p a r t of t h a t time (1958-1968) as head of the Chemistry Department. As dep a r t m e n t head, he was instrumental in developing one of t h e fine academic analytical centers in the country. Close to 200 papers, 8 review chapters, and 2 textbooks in analytical chemistry have been authored by Professor Freiser. He has presented numerous invited lectures in the U.S. and abroad and has organized or chaired many national and international meetings. A member of the American Chemical Society, American
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News Association of University Professors, and American Society for Testing and Materials, he served the ACS as chairman of the Division of Analytical Chemistry and also held several offices in the Arizona Section of the Society. He also served on the Advisory Board of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY from 1966 to 1969 and has been a member of various committees of the National Research Council and also of the IUPAC. A total of 29 postdoctoral fellows and 21 PhD and 13 MS students, all now serving analytical chemistry in various positions, have been trained by Professor Freiser. A.J.P. Martin received his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge and also holds a DSc degree from the University of Leeds and an LiD degree from the University of Glasgow. At present he is the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Houston at Houston, Tex. Prior to that Dr. Martin held professorial posts at the University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and the University of Sussex, UK. Before entering academia in 1964, Dr. Martin spent most of his long career in chemistry working for various industrial and institutional research organizations. Over the past 35 years, Dr. Martin has made profound contributions to all fields of chemistry. His work has ranged from research in vitamin deficiencies, factors controlling insulin secretion and the production of penicillin to the development of liquid partition chromatography, the invention of paper chromatography, the development of displacement electrophoresis, and above all the invention of gas chromatography. Without this invention the practice of analytical chemistry as we know it today would not be possible. Very few laboratories indeed can exist today without the gas chromatograph, an instrument which is an ever-present monument to Dr. Martin's innovative achievements and scientific contributions. Dr. Martin has been the recipient of many awards including the Berzelius Medal of the Swedish Medical Institute, the John Scott Medal, and the Leverhulme Medal of the Royal Society. In 1952 he was awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry for his work in partition chromatography. Dr. Martin is also a fellow of the Royal Society in England, and in recognition of his scientific contributions, he was awarded the order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan and was made Commander of the British Empire by the Queen of England.
Summer Internship for Undergraduates The American Chemical Society's Division of Analytical Chemistry is continuing its "summer internship" program in 1978. The purpose of the program is to introduce talented undergraduate chemistry students to modern analytical chemistry laboratories to stimulate their interest in analytical chemistry. Students chosen to participate in this program will be employed by industrial, academic, or governmental laboratories where they will carry out various phases of on-going research or applied programs in analytical areas. Industrial, academic, or government laboratories that participate agree to employ one or more undergraduates during the summer. The Professional Status Committee of the division screens and evaluates applicants and serves as a broker to bring students and prospective employers together. Participating laboratories are supplied with information on two or three students and are asked to select those most suited, with salary and employment details up to the individual employer. Student qualifications for the program include completion of at least the second year of college, preferably including an instrumental analysis course or its equivalent and an interest in analytical chemistry; only in rare instances will graduating seniors be considered for this program. The division is inviting applications from interested students and earnestly seeking increased industrial, governmental, and academic laboratory participation. The division is especially interested in participation by academic analytical research groups and hopes that a number of academic analytical chemists with on-going research projects will contact the division. Deadline for student applications is February 15, 1978. Application forms and information about the program may be obtained by writing to R. A. Osteryoung, Chairman, Professional Status Committee, Division of Analytical Chemistry, ACS, c/o Dept. of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo. 80523. The 9 organizations and 13 students who participated in the program this past summer are listed below: Ames Laboratory Iowa State University A m e s , Iowa Linda Gray Seton Hill College Greensburg, Pa.
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Wilmington, Del. Philip Harding University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wis. Exxon Research & Engineering Co. Linden, N.J. Neal Fleming Grinnell College GrinneM, Iowa Rochelle Miller Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pa. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. Nutley, N.J. Mark Samuels Princeton University Princeton, N.J. Inhalation Toxicology Res. Inst. Albuquerque, N.M. Kevin Baker Wartburg College Waverly, Iowa Kevin McCarty University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa Joan Snyder University of Delaware Newark, Del. Arthur D. Little, Inc. Cambridge, Mass. Karen Weaver Marietta College Marietta, Ohio Phillips Petroleum Co. Bartlesville, Okla. Brian Craig University of Missouri Columbia, Mo. Stauffer Chemical Co. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Thomas Baum Manhattanville College Purchase, N.Y. Timothy Carlin Florida Atlantic College Boca Raton, Fla. Texas Instruments, Inc. Dallas, Tex. Nancy Steiber Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Undergraduate Awardees Receive ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY The Division of Analytical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society has awarded 15-month subscriptions to ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY to 435
chemistry students at U.S. colleges Tand universities in honor of the students' outstanding scholastic records. The recipients were named by the chemistry departments at their respective institutions. Fifteen-month subscriptions will begin with this issue, except in cases where the student is already a subscriber. In these
News cases, subscriptions will be extended 15 months. In addition, student winners will receive the Analytical Division Newsletters throughout the year. These awards, given by the division for the past several years, are designed to recognize excellent scholarship and encourage the recipients' interest in chemistry in general and analytical chemistry in particular. Géraldine M. Huitnik, associate professor of chemistry a t Indiana University in South Bend, is in charge of this program for the Analytical Chemistry Division.
Mettler Award for Japanese Professor In recognition of his significant contribution to the development and application of thermoanalytical techniques, Hirotaro Kambe, professor, Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo, was selected as the recipient of the 10th Mettler Award in Thermal Analysis. T h e award consisting of a $1000 honorarium was presented to Professor Kambe a t the Fifth International Confederation of T h e r m a l Analysis (ICTA) held a t Kyoto, Japan, 1-6 August 1977. T h e award is sponsored annually by Mettler Instrument Corp. of Princeton, N.J., to acknowledge a n d encourage work in the field of dynamic thermal analysis. Professor Kambe's early interest in thermoanalytical techniques was mainly in the field of physical chemistry. While a student at the University of Tokyo where he earned his DSc degree, he studied the elucidation of physicochemical properties of metallic soaps by dynamic thermoanalytical techniques. He then proceeded to investigate organic systems by the same technique and became one of J a p a n ' s pioneers in the field. In t h e early 1960's, his interest turned toward t h e study of thermal stability of high polymers by a variety of thermoanalytical techniques. Currently the president of ICTA, he coorganized a U . S . - J a p a n joint seminar on thermal analysis and coedited a book on thermal analysis, "Comparative Studies on Materials", in 1974. In 1975 he edited the first monograph in Japanese on thermal analysis. Professor Kambe is a member of numerous professional societies, including t h e American Chemical Society.
1977 International Symposium on Microchemical Techniques Approximately 600 scientists from all parts of the world gathered at t h e
Dauos Convention
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most recent International Symposium on Microchemical Techniques held in Davos, Switzerland, t h e world-renowned health and sports center situated in a lovely valley in t h e Swiss Alps at 1560 m above sea level. T h e technical program totaling close to 240 presentations included plenary lectures, invited introductory lectures, and contributed papers (page 42 A, January). T h e plenary lectures t h a t highlighted t h e program were given by R. Belcher (UK), K. Beyermann (GFR), R. A. Chalmers (UK), J. T. Clerc (Switzerland), W. Fresenius (GFR), E. C. Horning (USA), J.F.K. Huber (Austria), a n d Yu. A Zolotov (USSR). One unique feature of this year's symposium was t h e presentation of several papers as poster sessions. T h e well-attended poster sessions enabled the presenters to enter into lively discussions with attendees in a way not possible a t a conventional presentation. At these sessions, G. G. Guilbault described piezoelectric devices for the detection of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, a n d carbon monoxide; B. Welz outlined a
NBS, Industry Joint Program on Oil Recycling W h a t happens to the used oil drained out of every motor vehicle in the U.S. a t a rate of more than 14 million barrels a year? And what happens to nearly 12 million more barrels added by industry, aviation, and other users? Can it be used again so t h a t instead of polluting the environment it can actually be beneficial to the economy and to the country as a whole? Recognizing t h a t this was possible technologically, Congress passed t h e Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. Among other things, this law
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direct temperature automated control system to improve accuracy and precision in nonflame atomic absorption spectrometry; J. T. Stock described an interesting electrogravimetric technique with wire-type electrodes; a n d C. N . Carducci used capillary methods for t h e systematic detection of alkaloids and related substances. In addition to the scientific program, there were several outstanding social events. According to Peter N . Keliher of Villanova University, Villanova, Pa., who filed this report to ANALYTICAL C H E M I S T R Y , a b a n q u e t
emphasizing an original Swiss dish, bundesflesch, and wines was considered by many to be the highlight of the week. Another very successful event was the Swiss folklore evening with typical songs, dances, and yodeling. There was enthusiastic participation in some of the dances by both Swiss and non-Swiss attendees. A farewell evening was held on Friday of the symposium, and most of the a t tendees were already looking forward to the next symposium scheduled for 1980 in Graz, Austria.
directs t h e National Bureau of Standards (NBS) to develop test procedures t h a t can be used to determine if a recycled oil intended for a particular use is as good as the "virgin product". In attempting to fulfill its mission, N B S has been working closely with other related federal agencies as well as industrial organizations involved in the recycling and testing of oil. One of the industrial organizations cooperating with N B S is the Association of Petroleum Re-refiners (APR). They have jointly established a new Research Associate Program. Under t h e program, APR has chosen Robert
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Pedall of Motor Oils Refining Co., Illinois, to work at NBS. He has been associated with the testing of used and re-refined petroleum oil for almost 20 years. He is shown in the photo with equipment used to measure the viscosity of oil. First, N B S is concentrating on the development of a set of test procedures for used oil which can be recycled and furnished as fuel oil. T h e main reason t h a t the fuel oil end use is set as the priority is because about 50% of the recycled oil generated in the country is burned as fuel oil both with and without suitable environmental control. One of t h e specific
areas t h a t the N B S researchers are investigating is the fate of heavy metal contaminants from the gasoline and additives when recycled fuel oil is burned. T h e chemical forms of these metals both before and after combustion are sought. T h e N B S researchers are also looking at the fate of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons found in used oils. From the fuel oil area, the program will move on to the re-refined motor oil category. According to Donald Becker, manager of the N B S Recycled Oil Program, the most difficult program will come from the task of establishing the equivalency of recycled motor oils to virgin motor oils.
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of toxicants, nutrients, and drugs or their metabolites in body tissues and fluids, feedstuffs, air, water, soil, and building materials. Although the principal aim of the program is to compile reliable standard analytical procedures for veterinary diagnostic laboratories, the manual will be useful to analysts in other branches of toxicology as well. T h e success of the program will depend, however, on the support and cooperation of the workers in the field. ACVT is inviting analytical chemists, biochemists, toxicologists, or specialists in related fields to send reliable qualitative and quantitative procedures for the determination of toxicants, nutrients, or drugs in any matrix related to animal or h u m a n health to: R. J. Everson, Chairman of the ACVT Manual Development Committee, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, P u r d u e University, West Lafayette, Ind. 47907. Anyone who wishes to serve on a subcommittee to assist in standardizing submitted methods in a particular area such as heavy metals, PCB's, and mycotoxins, or who would like to run some samples in an interlaboratory testing program is also encouraged to contact the chairman. A report outlining t h e program was published in the November 1976 issue of Veterinary Toxicology, now Veterinary and Human Toxicology. T h e manual will be published by the college in a looseleaf format.
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Toxicology Methods Manual T h e American College of Veterinary Toxicologists (ACVT) is developing a manual of analytical methods for publication. T h e manual will contain analytical methods for the determination
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Analytical Methods for Safeguard and Accountability Measurements of Special N u c l e a r Materials Williamsburg, Va. May 15-17,1978. Sponsored by the Fuel Cycle Division and Virginia Section of the American Nuclear Society, the National Bureau of Standards, and Institute of Basic S t a n d a r d s . Papers are invited on the following topics: standards, calibration procedures, and standardization of analysis methods; x-ray methods for analysis of fissile material; gamma-ray and neutron methods for analysis of fissile material; chemical methods for analysis of fissile material; and other nonchemical methods for analysis of fissile material. A special session (invited papers only) on requirements for safeguards and accountability of special nuclear material will also be held. Prospective authors should submit abstracts, not later than November 31, to W. L. Pickels, University of California, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Box 808, L-313, Livermore, Calif. 94550.
