American Chemical Society News Vannah in Section
Chairman Elections
T h e Western Carolinas Section elected the following officers: H. P. Vannah, chairman ; F. B. Schirmer, vice chairman ; Alice F. Laubach, secretary and treasurer; H. L . Hunter, councilor; and G. I. Thur m o n d , alternate councilor. M r . Vannah has charge of the research work at California Central Fiber Corp., Pisgah Forest, N. C. Dr. Schirmer and Dr. Hunter are both at Clemson College, Clemson, S. C.
Officers
Elected
A t the meeting held on Χυν. 13, the Chemical Society of Washington elected the following officers for the year begin ning Jan. 1: president, Ι. C Schoonovor for a one-year term; president-elect, C. 1:3. White for a one-year term and succeeds to presidency; secretary, J. J. Fahey for a one-year term; and treasurer, J. K . Taylor, for a one-year term.. Councilors elected were: B. D . Van Evera, F. D . Rossini, J. I. Hoffman, N. Bekkedahl, N . L. Drake, and J. R. Spies. Alternate councilors arc: M. Harris, H. L. Hallcr, C. E. White, A. T. MePherson, E. Wichers, and M. X. Sullivan. Managers are: R. Gilchrist., Ν. Κ. Richtmyer, W. W. Walton, J. V. Quagliano, R. C. Vincent, and F. L. Schmehl.
Camilli Heads Upper Peninsula
Group
Alfred A. Camilli of the Cliffs D o w Chemical Co., Marquette, Mich., has been elected chairman of the Upper Peninsula Section for 1948. H e will take office on Jan. 1, succeeding Ralph E . Menzcl. Other new officers of the section, which has its headquarters a t Houghton, Mich., are: Henry L. Coles, head of the de partment of chemistry and chemical engi neering of Michigan College of Mining and Technology, chairman-elect; C. L. San Clémente also of the Michigan College faculty, treasurer, and Eugene A. Cole of Cliffs D o w , secretary. Arthur W. Goos of Cliffs D o w was named to the SOCIETY'S national Council.
Whitmore Memorial
to Carl Widmer, Jr., senior in the agricultural biochemistry curriculum. The award, given in memory of the late D e a n Frank Whitmore, w a s awarded on the basis of scholarship, professional attitude, and campus activities. Mr. Widmer is a member of the Alpha Zeta fraternity, president of the Liebig Chemical Society, and a member of t hi· Aiçrioultural Student Council.
Technology; M. M. Ryan, Lawrence Institute of Technology; Mary Argus, Marygrove College; Leo Buss, Mercy College; D . M. Carney, University of Detroit; and Russell Bright, H. B. Cutter, J. J. Jasper, and Wendell Powers, Wayne University.
Neve Paper
Newly elected 1948 officers of the Iowa Section with headquarters a t the State University of Iowa, Iowa City, arc: chairman, Stanley Wawzonek, associate professor of organic chemistry, State University of Iowa; vice chairman, C. F. Bailey, research chemist, \Y. A. Shaeffer.Pen Co. r Ft. Madison; secretary-treasurer, George Kalnitsky, assistant professor of biochemistry, State University of Iowa; councilor for a three-year term, Ben Peterson, professor of chemistry, Coe College, Cedar Rapids; and alternate councilor, George Glockler, professor and head of the chemistry department, State University of Iowa.
An additional paper, tu replace paper 11 by Williams and Dunlop (C&EN, page 3362, N o v . 17, 1947) at the All-Day Technical Conference in Chicago. Dec. 26, is one on Radjationless Transition in Luminescent Molecules hy Henry Litshitz.
Detroit Section Organises Student
Croup
Finding that there were six AC'S student affiliate chapters in the Detroit area, as well as other loosely organized groups in colleges, the Detroit Section, ACS, under the leadership o f G. E . F. Brewer, chairman of the section's Educational Committee, has organized a student group comprising s t u d e n t s from the six institutions granting bachelor's degrees in that city. From this group three students have been elected t o assist the Educational Committee with student activities. This project has been developed with the aid of faculty advisers from the schools, including F . L. Bates, University of Detroit; John Clark, Detroit Institute of
Student
Affiliate
Chapter
Iotva Elects
Section 48 Officers
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Trenton Receives
Section Charter
The Committee on Local Section Activities has recommended acceptance of the proposal for a local section with headquarters at Trenton, N . J., and the territory of Mercer County, N. J., except that part which constitutes the Princeton Section. T h e Council Policy Committee by mail ballot then approved the chartering of the Trenton Section. This action brings the number of local sections t o 125.
at Miami
University-
Students and staff members who organised the student affiliate chapter at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, last April. The chemistry department awards each year student memberships in the ACS to several outstanding juniors
Award
T h e department of agricultural and biological chemistry, Pennsylvania S t a t e College, has awarded a one-year members h i p in the
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