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A m o n g Chemists J u l e s Bebie, formerly chemical director of t h e M o n s a n t o Chemical Works, advises t h a t he is available a s a chemical con s u l t a n t in t h e field of synthetic intermediates, flavors, a n d phar maceuticals, a n d will consider active a n d eventually financial participation in the development of new enterprises in this field. L. A. Burrows and R. W . Gillespie, of Drury College, Spring field, Mo., have been appointed assistants in chemistry a t Wash ington University, St. Louis, Mo. L. W. C h u b b , former manager of t h e R a d i o Engineering D e p a r t m e n t of t h e Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., E a s t Pitts b u r g h , Pa., h a s returned to t h e company a s director of t h e Westinghouse Research Laboratories. For some m o n t h s p a s t Mr. C h u b b has been located in Camden, N. J . , a s assistant t o the vice president of t h e R a d i o Victor Co. M r . C h u b b is t o fill the position left v a c a n t b y the promotion of S. M . Kintner t o assistant vice president. Ralph T. K. Cornwell h a s resigned the position of senior microanalyst, N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e of Health (Hygienic L a b o r a t o r y ) , U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C , t o go with t h e Sylvania Industrial Corp., Fredericksburg, Va. L. W. Elder, Jr., resigned his position as associate in chem istry a t t h e University of Illinois, t o become superintendent of the Technical L a b o r a t o r y , D u P o n t Ammonia Corp., Belle W o r k s , Charleston, W . V a . C. L. Faust h a s been appointed t o an industrial fellowship in chemistry a t Washington University, St. Louis, M o . H . B. Gordon has a c c e p t e d a position with t h e A l a b a m a Poly technic Institute as professor of chemistry in t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry and chemical engineer in the Engineering Experiment Station. R. G. H e m m i n g h a u s , a graduate in chemical engineering a t Washington University, is now a chemical engineer a t t h e Mon santo Chemical W o r k s , S t . Louis, M o . H u g h R . J o h n s t o n e , w h o recently resigned his position a s chief chemist of the Creo-Dipt Co., North T o n a w a n d a , Ν . Υ., has accepted a position i n the production division of t h e D u P o n t Cellophane Co., Buffalo, Ν . Υ. E r n e s t B . K e s t e r h a s recently become a member of the staff of the U. S. B u r e a u of M i n e s at its Pittsburgh, Pa., Experiment Station. M r . K e s t e r was formerly with -the B a l t i m o r e G a s Engi neering Corp., Charleston, W. V a . S. H . K i m , formerly a g r a d u a t e student in chemistry a t N o r t h western University, is n o w with t h e Corn P r o d u c t s Refining Co., and has been transferred from Pekin, Ill., t o t h e plant at K a n s a s City, M o . C. G. King h a s r e t u r n e d to t h e Chemistry D e p a r t m e n t of t h e University of P i t t s b u r g h , following his post-doctorate studies in biochemistry with Professor Hopkins at Cambridge University, England. F. Otto Koenig, J r . , h a s taken his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Munich a n d is now working as a National Research Fellow a t t h e University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Arthur D . Little, p r e s i d e n t of Arthur D. Little, I n c . , received an honorary degree of doctor of science from Tufts College on June 1G, 1930. H . H. Lowry, of t h e Bell Telephone Laboratories, h a s been appointed t o direct t h e activities of the new Coal Research Labo r a t o r y recently a n n o u n c e d by President T h o m a s S. Baker of the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., to b e established a t t h e i n s t i t u t e at once. IMr. L o w r y assumed his new duties J u l y 1. C h a s . T . M c G r a d y h a s resigned from Arthur G. McKee & Co., Cleveland, Ohio, t o g o with t h e Barber Asphalt Co., Maurer, N. J . , where h e will b e in charge of design and construction engi neering for t h e c o m p a n y ' s oil refinery and a s p h a l t and roofing plants. Archibald T. M c P h e r s o n , of Marceline, M o . , h a s been a p pointed chief of the r u b b e r section of the organic a n d fibrous ma terials division of t h e B u r e a u of Standaxds. D o c t o r McPherson will direct the section formerly headed by P. L. Wormeley, who has been called u p o n to t a k e charge of t h e new section of specifi cations a n d testing. T h e change becam_e effective J u l y 1. J . E . Mills, i m m e d i a t e p a s t chairman of the Division of Chem istry and Chemical Technology, National Research Council, formerly chief chemist of the Chemical Warfare Service, has ac cepted appointment a s professor of chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C . He will assume h i s n e w duties upon the opening of t h e n e x t academic year.
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Withrow M o r s e , head of t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Biochemistry- in t h e Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, will retire a t t h e end of this academic year a n d will devote his entire time to investigations which he h a s been following in protein c h e m i s t r y . H i s address is Lansdowne, Pa. C. A. Nayor has resigned as instructor of chemistry a t W a s h ington University. St. Louis, Mo., to accept a fellowship in chemistry at t h e same university. L . E. Roberts, professor of physical chemistry in t h e Univer s i t y of Arizona, h a s been studying in t h e University of Berlin since March 1. H e expects t o r e t u r n to Tucson a b o u t Septem ber 15. F r a n k E. Rupert has left the B u r e a u of Standards, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , t o become r u b b e r technologist with the Anaconda W i r e & Cable Co. For a year he will be a t t h e plant a t P a w t u c k e t , R . I., while establishing a control a n d research laboratory. Ellwood B. Spear has recently joined t h e staff of t h e Vultex Chemical Co., Cambridge, Mass., where he is production m a n a ger and director of research. F r a n k C. W h i t m o r e , of t h e Pennsylvania S t a t e College, on J u n e 11 addressed t h e chemical staff of t h e S t a n d a r d Oil C o m p a n y of New Jersey a t t h e B a y w a y Refinery, Elizabeth, N . J., on " M o d e r n T r e n d s in Industrial Organic Chemistry." J . J. Willaman, chief of t h e Chemistry Division of the N e w Y o r k Agricultural Experiment Station, will resign on O c t o b e r 1 t o accept a position as biochemist with t h e Rohn a n d H a a s Co., of Philadelphia, P a .
Du Pont Personnel Notes H e r m a n S h u b r i n g has joined t h e technical d e p a r t m e n t staff of the D u P o n t Ammonia Corp., Belle, W. Va. M r . Shubring is a graduate of t h e Ohio S t a t e University in mechanical en gineering, and until recently w a s employed as research engineer for the Cooper-Bessemer Corp., M t . Vernon, Ohio. Richard W. P l u m m e r , formerly metallurgist for the A l u m i n u m C o m p a n y of America, has been employed b y t h e Chemical D e p a r t m e n t of t h e Du Pont Ammonia Corp. M r . P l u m m e r is a graduate in metallurgy from t h e Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of Technology. E r n s t R. H a b i c h t has been employed as research engineer in t h e technical d e p a r t m e n t of the D u Pont A m m o n i a Corp., Belle, W . Va. Mr. Habicht is a graduate in mechanical engineer ing from H a r v a r d Engineering School a n d from t h e Polytechnicum Zurich. Until recently Mr. H a b i c h t was with t h e Com bustion Engineering Corp. as assistant district superintendent for New England. J o h n Buxton h a s joined t h e chemical department of t h e Du P o n t Ammonia Corp., Wilmington, Del. M r . Buxton i s a g r a d u a t e in chemical engineering from t h e California I n s t i t u t e of Technology a n d from the Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of Tech nology. Until recently Mr. B u x t o n was employed a s chemical engineer by t h e American P o t a s h & Chemical Corp., T r o n a , Calif. A. H . Kunz has accepted a position in t h e chemical d e p a r t m e n t of the D u P o n t Ammonia Corp., Wilmington, Del. Doctor K u n z is a g r a d u a t e in chemistry from William Jewell College a n d the University of Iowa. After obtaining his doctor's degree a t Iowa, Doctor K u n z was National Research Fellow a t the California I n s t i t u t e of Technology. M a r i o n H . M e r r i s s h a s accepted a position with t h e D u P o n t A m m o n i a Corp., Wilmington, Del. M r . Merriss, who i s a g r a d u a t e of Columbia University, h a s long been associated with t h e copper i n d u s t r y as a production executive. In his present connection h e will be identified with sales development. R. V. Kleinschrnidt, formerly research engineer with Arthur D . Little, I n c . , h a s been employed by t h e D u P o n t Ammonia Corp. a s assistant manager, technical department, Belle, W. Va. Doctor Kleinschrnidt is a g r a d u a t e in physics and mechanical engineering from H a r v a r d University a n d t h e Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of Technology, and at o n e time was associated with H a r v e y N . Davis.
Henry Leffman Honored H e n r y Leffman, distinguished Philadelphia chemist, and physician a n d lecturer on chemical research a t t h e Philadelphia College of P h a r m a c y a n d Science, h a s received t h e high distinct i o n of election as a n honorary member of the F r a n k l i n I n s t i t u t e . T h e award w a s m a d e on Medal D a y , M a y 21. I n t h e words of t h e Franklin I n s t i t u t e the honor c o m e s to Doctor Leffman " i n recognition of valuable services t o science in research, i n teaching, as former p o r t physician of Philadelphia, a n d as a discriminating but good-tempered c r i t i c ' '
