AWARDS fragments as localized signals for the insect attack response, and later, found that jasmonic acid and a polypeptide were mobile signals. The polypeptide, called systemin, is to date the only example of a polypeptide signal in plants, and is similar to polypeptide signals commonly found in animals and yeast. Ryan received a B.A. degree from Carroll College in Helena, Mont., and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Montana State University in Bozeman. He has received Washington State University's President's Faculty Excellence Award for research (1984) and the Hales Prize from the American Society of Plant Physiologists in 1992. •
Larry Thompson to receive Tess Award The ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering has announced that Larry F. Thompson of AT&T Bell Laboratories will receive the 1993 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings. This award is given for outstanding achievements in the fields of coatings science, technology, and engineering. Beginning with work in the field of high-sensitivity electron beam resist materials, and continuing until his most recent publications on the chemistry and processes for deep-UV resists, Thompson's contributions to the field of microlithographic resists have established his preeminence in the area. Thompson's inventions, which include COP [poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-chlorostyrene)], NPR (novolac positive resists), and many other important polymers used as high-resolution electron beam resists, have formed the basis of modern lithography. His development of critical processes and manufacturing methods has resulted in the acceptance of these materials as standards for the manufacture of very large scale integrated circuits.
Thompson received a B.S. degree in 1966 and an M.S. degree in 1968, both from Tennessee Technological University, and a Ph.D. degree in 1970 from the University of Missouri, Rolla. He joined AT&T Bell Labs in 1970. He has been honored with a number of awards, among them the 1992 ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry, 1992 New Jersey Inventor of the Year Award, two IR 100 Awards, and an R&D 100 Award. Thompson will receive the Tess Award during the week of Aug. 22-27 at the ACS national meeting in Chicago. •
Clarence Ryan receives Spencer Award Clarence A. Ryan Jr., professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Washington State University, Pullman, has received the 1992 Kenneth A. Spencer Award for outstanding achievement in agricultural and food chemistry. The prize, which includes a medal and $5000, was established in 1955 by the ACS Kansas City Section to reward meritorious research and to stimulate education and industry to further progress in the field. Ryan was awarded a 10-year National Institutes of Health Career Development Award in 1964 to study two new proteinase inhibitor families that he had isolated from potato tubers and had crystallized while he was a postdoctoral fellow at Department of Agriculture's labs. In 1966, his lab isolated the first carboxypeptidase inhibitor found in nature from potato tubers. In the early 1970s, using chemical mutagenesis, Ryan's laboratory contributed to the understanding of the mechanism of the action of serine proteinase inhibitors. In 1972, he demonstrated that insect attacks on tomato 70
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Nominations requested for Stone Award The ACS Carolina-Piedmont Section is seeking nominations for the Charles H. Stone Award. The award recognizes and provides incentive for outstanding and valuable achievements in chemistry in the areas of fundamental research, applied or industrial chemistry, education, or other areas. The award, which consists of a plaque, a $1000 honorarium, and travel expenses to the award banquet and presentation, is presented annually to a chemist in the ACS southeastern region. Nominating materials should include a letter of nomination, seconding letters, a biographical sketch, and other supporting documents. Send materials to Paul Rillema, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, N.C. 28223 by April 15. •
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and potato leaves induced the synthesis of proteinase inhibitors in the attacked leaves and in distal leaves as well. Ryan's research team has shown that the potato proteinase inhibitors have important roles to play in protecting plants against insects. His research first recognized cell-wall
Nominations are sought for the 1993 James Hack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry. The Norris Award, one of the oldest awards given by a local section, is presented annually by the ACS Northeastern Section. It consists of a certificate and a $3000 honorarium. Nominees must have served with special distinction as teachers of chemistry at any level—secondary school through graduate school. Nominees will be judged on the basis of the wide-ranging effects of Continued on page 77
PEOPLE DIRECTORY SECTION Izaak Maurits Kolthoff dies at 99 Izaak M. Kolthoff, 99, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and a worldrenowned analytical chemist, died of kidney failure, March 4, in St. Paul, Minn. Kolthoff was born in Almelo, the Netherlands, in 1894. He entered the University of Utrecht in 1911 and began to publish while still a graduate student. His first paper on acid-base titrations appeared in 1915. By the time he received a Ph.D. degree in 1918, Kolthoff had already published 33 papers. He remained at Utrecht as a lecturer for nine years. Following a lecture tour to the U.S. in 1927, he accepted the post of professor and chief of the division of analytical chemistry at the University of Minnesota. He retired from the university in 1962, but continued working, publishing nearly 1000 papers and nine books during the course of his career. He was perhaps best known for his work in synthetic rubber carried out during World War II and for some years after. Early in the war, the government established a comprehensive research program at the major industrial companies and at several universities, including Minnesota. Kolthoff assembled a large research group and made significant contributions to the program by his pioneering work on emulsion polymerization. Kolthoff was also active politically, helping German scientists persecuted by Hitler to find jobs at the University of Minnesota. He also campaigned against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's investigations of suspected communists and led protests against nuclear weapons. Many of Kolthoff s graduate students went on to successful careers in industry and academe. The latter, in turn, trained many more scientists. In 1982, it was estimated that about 1100 Ph.D. holders
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