Meetings
Calls for papers The ACS 40th Southwest Regional Meeting will be held Dec. 5-7, in Lub bock, Tex. The meeting is hosted by the South Plains Section. The general and program chairmen are Jerry L. Mills and Richard A. Bartsch, respectively, of Texas Tech University. Symposia topics include: Analysis of Polymers, Conformational and Configurational Analysis, Macrocyclic Ligands: Synthesis and Applications, Analytical Chemistry of Wine, Organometallic Re action Mechanisms, Innovative Under graduate and High School Instruction in Chemistry, ElectronTransfer and Related Reactions in Organic Chemistry, Inor ganic Chemistry and the Undergraduate Curriculum: When, What, and How Much, Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Re covery, Asymmetric Organic Synthesis, Biochemical Oxidations and Bioenergetics, Biochemical Regulation, and Forum on Hazardous Waste Management at Academic Institutions. General sessions in Analytical/Envi ronmental Chemistry, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, and Undergraduate Research (poster session) will be offered. Papers reporting original data, tech niques, or reviews are invited. Three copies of abstracts on standard ACS forms should be sent by Aug. 17 to program chairman Richard A. Bartsch, Depart ment of Chemistry, Texas Tech Univer sity, Lubbock, Tex. Please indicate the session or symposium your contribution is intended for. The Southwest Teaching and Research
Awards will be presented at a luncheon Thursday, Dec. 6. Social and recreational events planned for the meeting include a general mixer, Texas wine tasting, and a candlelight tour of the Texas Tech Ranching Heritage Center. Information about hotel accommoda tions and registration fees will accom pany direct mail brochures to regional members and others who inquire. Gen eral inquiries may be addressed to: 40th Southwest Regional Meeting, Depart ment of Chemistry, Texas Tech Univer sity, Lubbock, Tex. 79409. A state-of-the-art Symposium on Deg radation of Materials Due to Acid Rain will be held June 17-19, 1985, at S t o p fer's Concourse Hotel in Arlington, Va. The symposium will be sponsored by the ACS Division of Industrial & Engineer ing Chemistry, and cosponsored by nu merous materials-oriented organiza tions. Papers are requested on the important aspects of materials degradation by acid rain including: (1) measurement and monitoring of environments and deg radation: (2) metallic corrosion: (3) deg radation of organics such as coatings, paints, plastics, and sealants; (4) masonry deterioration such as stone, concrete, mortar and brick; (5) economic factors. Authors should submit a 100-word abstract by Oct. 15 to Nancy Hadlock, ACS, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. For more information contact the symposium chairman Robert Baboian, Texas Instruments, Mail Station 10-13, Attleboro, Mass. 02703, telephone (617) 699-1350.
Workshop on Controlled Release Technology A workshop on Recent Developments in Controlled Release Technnology will be held on July 25-27 at the Bahia Mar Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The workshop will be sponsored by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry and the Controlled Release Society. The workshop will provide a forum for an in-depth exchange of information regarding recent developments in controlled release technology. The program follows. A limited number of rooms will be available at the Bahia Mar Hotel, and reservations should be made directly with the hotel; Tel. 1-800 327-8154. WEDNESDAY EVENING Transdermal Controlled Release Systems. J. Shaw Bioadhesive Controlled Release Systems. N. Peppas
THURSDAY MORNING Microspheres for Parenteral Administration. C. Thies Recent Developments in Liposome Systems. F. Szoka Jr.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON Soluble Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems. D. Tirrell Recent Developments in the Controlled Release of Macromolecules. R. Langer, G. Cleary
FRIDAY MORNING Immunotoxins: a New Approach to Cancer Therapy. J. Fulton Agricultural Applications of Controlled Release: Rumen Protected Coatings. S. Wu
FRIDAY AFTERNOON Recent Developments in Bioerodible Systems. J. Heller Recent Developments in Pendant Chain Systems. F. Harris
For further information contact CR Workshop, Controlled Release Society, 16 Nottingham Dr., Lincolnshire, 111. 60016, telephone (312) 945-1616.
People Continued from page 46 SELLERS, Joseph T. Jr., appointed alu minum sales manager, chemicals & min erals division, Foote Mineral, Exton, Pa. SHAPIRO, Stanley, elected v.p., R&D, National Can Corp., Chicago SIGNORELLI, Richard Α., appointed v.p. for corporate development, Angus Chemical, Northbrook, 111. SMITH, David W., appointed product manager, chemical products division, RFE Industries, Perth Amboy, N.J. SMITH, Paul E., named manager of pro cess engineering, Wagner Associates, Princeton, N.J. SOMBATHY, Robert W., appointed plant manager, Arizona Chemical, Pana ma City, Fla. SPEITEL, Robert, deputy member of the board of management of Sandoz Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, retired, and is now an independent consultant
STEIGER, Barry W., joins Pennwalt Pharmaceuticals, Rochester, N.Y., as principal investigator, medical depart ment STUGARD, Charles R., promoted to business manager-expandable polysty rene, Georgia-Pacific's resin division, Atlanta TEPPER, Frederick, named v.p., Mine Safety Appliances Co. Pittsburgh TEVEBAUGH, C. Richard, elected v.p. and general manager, special products division, Rhône-Poulenc, Monmouth Junction, N.J. VAL, Vito V., former group v.p. and president, petroleum chemicals, reassigned v.p., supply & services, Nalco Chemical, Oak Brook, 111. WALKER, Lawrence R., elected v.p./general manager, organic chemicals division, Rhône-Poulenc, Monmouth Junction, N.J.
WALSH, Terence M., named production superintendent, Stepan Co., Anaheim, Calif. WEMPLE, James N., appointed senior research chemist, chemical development, Parke-Davis division of Warner-Lambert, Holland, Mich. WILLNER, Carl R., appointed manager, process safety, Witco Chemical, New York City WOLF, J. David, named general manager of worldwide sales & marketing, chemical products, Goodyear, Akron WORNICK, R. C , scientific director, agriculture, Pfizer Latin America, retiring after 42 years with the company YOCHUM, Paul R., appointed resident manager, FMC's industrial chemical plant, Tonawanda, N.Y., YOUNG, Howard S., named assistant director, research, Eastman Chemicals division, Kingsport, Tenn. July 9, 1984 C&EN
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