ACS NEWS Climbing the Ladder of Success Ten sections are on a pedestal, exceeding ACS fund g o a l ; others near 1 0 0 %
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These Sections H a v e Not Started Their Drives or H a v e N o t Progressed Far Enough for Definitive I n f o r m a t i o n To Be A v a i l a b l e :
Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas Binghamton Boulder D a m California Carolina-Piedmont Central Arkansas Detroit East Tennessee Erie Florida Georgia Hampton Roads Illinois-Iowa Indiana Lake Superior Lehigh Valley Maryland Memphis Mobile-Pensacola Mohave Desert Monmouth Montana N e w Haven N e w Mexico North Central Oklahoma Northeastern Ohio Northeast Tennessee Northeastern Indiana Northeast Wisconsin Northern New York Omaha Panhandle-Plains Pennsylvania-New York Western Border Pittsburgh Quincy-Keokuk Red River Valley Rhode Island Richland St. Louis San Antonio San Gorgonio Savannah River Sioux Valley South Arizona South Arkansas South Carolina South Jersey Southeast Kansas Southeastern Texas Southern California Southern Indiana Southern New Mexico Southwest Louisiana Texas A&M Texas Louisiana Gulf University of Missouri Upper Peninsula Virginia Virginia-Blue Ridge Wabash Valley Washington-Idaho Border Western Carolinas Wyoming
$1000. This award is underwritten by Kenneth A. Spencer, Spencer Chemical.
Fund for Student Travel A gift of $1500 has been donated to the University of Wisconsin by an emeritus professor, W. H. Peterson. Its purpose: to enable biochemistry students to attend scientific meetings. Principal and income from the grant will provide travel expenses for graduate students, permitting them to present papers at annual meetings of either the
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the American Society of Biological Chemists. In providing the money, Peterson requested that no single student receive more than $100 for any one meeting. He also asked that no more than $200 be used for travel to the meetings of either society in any one year. Students to be awarded the travel expenses will be selected each year by a committee appointed by the chairman of the biochemistry department. A w a r d Continued for Three Years The Kansas City Section's Charles F. Spencer Award will b e continued for another three years a n d the honorarium will be increased from $500 to
Appointments . C. F. Rassweiler, president of the AMERICAN
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pointed the following individuals to represent the Society at special events: Robert D. Williams presided at the inauguration of Rufus Patterson Perry as president of Johnson C Smith University on April 7. William J. Barrett participated in t h e inauguration of Frank Anthony Rose as president of t h e University of Alabama on April 9. Robert D. Brown represented the Society at the inauguration of Henry King Stanford as president of Birmingham-Southern College o n April 11. Joseph N. Bartlett a n d Earl E. Fisher represented the Society as delegates to the Sixty-Second Annual Meeting of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences in Philadelphia on April 11 and 12. Robert J. Hartman w a s appointed to represent the Society in the inauguration of William Joseph McDonald as rector of Catholic University of America on April 16.
v Rocket Hazards Telecast Milwaukee chemist Hamilton Pinkalla (left) points out dangers of drug store chemicals used in home-made rockets. Pinkalla, together with W a r r a n t Officer Francis Kelley (center) of the 61st Antiaircraft Artillery G r o u p , appears on a telecast on the hazards and safety of home-made rockets. Amateur rocketeers are told that ACS members and the Army can give professional guidance in thenefforts. Broadcast over WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee the program w a s organized by the Milwaukee Section, ACS. Bill Reynolds ( r i g h t ) , MC's. APRIL
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