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CMRA Honors Kîrkpafrîck Sidney D. Kirkpatrick received the 1959 Memorial Award of Chemical Market Research Association a t t h e C M R A annual meeting last week.
Howard M. Berthold transfers from Pittsburgh sales office to the soda prod ucts division or Diamond Alkali to co ordinate b r a n c h sales efforts with tech nical service a n d plant operations in the alkali sales area. Appointed to newly created positions as research associates at V. S. Rubber's research center, W a y n e , X. J.: Dr. Sheppard A. Black, Dr. F i t z h u g h \V. Boggs. Xew group and project leaders at Pennsalt Chemicals technical division: D r . B . Peter Blocks inorganic research; J a m e s J. Earley, process development; Howard J . F r a u d s , Jr., analytical; Dr. D a v i d M. Gardner, inorganic research; Dr. Arnold Kivniek, processing engi neering; D r . Francis L . Scott, organicresearch; and Dr. John R. Soulen, in organic research.
W i t h McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. since 1921, h e has been assistant editor, associate editor, and editor of Chemi cal & Metallurgical Engineering. He is n o w editorial director of McGrawHill's Chemical Engineering and Chemical Week, H e is also v.p. of McGraw-Hill Book Co. and for almost 30 years has been consulting editor for the Chemical Engineering series of texts and reference books. H e is chairman of the A EC advisory c o m m i t t e e on industrial information, has been president of both American Institute of Chemical Engineers a n d Electrochemical Society and director and chairman of the Society of C h e m i cal Industry. He is a councilor of t h e ACS.
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Arthur G. Bryan, w h o lias been v.p. and general manager of the consumer products g r o u p of National C a r b o n Co., has been named president of the com pany's newly formed subsidiary, Union Carbide Consumer Products Co. N e w vice presidents of t h e company are Paul M. Buhrer a n d R a y m o n d P . Bergan. Adger S. Johnson, formerly president of National Carbon, becomes a v.p. of Union C a r b i d e to supervise consumer product activities. William H. Feathers, v.p., appointed president of National Carbon, succeeding Johnson. D r . Donald R. Buhler leaves Fish a n d Wildlife Service t o join Upjohn Co., Kalamazoo, as biochemist. D r . F r e d W . Biirtch joins well stimu lation section at Cri1!* Research ^ D e velopment, Pittsburgh, as project chem ist. D r . John D . Calfee promoted to a s sistant director in charge of p o l y m e r section a t Monsnnto's research a n d engi neering division, D a y t o n . Milton Kosmin becomes senior project specialist a t organic chemicals division, St. Louis. Dr. F e r d i n a n d C Meyer named d i rector of organic section at Dayton, a n d Dr. Robert A. Ruehrwein, assistant d i rector of inorganic, physics, physical chemistry, and analytical research groups. N e w personnel at Monsanto include Paul J. H. D o b b s , D a y t o n ; Ronald L . Dobson, D r . Krouse S. M c Mahon, and Aid e n R. Wilson, Texas
J. E. Carr named manager of chemi cal processing and sewage treatment equipment division for Denver Equip ment Co., D e n v e r , Colo. John R. Clark, Jr., joins Washington, D . C , office of Thiokol Chemical. W. P . D u n l a p named manager of X e w Martinsville, W. Va., plant of Mobay Chemical. Succeeds Donald J. Miller, now with Monsanto. Dr. E . Roy Emrick joins Canel op eration of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Midclletown, Conn., as senior chemist. Fred A. Escherich has been elected president of the Chemical Industry As sociation. H e is senior market analyst with petroleum chemicals department of Mobil Oil Co. Other new officers include E r h a r t K. Drechsel of Escambia Chemical, v.p.; William W. Kolyer, Jr., of American Potash & Chemical, treasurer; and Richard S. Mooney of Continental Oil, secretary. Dr. M a r t i n E. Everhard joins Squibb Institute of Medical Research as senior research chemist. Milton F a r b e r joins Rocket Power, Inc., as vice president and head of re search labs in Pasadena. From Hughes Tool C o . Russell Reed named head of chemistry d e p a r t m e n t . William A. Finzel joins Dow-Corn ing, M i d l a n d , Mich., as research chem ist. James W . Flynn named sales man ager of Celanese Plastics. Dr. Howard L . Pilat named manager of market de velopment, succeeding Flynn. E. L . Foerster, Sr., enters private practice as a consulting chemical engi neer specializing in bio-engineering, waste disposal, and chemical process d e v e l o p m e n t , Danville, Pa. Dr. F r a n k E . French, Jr., named to newly created post of manager of new p r o d u c t a n d market development for D u Pont's Freon products division. G. L. Galmish leaves Michigan Malleable Iron Co. to become metal lurgical engineer with Detroit Alu m i n u m & Brass Co., Bellefontaine, Ohio. Newly appointed group supervisors in m a r k e t development at Hooker Chemical: Joseph A. Gilles, Herbert
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Bischoff Award D r . Oliver H. Gaebler receives Ernst BischoiF A w a r d for 1959 of the American Asso ciation of Clinical Chemists. The a w a r d is sponsored by t h e Ames Co. a n d administered b y AACC. It is given yearly t o a clinical chemist w h o has distinguished himself by research a n d achievement in clinical chemistry. It consists of a m e d a l , a scroll, and an honorarium. O r . G a e b l e r is h e a d of t h e d e p a r t m e n t of biochemistry at Edsel B. F o r d Insti tute for Medical Research, Detroit. Anthony M. Johnson, Jr., n a m e d as sistant marketing m a n a g e r for systems division of Beckman Instruments. Dr. Albert J. Klemka becomes tech nical director of Morgan Adhesives Co. F r o m Behr-Maiming.
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L. R. L a w s o n , Jr., named regional m a n a g e r of H i n d e & Dauch division of West Virginia P u l p & Paper, Richmond. Β. Η . Loper named m a n a g e r of reBnery chemicals research for American C y a n a m i d ' s industrial chemicals divi sion. George E . L o r a n d from H. V. Porter Co. is now* with Bloomingdale Rubber Co., Aberdeen, Mel. William N. Maclay leaves B. F. Goodrich to become manager of latexes research for Koppers Co., Verona, P a . VV. Ralph M e a d o r promoted to senior r e s e a r c h c h e m i s t in p e t r o l e u m p r o d u c e :it f "nijfinf->nt:il Oil'»; rf»«;e;i ΙΎ·]Ί :iiifl
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Dr. L. W. Seigle named assistant to director of chemical sales for Allied Chemicals National Aniline Division. Joseph P. Selmants and Roy C. Henderson join sales department of Shawinigan Resins. James B. Smith named manager of sales development for refinery chemi cals at American Cyanamid's industrial chemicals division. Jack Sonbert, former plant manager for Polychemical Laboratories, or ganizes Sonbert Chemical Co. as sales agency for several manufacturers, Brooklyn. Robert W. Stephens named super intendent at new refractory magnesia plant of Kaiser Chemicals & Refrac tories, Midland, Mich. Lloyd D. Treleaven becomes man ager of rubber technical service for the southern, southwestern, west central, and Canadian areas of Columbian Car bon's carbon black and pigment divi sion. Alden H. Davis succeeds him as manager in the eastern area. Donald L. Trepanier joins PitmanMoore research staff, Indianapolis. From Distillation Products.
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Peter S. Vail named to sales staff of Jefferson Chemical, Chicago. Edwin M. Williams, Jr., named sales representative in Greensboro, N. C , for Allied's National Aniline Division. Rex Williams, Jr., named sales ser vice representative for Diamond Alkali, Memphis. Dr. Charles R. Witschonke named manager of paper chemicals research ror American Cyainmiid's industrial chemicals division. Dr. John P. Wolf III joins Du Pout's Jackson lab as research chemist. Dr. Ernst A. Wolff named technical manager of chemical specialties divi sion, Ciba Co. From Bauer & Black. Dr. L. F . Yntema named consultant at Bjorksten Research Laboratories, Madison, Wis., on research and de velopment of foamed metals. Dr. Stan ley A. Dunn from Rhoclia, Inc., joins îab to supervise projects involving im proved materials using high tempera ture and high pressure techniques.
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