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Jeanette G. Grasselll, recipient of the Anachem Award, is supervisor of the Molecular Spectroscopy Section at the Research and Engineering Dept. of the Standard Oil Co. (Ohio). She Is an invited lecturer at the Detroit Polymer Institute, Case Western Reserve University, and Bowdoin College. In addition to molecular spectroscopy, her interests are In continuing education activities and in promoting communications between the academic and industrial spheres. She served as president of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy in 1970 and played an important role in the formation of FACSS. Active in many other professional societies including IUPAC, Coblentz Society, and ACS, she also served on the advisory board of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY and is a member
Tomas Hlrschfeld, the William F. Meggars Award recipient, is chief scientist at Block Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of reflection, Raman, fluorescence, and Fourier transform spectroscopy. He has over 200 publications and patents in these areas. Dr. Hirschfeld is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, a member of many other professional societies Including ACS and SAS, and a member of the editorial boards of Applied Spectroscopy and Journal of the Optical Society of America. He received the IR-100 Award in 1975 for the development of the CIRA gas chromatographic infrared analyzer and again in 1977 for the Virometer rapid virus detection system. He holds a visiting professor position at Indiana University in Bloomington.
of the Evaluation Panel in Analytical Chemistry for the National Bureau of Standards.
"Operation Super Sleuth: A Mirror on Society and Scientific Progress". The American Microchemical Society will present t h e A. A. Benedetti-Pichler Award Thursday morning to Joseph Jordan for outstanding achievement in microchemistry. Professor Jordan will speak on "Enthalpimetric Analysis: A General Principle in Search of Specificity". In addition to the technical program, a number of other events are scheduled. T h e American Chemical Society will conduct short courses before, during, and after the meeting. Courses will be offered on modern liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, interpretation of mass spectra, and statistics for experimental design. The Society for Applied Spectroscopy will also sponsor three short courses prior to the meeting on Fourier transform spectroscopy, modern emission spectroscopy, and atomic absorption spectroscopy. For further information on these courses, see pages 1114 A and 1115 A of this issue. On Monday, a workshop on applied infrared spectroscopy will cover basic infrared techniques. T h e keynote speaker will be j e a n e t t e Grasselli. A selected group of manufacturers will present an overview of the field. An
Joseph Jordan, Benedetti-Pichler Award winner, is professor of chemistry at the Pennsylvania State University where he has directed the research of over 50 PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows since 1954. His research interests include polarography, kinetics of electrode reactions and mechanisms of electron transfer, thermometric titrations, thermochemistry of immunological and enzymatic reactions, the theory of GC thermal conductivity detectors, as well as electrochemistry and thermochemistry of fused salts. Recently, Professor Jordan has initiated a research program on resource development in the analytical chemistry of sulfur compounds for the new coal coversion and coal-based energy technologies. He has served on the advisory boards of A N ALYTICAL CHEMISTRY and Talanta and is a
current member of the editorial board of Analytical Letters.
X-ray diffraction workshop is scheduled for Thursday. This workshop will concentrate on the use of the J C P D S powder diffraction system and is designed as an introduction to t h a t system. For more information concerning the workshops, contact Jim Swartz, Foxboro Co., 38 Neponset Ave., Foxboro, Mass. 02305 (617-543-8750). An instrument exhibit will be held in conjunction with the meeting. Further information concerning the exhibit can be obtained from Edward Ruffing, Scherago Associates, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. (212-7301050). Interesting special activities have been scheduled throughout the week. Tours will be offered to Boston, Cambridge, Lexington, Concord, and the famous Freedom Trail. An old fashioned New England clambake will be held on Wednesday evening at the New England Aquarium. For further information and reservations for these events, contact Genevieve Bonini, Jarrell-Ash Division, Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass. 02154 (617-8904300). Preregistration is encouraged. T h e preregistration fee is $35; registration at the meeting is $45. S t u d e n t registration is $5.00. Information and registration forms may be obtained from
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Fred Valente, AMMRC, Watertown, Mass. 02172. All activities will take place in the Sheraton Boston-Hynes Auditorium Complex. Housing arrangements should be made directly with the Sheraton Boston Hotel. For information on other hotels, contact Michael Saati, Kennecott Copper Corp., 128 Spring St., Lexington, Mass. 02173 (617-862-8268). T h e complete technical program for the 5th FACSS meeting is given on the following pages of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. The program appears without time assignments, which were not available at press time.
1978 Meeting Officers Cochairmen Arrangements: Paul Lublin, G T E Labs Program: James F. Cosgroue, G T E Labs Cochairmen-Elect Arrangements: Douglas W. Robinson, Pennwalt Corp.
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News Program: Philip D. Lafleur, National Bureau of Standards Secretary Chairlady: Marion Skeadas, GTE Sylvania Chairlady-Elect: Anne Donnell Treasurer and Budget Chairman: Monte Dawkins, Baird Corp. Chairman-Elect: Tom Kirkendall, Comsat Labs Exhibit Manager Edward B. Ruffing, Scherago Associates, Inc. Arrangements Chairman: James Cornwell, Kennecott Copper Corp. Chairman-Elect: Syd Fleming, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Continuing Education Chairman: James Swartz, Foxboro Co. Cultural and Social Events Chairlady: Genevieve Bonini, JarrellAsh Div., Fisher Scientific Assistant: Marion Skeadas, GTE Sylvania Employment Bureau Chairlady: Alice Kaprielian, U.S. Army FEL Exhibits Chairman: Stan Smith, Instrumentation Lab Housing Chairman: Mike Saati, Kennecott Copper Corp. Chairman-Elect: Ed Murt, Union Carbide Message Center Chairlady: Alice Morrison, Diano Corp. Chairman-Elect: Wince Cordova, National Medical Services Printing and Publicity Cochairmen: Vince Meyer, GTE Sylvania; David Walsh, Baird Corp. Chairman-Elect: James Devlin, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Registration Cochairmen: Fred Volenti, AMMRC; Fred Howell Chairman-Elect: Ted Rains, National Bureau of Standards Student Awards Chairlady: Evelyn Sarnoff, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Chairman-Elect: Gene Nixon, University of Pennsylvania
