Font C o . , Richmond; secretary, Clinton Haber, Larus and Brother Co., I n c . : a n d treasurer, Randolph N. G l a d d i n g , American Tobacco Research L a b o r a t o r y . N e w member of t h e Board of Trustees is A r thur F . Benton, head of t h e chemistry d e partment, University of Virginia.
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tor t h e senior student majoring in c h e m istry w h o has maintained the highest rank in his or her major requirements. T h e award was m a d e this year to Miss Helen L. Claytor. who was a professional chemistry major.
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A. I ) . L u d d e n , Kast High School, Duhilh. Minn., w a s named W . G . Guy Takes Office chairman for 1951. In Virginia Section O t h e r section ofAt its June meeting the Virginia Section ficers for 1951 a r e : elected W . C. Cuy as chairman. Dr. Gu> Albert Pedler, Minis head ot the chemerals Separation, istry department ot North American t h e ' College ot WilCorp., chairmanliam and Mary at A. D . L u d d e n elect; Sam u e 1 Williamsburg. Last Weiner, University )f Minnesota, Duluth year he w a s the secbranch councilor; Odin A. Sundness, m a n tion's chairman-elect ager, Snyder Mining Co.. alternate counciin charge of prolor; a n d Tegncr A. Johnson, Oliver Iron gram arrangement. Mining Co., secretary-treasurer. Additional officers include: chairman H o w a r d University Sets Up elect. Mary E. K a p p , Student Membership A w a r d head of the chemistry department, Richm o n d Professional Institute of the ColT h e department of chemistry at H o w lege of William and M a r y ; vice chairman, ard University, Washington. D . C , h a s Kenneth C. Bass, research supervisor, D u established a pri/e for a student member-
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T h e analytical s u b g r o u p of t h e North Jersey Section h a s elected t h e following officers and committees: C h a i r m a n , A. L . Steyermark, HoffmannLa Roche; chairman-elect, W . J. Mader, Merck & C o . ; secretary, J. T. W o o d s , American C y a n a m i d C o . ; a n d treasurer, \V. A. T a e b e l , Fisher Scientific C o . N a m e d t o t h e p r o g r a m committee w e r e 11. V. W a d l o w , Bell T e l e p h o n e L a b o r a tories, chairman, a n d C . \ V . Pifer and J. E. Potts of Hoffmann-La Roche and Union Carbide a n d Carbon C o r p . , respectively. C. S. Amos of Fisher Scientific w a s elected to t h e house committee. Hospitality committee m e m b e r s arc R. R. Buck o! Merck a n d L. B. C o n t e , Jr., of Union Carbide.
Jersey Students M e e t Louis Jordy of D r e w University presents humorous lecture o n " W a t e r " in t h e role of H e r r Tonic's l a b assistant. Occasion was t h e third annual convention of t h e student affiliate c h a p t e r s of t h e North Jersey section. Prizes f o r u n d e r g r a d u a t e research papers w e n t t o Oscar Rodig of Rutgers, D o n a l d Knovvles of N e w a r k College of Engineering, a n d Lois Kokinda of St. Elizabeth's. A w a r d for best safety poster went to H o w a r d H a r r i s , Upsala College
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school s t u d e n t s w h o h a d received recognition in t h e A c a d e m y of Science talent search a n d also p r e s e n t e d papers before the a c a d e m y ' s chemistry section. Tlu* college students w e r e : from the University of Virginia, J. Hack Kirkland, Fritz Will, John V. Cathcart, Lewis B. Johnson, Jr., Jerome Kniger, Kenneth R. Lawless, Richard M. Rush, Peter B. Sherry, a n d j . Bruce Wagner; from the College of William a n d Mary, Bernard H o w a r d ; and from the University of Richmond, J. L. R u s h , Jr. The high school students a w a r d e d were Fay F. Dixon of Stuarts Draft, Va., A d a A. Blackwell of Staunton, Va., Ellen D . Valentine of P h o e b u s , Va., and Marcella M. E u b a n k of Harriston, Va. F u n d s for the program w e r e d o n a t e d b y Mrs. H . K. MeConnell a n d Mrs. W . Catesby Jones and s u p p l e m e n t e d b y an appropriation from the Virginia Section.
Finger to Head University Of Illinois Section T h e head of t h e division of Huorine chemistry of the Illinois Geological Survey, G. C . Finger, h a s been m a d e the n e w chairman of the University of Illinois Section. E l e c t e d t o serve with him w e r e t h e following members of t h e faculty of t h e chemistry d e p a r t m e n t at the I ' n i versitv of Illinois: G. C . Finger D.'T. Englis, professor of analytical chemistry, chairmanelect; B . R. Ray, assistant professor oi physical chemistry, secretary; a n d M. T a m r e s , instructor of chemistry, treasurer. Councilor is R. C. F u s o n ; T . Moeller is the alternate.
Peoria Collegiate Award Ralph I. Claassen, Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc., Carl E . Rist, Northern Regional Research Laboratories, and James R. Courtright, Bradley University. Mr. Courtright w a s t h e first recipient of the Collegiate Scholastic Award presented b y the Peoria Section of the ACS. T h e award consists of a citation and an honorarium of $100 in cash. T h e scholarship award w a s established by the Peoria Section to recognize "outstanding ability and application in the disciplines of chemical science at the undergraduate
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