News and the Divisions of Analytical Chemist r y , Physical Chemistry, Petroleum Chemistry, the American Physical Society, the Spectroscopy Society of P i t t s burgh, and the Pittsburgh Physical Society. Currently he is chairman of E 14, A S T M on Mass Spectrometry, a n d he is on an advisory panel for the N a tional Bureau of Standards. Julian F. Johnson of the D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., is the winner of the ACS award in Chromatography and Electrophoresis, sponsored b y Lab-Line Instruments, Inc. H e is being honored for his work in chromatography and, especially, in two areas of recent developm e n t : gas chromatography of hydrocarbons and the liquid chromatography of polymers. I n gas chromatography, his group was the first to explore low-temperature gas chromatography and circular gas chromatography. T h e former technique has led to the industrial development of commercial low-temperature a n d t e m -
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The Analytical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society has selected James C. W h i t e of Oak Ridge National Laboratory to be Chairman-Elect. D r . White steps into this post October 1, a t which time Chairman-Elect Sidney Siggia, University of Massachusetts, becomes Chairman of the Division. Fred McLafferty, Cornell University, immediate P a s t Chairman, remains on the Executive Committee for the coming year. D r . James C. White is the associate director of the Analytical Chemistry Division a t the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Union Carbide Corporation, Nuclear Division, Oak Ridge, Tenn. D r . White was born in F o r t Wayne, Ind., a n d received his B.S. degree from Indiana University in 1943. F r o m 1943 to 1946 he served as a commissioned officer in the Chemical Warfare Service, U. S. Army. H e did his graduate work a t Ohio State University and received his M.S. and P h . D . degrees there in 1948 and 1950, respectively. After graduation he joined the staff a t Oak Ridge and was a group leader in analytical chemistry until 1960 when he was named assistant director in charge of research a n d development; in 1967
perature-programmed gas chromatographs. I n liquid-elution chromatography, D r . Johnson and his group have developed methods for large-scale, rapid, and automated polymer fractionation. I n gel permeation chromatography, he has been a leader in calibration and in exploiting new support media. D r . Johnson has over 100 publications, more t h a n 45 of which are devoted to chromatography. D r . Johnson was born in Kansas and received his B.A. degree from Wooster College. He earned his P h . D . degree in chemistry from Brown University in 1950 after which he joined the Chevron Research Corp. as a research chemist. F r o m 1966 to 1968, he was a supervisory research chemist a t Chevron and also a lecturer a t the University of California Extension at Berkeley. I n the fall of 1968 he joined the faculty a t the University of Connecticut. D r . Johnson is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the American Chemical Society, T h e American Society of Rheology, and the British Society of Rheology. he was named associate director of the division. His main research interests are analytical biochemistry and clinical chemistry, separations by means of solvent extraction, the analytical chemistry of molten fluoride salts, a n d methods for the determination of interstitials in p u r e materials. H e is particularly interested in determining how analytical chemistry can best serve multidisciplinary missions a n d projects and how best to organize a n analytical staff t o meet the requirements posed by modern science a n d technology. H e has authored papers in these areas and has contributed chapters t o several reference books. He is a member of several A S T M - and AEC-sponsored committees pertaining to analytical chemistry. D r . W h i t e has served as chairman and councilor of the ACS E a s t Tennessee Section. H e has been councilor of the Analytical Chemistry Division, and Secretary-Treasurer, 1968-69. H e has been a member of the advisory boards of
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