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President's Message When an outgoing President of the American Chemical Society undertakes to prepare a message for the Society's annual report, the path of least resistance obviously is to review the accomplishments of the Society during his term and to assess his role in innovations and progress. I do not propose, however, to remind you of accomplishments during 1967; the body of this report will tell you about them in some detail. Instead, I shall emphasize some important problems of the Society which all of us should be trying to solve. One of the Society's most urgent needs, in my estimation, is for increased participation by the membership in Society decision making. The role of the Council must be expanded and wider councilor representation in committee work is absolutely necessary. Fortunately, your 1968 President and a new ad hoc Council committee are taking major steps to enable the Council to exercise greater influence in the Society's government. At the same time, we must free the Board of Directors from some of the burdens now imposed upon it by the fact that, instead of a unified staff, we have four staff divisions reporting directly to the Board. This means that the Chairman of the Board is actually the chief executive officer of the Society. The need for a single, full-time, chief staff executive is very real. This, too, is being studied by a special committee appointed by the Board Chairman. Like every growing organization, the Society has a continuing need for good young men with chemical backgrounds and leadership potential to join the staff. Better cooperation, better interaction, and better communication with the Society's scientific and tech-
nical divisions is another current need. Perhaps a rigorous, critical self-examination of the role of the divisions in the Society is in order. In the area of publications, the structure of Chemical Abstracts Service, particularly its financial structure, and its relationship to the American Chemical Society must be reassessed constantly. Furthermore, we recognize the necessity for further modernization of the journals system. Serious study, with the objective cooperation of journal subscribers and users, is required to help us find the most useful format for primary publications and the most effective structure for a distribution system. Computer-aided typesetting methods offer promise, once we design the right format and structure. The Society's current plan to be the core of a national and international chemical information system should have the vigorous support of the entire membership in order to progress at the optimum rate. We also must lead and participate in other international activities of chemistry. Finally, we must seek new ways to provide leadership in chemical education at all levels. These are some of the most compelling of the many challenging problems facing the Society. As a member of the American Chemical Society, I intend in every way possible to continue my effort to help it cope with these major problems, and I urge every member to contribute in every way he can.
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
ANNUAL REPORT
1967
OFFICERS OF T H E SOCIETY
Dr. Charles G. Overberger President
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Dr. Robert W. Cairns President-Elect
Dr. Milton Harris Chairman Board of Directors
Dr. B. R. Stanerson Executive Secretary
Robert V. Mellefont Treasurer
From the Executive Secretary It has been my privilege to serve on the ACS staff in a variety of positions during the past 20 years. In this time I have taken part in many of the changes that have occurred. The most interesting aspect of ACS development, in my estimation, has not been its phenomenal growth but rather its changing programs. Members can be gratified that their Society is responsive to the needs of the time, whatever these needs may be. Of course, ACS has retained a constant purpose ever since it was organized 91 years ago. In this respect it has been inflexible. It is and always has been a scientific-educational organization composed of individual chemists and chemical engineers. Its objects have not changed, but those things which it has done to implement its objects have shifted, at least in emphasis. For instance, after World War II, student participation in ACS was at a low ebb. The student affiliate program was essentially dormant and there were relatively few members claiming a student discount. Special effort was placed on revitalizing this important aspect of the ACS program, and the resulting consistently large number of students associated with the Society (9111 affiliates and 2474 student members in 1967) has helped account for the excellent growth record of ACS through the years. One concern of the late 1940's and early 1950's is, unfortunately, with us again. That is manpower utilization and the related problem of student deferment. President Overberger expressed the Society's views on this matter to the National Security Council, and ACS undoubtedly will have to give further attention to effective utilization of scientific manpower in the national interest. The greater frequency with which ACS is being asked to express its views on national affairs is striking to those who followed these matters a decade or two ago. The Society had a large part in developing
Contents: Highlights of the Year/4A Publications/6A Chemical Abstracts Service/9A Divisions/11A Local Sections/11A Education/12A Research Grants/13A International Activities/13A Awards/14 A
guidelines for the Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967. In this same area, ACS has been asked to help develop suitable legislation or regulations in several states. Also in the legislative field have been the Society's statements on the Patent Reform Act, and it appears that certain suggestions made by ACS may be embodied in the law and possibly used in international agreements. Perhaps the area of greatest change during the past two decades has been in publications. The increase in volume of chemical hterature need not be mentioned to those who were in the field a generation ago. Not only has the number of ACS journals more than doubled, but brand new techniques of information handling also have emerged, particularly in the secondary journals. Suffice it to say that the current emphasis is on a computer-based chemical information system, one which will be compatible with those being developed in other parts of the world. While reminiscing, let me say a few words about the continuing education of chemists and chemical engineers. Twenty years ago a few, very few, local sections mentioned "continuation courses" and "lecture series." In the interim, local sections have greatly expanded their programs and the ACS Short Courses have been instituted. There now are more opportunities for ACS members to keep abreast of recent developments than ever before in the history of the Society. These are but a few examples of the many ways in which your Society has changed in recent times. Let me repeat what a privilege it is to be associated with an organization that is continuously so alert to the needs of its members.
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This report is an abridgement of the American Chemical Society's annual statistical and activities reports. Full versions of any section or sections are available on request to the American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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Highlights of the year
AWARDS Dr. Donald F. Hornig, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, received the Parsons Award for 1967. Dr. William G. Young, vice-chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles, was chosen Priestley Medalist for 1968. A single new annual award for local sections, recognizing outstanding activities and performance, was authorized beginning in 1968 to replace the local section member relations and public relations awards.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dr. Milton Harris was re-elected Chairman of the Board for 1968. Dr. Lloyd M. Cooke and Dr. William E. Hanford were elected regional directors for 1968-70. Dr. Paul C. Cross was elected director-at-large for 1968-71. Action was initiated to increase the number of Board members to 15 from the present 13, to lessen the work load on each member.
accredits clinical chemists and clinical chemistry technologists, became operative in 1967 and is located in the ACS national office in Washington.
EDUCATION A conference on international developments in high school education in chemistry was attended by 15 leading foreign educators and 25 from the U.S. The five-day session was held at ACS headquarters in Washington. Chemical technicians held their first symposium for the presentation of technical papers by and for technicians during the spring 1967 ACS national meeting. The success of this venture led to a second symposium at the fall 1967 meeting. A "Basic Curriculum for the Chemical Technician" was approved by the ACS Board, and the ad hoc Technician Curriculum Committee was asked to consider ways of implementing it (C&EN, May 22, 1967, page 46). New editions of the "ACS Directory of Graduate Research" and "College Chemistry Seniors" were published, the latter in three separate parts covering seniors headed for graduate school, industrial employment, and secondary school teaching.
CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE Experimental publication of Polymer and Plastics Business Abstracts began in 1967 as a companion service to Polymer Science ir Technology. The new information service will continue in 1968 as Plastics Industry Notes. Higher 1968 subscription rates for Chemical Abstracts were authorized, along with several other changes in the CAS price structure aimed at helping CAS continue to be self-supporting (C&EN, June 5, 1967, page 63). "CAS Today," a summary of facts and statistics about CAS, was published in June to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Chemical Abstracts.
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY A statement of principles for evaluation of clinical laboratory performance was approved by the Board of Directors (C&EN, Jan. 22, page 43). The National Registry in Clinical Chemistry, which 4A C&EN APRIL 8, 1968
FINANCE An ACS program expense budget of about $26 million and a building expense budget of about $1 million were appproved for 1968. The 1968 program expense budget, unlike those of previous years, includes about $2.8 million for government contracts and $600,000 for Chemical Abstracts Collective Index operations. The 1967 program expense budget (without government grants or the Collective Index) was about $20 million and the building budget about $1 million. An overall operating gain of about $155,000 is budgeted for 1968. An operating loss totaling about $1.7 million was experienced in 1967. Declines in advertising and subscription revenue were the chief causes, with advertising nearly $500,000 less than expected and subscriptions about $300,000 less—mostly in the Chemical Abstracts Service area. Expenses also were greater than budgeted by about $700,000-again mosdy in CAS. This was attributable mainly to an unexpectedly high increase in the amount of literature covered.
Petroleum Research Fund commitments of about $3.8 million were authorized for grants and awards in 1968, as compared with $4.35 million for 1967.
LOCAL SECTIONS The Sierra Nevada Section, the Society's 168th, was chartered. Territorial changes for five sections also were approved during the year. Eighteen sections in eight northeastern states established a Northeastern Regional Meeting, bringing to 10 the number of such meetings across the country. All 168 local sections are now within regional meeting territory.
MEMBERSHIP Dr. Wallace R. Brode was chosen 1968 PresidentElect by a vote of the ACS membership in November. A 10% increase in benefits went into effect in April for all members of the ACS Group Life Insurance Plan, and the accidental death and dismemberment benefit was raised. Life insurance for members' dependents was expected to be offered on the April 1968 anniversary of the plan.
A permanent air pollution monitoring system was installed on the roof of ACS headquarters in Washington by the District of Columbia Department of Public Health.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS Dr. Robert L. Hershey was named by the Board Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs to head a study of the impact of chemistry on the American economy. The Committee on Patent Matters and Related Legislation arranged a meeting of ACS officials and the U.S. Commissioner of Patents, at the latter's request, to discuss the report of the President's Commission on the Patent System. ACS statements on proposed revisions of both U.S. copyright law and the patent law, and on a lective service policy regarding graduate student ferments, were presented before or sent to the propriate government officials.
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Creation in 1968 of a Joint Board-Council Committee on Environmental Improvement was authorized by the Board, contingent on approval by existing ACS bodies active in this area.
The Joint Board-Council Committee on Professionwide Pension Plan initiated a feasibility study of ways to provide assured retirement income for chemists and chemical engineers. A petition providing for geographic redistricting of the Society and for annual review and adjustment of the regional boundaries was approved, to become effective in January 1968.
The Society agreed to cosponsor, with the NAS-NRC Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, a study of the conduct and funding of university research programs.
A study of future ACS financial requirements and a review of dues-supported activities was undertaken by a joint Board-Council committee, which also is examining a possible need for future adjustment of members' dues. Dr. Paul Craig was named chairman.
Microform editions of ACS primary publications were authorized on an experimental basis, subject to an annual license-to-copy fee (C&EN, Dec. 18, 1967, page 70).
Pins for 25-year ACS members were made available through the ACS membership office at $2.00 each. ACS membership was 109,528 at the end of 1967.
NATIONAL OFFICE A committee headed by Dr. Ralph Connor was appointed to study requirements for a new top staff position—a single administrative head of the Society. Dr. Richard L. Kenyon was appointed Director of Planning and Information Systems—a new staff post created to coordinate and plan all ACS information activities. He continues as acting director of publications.
PUBLICATIONS
Subscription rates for a new ACS journal on macromolecular chemistry, due to appear in 1968, were set at $12 a year for ACS members and $24 for nonmembers. An initial page charge of $35 also was approved. The pricing policy for back issues of ACS publications is to be reviewed by the Executive Secretary to see if it is adequate for today's conditions and needs. A revised "Handbook for Authors" was issued to ACS members who subscribe to one or more ACS research journals and was made available to other members on request. The price to nonmembers is $2.00 a copy, with quantity discounts available. APRIL 8, 1968 C&EN
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THE PROGRAMS IN 1 9 6 7 Introduction The statements by 1967 President Overberger and Ex ecutive Secretary Stanerson and the highlights follow ing them indicate the accomplishments of the Society in 1967 and some of the problems it faces in the years ahead. In retrospect there are reasons to be pleased with progress made in many areas. Yet 1967 had its disappointments, too. Probably the most serious was the operating deficit. For the first time in many years the Society s income was significantly below its ever increasing costs. While some deficit had been eX-
Όχ. Richard L. Kenyon Director of Planning and Information Systems, Act ing Director of Publica tions
Publications By far the largest share of the Society's annual bud get—more than nine out of every 10 dollars, in f a c t is accounted for by its publications program. This is not a new trend caused by soaring publication costs: The increase and diffusion of chemical knowl edge always has claimed a high proportion of Society effort. During 1967 the Society's primary publications pro gram showed a mixed pattern, with some signs of potential long-range problems becoming clearly visi ble. The total number of pages published continued to climb rather sharply, with subscription levels es sentially stable or rising modestly, and advertising revenues declining. This pattern, if continued, would soon lead to a considerable gap between revenues and expenditures. One new journal, Environmental Science and Tech nology, began publication in 1967, with Dr. James J. Morgan of California Institute of Technology as ed itor and Dr. Melvin J. Josephs of the Publications staff as managing editor. Circulation by year-end was an encouraging 11,533, well above the most optimistic forecasts for the first year of publication. Preparations were pushed for two additional jour nals to start in 1968. Accounts of Chemical Research, edited by Dr. Joseph F. Bunnett of University of Cal ifornia at Santa Cruz, established criteria to govern 6A C&EN APRIL 8, 1968
pected because many cyclic changes in income (dues, subscription rates, page charges, etc.) were at the bot tom of a cycle in 1967, the deficiency proved much larger than anticipated. Steps were taken, however, to reduce it as much as possible and to correct for this situation in 1968 and the years ahead. In order for members to gain an understanding of the importance and magnitude of the Society's pro gram, it is hoped that each will take time to read the report that follows. BRS
its selection of concise review articles in active areas of current research, and began to solicit and accept articles in preparation for its first issue in January 1968. Macromolecules, a journal of fundamental poly mer chemistry, was authorized in June by the Board of Directors. Dr. Field H. Winslow of Bell Telephone Laboratories was appointed editor, and Dr. Frank A. Bovey, Dr. John K. Stille, and Dr. Walter H. Stockmayer assistant editors. The first issue of this im portant new bimonthly journal was scheduled for February 1968. By the end of 1967, the 18 primary publications had published 37,001 pages, 3115 more than the 33,886 pages issued by 17 publications in 1966. Environ mental Science and Technology accounted for 1052 pages (roughly one third of the increase). The total is expected to rise to more than 41,000 pages in 1968, with about two thirds of the increase due to growth in current journals rather than to the addition of the two new ones. Although several of the journals continued to ex pand in circulation, only the introduction of ESirT prevented a decline in the total number of subscrip tions in 1967. The continuing loss of circulation by the I&EC group is the primary reason; the three I&EC quarterlies each dropped significantly (almost 25%) as a result of the severance of subscription connec tions between them and the monthly lirEC. The monthly also declined, although less precipitously ( 1 0 % ) . On the plus side were C&EN, up 5 % ; Analytical Chemistry, up 3 % ; Chemical Reviews, up 4 % ; and Biochemistry, up 7%. Total subscription revenue was $2.7 million; net revenue from page charges reached $687,000. Advertising revenues also fell in 1967, totaling $4.4 million from 5843 paid advertising pages as against $4.5 million from 6103 paid advertising pages in 1966. This disappointing performance resulted from a gen eral decline in industrial advertising, which threatens to carry over well into 1968. Although it has not yet created a major problem, it focuses attention on a long-term problem of Society publishing activities—
material worthy of being published tends to increase more rapidly than revenues generated by the increased output of published material. The statement in last year's report that "sources of additional revenue will have to be sought within the next few years" still applies. Late in 1967, the long-awaited "Handbook for Authors" was published. As the purpose of this handbook is to help authors submitting papers to ACS publications, the Society has distributed copies, free of charge, to all ACS members who subscribe to any of its journals other than C&EN. The handbook is also being made available without charge to other ACS members, present and future, on request. Purchase price for nonmembers is $2.00 per copy. By year-end, 41,766 copies had been distributed to subscribers; 583 had been sent to members on request; 1917 copies had been sold. The Society has received about 100 letters offering constructive criticisms which will be taken into account when the handbook is revised. For several years, the ACS Publications department has been developing, with substantial support from the National Science Foundation, a computer-aided typesetting process. The process begins with encoding the manuscripts, unjustified and unhyphenated, on a paper tape using a Friden Flexowriter. The material is then fed to a computer to produce a justified and hyphenated tape to operate the Photon photocomposing machine. Since February 1966 all manuscripts published in the Journal of Chemical Documentation and a substantial number of those published in the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data have been photocomposed in this manner. In June, the Board of Directors authorized the extension of computer composition to the I&EC quarterlies as capabilities permit. One objective of this extension is to generate
a backlog of machine-readable primary literature with which to carry out searching studies; another major objective is to refine cost and system information preliminary to further computer-oriented activities. During 1967 the Society, noting the rapidly expanding use of microforms sparked by improved reading devices, standardization of microforms, and widening availability of reader-printers, authorized a microform program for its primary publications. The Board approved an experimental program which incorporates a licensing arrangement permitting subscribers to make enlarged photocopies under specified conditions that do not constitute copyright infringement ( C&EN, Oct. 2, 1967, page 74). The pricing arrangement as first proposed was later revised, and a limited program of back volume purchases was also made available in addition to the licensing arrangement (C&EN, Dec. 18, 1967, page 70). The goal of the ACS experimental program is to give users an opportunity to explore without concern for copyright restriction the full spectrum of uses suggested by the availability of scientific and technical literature in microform and of improved equipment for using microform. The program will begin with 16-mm. microform made available in cassettes to the users' specifications. By June 1968 all current and back volumes of ACS journals are scheduled to be available in 16-mm. microfilm. Other microforms such as microfiche will be considered if there is sufficient demand. Authors and readers of Society publications have on occasion raised questions or offered comments on the journals' manuscript reviewing system. The editors have recently been re-examining this system, which has been subjected to additional strains as the number of papers to be reviewed has increased. Two journals, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and I&EC Fundamentals, are approaching the selection of re-
The Society's Photon photocomposing machine, located in the Washington headquarters building, is linked to Friden Flexowriters to produce "cold" type. In 1967, the decision was made to add the IérEC quarterlies to JCD and JCùED as ACS journah produced by this computer-aided typesetting process.
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viewers in an experimental way—/PC with punched cards, Fundamentals with a more general approachpointing toward possible use of either mechanical or electronic equipment to help keep the files of reviewer interest and performance broad and up to date. The objectives in both cases are to select reviewers more efficiently, to distribute manuscripts among more people, and to avoid overloading good reviewers. Several journals have modified or extended editorial policy during the year. The Journal of Organic Chemistry began with its March issue to publish "registry numbers." These numbers (designations of compounds) are assigned by Chemical Abstracts after a paper has been accepted for publication. The numbers are part of the computer-based national chemical registry system under development by Chemical Abstracts Service. The system, which will provide rapid access to chemical information by computer, is expected to become generally available to chemists by 1969. The published registry numbers in JOC will provide a reservoir of information already available by the time the CAS system begins full operation. In March 1967 a Task Team of ACS Publications and CAS staff members began a new joint program in which JOC and lirEC monthly and quarterly manuscripts are sent to Chemical Abstracts Service, after acceptance, for prepublication processing. A major objective is to have abstracts or published manuscripts appear in CAS publications at the earliest possible time. Other possible benefits are: To eliminate duplication of editing efforts between the primary and secondary publications; to upgrade author abstracts by applying CAS standards before primary publication; to run citation checks to prevent duplication of publication; to generate current and year-end indexes; and to provide nomenclature checks through the Compound Registry. Since May, copies of manuscripts submitted to the I&EC quarterlies have been sent to CAS at the same time the manuscripts were sent out for review. This program provides an additional advantage of enabling the editorial staff to submit to the author at the revision stage queries from CAS on title, abstract, compounds, and citations. The basic functions of this exchange system have been performed, thus demonstrating its feasibility, but further work is needed to provide the benefits routinely. During 1967, the editorial staff of The Journal of Physical Chemistry has been concerned with questions fundamental to its editorial policy. Its purposes are to publish a journal that reflects the interests of modern physical chemists, to assure higher quality of published material, and to try to meet the demands of the current "publication explosion." The staff has tried to emphasize work of fundamental nature—work that tests or expands current theories rather than reporting data on well-tested systems. The results of the effort are to be seen in the rejection rates: 35% of articles received, 49% of notes received, and 42% of communications received were rejected or withdrawn. The staff believes these figures reflect the 8A C&EN APRIL 8, 1968
increasing number of manuscripts handled, the demands imposed by high-quality standards, and the limitations on journal size. The number of manuscripts received during 1967 increased by 12% over 1966 and the number published by 1 3 % . The index in the December 1967 issue was prepared in a new manner intended to make it more useful to the reader. During 1967 it was decided by mutual agreement with the Faraday Society to discontinue the practice of having JVC manuscripts originating in the British Isles, Europe, or Africa reviewed by the Faraday Society. In future, all manuscripts will be reviewed by the editorial staff at the University of California, San Diego. A suggestion for restructuring of the primary journals (C&EN, Aug. 14, 1967, page 62) in such a way as to create a broader Journal of the American Chemical Society, with sections devoted to organic chemistry, biochemistry, and other specialized disciplines, was brought before the membership at the national meeting in Chicago. Member (and author) reaction to the proposal was varied, ranging from highly favorable to exceedingly unfavorable. The discussion raised so may points of fundamental policy relating to primary journals that official action was withheld pending further examination. Studies of the whole situation are to be included among those undertaken by the newly created Division of Planning and Information Systems ( see page 19A ). Continuing efforts have been made to induce authors in Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data to be specific as to their experimental techniques and as to the accuracy in contradistinction to the precision associated with the measurements of the primary variables. The inclusion of statistical measures of overall uncertainty in the published data is encouraged. A new project begun early in 1967 by J&EC Fundamentals is the publication of papers describing clever and new experimental procedures, or new instruments, in a section headed "Experimental Techniques." One to three good papers in this area were selected for each of the four issues published in 1967, and the program is being continued in 1968. As announced at its inception, the new project is intended to contribute to the improvement of experimental research in chemical engineering by giving some recognition to persons who make important developments in these directions. The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry broadened its editorial scope to include manuscripts on advances in drug research involving studies of the relationship of chemical structure, reactivity, and physical properties to biological activities which shed light on the mechanism of drug action. Natural products of biological importance and enzymes significant to drug action also are included. Full details of this scope broadening were published in the September issue of the journal. JMC also tightened its manuscript requirements to eliminate descriptions of routine pro-
cedures and standard methods, routine analyses which agree with calculated values, and routine spectral data. During 1967, Chemical and Engineering News completed its most ambitious single editorial project when it published (in October) a 48-page feature on "Chemistry and the Solid Earth." This was the third in a series of features about the chemical nature of the earth. The first article, "Chemistry and the Oceans/' appeared in 1964 and the second, "Chemistry and the Atmosphère," in 1966. At year's end C&EN combined the three articles as "Chemistry and the Environment," the first hard-cover book produced from material that had earlier appeared in C&EN. C&EN actually published 54 issues during the 52week year. The annual feature, "Career Opportunities," became one of two separate issues published March 13. The other special issue, "Facts & Figures for the Chemical Process Industries," appeared on September 4. C&EN devoted nearly 85% of its editorial space in 1967 to news of the chemical industry, chemical science, chemical education, and government actions related to all three. The other 15% carried feature articles ranging in subject matter from research and education to the chemical market place. In its capacity as official organ of ACS, C&EN devoted nearly 1100 of its 3090 editorial pages during the year to activities of the Society: meeting programs, minutes of Board and Council meetings, the ACS Annual Report and similar official material, and stories on original research reported at ACS meetings.
There were still no readily discernible signs of a lessening in the rate of publication in chemistry and chemical engineering, and CAS continued to work toward more effective means of processing and disseminating the increasing volume of information potentially worthy of chemists' attention. In November, Polymer Science à- Technology (POST), the third computer-based information service to be derived from the CAS data base, went into full-time production, joining CT and CBAC as a productive pilot plant in the CAS long-range development program. Available both as a printed abstracting-indexing journal and on magnetic tape for computer searching, POST covers journal and patent literature on the chemistry, chemical engineering, and technology of polymers. As a companion service to POST, CAS inaugurated Polymer \Μ,*νι> »_*_.—
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NATIONAL ACS AWARDS 1967 Award
Priestley Medal Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry sponsored by Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association American Chemical Society Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry sponsored by Mallinckrodt Chemical Works American Chemical Society Award for Nuclear Applications in Chemistry sponsored by NuclearChicago Corporation American Chemical Society Award in Biological Chemistry sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Education sponsored by Scientific Apparatus Makers Association American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Instrumentation sponsored by E. H. Sargent & Co. American Chemical Society Award in Chromatography and Electrophoresis sponsored by Lab-Line Instruments, Inc. American Chemical Society Award in Enzyme Chemistry sponsored by Chas. Pfizer & Co.f Inc. American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry sponsored by Texas Instruments Incorporated American Chemical Society Award in Petroleum Chemistry sponsored by Precision Scientific Company American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry sponsored by Witco Chemical Company, Inc. Foundation American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry sponsored by Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity American Chemical Society Award in the Chemistry of Milk sponsored by The Borden Company Foundation, Inc. James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching sponsored by E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company Incorporated
The Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry sponsored by Humble Oil & Refining Company 22A C&EN APRIL 8, 1968
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Ralph Connor John D. Roberts Gilbert Stork
Henry Taube
Gerhart Friedlander
Gordon G. Hammes
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Award
Lawrence T. Hallett Fisher Award in Analytical Chemistry George A. Sim Fritzsche Award Marjorie J. Void Garvan Medal Irving S. Bengelsdorf James T. Grady Award Stanley G. Mason The Kendall Company Award in Colloid Chemistry Makoto Kumada Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Organosilicon Chemistry sponsored by Dow Corning Corporation E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial Alfred Clark and Engineering Chemistry sponsored by Esso Research and Engineering Company Saul Winstein The James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry sponsored by the Northeastern Section, ACS Donald F. Hornig Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
Louis F. Fieser AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY LOCAL SECTION MEMBER RELATIONS AWARD-1967 Robert L. Bowman J. Calvin Giddings
P. Roy Vagelos Salih J. Wakil
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John L. Margrave DIVISION AWARDS-1967 Award
Andrew Streitwieser, Jr.
Frank R. Mayo
John D. Baldeschwieler
Claude S. Hudson Award Anselme Payen Award Henry H. Storch Award Dexter Chemical Corporation Award Honor Scroll
Dyson Rose Scroll of Honor District 1:Raymond T. Byrne District 2: Elaine M. Kilbourne District 3:Harry C. Taylor District 4:Theodore E. Molitor District 5:Elaine W. Ledbetter District 6:Harold E. Alexander Joseph E. Mayer
Union Carbide Chemicals Charles Goodyear Medal Edward Bartow Award Certificate of Merit Distinguished Service Award
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Carbohydrate Chemistry Cellulose Chemistry Fuel Chemistry History of Chemistry Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Organic Coatings and Plastics Chemistry Rubber Chemistry
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William Z. Hassid Roy L. Whistler Henry R. Linden Mary Elvira Weeks Norbert Platzer Philip W. West W. J. Jackson, Jr. J. R. Caldwell Norman Bekkedahl H. G. Schwartz, Jr.
Water, Air, and Waste Chemistry F. J. Pocock Water, Air, and Waste Chemistry R. D. Hoak Water, Air, and Waste Chemistry Kenneth Love Gladys Swope
LOCAL SECTION AWARDS-1967 Award
W. F. Coover Leeture Charles E. Coates Memorial Award „ ... . - x. California Section Award Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal Distinguished Service Award Willard Gibbs Medal Julius Steiglitz Memorial Lectureship Cincinnati Chemist
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Leo Brewer
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Philip W. West
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Ralph E. Berning
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Joseph E. Mayer
New York
Karl Folkers
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North Alabama
Joel H. Hildebrand
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North Jersey
George A. Olah
Mwara
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Delaware
Richard Cramer Richard V. Lindsey, Jr. Wilfred H. Miller
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- .. AL Southern Callfornia Sections in Southwest Region Distinguished Service Virginia
East Tennessee H. A. Smith
Florida Georgia Indiana
William Earl Elliott
David Pressman
Award
Florida Award Herty Medal Indiana Section Award Iowa Award Ci Awa n rd ChemiSt
Mississippi
Aubrey P. Altschuller
Melville L. Wolfrom
Delaware
0. K. Rice G. H. Cartledge Wayne W. Hilty
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Iowa
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Outstanding Teacher Virginia
W. Bernard King Leonard V.Sorg
Lehigh Valley
Paul E. Maleskey
Maryland
Walter S. Koski
Remsen Memorial Lecture
Maryland
Marshall W. Nirenberg
Southern Chemist Award
Memphis
Hilton A. Smith |
Edward L. Haenisch
Alan G. MacDiarmid Francis T. Bacon R. A. Friedel Manfred Eigen Martin Karplus Frank Spedding Leo T.Samuels « mi , Δ Wi.flMan Samuel A. Wideman .. .. Arthur Adamson
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Randolph N. Gladdmg
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KansasCit
George B. Arnold . .- r Stephen E. Freeman
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Joseph E. Castka
Award
Delaware Section Award Science Teacher Award * ..j , Thomas Midgley Award ^u · * τ Chemistry Teachers Award
Recipient
R. S. Nyholm
Nichols Foundation New York Chemistry Teacher Award
Award
Austin M. Patterson Dayton
Local Section
Medal
Award
Edward W. Morley Cleveland Lecture η ι u r A h i m h l l ( , c~~+™ Columbus Section Columbus Outstanding High School Teacher Award Colorado Section Colorado Award in Chemistry Debye Lecture Cornell Series Eugene C. Sullivan Corning
Award
Renaud Foundation Michigan State Lectureship University Recognition Award Mid-Hudson .... , .... . Λ A. Milwaukee Section Milwaukee Award
Leslie Virginia Watkms
Hillebrand Award Community Service Award
Washington Washington
Service Award Visiting Scientist Award
Washington Western Connecticut
Arth^A. Weste^berg Benjamin J. Alexander Roberta M. Ma Samuel Detwiler, Jr. C. A. VanderWert
Jacob F. Schoellkopf Western Medal New York
Gordon M. Harris
Distinguished Teacher Award
Sister St. Augustine Ball
Western New York
APRIL 8, 1968 C&EN 23A
FUTURE ACS MEETINGS Meeting No.
REGIONAL MEETINGS
155th 156th 157th 158th 159th 160th 161st 162nd 163rd 164th 165th 166th 167th 168th
March 31-April 5,1968 Sept. 8-13,1968 April 13-18,1969 Sept. 7-12,1969 Feb. 22-27,1970 *May 24-29,1970 Sept. 13-18,1970 March 28-April 2,1971 Sept. 12-17,1971 April 9-14, 1972 Aug. 27-Sept. 1,1972 April 8-13,1973 Sept. 9-14, 1973 March 31-April 5,1974 Sept. 8-13,1974
169th 170th 171st 172nd
April 6-11, 1975 Aug. 24-29, 1975 April 4-9, 1976 Aug. 29-Sept. 3,1976
No. of RegisSessions Papers tration
Location
Meeting
Location
San Francisco Atlantic City Minneapolis New York Houston Toronto Chicago Los Angeles Washington Boston New York Dallas Chicago Los Angeles Atlantic City **Mexico City Philadelphia Chicago New York San Francisco
2nd Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, February 6-7 22nd Annual Northwest Regional Meeting, June 15-16 Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy and 3rd Western Regional Meeting, October 30November 1 19th Southeastern Regional Meeting, November 1-3 Midwest Regional Meeting, November 2-3 Southwest Regional Meeting, December 7-9
New York, Ν. Υ.
31
257
1023
Richland, Wash.
19
127
376
Anaheim, Calif.
17
248
1061
Atlanta, Ga.
55
372
1333
Columbia, Mo.
19
155
632
Little Rock, Ark.
15
242
719
Dates
* Joint with Chemical Institute of Canada at its 25th anniversary celebration. ** Joint meeting with Sociedad Quimica de Mexico.
DIVISIONAL INTERIM MEETINGS Sponsor
SPECIAL MEETINGS:
Meeting
Papers
Rubber Chemistry, Inc., and Rubber Division, Chemical Institute of Canada Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Organic Chemistry, University of Vermont at Burlington, and Western Vermont Section Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Spring Meeting May 2-5
48
4th Summer Symposium June 12-14 20th National Organic Chemistry Symposium June 18-22
18
41st National Colloid Symposium, June
36
Analytical Chemistry
20th Annual Summer Symposium, June 21-23 4th Biennial Polymer Conference, June 26-28 Summer Symposium, June 26-30 4th International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, July 24-29 34th Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium,
11
19-21
Polymer Chemistry
Physical Chemistry Fluorine Chemistry and University of Denver Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
13 12
—
Meeting
LOCAL SECTIONS Sponsors
16th Delaware Science Symposium, Jan 21 18th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, March 6-10 14th Annual Joint Technical Meeting, March 17
Meeting-in-Miniature May 5 Symposium on Surface Phenomena of Polymers, June 23-24 9th Eastern Analytical Symposium, Nov. 8-10
72
Papers
Delaware Section
7
Pittsburgh Section's Analytical Group and Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Texas-Louisiana Gulf Section, Sabine Area Section, and American Institute of Chemical Engineers Maryland Section and Chemical Society of Washington Rochester-Western New York Sections
294
Analytical Groups of New York and New Jersey Sections; American Microchemical Society; and several sections of Society for Applied Spectroscopy
85
12
90 8
18
Dec. 11-12
RECENT NATIONAL MEETINGS ACS SHORT COURSES Phoenix Winter 1966
No. of Divisions No. of Sessions No. of Papers No. of Authors Total Registration Advance Registration Session Tickets 24A C&EN APRIL 8, 1968
5 53 289 569 1,328 489 44
Pitts- New York burgh Fall 1966 Spring 1966
Miami Chicago Beach Fall 1967 Spring 1967
15 138 815 1,576 5,517 1,948 417
20 260 1,633 3,216 7,954 4,196 99
25 306 1,971 3,682 14,044 4,965 2,148
25 282 1,828 3,786 10,658 4,329 706
Number of Courses Number of Sessions:
National Meetings Elsewhere Enrollment: National Meetings Elsewhere Session Days: National Meetings Elsewhere Number of Cities Number of States
1965
1966
1967
10 8 10 862 562 17 14 11 10
18 15 25 1148 1498 34 65 24 17
23 21 45 985 2444 49 106 42 25
ACS MEMBERS ENROLLED IN DIVISIONS Divisions
Agricultural and Food Analytical Biological Carbohydrate Cellulose, Wood, and Fiber Chemical Education Chemical Literature Chemical Marketing and Economics Colloid and Surface Fertilizer and Soil Fluorine Fuel History Industrial and Engineering Inorganic Medicinal Microbial Chemistry and Technology Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Organic Organic Coatings and Plastics Petroleum, Inc. Physical Polymer Rubber, Inc. Water, Air, and Waste TOTALS
MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS
1965
1966
1967
Change over 1966
961 2256 2580 468
1209 2454 2775 494
1206 2976 2882 499
-3 +522 +107 +5
542 2133 741
533 2514 795
454 2654 855
-79 +140 +60
1188 1029 1529 379 290 343
955 1435 1517 454 280 372
916 1433 1538 393 353 373
—39 -2 +21 -61 +73 +1
11004 1180 1993
9989 1214 2212
8910 1346 2322
—1079 +132 +110
336
369
361
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522 3983
850 4999
881 5172
+31 +173
2020 2202 2007 3518 2649 831
2226 2215 1994 2782 2980 763
2173 2205 2027 2525 2634 828
-53 -10 +33 -257 -346 +65
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48380
47916
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Dec. 31 1966
1967
Paid—Member and Associate Member, 94,523 No Discount —Member and Associate Member, 8,163 Student Discount Life Members 6 Members, Emeritus Status 1,618 Total Members in Good Standing 104,310 Unpaid 1,961 Total Membership 106,271 Student Affiliates 8,529 Dec. 31, 1967 109,528 Less: Deceased, Recorded 1967 400 Delinquents, Recorded 1967 2,029 Resignations, Effect. 1/1/68 1,136 Total Removed from Rolls 3,565 Net Carryover from 1967 105,963 Plus: New Members (Effective 1/1/68) 1,688 Jan. 1, 1968
97,278 8,396 6 1,819 107,499 2,029 109,528 9,111
107,651
Jan. 1,1967
104,560 I Dec. 31 1966 1967
Membership Admission Data
Member-Student -Regular Associate Member—Student -Regular Total New Student Members Per Cent of Total
431 2,559 2,370 1,610 6,970
429 2,451 2,045 1,548 6,473
40.7
Membership Retention Year Per Cen
1962 1963 1964 1965 J**
95.8 96.1 96.6 96.5 *j-7 y b ·'
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PUBLICATIONS DATA Journal
Advances AC Biochem. C&EN CR Chemistry ES&T l&EC Fund. Process Product IC JA&FC JACS JCD JC&ED JMC JOC JPC Monographs CA CA-APPL CA-BIO CA-MACRO CAORG CA-PHY CT RC&T JCE * Proposals
Editor (1967)
Total Papers Received Published 1966 1967 1966 1967
Robert F. Gould _ _ _ _ _ 180 Herbert A. Laitinen 977 962 665 527 Hans Neurath 765 791 529 498 Gordon H. Bixler _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Harold Hart — 70* 23 24 O. Theodor Benfey 69 54 43 52 James J. Morgan — 167 — 80 David E. Gushee — — 69 75 Robert L. Pigford 543 581 120 115 Hugh M. Hulburt — — 85 91 Rodney N. Hader, — — 75 59 Acting Editor Edward L. King 866 862 586 575 Philip K. Bates 252 248 181 222 Marshall Gates, Jr. 2690 3100 1572 1825 Herman Skolnik 78 84 58 53 Bruce H. Sage 241 239 202 181 Alfred Burger — — 268 383 Frederick D. Greene 1076 1137 801 776 Frederick T. Wall 1229 1371 798 903 F. Marshall Beringer _ _ _ _ _ _ Russell J. Rowlett, Jr. — — 216746f 239481f " — — 41379f 48269f " — — 62138f 68S06f " — — 21211J 26872f " — 27507f 24744f " — 64511f 70790f — — 104823J 117301Î E. M. Bevilacqua (Division of Rubber Chemistry) William T. Lippincott (Division of Chemical Education) ** First year quarterly sold separate from monthly
Editorial Pages 1966 1967
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APRIL 8, 1968 C&EN 25A
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1967
Dr. Milton Harris, Chairman Dr. Arthur M. Bueche Dr. Robert W. Cairns Dr. Herbert E. Carter Dr. Robert F. Marschner Dr. William A. Mosher Dr. John H. Nair Dr. W. Albert Noyes, Jr. Dr. Charles G. Overberger Dr. Byron Riegel Dr. John C. Sheehan Dr. William J. Sparks Dr. Charles L. Thomas
DIRECTORS ELECTED DURING 1967
Dr. Lloyd M. Cooke Fifth Region
Dr. Paul C. Cross Director-at-Large
Dr. William E. Hanford Second Region
26A C&EN APRIL 8, 1968
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 1967
