August 10, 1931
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Henry Arnstein, w h o is acting in a n advisory capacity t o several Latin-American governments, is on a Central American tour, during which he will visit Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico, returning late next fall. Theron H. Butterworth, who has recently received t h e Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin, has joined the scientific staff of t h e Walker-Gordon Laboratory Co., Inc., Plainsboro, N . J., and will supervise production and research in acidophilus and other fermented milks. Henry I/. Coles received the P h . D . degree from Ohio State University in June, a n d hrs returned t o Hamilton, Ohio, to re sume his position a s vice president of t h e Guardian Metals Co. Alexander L . Feild, formerly research engineer with t h e Simonds Saw & Steel Co., has been appointed director of de velopment and research of the Rustless Iron Corp. of America, N e w York, Ν". Υ. T h i s company produces alloys of iron with chromium and nickel through the direct ore reduction process, and Mr. Feild will b e concerned with the further development of the process and the introduction of the alloys in a wider range of industrial and decorative uses. ¥ m . M . Lofton, Jr., has accepted a position as research chem ist with t h e Texas Co., Port Neches, Tex. L. McMaster, Department of Chemistry, Washington U n i versity, S t . Louis, M o . , received the honorary degree of D.Sc. from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., a t its 148th commence ment, June 8. H. R. Myers, for t h e past six years chief engineer of Hungerford & Terry, Inc., has been transferred t o Boston, where he will be N"ew England sales manager, succeeding D. R. Weedon, w h o has been elected treasurer and general manager of the Russell Mfg. Co., Middletown, Conn. D. J. Price, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, and C. E. Clement, Bureau of Dairy Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D . C , received the P h . D . degree a t the seventeenth convocation of American University, Washington, D. C, o n June 1. Nelson W. Taylor, of the University of Minnesota, is con ducting x-ray research during the summer at t h e Utah Engineer ing Experiment Station, Salt Lake City, Utah, i n connection with the work on mineral physics which is being done there. William E. Vaughan has been appointed a National Research Fellow in Chemistry for the year 1931—32 and is to spend t h e year at Harvard. L. D . Vorce, Westvaco Chlorine Products, Inc., South Charles ton, W. Va., received t h e honorary degree of doctor of engineer ing "on May 2 8 from his Alma Mater, Case School of Applied Science. K e n n e t h M. Watson, formerly professor of chemical engineer ing a t the University o f Wisconsin, Madison, has joined the re search and development staff of Universal Oil Products Co. Doctor Watson's headquarters will be a t the Universale River side laboratories, Chicago.
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Plans Progressing for Pharmacy Headquarters i n Nation's Capital Substantial progress in t h e plans for the erection of a magnifi cent headquarters building for American pharmacy, near t h e National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D. C., vs^as r e ported at the seventy-ninth annual convention of the American Pharmaceutical Association held in Miami, Fla., the latter £>art of July. A total of $501,904.82 has been collected from pharma cists and the various branches of the drug trade, and over $315,000.00 more has been pledged t o the undertaking. Plans have been drawn and approved, and actual construction is beiitg held up only until the Commission of Fine Arts of the Federal Govern ment completes its o w n plans for the development of that part of the District of Columbia where the site of the proposed build ing is located. A n effort will be made t o endow t h e building to the extent of one million dollars. I t is planned t o provide a permanent r e pository for historical material bearing on the profession of phar macy, to supply research facilities a s well as a pharmaceutical library second to none in t h e country, and office facilities for t h e various activities of t h e American Pharmaceutical Association. It is believed that construction of the building will be completed by the close of 1932.
Pharmacy Graduates in 1931 Find Employment T h e Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science kas a n nounced that only 7 per cent of its 1931 graduating class sought the assistance of its employment bureau in obtaining positions af ter graduation. The great majority of graduates either li.ad p o sitions awaiting them or felt that they could obtain places without delay through their own efforts. It is interesting t o note that graduates in pharmacy have been able to find employment even in this year, with so little delay and difficulty.
Calendar of Meetings American Chemical Society: 82nd Meeting—Buffalo, N . Y-, August 30 to September £, 1931. 83rd Meeting—New Orleans, La., March 14 t o 18, 1932. 84th Meeting—Denver, Colo., August 29 to September 2 , 1 9 3 2 . Eighth Annual Regional Meeting of the Ohio, Indiana, Michi gan, etc., Sections—Ann Arbor, Mich., October 3 , 11*31. Fourth Organic Chemistry Symposium—New Haven, Conn., December 2 8 to 30, 1931. American Institute of Chemical Engineers—Haddon Hall, Atlan tic City, N . J., December 9 to 11, 1931. Association of Dairy, Food, and Drug Officials of the United States—West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden springs, Ind., September 1 to 4 , 1931. Electrochemical Society—Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2 to 5 , 1931. Third International Conference on Bituminous Coal—Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., November 16 t o 21, 1931.
Abstracts of Buffalo Meeting Papers E. F. Cook to Receive Remington Medal T h e award of the Remington Medal to E . F. Cook, of t h e Philadelphia College o f Pharmacy and Science, is announced. This medal is awarded annually by the N e w York branch of t h e American Pharmaceutical Association t o the person "who has done most for American pharmacy during the preceding year, or during a longer period of outstanding activity and of fruitful achievement.'* The actual award of t h e medal will b e made next fall, when the meetings of the N e w York branch of t h e American Pharmaceutical Association will be resumed. In announcing the award H. H. Schaefer, secretary of t h e Remington Medal Committee, stated t h a t the reasons for this selection can best be expressed in the following words of one of the members of the committee: Professor Cook, as chairman of the United States Pharmacopeia X R e vision Committee, maintained t h e prestige t h a t has been a t t a c h e d to t h a t internationally famed v o l u m e for several decades, and a s an exemplar of high ideals in p h a r m a c y has shed luster on t h e profession for m a n y years, and as chairman of the United States Pharmacopeia X I Revision Committee is an o u t s t a n d i n g figure in American pharmacy t o d a y .
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