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analytical chemistry Appoints New Advisory Board Members Six new members of the Advisory Board of ANALYTICAL C H E M I S T R Y
have been selected to serve three-year terms beginning this month. Each year the membership of the board is rotated, with the new appointees replacing those members whose terms on the board have expired. The new members joining the board this year are: William R. Heineman, University of Cincinnati; Harry S. Hertz, National Bureau of Standards; Atsushi Mizuike, Nagoya University; Melvin W. Redmond, Jr., PerkinElmer Corporation; Martin A. Rudat, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; and Charles L. Wilkins, University of California, Riverside. The members leaving the board are: Richard Durst, National Bureau of Standards; Shizuo Fujiwara, Chiba University; Wilbur Kaye, Beckman Instruments, Inc.; Janet Osteryoung, State University of New York at Buffalo; Robert E. Sievers, University of Colorado; and Rudolph H. Stehl, Dow Chemical Company. The following 10 members will continue to serve on the board: Joel A. Carter, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Richard S. Danchik, Aluminum Company of America; Dennis H. Evans, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jack W. Frazer, consultant; Helen M. Free, Miles Laboratories; Roland F. Hirsch, Seton Hall University; Csaba Horvath, Yale University; Thomas C. O'Haver, University of Maryland; Herbert L. Retcofsky, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center; and Wilhelm Simon, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. The Advisory Board was established in the 1940s to advise the editors of the JOURNAL. It meets formally once a year at the JOURNAL'S editorial offices in Washington, D.C. The board also provides guidance and advice throughout the year with regard to editorial policy and the peer review
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system. Board members are an invaluable link between the editors and the analytical community. Brief biographical sketches of the new members follow. William R. Heineman received his BS degree from Texas Tech University in 1964 and his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968. He was a research chemist at the Hercules Research Center from 1968 to 1970 and then a research associate at Case Western Reserve University and Ohio State University. In 1972 he joined the faculty at the University of Cincinnati where he is
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now professor of chemistry and chairman of the analytical division. Heineman's research interests include spectroelectrochemistry, immunoassay with electrochemical detection, polymer-modified electrodes, stripping voltammetry, and analytical chemistry of technetium radiopharmaceuticals. He is the author of 90 research papers, coauthor of "Experiments for Instrumental Methods," and coeditor of "Laboratory Techniques in Electroanalytical Chemistry." Heineman has served the Cincinnati Section of the ACS in many capacities and is currently treasurer of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry.
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News Harry S. Hertz is director of the Center for Analytical Chemistry at the National Bureau of Standards. He received his BS degree in 1967 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971. From 1971 to 1973 he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry at the University of Munich, and in 1973 he joined the staff of the National Bureau of Standards. His research focuses on trace organic analysis, with particular emphasis on organic mass spectrometry. His efforts during the past several years have been devoted to the development of quantitative methods for determination of individual organic compounds in complex matrices. He has served on the board of directors of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards since 1980 and as the organization's secretary since March 1983. In addition, he is currently secretary of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Atsushi Mizuike is professor of chemistry and director of the Radioisotope Center at Nagoya University. He earned his B. Eng. and Dr. Eng. degrees at the University of Tokyo, where he served on the faculty before assuming his present position in 1965. Mizuike's research interests lie in the area of inorganic micro- and trace analysis. He is the author of over 160 papers and a recently published monograph entitled "Enrichment Techniques for Inorganic Trace Analysis." He is a past recipient of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry Award and a former vice-president of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry. Since 1971, he has been a member of the IUPAC Commission on Microchemical Techniques and Trace Analysis. Melvin W. Redmond, Jr., is a senior vice-president with the PerkinElmer Corporation in Norwalk, Conn. He earned his BS degree in mechanical engineering from Clarkson College of Technology in 1956. He spent two years at the Army Chemical Center in Edgewood, Md., and joined PerkinElmer in 1960 as a project engineer in the Instrument Division, where he developed analytical instruments. In addition to instrumentation, his interests are in computer-aided chemistry. He held management positions in research and development, marketing, and operations prior to assuming his present position as the senior group executive for the Instrument Group.
Martin A. Rudat is a research chemist in the Pioneering Research Laboratory of Du Pont's Textile Fibers Department in Wilmington, Del. He received his BS degree from Harvey Mudd College in 1974 and his MS and PhD degrees from Cornell University in 1976 and 1978, respectively. He then joined the staff at Du Pont and in 1983 assumed his present position in the Textile Fibers Department. His research interests are in mass spectrometry, including secondary ion mass spectrometry and other surface analytical techniques, ion-molecule reaction chemistry, radical-molecule reactions and their analytical utility, ionization mechanisms, the development of new instruments and techniques, and more recently the application of mass spectrometry to life sciences problems and fiber polymers.
purchase of scientific equipment, audiovisual and other teaching aids, and/or library materials. To be eligible for an award, a school must have an enrollment of not more than 2500 students and receive less than 25% of its operating budget from national or state governments. Twoyear community colleges sponsored by political subdivisions of a state are not bound by these requirements. Previous awardees are ineligible for a threeyear period following their award. Any interested faculty member may participate by requesting an application form from: Raymond P. Bacco, United States Steel Technical Center, Monroeville, Pa. 15146. Deadline for return of application forms and proposals is April 7,1984.
Charles L. Wilkins received his BS degree in 1961 from Chapman College and his PhD degree in 1966 from the University of Oregon. He joined the faculty of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1967 and in 1981 moved to the University of California, Riverside, where he is now professor of chemistry and chairman of the department. Wilkins's research interests are in the area of computer-assisted analysis, including Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, and mass spectrometry. His recent studies have focused on instrumentation for organic mixture analysis using hyphenated techniques and on development of Fourier transform mass spectrometry for analysis of molecules with masses in the range of 10 00020 000 amu. Wilkins is the coauthor of two books on computer applications in chemistry and is coeditor of two other books on the same topic. During 1980 he was chairman of the ACS Computers in Chemistry Division and since 1978 has served on the advisory board of the Midwest Center for Mass Spectrometry.
Improved productivity through better laboratory management was the theme of the fourth annual conference of the Analytical Laboratory Manager's Association (ALMA), held in October at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. The meeting was cohosted by Purdue University faculty members Jonathan Amy and William Baitinger. ALMA consists of academic, industrial, and government analytical laboratory managers who gather each year to discuss problems and share solutions common to the operation of both large and small analytical laboratories. Among the topics discussed at the meeting were factors to be considered in instrumentation purchasing decisions, the high costs of laboratory operation, the need to improve productivity, the current trend toward centralization and pooling of expensive instruments, and interfacing existing equipment to laboratory information management systems. The next ALMA conference will be held in October 1984. Thomas Erickson, analytical laboratory director for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, is chairman of ALMA for the current year. For information about ALMA, contact Jane Sprouse, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024.
Applications Sought for Pittsburgh Conference College Grants The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Inc., the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, and the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh will once again sponsor the Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants Award Program. Six colleges will be selected to receive $2500 awards to be used for teaching science at the undergraduate level, i.e., for
ALMA Meeting Held at Purdue
Gehrke Named AOAC President for 1984 Charles W. Gehrke has been named 1984 president of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). Gehrke is currently professor of biochemistry and manager of the Experiment Station Chemical Laboratories
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News at the University of Missouri, Co lumbia. Gehrke received his PhD degree from Ohio State University and joined the faculty at the University of Mis souri in 1949. His research interests include development of gas and liquid chromatographic methods for deter mination of amino acids, purines, pyrimidines, nucleosides, fatty acids, and biological markers in cancer; charac terization of proteins; and automated analytical methods for nitrogen, phos phorus, and potassium in fertilizers. Gehrke is the author of over 200 pub lications and is the recipient of a num ber of awards, including the 1971 AOAC Wiley Award and the 1980 Chromatography Memorial Medal from the Scientific Council on Chro matography of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences.
Call for Papers 26th Rocky Mountain Conference Denver, Colo. Aug. 5-9. General pa pers and poster sessions in all areas of chemistry are planned along with the following specific symposia: applica tions of chromatography to biology, medicine, and biotechnology; atomic spectroscopy; chromatography; com puter applications; electrochemistry; environmental; EPR; IR and fluores cence spectroscopy; ion chromatogra phy; mass spectroscopy; NMR; and surface analysis. Abstracts of no more than 200 words must be submitted on a Rocky Mountain Conference or standard ACS abstract form before March 14. To obtain the forms and for additional information contact Jan Gurnsey, 5531 Bitterbush Way, Loveland, Colo. 80537; 303-669-9216. Symposium on FT-IR Character ization of Polymers Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 26-31. The symposium, organized by the ACS Di vision of Polymer Chemistry, will be held at the 1984 ACS fall national meeting in Philadelphia. Emphasis will be on polymer characterization by sophisticated and unconventional FT-IR techniques that use the unique capabilities of FT-IR instruments. Tentative session topics include re flection spectroscopies, software-dom inated spectroscopies, separation techniques/FT-IR combination, emis sion spectroscopy, photoacoustic spec troscopy, microsampling spectroscopy, and general techniques. For more in formation on abstract length and for mat, contact Hatsuo Ishida, Depart ment of Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleve
land, Ohio 44106; 216-368-4285. Dead line for receipt of abstracts is April 15. 9th National Conference on Spectrochemical Excitation and Analysis Edgartown, Mass. Sept. 4-7. Papers describing practical applications in the field of atomic spectroscopy are solicited. Authors should submit a brief containing the proposed title, au thor's name and address, and about 50 words describing the content of the paper by Feb. 1 to Hank Griffin, Texas Instruments Inc., 34 Forest St., MS 10-16, Attleboro, Mass. 02703; 617-699-3037. Abstracts for accepted papers are due June 1. 11th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 16-21. The scope of the meeting will encompass all phases of analytical chemistry, ap plied spectroscopy, chromatographic methods, and allied techniques of in strumental analysis. Prospective au thors must submit a title, current ad dress, and telephone number by March 30 to Patricia Roush, PerkinElmer, M/S 903, 901 Ethan Allen
Highway, Ridgefield, Conn. 06877; 203-797-9481. After receipt of titles, authors will be asked to submit a 250word abstract by June 15.
Meetings • Symposium/Workshop on LowDispersion Liquid Chromatogra phy. Jan. 19-20. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: R. W. Frei, Free University, Department of Ana lytical Chemistry, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Nether lands • Symposium on Sample Prepara tion and Isolation Using Bonded Silicas. Jan. 23-24. Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: Lane S. Yago, Analytichem International, Inc., 24201 Frampton Ave., Harbor City, Calif. 90710; 213539-6490 • 1984 Winter Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry. Jan. 23-28. Santa Barbara, Calif. Con tact: Alexander M. Cruickshank, Gor don Research Conferences, Universi ty of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881; 401-783-4011 • 31st Annual Conference of the Western Spectroscopy Association.
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