Okla.... Steve Maskas promoted to product manager, Southwest Chemical & Plastics, Houston . . . Ross R. Mayfield joins Koch Chemical, Houston, as Gulf Coast petrochemical marketing manager. Jerry McCleskey appointed v.p., planning and development, Conoco Chemicals, Houston .. .Margaret H. Mclntyre named sales representative, Ferro Corp.'s thermoplastics colors and compounds division, Cleveland . . . Charles F. Michaud appointed district manager for the West Coast, Rohm & Haas, Philadelphia . . . Chris J. Mocek named director of product management, surfactant product group, organics division, Witco Chemical, Houston . . . Thomas A. Moore II named product manager, surfactants, organic chemicals division, Richardson Co., Des Plaines, 111.... Joan A. Murphy promoted to associate (chemistry), products research and technical service division, Mobil, Paulsboro, N.J. Dennis V. Neigel promoted to project supervisor, process development, Plainfield, N.J. facility of National Starch & Chemical, Bridgewater, N.J Raymond F. Noll promoted to R&D associate, B. F. Goodrich chemical group, Avon Lake, Ohio . . . D. C. Nuechterlein appointed director of planning, Dow Chemical U.S.A., Midland, Mich. Manmohan S. Pathak appointed manager of project control, process plants division, Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., Livingston, N . J . . . . Joseph S. Pecorino promoted to production and control supervisor, P.A. department, ICI Americas' Atlas Point plant, Wilmington, Del.... Lee V. Phillips named assistant director, Stauffer Chemical's western research centers, Richmond and Mt. View, Calif.... J. David Porthouse promoted to corporate v.p., Carboline Co., St. Louis . . . James A. Poston appointed director of market development for olefin derivatives, Gulf Oil Chemicals, Houston . . . K. L. Pratt joins air correction division of UOP Inc., Darien, Conn., as director of operations... Eldon P. Priestley named senior staff chemist, Exxon Research & Engineering, Linden, N.J. J. D. Rex named market manager, construction coatings, DeSoto Inc., Des Plaines, 111.... Avigdor M. Ronn appointed v.p. and general manager, LIC Industries, Suffern, N.Y. James Saunders promoted to v.p. for research, plastics and additives division, CibaGeigy, Ardsley, N.Y.... Donald H. Schmude appointed assistant to the senior v.p., Texaco, Harrison, N.Y Alan Schoffman appointed assistant v.p., U.S. Testing Co., Hoboken, N . J . . . . Robert G. Shields promoted to marketing manager, pharmaceuticals, Penick Corp., Lyndhurst, N.J Ronald L. Skarbek appointed staff coordinator, Texaco's alternate energy division, Harrison, N.J. Donna Dodd Smith appointed pigments division sales representative, Sun Chemical, Cincinnati . . . Thom H. Smith appointed product supervisor, polymers, resins, and monomers, Rohm & Haas, Philadelphia . . . Louis E. Stahl, v.p. and chairman of the chemical division, Beatrice Foods, Chicago, retiring after 43 years of service . . . Graham B. Stiles joins Merichem Co., Houston, as development manager, process technology division . . . Fred C. Stroehlein appointed technical service and development representative, Emery's business groups, Cincinnati... Rodolphe Szymanek named v.p. and assistant general manager of Trans Energy Systems, Bellevue, Wash. L. Paul Teague appointed assistant to senior v.p., Texaco, Harrison, N.Y.... Hubert E. Terry named manager of customer services, Southwest Chemical Services, Houston . . . David Thompson named production manager, Sun Chemical, Cincinnati... David W. Troast elected corporate group v.p., Airco Inc., Montvale, N.J. John Vandeberg named director, polymer development, DeSoto Inc., Des Plaines, 111.... David H. Vowell appointed technical sales 42
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representative, catalytic products, Norton Co.'s chemical process product division, Houston. Roger K. Wasserburger promoted to marketing manager, controlled substances, Penick Corp., Lyndhurst, N.J.
Awards Wolf Foundation Prizes
Education Ronald L. Marhenke promoted to full professor, department of chemistry, California State University, Fresno... Tom Maricich granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of chemistry, California State University, Long Beach... Thomas R. Marrero appointed associate professor of chemical engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, for academic year 1979-80... Linda Marshall appointed assistant professor of chemistry, California State University, Long Beach... Glenn J. McGarvey appointed assistant professor of chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville... Anthony J. McHugh appointed associate professor of chemical engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana. Mario Onyszchuk named chairman, department of chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada. Gilbert E. Pacey joins Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, as assistant professor, chemistry department... Ronald D. Parks joins Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn, as professor of physics and chemistry.and as director of newly-established surface science center... A. J. Parlagreco promoted to professor, department of chemistry, St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y Edward Paul named acting dean, natural sciences and mathematics, Stockton State College, Pomona, N.J. Reeves B. Perry promoted to full professor, department of chemistry, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos... Patricia A. Pleban joins Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., as instructor, department of chemical sciences... Spencer K. Porter promoted to associate professor and head of chemistry, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio... Gary L. Powell promoted to full professor, department of biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. Christopher A. Reed promoted to associate professor of chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles... Walter Rudzinski joins Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, as assistant professor, department of chemistry. Bryan C. Sanctuary promoted to associate professor, department of chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada... Edward M. Schulman promoted to associate professor of chemistry, State University College, Buffalo, N.Y Alan G. Shaver promoted to associate professor, department of chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada... David A. Shirley, head of chemistry department for 17 years at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, retiring. William H. Tamblyn joins department of chemistry, Hope College, Holland, Mich., as research associate... Joe D. Toney promoted to full professor, department of chemistry, California State University, Fresno... William Torop, professor of chemistry, elected faculty coordinator, arts and sciences, West Chester State College, West Chester, Pa. John D. Van Norman joins Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., as professor and chairman, department of chemical sciences. Ruth A. Walker, professor of chemistry, appointed associate dean of health professions, Lehman College, Bronx, N.Y Donald H. Williams appointed chairman, department of chemistry, Hope College, Holland, Mich.... Kathryn R. William joins chemistry department staff as associate in chemistry; Richard A. Yost joins chemistry department as assistant professor; University of Florida, Gainesville.
Herman F. Mark, emeritus dean and professor at Polytechnic Institute of New York; has received the Wolf Foundation Prize in Chemistry at ceremonies last month before the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem. The award was given to Mark for his contributions to understanding the structure and behavior of natural and synthetic polymers. The Wolf Foundation, established in 1976 in Israel to represent members of the Wolf family around the world, gives $100,000 prizes in the fields of agriculture, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and medicine. Before joining Polytechnic in 1940 as professor of organic chemistry, Mark worked in Austria and Germany, where he headed a team that did the original work on elucidating the nature of polymers. Mark's principal research has been on x-rays and electrons for the study of the structure of matter; on the synthesis, characterization, reactions and properties of natural and synthetic polymers, such as cellulose, rubber, proteins, starch; and all types of synthetic products. He has published more than 500 original and review articles and has written some 20 books on various topics related to polymer chemistry. Mark is the only 1979 recipient to receive the whole prize in his field. The other recipients are: Agriculture, Jay L. Lush, Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University, and Sir Kenneth Blaxter, Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland; mathematics, Jean Leray, professor emeritus, College de France, Paris, and André Weil, professor emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; physics, George Uhlenbeck, Rockefeller University, and Guiseppe Occhialini, University of Milan; and medicine, Roger W. Sperry, California Institute of Technology, Arvid Carlsson, Gothenburg University, f and Oleh Hornykiewicz, University of Vienna. Horia Metiu, assistant professor of chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, is the first recipient of the Exxon Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry. The $5000 unrestricted fellowship is sponsored by Exxon and administered by the Solid State Chemistry Subdivision of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry. Metiu's research has centered on the interaction of atoms and molecules with solid surfaces. Paul W. Morgan, retired Du Pont Co. chemist, will receive the 15th annual Thomas Midgley Medal of the ACS Detroit Section on Oct. 16. The medal honors Morgan for his development of Kevlar aramid fibers for use in the automotive industry.
