NEWS Division of Analytical Chemistry Awards Richard A. Keller, Robert S. Houk, Keith B. Oldham, and John P. Walters are this year's winners of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry awards. The honorées will receive their awards at the fall 1993 ACS national meeting in Chicago. Brief biographical sketches of the awardees follow. Richard A. Keller of Los Alamos National Laboratory will receive the Award in Spectrochemical Analysis, sponsored by Perkin Elmer. Keller received his B.S. degree from Allegheny College (PA) in 1956 and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California-Berkeley in 1961. Before joining the staff at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976, Keller was an assistant professor at the University of Oregon (1959-63) and a staff member at the National Bureau of Standards (1963-76). Keller's research concentrates on the development and characterization of laser-based techniques for the detection of trace species, including intracavity absorption, optogalvanic spectroscopy, flame-enhanced ionization, photon-burst MS, and single-molecule detection in solution. Robert S. Houk, professor of chemistry at Iowa State University, will be honored with the Award in Chemical Instrumentation, sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company Foundation. Houk received his B.S. degree in secondary education from Slippery Rock State College (PA) in 1974 and his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Iowa State University in 1980. He carried out postdoctoral research at Ames Laboratory-U.S. Department of Energy from 1975 to 1980, and in 1981 he assumed a joint position as assistant professor at Iowa State University and associate chemist at Ames Laboratory. He was promoted to associate professor in 1987. Houk received the Lester W. Strock Medal and the Maurice F. Hasler Award. His research interests include ionization principles and methods for MS, applications and diagnostics for ICPMS, trace elemental isotopic and organic analysis, and high-vacuum technology. Keith B. Oldham of Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) will receive the Award in Electrochemistry, sponsored by EG&G Princeton Applied Research. Oldham received his B.S. degree, Ph.D. in physical chemistry, and D.Sc. degree from the University of Manchester in 1949, 1952, and 1970, respectively. Oldham has researched and taught at many institutions, including the University of Illinois-Urbana, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Im-
perial College (University of London), University of Newcastle, and the California Institute of Technology. He joined the staff at Trent University in 1970. Oldham's research interests include transport processes, practical and theoretical aspects of electrochemistry, applied mathematics, properties of functions, and fractional calculus. J o h n P. Walters of St. Olaf College (MN) will receive the Award for Excellence in Teaching, cosponsored by the Division of Analytical Chemistry and DuPont. He received his B.S. degree in 1960 from Purdue University and his Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of Illinois-Urbana. After a one-year research associateship in spectroscopy at Urbana, Walters joined the staff at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. In 1982 he joined the faculty of St. Olaf, where he teaches full time. Walters' research interests include time-resolved emission spectroscopy, mechanisms of spectroscopic discharges, spectrochemical methods and instrumentation, and computers and laboratory information management. His awards include the ACS Award in Chemical Instrumentation, the Meggers Award, and the Lester W. Strock Medal.
Nominations for Lippincott Award Nominations are requested for the 1994 Ellis Lippincott Award, which honors a researcher for significant contributions and notable achievements that have influenced scientists in the field of vibrational spectroscopy. The award, sponsored by the Coblentz Society with additional support from the Optical Society of America and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, is given annually at an appropriate scientific meeting. The winner receives a medal and a travel allowance. Documents should include sufficient background information to justify the nominations. Files on Lippincott Award nominees are kept active for three years, after which time the candidate must be renominated. For more information, contact Jarus Quinn, Optical Society of America, 2020 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036 (202-416-1400). Deadline is Oct. 1.
For Your Information The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has begun publishing a newsletter entitled "ASTM Standards International." The free newsletter will provide information on the standards development activities of the society's 131 technical committees, cooperative efforts with other international standards development organizations, environmental issues of international concern, and ASTM publications as well as announcements of meetings and courses. The first issue will be published in early June. For further information, contact Ellen McGlinchey, ASTM, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215-299-5400; fax 215-977-9679). ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, VOL. 65, NO. 11, JUNE 1, 1993 · 523 A
