JLurity and uniformity, s o v i t a l i n w o r k of a n e x a c t i n g n a t u r e , a r e t h e b a s i s of t h e s p e c i f i c a t i o n s for Eastman Organic Chem icals. C o n t r o l of e s s e n t i a l p r o p e r t i e s is a t t a i n e d b y l a b o r a t o r y p r o d u c t i o n , a n d b y a c t u a l t e s t i n g of e a c h i n d i v i d u a l b a t c h . T h e more than 3400 compounds available comprise t h e w o r l d ' s l a r g e s t g r o u p of o r g a n i c c h e m i c a l s for r e search, analysis, and education. . . . E a s t m a n K o d a k C o m p a n y , Chemical Sales Division, Rochester, Ν . Υ.
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to Philadelphia, and i n 1940 was ap pointed chemical director. Claire H. Jeglum has been appointed assistant to the chemical director, Harry L. Bolton assistant chemical manager of quality con trol, and Alfred H . McKinney chemical engineer.
J O H N TOOHY, E. R. Squibb & Sons' sales director, and a former chairman of t h e Drug, Chemical & Allied Trades Section of the Ν . Υ . Board of Trade, has been granted leave of absence to become ΟΡΑ associate price executive in charge of drugs and fine chemicals, cosmetics, soaps, glycerin and waxes. Charles S. Munson, Air Reduction presi dent, is a trustee of Consolidated Edi son of N e w York. Vice-Chairman William L. Batt of W P B will again direct the require ments committee despite strenuous opposition from the Army and Navy. . . F. Howard Braithwaite has been elected vice president of Crown Can and will be in charge of sales John M. Davies, in the B. F . Goodrich research division since '26, has been named Director of Physical Research Carl C. Con way, board chairman of Continental Can has been elected president to suc ceed the late J. F . Hartlieb. Sidney J. Steele, formerly executive vice presi dent, has beeiî elected vice chairman of the board, a newly created position. . . John M. Hawkins has been elected vice president of American Ferment suc-
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ceeding J. H . Cummings who has r e tired. George Van Gorder has been elected firet vice president of McKesson & Robbins. He also is president of the National Wholesale Druggists Association Dr. Henry C. Sherman, Columbia professor of chemistry, will head newBureau of Human Nutrition and H o m e Economics of the Dept. of Agriculture After being chief of t h e former Bureau of Home Economics since 1923, Dr. Louise Stanley, under the new o r ganization within t h e Agricultural R e search Administration, now becomes special assistant t o Dr. Eugene C . Auchter, Research Administrator of t h e Agricultural Department. Henry W . Doyle, formerly with OwensIllinois Glass, has been appointed assistant t o John D. Biggers, president o f Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Liquid Carbonic has announced election o f A. F. Wall a n d Horace C. Wright as newdirectors. Mr. Wall is general manager of the company's oxyacetylene activities operated as the Wall Chemicals Division Edwin R. Hoag, president of Ditzler Color has retired after 30 vears of service.
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