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Four Score and Ten On behalf of the analytical chemistry community it gives me the greatest pleasure to wish Professor Izaak Maurits Kolthoff a very happy 90th birthday. The long career of Piet Kolthoff, as he is fondly known to his colleagues, has had a lasting impact on the development of analytical chemistry as a science. What is more, after a 68-year career, he is still active as a researcher, author$and reviewer. We are indebted to Professors H. A. Laitinen and E. J. Meehan for their informative REPORT in this issue on Professor Kolthoff‘s long and illustrious career and his many contributions to our profession. On this happy occasion it is appropriate to recall Professor Kolthoff‘s thoughts on the status of modern analytical chemistry. He places the beginning of analytical chemistry as a science toward the end of the first quarter of this century. He further observes that “Analytical chemists have become fully conscious of the fact that for the further growth and expansion of their profession they have to remain up to date with the discoveries and new theories by other classes of chemists and of physicists, and have to consider their significance and applicability to analytical chemistry.” He also notes that many of our new techniques originate with physical chemists and physicists, but that analytical chemists play an important role in their further development. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Professor Kolthoff for all he has done to advance our profession and for the profound influence he has had on those fortunate enough to know him. He has done much to further the careers of younger scientists. A recent example is his donation of a $2500 honorarium he received to the Charles N. Reilley Memorial Fund a t the University of North Carolina. This honorarium was awarded to Professor Kolthoff in 1983 as the first recipient of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award for Excellence in Teaching. To celebrate his birthday on Feb. 11, his many friends and former students will get together for a dinner and reception at the University of Minnesota. Happy birthday, Piet.
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