FATHERS AND SONS IN CHEMISTRY Three Wilsons—Two Chemists and a Prospect Arthur John Wilson was born in Elba Center, Ill., May 22, 1884. He was graduated from the Knox ville, Ill., High School in June, 1900. Later he entered Knox College at Galesburg, Ill. The fall of 1904 found him registered at A. and M. College in Raleigh, N. C , where he received the B.S. degree in 1907. He was elected instructor in chemistry for the year 1907-08. While acting as instructor, he continued his studies in chemistry, and was awarded the M.S. degree in June, 1908. During his student days he took a prominent part in the athletic and social activities of the college. He was an outstanding football player, along with his brother, Harlan R. Wilson, now of San Diego, Calif. With all his duties as instructor, and the athletic requirements, he found time to take part in the social life of the city. Here he met Miss Elsie Stockard, whom he married in June, 1910. The Stockard family played a very important part in the development of North Carolina in the early colonial days. After receiving the M.S. degree, Professor Wilson entered Cornell University, where he completed the requirements for the Ph.D. degree, which was conferred in June, 1911. He was assistant in analytical chemistry and spectrographic analysis. Dr. Wilson was elected professor of chemistry and head of the department at Lombard College, Galesburg, 111., where he remained for 1 year. In the fall of 1912, he went to the University of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tenn., as head of the Department of Chemistry for the next 6 years. Dr. Wilson reorganised the department and added a number of new courses. When he left Chattanooga, hie department was one of the most active and outstanding in the university. He returned to the Middle West in September, 1918, as hear} of the Chemistry Department at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. While at Wabash College he took a very active part in the affairs of college and city, and was elected a member of the Rotary Club. In the fall of 1924, Dr. Wilson returned to his Alma Mater, which is now a part of the Greater University of North Carolina, *s professor of analytical chemistry. He
became head of the Chemistry Department in 1928. Dr. Wilson has taken a leading part in the life of the college, serving OÎÎ many important committees. He was chairman of the Athletic Committee for a number of years, and president of the General Alumni Association in 1926. While devoted to a career of teaching, in which he is always noted by his students for his patience, interest, and clearness of expression in the classroom, the administrative duties have taken a greater part of his time. The department has grown from 400 students in chemistry in 1924 to 1240 in 1940. The new Chemistry Building, Withers Hall, was dedicated in March, 1940 The responsibility of planning the building was on Dr. Wilson's shoulders. He visited a number of new chemistry buildings in the East and North to get ideas for the building. Many of the modern innovations and improvements are due to his foresight; He is an active member of the local hunting and fishing clubs. Perhaps his most cherished relaxation is hunting and fishing. Dr. Wilson is a member of the AMERICAN* CBBMICAL SOCIETY, North Carolina Academy of Science, Gamma Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Epsilon, Sigma Xi, and North Carolina State College Faculty Club, and a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists. He has one daughter, Sidney Ann, a junior at Peace College. Arthur John Wilson, Jr., better known as Jack, was born January 15, 1913, at Chattanooga, Tenn. He received his early training in the public schools of Raleigh, where he graduated from the Needham Broughton High School in June, 1929. Jack entered North Carolina State College in the fall of 1929. He completed the requirements for the B.S. degree in 1933, and the following year was awarded the M.S. degree. Jack was an assistant in chemistry at North Carolina State College for 1933-34. He accepted a position with E. I. du Pont de Nemours et Co., Inc., November 1, 1934, and was sent to the Old Hickory Plant, Old Hickory, Tenn., where he is at present. His ad-
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vance into more responsible positions with this company has been very rapid. He was married to his childhood sweetheart, Julia Lund y of Rileigh, November, 1934. They have one child, Arthur John Wilson, III.
Charles Goodyear Lecture T H E Charles Goodyear Lecture mas founded during the Boston meeting by the Division of Rubber Chemistry of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY in
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memoration of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the vulcanisation of rubber by Charles Goodyear. The lecture may be given annually, before one of the regular meetings of the division, for the purpose of stimulating interest in fundamental research on rubber and recognizing those who have made outstanding contributions to the science of rubber or related subjects. Nominations may be sent by any member of the division and must be in the hands of the Secretary» H. I. Cramer, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, before November 15. The statement setting forth the qualifications of the nominee, with specific reference to the research on which the nomination is based, should be in the form of seven copies for distribution to the members of the standing Lecture Committee.
Chicago Section Elects Officers T H E Chicago Section of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCÎETY elected the follow-
ing officers for a one-year term commencing July 1: Chairman, W. F. Henderson; First Vice Chairman, H. R. Smith; Second Vice Chairman, Vanderveer Voorhees; Secretary, James J. Doheny ; Treasurer, Ralph Η. Μanley; Directors (twoyear term), Ward V. Evans, Β. Β. Freud, L. M. Henderson, R. C. Newton, T. Hunton Rogers. Lieut CoL Achillea EL Pugh, president of the A. H. Pugh Printing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, has been promoted to colonel in the Ordnance Department, Officers' Reserve Corps.
