W a y n e W. Hilty named manager of analytical department of E h Lilly & Co., succeeding E d w a r d J. H u g h e s , retired.
PEOPLE Herty Medalist Mahlon Padgett Etheredge, profes sor a n d h e a d of the department of chemistry and chemical engineer ing at Mississippi State College since 1945, and since 1951 dean of the school of science, has been chosen to receive the Herty Medal for 1956, which is adminis tered by the Georgia Section of the ACS for the Chemistry Club of the Georgia State College for Women. The medal is given to recognize the work and service of outstanding chemists who have contributed to t h e field of chemistry in the South. It was founded in honor of Charles H . Herty, who pioneered the development of the paper industry in Georgia. Etheredge has been active a n d in fluential in educational affairs in the Southeast and has served in important offices of the Southern Association of Science and Industry and other organizations.
•INDUSTRY Richard L. Angerer joins D o w Chem ical, Midland.
Alfred S. DeMartini joins products research division of Esso Research & Engineering. W . P. Dooley transfers from South Charleston to Wallingford, Pa., as prod uct technical supervisor, Viscose staple, American Viscose C o r p . H. E. Eschinazi joins Givaudan Corp., Delawanna, N . J., as a research chemist.
E . Ray Hooser joins Goodrich re search center, Brecksville, Ohio. H e n r y J. Hugos from General Ani line & Film becomes research chemist at Olin Madiieson Chemical. H a r r y Isacoff joins customer service division of van Arneringen-Haebler, Inc.
Jerry W . G o r m a n , released from ac tive duty with the Navy, returns to former position with process a n d prod uct development division of Republic Steel, Cleveland.
R. W . Jones, cliernical engineer with» Monsanto's plastics division at Spring field, Mass., and Melvin E. Tuvell, r e search chemist with inorganic chemi cals division at Everett, to h a v e leaves of absence to study for the next aca demic year at universities of their choice.
T. F. Grady transfers from Chicago to Denver as technical representative for Carbide & Carbon Chemicals.
Herbert Kay named manager in cata lyst development for Climax Molyb denum, New York.
Howard C. Greer named vp-finance and Arthur W. L u c a s , treasurer of Chemstrand Corp.
F r a n k W . Keeller from T i d e Water Associated Oil retires after 40 years of service. H e has been assistant general superintendent of the Eayonne refinery. H e will become vp with Bayonne In dustries.
Thomas H . H a y from Ringwood Chemical Corp. joins Glenn L. Martin Co., Baltimore, as senior engineering chemist.
George E . Kimball, chemical physi cist a n d pioneer in operations research,, joins staff of Arthur D . Little as science adviser.
E. M. Hicks, Jr., transfers t o Wil mington as assistant technical service manager, textile fibers department of D u Pont. From rayon plant in Rich mond.
Otto J. Klingenmaier joins Kersman Equipment Co., Muskegon, Mich.
William E . Hill, Jr., named opera tions supervisor at t h e n e w E t h y l plant in Corunna, Ont.
Alexander G. Eoos joins plastics di vision of Celanese Corp.'s sales de velopment department.
William H. Anthony resigns from research department of Lever Brothers to joint National Cash Register Co. of Dayton, Ohio, as a senior research chemist in fundamental research. Richard Inc., now velopment clear Co.,
W . Blake from Research, chemist in research a n d de lab of Union Carbide Nu Rifle, Colo.
Leon Bleich joins petroleum devel opment division staff of Esso Research & Engineering. Thomas W. Clapper appointed asso ciate director of research for American Potash & Chemical Corp. H e n r y S. Curtis named manager of Henderson, Nev., plant of American Potash & Chemical. Charles T . Davis joins Phillips Petro leum, Bartlesville as a chemist in the rubber branch. From Continental Oil. Eugene R. Dehmel joins staff of Tonawanda labs of Linde Air Products.
φ Joyce Walker Receives Mortimer Award Joyce Walker of E u r e k a Williams Co., Bloomington, 111., recent graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, receives the Fifth Mortimer Award, a n ACS membership a n d a subscription to t h e JACS, from Wayne W a n t l a n d , h e a d of I W science department. Right, Bernard Ryder, professor of chemistry. APRIL
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from Food Machinery & Chemical, and Paul H. Dutch from U. S. Testing Labs.
Earle L. Kropscott promoted to staff manager of molding materials for Dow Chemical's plastics department.
Edmund A. J. Mroz appointed north east sales and service engineer for the Carboline Co., St. Louis.
Dean J. Kutchera of Rayonier, Inc., sales, goes to Osaka, Japan, to become assistant Far East representative for the company.
Lawrence B. Nelson joins SoconyMobil Laboratories, Brooklyn, Ν. Υ.
Joseph Lanigan joins Cerro de Pasco Corp., La Oroya, Peru. Steven Levinos joins Ansco division of General Aniline & Film Corp. as manager of market development.
Arnold C. Ott joins Pedlow-Nease Chemical Co., Lock Haven, Pa., as vp-research and development. From Upjohn Co.
Anfir Libackyj joins analytical group of American Viscose Corp/s research and development division at Marcus Hook, Pa., as a chemist.
Stephen W. Pease leaves General Electric to become head of electrical papers section of Crocker, Burbank & Co., Fitchburg, Mass.
Harry W. McNey appointed direc tor of sales for Lederle Laboratories.
Claude C. Peavy, vp-engineering and sales at Houdry Process, receives a gold service pin on 10th anniversary with the corporation.
Herbert F. McShane, Jr., advanced from research chemist to research su pervisor at Jackson laboratory of Du Pont. The following have been added to the chemical engineering and chemistry research staffs at the Fluor Corp.: Loren Miller from Du Pont, Robert C. Oliver from Union Oil, Donat B. Brice
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Jo Ann Peters becomes biochemist in research laboratory of Scott & White Clinic of Scott, Sherwood, and Brindley Foundation, Temple, Tex. James P . Phelps completes require ments for Ph.D. at Michigan State and is now with nuclear reactor group at Glenn L. Martin Co.
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PEOPLE Wiley J . Pickett a n d Arnold E . Blitz a d d e d t o technical sales staff of Pennsalt. E d w i n J. Pinigis becomes technical supervisor of southern division of P e n n salt of Washington, operating in B r y a n , Tex. H e r b e r t Ravitz n a m e d chemist in p r o d u c t development, resin section at D o w Corning, Midland. Gerald Reed n a m e d research of Red Star Products Co., Milwaukee.
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William J. R e z a c of U C L A b e c o m e s p a t e n t chemist with Langner, P a r r y , C a r d and Langner, international p a t e n t solicitors, N e w York. George A. Rich ter, s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of wood cellulose development at Kodak Park works of Eastman K o d a k , retires from t h e company. George A. Roberts, vp-technology, elected t o t h e b o a r d of V a n a d i u m Alloys Steel. Robert L. Rorschach resigns from D e e r e ex Co. t o join W a r r e n P e t r o l e u m Corp., Tulsa, as a process engineer. O. W . Schnetzler appointed assistant plant manager a n d D . H . L a w l e y manager of personnel relations a t t h e n e w high pressure acetylene p r o d u c t s p l a n t of General Aniline & Film, Calvert City, Ky. Carl T- Schrock joins Nestle C o . , Fulton, Ν . Υ., as analytical chemist. Granville H . Shirley joins plastics division of Diamond Alkali, Painesville, Ohio, as technical serviceman. John W\ Slaton n a m e d development representative in t h e product d e v e l o p m e n t department, chemicals division of Atlas Powder. F r a n k S. Black will h e a d the agricultural chemical project.
AIC Scroll Awarded H. F . Wakefield, manager of indus trial products division, new product development de partment at Bakélite Co., has been chosen to receive the 1956 Honor Scroll of the NewJersey chapter, American Institute of Chemists. He will b e honored for "his professional activities as shown by his quiet devotion t o helping and inspiring individual scientists throughout the chemical industry; for personal contributions to development and utilization of plastics; a n d for his unselfish participation and leadership in local and national organizations working in t h e interests of science."
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Robert W . Squibb n a m e d works metallurgist for Zanesville, Ohio, works of Armco Steel Corp. E u g e n e Stuve joins staff of Detroit transmission division of General Motors as a chemist. William L. Tefft transfers from the research lab of Union Carbide & Carbon at Tonawanda to the position of Pacific region m a n a g e r of market development for the silicones division in Los Angeles. Harry G. Thielke joins D u Pont's pioneering research division, Wilmington. George Thirtle joins chemical research lab of Bausch & Lonib Optical, Rochester. J o h n W . Thomas, D o w Corning technical sales representative in Chicago, becomes assistant manager in
Bleinircger Award to Watts Arthur S. W a t t s , (left) professor and chairman of t h e department of ceramic engineering at Ohio State until his retirement in 1946, receives the Albert Victor Bleininger Memorial A w a r d at the Pittsburgh section meeting of t h e American Ceramic Society. Right, J. A. Reising, section chairman.
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Albert Tockman joins Davison Chem ical, Baltimore, as a chemist in the research department. The following have joined the re search division of Goodyear Tire & Rubber: Gordon S. Trick, Emanuel Schoenberg, Frank Stefan, Elma Maxson Charlton, and Nan JonesFrank R. Ward from Westinghouse Electric joins New York office of Babcock & Wilcox as special assistant to the management of the atomic energy division.
You want hardness and strength in unfired *tile — to decrease breakage; to insure sharper, more uniform edges; to cut down rejects. As little as 0.25% of POLYFON Τ or POLYFON Ο will do thé job in ceramics made by t h e dry press process. Whether you use a dry press process or extrusion, POLYFON Τ or POLYFON Ο will help give uniformity and greater strength with reduced water requirements. And the reduced number of rejects plus the greater production rate obtainable will generally more than pay the cost of the POLYFON — a sulfonated derivative of pine wood lignin. Write for samples and technical bulletin 3 0 1 .
Henry Wendt, Jr., appointed v p and general manager of Davis & Geek. Has been director of sales for Lederle Laboratories.
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Van Zandt Willams, a vp of PerkinElmer Corp., named general manager of t h e company"s newly formed instru ment division. Stephen Zielinski, group leader in chemical department of Parke-Davis, receives an award of $1539 from the company for his suggestion which increased the yield of t h e broadspectrum antibiotic, Chloromycetin Palmitate.
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PEOPLE M e i b o h m , associate professor of chem istry at Valparaiso University, will join Northwestern's d e p a r t m e n t of chem istry this s u m m e r as research fellows.
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Molly Gleiser n o w research associate in chemistiy at Ohio State University. Frances Greef, assistant professor of chemistry at Carleton College, receives a p p o i n t m e n t as a research fellow at N o r t h w e s t e r n for the coming summer. Gordon M c L e o d Harris, professor of chemistry a t the University of Buffalo, has been appointed chairman of t h e de partment of chem istry. H e succeeds Henry M . Woodburn, department chairman since 1945, who will continue as dean of the graduate G . M . Harris school of arts and sciences and will devote m o r e time to teaching and research. P a u l R. Jones, recent Ph.D. from Illinois,, joins chemistry faculty of Uni versity of N e w Hampshire.
"PERDOX" Chases the Coffee Culprit from Plastic Ware I n c r e a s e d u s e of p l a s t i c w a r e i n homes a n d restaurants has intensi fied t h e s e a r c h for a n effective c l e a n e r — o n e t h a t will r e m o v e s t u b b o r n stains without d a m a g e to the plas tic surface. D u P o n t h a s t h e a n s w e r t o this p r o b l e m in t h e f o r m of " P e r d o x " sodium borate perhydrate. As the active ingredient in t h e new dipt y p e cleaning c o m p o u n d s o n the m a r k e t , " P e r d o x " m a k e s for easy
I NECROLOGY Arthur A. Blanchard Arthur A. Blanchard, 79, professor emeritus of MIT, died March 2 5 . He w a s a n alumnus of M I T and studied u n d e r a fellowship at the University of Leipzig then taught at New Hamp shire College before returning to the M I T staff in 1903 as an instructor in inorganic chemistry. H e h a d retired i n 1941 as a professor. He joined the A C S in 1898.
Frederick H. Leonhardt Frederick H . Leonhardt, 83, chair m a n of t h e board of Fritzsche Brothers a n d renowned as dean of the American essential oil industry, died April 10 in Douglaston, Ν . Υ. H e was b o r n in G e r m a n y and came to the U . S. in his twenties after an apprenticeship in chemistry with a local drug house and a chemical manufacturer, a n d joined t h e N e w York branch of Fritzsche, Schimmel & Co. As vp and later presi d e n t of t h e firm h e established a world w i d e program of studying h u n d r e d s of oils a t their point of origin b y scientific methods. Joseph A. Baker, 58, chairman of the b o a r d of Baker Perkins, Inc., Saginaw, Mich., F e b . 2 1 . 2032
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r e m o v a l of coffee a n d t e a s t a i n s — t h e w o r s t offenders on p l a s t i c w a r e . Alkaline compounds containing " P e r d o x " d o not discolor t h e plas tic, affect t h e surface, or lose t h e i r s t a i n - r e m o v i n g a b i l i t y i n t h e pres e n c e of o r g a n i c m a t t e r . Stain-removers containing "Per d o x " h a v e c l e a n e d u p t r o u b l e for b o t h the kitchen supervisor a n d t h e homemaker. For more information about "Perdox" and its m a n y applica t i o n s , c h e c k the c o u p o n .
Tetrahydrofuran- Intermediate and Powerful Solvent B e s t k n o w n for its h i g h s o l v e n t power, tetrahydrofuran also h a s l a r g e s c a l e uses a s a c h e m i c a l i n t e r m e d i a t e . A w i d e v a r i e t y of r e a c t i o n s i n d i c a t e t h e v e r s a t i l i t y of t e t r a h y d r o f u r a n , for e x a m p l e :
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I n a d d i t i o n , T H F i s used i n ex t r a c t i o n a n d a s a solvent m e d i u m , p a r t i c u l a r l y for G r i g n a r d , s o d i u m a c e t y l i d e a n d o t h e r r e d u c t i o n re a c t i o n s . I t s ether s t r u c t u r e , s t a b i l i t y , low boiling p o i n t a n d s o l v e n t c a p a c i t y p o i n t to a p r o m i s i n g fu t u r e for T H F i n b o t h fields. Tetrahydrofuran has a n unusu a l l y h i g h s o l v e n t a c t i o n for t h e h i g h molecular weight polyvinyl chlo rides. Now, with T H F as t h e ac t i v e solvent, t h e s e h a r d - t o - d i s s o l v e vinyl polymers can b e considered a n d used as "solution r e s i n s " to p r o d u c e i m p r o v e d t o p - c o a t i n g s for s u p p o r t e d fabrics a n d p l a s t i c s h e e t ing, more durable protective coat i n g s , a n d s t r o n g e r films. A colorless l i q u i d , T H F is r e a d ily miscible with water, ketones a n d m o s t of t h e c o m m o n o r g a n i c sol vents. Mixing with T H F frequent l y i m p r o v e s t h e solvent p o w e r of w e a k e r solvents. F o r e x a m p l e , a t room temperatures dimethyl forma m i d e dissolves less t h a n 5 % of o n e of H>* ΈΗ* the higher molecular I I w e i g h t p o l y v i n y l H**L F^* chlorides and T H F ^ 0 ^ about 1 7 % ; yet a m i x t u r e of 6 5 % T H F a n d 3 5 % D M F will dissolve a b o u t 2 4
