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INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Industrial Fellowships of Mellon Institute during 1 9 2 7 - 2 8 ' T h e scientific a n d technologic service of Mellon Institute of Industrial Research during the Institute's fiscal year ended February 2 9 , 1928, is summarized in t h e report that Director Edward R. Weidlein recently submitted t o the Institute's trus tees. This year, t h e seventeenth since t h e establishment of the Industrial Fellowship System at the University of Pittsburgh, was one of progress in the continued development of t h e Insti tute's activities, h a v i n g been featured by a n exceptional increase in t h e amount of m o n e y spent in sustaining fellowship research (see accompanying growth chart). T h e leading e v e n t s of the year are described as follows by Director Weidlein : In t h e fall the Institute acquired through gift from Messrs. Andrew W. Mellon and Richard B. Mellon, i t s founders, an old mansion of large size, located near t h e main building of t h e institution, which has been altered ex tensively and furnished to provide additional laboratories and offices. The Department of Research in Pure Chemistry and eight Industrial Fellowships have been transferred t o this second building, which has thus supplied much needed space for the expansion of t h e Institute's work. In consequence, the Department of Research in Pure Chemistry, whose head is Dr. L. H. Cretcher, has about twice as much room as formerly and h a s been enabled to increase its personnel. Then, too, several new Industrial Fellowships have been accepted and desired additions have been made t o the staffs of a number of the older fellowships. Until lately the Institute was administered by a committee of the trustees of t h e University of Pittsburgh. During the fall, however, the Institute was incorporated, a n d its affairs are now managed by its own board of trustees, which is constituted of Chancellor John G. Bowman, president, Director Weidlein, vice president, Mr. Henry A. Phillips, secretary and treasurer, Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, and Mr. Richard B. Mellon. According t o the arrangement now in force, the Institute will remain a constituent part of the University of Pittsburgh, and, as i n the past, will cooperate with the schools of the University, especially in pure science research. This joint collaboration h a s always been mutually beneficial. For several years the Institute has also been encouraging scientific re search in various other universities by securing financial support for certain investigations therein that are of importance to technology. During the past year s u c h grants of money were made t o scientists at six educa tional institutions and to medical specialists in five different hospitals. Among the new Fellowships t h a t began work during t h e year the most notable is t h e Multiple Industrial Fellowship on petroleum production. A staff of specialists, headed by Dr. Paul D. Foote, is studying certain chemical and physical problems in petroleum geology and engineering, and the pro gram of investigation will eventually be expanded to embrace all the out standing problems of petroleum exploration, prospecting, field development, production methods, storage, and transportation. I t is pointed o u t in the report that t h e m o s t useful public service t h a t the I n s t i t u t e can render through its Industrial Fel lowships is, and a l w a y s will b e , assistance in the development of technology, by solving manufacturing problems, extending uses for industrial products, creating new processes of manufacture, and training specialists for industrial positions. T h e principal aim of industrial research is to effect economies in production, t o make better or cheaper articles of commerce. B u t occasionally the Institute has an opportunity to d o work that is fundamental to a new branch of manufacture. I n recent years, in fact, six Industrial Fellowships have had active parts in accomplishing this so-called summum bonum of industrial research, by discovering and developing processes that have evolved into new industries of promise. T h e line of conduct that the Institute pursues as best for the interests of the donors of its fellowships has regard for public welfare, and in accordance with this guiding principle the institution is constantly becoming more active in educational work in the field of science (by way of lectures, radio talks, and publications by its members), in cooperating advisorily with other or ganizations (especially technical societies, universities, and research estab lishments), and in supplying general scientific and technologic information to t h e hundreds of inquirers who seek the Institute's help each year. According to Director Weidlein, the Institute is giving more and more attention t o the important branch of industrial re search that treats of the personal and official duties of the research staff, in distinction from the better developed subject of systematic research, which deals w i t h bibliochretic a n d experimental methods. T h i s branch has a valuable place in training young men for industrial and public service, principally because it imparts a large amount of useful in formation, largely gleaned from the experience of the Institute's executive staff, that is not acquired in scientific courses in t h e universities. All fellows of t h e Institute are instructed in business correspondence and in commercial procedures i n general, in technical reporting, in the minutiae of professional ethics, and, most important of all, in the psychology of t h e industrial mind. The relative prominence accorded to this subject makes i t gradually easy for * Abstract of the Fifteenth Annual Report of t h e director.
a young scientist of correct attitude to appreciate t h e industrial point of view. It teaches him t o convey to the industrial executive the ideas of science and the results of research in a manner and language that can be easily comprehended. I n industrial research, particularly in the practical connections with the companies sustaining their fellowship work, t h e art of making and keeping contact and of promoting cordial relations is of constant utility to the fellows. I t is of great a i d in securing essential c cooperation and in gaining the confidence that results, of course, primarily from research accomplishment and technical merit. All successful industrial research is built upon trust. O n February 29, 1928, when the I n s t i t u t e ' s fiscal year dosed, 63 Industrial Fellowships (5 more than at the end of the previous
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year), employing J.33 research specialists a n d their assistants, were in active operation. The sum o f $701,684 w a s paid during the year in support of research in the Institute by t h e fellowship donors—an increase of $103,191 over the p a y m e n t s of the preceding year (see chart). The total amount of money appropriated by companies and associations to t h e Institute, for the seventeen years ended February 29, 1928, w a s $5,020,081 T h e Industrial Fellowships in operation during the entire fiscal year, February 28, 1927, t o February 2 9 , 1928, totaled 71— 22 Multiple Fellowships and 49 Individual Fellowshxps— on which 157 scientists and engineers were engaged in research. Fourteen of these fellowships have b e e n supported by industrial associations. E i g h t fellowships (Nos. 511, 529, 5 3 8 , 5 3 9 , 540 551, 562, and 564) concluded their investigational programs and were therefore terminated during the year. The research accomplishments of t h e incumbents o f Fellowships Nos. 559, 540, 551, and 562 are especially notable. Doctor Howald worked out several novel wood-preserving processes and contributed valuably t o the literature of wood preservation. Doctor Burnett a n d Mr. Williams succeeded i n evolving during the five years of research a number o f technically important accelerators for use in t h e rubber industry. Mr. Geister completed a broad five-year study of the properties and utility of art t i l e , in the course of which he added considerably t o the published knowledge o f tile technology. Doctor Marbaker spent six: active years of practically useful research o n refrac tories problems of the zinc industry. One fellowship ( N o . 609) h a s b e e n operating continuously since 1911, and another ( N o . 631) since 1914. Other fellowships have been active a s follows: three ( N o s . 6 1 2 , 617, and 6 2 4 ) since 1915; four (Nos. 599, 6 0 2 , 6 2 2 , and 629) since 1917; o n e (No. 598) since 1918; four (Nos. 579, 5 9 0 , 610, and 6 2 5 ) since 1921; six (Nos. 533, 582, 583, 586, 6 2 7 , and 630) since 1922 ; t w o (Nos. 604 and 616) since 1923; six ( N o s . 5 9 1 , 596, 597,6 l l , 6 1 3 B , a n d 621) since 1924; eight (Nos. 585, 5 8 8 , 593, 595, 603, 6 1 3 A , 614, and 628) since 1925; and ten (Nos. 549, 5 8 4 , 587, 589, 5 9 2 , 600, 615, 618, 623, and 637) since 1926. T e n fellowships have been a t work for ten years or longer, while t w e n t y - t w o have been carrying on their researches over five years.
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Fellowships N o s . 577, 579, 582, 584, 585, 5 8 6 , 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, and 593, which expired shortly after t h e close of the fiscal year, h a v e been renewed for another y e a r in each case. As renewed, Fellowship N o . 593, on cast iron, has t w o distinct lines of research, a n d accordingly t h e work started on April 15 w i l l be conducted on two new fellowships ( N o s . 650 and 651), w h o s e incumbents will be Messrs. Alley, Vollmer, and N e u m a n , of Fellowship N o . 5 9 3 . Another new fellowship (No. 652), on pressing machinery, began operation April 1 ; i t s holder is Mr. Clark, the incumbent of Fellowship N o . 533. During t h e year t h e Institute issued Bulletin 2 of i t s Bibliographic Series, w h i c h contains a list of the b o o k s , bulletins, jour nal contributions, a n d patents by institutional members, 1911—27. The first Annual Supplement t o this publication i s now i n prepara tion. Complimentary copies of these booklets will b e sent to research directors, science teachers, a n d librarians upon request. According t o Director Weidlein, 2 books, 8 bulletins, 3 3 research reports, and 69 o t h e r scientific and technical papers were pub lished during the calendar y e a r 1927 b y the Institute's members; also, 28 United S t a t e s patents were issued t o Industrial Fellowship incumbents. T h e total contributions t o literature for the sixteen years ended January 1, 1928, have b e e n as follows: 14 books; 64 bulletins; 444 research reports; 7 0 5 other articles; and 350 United States patents. I n d u s t r i a l F e l l o w s h i p s a t M e l l o n I n s t i t u t e d u r i n g F i s c a l Year Ended F e b r u a r y 2 9 , 1928
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Surgical Supplies H. L. Cox (Ph.D., University of Chicago), senior fellow Mary L. Dodds (M.S., Univer sity of Pittsburgh) J. J. Enright (Ph.D., Yale Uni592 Dental versity), senior fellow Mildred O. Trescher (B.S., Uni versity of Pittsburgh) J. D. Alley (B.A., Columbia Uni593 Cast Iron versity). senior fellow Daniel Neuman (B.S., University of Pittsburgh) L. W. Vollmer (B.S., Pennsylvania State College) M. C. Walsh (Ch.E., Columbia 594 Leather University) 595 Yeast H. A. Kohman (Ph.D., Univers i t y of Kansas) P. D. Foote (Ph.D., University of 596 Petroleum Minnesota), senior fellow Production A. E . Ruark (Ph.D., Johns Hop kins University) R. L. Chenault (B.A., George Washington University) S. H . Gill (Ch.E., Columbia University) Β. Β . Wescott (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh) W. F . Rogers (B.S., University of Pittsburgh, assistant S. U . McGary (B.S., University of Texas), assistant W. O. Smith (B.S., University of Pittsburgh), assistant Milan Meres, assistant R. R. Irvin (M.S., University of 597 Cereal Kansas) 598 Protected Metals J. H. Young (Ph.D., Ohio State University), senior fellow P. W. Jenkins (B.S., University of Pittsburgh) P. M. Snyder (A..B., Blur Ridge College) H. A. Spangler (B.S., University of Pittsburgh) A. W. Coffman (Ph.D., Univer sity of Illinois) O. F. Hedenburg (Ph.D., U n i 599 Insecticides versity of Chicago) 600 Hospital Survey F. H. Slayton (M.D., University of Chicago) S. A. Braley (Ph.D., University 601 Steel of Illinois) S. M. Phelps, senior fellow 602 Refractories W. R. Kerr C. G. Denney (B.S., Pennsyl vania State College) S. M. Swain (B.S., Alfred Uni versity) E. B. Read (B.S., Kenyon Col lege) R. F. Ferguson (B.S., University of Pittsburgh) A. C. Hughes (B.S., University of Pittsburgh) Vance Cartright (M.S., Univer sity of Washington), assistant R. P. Maratta, assistant, July 15, 1927, t o Feb. 1, 1928 H. K. Work (Ch.E., Columbia 603 Aluminum University) E. J. Casselman (B.S., Massa604 Glass chusetts Institute of Tech nology) R. N. Wenzel ( P h D . . Stanford 605 Fatty Acids University) H. T. Lacey (Ph.D., Cornell 606 Licorice University) C. A. Walworth (B.Ch., Cornell 607 Flat Glass University) C. H. Geister (M.S., Iowa State 608 Lime College) W. A. Gruse (Ph.D., University 609 Petroleum of Wisconsin), senior fellow Refining S. P. Marley (B.S., University of Pittsburgh) C. j . Livingstone (B.S., Uni versity of Pittsburgh) B. L. Souther (Ph.D., Harvard University) P. K. Porter (Ph.D., University of Illinois) D. R. Stevens (Ph.D., University of Chicago) John Metschl (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) J. W. Greene (M.S., Carnegie In stitute of Technology) John Curry, assistant E. C. Martin, assistant B. A. Jones, assistant T . F. Hogan, assistant Harry Hipsley, assistant G. S. Santmyers, assistant Tracy Bartholomew (E.M., Colo610 Slag rado School of Mines) N. J. Beaber (Ph.D., Iowa State 611 Phenol College) J. B. Garner (Ph.D., University 612 Natural Gas of Chicago) Marjorie Bamhart (A.B., Penn sylvania College for Women), assistant H . M. Johnson (Ph.D., Johns 613A Sleep Hopkins University), senior fellow G. E. Weigand (B.A., Ohio State University)
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W. D. Harkins Willard Gibbs Medalist W. D. Harkins, professor of physical chemistry a t the University of Chicago, has been chosen as the recipient of t h e Willard Gibbs Medal for 1928. The award w i l l be made o n May 25 a t the regu lar meeting of the Chicago Section. Professor Harkins has had a dis tinguished career in c h e m i s t r y . He received his A.B. from Leland Stanford in 1900 and became an assistant i n the Department of Chemistry at the University of Montana. In 1901 he was m a d e professor, and later head, of the department. In 1912 he left the University to become assistant p r o f e s s o r at the University of Chicago, and was made professor of p h y s i c a l chemistry in 1917. P r o f e s s o r Harkins received his Ph.D. from Leland Stanford in 1907 and added t o his chemical training a t the Institut fur p h y sikalische Chemie, at Karlsruhe, Germany. Doctor Harkins has had m a n y Photograph by Moffeit chemical connections in addition W. D . H a r k i n s to those of an academic nature. He was chemist in charge of the Smelter Smoke Investigation for the Anaconda Farmer's Association, 1902-10. I n 1910—12 he was connected with the UTX S. Department of Justice; in 1920-22, consulting chemist, U. S. Bureau o f Mines; and in 1924, consulting chemist, U. S. Air Service. In 1916 he was chairman o f the Chicago Section and more recently vice president of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, Section C. He i s a member of m a n y learned societies, and has m a d e numerous contributions to t h e chemical literature. He is particularly known f o r his researches on isotopes and atomic structure. The Willard Gibbs Medal i s awarded to the chemist who, b e cause of h i s eminent work in and original contribution to pure or applied chemistry, is deemed worthy of special recognition by the jury. The jury is composed of twelve chemists elected from the SOCIETY a t large.
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