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IUPAC Plans Dr. Robert W. Cairns, director of research and member of the board of directors at Hercules Powder, headed the U.S. delegation to the XXIInd Conference of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry which met in London July 5 to 9. At the conclusion of the conference, Lord Todd (formerly Sir Alexander Todd) was elected president of IUPAC (C&EN, July 22, page 24) succeeding Dr. W. Albert Noyes, Jr., who had held the position since 1959. Among the important steps taken at the conference were a move toward greater autonomy on scientific matters within the many divisions of the union, and the decision to reduce the tenure of the president's office from four to two years. Another change in status was the election of a vice president, who would also be the president-elect. Dr. W. Klemm, director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at Munster, Germany, was elected to the post. Of considerable importance was the decision to set up a commission which will be concerned with chemical education especially in the emerging nations. This commission will cooperate closely with UNESCO. Accompanying Dr. Cairns as members of the U.S. delegation were Philip M. Arnold, manager of research and development at Phillips Petroleum; Dr. John C. Bailar, Jr., of University of Illinois; Dr. Roger G. Bates of National Bureau of Standards; Dr. Robert C. Elderfleld, University of Michigan; and Dr. William G. Young, vice chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles. These six delegates were elected from among the members of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, the U.S. body adhering to the union. Three Americans have been elected to important positions in IUPAC. Dr. Bailar was named treasurer, succeeding Sir Charles Dodds of Britain. Dr. Philip J. West of Louisiana State University becomes vice president of the IUPAC Analytical Division, and Dr. W. M. Sperry of Columbia University, president of the Division of Biological Chemistry. 102
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For the first time the union this year paid in full the delegates' travel expenses. Until now there had been a $400 limit on travel allowances. To cope with the sharp rise in expenses which will result, a resolution was adopted to institute a fourth dues category of $25,000 for union members. The three categories u p to now for countries that have six delegates (some have two or four) have been $2600, $5000, and $10,000. The U.S. has consistently paid the maximum dues and in 1961 the National Science Foundation made an emergency grant of $20,000 to IUPAC. A similar grant was made this year. In addition, a number of American chemists have made private contributions to the IUPAC Fund. Since 1956, a total of $15,000 has been donated to IUPAC out of this fund.
. . . released for broadcast after Aug. 2 f is titled "Chemistry in the Forest" and features Dr. Fred Dickinson, director, Forest Products Laboratory, University of California, Richmond Station. See "ACS on the Air" listings, beginning on page 85 of July 15 C&EN for stations broadcasting in your area. Each week C&EN announces here the "Men and Molecules" program to be released the following Friday. This may not be the specific program to be carried on your station at the time listed, however; a number of different programs are constantly in circulation. Call your local station to find out when specific programs you are interested in will be broadcast.
Toronto, Ont., Sept. 6 and 7. For further information write Dr. V. C. Runeckles, Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada, Ltd., P.O. Box 6500, Montreal, Que.
BRIEFS Association of Official Agricultural The 6th National Heat Transfer Conference will be held Aug. 11 to 14 in Boston. Sponsors are American Institute of Chemical Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The meeting was previously announced for Aug. 4 to 7.
Plant Phenolics Group of North America will hold its third annual meeting at University of Toronto,
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
American Chemical Society 145th National Meeting. New York, N.Y. Sept. 8-13. 146th National Meeting. Denver, Colo. Jan. 19-24, 1964. 147th National Meeting. Philadelphia, Pa. April 5-10, 1964. 148th National Meeting. Chicago, 111. Aug. 30-Sept. 4, 1964. ACS. Chemical Exposition U.S.A. 1963. Sponsor, New York Section. New York Hilton Hotel, New York, N.Y. Sept. 10-12. Other Organizations 5th International Congress on Clinical Chemistry. American Association of Clinical Chemists and Canadian Society for Clinical Chemistry. Detroit, Mich. Aug. 19-23.
Chemists will hold its 77th annual meeting Oct. 14 to 17 at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. The scientists will discuss and approve analytical methods for foods, drugs, cosmetics, feeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and other commodities studied by the association. Dr. Paul Kirk, criminologist of University of California, will address the assembled meeting Oct. 15 and Dr. E. L. Butz of Purdue will speak at the annual banquet on Oct. 14. A day-long symposium on instrumentation has been planned for Oct. 17. There will be exhibits of lab equipment and supplies. Address inquiries to Luther G. Ensminger, AOAC, Box 540, Benjamin Franklin Sta., Washington 44, D.C.
Federation of Societies for Paint Technology will hold its 41st annual meeting and 28th paint industries' show at the Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. A feature of the meeting will be the 1963 Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture, by Dr. Daniel Swern of USDA's Eastern Regional Research Laboratory.
