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New Awards. Two new awards have been established by the analytical chemists and spectroscopists of the Pittsburgh area. The Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award, given to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the field of spectroscopy, was created by the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh. Recipient of the first award, a scroll, was George R. Harrison, dean of the School of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Analytical Chemists Award, established by the Analytical Group of the Pittsburgh Section, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, consists of a two-
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New Spectroscopy Society? Formation of a new national or international spectroscopy society was proposed at a meeting of the Federation of Spectroscopy Societies, held in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Conference. If the proposal is adopted, it would mean the creation of a new society made up of local spectroscopy societies in the United States and foreign countries. The present federation, which is a loosely knit organization of approximately 12 of the 21 local spectroscopy societies in the country, held its first meeting at the 1956 Pittsburgh Conference. At the 1957 meeting four additional local societies joined. At the recent federation meeting, representatives of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy proposed that a new national or international spectroscopy society be formed to be made up of local chapters. This would mean reorganizing the various spectroscopy societies in existence. A similar but more limited proposal was presented by the New England Society. At the federation meeting, the newly elected president, William Poehlman of the Milwaukee Society, appointed a committee to study such questions as organizational structure, financial aspects, benefits to member groups, full time help, headquarters, and a journal. The committee is expected to make a preliminary report in May to go to local societies for their consideration.
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