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Marjorie Caserio appointed new editor of ACS Monographs series Dr. Marjorie C. Caserio has been appointed editor of the American Chemical Society's monographs series. Caserio is professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, and is the sixth editor of the long-running series. ACS Monographs were established in 1919 and the first of the series appeared in 1921. To date, 174 titles have been published. The purposes of the monographs program are to make available to chemists thorough treatments of a subject other than their own in an understandable presentation so that they can relate their work to larger areas of physical science, as well as to stimulate additional research in the selected topic. With approval of the ACS Board of Directors, and in conjunction with the advent of the new editor, some new directions are planned for the monographs. New monographs will cover topics in the developing areas of chemistry and be the work of single authors, rather than a compilation of articles and papers on the subject, as has been the trend in recent
years. Also, they will be limited to a maximum of 200 pages so that the topic can be handled effectively by a single author. Caserio was born in London and received her B.S. degree from Chelsea College of the University of London. She
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The recent Florence Area Chemical Technology Show (FACTS), the first of its kind in the Tennessee Valley area, drew capacity crowds. The two-day event, held in Florence, Ala., and sponsored by the Wilson Dam Section of the American Chemical Society as a nonprofit effort for the advancement of science and the economy in the mid-South, hosted 600 registered guests and 40 exhibitors. Exhibiting companies from all over the U.S. displayed products ranging from computers and corrosion-resistant valves to chromatographs and x-ray analytical instruments. FACTS marked the first time an ACS section attempted such a show. According to ACS, the show exceeded the quality of its regional meeting expositions, such as the Southeastern Regional Meeting held recently in Savannah, Ga.
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speakers and their affiliations, topics, sections involved, and dates of the presentations. For additional information please contact the local section, or the ACS headquarters Speaker
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Dr. John J. Eisch, SUNY, Binghamton Novel organolithium South Plains, Lubbock (12/5) reagents in organic synthesis Novel plastics from Permian Basin, Odessa (12/6); Central irrelevant research New Mexico, Los Alamos (12/8); Panhandle Plains, Amarillo (12/9) Color and conjugation in Rio Grande Valley, El Paso (12/7) unusual boron-carbon rings Dr. M. Bonner Denton, U of Arizona Current research interests Richland (12/4); Inland Empire, or from laser fusion to Spokane (12/6) analyzing goop Microcomputers in the Washington-Idaho Border, Pullman laboratory (12/5); Montana, Missoula (12/7)
subsequently moved to the U.S. and received her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College in 1956 under Dr. Ernst Berliner. She then joined a research group headed by Dr. John D. Roberts at California Institute of Technology, eventually leaving in 1971 to join the faculty at Irvine. She is coauthor, with Roberts, of the popular textbook, Basic Principles of
Service at (202) 872-4612.
Dr. M. Bonner Denton (continued) The use of interactive Montana, Bozeman (12/8) computer control for studying spectrometry processes John Pavlik, Fisher Scientific Co. Art and alchemy Savannah River, Aiken (11/28); South Carolina, Orangeburg (11/29); Carolina-Piedmont, Charlotte (12/1) Dr. Kenneth M. Prultt, U of Alabama, Birmingham Innate defense St. Joseph Valley, South Bend (11/ mechanisms 28); Kalamazoo (11/29); Western Michigan, Grand Rapids (11/30)
Organic Chemistry. The revised edition has just been published; she considers it her greatest accomplishment. In addition to her achievements as an author, Caserio was a member of the Petroleum Research Fund advisory board from 1972 to 1977 and a Guggenheim fellow in 1976. She received the ACS Garvan Medal in 1975. •
Meetings ^calEnsi"^'5 Che J o i n t h e w o r l d l e a d e r in I n f r a red e l e c t r o - o p t i c s t e c h n o l o g y . Texas I n s t r u m e n t s has immed i a t e o p e n i n g s for H S / M S Chemical Engineers. Rapidly tfrowintf production requirem e n t s offer c h a l l e n g i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s for c h e m i c a l e n g i n e e r s to a d v a n c e t h e s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t in p r o d u c i n g I R t r a n s m i t t i n g c h a l c o ^ - e n i d e U'lass, a n d t o m e e t a^tfressive production commitments. T h e s e p o s i t i o n s offer e x c e l l e n t growth opportunities with responsibilities ran^in^' from d e s i g n a n d d e v e l o p m e n t to production m a n a g e m e n t and control. Qualified individuals should have experience with hi^h t e m p e r a t u r e process controls, t h e ability to d e v e l o p multi-operation production c o n t r o l c o n c e p t s a n d t h e skill to help implement t h e m t h r o u g h full p r o d u c t i o n s t a t u s . I ' . S . citizenship required. L i v e in D a l l a s , t h e S o u t h w e s t ' s largest and liveliest metropolit a n a r e a . ( ' o s t of l i v i n g is w a y below t h e u r b a n I'.S. a v e r a g e . A n d t h e r e ' s no s t a t e i n c o m e t a x . S e n d \ o u r r e s u m e in c o n f i d e n c e t o : K(i H a y n e s P.O. B o x L'.'iol R i c h a r d s o n . T X 7T)0K(i. O r c a l l Kd H a y n e s c o l l e c t a t Cjl-1) li.'is-l •:;* o r L,:,,h-l,.»l 1.
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Gordon research 1979 winter conferences The Gordon Research Conferences for the 1979 winter schedule will be held from Jan. 8 to Feb. 9, 1979, at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Barbara, Calif. Meetings will be held in the morning and evening, leaving afternoons available for recreation, reading, or participation in discussion groups. Since it is to the advantage of all participants to attend a conference for an entire week, a fixed fee of $200 has been set. This rate includes registration, double room with bath, local tax, and meals for five conference days. The fixed fee will be charged regardless of the time a participant attends a conference. Requests for applications to the conference or any additional information should be addressed to: Dr. Alexander M. Cruickshank, Director, Gordon Research Conferences, Pastore Chemical Laboratory, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881; phone 401-783-4011. Jan. 8-12. Electrochemistry; CO2 Fixation by Green Plants. Jan. 15-19. Polymers; Crystal Growth. Jan. 22-26. Biology of Aging; Deformation and Failure Mechanisms in Polymers & Composites.
Jan. 29-Feb. 2. Hormone Action; Agricultural Science. Feb. 5-9. Chemistry and Physics of Isotopes; Chemical and Biological Mechanisms in Response to Alcohol.
Internship conference A national conference/workshop on "Professional Internships for Graduate Students in Chemistry" will be held at Northeastern University, Boston, on Jan. 6, 1979. This conference will bring together academic and industrial representatives and others interested in discussing the mechanism and advantages of incorporating periods of internship in government and industrial laboratories, as part of graduate study in chemistry or chemical engineering. The conference is sponsored by the Dreyfus Foundation and will feature keynote speakers from the American Chemical Society, Northeastern, Guelph-Waterloo, Du Pont, and Arthur D. Little Inc., as well as sessions with panelists involved with most aspects of this novel educational approach. Further details and registration materials are available from Dr. G. Davies, Chemistry Department, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. 02115.
Call for papers A call for papers is issued for the 115th semiannual meeting of the ACS Rubber Division, to be held March 27-30,1979, in Atlanta. Organizations or individuals interested in participating in this forum are encouraged to submit 200-word (maximum) abstracts of their proposed papers before the deadline, Jan 12, 1979. The abstracts should be sent to: Dr. D. A. Dingle, Dunlop Research Center, Sheridan Park Research Community, Mississauga, Ont., L5K 128 Canada.
