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New Members for Analytical Chemistry Advisory Board
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ISTRY. Included are three representatives from universities, one from government, and one from industry. The new members are Dr. Clark E. Bricker, Princeton University; Dr. Donald D. DeFord, Northwestern University; Dr. William B. Mason, University of Rochester; Dr. Fern W. Mitchell, Jr., Grace Research Center; and Bourdon F. Scribner, National Bureau of Standards. Those retiring from the board after serving a three-year period are Dr. R. M. Archibald, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research; Dr. H. G. Cassidy, Yale University; Dr. J. I. Hoffman, National Bureau of Standards; Dr. John Mitchell, Jr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; and Dr. R. G. Russell, Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp. Current members of the board are Dr. W. H. Beamer, The Dow Chemical Co.; Dr. F . E. Beamish, University of Toronto; Dr. W. D. Cooke, Cornell Universitv; Dr. M. T. Kellev, -Circle No. 6 on Readers' Service Card
Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Dr. C. L. Luke, Bell Telephone Laboratories; Dr. W. M. MacNevin, Ohio State University; Dr. W. J. Mader, Ciba Pharmaceutical Products; Dr. N. H. Nachtrieb, University of Chicago; Dr. E. J. Rosenbaum, Drexel Institute; and Dr. Fred Stross, Shell Development Co. Members of the 15-man Advisory Board serve for three-year terms, five of the positions being rotated each year. This staggered method of replacement maintains continuity of operations and philosophy. Since the inception of the present concept of the Advisory Boards of ACS Applied Publications in the early 1940's, they have played a vital role in the publications' programs. Through correspondence and annual meetings they make valuable contributions to discussions on publication policy and programs. They also serve as liaison between the editors and members of the Society. They suggest topics and authors for the annual reviews and also suggest reviewers for contributed
technical papers received by the journals. Following are brief statements on the professional backgrounds of the newly appointed members. Clark E. Bricker. Dr. Bricker, age 41, is an associate professor of chemistry at Princeton University. He is a native of Shrewsbury, Pa. He received his B.A. degree from Gettysburg College in 1939, his M.S. from Haverford College in 1940, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1941 and 1944, respectively. While at Princeton he was associated as a graduate student with the Manhattan Project. From 1943 to early 1946 he was a research chemist with Heyden Chemical Corp., Garfield, N. J." In 1946 he joined the staff at The Johns Hopkins University as an assistant professor. In 1948 he went to Princeton University as an assistant professor of chemistry. He has been an associate professor since 1951. During 1955-56 he had a leave of absence to serve as a consultant in analytical chemistry in the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories. During the summer of 1958, Dr. Bricker was director of the first summer Institute for High School Chemistry teachers to be held at Princeton. Dr. Bricker is the author of more than 35 technical articles. He, together with Professors H. H. Willard and N. H. Furman, revised the textbook "Elementary Quantitative Analysis," published by Van Nostrand. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and has served as president of the Princeton Section. He is also a member of the Electrochemical Society. Donald D. DeFord. Dr. DeFord is an associate professor of chemistry at the Northwestern University. He was born at Alton, Kan., in 1918. He received his A.B. from the University of Kansas in 1940. He joined the army in 1941 and served until 1946. He is at present a colonel in the U. S. Army Reserve. He returned to the University of Kansas and received his Ph.D. in 1948. He joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 1948. He was an instructor in chemistry until 1950, an assistant professor until 1954, and associate professor since that date. VOL. 3 2 , N O . 1 , JANUARY 1 9 6 0
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His major areas of interest are coulometric analysis, polarography, gas chromatography, and instrument design and development. Dr. DeFord is a member of the American Chemical Society. William B . Mason. Dr. Mason is an associate professor of biochemistry and medicine at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester. He holds both Ph.D. and M.D. de grees. Dr. Mason was born at Warren, Ohio, in 1920. He received his B.S. in chemistry with high distinction at the University of Rochester in 1942. From 1942 to 1946 he was at Princeton Uni versity. During this time he served for two years as a teaching assistant, two years as a research assistant in the Manhattan District Project, and as an instructor. In 1944 he received his M.A. in analytical chemistry and in 1946 his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Princeton University. In 1946 he became associated with the University of Rochester. He served successively as an assistant in the Manhattan Dept. and associate in the Atomic Energy Project. In 1950 he received his M.D. with honor. Since 1950 he has been an in tern in pathology, assistant resident in pathology, and instructor in biochem istry. I n 1957 he became assistant professor of biochemistry and in 1959 associate professor. During this same period he has served as a scientist on the Atomic Energy Project at the Uni versity of Rochester. His major interests are development and application of chemical assay pro cedures for use in clinical chemistry, infrared microsampling techniques, and training of clinical chemists and medical students and physicians re garding chemical laboratory proce dures. Dr. Mason is a member of the ACS, AAAS, American Association of Clin ical Chemists, Coblentz Society, Asso ciation of American Medical Colleges, N. Y. Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. Fern W o o d Mitchell. Dr. Mitch ell, 42, is director of the Analytical and Physical Research Department of W. R. Grace & Co., Clarksville, Md. A native of Gadsden, Ala., Dr. Mitchell received his bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama (1938). He entered the California In stitute of Technology in 1938 but left in 1941 for active duty in the Army Antiaircraft Artillery. He returned to California Institute of Technology in 1945 and received
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The purpose of the award is "to recognize and encourage achievement in the origination, improvement or application of instrumental methods of chemical analysis." I t will consist of $1000, given along with an appropriate certificate of recognition, plus a maximum allowance of $150 toward the recipient's travel expenses to the meeting at which the award is to be presented. Residents of the United States and Canada are eligible for the award. The winner must have accomplished a practical and significant improvement over prior chemical analytical techniques, according to the eligibility rules, by "origination or modification of laboratory methods employing instrumental actuation or measurement." Sponsorship of the award, assumed by E. H. Sargent & Co. in 1959, succeeds that of a similar award by Beckman Instruments, Inc., which was established in 1953. No award for instrumentation was given during the customary award announcements at the 1959 Fall meeting.
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LSU Symposium Has Revision Announcement has been made of a revision in the program of speakers at the Louisiana State University Analyti cal Symposium to be held in Baton Rouge, Jan. 25 to 28 (see ANAL. C H E M . ,
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