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his chosen field. H e has a judicial tem perament which is not moved b y personal considerations, a keen analytical mind, and an unusually retentive memory. I t is, apparently, these qualifications which some years a g o recommended him for the chairmanship of t h e university faculty's committee on student dishonesty. Upon the expiration of his term of office, this thankless job was passed o n t o others; but not for the reason, as h e jestingly averred, that he had secured too many con vict ions. Dr. Fischer has never married. Even as brother and sister helped each other in youth to start life's venture, so he later was t o find it a pleasant obligation to act as the helping, generous uncle t o nieces and nephews. His philanthropies have not been limited t o blood ties, however, and they have always been unostenta tiously made. He is now approaching that turn in his academic life, which the governing board of the University of Wisconsin has de creed shall be the Biblical three score and ten, when he will retire to a well-deserved rest. Then the State of Wisconsin will have lost the services of an adopted son who is a worthy representative of that solid Teutonic stock of which it numbers so many among its citizens, and who has served it faithfully, loyally, and well for some 45 years. H. A. SCHUETTE
only a work of art but an object of con siderable value. Wheeler MacMillen, president of the National Farm Chemurgic Council, made the speech of presentation which took Dr. Hale completely b y sur prise, though he managed t o make a really extemporaneous reply in accepting t h e honor. A s the author of the book "The Farm Chemurgic" and in that sense t h e author of chemurgy as well as one of the fathers of the movement, the award to Dr. Hale is regarded as quite fitting. Herty Medal Awarded to Charles E. Coates TΗE Herty Medal for 1938 was awarded
honors, was made t o F R A N K
T h e Pioneer C u p T THE Omaha meeting of the National Farm Chemurgic Council the Pioneer Cup was presented to William J. Hale for "distinguished service t o t h e American people through the Farm Chemurgic movement." A similar presentation was made t o L. H. Baekeland in 1936 and to Wirt Davis in 1937 by the late Francis P. Garvan. This year Mrs. Garvan very graciously provided this cup from the private collection left by Mr. Garvan. It is a masterpiece of an 18th century English silversmith, solid silver overlaid with gold, chased and embossed, and stands 15 inches in height. Unlike most pres entation cups, this Pioneer Cup is not
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M A S O N have been promoted to asso ciate professors of chemistry a t the University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. WILLETT L. HARDIN, editor of t h e World Affairs Interpreter, L o s Angeles, Calif., is t h e author of a book entitled "Democ racy. Its Problems and I t s Strength," which has just been published b y the University of Southern California. W. A. K A T E has left the laboratory of the Crown Zellerbach Corp. in order t o establish a consulting office and labora tory at 5 0 7 Mission S t . , San Francisco,
JOEL B. PETERSON has resigned his posi
ROGER ADAMS, a Past President of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, was one
of five recently made honorary fellows of the Chemical Society (London). The others were Karrer of Switzerland, Kubn of Heidelburg, Freundlich, now of London, and Bjerrum of Denmark. EDWARD R. ATKINSON, who obtained his
Fellowship i n Electrochemistry THE Electrochemical Society has J. awarded the tenth Weston Fellowship of $1000 t o V. D E NORA of Milan, Italy. Dr. D e Nora will continue his research at Columbia University, investigating the codeposition of metals in t h e ionic and colloidal states, and t h e application of t h e Faraday law. T h e work will be done under the direction of Colin G. Fink. The fellowship was founded by Edward Weston, a foremost pioneer in electro chemistry.
JAMES A. FUNKHOUSER AND CHARLES M.
J. to CHARLES E . COATES of Louisiana
BALDWIN
JEWETT, physicist, electrical engineer, and president of the Bell Telephone Labo ratories, Inc., at a dinner at the Palmer House, Chicago, on May 5. The award was made to Dr. Jewett for "inspiring and directing scientific research leading t o improvements in the art of communica tion." Dr. Jewett's address was entitled "The Engineer and Current Trends in Economic Thought."
entitled "Age-Hardening of Aluminum Alloys."
State University because of his distin S. J. MCGRATH, for the past 15 years tech guished research in sugar chemistry. T h e nical director of the Phelan-Faust Paint medal was presented b y t h e Department Mfg. Co. of St. Louis, has joined the of Chemistry of the Georgia State College Berry Bros. Varnish Co., Detroit, for Women, at Milledgeville, Ga., on May Mich., as technical director. 14. The exercises included afternoon tea HARVEY A. NEVILLE has been made at "Westover," the home of Dr. and Mrs. professor and head of the Department L. C. Lindsley, dinner in the banquet hall of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer of the old Executive Mansion, with Presi ing, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, dent and Mrs. Guy H . Wells, and the Pa., effective September, 1938. Dr. presentation of the medal in the evening, Neville h a s been with the Department when Dr. Coates gave an address on "The of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer Chemist and the State." ing since the fall of 1927. E D W I N R. T H E I S h a s been made professor of chemical engineering in the Depart ment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethle hem, Pa.
Washington Award t o Frank Baldwin Jewett HE Washington Award for 1938, one of the most coveted of the engineering
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degree in organic chemistry a t the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1936, has been appointed assistant professor of organic chemistry. Dr. Atkinson has been instructor in chemis try at Trinity College since 1936. For his work on mass spectroscopy and mass analysis of the chemical elements, ARTHUR J. DEMPSTER, of the University
of Chicago, was awarded the John F. Lewis Prize of $300 and an illuminated diploma. This prize, which was t o go "to the American citizen who shall an nounce at any general o r special meet ing of the American Philosophical So ciety and publish among its papers some truth which the council of the society shall deem worthy of award," was presented b y Robert A. Millikan at the society's annual dinner. HERBERT A. E N D R E S resigned from the
Research and N e w Products Develop ment Division of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. on October 1, 1937, t o be come vice president of t h e N e w Hamp shire Diatomite Co., Portsmouth, Ν . Η. He has recently been made president of the company. W. L. FINK
and D .
W. SMITH of
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Aluminum Research Laboratories have been given t h e annual award of the Institute of Metals Division of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers for their paper
tion in t h e Chemical Laboratory of the American Medical Association t o become director of chemical research for Frederick Stearns & Co., Detroit, Mich. S. P . L . SORENSEN h a s retired from his position a s director of the Chemical D e partment of the Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark, and has been succeeded by K. Linderstrom-Lang. Dr. Sorensen has been an honorary member
of the
AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY since 1924.
H. E . STAVELY has resigned a s Cancer Research Fellow at t h e Sterling Chemis try Laboratory to become associated with the Chemistry Division of t h e E. R. Squibb & Sons Research Labora tory, N e w Brunswick, N. J. OTTO F . UNGNADE has established a con
sulting office and laboratory at 2212 Gay St., Fort Wayne, Ind. H e will specialize in vitamin determinations in foods a n d feeds. H e was formerly a member of the research division of the S. M . A. Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, and later an associate o f Nutritional Research Associates in South Whitley, Ind. Prior to his experience in t h e field of vitamin preparations he was internationally known in the field of dairy chemistry and technology. ROBERT YORK, J R . , h a s accepted an in-
structorship in chemical engineering a t the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. York will receive his P h . D . degree i n June from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ο. Τ . ZIMMERMAN, who obtained his de
gree in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1934 and since t h a t time has been in charge of chemical engineering at t h e University of North Dakota a t Grand Forks, has been appointed associate professor of chemical engineering at t h e University of New Hampshire. Dr. Zimmerman will initiate and develop a chemical engineering option a s part of the chem istry curriculum n o w offered a t N e w Hampshire.
