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Nominations Sought for ACS Awards Nominations are now being solicited for the 1985 American Chemical Society awards. Any individual (except a member of the nominating committee) may submit one nomination for each award in any given year. Four of these awards are of particular interest to the analytical community: the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry, the ACS Award in Chromatography, the ACS Award in Separations Science and Technology, and the newly established Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry. The ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry, established in 1947 by the Fisher Scientific Company, recognizes outstanding contributions to the science of analytical chemistry, pure or applied, carried out by a resident of the U.S. or Canada. Special consideration is given to "the independence of thought and the originality shown, or to the importance of the work when applied to public welfare, economics, or the needs and desires of humanity." The award consists of $3000 and an etching. Sponsorship of the ACS Award in Chromatography was assumed by Supelco, Inc., in 1970. A nominee for this award must have made an outstanding contribution to chromatography, with particular consideration given to development of new methods. The award consists of $3000 and a certificate. The ACS Award in Separations Science and Technology, sponsored by the Rohm and Haas Company, recognizes outstanding accomplishments in fundamental or applied research directed toward separations science and technology. The award, consisting of $3000 and a plaque, covers all fields, including biology, chemistry, engineering, geology, and medicine. The Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry will be presented for the first time in 1985. The award, sponsored by Extranuclear Laboratories, Inc., recognizes outstanding achievement in the devel-
opment or application of mass spectrometry. In 1985, the award will be granted for advances in the development of techniques or fundamental processes. The award consists of $3000 and a certificate. Nominations must be accompanied by a biographical sketch of the nominee (including date of birth), a list of publications and patents, specific identification of the work on which the nomination is based, and an evaluation and appraisal of the nominee's work to be recognized by the proposed award. Seconding letters are not necessary. However, a maximum of two such letters containing factual information about the candidate not provided in the nominating document will be transmitted to the award committee. Six copies of the complete nominating document (including not more than five reprints and other supplementary materials), letter size and unbound, must be furnished. The nomination and its accompanying ma-
terials must be postmarked no later than midnight, March 1, 1984. For further details about the nominating procedure, see the Oct. 3 issue of Chemical & Engineering News or "Awards Administered by the ACS" (Bulletin 7). Nominations should be sent to: Awards Program, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Copies of Bulletin 7 are available from the same office.
Hamish Small to Receive Dal Nogare Award Hamish Small, a recent retiree of the Dow Chemical Company, will receive the 1984 Dal Nogare Award on Tuesday, March 6, at the 1984 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy in Atlantic City, N.J. The award, sponsored by the Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley, is presented annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to
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the theory, instrumentation, or applications of chromatography. It is given in memory of Stephen Dal Nogare, one of the outstanding innovators in the field of gas chromatography and the first elected president of the Chromatography Forum. Small was born and educated in Northern Ireland. He received BS and MS degrees from the Queen's University in Belfast. In 1955 he emigrated to the U.S. and joined the Dow Chemical Company, where he worked until his retirement in 1983. His research interests have focused on ion exchange, chromatography, and colloid science. He holds 21 U.S. patents, is the author of 25 publications, and is the inventor or coinventor of a number of chromatographic processes. His work on ion chromatography and hydrodynamic chromatography has been recognized by a number of awards, including the Pittsburgh Applied Analytical Chemistry Award and the Albert F. Sperry Award of the In-
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