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PRF Makes Biggest Grants Yet Three grants of $ 5 0 f 0 0 0 each are unrestricted în tîme# set pace for more liberal policy 1 HREE research awards of $50,000 each have been m a d e by the Petroleum Research Fund which is administered by the American Chemical Society. These new awards» unsolicited a n d larger in size than any previous P R F grants and unrestricted in time, signify the more liberal policy better designed to provide freedom needed for the pur suit of new basic knowledge. By assur ing the scientists of a l u m p sum t h a t can b e used when and as needed, a re strictive influence is removed. T w o of the awards are for use start ing in 1959. One goes to Michael Kasha, professor and head of the Flor ida State University chemistry depart ment, who is internationally known for his investigation of the behavior a n d structure of molecules. Among his re cent and current studies is work on en ergy transfer from one excited molecule to another, significant to photosynthesis and photography and related to the basic driving force in chemical reac tions. Harold Hart, professor of chemistry at Michigan State University, receives the other 1959 award. Hart's outstand ing studies have provided a better un derstanding of the natural forces which produce changes in matter. Wis recent work on divalent carbonium ions has attracted much attention. S. I. Weissman, professor of chemis try at Washington University, St. Louis, will b e the recipient of the third a w a r d effective in 1960. He is widely known for his research on ions, electrically charged particles of matter, and free radicals. This includes study of kinet ics in electron jumps to or from atoms or ions. Karl Dittmer, of the grants and fel lowships division of ACS, program ad ministrator for the fund, explains that these awards, in the form of grants-inaid, are made to the universities t o en able these outstanding chemists to con tinue their research interests to the full est extent possible. "The distinctive feature of these awards," explains Dittmer, "is that they
are unsolicited and t h e use of the funds is unrestricted; that is, the money may b e used for a n y purpose at any rate of expenditure over a period of u p to six years. Thus, t h e recipients w h o have demonstrated exeeMenee of research productivity in the petroleum field a r e left completely free t o ponder basic problems simply because it interests them to do so. They n e e d not submit a proposal, which frequently limits t h e range of their curiosity, and they need not worry wliether they can get contin ued support on a yearly basis." T h e Petroleum Research F u n d is used "for advanced scientific education a n d fundamental research in the petroleum field." This in eludes any field of p u r e science which may afford a basis for subsequent research directly connected with t h e petroleum field. It is quite possible that s-ueh studies may lead to improved plastics, more efficient fuels, or new ways to synthesize petroleum derivatives, b o t it is even more likely that n e w ideas not yet recognizable will evolve. By next fall t h e fund will h a v e about 220 grants in addition to t h e awards actively supporting research. Principal fuuids of the P R F , derived from sale of Universal Oil Products Co., are now being invested in a diversified portfolio by Guaranty Trust Co. Neither the money from U O P sale nor income from i t s investments belongs to the ACS, but rather to the P R F Trusts. Recipients of these new unrestricted and unsolicited grants m u s t be members of a faculty of a n educational institu tion a n d must be engaged in advanced scientific education and fundamental research. Final selections are m a d e each year from a large number of nomi nees b y a Ιθ-member Petroleum Re search Fund Advisory Board and a p proved by t h e American Chemical So ciety's Board of Directors. A total of eight such awards was made previously since this type of P R F grant was started in 1957. Each of these was for $20,000 per year for a two-year period which was subse quently extended to a third year with
a n additional $20,000 for e a c h grailt. The previous recipients are t h e following professors of chemistry a n d chemical engineering: J. D . Roberts, California Institute of Technology; D . F. D e T a r , University of South Carolina; JL,. ?^. Canjar, Carnegie Institute of Technology; H . S. Gutovvsky, University of Illinois; Herman F i n e s , North-western University; G. C . P i m e n t e l , "University of California (Berkeley); F . A . Matsen, University of Texas; Bus turn Roy» Pennsylvania S t a t e University.
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Kentucky Lake Elects R o b e r t W. Levin, laboratory superintendent at Union Carbide N u c l e a r , is t h e n e w l y elected chairman of the Kentucky Lake Section. O t h e r officers installed for 1939 are O . W. Fortner o f Air Reduction Chemical, chairman - elect; «^ „ , » . Pete P a n z e r a of R , W . Levin ** 0 . . r, « M u r r a y S t a t e College, secretary-treasurer; \V. E . Blackburn of Murray S t a t e College» councilor; a n d H . M. Fisher of Pennsalt Chemicals, alternate councilor.
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Louisville Officers D a v i d Apotheker of Du Pont h a s taken office as chairman of the Louisville Section ^ , for 1959. Milton Clock of B. F. Goodrich is chairm a n - e l e c t , Hans Spaushus of General Electric is vice c h a i r m a n , Gerry R e c k t e n w a l d of General Electric is D . Apotheker secretary, and K.
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Wyoming Teacher Honored Sister Mary Paulinus, science d e p a r t ment h e a d of St. Mary's H i g h School, Cheyenne, Wyo., received the W y o ming Section's 1959 Outstanding Teacher Award. The award—a certificate o f c o m m e n dation «nd a book—is given a n n u a l l y to a Wyoming high school t e a c h e r for competence in and devotion to science teaching.
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