ACS NEWS
Reports from the Board of Directors Meeting Dec. 3, 1966 Minutes The Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society met at ACS headquarters, Washington, D.C., at 9 A.M. on Dec. 3, 1966. Milton Harris, Chairman, presided. The following directors were present: Arthur M. Bueche, Robert W. Cairns, Herbert E. Carter, Milton Harris, Robert F. Marschner, W. O. Milligan, John H. Nair, Charles G. Overberger, Charles C. Price, Byron Riegel, John C. Sheehan, William J. Sparks, and Charles L. Thomas. The following were present by invitation for all or part of the regular sessions: Dale B. Baker, R. H. Belknap, Gordon H. Bixler, Boris E. Cherney, David E. Gushee, Rodney N. Hader, Arthur B. Hanson, E. G. Harris, Jr., Robert E. Henze, R. K. K. Jones, Richard L. Kenyon, Joseph H. Kuney, R. V. Mellefont, Stephen T. Quigley, Robert L. Silber, James H. Stack, B. R. Stanerson, Fred A. Tate, and R. M. Warren. 1. The minutes of the meeting of Sept. 11, 1966, were approved (see C&EN, Nov. 14, 1966, page 70). Ad interim actions 2. VOTED that the following ad interim actions of the Board of Directors be confirmed: VOTED to approve with minor changes the draft of minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors on September 11, 1966. VOTED to delete Regulation VIII, 7.B, to renumber present Regulation VIII, 7.C and 7.D as 7.B and 7.C, respectively, and to amend Regulation VIII, 7.A, to read as follows: A. The publications listed in 2.A(1), 2.A(2), and 2.A(3) shall be financed through the annual budget unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors. VOTED to confirm the amendment to Bylaw II, Section 1(a) as approved by the Council on September 13, 1966 and under the same conditions. VOTED to confirm the amendments to Bylaw I, Sec. 3 ( a ) ( 2 ) and (4) as approved by the Council on September 13, 1966. VOTED to confirm the amendment to Bylaw I, Sec. 5 as approved by the Council on September 13,1966. VOTED to confirm the amendment to Bylaw I, Sec. 3(a) as approved by the Council on September 13, 1966. VOTED to confirm the amendment to Bylaw I, Sec. 4 as approved by the Council on September 13, 1966. 50 C&EN JAN. 23, 1967
VOTED to confirm the amendment to Bylaw I, Sec. 7 as approved by the Council on September 13, 1966. VOTED to confirm the amendment to Bylaw III, Sec. 3 ( c ) ( 1 ) ( D ) as approved by the Council on September 13, 1966. VOTED to confirm the amendment to Bylaw IV, Section 1 as approved by the Council on September 13, 1966. 3. VOTED that the following ad interim actions of the Committee on Grants and Fellowships be ratified: VOTED that the Committee on Grants and Fellowships, acting for the Board of Directors, on advice of the Committee on Frasch Foundation Awards, recommend to the Trustee of the Herman Frasch Foundation that grants for research in agricultural chemistry be made to the 14 grantees listed in Table A (see pages 52-53) for one year beginning July 1, 1967; the first listed to be renewed for 3 years and the rest for 4 years, subject to annual review and approval of progress; the annual amount of each grant to be determined by the Trustee of the Herman Frasch Foundation and the Chairman of the ACS Committee on Frasch Foundation Awards. VOTED that the Committee on Grants and Fellowships, acting for the Board of Directors, on recommendation of The Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Board, approve the allotment of funds for the PRF grants and awards listed in Tables I through VI (see pages 53-55). Reports 4. VOTED to receive the reports of the officers of the Society. 5. VOTED to receive the report on editorial advisory boards (see pages 60-61). 6. VOTED to receive the reports of the following committees and boards: Awards and Recognitions; Education and Students; Finance; Grants and Fellowships; Public, Professional, and Member Relations; Publications; Special Committee of the Board of Directors for the Chemical Abstracts Service; Chemistry and Public Affairs; Civil Defense; Corporation Associates; International Activities; Investments; Board of Trustees for Administering the Group Life Insurance Plan for ACS Members; To Study Plans for ACS Employees to Purchase Annuities; Clinical Chemistry; Exchanges; Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Board; and Patent Matters and Related Legislation (joint with Council). Those reporting more than progress are printed on pages 56-60.
7. VOTED to receive the reports of the director of Chemical Abstracts Service, the chairman of the Committee on Investments, and of the Controller including the comparison of the 1966 financial performance to date with budgets. Finance It was only after lengthy discussion that the Committee on Finance recommended to the Board of Directors that a deficit budget be approved as indicated in the following minute. A few words of explanation are in order. The deficit in 1967 is consistent with plans laid several years ago which predicted that years of net operating income would be realized early in this decade and that little net income and eventually deficits would be faced in one or more of the latter years of the 1960's. Also, it should be noted that the $422,000 deficit anticipated for 1967 is on an expense base of $20,000,000. This deficit is largely attributable to the cyclical pricing policies of ACS, mainly publications. The major deficit is in the area of the Chemical Abstracts Service. Chemical Abstracts itself has been priced on a three-year cycle and, not withstanding a sizable deficit in 1967, it will break even over the years 1965, 1966, and 1967. Overall, the 1967 deficit follows years when revenues have exceeded expenses. It is expected that some pricing adjustments may be necessary in 1968 to restore a more favorable balance between revenues and expenses. 8. On recommendation of the Committee on Finance, VOTED to approve the 1967 budget as distributed to the directors with amendment as noted in Minute 13, such approval authorizing an overall deficit of $422,000. This action does not include operations financed from The Petroleum Research Fund, a trusteeship (see following Minute). 9. On recommendation of the Committee on Finance, VOTED to approve for 1967 an administrative budget for The Petroleum Research Fund of $225,000, and to authorize $4,350,000 for commitments for grants and awards in 1967 to be disbursed during 1967 and future years on a schedule to be developed by the Committee on Grants and Fellowships. Finance-Publications 10. On recommendation of the Committees on Finance and on Publications,
HIGHLIGHTS OF OFFICIAL REPORTS Awards Honorariums have been increased to $2000 for the
Garvan Medal and the James T. Grady Award, effective in 1968. (Minutes 24 and 25)
A recommendation that 14 new Herman Frasch Foundation grants be made in 1967 has been approved. (Minute 3 and Committee on Grants and Fellowships) Meetings
ACS is willing to continue administration of six awards
for the five-year period 1969-73. (Minute 23) Budget An ACS program expense budget of about $20 million
(not including The Petroleum Research Fund) and a building operations expense budget of about $1 million have been approved for 1967. An overall operating deficit of $422,000 anticipated for 1967 will be offset by revenue surpluses from prior years. (Minute 8, Committee on Finance, and budget table)
The Society's experiment with closed-circuit television
at national meetings will be continued at Miami Beach in April. (Committee on Public, Professional, and Member Relations) M e m b e r Services
Regional Employment Clearing House Offices will be discontinued in Berkeley, Chicago, and New York, to be replaced by a Washington-based information system. (Minute 19)
Chemical Abstracts Service
Experimental publication by CAS of a new information service in the field of polymers and plastics to provide abstracts and indexes of business and managementoriented items has been authorized for one year. (Minute 13 and Committee on Publications) Clinical Chemistry
A national registry of accredited B.S. and M.S. clinical chemists is expected to be in operation by mid-1967. (Committee on Clinical Chemistry) Grants
Petroleum Research Fund commitments totaling approximately $4.6 million have been authorized for 1967 for grants, awards, and administrative expenses. (Minutes 3 and 9)
VOTED that a new journal be established in the field of macromolecular chemistry, to include high-quality full-length research reports, communications, and an occasional review at the discretion of the editor, all emphasizing fundamental aspects of polymer chemistry; that provision of an amount not to exceed $50,000 be included in the 1968 Publications budget for operating the new publication, any deficits incurred to be subsidized from the Journals Fund and Corporation Associates Fund until the new journal becomes self-sustaining; and that the chairman of the Committee on Publications be instructed to seek an editor for the new journal. 11. On recommendation of the Committees on Finance and on Publications, VOTED to appoint James J. Morgan as editor of Environmental Science and Technology, effective Oct. 1, 1966. 12. On recommendation of the Committees on Finance and on Publications, VOTED to fix a nonmember subscription rate of $10 per year for Accounts of Chemical Research, subject to approval by the Council.
Publications
Accounts of Chemical Research, a journal of concise reviews to start in 1968, will be free to ACS members and $10 a year to nonmembers, subject to Council approval. (Minute 12 and Committee on Publications) Establishment of an ACS journal in the field of macromolecular chemistry has been authorized for 1968. (Minute 10 and Committee on Publications) An ACS-American Physical Society reciprocal discount arrangement has been authorized to begin in 1968 for The Journal of Physical Chemistry and the Journal of Chemical Physics. (Minute 15 and Committee on Publications) James J. Morgan has been appointed editor of Environmental Science and Technology. (Minute 11)
13. On recommendation of the Committees on Finance and on Publications, VOTED to approve publication for one year, on an experimental basis, of an alerting service of abstracts of items of business and management interest in the field of polymers and plastics (the title to be selected and approved by the Executive Committee) to be prepared and issued weekly by the staff of Chemical Abstracts Service; and that authorization be given for the addition of $50,000 to the 1967 budget for CAS to cover costs of the experimental service. 14. On recommendation of the Committees on Finance and on Publications, VOTED that Industrial and Engineering Chemistry—International Edition be discontinued following publication of the December 1967 issue, that one list be maintained for all subscribers to Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (monthly), regardless of mailing address, and that subscription rates to Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (monthly) not be affected by this change. 15. On recommendation of the Committees on Finance and on Publications,
VOTED to approve a reciprocal discount arrangement between the American Chemical Society and the American Physical Society, through which APS members who are not members of the ACS are granted a 10% discount on subscriptions to The Journal of Physical Chemistry, and ACS members who are not members of APS are granted a 10% discount on subscriptions to the Journal of Chemical Physics, effective for 1968. Revision of Regulations 16. On recommendation of the Committees on Finance and on Publications, VOTED to amend Regulation VIII, 2.A.(2) and Regulation VIII, 2.A.(3) by removing the title Chemistry from the latter and by adding the titles Chemistry, lirEC Process Design and Development, lirEC Fundamentals, IirEC Product Research and Development, and Environmental Science and Technology to the former, after which the two paragraphs will read as follows: (2) The SOCIETY'S journals, as follows: JAN. 23, 1967 C&EN
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN C H E M ICAL SOCIETY INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY T H E JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL C H E M ISTRY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY THE JOURNAL OF ORGANIC C H E M ISTRY JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND E N GINEERING D A T A JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL DOCUMENTATION BIOCHEMISTRY INORGANIC CHEMISTRY JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL REVIEWS CHEMISTRY I&EC PROCESS DESIGN AND D E VELOPMENT
ports to the public subject to referral to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors prior to said release.
I&EC FUNDAMENTALS
20. VOTED that the Board of Directors set the following dates and places for 1967 meetings:
I&EC PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
( 3 ) Other SOCIETY publications, as follows: Directory of Members Abstracts of Meeting Papers Advances in Chemistry Series Seidell's Solubilities of Inorganic and Organic Compounds Specifications and Test Methods for Laboratory Reagent Chemicals Collective indexes to CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS and SOCIETY journals
Such other books, pamphlets, and reprints as may be authorized by the Board of Directors Corporation
Employment Houses
19. On recommendation of the Committee on Public, Professional, and Member Relations, VOTED that three offices of the Regional Employment Clearing House in Berkeley, Chicago, and New York City be discontinued and that as soon as practicable an information and data storage and retrieval system be utilized by the Employment Clearing House at headquarters to provide the information and service formerly available at the regional offices. Meetings
Saturday, June 3—Columbus, Ohio Sunday, Sept. 10—Chicago, 111. Saturday, Dec. 2—Washington, D.C. (The Board previously voted to meet on Sunday, April 9, in Miami Beach.) Board of
Directors
21. VOTED that Milton Harris be elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for 1967. 22. VOTED that the following directors be elected to the Executive Committee for 1967: R. W. Cairns, C. G. Overberger, and C. L. Thomas; the Chairman of the Board of Directors is Chairman ex officio.
Associates
17. On recommendation of the Committee on Corporation Associates, VOTED that Environmental Science and Technology be added to the list of journals made available to the Corporation Associates as a result of their participation in the Corporation Associates program, after which the complete list will be Analytical Chemistry, Chemical and Engineering News, Environmental Science and Technology, and Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (monthly). Chemistry
Regional Clearing
and Public
Affairs
18. On recommendation of the Committee on Public, Professional, and Member Relations, VOTED that the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs be authorized to release its re-
Awards
and
Recognitions
23. On recommendation of the Committee on Awards and Recognitions, VOTED to express to the sponsors of the following awards the willingness of the American Chemical Society to continue administrative responsibility for another five-year period ( 1 9 6 9 - 7 3 ) contingent upon the development of mutually acceptable rules for administration: ACS Award in Enzyme Chemistry sponsored by Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.; ACS Award in Petroleum Chemistry sponsored by Precision Scientific Company; ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry sponsored by Witco Chemical Company, Inc. Foundation; Fisher Award in Analytical Chemistry; Fritzsche Award; and The Kendall Company Award in Colloid Chemistry.
24. On recommendation of the Committee on Awards and Recognitions, VOTED that the honorarium for the James T. Grady Award be increased from $1000 to $2000 effective with the 1968 award. 25. On recommendation of the Committee on Awards and Recognitions, VOTED that the honorarium for the Garvan Medal be increased from $1000 to $2000 effective with the 1968 Award, and that, because of the limited funds available, a study be made of the feasibility of presenting the award biennially rather than annually. 26. On recommendation of the Committee on Awards and Recognitions, VOTED that the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society express to Ralph L. Shriner its deep gratitude for the excellent service he has rendered the Society as editor of Chemical Reviews. His proficient leadership and dependable guidance for 17 years have made Chemical Reviews a comprehensive review journal of world renown. The Board of Directors presents this expression of regard with the hope that retirement will provide opportunities for enjoying activities for which previously there may not have been time. 27. On recommendation of the Committee on Awards and Recognitions, VOTED that, in recognition of his achievements as regional director since 1960 and of his many years of faithful and untiring service to the American Chemical Society as a councilor, as a member of many important national committees, and as an officer and contributor to divisions and local sections, and for notable accomplishments in behalf of chemistry and the profession, the Board of Directors extend to W. O. Milligan its sincere appreciation for his loyal support and express its regret at his retirement from the Board. 28. On recommendation of the Committee on Awards and Recognitions, VOTED that, in recognition of his many significant contributions to the American Chemical Society as a councilor, as a member of numerous important national committees, particularly the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs, and as President-Elect, President, and Past-President, the Board of Directors extend to Charles C. Price its wholehearted appreciation for his continuous and energetic support of the Society and the profession and express its regret at losing from the Board an able associate and valued friend. The meeting adjourned at 4:45 P.M. B. R. STANERSON,
Secretary
Table A. Recommended Herman Frasch Foundation Awards for Research in Agricultural Chemistry Starting 1967 (Each for one year starting July 1, 1967, subject to renewal for additional years upon annual review and approval of progress) Investigator David S. Feingold Daniel F. Millikan and James A. Ross Richard C. Staples
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Institution University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine University of Missouri Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.
Subject Nucleoside Diphosphate-Sugar 4-Epimerases of Higher Plants Biochemical Aspects of Graft Failure in Higher Plants A Comparison of Protein Synthesis in Uredospores and Mycelia of Bean Rust Fungus Continued on page 53
No. of years
Total amount
4
$24,000
5
50,000
5
50,000
Ta b I e A.
continued
Investigator Robert L. Metcalf
Institution University of California, Riverside
Bennie J. Camp
Texas A&M University
John M. Bremner
Iowa State University
Arthur W. Galston Roy O. Morris
Yale University Oregon State University
Gennard Matrone Harold M. Sell
North Carolina State Univ. Michigan State University
Mark A. Stahmann John H. Nordin J. F. Snell Aubrey W. Naylor
University of Wisconsin University of Massachusetts Ohio State University Duke University
Subject Development of Laboratory Method for Evaluation of Pesticide Biodegradability and Ecological Magnification The Chemistry of the Constituents of Poisonous Range Plants Isolation and Characterization of Clay-Organic Matter Complexes in Soils The Biochemistry of Plant Reproduction Effects of 2,4-D on Plant Protein and Nucleic Acid Biosynthesis Mineral Elements in Animal Nutrition Biochemical and Genetic Control of Sex Expression of Cucumis melo and Cucumis sativus Biochemistry of Plant Proteins and Disease Structure of Fungal Cell Wall Polysaccharides Biochemical Control Mechanisms Biochemistry of Naturally Induced Growth Modulation in Plants
No. of years 5
Total amount 41,876 50,000 48,800
5 5
50,000 48,400
5 5
50,000 50,000
5 5 5 5
50,000 40,000 50,000 50,000
Table I. PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field (type A) Investigator P. E. Peterson G. C. Lalor W. M. Jones
Institution St. Louis Univ. U. of the West Indies U. of Florida
Subject Hybridization Control Kinetics and Photochemistry Diazoalkenes and Vinyl Cations
W. M. Schubert J. F. Verdieck
U. of Washington U. of Michigan
W. Bodenheimer, L. Heller, and S. Yariv E. P. Schram
Hebrew Univ., Israel
Alkyl Substituent Effects Spectroscopic and Kinetic Applications of Lasers to Photochemistry Organo-Metallic-Clay Complexes in Nature
E. A. Grens, II R. H. Shapiro F. E. Condon R. C. Cookson R. B. King W. W. Paudler C. Schuerch J. F. Garst J. L. Kice D. Bradley H. D. Stidham E. S. Gould G. Thodos K. G. V. Bostrom
Reduction of Inorganic Halides with Organic Anions U. of Calif., Berkeley Ignition of Hydrocarbon Droplets Electron Impact Investigation of Thioureas U. of Colorado and Related Systems City Coll. of C.U.N.Y. Chemistry of Hydrazines Southampton U. Spectroscopy and Photochemistry Transition Metal Olefin and Acetylene U. of Georgia Complexes Ohio Univ. The Chemistry of the Triazines St. U. Coll. of Forestry Mechanism of Vinyl Polymerization at Syracuse Radical Production from Carbanions and U. of Georgia Halides Oregon State U. Internal Return in SNi Reactions Ohio State U.
U. of Leeds
Flame Ionization
U. of Mass. San Francisco State College Northwestern U. U. of Miami
Laser Excitation of Raman Processes Metal Ion-Catalyzed Oxidations
K. C. Chao
Okla. St. U.
E. C. Lim
Loyola U. (Chicago)
H. B. Mark, Jr.
U. of Michigan
Catalytic Disproportionation of Olefins Redox Reactions Between Iron Compounds and Organic Matter during the Diagenesis of Sediments Thermodynamics of the State of Infinite Dilution Luminescence Quantum Yield
G. D. Sharma U. of Alaska E. E. van Tamelen Stanford U.
Applications of Electrochemistry to Organic Synthesis Diagenesis in Sediments Photolysis of Charged Carbon Species
L. A. Singer E. F. Kief er
U. of Chicago U. of Hawaii
Ketenimine Photochemistry Oxidative Dimerization of Olefins
E. C. Toren, Jr.
Duke Univ.
W. J. MacKnight N. L. Allinger
U. of Mass. Wayne St. U.
L. L. Handy L. A. Spurlock
U. of So. Calif. Temple Univ.
Electro-Reduction of Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycles Chemical Stress Relaxation Theoretical Calculations on Organic Molecules Non-Darcy Flow in Porous Media The Isomerization of Unsaturated Alkyl Thiocyanates Kinetics of Vibronic States
H. O. F. von Wey- 111. Inst, of Tech. ssenhoff A. D. Randolph U. of Florida E. L. Park, Jr. U. of Missouri at Rolla
Solids Residence-Time Distributions Nucleate Boiling from Tube Bundles
1967 $ 10,000 3,000 8,784
Amount 1968 1969
$ —
3,000 8,568
$ —
3,000
Total $ 10,000 9,000 17,352
(19mos.) 8,175 7,940
7,678 7,840
5,147 7,840
21,000 23,620
12,830
6,870
—
19,700
8,464
5,536
—
14,000
9,438 5,640
6,528 6,840
5,088 6,840
21,054 19,320
6,960 2,862 6,420
6,960 2,618 6,766
6,960 2,758 6,194
20,880 8,238 19,380
8,672 6,924
5,652 7,044
5,652 7,044
19,976 21,012
6,987
7,019
6,955
20,961
8,707 (20 mos.) 9,749 (19 mos.) 9,600 8,108
5,280
—
13,987
5,894
—
15,643
7,200 7,508
7,200 4,384
24,000 20,000
8,240 7,165 (16 mos.)
5,760 7,423
___ 7,423
14,000 22,011
10,567 (15 mos.) 15,000 (19 mos.) 4,260
6,360
—
16,927
—
—
15,000
6,900
6,780
17,940
6,660 9,331
6,060
—
21,240 22,000
7,116 9,993
— —
14,232 20,145
4,800
—
14,000
6,900 9,360
4,200
—
24,000 20,000
6,240 6,480
6,240 6,480
21,228 25,666
8,758
—
24,000
6,540
— —
16,620 12,106
8,520 12,669 (17 mos.) 7,116 10,152 (15 mos.) 9,200 (15 mos.) 12,900 10,640 (18 mos.) 8,748 12,706 (19 mos.) 15,242 (19 mos.) 10,080 12,106 (19 mos.)
—
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Table I. continued Investigator A. J. Gordon
Institution Catholic Univ.
M. D. Alexander
New Mexico St. U.
D. W. Setser G. 8. Skinner
1967
Subject Reactions of Imides
Coordination Stereochemistry of Propylenediamine Kansas St. U. Vibrational Energy and Bimolecular Reactions Ohio St. U. Wright St. Kinetics of Hydrocarbon Reactions Campus Totals
Amount 1968
Total
1969
8,520
23,520
15,000 (19mos.) 9,203
5,421
5,376
20,000
7,636
6,372
6,212
20,220
6,720 (16mos.)
8,640
8,040
23,400
$363,130 $252,375
$131,873
$747,378
Table II. PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field at the undergraduate level (type B) Amount Investigator R. Maatman
Institution Dordt College
R. S. Rosier
Gonzaga Univ.
D. W. Barnum R. E. Gilman
Portland St. College Rochester Inst, of Technology
Subject Electrolyte-Surface Reactions and Catalytic Activity Velocity Profile Similarity Measurements Water Stable Silicon Complexes The Chugaev Reaction
F. L. Lambert
Occidental Coll.
Polarography of Organic Bromides 3
S. V. Filseth
Harvey Mudd Coll.
J. N. Lowe
U. of the South
H. F. Koch
Ithaca Coll.
S. W. Weidman
U. of Missouri at St. Louis
W. P. Giddings
Pacific Lutheran Univ.
R. W. Gleason
Middlebury Coll.
C. C. Walker
Syracuse U. at Utica
Sis. M. A. Fleming
Marygrove Coll.
Synthetic Applications of PhosphorousNitrogen Ylides Phosphorus-Nitrogen Ligands
R. W. Tank
Lawrence Univ.
Genesis of Clay Minerals
Mercury 6( Pi) Photosensitized Decomposition of Ethers Substituent Effects in Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Reactions of Highly Halogenated Olefins Periodate Oxidation of Sulfides Controversial Carbonium Ion Intermediates Oxidation of 1,1-Dibenzylhydrazines
Totals
1968 1967 $ 5,256 $ 5,256 5,100 9,000 8,040 (15 mos.) 9,420 (15 mos.) 6,831 (15 mos.) 5,340 (20 mos.) 7,968 (20 mos.) 10,668 (17 mos.) 5,220
Total
1969
—
$
10,512 10,200
3,668 5,280
— — —
1,080
—
10,500
3,043
—
9,874
3,780
—
9,120
3,684
—
11,652
4,028
—
14,696
5,100
4,560
4,560
12,668 13,320
14,340
_ 9,240 4,620 13,860 (14 mos.) 6,787 4,081 10,868 — (14 mos.) 6,840 2,400 9,240 — (19 mos.) 7,440 10,680 3,240 —(13 mos.) $103,150 $53,820 $4,560 $161,530
Table III. PRF unrestricted grants for established scientists conducting fundamental research in the petroleum field (type C) Investigator F. A. Cotton R. £. Kallio
Institution MIT U. of 111.
Area of Research* Amount Studies of Unusual Coordination Compounds $ 40,000 30,000 Enzymatic Mechanisms of Aromatic and Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Oxidations and Assimilation H. C. Van Ness Rensselaer Poly. Inst. 40,000 Thermodynamics of Nonelectrolyte Solutions B. deB. Darwent Catholic Univ. 40,000 Energy Transfer and Elementary Reactions D.Lai Univ. of Calif., La Jolla 40,000 Oceanography: Chronology of Marine Sediments, Nature of Large-Scale Circulation of Water and Trace Elements, Sedimentary Record of LongTerm Phenomena in Relation to Climatic Changes and Extraterrestrial Accretion of Matter Total $190,000 * The award in the form of an unrestricted research grant was based on the accomplishments in this area of fundamental research in the petroleum field. The recipients are encouraged to pursue any investigation in the petroleum field of interest to them.
Table IV. PRF International awards in the petroleum field (type D) Investigator M. Zielinski R. S. Tobias
T. B. Flanagan
Institution Warsaw Univ. to go to the Enrico Fermi Inst, for Nuclear Studies, Univ. of Chicago U. of Minnesota to go to the Technical Univ., Munich, Germany, and the Imperial Coll. of Science & Tech., London, England U. of Vermont to go to Institut fur Physikalische Chemie, Munster, Germany
Title Pressure Dependence of the Isotope Effects of the Oxygen-18 and Carbon-13 Isotopes Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Organometallic Compounds of the Transition Metals Diffusion of Hydrogen and Deuterium in Palladium Alloys Total, Type D
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1967 Amount $ 5,753 8,326 7,260 $21,339
Table V.
PRF faculty awards for advanced scientific study in the petroleum field (type E)
Investigator
Institution
A. M . Docken
Luther College to go to Stanford U.
Table VI. Investigator
Advanced Study and Research i n Organic Chemistry
1967 Amount
Purpose
Va. Poly. Inst.
$15,650
Special proposal
Institution
R. £ . Dessy
1967 Amount
Title
Third International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
$5000
American Chemical Society 1967 operating revenues and expense budget by major program classifications approved by Board of Directors Dec. 3. 1966 (Data in $1000)
REVENUES
EXPENSES
EXCESS OR (DEFICIT)
$ 1,270
$ 1,833
$(563)
314
263
51
8,153
8,315
(162)
245
306
(61)
Chemical Abstracts Service
8,874
9,511
(637)
Building operations
1,182**
1,098
84
887
21
866
$20,925
$21,347
PROGRAM Dues supported
National meetings
Publications (other than Chemical Abstracts Service) Nonperiodic publications (other than Chemical Abstracts Service)
All other programs (other than Chemical Abstracts Service) TOTALSf
SOURCE OF FUNDS
SUBPROGRAMS
Dues after allocations for C&EN subscription and to Journals Fund as required by Constitution and Bylaws.* Also minor revenues from special services and programs.
(1) Public & professional affairs (2) Membership affairs (3) Awards (4) International affairs (5) Continuing education (6) Educational affairs
Registration fees; sales of various items; and exposition charges.
(l)Spring m e e t ing—Miami Beach (2) Fall meeting—Chicago
Subscriptions; page charges; advertising; sales of back issues and reprints.
Nineteen primary journals
Sales of nonperiodic publications.
(1) Advances in Chemistry series (2) Other nonperiodic publications (3) Other literature furnished free on request.
Subscriptions; fees for services; sales of back issues and CAS nonperiodic publications; and CAS Funds' Investment revenues.
(1) Ten secondary publications (2) Multiple specialized services (3) CAS nonperiodical publications
Service charges levied against ACS programs for occupancy of space in ACS buildings; rental revenues from non-ACS tenants.
(1) Headquarters properties (2) Columbus properties
Investments revenue; allocation of members dues to Journals Fund; Corporation Associates residual dues; royalties.
(1) Investments (2) Special funds (3) Royalties
$(422)
* The member dues average $15.56: $3.00 allocated (Bylaw) for C&EN subscription; $2.00 to Journals Fund to support deficits (Bylaw) as described above; and $2.65 (av.) to local sections (Constitution); the balance of $7.91 is made available to dues-supported activities other than local section apportionments. * * Includes $1,102,400 of service charges to ACS programs which also appears in their expenses. t In addition to its own operating budget supported by ACS resources, the Society also administers certain programs supported by grants and contracts from both governmental and nongovernmental sources. These externally supported activities will approximate $2 million during calendar year 1967 and are in addition to The Petroleum Research Fund activities described below. The Petroleum Research Fund (a trusteeship) 1967 Budget (Data in $1000) Fund balance at beginning of period
$4,984
Expected revenues Available for disbursements and commitments Less administrative expenses Available for grants and awards Unpaid commitments brought forward from prior years Authorized for commitments in 1967 Uncommitted fund balance at end of period
3,800 $8,784 227 $8,557 $2,513 4,350
6,863 $1,694
Note: The Petroleum Research Fund receives the major portion of its revenues from a Trust Fund administered by Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. The American Chemical Society is the beneficiary of the funds and is obliged to use the revenues for grants and awards for fundamental research in the petroleum field. Monies temporarily in the custody of the Society are invested in short-term securities where additional revenues are generated. These in turn are made available for grants and awards. The revenues from The Petroleum Research Fund are not used to support ACS operations.
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Standing Committees Awards and Recognitions The committee met in Washington on Dec. 2, 1966, with all members in attendance. The Board approved the committee's recommendation that it express its willingness to continue administrative responsibility for another five-year period for six awards (see Minute 2 3 ) . The recommendation that the honorarium for the recipients of the Grady and Garvan Awards be increased to $2000 was approved (see Minutes 24 and 2 5 ) . of appreciation were Resolutions recommended and approved for two members completing terms on the Board of Directors at the end of 1966 and for the editor of Chemical Reviews, who has retired after 17 years of service (see Minutes 26, 27, and 2 8 ) . The committee approved a proposal from the counsel of the administrators of the Ipatieff Fund for simplifying procedures for handling the recurrent transfer of funds to the Society for the honorarium and certain expenses in connection with the Ipatieff Prize. The committee reviewed and reconfirmed its endorsement of the statements of purpose, nature, and rules of eligibility for the ACS Award for Creative Invention as published in Bulletin 7. A member's proposal that an exception to the rule prohibiting posthumous awards be permitted so that an outstanding candidate, now deceased, could be nominated for an ACS award was discussed. After careful consideration the committee by secret ballot unanimously declined to grant an exception. The committee reported that a letter of congratulations, signed by President Sparks, was sent to the National Bureau of Standards on the occasion of the dedication of its new headquarters facilities at Gaithersburg, Md. W. O. MILLIGAN, Chairman
Education and Students The committee met in Washington on Dec. 2, 1966, with all members present. It was reported that appointment of a director to administer a program related to various aspects of chemical education in two-year colleges will be made in the near future to take effect in June 1967.
Comments Please Your views on matters reported by Board committees will be welcomed by the respective chairmen. Letters addressed to B. R. Stanerson, 1155 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, will be forwarded promptly.
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A large portion of the initial work in the new program will focus on obtaining information about chemical education in two-year colleges—both transfer and technician programs—as a factual basis in planning ACS activities in this area. A progress report from the ad hoc Technician Curriculum Committee indicated that a basic curriculum for chemical technicians is being developed. The committee requested that the ad hoc committee recommend whatever concrete actions it believes should be taken, both by the Society and by other groups such as industrial employers and twoyear colleges, to implement effectively any new activities which the new curriculum will help stimulate. The short course program has continued to meet with great success. Twelve sessions (seven courses) will be offered at the time of the spring national meeting in Miami Beach. The imminent retirement from the Board and from this committee of W. O. Milligan and C. C. Price was noted with deep regret. Their wise counsel and hard work have been a source of strength to the committee, and their absence will be strongly felt. The committee would like at this time to thank them for the fine contributions which they have made over the years. HERBERT E. CARTER,
Chairman
Finance The Committee on Finance met with the Committee on Publications in Washington, on Dec. 2, 1966. The Treasurer's report of cash and investments as of Sept. 30, 1966, the report of investment transactions for the third quarter of 1966 by the chairman of the Committee on Investments, and the financial record for the 10 months ended Oct. 31, 1966, as reported by the Controller, were reviewed and received (See Minutes 4 and 7 ) . A staff study of the flow of funds from the Trustee of The Petroleum Research Fund and the current level of authorizations for commitments for grants and awards was reviewed. The committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the amount authorized for 1967 for commitment by the Committee on Grants and Fellowships be increased to $4,350,000 (see Minute 9 ) . For the past three years, the revenues from the Trustee have exceeded estimates and funds have accumulated to back up what is proposed. The 1967 budget proposal was reviewed in conjunction with a five-year forecast of expected revenues and expenses. The 1967 budget was approved as submitted and recommended for approval by the Board of Directors (see Minute 8 ) . This budget anticipates an operating deficit which is largely accounted for by the pricing policy for ACS publications. The years 1964 and 1965 produced excesses of revenue and these funds have been set aside to offset the expected 1967 deficit. The five-year forecast points out very clearly the need to increase the revenues of certain activities during the period 1967-72, if
the Society is to maintain a proper balance of revenues and expenses. The joint actions with the Committee on Publications are covered in the report of that committee. ROBERT W. CAIRNS, Chairman
Grants and Fellowships The committee met in Washington on Dec. 2, 1966, with all members present. Also in attendance were Dr. Milton Harris, Chairman of the ACS Board of Directors; Dr. B. R. Stanerson, ACS Executive Secretary; and Dr. R. E. Henze and Dr. J. W. Collat of the PRF staff. The committee received and considered recommendations for new Herman Frasch Foundation Awards submitted by Dr. Philip Bates, chairman of the ACS Committee on Frasch Foundation Awards. In his letter of transmittal, Dr. Bates reported that his committee met in Chicago, 111., on Nov. 15 with E. A. Samson, Jr., and R. Moore of the United States Trust Co. as observers, and selected 14 research projects from among the 163 proposals submitted to the committee for evaluation. The action taken is recorded in Minute 3, page 50. The PRF Program Administrator presented a brief status report indicating that essentially all 1966 grant commitments have been met and that the deliberations of the November meeting of the PRF Advisory Board dealt with the 1967 PRF grant and award program. Minutes of the Nov. 10 and 11 meeting of the PRF Advisory Board and a 10-year summary report on the ACS-PRF Type B grant program were distributed to the committee prior to the meeting. The committee received the PRF Advisory Board's recommendations on PRF grants and awards and took the action recorded in Minute 3, page 50. During its consideration of recommended grants and awards, the committee discussed various aspects of the PRF program, including policies relative to current activities and the possibility of need for new programs. These matters are to be explored and discussed further at the April meeting of the committee. JOHN C. SHEEHAN, Chairman
Public, Professional, and Member Relations The committee met in Washington on Dec. 2, 1966, with all members present. A proposal for a change in the Regional Employment Clearing House operation was considered. The plan called for installing a machine system at ACS headquarters for selection of applicants' records to be mailed to employers on request and closing the regional offices at other locations. In view of the substantial savings promised to both employers and the Society, the committee concluded the project would be a good investment and therefore recommended its approval by the Board (see Minute 1 9 ) . Plans for continuing the Society's experiments with closed-circuit television at the Miami Beach meeting in the spring were discussed. The committee agreed that the Society's first trial of
closed-circuit coverage at New York last September was interesting but inconclusive. Staff was therefore encouraged to repeat the experiment at Miami Beach where, it appears, conditions will be more favorable. Progress on the current projects of the ACS Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs was reported by Dr. Charles C. Price, chairman of that committee and a member of the PP&MR Committee. A task force studying the "Science and Technology of Environmental Improvement" is expected to have a draft of its report ready for consideration at a meeting of the CPA Committee early in 1967. There was some question as to the proper procedure for releasing such reports to the public. The PP&MR Committee agreed to recommend to the Board that the CPA Committee be authorized to make its reports public (see Minute 18). If the report on environmental improvement is available it will provide the basis of discussion at a seminar for writers, editors, and broadcasters tentatively scheduled by the ACS News Service for Washington in late February. In any event, members of the task force working on the report are expected to participate in the program, which will have as its theme "Chemical Techniques of Environmental Improvement." This will be the second seminar in a series introduced by the News Service last September to help newsmen keep abreast of the main trends in chemical advance. The PP&MR Committee concurred in a recommendation of the Committee on Awards and Recognitions that the honorarium for the James T. Grady Award be increased from $1000 to $2000 (see Minute 24). The change is in line with the action taken by the Board in September when it voted that all awards administered by the Society shall include an honorarium of not less than $2000, effective at the time of the extension of the current five-year agreement for each award now administered. The Grady Award, for outstanding reporting of chemical progress to the public, is supported by the Society. There was a preliminary discussion of plans for the Society's Centennial in 1976, with special reference to such matters as the most desirable time and place for the observance. The committee learned with interest that all booth space had been sold for the exposition to be conducted by the Society at the Miami Beach meeting. Educational aspects of the exposition will be emphasized, with special features provided for students and seminars presented by the exhibitors for chemists and chemical engineers. Also noted with interest by the Committee was the recent publication of a book, "Men and Molecules," based on the Society's weekly radio documentary of that name. The book was written by John F. Henahan of the ACS News Service, creator and for the past six years producer of the 15-minute taped programs. The News Service reported wide ac-
ceptance of a science column for weekly newspapers which has been provided for the past year by the ACS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and the American Institute of Physics. Each organization prepares a column a month, and the AIP distributes the material. On Nov. 1, the column was being mailed regularly—at their request—to nearly 300 weeklies throughout the country. JOHN H. NAIR, Chairman
Publications The committee met in Washington on Dec. 2, 1966. Finance-publications matters were considered jointly with the Committee on Finance. Publications in macromolecular chemistry. At the request of the committees, the Publications staff presented general recommendations concerning types of journals it feels the Society should publish in the area of macromolecular chemistry. Upon consideration of staff's report, the committees voted to recommend establishment of a new ACS journal in this field (see Minute 10). Environmental Science and Technology. The Publications staff reported rapid progress in its preparations for launching ES&T in January 1967. Advance subscriptions totaled 4481 at the time the committees met. The committees recommended the appointment of Dr. James J. Morgan as editor of ES&T, effective as of Oct. 1, 1966 (see Minute 11). Accounts of Chemical Research. Plans for launching the Society's new concise review journal, now titled Accounts of Chemical Research, are geared toward publication of the first issue in January 1968. On recommendation of the Publications staff that free distribution of this new journal be limited to ACS members, the committee recommended that, subject to approval by Council, a nonmember subscription rate be set at $10 per year (see Minute 12). Mutual subscription discounts between JPC and JCP. The Publications and Operational Services staffs presented results of their study concerning the extent of overlapping membership between the Society and the American Physical Society, and the advantages which might accrue through the establishment of reciprocal discounts on journal subscriptions. The committees recommended that a 10% reciprocal discount arrangement be established for subscriptions to The Journal of Physical Chemistry and the Journal of Chemical Physics (see Minute 15). Status of Handbook for Authors. A near-final draft of the Handbook for Authors was approved in essence at the annual Conference of Editors of research journals, held in New Orleans Nov. 17 and 18. With a few further minor revisions, to be effected by a subcommittee, the handbook is expected to be ready for publication early in 1967. CAS international relations. There has been sentiment on the committee that the
Society should work more closely with societies and scientists in other countries, seeking their advice, recommendations, and working cooperation in formulating our information-handling policies, and then making the resulting system outputs available to them on an equitable basis. Discussion revealed a desire that more direct and effective contact be established in order that duplication and fragmentation of effort might be reduced, and that international cooperation and breadth of contribution might be increased. Polymer and plastics business abstracts. There is evidence of a desire on the part of the rubber industry for an alerting service to provide abstracts of elastomerrelated news items as they appear in the technical and business press. CAS has proposed an experimental one-year program through which it would provide the kind of service desired—covering such areas as technology, production, marketing, economics, and others of business interest in the polymers and plastics field. The committees recommended that such a service be undertaken for one year on an experimental basis (see Minute 13). Five-year forecast for CAS and primary publications. In reviewing the forecast for Society financing for the years 196872, committee members agreed that close scrutiny must be given to all actions and activities in the Publications and CAS programs, with a view to securing increased efficiency, expanded revenues, and possibly, as a last resort, some reductions in services, if sizable deficits are to be avoided. Revision of Regulations. The committees recommended appropriate revision of Society Regulations to reflect (a) separation of the I&EC research quarterlies from the monthly Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, (b) establishment of the new publication Environmental Science and Technology, and (c) reclassification of Chemistry with the Society's journals instead of with its group of "other Society publications" (see Minute 16). Discontinuance of 16-EC-International Edition. The International Edition of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry has not demonstrated the desired income-producing capability relative to the time, effort, and costs required for its production. The committees recommended that the International Edition be discontinued at the end of 1967 (see Minute 14). CHARLES G. OVERBERGER, Chairman
Special Committees Chemical Abstract Service A committee has screened local and national architectural firms for the purpose of selecting one to prepare preliminary studies for a second-phase building for CAS on ACS property in Columbus. Recommendations have been submitted for further investigation. Work began on Sept. 27 on the Olentangy Riverfront development project. The dredging of the river and islands was completed by mid-November. The progress on earthwork, riprap, tree and brush removal, pipe culvert and filling was apJAN. 23, 1967 C&EN 57
proximately 30% completed by the end of November. Meetings were held on Sept. 15 and Oct. 27 to plan action on the scope and functions of an ACS study and planning group and to interview candidates. A separate report was submitted for Board action. American Institute of Chemical Engineers representatives on the ACS/AIChE Liaison Committee have been appointed and a meeting on Dec. 9 was arranged to review the present and proposed extensions of coverage in CA necessary for the chemical engineering community. The assumptions, approach, and questions outlined in the proposal for a National Library of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering were discussed and action outlined for a program aimed at improving the de facto network now in being. The recent action by the Federal Government in appointing several committees on libraries has been considered and meetings have been held to discuss our ideas and data on a library system with the federal officials responsible. A meeting was held Dec. 1 in Washington to discuss with representatives of the Committee on Scientific and Technical Information (COSATI) a report by Information Management, Inc., to NSF on "System Requirements Description and Preliminary System Performance Specification for a National Chemical Information System." This report was the result of an eight-month study and is to culminate in a system development plan by April 1, 1967. The committee approved on Oct. 24 support for one year of operation of the NAS/NRC Committee on Modern Methods of Handling Chemical Information (CMMHCI). Five subcommittees to CMMHCI have been set up for studies on ( a ) user requirements, ( b ) technology developments, ( c ) systems development, ( d ) economics and evaluation, and ( e ) education. The committee chairman reported that the following subjects were discussed at the Sept. 16-17 meeting of the NAS/NAE Committee on Scientific and Technical Communications (SATCOM): ( a ) ownership rights in scientific information, ( b ) review of COS ATI actions and plans, ( c ) Library of Congress as an element in a national network, and ( d ) Interuniversity Communications Council ( E D U COM). A second meeting on Oct. 28-29 reviewed the following: ( a ) scientific information programs of AEC, ( b ) technical report literature, ( c ) international aspects of science/technology communications, ( d ) toxicological information, and ( e ) programs of NSF Office of Scientific Information Services. The committee has reviewed with staff the accounting and financial handling problems for CAS and has prepared recommendations. Five-year forecasts for CAS have been prepared and reflect in broad terms the growth in abstracts, pages, staff, space, and finances, 1968-72. Special consideration has been given to the new CAS programs and advances in technology that affect these forecasts. A half-day session on the ACS Chemical Information System was presented to 58
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the Corporation Associates on Nov. 17 at Rockefeller University, New York City. The international relationships of CAS were discussed from the point of view of extension of cooperation and coordination. BYRON RIEGEL,
Chairman
Chemistry and Public Affairs The committee held a special meeting in Washington on Oct. 27 and 28, 1966, with 25 leaders in academic, industrial, and government areas to discuss the proposed study of "Chemistry in Industry" (see C&EN, Nov. 14, 1966, page 7 8 ) . The response by those in attendance was both favorable and encouraging. The group agreed that a report which would carefully delineate the total role of chemistry in a modern technological society would be of real use. It was agreed that the report should be addressed to the nonscientist leadership in the industrial, academic, and government community and should be confined to the broad spectrum of chemistry rather than emphasizing applied research. The conferees looked on this study as an added interpretation and extension of the implications of the Westheimer Report. Several highly qualified persons are being considered to head this new study, and it is anticipated that the chairman and members of a working committee will be named in the near future. Work has continued on the ACS study of "The Science and Technology of Environmental Improvement," under the leadership of Dr. Lloyd M. Cooke. A meeting of the task force was held at the O'Hare Inn, Chicago, 111., on Nov. 22 to refine further the panel reports. The drafts are now in the hands of the editor, Dr. Richard L. Kenyon, for modification and organization into a preliminary final draft. The next meeting of the committee was held on Jan. 13 and 14, 1967. CHARLES C. PRICE, Chairman
Civil Defense The committee is endeavoring to remain alert to the problems of civil defense where they concern the competencies found in members of the ACS. A very informative meeting was held in N e w York in September. Liaison members from the Office of Civil Defense and CBR and Nuclear Operations, Department of Army, were present. The committee will try to maintain these contacts. From the standpoint of OCD, the problems relating to CW and BW still have a very low priority. It was agreed, however, that the committee should continue to study the nature of the threats of a possible employment of CW and BW and be ready to make recommendations for action if changing conditions increase the possibility of their use. Some ACS local sections have committees on civil defense. There has been some demand that the committee furnish more direct help to these committees. This need is being studied. The principal concern of local sections is the preparedness to meet natural or man-made dis-
asters and there have been requests that the Committee on Civil Defense become a Committee on Disaster Preparedness with broader functions. The Committee is making tentative plans for a meeting in January 1967, to include a briefing by the Department of Army and governmental agencies involving the relative and contingent threats of nuclear, CW, and BW weaponry against citizens. CONRAD E. RONNEBERG,
Chairman
Corporation Associates The committee held its first annual meeting with representatives from the associate companies on Nov. 17 at Rockefeller University, N e w York City. Attendance reached 182, including staff and committee members. Discussion from the floor was spirited and included several valuable suggestions for consideration by the committee. A full report is being prepared and will be distributed to the Corporation Associates, the Special Committee of the Board of Directors for Chemical Abstracts Service, and the Board of Directors. Since the meeting, several of the representatives have submitted further thoughts and suggestions. These are being compiled and will be considered by the committee after the new members have been named. Concerning the expansion of the committee membership, the committee has recommended to the Chairman of the Board the names of 13 persons selected from the industrial representatives to the Corporation Associates program. The committee also met informally and recommended that Environmental Science and Technology be added to the three publications made available to the Corporation Associates (see Minute 1 7 ) . R. W. CAIRNS, Chairman
International Activities The committee sponsored a highly successful reception for foreign visitors at the ACS meeting in N e w York in September. About one third of the nearly 1000 foreign visitors at the meeting attended the reception as guests and about 100 ACS members participated. The guest of honor was Dr. Rudolf Morf, Secretary General of IUPAC. Also invited and present were representatives of the Department of State and special foundations, since the occasion also recognized the 20th anniversary of the Fulbright fellowship program in which some 400 chemists have participated in the past 20 years. Special invitations were extended to ACS members who have held foreign fellowships. The committee has initiated and supported two publication programs, under which a third edition of the "Handbook on Information on International Scientific Organizations, Services, and Programs" has been published. The new edition, which was released at the September national meeting, is unique in that it was produced as a joint effort of ACS and the American Institute of Physics with the support of the National Science Founda-
tion. AIP had previously issued a similar guide for physicists. The editorial combination was done by ACS. The handbook has proven very popular, and since its announcement in C&EN some 2000 copies have been distributed. A similar distribution is being made to physicists by AIP. A year ago the Board of Directors, at the request of the committee, approved the translation and printing in Spanish of selected materials from ACS journals, especially from the magazine Chemistry, as part of a program to improve chemistry teaching in the Latin American countries. This program is administered for NSF and AID by ACS. A Latin American board was organized to produce this publication; arrangements were made with the Mexican Chemical Society to print the quarterly publication, and the first number was released shortly after the fall national meeting. This translation journal (Revista Iberoamericana de Educacion Quimica) will be available in Latin America at a subscription price of $2.00 per year. The committee has recommended that a staff study be made of the evaluation and certification of students from abroad as to their placement in American universities and of the reverse problem with respect to U.S. students going abroad to study. This will be discussed at the staff level with the Society educational groups. The committee also has indicated a supporting interest in a proposal to hold a conference of experts in elementary chemical education to discuss, evaluate, and develop ideas with respect to chemical education in leading foreign areas, in cooperation with the Society educational groups. ROBERT C. ELDERFIELD, Chairman
ACS Group Life Insurance Plan The ACS Group Life Insurance Plan was reopened for members during September. The insurance company does not have final figures but estimates that there were 1600 new enrollments, increasing the number of participants to slightly more than 9500. The annualized premium for $95 million in life insurance in force will approximate $640,000. This amount is believed to be ample to provide for the payment of death benefits and administrative expenses and still leave an excess to be used for the exclusive benefit of the participants.
tee's report, arrangements were made for the Society to participate in a planning session held on Nov. 13. Representing the ACS were Dr. Richard J. Henry and Dr. Joseph Boutwell. The committee's chairman, Dr. W. B. Mason, served as chairman of the planning group in his capacity as President-Elect of the American Association of Clinical Chemists. In addition to ACS and AACC, other participating organizations included the American Board of Clinical Chemistry, the American Institute of Chemists, and the American Society of Biological Chemists. Administrative assistance was provided by the committee's staff liaison, D. A. H. Roethel, who made preliminary arrangements to incorporate the new registry and to draft sample bylaws. It was agreed that the new program would be entitled "National Registry in Clinical Chemistry" and that it should be incorporated as a nonprofit organization in the District of Columbia as soon as possible. Thereafter, it is contemplated that the registry will hold an organizational meeting early in 1967 so that the new accreditation system for clinical chemists, particularly those at the bachelors and masters levels, will be in operation by the middle of the year. W. B. MASON, Chairman
Exchanges During 1966 the Committee on Exchanges has continued to discharge successfully the responsibilities assigned to it by the Board of Directors. This committee, acting on behalf of the Board, monitors and maintains all literature exchange agreements existing between the ACS and its exchange partners and negotiates new exchange agreements as required by the various offices of the Society. Since the best indicator of the committee's activities during the past year is a record of work accomplished, we take the liberty of presenting this record in the form of the table that follows. The table also indicates similar data for the past two years that will serve as a yardstick to measure our 1966 efforts.
At the Sept. 11, 1966, meeting of the Board, the committee recommended that the Society participate in a program to establish a national registry of clinical chemists. This effort, spearheaded by the American Association of Clinical Chemists, was expected to involve all U.S. chemical groups known to have an interest in the clinical laboratory field. Following acceptance of the commit-
Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Board Nearly all PRF grant commitments for 1966 have been paid. In Table A are listed the amounts of money encumbered for payment in 1966 by type of PRF grant as of Nov. 1, 1966. Since no further commitments are to be made for 1966, these figures will be close to actual year-end results. Some downward adjustment may be necessary due to grant cancellations or transfers and overestimation of administrative expenses. Table B lists the amount encumbered by types of grants for 1967, 1968, and 1969, and amounts estimated for page charges and administrative expenses for 1967. The number of grants already approved for the three years are given in parentheses following the amounts. It should be noted that 95 Type G grants are listed as commitments for 1967. This reflects the fact that all new Type G grants awarded in 1966 were two-year grants. Table C gives a balance sheet of funds authorized by the Board of Directors and the amounts disbursed or encumbered prior to Nov. 1, 1966. The Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Board met in Washington on Nov. 10 and 11, 1966, to consider proposals for new grants and awards to be paid in 1967 and future years. On hand for evaluation at this first meeting of the 1966-67 academic year were 149 proposals requesting a total of $3,560,972. PRF Advisory Board recommendations regarding these proposals were transmitted to the ACS Board of Directors through the Committee on Grants and Fellowships (see Minute 3 ) . 1964 1917 1224 36 25
1965 1983 1242 28 31
1966 2030 1263 17 34
Table A. Summary of PRF grants for payment in 1966 (Prepared Nov. 1, 1966) Type
Clinical Chemistry
JAMES L. WOOD, Chairman
Journals received on exchange ACS journals sent to exchange partners New exchanges negotiated Exchanges refused
R. V. MELLEFONT, Chairman
Other Committees
The members of the committee continue in the belief that our activities constitute a worthwhile extension of the Society's charge "to encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of chemistry . . ."
A B C D E G Special X Total
Total
Number 292 75 32 9 2 95 new 45 renewals 3 553 Page charges (est.) Administrative expenses (est.)
Amount
paid
$1,879,829 340,463 377,000 72,768 23,110 271,000 90,000 20,250 $3,074,420
%
iverage per grant
61.16 11.06 12.26 2.37 .75 8.82 2.93 .65
$ 6,438 4,533 11,781 8,085 11,555 2,852 2,000
20,000 260,000 $3,354,420
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The following scientists have been appointed by the ACS Board Chairman to begin three-year PRF Advisory Board terms on Jan. 1, 1967: Dr. Fred Basolo, Northwestern University; Dr. Richard S. Crog, Union Oil Co.; Dr. Joseph D . Danforth, Grinnell College; Dr. Charles W. Montgomery, Gulf Research and Development Co.; Dr. Norman H. Nachtrieb, University of Chicago; Dr. Paul E. Oberdorfer, Jr., Sun Oil Co.; and Dr. George Olah, Western Reserve University. Dates for the winter meeting of the PRF Advisory Board have been set for Feb. 9 and 10. ARTHUR L. L Y M A N ,
Chairman
Joint Board-Council Committee
Patent Matters and Related Legislation The committee has reviewed the status of the President's Commission to Study the Patent System. The conclusions of the study are as yet unknown as the report is not due for publication until midDecember. The commission is reported to be limiting its areas of interest to proposed changes in handling applications, extension of the 17-year patent term to 20 years from filing date, and consideration of elimination of interfer-
Table B. Payment schedule of PRF funds encumbered for grants and awards by year and type of grant (number of grants in parentheses) (Prepared Nov. 1, 1966) Type A B C D
£ G
Totals Page charges (est.) Administrative expenses (est.) Total committed Total committed for three years (1967, 1968, 1969)
1967 $1,030,493(172) 182,222(46) 266,500(27) 3,657(1)
1968
204,000(95) $1,686,872(341) 20,000 260,000 $1,966,872
1969
$506,073(87) 40,488(10) 196,500(20)
$ 4,800(1)
$743,061(117)
$82,800(9)
$743,061
$82,800
78,000(8)
$2,792,733
Table C. Amounts authorized by the ACS Board of Directors and amounts paid out or encumbered since December 1961* (Prepared Nov. 1,1966) Amounts authorized as of Nov. 1, 1966 Prior to December 1961 December 1961 June 1962 December 1962 December 1962 June 1963 September 1963 December 1963 June 1964 December 1964 December 1964 Plus additional previously authorized December 1965 December 1965 Total authorized
$2,198,072 2,960,000 317,920** 2,940,000 75,000f 250,000** 45,000f 3,000,000 117,000** 3,000,000 300,000** 300,000** 3,250,000 300,000** $19,052,992
Amounts paid or encumbered as of Nov. 1, 1966 $3,312,234 1962 3,187,657 1963 3,325,687 1964 3,331,198 1965 3,354,420 1966 (est. adm. exp. and page charges included) 1,686,872 1967 (exclusive of adm. exp. and page charges) 743,061 1968 ( " " " " " " ) 82,800 1969 ( " " " " " " ) 19,023,929 Total amounts paid or encumbered as of Nov. 1, 1966 5 29,063 Unencumbered balance * This date coincides with a change in budget procedures. ** Taken from the $2 million allocated June 1962 by the Board of Directors to be used over a five- to six-year period, t Specifically for Type G awards and taken from the $2 million explained in footnote**. (A total of $1,704,920 used to date from the June 1962 allocation.)
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ence practices. Shortly after ACS submitted recommendations on patent policy in 1965, an administrative order covering at least one ACS recommendation, abstract reporting, was issued by the Patent Office. The committee is considering holding a special meeting to consider the report as soon as it is issued. The committee has continued its consideration of the McClellan bill, S. 1809, on the disposition of patent rights in govThe bill ernment-supported research. was reported out on Aug. 15 by the Senate Judiciary Committee, but on adjournment of Congress the bill had not yet been taken up in the Senate or by the corresponding House committee. The committee's general approach to the bill was supported in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee in 1965 by Dr. Charles C. Price, then President of the Society. At the time of the September 1965 meeting it was the committee's conclusion, in agreement with the opinion of the ACS legal counsel and so recommended to the Board of Directors, that no further action before the Senate was appropriate for the Society. A counterpart bill was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. D a d dario, H.R. 17167, which appears to contain several improvements on the McClellan bill. The committee has this bill under consideration and will be prepared to offer comments if and when these bills are reintroduced in the 90th Congress. The committee reconsidered its position in opposition to the Williams bill, S. 1971, to provide for the delayed examination of patent applications and to change the standard of patentability. It voted to withdraw its recommendation of opposition previously considered for Board action. Review of all new and pending patent legislation has been continued by the committee, and the reintroduction of the same or like legislation in the 90th Congress will be followed. The development of an ACS policy statement on patent matters has continued to receive major attention by the committee. It is planned to publish a proposed statement in C&EN before the spring meeting so as to solicit comments by the membership. The ACS Education Office has invited Dr. Newman to give a short course on patents. The committee has agreed that the development of such a course is advisable, and it is anticipated that it would be timely to have the course ready by the fall meeting of 1967 in Chicago. PAULINE N E W M A N ,
Chairman
REPORT ON ADVISORY BOARDS Regulation VIII, 11 of the American Chemical Society reads as follows: Advisory Boards. Editors of publications published or sponsored by the AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY
are
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thorized to appoint such advisory boards as they feel necessary for the proper discharge of their editorial responsibilities, provided that such appointees be selected with proper regard to the various interests and fields covered by the publication and
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Education Office to put out "College Chemistry Seniors'' The first edition of "College Chemistry Seniors" has been published by the ACS Education Office. The listing, which replaces the "ACS Graduate School Clearing House," is offered in an experiment designed to facilitate contacts between bachelor degree candidates in chemistry and chemical engineering and potential employers or graduate schools. At the end of the academic year, the Board Committee on Education and Students will review "College Chemistry Seniors." If the committee feels that the experiment was successful, the listing will be published yearly. "College Chemistry Seniors" consists of two parts, one of seniors interested in graduate school or industry and one of seniors interested in secondary school teaching. Forms were sent to the Society's student affiliates and to the chairmen of chemistry and chemical engineering departments in U.S. colleges and universities. More than 1500 college seniors, affiliates and nonaffiliates, returned these forms for inclusion in the edition. Listings in the Graduate School-Industry Edition are arranged according to the students' major interests-chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or other. These categories are further divided into subgroups of those interested in graduate school only, in graduate school and industry, and in industry only. The resulting 12 lists Continued
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New local section officers MARYLAND. Dr. William H. Stahl, research manager at McCormick & Co., Inc., is the 1967 chairman of the Maryland Section. Serving with Dr. Stahl are F . Timothy Parr, chairman-elect; Dr. Richard J. Kokes, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 21218, secretary; and Dr. Thomas C. Simmons, treasurer.
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
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partment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, N.C. 27412, secretary; and Dr. Marjorie P. Newell, treasurer.
CALIFORNIA. Dr. Donald S. Noyce, professor of chemistry and assistant dean of the college of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, is the 1967 chairman of the California Section. The other officers are Dr. William L. Stanley, chairman-elect; Walter B. Petersen, Room 322, 2082 Center St., Berkeley, Calif. 94704, secretary; E d a Kinney, administrative secretary; and Dr. Eugene G. Teach, treasurer.
SAN GORGONIO. Dr. Edgar R. Stephens, 1967 chairman of the San Gorgonio Section, is a research chemist with the Statewide Air Pollution Research Center at University of California, Riverside. T h e other section officers are Grant H. Palmer, chairman-elect; Dr. Irwin Geller, 201 S. Lorraine Ave., Glendora, Calif. 91740, secretary; and Dr. William B. Innes, treasurer.
MIDLAND. Dr. Donald R. Weyenberg, manager of the organometallic and inorganic research laboratories at Dow Corning Corp., is the new chairman of the Midland Section. The other officers are Dr. Douglas A. Rausch, chairman-elect; Dr. Linneaus C. Dorman, 3813 Westbrier Terr., Midland, Mich. 48642, secretary; and Dr. Gordon E. Hartzell, treasurer.
ROCHESTER. Dr. William H. Saunders, Jr., chairman of the chemistry department and professor il?^Pp"^*'~!!^ °^ chemistry at the University of Rochester, is the 1967 chairman of the Rochester Section. T h e other officers are Dr. T. Howard James, chairmanelect; Dr. Gene L. Oliver, Eastman Kodak Co., Kodak Park, Bldg. 59, Rochester, N.Y. 14650, secretary; and James Wilson, Jr., treasurer.
MOBILE. Dr. Paul D . Cratin, associate professor of chemistry at Spring Hill College, is the 1967 chairman of the Mobile Section. _ Serving with Dr. | J **WY #*P||r Cratin are Dr. Robert P. Curry, chairman-elect; Dr. Richard Legendre, 5664 Vanderbilt Drive, Mobile, Ala. 36608, secretary; and Edward S. Ferguson, treasurer. SALT LAKE. Dr. Edward M. Eyring, associate professor of physical chemistry at the University of Utah, is the 1967 chairman of the Salt Lake Section. The other officers are Dr. Richard H. Boyd, chairmanelect, and Robert J. Demint, Colorado River Basin Project Laboratory, 1750 S. Redwood Rd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84104, secretary-treasurer. WABASH VALLEY. Curtis A. Dhonau of Vincennes University is the 1967 chairman of the Wabash Valley Section. The other section officers are Dr. Joseph R. Siefker, chairman-elect; and William G. Kammler, Central Nitrogen, Inc., P.O. Box 535, Terre Haute, Ind. 47801, secretary-treasurer. PUGET SOUND. Gerald O. Freeman, vice president of Penberthy Electromelt Co., is the new chairman of the Puget Sound Section. The other officers are Dr. Verner Schomaker, chairman-elect; Dr. Edwin E. Barnes, Weyerhaeuser Co., 3400-13th Ave., S.W., Seattle, Wash. 98134, secretary; and Dr. Theodore R. Beck, treasurer. UPPER PENINSULA. Dr. Laurence G. Stevens, senior project scientist with the Calumet Division of Calumet & Hecla, is the 1967 chairman of the Upper Peninsula Section. The other ^^ officers are Dr. kV ~ J 1 H Gerald D. Jacobs, chairman-elect, and Donald G. Chin_ _ _ nery, 908 W . Magw netic, Marquette, Mich. 49855, secretarytreasurer.
CLEVELAND. Dr. Henry Z. Sable, 1967 chairman of the Cleveland Section, is associate professor of chemistry at Western Reserve University. The other section officers are Dr. George E. Blomgren, chairmanelect; Dr. Allen P. Arnold, 1975 Temblethurst Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44121, secretary; and Dorothy M. Muhitsch, treasurer.
CHATTANOOGA.
James S. Galbraith, 1967 chairman of the Chattanooga Section, is supervisor of the central chemical laboratory at Tennessee Valley Authority. The other section officers are Donald Earl Bruce, chairman-elect, and Horst Wolfgang Schmank, Rte. 5, Alan Drive, Ringgold, Ga. 30736, secretary-treasurer.
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TULSA. Dr. M. L. Dunton, 1967 chairman of the Tulsa Section, is a senior research scientist with Pan American Petroleum Corp. The other section officers are Dr. Edward S. McKay, chairman-elect; Dr. Edward B. Butler, 4332 S. Canton Ave., Tulsa, Okla. 74105, secretary; and Dr. James B. Beal, Jr., treasurer.
OMAHA. Dr. Dale P. J. Goldsmith, associate professor in the department of biochemistry at the University of Nebraska school of medicine, is the 1967 chairman of the Omaha Section. The other officers are Dr. C. Robert Keppel, chairmanelect, and Dr. K. H. Takemura, De-
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partment of Chemistry, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. 68131, secretarytreasurer.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. Dr. Robert M. Hammaker, 1967 chairman of the Kansas State University Section, is assistant professor of chemistry at the university. The other section officers are Dr. Clifton E. Meloan, chairman-elect, and Dr. James L. Copeland, Department of Chemistry, Willard Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan. 66502, secretary-treasurer.
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. Dr. Carl W. Kruse, manager of the chemicals research section, R&D department, Phillips Petroleum Co., heads the Northeast Oklahoma Section in 1967. The other officers are Robert T. Johansen, vicechairman; Dr. Henry L. Hsieh, 1406 Meadow Lane, Bartlesville, Okla. 74003, secretary; and Dr. Donald H. Kubicek, treasurer.
RED RIVER VALLEY. Dr. Virgil I. Stenberg, associate professor of chemistry at the University of North Dakota, heads the Red River Valley Section in 1967. The other officers are Gustav P. Dinga, chairman-elect; Dr. Howard L. Haight, Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D. 58201, secretary; and Dr. James A. Stewart, treasurer. 66 C&EN JAN. 23, 1967
LEHIGH VALLEY. Dr. James F. Feeman, research associate with the Althouse Division of Crompton & Knowles Corp., heads the Lehigh Valley Section in 1967. Serving with Dr. Feeman are Dr. Robert Fredericks, chairman-elect; Dr. Richard C. Hatch, Department of Chemistry, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. 18104, secretary; and Dr. A. James Diefenderfer, treasurer. NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. Edward A. Baetke, research chemist in the product p^r ^^^^^ development department, chemical products division of Ansul Co., is the 1967 chairman of the Northeast Wisconsin Section. The other officers are Dr. Gilbert F. Pollnow, chairmanelect, and Dr. Paul Allan Barks, Department of Chemistry, St. Norbert College, West De Pere, Wis. 54178, secretary-treasurer.
W. F. Hower, 1320 N. 13th St., Duncan, Okla. 73533, secretary-treasurer. WISCONSIN. Dr. R. Byron Bird, chairman of the department of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, is the new chairman of the Wisconsin Section. The other officers are Dr. Robert C. West, Jr., chairman-elect, and Dr. Richard F. Fenske, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706, secretary-treasurer. NORTH JERSEY. Dr. Samuel M. Gerber, technical director of Ciba Chemical & Dye Co., is the new chairman of the North Jersey Section. Serving with Dr. Gerber are Dr. Julian J. Leavitt, chairmanelect; Dr. Howard E. Heller, Lansing Place, New Brunswick, NJ. 08901, secretary; and Dr. Neil M. Mackenzie, treasurer.
SOUTH PLAINS. Dr. Joe Alfred Adamcik, associate professor of chemistry at Texas Technological College, heads the South Plains Section in 1967. The other officers are Dr. William G. Thomas, chairmanelect; John A. Anderson, Department of Chemistry, Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Tex. 79406, secretary; and W. Avery Fix, treasurer.
NORTHERN NEW YORK. Dr. Gordon L. Galloway, assistant professor of chemistry at St. Lawrence University, is the 1967 chairman of the Northern New York Section. The other officers are Dr. H. H. G. Jellinek, vice-chairman; Thomas P. Wallace, 14 Missouri Ave., Potsdam, N.Y. 13676, secretary; and Dr. Frank C. Goodrich, treasurer.
SAN ANTONIO. Dr. Donald E. Johnson, manager of the analytical and biochemistry section at Southwest Research Institute, is the new chairman of the San Antonio Section. The other officers are John D. Millar, chairmanelect; Charles L. Cottingham, 4702 Lyceum Dr., San Antonio, Tex. 78229, secretary; and Leopoldo L. Rodriguez, treasurer.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI. Dr. James A. Ross, research organic chemist in horticulture at the university, is the 1967 chairman of the University of Missouri Section. The other officers are Dr. John E. Bauman, Jr., vicechairman, and Dr. Robert R. Kuntz, 109 Bourn Ave., Columbia, Mo. 65201, secretary-treasurer.
WICHITA FALLS-DUNCAN. Dr. Joseph E. Rose, associate professor and chairman of the chemistry department at Midwestern University, is the new chairman of the Wichita Falls-Duncan Section. Serving with Dr. Rose are Marvin D. Misak, chairman-elect, and
PENSACOLA. Raymond E. Kourtz of American Cyanamid Co. is the new chairman of the Pensacola Section. Serving with Mr. Kourtz are Dr. Bill H. Daughdrill, vice-chairman; C. R. Campbell, 411 Semur Rd., Cordova Park, Pensacola, Fla. 32503, secretary; and Everett McGowin, treasurer.
