News same time became interested in the problems of IR. This led him to develop a device for converting a single monochromator to a multiple monochromator. This invention was patented in 1950 and was licensed to The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, who for some years incorporated it in their singlebeam infrared spectrometers. It was in 1952 that he conceived the idea of using measurements of atomic absorption rather than emission for the determination of metals, and in early 1954 a working atomic absorption spectrophotometer was demonstrated at an exhibition held in Melbourne by the Institute of Physics. It created no interest whatsoever, and indeed it was some years before analytical chemists and instrument manufacturers took notice of the new technique, which was to revolutionize the determination of metals in such diverse fields as medicine, agriculture, geochemistry, metallurgy, and environmental studies. In recent years his research efforts have mainly been in the development of other novel instruments and techniques of potential use in spectrochemical analysis, such as boosted-
output hollow cathode lamps, atomization of solid samples by cathodic sputtering, and non-dispersive spectroscopic systems. Among the many awards he has received may be mentioned the Talanta Gold Medal (1969), the Maurice F. Hasler Award (1972), the Torbern Bergman Medal (1976), and the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of London (1976). He was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1959), Honorary Member of the Society for Analytical Chemistry, London (1969), Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Sweden (1969), and Fellow of the Royal Society of London (1969). Sir Alan retired from the CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics in January 1977.
NIH Chemist Awarded Donald Young of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., has been named to receive the 1977 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Chemistry by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry. The award, sponsored annually by
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Ames Co., a Division of Miles Laboratories, will be presented at the Association's 29th Annual Meeting in Chicago, July 17-22,1977. The award recognizes Dr. Young's achievements in im-
Donald Young proving laboratory performances, laboratory data handling by computers, and new analytical techniques such as kinetic nephelometry and the miniature centrifugal analyzer. He is also cited for his editorial contributions to Clinical Chemistry, the association's monthly journal. Dr. Young is a former review (clinical chemistry) author of ANALYTICAL C H E M I S T R Y as well.
ERDA Extends Contract with Oak Ridge Associated Universities The Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) has extended for a five-year period its contract with Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) for conducting broad programs of research, education, training, and public information in the field of energy. The previous five-year contract, which would have expired on June 30,1977, has been extended through June 30,1982. The original contract was entered into in 1947 by the former Atomic Energy Commission and the predecessor organization to ORAU, the former Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. ORAU is a nonprofit corporation sponsored by 45 colleges and universities primarily in the southeastern region of the U.S. Under its contract with ERDA, ORAU conducts a large biomedical research program that conducts interrelated research programs in immunology, biochemistry, radiopharmaceuticals, epidemiology, and radiation biology that focus on chemical toxicants and radiation problems related to energy production and development. An important objective is to improve methods of treatment of accidental radiation exposures.
