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Nov 6, 2010 - The ACS North Alabama Section has presented its Madison Marshall Award to Dr. Henry Eyring (right) of University of Utah. Orville Loeffl...
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Eyring receives Alabama honor The ACS North Alabama Section has presented its Madison Marshall Award to Dr. Henry Eyring (right) of University of Utah. Orville Loeffler of Rohm and Haas presented it. Dr. Eyring was cited for his research at Chemstrand Corp. and for his ACS activities. He also served as chemistry department chairman at Athens College, Athens, Ala.

Dr. David L. Pringle and Dr. Marcus K. Meilahn join Colorado State College chemistry faculty as assistant professors this fall. Dr. Henry J. Shine, professor of chemistry at Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Tex., has been named as a Horn Professor, a status awarded to faculty whose scholarly production has enhanced the prestige of the institution. Dr. Martin Van Dyke leaves chemistry department, University of Colorado, to join the Community College of Denver as director, division of science and mathematics.

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Dr. R. Byron Bird, whom he succeeds, resumes teaching and research.

Choppin retires Dr. Arthur R. Choppin, who has been dean of college of chemistry and physics at Louisiana State University, Baton

Dr. Paul E. Field and Dr. James F. Wolfe promoted to associate professors of chemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. Dr. Jack D. Graybeal joins as associate professor and Dr. Philip L Hall and Dr. Thomas C. Ward, as assistant professors. Roger Goetz, who received a B.S. in the honors program in chemistry at Iowa State University in 1962, has been ordained a Lutheran minister and will be assistant pastor of the Gethsemane Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), St. Paul.

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Rouge, since 1944, retires and is succeeded by Dr. Hulen B. Williams, professor and head of the LSU chemistry department. Dr. Choppin, who joined the faculty in 1924, was honored with a banquet by several hundred representing the university, the chemical industry, civic groups, and government. Two new scholarship programs were founded in his honor. James Bonner from Caltech and Daniel E. Atkinson of UCLA are visiting professors of biochemistry at Washington State University, Pullman, this summer. Dr. Grace B. Borowitz named assistant professor of chemistry at Upsala College, East Orange, N.J. Dr. Camden A. Coberly elected chairman of department of chemical engineering at University of Wisconsin.

Dr. George S. Hammond has been named chairman of division of chemistry and chemical engineering at Caltech. He succeeds Dr. John D. Roberts, who will Hammond devote more time to research and teaching. Dr. Hammond, who has been acting chairman since last December, joined Caltech in 1958 after serving on the faculty of Iowa State University for 10 years. He is distinguished in the field of photochemistry. INDUSTRY

Dr. Arthur Kornberg, professor and executive head of the biochemistry department at Stanford University school of medicine, and Nobel Laureate in biochemistry, receives the Scientific Achievement Award of the American Medical Association. He was honored for his investigations of deoxyribonucleic acid. Dr. D. J. Le Roy, professor and chairman of the department of chemistry at University of Toronto, and Dr. P. Yates, professor of chemistry, awarded Centennial Medals by the university. Dr. R. Bruce Martin named chemistry department chairman at University of Virginia, Charlottesville. He succeeds Dr. E. R. Van Artsdalen. Dr. Randolph Major and Dr. Hugh Spencer retire from active teaching. Dr. Russel N. Grimes and Dr. Richard A. Sundberg promoted to associate professor. Dr. Donald F. Hunt, postdoc-

David S. Alcorn, former president of Englander Co., a Union Carbide subsidiary, appointed director of marketing for process chemicals and chemicals and plastics development at Union Carbide. Joseph F. Rocky named director of marketing for plastic products and coatings intermediates. Dr. Ronald H. Arendt joins General Electric's R&D center as physical chemist, Schenectady. Leland G. Atkins, president and a founder of Southern Dyestuff, Charlotte, N.C., becomes chairman, a new title. Charles R. Holtzclaw, v.p.-general manager, becomes president, and C. Jordan Dulin promoted to succeed him. Robert B. Barbee joins Tennessee Eastman at Kingsport, Tenn. ? as a chemist. JULY 22, 1968 C&EN 49

AS M E cites Drew Thomas Β. Drew, professor emeritus of chemical engi­ neering at MIT, receives the 1967 Max Jakob Me­ morial Award of American Society of Mechanical En­ gineers. He will be cited in Au­ gust for "outstanding contributions as a research worker, educator, and au­ thor." Fred W. Barlow appointed to provide technical advisory service on natural rubber in Chicago area for Natural Rubber Bureau. Edward Pinigis, pre­ viously in Chicago area, transfers to Akron. LeRoy F. Bazany named v.p. and treas­ urer at American Photocopy Equip­ ment Co., Evanston, 111. Robert F. Curley named v.p., secretary, and gen­ eral counsel; John Kraft, assistant treasurer. Dr. Richard 0 . Carlson named man­ ager of newly created semiconductor processing facility at General Electric R&D center, Schenectady. Dr. David M. Clark appointed man­ ager of technical manpower develop­ ment at Burlington Industries, Inc., Greensboro, N.C. Anthony J. Clémente, assistant director of flavor laboratories at Fritzsche Brothers, named president of the Society of Flavor Chemists, Inc. Robert T. Daily appointed president of Celanese Plastics, Newark, N.J. Peter W. Ruggieri, Jr., named technical service engineer for film and sheet at Clark, N.J. Richard A. Signorelli named group leader in technical service for film and sheet. William M. Haddad named salesman for resins in eastern sales district. Austin C. Abshier, Jr., and Nile L. Baker named area superintendents at Houston plant. Dr. Frederick R. Davies retires after 31 years of service at Bristol, Pa., plant of Rohm and Haas. Dr. B. Blandon Drake succeeds him as head of enzyme control lab. Dr. Frederick A. Johnson transfers from Redstone research labs to analytical research lab at Bristol. Dr. Wayne E. Feely named head of newly created plastics application lab at Bristol. Mukul M. Mehta joins engineering division. Michael P. DeLisio named manager of 50 C&EN JULY 22, 1968

air pollution control department, process equipment division, Arco Industries, Detroit. Ralph W. Eberly from Schutte & Koerting Co. elected president of Whitlock Mfg. Co., West Hartford, Conn. Dr. Alford G. Farnham named Union Carbide's first senior research fellow, a newly established position. He has been senior research associate at Bound Brook. James W. Flynn named general manager for engineering development and coordination and W. L. Button, Jr., general manager of manufacturing division at Lever Brothers. Robert C. Gunness, president of Standard Oil (Ind.), elected to board of directors of Inland Steel. Dr. Robert B. Hager promoted to group leader, organic research at Pennsalt Chemicals, King of Prussia, Pa. New chemists on staff of Eastman Kodak research labs at Rochester: Dr. Thomas K. Hall, senior chemist; Gary R. Miller, Thomas Nemyek, and Curtis Stephens. James B. Irwin named general sales manager and assistant head of sales division of Lubrizol Corp., Cleveland. Herman E. Jackson appointed to the staff of the Y-12 plant of Union Carbide's nuclear division, Oak Ridge, Tenn., as technical assistant. Dr. Powell A. Joyner named director of research at Trane Co., La Crosse, Wis. Daniel Kaufman joins Kerr Mfg. Co., Detroit, as research associate. John A. Layton, general manager of Agrico phosphate operations at Pierce, Fla., named v.p. for mining and manufacturing. He replaces J. Howard Olehy, retired. AI vin L. Lieberman joins Royco Instruments, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif., as director of research. Walter S. Lodge named field sales manager for plastic materials at Cleveland headquarters of B. F. Goodrich Chemical. Stephen G. Madden named manager of new product responsibilities in plastic materials sales at B. F. Goodrich Chemical, Cleveland. Dr. John E. Mahler named senior technologist in process development de-

partment at Shell Chemical, New York City. James J. Martin, Jr., promoted to product sales manager for light metals chemicals, Reheis Chemical, Chicago. Eugene J. Nealon becomes special sales engineer in adsorbents department of Davison Chemical, Baltimore. Lita M. Nelsen named research manager at Amicon Corp., Lexington, Mass. Mark A. Nied named assistant to president of chemicals group of Crompton & Knowles Corp., Newark, N.J. Richard J. Oehlberg joins Diamond Shamrock Corp., Painesville, Ohio, as manager of research evaluation. Eric G. Orling elected a v.p., director, and member of National Lead's executive committee and manager of titanium pigment division. Joseph G. Palsa joins Roger Williams Technical & Economic Services, Inc., Princeton, N.J., as market analyst. Dr. James M. Pearson and Michael N. Salzman join staff of organic and polymer chemistry at Xerox Corp. research labs, Webster, N.Y. David R. Rea transfers from experimental station lab of Du Pont to Washington lab in Parkersburg, W.Va. Gary A. Riggs joins research center of Morton International, Inc., Woodstock, 111. R. L. Riggs retires as manager of Hopewell, Va., plant of Allied Chemical's agricultural division. Succeeded by C. L. Jones, Jr. H. D. Seay becomes Omaha plant manager.

AIC appoints Slawter Paul B. Slawter, Jr., has been appointed executive secretary of American Institute of Chemists. He also becomes editor of The Chemist, AIC publication. Vera Slawter F. Kimball, editor of The Chemist since 1935, retires from that position but will remain as technical editor. The position of executive secretary is a new one for AIC, which has moved its headquarters to 79 Madison Ave., New York City.

Francis L. Shackelford appointed mar­ keting planning manager for dyes and chemicals division of Du Pont. John M. Remsen promoted to manager of central district and Richard M. Knee named assistant manager for central district. Richard E. Nickerson be­ comes assistant manager of New Eng­ land district. Sydney R. Shell named director of ad­ vertising and PR at Witco Chemical. Dr. Charles A. Signorino elected v.p. in charge of research and manufactur­ ing operations of Colorcon, Inc., West Point, Pa.

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Kenneth F. Titterington named district manager of Corrosion Services, Inc., Houston. James L Todd joins Alcolac Chemical as West Coast marketing consultant, Los Angeles. Robert J. Uebelacker named personnel manager of Firestone Synthetic Rub­ ber & Latex, Akron. Francis M. Veater named manager of research at Sauereisen Cements Co., Pittsburgh. Theodore Vogel named technical direc­ tor of textile products, Tenneco col­ ors division of Tenneco Chemicals, Inc. Dr. Henry Wishinsky promoted to v.p. for R&D at Ames Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Alfred H. Free named v.p. for tech­ nical services; Dr. J. Botero, medical director and senior scientific officer; A. H. Clemens, associate director for R&D instruments; and Dr. John Rebar, Jr., associate director, R&D for chemi­ cal test systems. Joseph F. Woodruff, supervising spectro chemist in chemical research de­ partment at Armco Steel, receives Award of Merit from American Soci­ ety for Testing and Materials. Others similarly honored were Theodore G. Rochow of Stamford labs of American Cyanamid; Walter J. Smith of Arthur D. Little, Inc., John C. Weaver of Sherwin-Williams Co., and Robert D. Stiehler of Bureau of Standards. Dr. David L. Yabroff named manager of biological sciences research center of Shell Development at Modesto, Calif. Gsorge J. Yeremian named director of product development for medicalsurgical products division of Parke, Davis & Co., Greenwood, S.C. Hall Zeller named sales manager of U.S. Peroxygen, a division of Argus Chemical. Continued on page 70

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