T h e chief problem i n kicking off a development program, according to the award winner, is to learn that it is commercially feasible. "You have to know what the market will p a y , or to learn if the market is capable of considerable improvement," says Ballman. As an example, h e cites ion exchange resins in water softening. Currently, there is a market penetration of about 3 % . "We know that the penetration can be improved by educational methods," he says. Resin manufacturers have made great contributions in thus direction, and we are now on the threshold of the idea that, in m a n y cases, soft water is a necessity, not a luxury. Another problem in commercial development is that at times it is difficult to make someone see market possibilities. However, not m a n y projects at Dow are rejected for this reason, adds Ballman. t Place of CCDA. T h e association's growth is a manifestation of t h e chemical industries' need for development, need for technical service, and need for training in the use of products. "More than anything else, I h a v e a lot of pride in its collective accomplishments, ,, says the award recipient about his participation. "As much as any other group, it helped the chemical industry reach its current size," he says. Over-all, comDon Ballman (left) chats with Chester Plaçek of C&EN staff mercial chemical development has helped to create a better life, in Ballman's opinion. And a s he puts it, "Unless an activity contributes something to help us, it's worthless." Many of CCDA's members deserve all the credit CCDA A w a r d winner's convictions show w a y t o for fostering and pusliing the idea of commercial development, he adds. successful commercial developments Don Ballman speaks from a position of strength. His own career has paralJVLAKE sure it's practical, economically ager, and he w a s named to his current leled the rise of the chemical industry in the past quarter century. Ballman's feasible, and properly timed. And if position i n 1949. Because Don Ballman is a pioneer i n first market development effort for D o w your sales or development problem is still a headache, call on Donald K. Ball- what is now classed as commercial was on a new line of chlorinated pheman. For this year's Commercial chemical development, his comments nols and related compounds. T h e work Chemical Development Association on t h e role of development activities required close cooperation between honor award winner h a s been in the in the chemical industry are significant, Dow's research and production divigame since commercial chemical devel- and worth noting. In a C&EN inter- sions, and with the industries to b e opment was a pup, a n d C C D A non- view, Ballman traced the growth of h i s served. As a result of this work, the existent. The award will b e made at specialty from the days of "hit a n d compounds are now extensively used as CCDA's annual open meeting March miss" development techniques to t h e preservatives. operation that it is today. His work with the early technical 8 in N e w York (see p a g e 5 9 5 ) . • W h a t Comprises a Successful Pro- service and development group at Dow Now general sales manager of Dow Chemical, Don Ballman joined Dow in g r a m ? "Having an awareness of a n has resulted in five separate commercial problem," says Ballman. chemical development activities. These 1935 after getting his M.S. from Indi- existing ana University. He started in t h e old "Once you recognize the fact that a include t h e areas of plastics, agriculinsecticides sales department, and two need exists, t h e entire program can g e t tural chemicals, and general chemicals, moving. Liaison between research a n d and employ more than 240 technical years later was made manager of the development becomes excellent, and it's people. While heading the technical Dowicide sales division. In 1943, the research that comes up with an item service a n d development activity, Ballaward winner took over Dow's first or- that fills the need. In many instances, m a n was personally responsible for the ganized group to carry out commercial a development man is the one that exdevelopment of Dow's veterinary medichemical development activities. At cites a researcher." cine interests and ion. exchange resins. about the same time, h e became a charAccording t o Ballman, probably the Also during this period, he laid the ter member of the old Technical Serv- best kind of development is t h e recog- groundwork for the market research ice Association which eventually be- nition of shortcomings in existing prod- department. This department was came CCDA. In 1945, Ballman was ucts. Continuity of research to im- formed in 1950, with Ballman acting as promoted to assistant general sales man- prove products is a must. primary sponsor and critic since then.
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opening (extra large for easy empty ing) , or full open head (at slight extra cost). For data sheet, check the coupon. For test samples, just write and tell us the sizes you'd like. A tanner could tell you what can happen when sodium sulfide picks up iron. When t h i s happens in a tannery, the leather is likely t o develop blue blotches. T h e five steps w e take to help tan ners avoid this situation hold mean ing for you, if you process with so dium sulfide. 1. We use only oxxr own caustic soda in making sulfide. This gives us close control of its composition. 2. W e never re-use a sulfide drum. You receive every shipment in brand new containers. 3-Every drum i s lacquer-lined to prevent iron contamination. 4. Six sturdy lugs hold the drum lid tight during handling and storage. They're riandy for re-sealing the drum, too. 5. We individually lacquer the lid of every drum, t o make an airtight seal that keeps the product at full strength. T h e clean, strong flakes dissolve right into process, even without stir ring. No waiting; no decanting. You've probably gathered by now that sodium sulfide, a t Hooker, is a specialty of the house. You're right. And that's a good reason why you stand to get maximum satisfaction with ours.
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T h e flake form is shipped in 90-lb. and 350-lb. drums. Solid form comes in 625-lb. drums. Why not order a trial quantity? Better pH control What we said about sulfides also goes for Hooker sodium sulfhydrate, with this important difference: Some processors are switching to our sulfhydrate, as a replacement for sodium sulfide. Why? When sulfhydrate goes into solu tion, it forms less caustic soda than does sodium sulfide. Only half as much, in fact. So these processors are able to get more sulfidity, with less a l k a l i n i t y , by using s u l f h y d r a t e . Maybe there's an idea here for your processing operations, if high p H is a problem in sulfide solutions. Hooker sodium sulfhydrate dis solves rapidly, even in cold water. There's virtually no sedimentation even after long standing. You can get it in 90-lb. and 350-lb. drums. For more details, check the coupon. For Technical Data Sheets on Hooker chemicals mentioned on this page, check here: • Sodium Sulfide Π Sodium Sulfhydrate Π Caustic Soda How up-to-date is your caustic data file? If you're a user of liquid caustic soda, here's some recent material to help you buy better: • Caustic Soda Buyer's Guide. Pocket-size booklet lists ad vantages of 73% and 50% caustic concentrations; com parative costs; includes nomo graph for figuring savings with 73%. Clip and mail today with your name, title, company address.
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PEOPLE Ballmar* still maintains an active int e r e s t in Dow's technical service and cHevelopme-nt activities. One associate crlaiins t h a t he is one of the hardest w o r k i n g r n e n in t h e company. His enthusiasm permeates throughout the scales and development departments. K4any of Inis ideas have contributed to t h e irnpacrt that D o w has m a d e on the crheniical Lndustry. Ballman is a native Hoosier, born in Endia_napo>lis in 1910. H e completed H i s undergraduate work at Butler Univ e r s i t y . I x i addition to ACS and CCDA raemlDershijp, Ballman is a m e m b e r of T h e Chemists' C l u b , the American sect i o n o f th*e Society of Chemical Indust r y , the Ajrmed Forces Chemical Assoc i a t i o n , a:nd Kappa Sigma. Together w i t h c-omrxiercial chemical development \-vork-, he enjoys golfing, fishing, and gardenings. Greatest source of satisfaction—to see t h e conce-jption of chemical seUing and developm e n t progress so far in a short tdme. "Ji2.st like children," (he has two) s a y s JBallman, "you like t o see them turn o u t well.""
INDUSTRY Blew Executives at Mellon H. L, Anthony III has been app o i n t e d a director of research at Mellon institute, Pittsburgh. G. A. W e b b has Ibeen naro.ed a director of engineering.
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Both, hav^ served on fellowships of the institute. Anthony, a m e m b e r of the organization since 1939, is known for his achievements in a n d management of inetalLxirgical research and engineering. He is an authority in metal working, particularly i n pressure vessel technology. Webb has b e e n a researcher and executive ixi the development of chemical engineering processes in the synthetic orga-nic chemical industry, particularly catalytic operations involving dehydrogenation-, chlorination, a n d polymerization «, H-e is also a specialist in chemical engineering economics. H e joined Mellon £ n 1937 o n a fellowship relat580
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ing to chlorinated rubber. H e has been issued 15 U. S. and foreign patents in catalytic dehydrogenation, chlorination, a n d synthetic organic chemical processes. H a r r y F . Ahern, manager of Hercules Powder's Mansfield, Mass., plant, appointed assistant director of operations of the synthetics department, Wilmington. J o h n Z. Miller n a m e d to newly established post of manager of engineering. H a r o l d R. Monfort succeeds Ahem. Vincent A. Aliberti joins Shawinigan Resins C o r p . research staff, Springfield, Mass. Also joining the staff are James C. Baatz, R o l a n d F . Bedard, W a l t e r J. Bray, Jr., R i c h a r d C. Courtney, Herbert W . Gerhardt, M o r t o n D . Kellert, and Walter J. R o m a i n e . John A. Anderson joins d r u g products division, p r o d u c t s research staff of Procter & Gamble. Bromwell Ault, v p of Interchemical Corp., n a m e d chairman of a newly created education advisory committee of Manufacturing Chemists' Association. Albert L . Ball n a m e d director of research a n d development, research department of Bay State Abrasive Products, Westboro, Mass. H . Nathan Stone n a m e d assistant director of research a n d development; G a r d n e r E . Alden, senior development engineer, and L a u r e n c e A. Cooper, development engineer. Recent additions to the staff include Louis E . Vigliatura, research engineer in organic products, and Donald C . G r u b b a , research chemist, analytical.
John D . Beggs a p p o i n t e d by National Starch Products t o direct sales of vinyl resins. Until recently president a n d director of Gelvatex C o a t i n g C o r p . Andrew Bela n a m e d m a n a g e r of S. B. Penick & Co. p l a n t , L y n d h u r s t , N . J. W a y n e W . Bidstrup joins research a n d development d e p a r t m e n t of Procter & Gamble. Bruce H . Billings, director of r e search at Baird Associates, Inc., C a m bridge, n a m e d general m a n a g e r a n d elected to t h e b o a r d of directors. Gregory C. Bockno from Butler Chemical joins experimental engineering section of American Viscose r e search and development division, Marcus Hook. George L . B o n d a n d E . S. Rothrock elected directors and vice presidents of Stauffer Chemical. Bond was formerly president a n d Rothrock executive v p of Consolidated Chemical Industries, Inc., recently m e r g e d with Stauffer. Richard E . Bradley joins Krummrich plant of Monsanto at Monsanto, 111. W a l t e r Braunschweiger, executive vp of t h e Bank of America, elected vice chairman of the Air Pollution F o u n d a tion of Los Angeles. H e succeeds F r e d B. Ortmaii, resigned b e c a u s e of a transfer of residence t o San Francisco.
George A. Brons n a m e d assistant technical personnel m a n a g e r for Chemstrand Corp., D e c a t u r , Ala. Wilburn J. Butler becomes works manager at D i a m o n d Alkali's plant in Houston. Jack R. H o r a c e k succeeds him as assistant works m a n a g e r at t h e Houston plant. James H . F a l l , Jr., T h e following h a v e joined technical takes Horacek's p l a c e as assistant works staff of Monsanto's plastics division, manager at the Muscle Shoals plant Springfield, Mass.: John K. Bastin, and E d w a r d I. F o g e l m a n replaces Fall Alan C o r r y , Jr., a n d Gerald E . Ragan. as assistant superintendent at t h e E d g e A. F . Beale, Jr., to be in charge of the wood, Md., plant. R a l p h H . Parsons, research division at the n e w chemical inorganic chemicals production m a n research laboratory of Dowell in Tulsa. ager, becomes staff assistant to t h e genFrank H . Braunlich, Jr., to b e in charge eral manager. of the technical service a n d developSaul Caspe n a m e d scientific director ment division. of the Aveeno Corp., N e w York City. G. Allen C a v e appointed chemist at Arnold O. BeckPittsburgh Consolidation Coal's reman, founder and and development division. president of Beck- search man Instruments, Charles H . Rice appointed as a chemInc., has been ical engineer. elected president of F r a n k Chrencik, works manager of the Los Angeles Diamond Alkali's plant at Houston, b e Chamber of Com- comes general m a n a g e r of electrochemmerce for t h e year icals division, newly established at 1956. H e has been Cleveland. H e n r y B . Clark, manager a leader in t h e Los of N e w York-New E n g l a n d sales, Angeles campaign to control smog and n a m e d general m a n a g e r of newly estabwas n a m e d b y the Governor of Cali- lished soda products division a t Clevefornia as chairman of the Special Com-' land. W . B. Beeson, Jr., succeeds mission o n Air Pollution. Clark.
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Ε. L . Collins, iodine sales manager for Chilean Nitrate Sales Corp., in stalled as president of the Salesmen's Association of the American Chemical Industry. T h e new vp is Vincent L. Rebak of Grace Chemical; treasurer, Robert J. Roberts, Emery Industries, and secretary, James E. Spencer, Harshaw Chemical. John A. Corrigan named district sales manager for Sinclair Chemicals, Chi cago. Raymond M . Coveney named man ager of Boston sales district, industrial chemicals department of Commercial Solvents. Recent additions to t h e research and development staff of Foote Mineral Co., Berwyn, Pa., include Robert F . Crée, Charles T. McCullough, A. Gregory Morris, Carolyn Blau Perot I I I , Harry W. Rauch, and Pasquale J. Romano. Bernard Davidow, former chief, acute toxicity branch, division of pharmacology, Food and Drug Administration, appointed director of pharmacology of the newly established laboratories of the New Drug Institute, New York City. L. F . Davis named manager for Shawinigan Resins Corp.'s Trenton, Mich., plant. John G. Dean, chemical a n d metallurgical consultant, Tuckahoe, Ν. Υ., becomes adviser to Climax Molyb denum. Stanley P. Dodd appointed technical director at Chicago Apparatus Co. A* K, Doolittle appointed senior sci entist in the research department of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals. A. R. Dudley promoted to senior chemical engineer at Humble Oil & Reflning's technical service division in Baytown, Tex. M. W. Duncan named district man ager of Kansas City district of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals' industrial chem ical sales. T. F . Grady transfers to Denver sales office as technical repre sentative. R. E. Gustafson named technical representative in Chicago. M. H . Mackay transfers to Chicago office as inside salesman. Beverly Mary Eagon, James Robert Rowe, Harold J. Sheets, Leroy Grant Hart, Hamish Small, and W a y n e E. Humbert join Dow Chemical. H . W. Earhart promoted to senior research chemical engineer in research and development division of Humble Oil & Refining, Baytown, Tex. Robert D . Englert named manager of physical sciences research at the 582
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Sara Wade Evans becomes chemist with Dow Chemical. Robert J. Fawcett joins staff of B. F . Goodrich at Brecksville as a research chemist. Edward G. Feldmann named senior chemist for the chemical laboratories of American Dental Association, Wheaton, 111. James L. Foster takes new assign ment with Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals, Inc. From B. F . Goodrich Chemical. Harold A. Frediani appointed to the newly created position of executive director of control at Bristol Labora tories. Donald L . Fuller has been appointed director of research for Grace Chemical Research and De velopment Co., Xew York Ν. Υ. He comes from American Cyanamid, where he has been technical di rector for the New Orleans plant. C. M. Fullgraf named manager of the manufacturing and product devel opment department, food products division of Procter & Gamble. John S. Brod and Edwin O. Korpi named asso ciate directors of the division, and R. R. Thompson, production manager. Robert F . Gager has been elected vice president in charge of research for Synco Resins, Inc., Bethel, Conn. He has been di rector of research since August 1953 and was formerly chief chemist at Varcum Chemical Corp.
ical engineer with Cryovac research group of Dewey & Almy Chemical, Cambridge, Mass. Milton Harris of Harris Research Laboratories, Washington, D . C.? appointed director of research for the Gillette Co. He will continue as president of Harris Research Labs. John J. Hawkins and T u n g Liu join staff of chemical research department, Monsanto, Dayton, Ohio. R. J. Hengstebeck appointed research associate in the process division at Standard Oil ( I n d . ) . Philip Hill named patent adviser, and succeeded as group leader in the organic research division by P. N . Rylander. E . P . Easterday named assistant to the administrative director of t h e research department in the company's general office in Chicago. Raymond M. Henry joins Spencer Chemical as a staff associate specializing in physical chemistry, Jayhawk works, Pittsburg, Kan. Charles M. Stroker became staff associate specializing in inorganic chemistry, and Gene Widner becomes staff assistant in inorganic* chemistry. Eugene Hiller has been appointed general manager of research and production at Kinetic Dispersion Corp., Buffalo, Ν. Υ. Donald H a z e n has been named production manager. William G. Hime promoted to super visor of analytical labs a t Portland Cement Association, Skokie, 111. Alton B. Hollis, Jr., n a m e d public re lations representative of Chemstrand Corp., Decatur, Ala.
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Ormond R. Gillen appointed sales service staffman at Goodyear Tire & Rubber's chemical division. F . Joseph Triggs, Jr., named sales trainee. Peter Girardot joins inorganic staff of research laboratory of ColumbiaSouthern. From Bjorksten Labs. Zbigniew Raciszewski joins research staff. Murray Goldfinger from United Transformer Co. joins Herstein Labora tories, New York as development chem ist. James S. Hanson, Jr., becomes chem-
Eugene Holman, chairman of the board of Standard Oil (N. J . ) , elected chairman of the business advisory coun cil of the U . S. Department of Com merce. H . C. Howell appointed chief chem ist for technical development of Witco Chemicars Pioneer products division, Perth Amboy, N. J. Spencer Johnson joins Spencer Prod ucts Co., Ridgewood, N . J. From Congoleum Nairn. Robert P . Joslin named product re search manager for Fairmont Foods Co., Omaha. From Monsanto. Joseph M . Judge joins polychemicals research staff of Du Pont at Wilming ton.
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PEOPLE Arthur R. Kantrowitz elected a vp of Avco Mfg. Co. and a director of Avco research laboratory. George C. Kempson named in charge of the new chemical sales offices of Lion Oil in D e s Moines. Allan F. Kingsley appointed senior research chemist in the new research center of Spencer Kellogg & Sons in Cheektowaga, Ν. Υ. Robert L. Klein joins Schering Corp., Bloomfield, N. J.
Samuel Klein retires as manager of American Cyanamid's midwestern ter ritory. He has been well known in the dye field for over 5 0 years and will con tinue with Cyanamid as a consultant. Robert H. Kozlowski, D o n a l d G. Rea, and Richard F . Sullivan join Cali fornia Research Corp/s technical staff, Richmond. Victor J. Kremers joins textile fibers department of Carbide & Carbon Chem icals as a technical representative on Dynel.
W. Lange named an associate director of the research division of Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati. J. E. Lawson promoted to senior chemical enginer at Humble Oil & Refining's Baytown, Tex., refinery. J. W. Alliston promoted to senior chemical engineer in the technical service division. Frederick T. Lense and James R Hulm join staff of Monsanto Chemicars inorganic chemicals division, Everett, Mass.
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Salvadore P . Lio named assistant sales manager for styrene molding materials, plastics division, Monsanto, Springfield, Mass. Lyle Lovell promoted to group leader, technical service division, American Oil Co., Texas City. Edward B. Lukas promoted to technical service representative for the Velsicol Chemical Corp., Chicago. James J. Lukes, manager-process, heads the newly formed process group of the chlorinated products division of Diamond Alkali in Painesville, Ohio. Thomas M. Lumly, president of Refinery Engineering Co. of Tulsa, elected a director of Vitro Corp. Herbert F. Mahoney, Gerard O'Mahony, William C. Privette, and Walter Stump join the dyeing and finishing division, research and development department of Chemstrand Corp., Decatur, Ala., as field development technicians. G. P. Manoff joins research department of Monsanto's organic chemicals division, St. Louis. Dale F . Mason heads newly solidated chemical processing
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metallurgical departments of Ilheem Automotive Co., Los Angeles. I r a Hayes promoted from analytical t o chief chemist. Norbert S. Mason joins B . F. Good rich Co. research center staff, Brecksville, Ohio. Marshall McAnerney, sales m a n a g e r of Richmond Mica Corp., elected presi dent of W e t Ground Mica Association. H u g h E . McDonald, Jr., appointed vp of industrial division at Vic Maitland & Associates, Pittsburgh. R o b e r t E . Meeker joins Shell Devel opment's research center at Emeryville, Calif., as a chemist in t h e physical chemistry department. E d w a r d H . Miller appointed man ager of sales development and James W . Flynn, assistant general sales man ager of the plastics division of Celanese Corp.
Bernard L . Oser's 30th anniversary with Food Research Laboratories, Inc., L o n g Island City, Ν . Υ., was cele brated by the company recently. H e was presented with a bound book containing several hundred congratula tory messages from friends and scien tific associates all over the world. H e is vice president and director of t h e company. Ralph D . Patch, h e a d of petroleum products at Esso Standard Oil's refinery in Baton Rouge, accepts executive as signment as advisor to management of the H a m b u r g refinery of Esso in Ger
many. D. M . Cox succeeds him at Baton Rouge and R. K. Dix succeeds Cox as head of t h e technical division. Donald E . Paul joins D u Pont's electrochemicals department at Wilming ton. Theodore Post from Kdppers Co. joins patent department of Dow Chem ical. Victor M. Ramers from Schering Cia. Ltda.. Santiago, Chile, becomes presi dent of Zippy Products Co. of Cuba, Havana.
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Victor Mills heads the newly estab lished exploratory development depart ment, research and development d e p a r t m e n t of Procter & Gamble. F r a n k J* Milo n a m e d sales represen tative for Rhodia, Inc., N e w York, spe cializing i n the sale of aromatic a n d industrial odor control chemicals. Thomas E . Moffitt elected executive vp a n d a director a n d R. Wolcott Hooker senior v p of Hooker Electro chemical. A. P . Moss appointed industrial chemicals production manager a t Car bide & Carbon Chemicals, New York. Has been superintendent of chemicals a n d resins at the South Charleston, W . Va., plant. Max Hill appointed fine chemicals production manager i n N e w York. W. W . T e n E y c k succeeds Moss at South Charleston. WRITE FOR YOUR ISSUE OF THE NEW RCL-WAKEFIELD catalog containing de
E d w i n W . Nelridge joins American Machine and F o u n d r y Corp. a s staff assistant t o t h e research manager, chemical research department, Stam ford, Conn.
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Magnolia Petroleum Co.'s field research labs, Dallas. Louis J. Tichacek joins Shell Development's Emeryville, Calif., research center in the engineering department. Gordon J. Turner joins Davison Chemical, Baltimore. Harry E. Ulmer completes requirements for a Ph.D. in chemistry at Michigan State, joins research division of Monsanto, Boston. Merrill H. Weymouth named manager of the D o w Chemical Styrofoam plant near Ironton, Ohio. Robert E .
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Seldon V. Whitaker appointed sales representative for Pennsylvania, Baltimore, and Washington territory for B. L. Lemke & Co. J. L. Whiteside named plant manager of Monsanto's elemental phosphorus plant at Monsanto, Term. Robert R. Rumer succeeds him as plant manager in Idaho. Ralph Neubert becomes production superintendent at t h e Tennessee plant and William G. Allen becomes maintenance superintendent. Raymond M. Wieland becomes technical writer with the Allison division of General Motors, Indianapolis. Howard M. Winegarden retires as head of research division of Cutter Laboratories and will continue as a consultant. John J. Wolski transfers from Sun Oil Co/s research and development department to the industrial products department, Akron, Ohio. Herbert B. Woodman, president of Interchemical Corp., will chairman the chemicals division of the Legal Aid Society's 1956 fund raising campaign. James M. Wright named senior engineer at Westinghouse Electric's atomic power division, Pittsburgh.
This is RCA's new air-conditioned Somerville Headquarters for Semiconductor Operations to be opened this year in suburban northern New Jersey. The entire project is designed to provide an atmosphere exceptionally conducive to both personal and professional satisfaction. Housed within 175,000 square feet of space will be over a million dollars worth of the latest design and research equipment. In addition, the renowned facilities of the David Sarnoff Research Laboratory are readily available in nearby Princeton. With the opening of the Somerville Headquarters, RCA takes another important step in an ever-expanding semiconductor program . . . a program that began over 25 years ago with phosphors and grew through photo conductors o n up to presentday transistors . . . a program that allows the broadest possible scope for individual accomplishment and growth. RCA's latest expansion makes available unusually fine opportunities in the design and development of semiconductor devices. Inquiries are invited from scientists and engineers with B.S. to Ph.D. degrees; semiconductor experience is desirable. Write: Employment Manager, Dept. J-2B.
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Rakestraw Honored! Norris W. Rakestraw, professor of chemistry at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and former editor of the Journal of Chemical Education, will receive the James Flack Norris Award of the Northeastern Section of the ACS. Presentation will be made b y the Northeastern Section of ACS at M I T in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 9. Rakestraw, who is being honored for outstanding achievement in the teaching of chemistry, will speak on "A Career in Chemistry." Henry S. Gates becomes professor and rjead of chemistry department at Milton College, Milton, Wis. Recent Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin.
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Harold C. Urey of the University of Chicago has been named Eastman Pro fessor at the University of Oxford, E n g land, for the 1956-57 academic year. The chair was founded in 1929 b y George Eastman to send senior Amer ican scholars to lecture at Oxford.
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