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167th local section gets charter Marshall W. Mead (left), head of the ACS Local Section Activities Office, presents the charter of the South Central Missouri Section to its first chairman, Dr. H. O. McDonald. Serving with Dr. McDonald, who is associate professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri, Rolla, are Dr. Samir B. Hanna, chairman-elect; Dr. Fred C. Hardtke, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Rolla, Mo. 65401, secretary; and Lawrence C. George, treasurer.
JCED names first advisory board The first editorial advisory board for the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data has been appointed. The three-member board will help determine policy and programs for the ACS monthly. The members, each selected for a three-year term, are Dr. Thomas H. Chilton, Hockessin, Del.; Dr. Everett R. Johnson, Washington, D.C.; and Dr. George W. Watt, Austin, Tex.
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Dr. Chilton received a chemical engineering degree from Columbia University in 1922 and an honorary D.Sc. from the University of Delaware in 1943. He was with Du Pont
from 1925 until his retirement in 1959. Since that time he has been a visiting professor at several universities in the U.S., Australia, France, and Japan. A member of the American Chemical Society since 1922, Dr. Chilton was chairman of the Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry in 1944-46. Dr. Johnson received a B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1937, an M.A. from Harvard University in 1940, and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Rochester in 1949. After holding various research and teaching positions, Dr. Johnson was named to his present post in the Office of Standard Reference Data of the National Bureau of Standards in 1964. A member of the American Chemical Society since 1947, Dr. Johnson is also a member of Sigma Xi and the Radiation Research Society. He has published about 35 scientific papers. Dr. Watt received a B.A. in 1931, M.Sc. in 1933, and Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 1935 from Ohio State University. He assumed his current position as professor of chemistry at the University of Texas in 1946. He has published approximately 200 technical papers. A member of the American Chemical Society since 1933, Dr. Watt has been a councilor of the Central Texas Section for the past 11 years. He
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Dec. 31 deadline for dues payment or resignation ACS membership continues from year to year unless a resignation is received in headquarters before Dec. 31 of the year for which dues have been paid. It is hoped there will be few resignations but if continuation is not possible in 1967, please notify the Office of the Executive Secretary now.
was on the advisory board of Chemical Reviews from 1958 to 1960 and of the Advances in Chemistry Series from 1961 to 1963. Dr. Bruce H. Sage of California Institute of Technology is editor of the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, established in 1959.
New local section officers PEORIA. Dr. Ivan A. Wolff, chief, industrial crops laboratory at USDA's Northern Regional Research Laboratory, is the 1967 chairman of the Peoria Section. The other officers are Dr. Kenneth E. Kolb, chairmanelect; Felix H. Otey, 1128 East Tripp, Peoria, 111. 61603, secretary; and B. T. Hofreiter, treasurer. They will take office Jan. 1. INDIANA. Robert E. Staten, analytical chemist with Eli Lilly and Co., is the 1967 chairman of the Indiana Section. The other officers are Norbert R. Kuzel, chairman-elect; Dr. Carl Louis Hake, Pitman Moore Research Center, P.O. Box 10, Zionsville, Ind. 46077, secretary; and Dr. Richard T. Rapala, treasurer. And she's our only real competition. As f a r as we've been able to find out, Sylvania has by far the largest line of t u n g s t e n and molybdenum chemicals. We make them in any quantity and deliver t h e m quickly. Even so, they're always pure and uniform—and reproducible. Because of our advanced processing techniques, we're always in complete control. So are you. F o r more information, or samples, w r i t e directly to David E . Lundy, Product Sales Manager, Sylvania Electric Products Inc., Chemical & Metallurgical Division, Towanda, Pennsylvania 18848.
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VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE. Hugh C. Crafton, Jr., vice president, research and development, of Chap Stick Co., is the 1967 chairman of the Virginia Blue Ridge Section. Serving with him are Dr. John H. Wise, vice-chairman; Martin H. Gurley, Jr., R.F.D. 4, Lexington, Va. 24450, secretary; and Dr. James P. I Wightman, treasurer.
