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Dr. Martin Karplus, this year's winner of the Harrison Howe Award given by the Rochester Section of ACS, is one of the best known of contemporary theoretical chemists. He is a physical chemist by training, but his research interests are so diversified and so fundamental that they have had important practical implications in other disciplines—for example, in structural organic chemistry. As structural organic chemists became more and more dependent on nuclear magnetic resonance for quick, reliable structure data, the need arose for a theoretical explanation of resonance phenomena. Dr. Karplus, now a professor at Harvard, has contributed importantly in this area, particularly with regard to spin-spin coupling between nuclei. He developed and applied a valence-bond interpretation to internuclear spin-spin coupling through sigma electrons, to internuclear spinspin coupling through pi electrons in unsaturated molecules, to the signs of proton coupling constants, and to the angular dependence of vicinal-proton coupling. The last aspect of this work produced the relationship now known as the "Karplus Equation," used in structural and stereochemical analyses of organic molecules. Dr. Karplus began life in Vienna in 1930. He came to this country with his family during the troubled times of the late thirties. They settled near Boston, Mass. After graduating from Harvard College with a B.S. in 1951, he went on to Caltech to study under Dr. Linus Pauling. Then he spent a postdoctoral year and a half at Oxford with Dr. C. A. Coulson. From 1955 to 1960, Dr. Karplus taught at the University of Illinois, leaving as an associate professor to take a similar position at Columbia University, where he was promoted to professor in 1963. Last year he returned to Harvard. Dr. Karplus acknowledges Prof. Pauling's influence on his approach to theoretical chemistry. He recalls how Dr. Pauling often stressed that structure must play the primary role in any theoretical approach to chemical problems, that an understanding of function must follow a knowledge of structure. Also, theory must be closely tied to experiment, perhaps more closely in chemistry than in any other science. His current major interest—chemical kinetics—may at first glance appear to be removed from the realm of 78 C&EN NOV. 20, 1967
Bernard F. Armbrust, Jr., promoted to assistant general director of the alumina research division, Reynolds Metals Co. David R. Watson promoted to head the newly formed ceramics and chemicals department. H. L. Ball named to newly created post of southeastern district sales manager—resins products at Celanese Plastics Co. He will be based in Charlotte, N.C. New staff members at Uniroyal\s Wayne, N.J., research center: Dr. James C. Barborak, John H. Patterson, Dr. H. August Petersen, Dr. George B. Philis, and Dr. Allen L. Stone. Dr. Martin Karplus Structure is primary
structure. But Dr. Karplus points out that kinetic measurements must contain information about structure, because the rate of chemical reaction is governed by the form of the potential surface for the interacting species. A potential surface, he explains, is a kind of relief map plotting the potential energy interactions between reactive species. Recently, studies of chemical reactions in crossed molecular beams have begun to supply the data required for more detailed examination of potential energy surfaces, more detailed compared to examination of data from conventional gas-phase studies. From these crossed-beamed measurements and from their theoretical analysis by classical trajectory methods, a new field of chemistry is emerging. This new field, which is claiming a good deal of Dr. Karplus' attention, may be regarded as "translational spectroscopy" of the interactions between unbonded reactive species. The trajectory method determines whether a reaction does or doesn't take place during a particular collision. This is done by integrating the equations of motion from a set of initial conditions (describing the separated reactants) to a set of final conditions (describing the separated products). Averaging the trajectory data leads unequivocally to reaction characteristics such as reaction cross section, product energies, and angular momentum distribution. Thus, for each potential energy surface, the trajectory treatment yields unique results for comparison with experiment.
Dr. Henry J. Barda joins R&D labs of Michigan Chemical Corp. Dr. Theodore M. Bednarski joins Hercules, Inc., Wilmington, Del., as a research chemist. Dr. A. Douglas Bender named to newly created post, associate director, biomedical information and long-range planning in the R&D department-pharmaceuticals at Smith Kline & French. D. T. Boumans, manager of GoodrichGulf Chemicals' Institute, W.Va., plant, transfers to Port Neches, Tex., on special assignment. John R. Haas succeeds Mr. Boumans at Institute. Ronald H. Braam joins sales staff of Emery Industries' organic chemicals division. Kay Braly joins Shulton, Inc., as a scientist-biochemistry. Vincent A. Brunotts joins Filtrasorb department of Calgon Corp/s water management division. Warren E. Burch elected vice president of manufacturing at Sunray DX Oil Co. Theodore A. Burtis, director of commercial development for Sun Oil Co., and Louis P. Wiener, v.p.-sales for Cloroben Chemical Corp., named directors of Standard Naphthalene Products Co. Dr. Carlyle G. Caldwell elected executive vice president-technical at National Starch and Chemical. Ronald D. Castellano and Howland A. Shoemaker join Sel-Rex Corp., Nutley, N.J., as technical sales representatives.
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Dr. A. Eugene DeWald appointed director, quality control-pharmaceuticals at Smith Kline & French. C. Douglas Dunlap joins R&D staff of American Oil Co.'s Whiting, Ind., labs as a chemical engineer in process research. Terry A. Lappin joins as project chemical engineer in exploratory research. D. P. Fernandes named manager of new products for W. E. Zimmie, Inc. Paul Conaway named technical manager—water treatment and Michael Staley district sales manager for southern Ohio and Kentucky. John B. Fick named manager of the Amarillo branch, McKesson Chemical Co. William H. Fletcher named manager of plastics production for Dow's Midland division. Richard K. Flitcraft named assistant to the president of Monsanto. Earle H. Harbison, Jr., succeeds him as director of the management information and systems department. James A. Gibbs named manager, chemicals and supplies, at Packard Instrument Co., Downers Grove, 111.
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Luke Dan joy joins eastern division of Aerosol Techniques, Inc., Milford, Conn., as manager of compounding and propellant department.
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New staff members at General Aniline & Film's Linden, N.J., plant: Mohan G. Hede, chemical engineer, dyes and pigments; John J. Brennan, chemist, pigment technical service group; and Robert C. Hummell, manufacturing chemist, industrial organics department. George E. Heinze named chief control chemist at Johnson & Johnson's research center, New Brunswick, N.J. Harley Henry transfers from Cosden Petroleum's technical development department to open a new office for the company in High Point, N.C. Stuart K. Hensley, president of Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical, named chairman of the board and chief exec-
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Paul L. Johnstone, general manager of Hercules' fibers and film department, and John R. Ryan, general manager of the polymers department, elected to the company's board of directors. Robert D. Knoebel named midwestern regional manager for Pfizer Chemical division's food and beverage department, Chicago. He succeeds Milton F. Hill, who becomes operations service manager in Chicago. Gene F. Krcmar named product manager, polymer chemicals, in B. F. Goodrich Chemical's Cleveland, Ohio, headquarters. Vladimir N. Krukovsky named professor of dairy chemistry emeritus at Cornell University. Bruce M. La Rue named supervisor, analytical services, at National Steel Corp.'s R&D department. Edward M. Lewicki named a field sales representative for Goodyear Chemical Division, Chicago. Dr. Robert W. Longley joins Mead Johnson nutritionals division as director of food product research. A. T. Look appointed director of R&D for Dow Chemical's Midland division. Dr. David P. Sheetz named assistant director. Dr. Don M. Lynch joins Cutter Laboratories, Berkeley, Calif., as an organic research chemist. Dr. William N. Maclay named manager of commercial development in Koppers Co.'s marketing department. Augustine R. Marusi, president of Borden Co., named chief executive officer of the company. Francis R. Elliott continues as chairman of the board. Ronnald E. Mc El vogue promoted to operations superintendent, Merichem Co. Dr. George S. Mill named head of the petroleum chemistry department at Shell Development's Emeryville, Calif., research center. He succeeds Dr. W. F. Ross, who has retired.
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C. Richard Millichap named materials and systems manager in the purchasing department of FMC Corp/s American Viscose division. John E. Moore appointed special assistant to the president of Armour Agricultural Chemical.
William S. Newsom, Jr., named senior research engineer in the fertilizer tech nology branch of Georgia Institute of Technology engineering experiment station. Dr. Alfred H. Nissan elected a vice president of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co.
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Walter P. Noonan named district man ager at Decatur, 111., for Bronoco Sol vents & Chemicals. Donald H. Wade becomes sales representative in Indian apolis; John T. Baumstark industrial salesman, St. Louis; and Richard E. Guilleman sales representative, Cleve land. Dr. Edward A. Parker named executive v.p. and corporation secretary of Technic, Inc., Providence, R.I.
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Dr. Rafael Pedraja named head of R&D for Booth Fisheries, Chicago. Roger B. Peterson joins market devel opment staff at Ferro Corp/s chemical division. Kenneth H. Pettengill named to new post of assistant director of chemical engineering at Emery Industries. Wil liam J. Fasold replaces him as man ager of process research section, or ganic chemicals. Allen W. Brown named to new post of manager, proc ess and research engineering; C. Nich olas Zestermann, Jr., named manager, pilot and semiworks plant. Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer named to board of directors of Owens-Illinois. Dr. Glenn I. Post named director of re search at Exolon Co., Tonawanda, N.Y. From Martin-Marietta Corp. J. J. Press leaves as head of materials research in the U.S. Navy Supply Re search and Development Facility to open his own consulting office in San Diego, Calif. Robert G. Quinn named director of engineering for Parke, Davis & Co. He succeeds Dow K. Foraker, who re tires after 33 years with the company. Dr. Jerome A. Reinstein named to newly created position of director of pharmaceutical development for Syntex, Mexico City. Gordon M. Rose promoted to research biochemist II at Norwich Pharmacal.
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Continued from page 83 Dr. Hans Schindler named senior v.p. and Denis Andreuzzi v.p. and general sales manager of Witco Chemical's Sonneborn division. Dave W. Schornstein named director of sales for chemicals and metals at Dow Chemical. M. H. P. Morand named director of sales for plastics materials and products, Robert M. Keil director of sales for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and consumer products. Dr. David M. Singleton joins technical staff of Shell Development's Emeryville, Calif., research center as a chemist in the petrochemicals department. Seymour H. Smiley named manager of R&D for Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp., Atlantic Richfield subsidiary. William L. Frankhouser named manager, plutonium plant manufacturing. James J. Solomon named assistant to the manager, technical division, packaging industry sales for Alcoa. Eugene C. Szamborski transfers from Rohm and Haas' Spring House labs to the Bristol plastics applications lab.
John E. Theberge joins R&D staff of Liquid Nitrogen Processing Corp., Malvern, Pa. Dr. Robert W. Todd named v.p. in charge of chemical industry services in the specialized industries division of First National City Bank, New York. Edward R. Tolles appointed v.p.-sales for Nypel, Inc., West Conshohocken, Pa. Franklin M. Townsend, manager of chemical product sales for Alcoa, named president of the Pennsylvania Ceramics Association. James R. Cox, Hawes Refractories, is first vice president; Edward Sharpe, Simonds Abrasive Co., second vice president. Donald J. Varga joins air pollution control department at Ceilcote Co. Anton Vittone, Jr., named v.p.-manufacturing services for B. F . Goodrich. John L. Nelson succeeds him as v.p.manufacturing for B. F . Goodrich Chemical. Chester A. Warner elected president of Precision Scientific Co. Herbert F. Weaver named director of Monsanto's central planning and evaluation department. John A. Weber, manager of General Tire & Rubber's Textileather division, and John G. Roppel, manager of its Bolta division, named company v.p.'s. Paul T. Whitmire promoted to plant manager of B. F. Goodrich Chemical's Akron plant. H e succeeds R. N. Rylands, who becomes plant manager at Avon Lake. E. Paul Wilkinson leaves Allied Chemical Corp. to become president and chief executive officer of his own petrochemical processing and marketing firm, Matador Chemical Co., Inc., Houston, Tex.
R. N. Williams promoted to vice president and general manager of Olin's new chemicals division. Richard Hiendlmayr named v.p. and general manager Williams of the agricultural division; J. F. Kneece named group v.p. for finance. James E. Woolf joins R&D labs at Michigan Chemical Corp., St. Louis, Mich. Robert J. Zedler named chemical marketing director of M&T Chemicals. EDUCATION Dr. Eugene M. Allen joins Lehigh University faculty as research professor of chemistry. Dr. Anne Elizabeth Alper receives a one-year postdoctoral fellowship grant from Textile Research Institute to conduct basic research on chemistry of cellulosic fibers. Dr. Basil G. Anex named head of the chemistry department and professor of chemistry at New Mexico State University. Dr. Donald B. Summers joins the staff as professor of chemistry. Dr. M. Dale Alexander promoted to associate professor.
Dr. William von Eggers Doering joins the Harvard University faculty as professor of chemistry. Dr. Thomas J. Hanratty of University of Illinois receives the Professional Progress Award in Chemical Engineering of the American Institute of Chemists. The $1000 award is given to persons under 45 who have made a significant contribution to chemical engineering by original work or by rendering distinguished service to the field. Dr. David M. Lemal, associate professor of chemistry at Dartmouth, is visiting lecturer on chemistry for the fall term at Harvard. Dr. Grant W. Smith retires as professor of chemistry at Pennsylvania State University after 17 years on the faculty. N O V . 20, 1967 C & E N
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