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Laurence S. Foster Beginning with this issue, Dr. Laurence S. Foster has stepped down from his post 0s Editor of the "Report" ond Associate Editor of the JOURNAL. A New Englonder by birth, educotion, ond morrioge, Lorry hos deep roots in New England soil, yet he hos used this devotion to o region to extend his mission, not to limit it.
A graduate of Clark University, in Worcester, Massachusetts, he went to Brown University to study for his doctorate. When this was achieved, in 1926, he remained a t Brown to teach general and inorganic chemistry there. I n 1943 he left the classroom to join the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago. When the war was over, he joined the staff of the Watertown Arsenal Laboratories, where he is now Chief, Atomic Energy Division, of the Ordnance Materials Research Office. Larry began his service to NEACT in 1935, as Chairman of the Southern Division. He was elected President for the 1940-1942 term. In October, 1942, when the pages of the "Report" first began to be printed with the JOURNAL, he was chosen the new Editor. Except for a brief interval beginning in 1944, he has held that post ever since. Nearly every successful activity during these years: Syllabus, Summer Conferences, Student Memberships, to name but a few, have found his
name linked as committee member or committee chairman. I n 1954, NEACT elected him t o Honorary Membership. He has thrown the weight of his influence to other groups, too, especially the Division of Chemical Education, the newly-formed Division of Inorganic Chemistry, and the Northeastern Section of the ACS. He is the co-author of "Chemistry for Our Ties," a secondary school text about t o appear in its third edition. We can understand Larry's desire to retire from office, but we accept that fact reluctantly. However, we should feel a great deal worse about it than we do, if we visualized this as a permanent loss. We all know Larry too well t o expect him to stop being himself at this point. We are counting on and looking forward to seeing his welcome name many times more as a contributor to our future pages. ROBERTD. EDDY Editor, NEACT Report
Volume 37, Number 1, ionuary 1960
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