February 10, 1933
I N D U S T R I A L
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E N G I N E E R I N G
Calendar of Meetings
Pennsylvania Hotel, N e w York, Ν . Υ., February 13 to 1 6 , 1933. Annual Meeting.
American Chemical Society
CORSE ABDRESSES VIRGINIA
17, 1933. N A T I O N AT,
ORGANIC
Cornell
CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM.
University, Ithaca, Ν . Υ . , December 28 to 3 0 , 1933. LOCAL C E N T R A L PENNSYLVANIA.
SECTIONS
Amphitheater of the Chemistry Annex,
State College, Pa., February 15, 1933. Meeting, 7:30 P. M. "Some Unorthodox Organic Chemistry," b y F . C. Whitmore. CHICAGO. Midland Club, 172 West Adams St., February 24, 1933. Dinner, 6:15 P. M.; address, 7:45 P. M., "Physical and Physico-Chemical Methods in Applied Biochemistry," b y C. H . Bailey; group meetings, 9 P. M. CLEVELAND. February 15, 1933. Dinner, 6:30 P. M., Cleveland Club, Carnegie and 107th St. ; meeting, 8 P. M. "The Objec tives of the Four-Year Course in Chemical Engineering," b y W. R. Veazey, and " N e w Equipment for t h e Chemical E n gineering Course a t t h e Case School of Applied Science," b y C. F . Prutton. Illustrated. DELAWARE. Wilmington, Y . M . C. Α., February 15, 1933. Dinner, 6 : 3 0 p. M., in honor of President-elect Reese; meeting, 8:15 P . M. "Living Materia Medica," by Arno Viehoever. DETROIT. February 13,1933. Speaker, Roger Adams, University of Illinois. LEHIGH VALLEY. Palmerton, Pa. February 1 7 , 1 9 3 3 . Dinner, 6:15 P . M.; meeting, 8 p. M. "Activated Carbons—Their Properties and Uses," b y George H . Scheffler, Atlas Powder Co. MARYLAND. T h e Johns Hopkins University, February 17, 1933. Meeting, 8:15 P. M. "Fundamental Problems in Contact Catalysis," b y A. F . Benton. MIDLAND. March 1, 1933. "Bacteriophage," b y N. W . Larkum. OKLAHOMA. Petroleum Group. Tulsa, February 11, 1933. "Perfumes," b y C. G. Schmitt, and "Medical Chemistry," by N . R. Smith. Annual Ladies' Night. PHILADELPHIA. University of Pennsylvania, Christian Associa tion Bldg., 36th and Locust Sts., February 16, 1933. Dinner, 6:30 p. M.; meeting, 8 P. M. "The Automobile and the Petro leum Industry," b y J. B . Hill. Meeting followed by dancing and other entertainment. ROCHESTER. February 20, 1933. Speaker. K. C. Blanchard, N e w York University,
Other Scientific Societies AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY.
Pa.,
William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh,
February 12 t o 18, 1933.
AMERICAN
H O M E ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION.
Hotel
Schroeder,
Milwaukee, Wis., June 26 to 30, 1933. AMERICAN
INSTITUTE
OF M I N I N G
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TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE P U L P A N D PAPER INDUSTRY.
8 5 T H M E E T I N G . Washington, D . C , week of March 26, 1933. 8 6 T H M E E T I N G . Chicago, Ill., week of September 11, 1933, 8 7 T H M E E T I N G . St. Petersburg, Fla., March, 1934. 8 8 T H M E E T I N G , Cleveland, Ohio, autumn of 1934. E L E V E N T H COLLOID SYMPOSIUM. Madison, Wis.» June 15 t o FIFTH
C H E M I S T R Y
AND METALLURGICAL E N
CHEMICAL
ENGINEERS
WILLIAM M . CORSE, consulting engineer of Washington, D . C ,
and a member of t h e American Institute of Chemical Engineers, was t h e guest speaker before the anniversary meeting of t h e Chemical Engineering Society of the University of Virginia, held January 31, 1933, a t Charlottesville. Mr. Corse spoke o n "New Developments in Metals and Plastics.'' Preceding speak ers in this annual series have been the following members of t h e American Institute of Chemical Engineers: H. E . Howe, W. S . Calcott, and Chas. L. Reese, the last two named being alumni.
ÂCHEMA VII AND RUBBER INDUSTRIES EXHIBITION IN COLOGNE
As A RESULT of further conferences between the Dechema. (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chemisches Apparatewesen), t h e Verein Deutscher Chemiker, the Verein Deutscher Maschinenbauanstalten, and the civic authorities of Cologne, it has been decided to change the date for t h e chemical plant exhibition Achema VII, to M a y 18 t o 27, 1934. The exhibition will be h e l d in Cologne. The exhibition Kautschuk of die German Society for Rubber Industries, which was to be held in conjunction with Achema VII, will take place independently during 1933 in Cologne.
Local Sections C O L O R A D O S E C T I O N H O N O R S A D O L P H COORS, J R . T H E DECEMBER M E E T I N G of the Colorado Section was the o c -
casion of a dinner a t the Olin Hotel, Denver, in honor of A d o l p o Coors, Jr., t h e genial host of the Tuesday night entertainment a t the Denver AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY convention in A u g u s t .
Following the dinner, the meeting was turned over to a committee composed of S. J. Osborn, L. S. Ward, and L. W. Hartkemeier. Mr. Osborn presented Mr. Coors with t h e Colorado Section's token of appreciation for the large part he played in making t h e Denver meeting such an outstanding success, special reference being made t o the Tuesday night entertainment at his home a n d plant. The token was a 60-page leather scrapbook, containing clippings, photographs, and letters from all over the country thanking M r . Coors for the splendid entertainment he had p r o vided. Mr. Ryland was then presented with a book, " W h y Americans Can't S t a y a t Home," in appreciation of the part h e played in t h e entertainment. After the presentation, John B. Eckley gave a short résumé o f his recent trip to t h e Orient during t h e hostilities between C h i n a and Japan. Following Doctor Eckley, Mr. Ryland read a p a p e r on t h e "Manufacture of Porcelain a t the Coors Plant." A p proximately fifty people were present.
GINEERS. Commodore Hotel, N e w York, Ν ! Υ . , February 20 to 2 3 , 1933. AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY.
Washington, D . C . April 27 to
29, 1933. AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY.
Physics Laboratories, Columbia
University, N e w York, Ν . Υ., February 23 t o 25, 1933. meeting with Optical Society of America. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR T E S T I N G
MATERIALS.
The
Joint
Stevens,
Chicago, 111., June 26 to 30, 1933. Meeting to be held during the Century of Progress Exposition. AMERICAN
SOCIETY
OF BIOLOGICAL
CHEMISTS.
Cincinnati,
Ohio, April 10 to 12, 1933. ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY,
INC.
H o t e l Windsor,
Montreal,
Canada, M a y 11 t o 13, 1933. ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY. Joint Meeting, N e w York Section, Society of Chemical Industry, Société de Chimie Industrielle, and
AMERICAN
CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
Columbia
EXPOSITION
OF CHEMICAL
INDUSTRIES.
Grand
Central Palace, N e w York, Ν . Υ., week" of December 4, 1933. NATIONAL
METAL
CONGRESS
AND EXPOSITION.
Convention
Hall, Detroit, Mich., October 2 to 6, 1933. SOCIETY
OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY,
New
York
GIVE
RADIO
M E M B E R S OF THE' CHICAGO SECTION OF T H E AMERICAN C H E M I -
CAL SOCIETY are giving a series of radio addresses over s t a t i o n WCFL, under the auspices of the Adult Education Council o f Chicago. T h e dates, subjects, and men making the broadcasts follow: February February February February
6. 13. 20. 27.
"Chemistry "Chemistry "Chemistry "Chemistry
of Health," Erneat Henry Volwiler. of Drinking Water," John R. Baylis. of Food," Winford L e e Lewis. of Gasoline a n d Oil," Gustav Egloff.
University,
Havemeyer Hall, February 17, 1933. Dinner, 6:30 p. M.; meeting, 7:45 P. M. "Electrochemical Industry of Quebec," b y R. A. W r itherspoon. FOURTEENTH
M E M B E R S O F CHICAGO S E C T I O N BROADCASTS
Section.
The
Chemists' Club, N e w York, N . Y., February 24, 1933, 8 P. M. "The Creation and Correction of Trade Waste Problems," by Sheppard T . Powell.
LOUISIANA SECTION ELECTS
OFFICERS
T H E LOUISIANA SECTION at its regular monthly meeting o>n
January 20, elected the following officers: President, H. W . Moseley; Vice President, Robert P. W a l t o n ; Secretary-Treasurer, Herbert O'Donnell; Councilors, C . E . C o a t e s and H . A. Levey; Member of Executive Committee, W . L. How-eU. The remaining members of the Executive Committee are C- S . Williamson and James J. Ganucheau. The technical program consisted of a most spectacular demon-
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stration lecture on the "Physical and Chemical Effects of Liquid Air," by A. B. Cardwell, and an exhibition, prepared by H. A. Levey, of the various products manufactured from the cellulose derivatives—cellulose nitrate, viscose, and cellulose acetate. P H I L A D E L P H I A S E C T I O N E L E C T S COUNCILORS
Vol. 11, N o . 3
E D I T I O N
other members of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY:
H . A.
Beatty, F. J. Dykstra, D . T . Flood, C. M. Gambrill, J. W. Hladky, and J. C. Hope. The laboratory at Yonkers will b e retained as a control laboratory for t h e various gasoline testing laboratories at Detroit, Kansas City, Tulsa, and Baton Rouge. Graham Edgar, formerly a t Yonkers, ha? been made vice president of the corporation and is now a t the main office a t 135 East 42nd St., New York, Ν . Υ.
T H E PHILADELPHIA SECTION has elected the following Counci-
lors for 1933: H. S. Lukens, J. B. Hill, Carl Haner, H . C. Porter, W. T. Taggart, Wm. Stericker, W. J. Kelly, W. R. Gerges, E. E . Cayo. E R I E SECTION ELECTS
T H E FOLLOWING have been elected officers of the Erie Section, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, for 1933:
Chairman, L. A . Gold-
blatt; Vice Chairman, Eric Wahlforss; Secretary-Treasurer, W. F. Reichert; and Councilor, J. L. Parsons. HERTY
MEDAL
Necrology
OFFICERS
ANNOUNCED
T H E CHEMISTRY CLUB of the Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville, Ga., cooperating with the friends of Charles H . Herty, is awarding annually a medal for the most outstanding work done in the field of chemistry in the South. The purpose of the medal is twofold: (1) T o give public recognition to worthy research workers in t h e colleges and laboratories of industry, whose real value is often unappreciated b y their institutions. (2) T o honor Doctor Herty who has contributed a great deal to t h e development of the South, and who was born in a house which stood on what is now the campus of t h e Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville.
All men and women engaged in graduate study, teaching, or in industrial laboratories in the States of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina are eligible. T h e work must have been done in the South and within a year of the award. The chairman of each section of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY in these states is requested to act as chairman of a committee to recommend not more than three candidates from his section for the award. These names, accompanied by a record of their work, must be sent to Samuel Guy, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., not later than April first. He is chairman of the committee for final award. If the committee does not consider any of the papers submitted worthy of the honor, it has the power to grant the medal to some worthy person who may not have submitted a paper, or it may omit granting the medal that year. The award will be announced by May first of each year, and the medal will be presented at the May meeting of the Georgia Sec-
G U Y HODGENS
BUCHANAN
G U Y HODGENS BUCHANAN died in New York, Ν. Υ., January
21, 1933. He was born at Taylorstown, Pa., May 27, 1888. H e received the degree of A.B., magna cum laude, from Washington and Jefferson College in 1910. In 1913 h e received the degree S.B. in chemical engineering from t h e Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the same year also received the M.A. degree from Washington and Jefferson College. He was associated for a short time with the New England Coal & Coke Co., Everett, Mass., and later with the research staff of the New Jersey Zinc Co., a t Palmerton, Pa., where he remained until 1916 when he returned t o the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as assistant professor of chemical en gineering. He entered the services of the American Cyanamid Co., in 1917, working first at their Warners, N . J., plant. He was transferred to the staff of Air Nitrates Corp., and moved to Muscle Shoals, Ala., where he put into operation the ammonia oxidation and the ammonium nitrate units of U. S. Nitrate Plant N o . 2. When these operations were closed down at the end of the war, he returned to the American Cyanamid Co., and was located in the Research Laboratory a t Warners, N. J. He after wards became director of the laboratory and later chief tech nologist of the American Cyanamid Co., which position he held at the time of his death. His earliest work of note was the development of a commercial source of germanium. After association with the American Cyanamid Co. his activities turned t o the field of cyanogen com pounds and their derivatives, including the many transforma tion products of Cyanamid and their uses. He contributed the section on Cyanogen Compounds to Allen's "Commercial Organic Analysis," Fifth Edition, 1930, and the chapter on Flotation in Alexander's "Colloid Chemistry, Theoretical and Applied," 1931. Thirty-three U. S. patents and applications and forty-seven foreign patents and applications carry Mr. Buchanan's name. He was a member of the AMERICAN
CHEMICAL SOCIETY,
the Electrochemical Society, the Masonic Fraternity, and The Chemists' Club. He is survived by his wife and three children.
tion of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, which is invited to
meet a t Milledgeville. A modest allowance will be made to cover expenses of the winner to this meeting, where he will deliver an address. HASKELL
E L E C T E D P R E S I D E N T O F U. ALCOHOL I N S T I T U T E
S.
INDUSTRIAL
A T THE RECENT A N N U A L MEETING of the Industrial Alcohol
Institute, Inc., Glenn Haskell, first vice president of t h e U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co., and director of ten other companies associated with the alcohol industry, was elected president. He succeeds S. S. Neuman, who has held the office for t w o years. A. K. Hamilton, of the Pennsylvania Sugar Co., was elected vice president, and Mr. Grimm, of the American Commercial Alcohol Corp., treasurer of the institute. Lewis H . Marks was reelected executive secretary. The membership of the Industrial Alcohol Institute consists of eight of the large manufacturers of industrial alcohol, whose total products account for 98 per cent of all the industrial alcohol required by the industries and professions of the country. The institute cooperates very closely with all federal and state bureaus which are responsible for t h e distribution and control of denatured alcohol. In particular, it cooperates in research in the effort to provide effective dénaturants. E T H Y L GASOLINE CORP. M A K E S CHANGES I N RESEARCH DEPARTMENT T H E CHEMICAL RESEARCH activities of the Ethyl
Gasoline
Corp. have been transferred from Yonkers, N . Y . , to Detroit, Mich. A new laboratory has been built at 723 East Milwaukee Ave., adjoining the corporation's engineering research laboratory. George Calmgaert, formerly at Yonkers, has been made director of chemical research. Involved in the transfer are the following
S A M U E L ANTHONY
GOLDSCHMIDT
SAMUEL ANTHONY GOLDSCHMIDT, chairman of the board of
the Parsons Ammonia Co., died of a stroke of apoplexy a t his home in New York, January 28, 1933. He was eighty-four years old. Doctor Goldschmidt was born in New York City and received his education at City College, graduating therefrom in 1868. I n 1871 he received the degree of mining engineer from the Columbia School of Mines and for the next few years was en gaged in research with Charles F. Chandler. H e was the founder of the fellowship that bears his name at Columbia University. Emory College of Georgia awarded him an honorary degree of doctor of philosophy. In the summers of 1873, 1874, and from 1880 to 1888 he was an inspector of t h e New York Board of Health in charge of offensive trade. In 1880 Doctor Goldschmidt became treasurer of the Columbia Chemical Works, later the Parsons Ammonia Co., of which he was president from 1894 to 1915 and then chairman of the board. From 1870 to 1877 he was an associate editor of the American Chemist. Doctor Goldschmidt was affiliated with many scientific or ganizations, both here and abroad. He had been a member of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY since 1876.
He joined the
SOCIETY soon after its organization meeting, and thus just missed being a charter member. H e was a former member of the Paris and German chemical societies and t h e Society of Public Analysts, an original member of the Society of Chemical Industry, the London Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Chemists' Club, British Association for the Advancement of Science, American Museum of Natural History, and New York Zoological Society. H e was one of the oldest members of the Union League Club, having been admitted in 1879. His other clubs included Downtown, Columbia, Grolier, and the Country Club of Woodstock, Vt., where he had a summer home for many years. He is survived by a brother, Edward, of New York City.
