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Local sections honor students, teachers Seventeen ACS sections and subsections award scholarships, cash prizes to outstanding students Since the earlier report on 1967 local section awards to students and teachers (C&EN, June 26, page 5 4 ) , 17 more sections have reported on similar activities. Students have been recognized for achievements in class and on special examinations. Awards consisted of trophies, cash scholarships, engraved plaques, and journal subscriptions. Binghamton Section (Norwich Subsection). Fred Spencer, a junior at Norwich High School, took first place in the section's competitive chemistry examination. He received a certificate of honor and a $25 cash prize; his school received a plaque. Also cited for their performances were Francis Mazzochi, Oxford senior; David Adams, Norwich junior; Lynn Woodard, New Berlin junior; and Edward Craine, Sherburne junior. Central Ohio Valley. The section presented trophies to the top winners of its annual competition among high school students. Melba June Pack, Paul G. Blazer High School, was grand prize winner among all students who competed in the examinations. Other winners were Jane Hicks, Ironton High School, and Jo Ellen Tschop, Huntington East High School. Cincinnati. Eighty-eight students from 47 schools participated in the chemistry examination given by the section. First prize of $200 went to Dana Pettengill, St. Xavier High School (James M. Dusablon, teacher). Michael Lutter, also of St. Xavier (James M. Dusablon), won the $100 second prize and Robin Braus, Princeton High School (Richard Marshall), won the $50 third prize. Each teacher received a one-year subscription to an ACS journal of his choice. Columbus. Robert H. Cavins of Upper Arlington High School won the section's award for the year's most outstanding high school chemistry teacher. Mr. Cavins received a scroll and $50, and another $50 was given to his high school for purchases to be made under his direction. Nine students in area colleges and universities received scrolls and $16 awards to be applied toward membership in the Society or toward a subscription to a scientific journal. The award winners were Doris Carter, Otterbein College; Judith Diane Foulke, 94 C&EN AUG. 28, 1967
College of St. Mary of the Springs; Mufaro Hove, Wittenberg University; Dennis Lehman, Ohio State University; Paul Wesley McFadden, Muskingum College; Carol Ann Morgan, Denison University; David Shultz, Capital University; and Clifford H. Spohr, Kenyon College. Erie. Outstanding freshmen chemistry students from seven area colleges were honored by the section at its annual awards dinner. Receiving recognition were Patricia Hill, Edinboro State College; Victoria Malinowski, Mercyhurst College; Karen Sheldon, Villa Maria College; John Mayhew, Allegheny College; James Moniot, Alliance College; Clifford Thomson, Behrend campus of Penn State; and Lawrence Zbach, Gannon College. Florida. The section awarded a scroll, $50 in cash, and $50 for the purchase of science books to Lee R. Summerlin, a teacher at University School, Florida State University, Tallahassee. Mr. Summerlin won the section's high school chemistry teacher award. Indiana. Approximately 200 high school students throughout the state took the three-hour chemistry exam given by the section. The $300 first prize was won by Ken Levin, Brebeuf Preparatory School. Klaus Von Deuten, Tipton High School, received the $200 second prize, and Tom Nolan, Scecina Memorial High School, won the $100 third prize. Rev. R. J. Middendorf of Brebeuf Preparatory, teacher of the top student, received $200 for equipment for his classroom or laboratory. Kanawha Valley. Cash prizes and medallions were presented to the winners of the section's competitive chemistry examination. Wanneta Noffsinger of Poca High School placed first and John Manning, Jr., also of Poca, scored the second highest grade in the small schools division. Poca High also won the team prize. Donna Cain, Stonewall Jackson High School, was first place winner in the large high school category. Mary LeFevre, Charleston Catholic High, had the second highest score. The team award went to Stonewall Jackson. New Haven. Anne Partridge, a senior at West Haven High School, won a $500 scholarship from the sec-
WINNER. Dr. Carl Meloy (left), secretary of Western Michigan Section, gives top award to Edward Kuester. Teacher Sister Joan Marie looks on
tion. She will use the scholarship at Bates College, where she will be a freshman this fall. Bonnie Marino, also a senior at West Haven, was runnerup in the contest. Helen Dorsi, chemistry teacher at the high school, received a $50 award from the chapter. Northeastern Indiana. The top 10 scorers in the annual high school chemistry examination sponsored by area industries and administered by the section were honored along with their teachers at the section's awards night banquet. A $200 scholarship was presented to the first place winner, David Gordon Fryer, Snider High School (Gene Buzzard, teacher). Second place, a $150 scholarship, went to Michael William Wismer, Elmhurst High School (Ruth Wimmr). A log duplex slide rule went to the third place winner, Claude M. Bobilya, North Side High School (Ronald Dvorak). Each of the next seven winners received a slide rule. Northern West Virginia. Junior chemistry majors at four area colleges and universities were honored by the section at its awards dinner. The students were James Huntsman, West Virginia University; William Berger, Alderson Broaddus College; Reginald Jordan, Salem College; and Mary Young, Fairmont State College. Philadelphia Section. (Toms River Subsection). Nearly 50 students from eight area high schools participated in the chemistry examination spon-
sored by the subsection. Winner of the $50 first prize was William L. Kubeck, a junior at Central Regional High School. Second place, $30, went to Robert G. Fruedenberg, St. Joseph's High School, and the $20 third prize was won by Jerry R. Pyenson, Toms River High School. Honorable mention went to Wade Porter, Brick Township High School, and Lynn Sherman, Southern Regional High School. Charles Berzansky, a Toms River High School teacher, won $50 for having the students with the best combined average on the exam. Puerto Rico. The Chemistry Club of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico presented awards to outstanding chemistry students. Those honored were Gabriel A. Infante, awards in industrial chemistry and physical chemistry; Edna C. Rivera, award in biochemistry; Jose Anadon, award in analytical chemistry; Encarnacion Lopez, award in organic chemistry; Gilda Vicente, award in general chemistry; and Gloria Reyes, award in industrial chemistry. Southern California. More than $2000 in prizes was given to the winners of the 53rd annual high school chemistry contest administered by the section. Twenty-one winners were selected from the 715 students from four southern California counties who competed in the exam. First prize, $500, was given to Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Hollywood High School. Charles Swerdlow, Beverly Hills High School, received the $400 second prize and third prize of $250 went to Jeffrey L. Kaufman, Hamilton High School, Los Angeles. The Beverly Hills High team, whose total score was the highest of the competing school teams, received a plaque, and the teacher of the team, Ingrid Markul, received an award.
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totaling $600 were presented to the top three winners of the section's annual scholarships program. The top ranking first year chemistry student of each area high school was selected to compete in a written examination. The five with the highest marks were interviewed by members of the section's subcommittee, who made the final selections. Barbara Reeves, Norwalk High School, won the first place scholarship of $300. Second prize of $200 went to Philip Krasicky, Central High School, and the $100 third prize was won by Mark Juszli, Brien McMahon High School. Western Michigan. Two high school students who earned highest scores in the ACS chemistry examination and their teachers were honored by the section. Edward Kuester, Muskegon Catholic Central High School (Sister Joan Marie, teacher), won $150
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The Retired Chemists Clearing House, established early in 1966, has now been incorporated into the Employ ment Clearing House operations in the Washington, D . C , office. The clearinghouse was first set up on the recommendation of the Council Committee on Professional Relations. It was its belief that retired chemists and chemical engineers are willing and able to render valuable service to the profession through either part-time or full-time employment. Accordingly, the Society published a directory in May 1966 containing more than 700 brief résumés of ACS members who were retired or who would retire by the end of 1967. This publication was sent to a selected list of more than 1000 employers and was made available to employers who requested it. Employers and retired chemists were surveyed on the value of the directory and both rated it a success. On the basis of their responses, the Committee on Professional Relations recommended it be continued. The next edition of the directory was scheduled to be issued early in 1967. About that time the Regional Employment Clearing House was centralized in ACS headquarters and converted to a modern information-data storage and retrieval system. Incorporation of the Retired Chemists Clearing House into this new system seemed to be a natural. In addition to costing less, it would now be possible to immediately add or delete a name and list all the applicants' specialties by field and subfield. Consequently, the decision was made to make the Retired Chemists Clearing House an integral part of the centralized retrieval system and to discontinue issuing directories. All those whose names are included in the 1966 directory, and any other member of the Society who is retired or retiring within one year of the date of application, are therefore invited to request the necessary forms now. Employers wishing to hire retired chemists or chemical engineers may call or write the Washington office. The employer simply states the requirements needed in the job and is immediately advised of the number of retired applicants on file with these qualifications. These résumés then can be reproduced and sent to the employer at 25 cents a copy.
