MCA honors three teachers Chemists Leonard K. Nash, W. T. Lippincott, and Richard W. Ramette received the Manufacturing Chemists' Association 1966 College Chemistry Teacher Awards last week at MCA's 94th annual meeting, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Robert B. Semple, MCA board chairman (and president of Wyandotte Chemicals) presented the medals, citations, and checks for $1000 to the professors from Ohio State University, Harvard University, and Carleton College. These awards, part of MCA's program of aid to education, are given "to recognize outstanding chemistry teachers at the undergraduate level, to call public attention to the importance of good science teaching in colleges and universities, and to inspire qualified students to choose careers in science teaching." Fifty-one teachers have been honored by MCA since its awards program started in 1957. Report on CAS pricing Seismic eruption faced with calm
1963, to $700 in 1965, and to $1200 this year. As Chairman of the Board in 1962, Dr. Cope had the unenviable task of signing a letter to each member subscriber to CA announcing the coming 10-fold-plus increase for 1963. Understandably, the eruption was seismic, and tremors continue to be felt even now four years later. Dr. Cope bore the reaction with his usual outward calm, convinced that the course the Board had taken was the best one possible if the Society were to keep CAS financially sound and continue to serve chemistry and ACS members. That the large CA price increases did not irreparably divide the Society was in large measure due to Dr. Cope's standing in the scientific and academic community. As Chairman, Dr. Cope guided Board discussions with an unusual combination of tact and firmness, allowing the fullest of discussion yet keeping the meetings moving to decisions. That he was able to do so with a group of men described by an ex-Board member only a few days ago as "quite used to having their own way in their own organizations" was no small accomplishment. Over the years, Dr. Cope has won a number of awards. Among them are the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, Columbia University's Chandler Medal, the Nichols Medal of the ACS New York Section, and the Roger Adams Award of the ACS for outstanding research in organic chemistry. Dr. Cope is survived by his wife, Harriet, and a stepson, Gregory, 10.
Dr. Nash has been teaching at Harvard since 1956. He received his B.S., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees from that school. He taught chemistry at the University of Illinois and was a research assistant at Columbia University (Manhattan Project), before joining the Harvard faculty. His main teaching interests are in beginning chemistry for nonscience majors and for students with good high school backgrounds. Early in Dr. Nash's career, he did research in gas analysis. Recently, however, he has become more interested in the philosophy and history of science. He is a member of the Advisory Council on College Chemistry, Phi Beta Kappa, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ohio State's Lippincott received his B.S. degree from Capital University, and his Ph.D. from Ohio State. He started his teaching career at Capital, then taught at Michigan State University and the University of Florida. He is a member of the Advisory Council for College Chemistry and, for three years, was chairman of the Committee on Institutes and Conferences of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society. In 1965 he was national director of the secondary school program of the ACS Committee on Visiting Scientists. Last year, he was named managing editor of the Journal of Chemical Education. Dr. Ramette joined the faculty of Carleton College as assistant professor of chemistry in 1954 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. His B.A. degree came from Wesleyan University. Dr. Ramette has been active in summer institutes for college teachers and the National
Science Foundation visiting scientists program. He is also interested in secondary school education, serving as a consultant for several high schools. He is a member of the ACS Division of Chemical Education. At the meeting, Dr. Nash (chosen by lot to speak for the winners) paid tribute to the unrepresented hero—the student. For it's the student's role, not the teacher's, that's the most active in education, he said.
Dr. Nash Philosophy and history
Dr. Lippincott Secondary school program
Dr. Ramette Institutes for college teachers JUNE 13, 1966 C&EN
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