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Milton Harris named 1970 Perkin Medalist ACS Board Chairman honored for outstanding work with applied chemistry of fibers Dr. Milton Harris, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society, has been awarded the Perkin Medal for 1970 by the American Section of the Society of Chemical Industry. The award is considered by SCI to be the highest honor given for outstanding work in applied chemistry in the U.S. Dr. Harris will receive the gold medal at SCI's annual Perkin Medal Dinner on Feb. 27, 1970. The medalists career has been a continual blending of fundamental research with commercial application. He earned a Ph.D. degree at Yale University in 1929 with a study of chemical and physical properties of fibroin, the protein from silk. He then turned to industrial research on silk for Cheney Brothers Silk Mills at South Manchester, Conn. In 1931 Dr. Harris became a research associate at National Bureau of Standards, where he investigated the physical chemistry of textile fibers and fabrics. He left NBS in 1938 to become director of research for Textile Foundation and beginning in 1941 simultaneously held the position of director of research for Textile Research Institute. He resigned both positions when he formed Harris Research Laboratories in Washington, D.C., in 1945. Dr. Harris' research interests broadened to include wool, hair, cellulose, and synthetic fibers. From studies of wool and its protein keratin came shrinkproof wool for the Army's Quartermaster Corps and home permanent waves for Toni Co. Other fiber modification processes developed at Harris Laboratories led to waterproof wool, bleached cashmere, and to the forerunners of permanently pressed fabrics. Dr. Harris served as president of Harris Research Laboratories from 1945 until 1961. Harris Laboratories became an independent subsidiary of Gillette Co. in 1956, and Dr. Harris was appointed director of research for Gillette. He expanded Gillette's research programs, which produced the coated stainless-steel razor blade. He became vice president of Gillette in 1957 and retired from that office in 1966, the year he became ACS Chairman of the Board. Government and the academic world 66
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maceutical Co. in 1968, which reflects his continued interest in the life sciences. He also is a board member of Sealectro Corp. and of Hazelton Laboratories, Inc. The Perkin Medal was first awarded in 1906 to Sir William Henry Perkin to celebrate his discovery of mauve, the first aniline dye, in 1856. The jury of award is composed of representatives of the American Sections of SCI and Société de Chimie Industrielle and of ACS, American Institute of Chemists, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Electrochemical Society. GOVERNMENT
Dr. Milton Harris A blend of fundamental and commercial
have vied with industry for a share of Dr. Harris' time and interest. During World War II he served as chairman of the Wool Conservation Board, secretary of the National Research Council Committee on Clothing, and as a member of other advisory boards. More recently, Dr. Harris has been chairman of the White House Committee on Civilian Technology and consultant to the President's Office of Science and Technology. Dr. Harris has been president of the Yale University Chemists' Association since 1961. He is a member of the Yale Development and Alumni Boards and will complete a term on the Yale University Council this year. He has been a trustee of Textile Research Institute and is now a member of the institute's advisory committee on education. A member of ACS since 1931, Dr. Harris was chairman of the Cellulose Division in 1947 and has served on numerous ACS committees. He was national president of the American Institute of Chemists in 1960-61 and chairman of the AIC board of directors in 1961-62. Dr. Harris headed the Washington section of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists in 1953-54. Dr. Harris was elected to the board of directors of Warner-Lambert Phar-
Sir Philip Baxter has been named chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He. is the Australian representative to IAEA . . . Dr. Robert A. Friedel, project coordinator in spectrometry at Pittsburgh Coal Research Center, BuMines, has received a Merit Award from Carnegie-Mellon University Alumni Association for professional achievements and service to the university . . . Timothy L. Mounts, USDA chemist at Northern Utilization Research Laboratory, receives Bond Award of American Oil Chemists' Society for excellence in content and delivery of a research paper . . . Dr. Wilmer Souder, who was chief of dental research section at Bureau of Standards, 1919-45, was honor guest at a banquet during the 50th anniversary Symposium on Dental Materials Research in Washington in October. INDUSTRY
Carlos B. Amspoker named manager of Martinez and Pittsburg, Calif., plants of Shell Chemical . . . Dr. Nazar S. Aprahamian promoted to research scientist in R&D department of Union Carbide's chemicals and plastics division, Tarrytown, N.Y. . . . Ronald A. Deyette named sales manager in industrial chemicals at GAF Corp. . . . Robert G. Kostur named senior sales representative for plastic materials sales at B. F. Goodrich Chemical, Los Angeles . . . Robert F. Nootbaar named general superintendent of operations at Chicago refinery being built by Union Oil of California. James E. Ganzmann is superintendent of catalytic process . . . Joseph W. Sowa and Ronald L. Micchia join analytical and consulting staff of Environmental Pollution Control, Inc., Cleveland . . . Tom O. Tenney promoted to administrative assistant to the national sales manager-medical for Sherwood Medical Industries, Inc., St. Louis . . . Judith L. Tucci appointed director of computer graphics center of Curran Computer Corp., Hackensack, N.J. . . . Dr. William F. Ulrich of Beckman Instruments receives award for meritorious service from Society of Applied Spectroscopy . . . Dr. M. Albert Vannice joins Sun Oil, Sunoco division, Philadelphia, to do basic research.
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