PEOPLE NAS Elects Officers and Members D e 11e ν W. Bronk, president of Rockefeller Insti t u t e , has been elected to a third four-year term as president of t h e National Academy of Sciences. Also D . W. Bronk elected are: How ard P. Robertson, professor of mathe matical physics, California Institute of Technology, as foreign secretary; a n d two members of the council of t h e Academy: Thomas F. Francis, chair man of department of epidemiology, University of Michigan; and Saunders MacLane, professor of mathematics at University of Chicago. Robertson suc ceeds John G. Kirkwood, chairman of the department of chemistry at Yale University. Francis and MacLane suc ceed E. A. Doisy, director of depart ment of biochemistry, St. Louis Uni versity School of Medicine; a n d Theophilus S. Painter, professor of zoology, University of Texas. The elections took place April 2 9 during t h e 95 annual meeting of the Academy. New members elected to t h e Acad emy include: Marshall D e m o t t e Gates, professor at t h e University of Rochester and assistant editor of JACS; William Zev Hassid, professor of plant biochem istry, University of California; Charles Roy Hauser, professor of chemistry at Duke University; Izaak Maurits Kolthoff, professor and head of the di vision of analytical chemistry, Univer sity of Minnesota; David Shemin, pro fessor of biochemistry, Columbia Uni versity; Thomas Kilgor Sherwood, for mer dean of engineering, MIT; Bruno Hasbrauck Zimm, research scientist, General Electric; Max von Laue, di rector, Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Society, Berlin, as foreign as sociate; Walther Frederick Goebel, Rockefeller Institute of Medical Re search; Henry A. L a r d y , professor of biochemistry, University of Wisconsin; Robert Franklin Mehl, dean of graduate studies, Carnegie Institute of Tech nology; and Halten S. Yoder, Jr., petrologist, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D. C. 82
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• INDUSTRY Nicholas H. Alex joins Acheson Dis persed Pigments in market research and development. John L. Anderson joins Orlando Re search, Orlando, Fla., as v.p. a n d gen eral manager. From Kendall. Tilden Batchelder appointed super intendent of materials and production control at Abbott Labs, North Chicago, 111. Was manager of material controls. William Behrens named superintend ent of chemical mfg. Was manager of chemical mfg. Charles S. Brown now superintendent of pharmaceutical mfg. Was special assistant to v.p. James W. Milne named superintendent of anti biotic mfg. Was manager of the de partment. H . V. Boenig joins International Molded Plastics, Cleveland, as director of research and development. From Goodyear Research Center. Gerard N. Chapman joins Raytheon as quality control chemist in missile systems division.
Rupert L . Cooke appointed assistant director of production-sales control at Monsanto, St. Louis. From Monsanto's Tennessee plant. Dennis Duncan joins production research group, Texas City, Tex., at the company's Lion Oil Co. division. From Portland Gas & Coke. Perry T. Egbert elected chairman at Alco Products. William S. Morris succeeds Egbert as president. Had been executive v.p. T. Q. Eliot appointed head of proc ess technical service department at Texas Butadiene & Chemical, Houston. From Amoco. William S. Friedlander promoted to group supervisor at Minnesota Mining & Mfg. in central research department. Was project leader in applied research section. Robert L . Goldemberg joins Shulton as project leader in toiletries research laboratories. From Coty. Karl M. Herstein, president of Herstein Laboratories, N e w York City, to receive 1958 Honor Scroll from the N e w York chapter of the American In stitute of Chemists, June 4.
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Caustic potash—why the package is important Expose it to a i r and solid caustic potash soaks up moisture and carbon dioxide swiftly, making the chemical weak and slow acting. T o help y o u avoid this and to protect the inherent purity of Nialk® caustic potash, we make our own containers to our own rigid specifications. You can get this exceptionally pure anhydrous caustic potash i n any of seven forms a t 90% strength or in flake or solid form at 85%. O r you can order the liquid form in strengths from 45% to 52%. Check the coupon for more complete information. H3PO3 what can't you do with i t ? Reducing agent, catalyst, plating assist ant, intermediate—there's almost no end, it seems, to the tasks you can tackle with phosphorous acid, HyPO.i. Produced in glass equipment, this Oldbury® product comes to you as a
our other chlorinating agents, chlorine, sulfuryl chloride, thionyl chloride, a n d muriatic acid. Our bulletin on some of these chemi cals, Hooker Chlorinating Agents, is of fered in the coupon. Also available a r e our technical data sheets on two other chlorinating agents, phosphorus tri chloride and phosphorus pentachloride.
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helps you handle chlorine safely A useful addition to your plant safety program is this new Hooker chlorine wall chart. It can help prevent accidents by showing your employees the most im portant do's and don't's for handling chlorine. I n concise, easily understood language, it explains the operation of tank car, ton container, and cylinder valves; describes safe storage methods; and tells what to d o in a n emergency. If you'd like a copy of the chart for posting, ask your Hooker salesman or check the coupon.
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Arnold E. Kelley named m a n a g e r of process engineering division at Union Oil's research center, Brea, Calif. H. W. Lawrence, medical director of Procter & Gamble, elected president of Industrial Medical Association. Alexander L. Liepa, joins development department of foods division at Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio. Charles A. Lindsay appointed vice president and general manager, molded products division, Stauffer Chemical. Was plant manager. Alfred T. LoefHer, v.p., n a m e d general manager of newly organized organic chemicals d e p a r t m e n t at Food Machinery and Chemical. R. H . F . D a d e will assist him. General manager of newly formed inorganic chemicals department is Frederick A. Gilbert, with Donald C. Oskin as assistant. Robert J. DeLargey named manager of Westvaco Chlor-Alkali division; Raymond F. Moran, of Westvaco mineral products, and Dewey H. Nelson, of Becco chemical division. Stuart Bear named manager of the Niagara chemical division. Brian M. Lynch axDpointed research officer at Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, Chats wood, Australia.
Michael W . Percopo transfers to Squibb & Sons, Buenos Aires, Argentina, as president. W a s Squibb president in Turkey. Joseph P. Piers appointed head of new plant production dept. at B. F. Goodrich Chemical. W a s general foreman in r u b b e r chemicals. Appointment of four section chiefs at Sun Oil's R&D division, Marcus Hook, Pa., announced: Catalytic cracking, Henry E . Reif; petrochemicals, Paul E . Oberdorfer; applied research, James L . Jezl; and sales service, W m . P. Dugan. Werner L . Riegler appointed product manager of fatty acids a n d industrial oil departments at Armour. Paul L. Sheppard is director of sales. T. F . Yuschik succeeds Sheppard as central regional sales manager. W a s product manager of industrial oils. Jean Pierre Rosselet appointed senior biochemist at Schering, Bloomfield, -
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