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Merten Dr. James J. Morgan, editor, is as-
Morg; Dr. Morgan nas appointed D r . Edward D. Palmes, D r . Ulrich Merfen, and D r . Charles E. Moser to the ES&T Advisory Board, IO replace Dr. A. P. Altshuller, Dr. A . F. Gaudy, Jr., and Dr. G . FredLee, whose terms expire in January 1969. The new members, like the presenf advisors, are drawn from the ranks of those active in the fields of environmental science and technology. They represent a wide variety of disciplines and interests, and lend the benefit of their expertise and experience IO the continuing effort of the newpublicafion 10 serve ifs readers in the mosf competent fashion. Meefing formally once or rwice ci year and keeping in touch with the editor and his staff by mail and phone, the Advisory Board serves to advise the edifor on content and subject mafter and to assist, when requested, in soloing problems that may arise. Members of the board are normal& appointed IO a three-year term. The new appointees will serve as advisors untilJanuary 1972.
sociate professor of environmental health engineering a t California Institute of Technology, which he joined i n 1965. Dr. Morgan received his B.C.E. (1954) from Manhattan College, M.S.E. (1956) from the University of Michigan, and A.M. (1962) and Ph.D. (1964) from Harvard University. From 1956-60, he was an instructor in civil engineer. ing a t the University of Illinois. In 1960-61, he held a Danforth Foundation Teacher Study Grant a t Harvard, and i n 196163 continued his studies under a U S . Public Health Service predoctoral fellowship. Dr. Morgan was associate professor of water chemistry a t the University of Florida 1963-65. In 1964, Dr. Morgan served as a member of the National Institutes of Health's Environmental Sciences and Engineering Study Section. The recipient of a variety of professional awards, he is a member of ACS. AWWA. ASCE, American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, AAAS, Sigma Xi, and Chi Epsilon. Dr. U l r i c h M e r t e n is assistant directoroftheJohn Jay HopkinsLaboratory for Pure and Applied Science of Gulf General Atomic, Inc., a position he has held since 1956. Previously (1955-1956), he was employed a t the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory of the General ElectricCo. Dr. Merten earned his B.S. (1951) from the California Institute of Technologyand his Ph.D. (1955)from Washington University. He has published more than 30 technical papers in his orinciDal fields of interest-mem~~
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Palmes Dr. Charles E. Moser, assistant t o the vice president of the research and technical department, and deputy air and water conservation coordinator for Texaco, Inc., received his B.S. (1933) and M.S. (1935) from the University of Idaho and his Ph.D. (1939) from Northwestern University. With Texaco since 1939, Dr. Moser has been active i n the air and water conservation field for the past 10 years and is chairman of the Coordinating Research Council's Air Pollution Research Advisory Committee which directs the research program sponsored by the Automobile Manufacturers Association, American Petroleum Institute. and National Air Pollution Control Administration. Dr. Moser specialized in physical chemistry, has authored several papers on theory of solutions, and holds patents on petroleum technology. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, a member of ACS, AAAS. API, Research Society of America. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Air Pollution Control Association. Dr. Moser will serve on the Advisory Board until Januaryl972.
Dr. Edward D. Palmes is associate director of the Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center. With the Medical Center since 1948, Dr. Palmes received his B. S. (1938)fromSpringHillCollege and his M.S. (1939) and Ph.D. (1947) from Georgetown University. He has authored more than 20 technical papers, and served as a member of several National Institutes of Health study sections including those on toxicology (1960-1964). environmental science and engineering (1964-1968). and air pollution. Dr. Palmes is a member of ACS, AAAS, American Physiological So-
)'Connor RESA. He is also a member of the American Meteorological Society and chairman of its committee on Chemistry and Radioactivity. Dr. Cadie will serve on the Advisory Board until January 1971.
vr 3 ~ 1 'armospnericcnernicai s pnysics department. a position he held until 1963. Since 1963, Dr. Cadle has been with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, as program scientist, and now as chairman of the chemistry and microphysics department. Since 1948, Dr. Cadle has worked almost exclusively on problems related to the chemistry and physics of the atmosphere. His research has in. ciuded analyses of contaminants i n the atmosphere. studies of aerosols, and investigations of the kinetics and photochemistry of chemical reactions in the atmosphere. Dr. Cadle is the author of close t o 55 articles in scientific and technical journals. He is a member of ACS, American Geophysical Union, and the honorary societies Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and
Dr. Donald J. O'Connor is professor of civil engineering at Man. hattan College. He earned his B.C.E. (1944) at Manhattan College, his M.C.E. (1947) at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and his Eng. Sc. D. (1956) at New York University. Dr. O'Connor was employed i n the engineering offices of Parsons, Brinckerhoff. Hall, and MacDonald. and the firm of Gibbs and Hill, Inc..from 1947-52. Duringthat period, he served as part-time instructor at Manhattan College and at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. I n 1952, Dr. O'Connor returned t o Manhattan College as assistant professor. He became associate professor in 1956 and professorin 1964. Dr. O'Connor received a Founders' Day Award in 1956 at New York University; the Rudolph Hering Award i n 1958 (for "Mechanism of Reaeration i n Natural Streams") and in 1966 (for "Estuarine Distribution of Non.Conservative Substances"); and Honorary Mention (1960) from the New York State Water Pollution Control Federation for "Treatment of Organic Waste in Aerated Stabilization Basin." He is the author of some 40 technical papers. and coauthor (with W. W. Eckenfelder) of "Biological Waste Treatment." Dr. O'Connor is specially interested i n mathematical analysis of water pollution i n all natural bodies of water. He has served on an Advisory Committee on Water Pollution t o the Assistant Secretaryof Interior and was recently appointed t o the Mayor's
(N.Y.) Science and Technology AdVisoryCouncii. H e i s a memberofACS, American Geophysical Union. New York State Water Pollution Control Association, American Society of Engineering Education, American Association of University Professors, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, American Association of Professors of Sanitary Engineering, Chi Epsilon, Sigma Xi, and is a p r o fessionai engineer of the State of New York. Dr. O'Connor will be on the Advisory Board until January 1971.
Dr. Walter J. Weber, Jr., professor of civil and water resources engineering, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), received his Sc.B. (1955) from Brown University, M.S.E. (1959) from Rutgers University, and A.M. (1961) and Ph.D. (1962) from Harvard University. Dr. Weber was an engineer with Caterpillar Tractor Company (1956-57) and an instructor in civil engineering at Rutgers University (1957-59) before going t o Harvard University. I n 1963, he joined the staff of the civil engineering department a t the University of Michigan as an assistant professor, becoming associate professor in 1965, and professor in 1968. He was recipient of the Distinpuished Service Award of the College gineering at Michigan (1967). i Distinguished Faculty Award American Association of Prc in Sanitary Engineering (1968). Dr. Weber is author of some ~r~mr nicai papers. His current research activities include studies of adsorption of organic pollutants from waters and waste waters, coagulation and flocculation of dispersed systems, demineralization by ion exchange, chemicai oxidation of organic pollutants, ion I)"
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Gold berg flotation. and the interactions between dissolved silica and metal ions In natural waters. Dr. Weber is a member of ACS, AIChE, AWWA. ASCE. ASEE, WPCF, American Association of Professors in Sanitary Engineering, American Geophysical Union, University Council on Water Resources, Rhode island Society of Professional Engineers, Sigma Xi, Delta Omega, and Chi Epr silo". He is an active member of sev. era1 committees within a number of these professional societies, and was chairman of the Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Sciences (1968). Dr. Weber will serve on the Advisory Board until January 1971.
Dr. S. K. Friedlander is professor of chemical engineering and environmental health engineering at California Institute of Technology, a position he has held since 1964. Previously (1957-64), he taught at Johns Hopkins. chairing the biomedical engineering committee there i n 1962. Dr. Friedlander received his B.S. (1949) in chemical engineering from Columbia University, his M.S. (1951) from MIT, and his Ph.D. (1954) from the Universityof Illinois. Dr. Friedlander's research interests lie primarily i n the fields of diffusion, interfacial transfer, and aerosol physics. He is a member of ACS. Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon. Dr. Friedlander will serve on the Advisory Board untilJanuaryl970. Dr. Edward D. Goldberg, professor of chemistry, University of California, San Diego, received his B.S. (1942) from the University of Cali. fornia, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. (1949) from the University of Chicago. He 14 Enviroiimental Science & Technology
Gregor joined the faculty of UCSD i n 1949, and was appointed full professor i n 1961; from 1965-66 he served as the first provost of the University's Revelle College. Dr. Goldberg's major areas of scientificinterestare i n t h e geochemistry of marine waters and sediments and the application of radioactive dating techniques t o problems i n the major sedimentary cycle. The editor of two journals (Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Journal of Marine Research), Dr. Goldberg will serve on the Advisory Board until January 1970.
Dr. H a r r y P. Gregor, professor of chemical engineering and applied chemistry at Columbia University, received his B.A. (1939) and Ph.D. (1945) from the University of Minnesota. Formerly with the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Dr. Gregor specialized in colloid chemistry and electrochemistry and has served a s an advisor t o governmental agencies concerned with ion exchange resins and membranes and their use in desalination. He is mainly interested in fundamental studies and applications in environmental science and biomedical engineering. Dr. Gregor has authored more than 120 technical papers, coedited two books ("Power Systems for Electric Vehicles", and "Synthetic Polymer Membranes-Theory and Applications"), and serves as a member of the advisory board for two journals (Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and Journal of Biomedical Materials Research]. Dr. Greeor will serve on the Advisory Boar; until January 1970.
Pitts Dr. James N. Pitts, Jr. is professor of chemistry, University of California, Riverside, a position he has held since 1959, serving as chairman of the department of chemistry from 1961-63. He is also a member of the UCR branch of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. I n 1965, Dr. Pitts was visiting research professor at Merton College, Oxford University, Oxford, England. He is a member of the Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the California Air Resources Board and served four years on the Air Pollution Research Grants Advisory Committee of the National Center for Air Poliution Control (196468). Dr. Pitts received his B.S. (1945) and his Ph.D. (1949) in physical chemistry from UCLA. He worked a s a research assistant (1942-45) for Division 10, National Defense Research Committee, OSRD, and as research associate, Special Projects Division, U.S. Army (1945-46). Then, he was appointed instructor and assistant professor of chemistry at Northwestern University (194954). From Northwestern he went to the University of California, Riverside, where he was associate professor of chemistry (1954-59). Dr. Pitts has concentrated his research efforts in the areas of photochemistry and the chemistry of the atmosphere, particularly polluted urban atmospheres. A member of ACS, APCA, Faraday Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, and the American Physical Society, Dr. Pitts will serve on the Advisory Board until January 1970.
