ANALYTICAL
R. M. Archibald
CHEMISTRY
H. G. Cassidy
J. I. Hoffman
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DECEMBER
1956
NEWS
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J. Mitchell, Jr.
R. G. Russell
N e w Analytical Board Members Five new members have been added t o the advisory board for ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY under a rotation plan which calls for replacing one third of t h e 15member board each year. F u r t h e r de tails appear in t h e editorial (page 1803). T h e five new members are Reginald M . Archibald, Rockefeller I n s t i t u t e for Medical Research; Harold G. Cassidy, Yale University; J a m e s I. Hoffman, National Bureau of S t a n d a r d s ; J o h n Mitchell, Jr., E . I. d u P o n t de N e m o u r s & Co.; and R a y m o n d G. Russell, Gulf Research and Development Co. Members being replaced are W a y n e W . Hilty, Eli Lilly; R o b e r t Kunin, R o h m and H a a s ; J a m e s J . Lingane, H a r v a r d University; Vernon A. Stenger, Dow Chemical; a n d Philip W . West, Louisiana S t a t e University. T h e 10 members whose terms con t i n u e a r e : H . F . Beegley, Jones a n d Laughlin Steel; G. E . Boyd, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; A. Q. Butler, Mallinckrodt Chemical Works ; H a r v e y Diehl, Iowa State College; Ν . Η . F u r man, Princeton University; D . N . H u m e , Massachusetts Institute of Technology; S. S. Kurtz, Jr., Sun Oil Co.; H . A. Liebhafsky, General Elec tric Co.; O. D . Shreve, E . I. d u P o n t de Nemours & Co. ; and J. H . Yoe, Univer sity of Virginia. These changes become effective J a n u a r y 1.
published m a n y papers in his field of in terest, clinical chemistry. H e is a member of t h e A C S , t h e American Society of Biological Chemists, AAAS, American Society of Clinical Patholo gists, American Federation of Clinical Research, Society of Experimental Biol ogy and Medicine, and several other pro fessional organizations. Harold G . Cassidy Harold G. Cassidy, associate professor in chemistry a t Yale University, has been a teacher since 1936, most of which time has been spent a t Yale. H e re ceived his bachelor's a n d master's de grees from Oberlin a n d his P h . D . from Yale (1939). Cassidy, who was born in H a v a n a , Cuba, is 50 years old. His fields of interest are chromatography, all separation methods, and electron ex change polymers. H e has 50 publica tions, one p a t e n t , and three books. H e has long been active in t h e ACS in t h e local sections and as a n A C S lecturer. H e is a member of t h e AAAS, N e w York Academy of Science, American Society of Biological Chemists, Sigma X I , a n d Alpha Chi Sigma.
R. M . Archibald Reginald M . Archibald is a member of the Rockefeller I n s t i t u t e for Medical Research a n d physician t o Rockefeller Hospital. H e also served as a professor of biochemistry a t J o h n s Hopkins (1946-48). H e holds bachelor's and master's degrees from t h e University of British Columbia, a P h . D . from t h e University of Toronto (1934), and a n M . D . from T o r o n t o (1939). H e h a s VOLUME
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James I. Hoffman James I . Hoffman, head of t h e M e t a l lurgy Division, N a t i o n a l Bureau of Standards, h a s been with N B S since 1919. Various positions he has held a t t h e bureau include assistant chief, Chemistry Division, and chief, Surface Chemistry Section. H e was born a t Enterline, Pa., in 1893. H e has a n AB from Franklin and Marshall College (1918), an M . S . from George Wash ington University (1920), and a P h . D . from American University (1930). H e has t a u g h t analytical a n d physical chemistry a t George Washington and American LTniversities a n d similar 1956
courses a t the D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture and Bureau of Standards. H e has re ceived the Gold -Medal for Exceptional Service from t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Com merce and the Hildebrand Prize of the Washington Section A C S for his work on purifying uranium and for the h y d r o chloric process for production of alu mina from clay. H e is a u t h o r of m a n y technical articles including those re lating to atomic weights of gallium and aluminum and redetermination of t h e value of t h e faraday. H e is co-author of three books, "Chemical Analysis of Iron and Steel," "Outlines of M e t h o d s of, Chemical Analysis," and "Applied Inorganic Analysis." Hoffman is ac tive in t h e A C S on b o t h a local a n d national scale. H e is also a member of American Society for Metals, Sigma Xi, P h i B e t a K a p p a , and Washington Academy of Sciences. John Mitchell, Jr. J o h n Mitchell, Jr., is senior supervisor in charge of t h e Research Division's analysis group at D u P o n t ' s Experimen tal Station a t Wilmington. H e was b o r n a t Catonsville, M d . , a n d holds a B . E . from Johns Hopkins (1935) and a n M . S . from Delaware (1945). T h e 43-year-old analyst is active in t h e fields of organic analysis, physical chemistry, and polymers. H e h a s pub lished 40 papers a n d is a u t h o r of "Aquam e t r y " with D . M . Smith, and senior a u t h o r of "Organic Analyses." M i t chell has been active in A C S on b o t h a local and national scale, particularly in the field of analytical chemistry. H e is a m e m b e r of T a u B e t a Pi. Raymond G. Russell R a y m o n d G. Russell is a n emission spectroscopist who has been associated with Gulf Research a n d Development 19 A
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