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Wisconsin; Stanley Bruckenstein, State University of New York a t Buffalo; and Donald H . Wilkins, General Elec tric Co. T h e t e n members who continue to serve on t h e board are : A . E . C a m e r o n , Oak Ridge National L a b o r a t o r y ; L y m a n C. Craig, T h e Rockefeller Univer sity; H e n r y Freiser, University of Cal ifornia, Los Angeles; Marcel J . E . Golay, Perkin-Elmer Corp.; D . R . Johnson, E . I . du P o n t de Nemours, Co.; Joseph Jordan, T h e Pennsylvania State University; Dale W . Margerum, P u r d u e University; Robert A. Osteryoung, N o r t h American Rockwell Corp.; Robert L. Pecsok, University of
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brings five new members to t h e 15member board. T h e new members are : Klaus Biemann, Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology; John Funkhouser, Arthur D . Little, I n c . ; W . W a y n e Meinke, National Bureau of Standards ; A. Lee Smith, Dow Corning Corp.; and James D . Wincfordner, University of Florida. T h e retiring members who have served for three years a r e : Charles V. Banks, Iowa State University; Roger G. Bates, National Bureau of Stan dards; Walter J . Blaedel, University of
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Klaus B i e m a n n was born in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1926. After receiving his P h . D . from t h e University of I n n s bruck in 1951, he served as a n instructor at t h a t university until 1955 when h e became a research associate a t t h e
W. Wayne Meinke
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. D r . Biemann became a n instructor a t M I T in 1957, a n assistant professor in 1959, a n associate professor in 1962, and a full professor in 1963. His principal research interests have been in the de
California, Los Angeles; a n d Charles N . Reilley, University of N o r t h Caro lina. T h e editorial advisory board, estab lished in the 1940's is of great assistance to t h e editors. I t meets formally with the editors in Washington once a year. This meeting plus special consultations sought b y t h e editors and informal con tacts a t ACS National Meetings, pro vides valuable suggestions on policy and publication programs. T h e board also serves as an important liaison between the editors and readers. Brief biographical sketches of t h e new members appear below.
termination of the structure of natural products b y mass spectrometry. He won a Fulbright fellowship in 1954, was made an honorary member of the Belgian Chemical Society in 1962, received t h e Stas medal in gold from the Belgian Chemical Society in 1962, and was made a fellow of the American Academy of Arts a n d Sciences in 1966. F r o m 1962 until t h e present, D r . Biemann's research has centered on the use of computers for t h e acquisition a n d in terpretation of mass spcctrometric data. He has over 100 publications to his credit. J o h n F u n k h o u s e r was born in 1928 in Paterson, N . J . H e received a B A . from Princeton University in 1950 a n d a P h . D . in chemistry from M I T in 1954. Following graduation from M I T h e worked for the industrial a n d biochem ical department of D u P o n t a t its E x perimental Station in Wilmington, Del. During this period his research inter ests centered around nonaqueous t i t r a tions, pesticide residue analysis, elec trochemistry, a n d t h e development of new techniques for characterization of metals, metalloids, a n d ceramics. I n 1962, he joined t h e staff of A r t h u r D . Little, Inc., an independent contract research a n d consulting company, where he is responsible for their analyticalchemical research group. His current VOL. 4 1 , NO. 1, JANUARY Τ 969
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News interests include development of new methods of analysis for amino acids, identification of odors, flavors and biochemical metabolites, and microwave spectrometry. Dr. Funkhouser is a member of the ACS, AAS, and Sigma Xi. He is a councillor representing the Analytical Division to the ACS Council. Currently he heads a committee of the Division looking for ways to increase the professional recognition of analytical chemists. W. Wayne Meinke was born in Ohio in 1924 and attended Oberlin College where he received an A.B. degree in chemistry in 1947. This was followed by graduate study, under the direction of Glenn T. Seaborg, at the University of California in Berkeley where he was awarded the Ph. D. degree in nuclear chemistry in 1950. That same year he became an instructor in the department of chemistry at the University of Michigan, where he progressed to assistant professor, associate professor, and, in 1962, to full professor. He came to the National Bureau of Standards in 1963 and is now chief of the Analytical Chemistry Division in the Institute for Materials Research. In addition to leading a program of work in some 50 different areas of materials characterization, he also holds the position of chief of the NBS Office of Standard Reference Materials, which provides a national focal point for a wide spectrum of reference materials activities. Dr. Meinke's professional interest has been in the fields of radiochemistry and analysis. He has authored singly and in collaboration over 125 scientific papers and reviews. He has recently edited with B. F. Scribner a book entitled "Trace Characterization, Chemical and Physical," which contains the proceedings of the first symposium of the NBS Institute for Materials Research. For four years Dr. Meinke served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Radiochemistry of the National Research Council and was the editor of its series of monographs on the radiochemistry of the elements. Dr. Meinke is currently chairman of the Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Division of the ACS. He has served or is currently serving on several committees of scientific, governmental, and international importance, including two commissions of IUPAC. Dr. Meinke has recently been honored by the American Nuclear Society through its 1968 Special Award for Distinguished Service to the Advancement of Nuclear Science—specifically in industrial applications of radiation technology. 46 A
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A. Lee Smith is presently manager of the spectroscopy section of the Dow Corning Corporation analytical department. He was born in 1924, educated in Iowa, received a B.S. in chemistry from Iowa State University in 1946, and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Ohio State University in 1950. He worked as an emission spectroscopist in the Iowa State Laboratory of the Manhattan Project during 1943-44 and again in 1946. In 1951 he joined Dow Corning at Midland, Mich., as an infrared spectroscopist. His present responsibilities include supervision of infrared, NMR, mass spectrometry, emission, X-ray, microscopy, electron microscopy, and data processing groups. His research interests include infrared spectra of organosilicon compounds, with special emphasis on group frequencies and molecular structure. He has published a number of papers in this area, and is author of a chapter on "Infrared Spectroscopy" in Kolthoff and Elving's "Treatise on Analytical Chemistry." He served as guest lecturer at the Fisk University and University of Minnesota summer infrared courses. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Coblentz Society (past President and currently a member of the Board of Managers) and is chairman of the ASTM-sponsored Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physical Data. James D. Winefordner received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1954, 1955, and 1958, respectively. His research advisor was Howard V. Malmstadt. From September 1958 to September 1959, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois. In September 1959, he was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Florida. In September 1965, he was promoted to associate professor and in July 1967, to a full proi fessor at the University of Florida. His research interests include: atomic and molecular emission, absorption, and fluorescence in flames and other hot gases ; molecular fluorescence and phosphorescence of species in the condensed phase; development of sensitive, selective, accurate methods of trace analysis of metals and molecules in materials based on the above spectroscopic methods; development of sensitive, selective gas and liquid chromatographic detectors ; and development of spectroscopic instrumentation for analysis. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and chapters on the above top-
ics. Since his term at the University of Florida, 20 of his graduate students received Ph.D. degrees and 9 more M.S. degrees. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, Society of Applied Spectroscopy, Optical Society of America, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Chi Sigma, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of Chemical Instrumentation.
New Periodicals Three new periodicals of potential interest to analytical chemists are scheduled to begin publication in 1969. Academic Press will publish a bimonthly journal entitled Journal of Magnetic Resonance with Wallace S. Brey, Jr. as Editor. The periodical will include original papers dealing with the theory, techniques, methods of spectral analysis, and results of magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The subject matter will cover primary areas in both nuclear and electron magnetic resonance and extend to related fields such as quadrupole resonance, cyclotron resonance, the Môssbauer effect, and magnetic properties of the solid state. Developments in instrumentation, computational procedures, theoretical approaches, and applications of various techniques will all be within the planned scope of the journal. Subscription rates for Volume 1, 1969, are $25; personal subscription, $15. Further information on the journal is available from Academic Press, 111 Fifth Ave., NewYork, Ν. Υ. 10003. Gordon and Breach, Science Pub lishers, Inc., 150 Fifth Ave., New York, Ν. Υ. 10011, will begin quarterly pub lication of The International Journal of Nondestructive Testing. Subscrip tion rates are $25; personal subscrip tion, $9.50. The journal will be con cerned with a variety of areas includ ing materials and their properties, the interrelationship of mechanical propertics and physical phenomena, failure modes, physical methods and techniques for characterizing materials, and mea surements of various types. The jour nal will publish original research and de velopment papers. Special emphasis will be given to new methods and tech niques resulting from theoretical and laboratory investigations which as yet have little or no industrial application. The journal will also publish book re views, information on conferences, and miscellaneous notes on activities of in terest to nondestructive testing scien tists and engineers. P. R. Masek and I. Sutherland are
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Editors of a new bimonthly publication, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Abstracts, from Science & Technology Agency, 3 Dyers Bldg., London, E . C 1, England. I t is the purpose of the p u b lication to scan the world's journals, to summarize significant papers, classify and translate them where necessary, and bring them in a readily available form to interested readers. The annual subscription of £ 24 ($58) includes an annual subject and author index.
Symposium on Mossbauer Effect The 5th annual symposium on new applications and new methodology of the Mossbauer effect will be held on Sunday, Feb. 2, 1969, in the Mercury Ballroom of the New York Hilton in New York City. T h e time and place have been arranged to serve the convenience of m a n y physicists who will be attending the annual meeting of the American Physical Society which begins the following day at the New York Hilton. D r . Paul Flinn of the Carnegie—Mellon Institute will be chairman of the meeting. Fourteen papers dealing with recent advances in the Mossbauer methodology will be presented. The symposium is sponsored b y New E n gland Nuclear. Admission is free; p r e registration is required. A program, abstracts, and preregistration forms may be obtained from New England Nuclear, 575 Albany St., Boston, Mass. 02118
Second Annual Scanning Electron Microscope Symposium T h e Second Annual Scanning Electron Microscope Symposium will be held at the H T Research Institute, 10 West 35th St., Chicago, 111., April 29 to M a y 1, 1969. Invited and contributed papers from the U.S. and abroad will be scheduled. Scanning electron microscope studies of organic and inorganic materials will be discussed in separate sessions. An exhibition of micrographs will be shown during the meeting. Om Johari is symposium director. Attendance will be limited. Persons who are interested in the meeting m a y secure a program and registration forms from E. P . Fahy, Special Affairs, H T R e search Institute, 10 W. 35th St., Chicago, 111. 60616.
Robert J . Carls (left), Chairman of t h e Awards C o m m i t t e e , New York Section, Society or Applied Spectroscopy, presents the Annual Award Medal for 1968 t o Willis J . Potts, Jr., of Dow Chemical Co. in recognition of his outstanding contribut i o n s t o spectroscopy. The award was presented Nov. 15th at the Eastern Analytical Symposium in New York City
Wolfgang J . Kirsten, Royal Agricultural College, Uppsala, Sweden, (left) was presented with the Benedetti-Pichler A w a r d , Nov. 14, Eastern Analytical S y m p o s i u m , New York City, by Michael Cefola of Fordham University. This annual award, sponsored by the American Microchemical Society, honors outstanding contributors t o microchemistry
Annual Quality Control Conference The 25th Annual Quality Control Conference, a one-day seminar of technical sessions sponsored by the Rochester Section of the American Society for Quality Control, will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 1969, a t the University of Rochester campus in Rochester, N . Y . Since this year commemorates the silver anniversary of this conference, the committee is pledged to make this the best conference yet. One of the highlights will be the presence of J. M .
J u r a n as guest luncheon speaker. Other noted speakers from all over the United States will participate to make a wellbalanced program of 15 one-hour sessions, including the topics in the general areas of management, gage and measurement, technical, reliability, and food and beverage. I n addition, two threehour and two two-hour tutorial sessions on various statistical methods are also included in the program. Copies of the program will be available from the office of the Industrial Management Council, 12 Mortimer St., Rochester, N . Y . 14604. VOL. 4 1 , NO. 1, JANUARY 1969
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Industry Items B e c k m a n I n s t r u m e n t s , Inc., Fullerton, Calif., and L K B - P r o d u k t e r , A . B . , of Stockholm, have found a jointv e n t u r e firm to m a r k e t and service B e c k m a n a n d L K B products in Sweden. T h e new company will be known as LKB-Beckman Instruments A.B. This Swedish joint v e n t u r e is Beckm a n ' s t e n t h foreign subsidiary. B r o w e r Laboratories, Inc., 237 Riverview Ave., Newton, M a s s . 02154, announces the opening of its new research and production facilities at the above address. Brower designs and produces lock-in voltmeters, electro-optical ratio-metric systems a n d electrooptical accessories for the scientific community. E m h a r t Glass T e s t i n g L a b o r a t o ries, Bloomfield, Conn. 06002, which previously served only t h e glass-making industries, will now offer its services to all industry. T h e services offered include: chemical analysis; physical properties including thermal expansion, viscosity, density, homogeneity, and spectral t r a n s m i t t a n c e measurements ; pétrographie examination; developm e n t of glasses ; and experimental melting. General consulting services also are available. Tracerlab, a division of Laboratory for E l e c t r o n i c s , Inc., will expand into t h e field of environmental sciences. Activities will include research, development, consultation (including field services) and laboratory analyses. A separate section, T r a c e r l a b / W e s t , will offer complete services in environmental pollution, industrial hygiene, a n d environmental resources management. A new service of t e m p e r a t u r e - v a c u u m outgassing to remove u n w a n t e d organic materials a n d gases from graphite labo r a t o r y equipment is now available from Ultra Carbon Corp., 1310 N . Madison St., B a y City, Mich. 48706. This outgassing is performed on users' equipment a t t e m p e r a t u r e s u p to 2000 ° C and vacuums in t h e range of 4 to 5 microns. Ceramics and porous metals can also be outgassed. Varian A e r o g r a p h , 2700 Mitchell Dr., W a l n u t Creek, Calif. 94598, has become the exclusive m a r k e t i n g agent for t h e Fischer Impulse Pyrolyzer (made b y F i s c h e r Labortechnik, G e r m a n y ) in all countries except Germany, F r a n c e , Italy, England, Austria, and Finland. Varian will have nonexclusive m a r k e t i n g rights for the Model 9425 pyrolyzer in the latter countries. 48 A
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Scheduled Courses in Analytical Techniques Information is given in the following order: date, n a m e of course, location of course, professional person(s) in charge of course, a n d / o r sponsoring organizations and Contact (numbers in parentheses refer to addresses a n d telephone numbers given at the bottom of the list of scheduled courses). Jan. 3 to 5—Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. Albany Ν Υ Robert M. Silverstein, G. Clayton Bassler. ACS. Contact (1) Jan. 10 to 12—Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. St. Louis Mo Robert M. Silvcrstein, G. Clayton Bassler. ACS. Contact (1) Jan. 13 to 14—Design and Application of Digital Simulation Languages for Continu ous Systems. Los Angeles Computation Center, Los Angeles, Calif. Jon C. Strauss, Peter J. Holsborg. Contact: Electronic Associates, Inc., P. O. Box 582, Princeton, N . J . 08540. Tel: (609)452-2900 Jan. 13 to 15—Basics of Instrument Systems & Modules for Chemical Analysis. Hopateong, N . J. Nelson Alport. Contact (β) Jan. 13 to 17—Measurement of the Appearance of Properties of Materials. Marriott Twin Bridges Motor Hotel, Washington, D. C. Contact: Hunterlab, 9529 Lee High way, Fairfax, Va. 22130. Tel: (703)591-5310 Jan. 16 to 17—Electrophoresis and Immunoelectrophoresis and Immunodiffusion Techniques. Executive Park Motel, 1447 Northeast Expressway, Atlanta, Ga. Guest Speakers: Jan Hirschfeld, Emmanuel Epstein. Gelman. Contact (3) Jan. 17 to 18—Basic Gas Chromatography. New York City Area. Harold M. McNair, James Miller. ACS. Contact (1) Jan. 20 to 21—Electrophoresis and Immunoelectrophoresis and Immunodiffusion Techniques. Chase Park Plaza, 212 North Kings Highway, St. Louis, Mo. Guest Speakers: Jan Hirschfeld, Emmanuel Epstein. Gelman. Contact (3) Jan. 20 to 22—Operational Amplifiers. Hopateong, N . J. Galen Ewing. Contact (2) Jan. 22 to 24—Analog Computers. Hopateong, N . J. Galen Ewing. Contact (2) Jan. 23 to 24—Electrophoresis and Immunoelectrophoresis and Immunodiffusion Techniques. Shamrock Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas. Guest speakers: Jan Hirschfield, Emmanuel Epstein. Gelman. Contact (3) Jan. 25 to 28—Molecular Characterization of Polymers. Cleveland, Ohio. P. W. Billmeyer, Jack B. Kinsinger, J. P. Kratohvil. ACS. Contact (1) Jan. 27 to 31—Electronics for Scientists and Engineers (Basic). Hopateong, N . J. Saul Ritterman. Contact (2) Jan. 27 to 31—Spectral Interpretation Workshop. Hopateong, N . J. A. J. Diefenderfer; David A. Aikens. Contact (2) Jan. 29 to 31—Gas Chromatography. Atlanta, Ga. Varian Aerograph. Contact (4) Feb. 1 to 2—Interpretation of Infrared Spectra. Boston, Mass. Norman B. Colthup. ACS. Contact (1) Feb. 7 to 9—Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. New York City Area. Robert M. Silvcrstein, G. Clayton Bassler. ACS. Contact (1) Feb. 10 to 12—Thermal Methods of Analysis. Washington, D. C. W. W. Wcndlandt, Ilya M. Sarasohn, E. L. Simons or A. E. Newkirk. ACS. Contact (1) Feb. 10 to 14—Mass Spectrometry. University of California, Los Angeles. W. M. Brubaker. Contact: University Extension, UCLA, 10851 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90024 Feb. 17—Advanced Gas Chromatography Workshop. Houston, Texas. Varian Aero graph. Contact (4) Feb. 21 to 22—Interpretation of Infrared Spectra. Detroit, Mich. Norman B. Colt hup. ACS, Contact (1) Feb. 22 to 23—Computer Programs in Chemical Research. Kalamazoo, Mich. DeLos F. DcTar, Carleton D. DeTar. ACS. Contact (1) Feb. 26 to 28—Basic Gas Chromatography. Springfield, N. J. Contact: Russ Craw ford, Varian Aerograph, 25 Route 22, Springfield, N . J. 07081 Mar. 8 to 9—Basic Gas Chromatography. Cleveland, Ohio. Harold M. McNair, William Baitingcr. ACS. Contact (1) Mar. 18 to 21—Basic Gas Chromatography. Puerto Rico. Varian Aerograph. Con tact: Tom Rice, Electronics of Puerto Rico, Inc., 468 Francia St., Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Mar. 21 to 23—Interpretation of NMR Spectra. New York City Area. LeRoy F . Johnson, Roy H.Bible, Jr. ACS. Contact (1) Mar. 24 to 25—2nd Annual Modern Practice of Chromatography. Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: J. G. Nikelly, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 1
Education Office, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N . W., Washington, D. C. 20036. T e l : (202) 737-3337 "Center for Professional Advancement, P. O. Box 66, Hopateong, N . J. 07843. T e l : (201) 398-7110 3 Program Coordinator, Gelman Instrument Co., P. O. Box 1448, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106. T e l : (313) 665-0651 *Bernie Jagielski, Varian Aerograph, 3939 Hillcroft Ave., Suite 180, Houston, Texas 77027
