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New Members Appointed to ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY'S

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Lyman C. Craig

Marcel J. E. Golay

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brings five new members to the 15-member board. T h e new members a r e : Lyman C. Craig, The Rockefeller University ; Marcel J. E. Golay, PerkinElmer C o r p . ; Joseph Jordan, T h e Pennsylvania State University; Robert A. Osteryoung, N o r t h American Rockwell Corp.; and Robert L. Pecsok, University of California, Los Angeles. T h e retiring members who have served for three years a r e : O. U . Anders, D o w Chemical C o . ; Fred C. Anson, California Institute of Technology; H e n r y W . Habgood, Research Council of Alberta, C a n a d a ; David M . Hercules, Massachusetts Institute of Technology^ a n d R a l p h E . Thiers, Duke University. The t e n members who continue to serve on t h e board a r e : Charles V. Banks, Iowa State University; Roger G. Bates, National Bureau of Standards; Walter J . Blaedel, University of Wisconsin; Stanley Bruckenstein, University of Minnesota; A. E . Cameron, Oak Ridge National Laboratories; Stephen Dal Nogare, Virginia Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e ; H e n r y Freiser, University of Arizona; Dale W . Margerum, Purdue University; Charles N . Reilley, University of N o r t h Carolina; and Donald H . Wilkins, General Electric. T h e editorial advisory board, established in the 1940's is of great assistance to the editors. I t meets formally with the editors in Washington once a year. This meeting plus special consultations sought by the editors and informal con-

Joseph Jordan

Robert A. Osteryoung

tacts a t ACS National Meetings provide valuable suggestions on policy and publication programs. T h e board also serves as a n important liaison between editors and readers. Brief biographical sketches of t h e new members appear below. L y m a n C. Craig was born in Iowa in 1906. H e received t h e P h . D . degree from Iowa State University in 1931. Two years were spent as a National R e search Council Fellow a t the Johns Hopkins University. H e then joined the scientific staff a t Rockefeller Institute in 1933. I n 1949 he was promoted to the rank of Member and Professor. He is a member of the National Academ y of Sciences, the American Chemical Society, and various other scientific societies. His principal researches have dealt with organic synthesis in the nitrogen heterocyclics, with the determination of structure of alkaloids including those of ergot, veratrine, and aconite, and with the structure of antibiotic polypeptides. More recently t h e structural studies have included proteins. Researches directed toward improving small scale laboratory or microtechniques for fractionation have been p a r t of the r e search program. These have included fractional distillation, fractional crystallization, fractional dialysis, and fractional extraction. T h e latter has been developed into a technique called "countercurrent distribution." I t has proved particularly useful for the isolation and study of t h e p u r i t y of substances of biochemical interest which

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are more difficult to study b y the older techniques. These substances include the synthetic antimalarials, penicillins, the higher fatty acids, alkaloids, polypeptides, hormones, proteins, and n u cleic acids. A technique called "thin film dialysis" has been developed which shows considerable promise for t h e study of binding a n d conformational changes in large molecules. I n 1963 D r . Craig won t h e Albert Lasker Basic Science Award. I n 1966, he won the American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry, sponsored by Fisher Scientific Co. Marcel J. E . Golay (SM'51-F'60) was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, on M a y 3 , 1902. H e attended the Gymnase Scientifique of Neuchatel where he received t h e B.S. degree in 1920, a n d the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich where he received the Licentiate in Electrical Engineering in 1924. H e attended t h e University of Chicago, where he obtained the P h . D . degree in physics in 1931. From 1924 until 1928, he was a t the Bell Telephone Laboratories. After a short association with t h e Automatic Electric Company, Chicago, 111., he entered the civil service in 1931, and was a member of t h e Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories a t F o r t Monmouth, N . J., until 1955. He served as consultant to t h e Philco Corp., Philadelphia, P a . , a n d to Perkin-EImer Corp., Norwalk, Conn., until 1963, and is now a Senior Scientist a t P - E . D r . Golay is a member of the American Physical Society, and a fellow of VOL. 4 0 , NO. 1, JANUARY 1 968

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NEWS the Optical Society of America, and of the IEEE. He has some hundred publications in the fields of physics, communication engineering, chemistry, mathematics, and philosophy, and holds forty patents. He is the recipient of the Ï951 IRE Harrv Diamond Award, the 1961 ACS " Award in Chemical Instrumentation (sponsored by Ε. Η. Sargent & Co.), and the 1962 ISA distinguished achievement award. Joseph Jordan is Professor of Chemis­ try at The Pennsylvania State Univer­ sity, University Park, Pennsylvania. He obtained his undergraduate and graduate education at the Hebrew Uni­ versity, Jerusalem, Israel, where he earned his Ph.D. degree in 1945 and was subsequently appointed an instructor of inorganic and analytical chemistry. In 1950, Dr. Jordan came to the U. S. and was associated with J. J. Lingane as a Research Fellow at Harvard, and with I. M. Kolthoff as Research Fellow and Instructor at the University of Minne­ sota. Dr. Jordan joined the faculty of Penn State in 1954. Dr. Jordan served as visiting pro­ fessor at the University of California (Berkeley) in 1959, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Zurich) in 1961-62 and at Cornell in 1965. He was a research collaborator at the Brookhaven National Laboratory between 1960 and 1963. Dr. Jordan is the cur­ rent chairman of the Commission of Electrochemistry of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, a member of the Editorial Board of Analytical Letters and a fellow of the American Association for the Advance­ ment of Science. He has published about 80 research papers and has contributed chapters (on thermometric titrations, on kinetics of heterogeneous electron transfer and on amperometric titrations) to authori­ tative handbooks and treatises of an­ alytical chemistry. He was program chairman of an ACS Symposium on Thermoanalytical Titrimetry (132nd National Meeting, New York, 1957) and of the 1967 Analytical Summer Symposium on Modern Titrimetry sponsored by the Division of Analyti­ cal Chemistry of the American Chemi­ cal Society and by ANALYTICAL C H E M ­ ISTRY.

Dr. Jordan has active research inter­ ests in the fields of polarography, ki­ netics and mechanisms of electrode re­ actions, electron transfer processes of biological relevance, thermochemical methods of analysis, chemistry of fused salts and gas chromatography. His contributions include the development of mercury and platinum convection electrodes and of the mercury frit elec­ trode for peak polarography, hydrody-

namic voltammetry, direct injection enthalpimetry, thcrmokinetic analysis, and "tailor made gases" based on kinetic gas theory. Dr. Jordan is vitally interested in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Ho has directed at Penn State about two dozen Ph.D. theses of students majoring in analyti­ cal chemistry: One third of these stu­ dents now hold faculty positions at various universities. Robert A. Osteryoung is Group Leader of Physical Chemistry at the Science Center of North American Rockwell Corporation and is also Assist­ ant Director of Physical Sciences at that Corporation's Autonetics Division. He was born in Cleveland in 1927. He received a B.S. degree from Ohio Uni­ versity in 1949. He received his M.S. in 1951 and his Ph.D. in 1954 from the University of Illinois. His thesis work, under Professor H. A. Laitinen, was concerned with electrochemical studies in fused salts. From 1951-52, Dr. Osteryoung was employed in the Synthetic Optical Crystal Laboratory at Harshaw Chemi­ cal Co. In 1954, he joined the faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an Assistant Professor and was promot­ ed to Associate Professor in 1958. In 1958 he was a Summer Research Asso­ ciate at Argonne National Laboratory. In 1959 he joined North American's Atomics International Division as a Re­ search Specialist, and he became Group Leader when the Science Center was es­ tablished in 1961. In January 1967, he also became associated with the Au­ tonetics Division of North American. He has been a Visiting Associate in Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology since 1963. Dr. Osleryoung's research interests have included the chemistry and elec­ trochemistry of fused salts, studies of adsorption of electroactive species, ki­ netics of electrode processes, applica­ tion of internal reflection spectroscopy to electrochemistry, electroanalytical applications of pulse polarography and electrochemical instrumentation. He has published about 40 papers in these areas. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Electrochemical Society, the International Committee of Electrochemical Kinetics and Thermo­ dynamics (C. I. T. C. E.) and is a past chairman of the Gordon Research Con­ ference on Electrochemistry. Robert L. Pecsok was born in Cleve­ land, Ohio, in 1918. He received an un­ dergraduate degree in chemistry from Harvard College in 1940 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1948. Dr. Pecsok was appointed an assistant pro-

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NEWS fessor at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1948, promoted to Asso­ ciate Professor in 1955, and to Professor in 1961, and named Vice Chairman of the Department of Chemistry in 1966. Dr. Pecsok is a member of the Ameri­ can Chemical Society, American Insti­ tute of Chemists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, and Phi Lambda Upsilon. He had a Guggen­ heim Fellowship (1956-57) in Copen­ hagen, Denmark, was a panelist in chemistry for the National Science Foundation (1961-63), was an Ameri­ can Chemical Society Petroleum Re­ search Fund International Fellow in Cambridge, England (1963-64), and is a Science Advisor for the Food and Drug Administration (1966- ). Dr. Pecsok teaches analytical chemis­ try and instrumental analysis. His principal research interests are in elec­ trochemistry, studies of metal complex­ ions, and instrumental methods of anal­ ysis. He is author of the book, "Prin­ ciples and Practice of Gas Chromatog­ raphy," and of about 40 research pa­ pers in scientific journals.

ACS Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa. The Third Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical So­ ciety will be held Feb. 1 and 2, at the Marriott Motor Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. The meeting is sponsored by the fol­ lowing local sections of ACS : Del., Le­ high Valley, Md., Monmouth County, N." J., Ν. Υ., North Jersey, Philadel­ phia, Princeton, Southeastern Pa., South Jersey, Trenton, and Washing­ ton, D. C. The detailed program of the Analyti­ cal Division sessions is given below. Further information is available from Lyle Phifer, American Viscose Division, FMC Corp., Marcus Hook, Pa, 19061. ANALYTICAL

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J. Mitchell, Jr., Chairman Thursday Morning, Feb. 1 SYMPOSIUM ON CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMERS JOINT SESSION—POLYMER CHEMISTRY J . M i t c h e l l , Jr., P r e s i d i n g

9:00 Introductory Remarks. J. Mit­ chell, Jr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. 19898 9:05 High Resolution NMR of Poly­ mers. Kermit C. Ramey, Arco Chem­ ical Co., 500 S. Ridgeway Ave., Glenolden, Pa. 19036 9:40 Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation in Polymers. W. P. Slichter, Bell Tele­ phone Labs, Murray Hill, N. J. 07971

10:15 Characterization of Deforma­ tion Mechanisms in Polypropylene Fi­ bers. R. J. Samuels, Hercules Inc., Research Center, Wilmington, Del. 19899 11:05 Variations of the Unit Cell of Polyethylene. G. T. Davis, R. K. Eby, National Bureau of Standards, Wash­ ington, D. C. 20234 11:35 Polymer Characterization by Coupled Thermogravimetry-Gas Chromatography. Jen Chiu, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Experi­ mental Station, Wilmington, Del. 19898 12:00 Determination of Theoretical Plates in Gel Permeation Chroma­ tography Using Polydisperse Materi­ als (Polymers). Donald D. Bly, Ex­ perimental Station, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. 19898 SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTROCHEMISTRY A. J . Diefenderfer, Presiding

9:00 Introductory Remarks. A. J. Diefenderfer, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 9:05 Specific Ion Electrodes, A Re­ view of the Field. James W. Ross, Jr., Orion Research Inc., 11 Blackstone Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02139 10:05 Determination of Halides with Ion Specific Electrodes. David A. Katz, Anil K. Mukherji, Drexel Insti­ tute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 10:20 Kinetic Titrimetry. Peter W. Carr, Joseph Jordan, The Pennsyl­ vania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802 10:40 Microanalysis of Fluoride at Subnanogram Levels by Linear NullPoint Potentiometry. Richard A. Durst, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. 20234 10:55 Anodic Depolarization of the Dropping Mercury Electrode by Cy­ anide in a Molten Nitrate Solvent. Robert M. Taylor, Joseph Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University, Uni­ versity Park, Pa. 16802 11:20 The Electrochemical Reduction of the Trifluoromethyl Group. A. James Diefenderfer, Alan E. Proctor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 11:35 Absolute Determination of Low Concentrations of Oxygen in Inert Gases Using Galvanic-Type Cells. Julian M. Ives, Ernest E. Hughes, Na­ tional Bureau of Standards, Washing­ ton, D. C. 20234 11:50 Polarographic Investigations of Group V Triphenyl Compounds. A. James Diefenderfer, William H. Sun­ day, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 12:10 Utilization of a New Alternat­ ing Current Polarograph for Analysis. Ronald F. Evilia, A. James Diefender­ fer, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 1 SYMPOSIUM ON SPECTROMETRY O. Menis, P r e s i d i n g

2:00 Introductory Remarks. O. Menis, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. 20234 2:05 Photoelectron Spectroscopy. David M. Hercules, Massachusetts In­ stitute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 02139

NEWS 3:10 Some Aspects of Infrared Inter­ ference Spectroscopy. M. J. D. Low, New York University, University Heights, New York, Ν. Υ. 10453 3:35 The Photometric Titration of Organic Mercurials After Separation by Thin-Layer Chromatography. Al­ bert C. Becker, Joseph N. Bartlett, Saint Joseph's College, City Avenue at 54th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19131 3:45 Direct Photochemical Titration of Fluorescent Compounds. R. J. Lukasiewicz, J. M. Fitzgerald, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N. J. 07079 4:05 The Reaction of Thioacetic Acid With Silver Ion. Sister Xavier Brady, Sister Simon Peter Garrity, Albertus Magnus College, 700 Pros­ pect Street, New Haven, Conn. 06511 4:20 Spectrophotometric Identifica­ tion of Inks and Dyes on Paper. Bette L. Hamman, 419 6th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 4:30 Infrared Spectral Identification of Esters. Stanley K. Freeman, Inter­ national Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., Union Beach, N. J. 4:45 Solvent Effects on the NMR Spectra of 8-Quinolinol. Roland F. Hirsch, James A. Sbarbaro, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N. J. 07079 Friday Morning, Feb. 2 SYMPOSIUM ON SEPARATIONS J. S h e r m a , Presiding

9:00 Introductory Remarks. J. Sherma, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. 9:05 Recent Advances in Ion Ex­ change Chromatography. Harold F. Walton, University of Colorado, Boul­ der, Col. 80302 10:00 Cation Exchange in DMSOWater-HCI. Gilbert E. Janauer, John T. Carrano, Harold E. Van Wart, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, Ν. Υ. 10:15 The Separation and Identifica­ tion of Some Synthetic Sweeteners by Thin-Layer Chromatography. Joseph N. Bartlett, Trean Korbelak, Saint Jo­ seph's College, City Avenue at 54th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19131 10:25 Liquid Ion Exchange: A New Method of Resolving Enantiomers. S. J. Romano, William Rieman III, Rutgers—The State University, New Brunswick, N. J.; H. Rothbart, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1600 Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 10:45 Hyperpressure Gas Chromatog­ raphy. A Novel Technique for the Gas Chromatography of Compounds of Low Volatility. Nicholas M. Karayannis, Drexel Institute of Technol­ ogy, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104; Alsoph H. Corwin, Earl W. Baker, Ernst Klesper, Joseph A. Walter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 21218 11:05 Peak Reversal Phenomena in Gas Chromatography. James B. Homolya, Joseph Jordan, The Pennsyl­ vania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802 11:25 Microdetermination of Polyoxyethylene and Polyoxypropylene Sur­ factants by Reaction Gas Chromatog­ raphy. Edmund J. Bockowski, Har­ old M. Hersh, Betz Labs, Inc., Gillingham and Worth Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 19124

11:45 Application of Gas Chromatog­ raphy to Qualitative and Quantitative Copolyamide Analysis. Anthony An­ ton, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Experimental Station, Wilming­ ton, Del. 19898 12:05 Afterglow Ionization Detector for Trace Amounts of Volatile Oxy­ gen-Containing Compounds. Pieter H. Vree, Arthur Fontijn, AeroChem Research Labs, Inc., P. O. Box 12, Princeton, N. J. 08540 Friday Afternoon, Feb. 2 SYMPOSIUM ON AUTOMATION OF ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES W. B. Swann, Presiding

2:00 Introductory Remarks. W. B. Swann, R. & D Section, American Viscose Co., Marcus Hook, Pa. 2:05 Automation Through Continu­ ous Analysis. W. J. Blaedel, Univer­ sity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706 3:15 Computer Simulation of Coun­ ter-Current Distribution. V. G. Mar­ tin, H. L. Rothbart, R. A. Barford, R. J. Bertsch, C. R. Eddy, Eastern Re­ gional Research Lab., EURDD, Agri­ cultural Research Service, USDA, Philadelphia, Pa. 19118 3:35 An Integral Computer Method for Obtaining Kinetic Parameters from Thermogravimetric Data. J. D. McCarty, C. E. Green, Hercules Inc., Re­ search Center, Wilmington, Del. 19899 GENERAL L. J. Lohr, Presiding

2:00 Introductory Remarks. L. J. Lohr, Rutgers—The State University, Camden, N. J. 08102 2:05 Heats of Hydrogénation of Four Monoolefins. Edward S. Bretschneider, Donald W. Rogers, Long Island University, Brooklyn, Ν. Υ. 11201 2:20 Precipitation Under Homoge­ neous Conditions by Photochemical Action. J. M. Fitzgerald, R. J. Luka­ siewicz, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N. J.; H. D. Drew, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. 2:40 A New Catalyst for the Bertholot Reaction. J. Eliot Woodbridge, Sadtler Research Labs, 3316 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 2:55 The Solubility of "C-Labelled Barium Carbonate in Aqueous Sys­ tems. Howard A. Swain, Jr., David P. Baccanari, Barbara A. Buckman, Marguerite M. Yevitz, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703 3:10 The Determination of Trace Ni­ trogen in Organic Materials by a Mi­ crocombustion Technique. John P. Wineburg, Fels Research Institute, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122 3:25 The Determination of Organic Halides in Dimethyl Sulfoxide. Joe A. Vinson, Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, Pa., 17257; James S. Fritz, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. 50010 3:40 Application of Thermometric End Points in Photochemical Titra­ tions. R. M. Kaplan, J. M. Fitzger­ ald, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N. J. 07079

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Information is given in the following order: date, name 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 and telephone numbers given at the bottom of the list of scheduled courses). Jan. 10 to 12—Gas Chromatography. Durham, N. C. Varian Assoc. Contact (1) Jan. 17 to 19—Gas Chromatography. Union, N. J. Contact: Bob McClure, Varian Aerograph, 2095 U. S. Route 22, Union, N. J. Jan. 22 to 26—Basic Electronics Workshop for Scientists and Engineers. Hopatcong, N. J. Sydney Black. Contact (2) Jan. 22 to 26—Measurement of the Appearance Properties of Materials. Park Arlington Motel, Arlington, Va. Contact: Hunterlab, 9529 Lee Highway, Fairfax, Va. 22030. Tel: (703) 591-5310. Jan. 24 to 25—Thin-Layer Chromatography. Greensboro, N. C. James M. Bobbitt. Contact (3) Jan. 26 to 28—Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. Wilmington, Del. Robert M. Silverstein and G. Clayton Bassler. Contact (3) Jan. 27 to 28—Thin-Layer Chromatography. Birmingham, Ala. James M. Bobbitt. Contact (3) Jan. 29 to Feb. 2—Bio-Physical Techniques Workshop. Hopatcong, N . J. Richard Moore. Contact (3) Jan. 30 to 31—Modern Practice of Gas Chromatography. Marriott Motel, Philadelphia, Pa. Gas Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley. Contact: Joseph Touchstone, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. Feb. 2 to 3—Thin-Layer Chromatography. Chattanooga, Tenn. James M. Bobbitt. Contact (3) Feb. 5 to 9—Applied Transducers Workshop for Scientists and Engineers. Hopatcong, N. J. Sydney Black. Contact (2) Feb. 7 to 9—Gas Chromatography. Kansas City, Mo. Contact: Hugh Harper, Varian Aerograph, 205 W. Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, 111. Feb. 16 to 17—Interpretation of Infrared Spectra. Washington, D. C. Norman B. Colthup. Contact (3) „ , Feb. 16 to 18—Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. Kalamazoo, Mich Robert M. Silverstein and G. Clayton Bassler, Contact (3) Mar. 2 to 4—Electron Spin Resonance. Pittsburgh, Pa. John E. Wertz and James Bolton. Contact (3) ^ . Mar. 8 to 10—Bio-Analytical Techniques Workshop. Hopatcong, N . J . Alan -bleiscnman. Contact (2) _ _ _. „ , Mar. 11 to 15—Mass Spectrometry Workshop. Hopatcong, N. J. J. a. UolloD. Contact {2) . „ /¥. Mar. 13 to 15—Gas Chromatography. Houston, Texas. Varian Assoc. Contact {1) Mar. 14 to 16—Electron Spin Resonance. Knoxville, Tenn. John E. Wertz and James Bolton. Contact (3) . ' , _ Mar. 15 to 17—Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. Richmond, Va. Robert M. Silverstein and G. Clayton Bassler. Contact (3) Mar. 18 to 22—Luminescence Techniques Workshop. Hopatcong, N. J. IJT. U. Uuilbault. Contact (2) 1 Bernie Jagielski, Varian Aerograph, 6400 Southwest Freeway, Houston, Texas. 2 Saul Gordon Associates Center for Professional Advancement, Box 66, Hopatcong, N . J . 07843. T e l : (201)398-7110. 3 Education Secretary, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., JN. W., Washington, D . C. 20036. Tel: (202)737-3337

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L. S. Birks (left) of Naval Research Laboratory was awarded the 1967 medal of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, New York Section, Nov. 9, at the Eastern Analytical Symposium. The medal, presented annually for outstanding achievements in spectroscopy, was presented to Mr. Birks by Paul Lublin of General Telephone & Electronics Laboratories, past chairman of the SAS New York Section

1968 Winter California Gordon Research Conferences

Second International Symposium on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

The Winter Gordon Research Conferences will be held from J a n u a r y 22 to F e b r u a r y 2 in Santa Barbara, California, at the M i r a m a r Hotel and a t the Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel. These informal-type meetings, consisting of scheduled lectures and discussion groups, and sufficient time for informal discussions, are planned to extend the frontiers of science by participant interaction. The subjects to be discussed, dates, local ions, and officials in charge are outlined below.

The Second International Symposium on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance will take place at the Cidade Universitaria of the University of Sâo Paulo, Brazil, July 8 to 11, 1968. The organizing committee consists of Professor Simâo Mathias, Professor Ernesto Giesbrccht, and Professor L. W. Reeves, and the symposium is sponsored by the Ford Foundation, the University of Sâo Paulo, the National R e search Council of Brazil, the Fundaçâo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado dc Sâo Paulo, and the Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science. The principal topic for discussion is the contributions to our knowledge of intermolecular forces. Contributed papers are invited, and tentative titles should be submitted as soon as possible to Professor L. W. Reeves, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências, e Lettres, University of Sâo Paulo, Caixa Postal, 8105, Sâo Paulo, Brazil. Abstracts of a p proximately 300 words should be sent before April 20, 1968, to ensure availability of a complete set of abstracts for each participant at the meeting.

Polymers. Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, Miramar Hotel, Santa Barbara, Calif.; J. F . Johnson, Chairman; C. L. Segal, Vice Chairman. Electrochemistry. Jan. 22 to 26, Miramar Hotel, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Paul Delahay, Chairman; Isaac Trachtenberg, Vice Chairman. Chemistry of Aging. Jan. 22 to 26, Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara, Calif.; S. M. Horvath, Chairman. Science, Technology and Economic Growth. Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Donald Hornig, Honorary Chairman; B. S. Old, Chairman; Michael Michaelis, Vice Chairman. Attendance is limited and is by a p plication. An effort is made to distribute the attendance as widely as possible among the institutions and laboratories represented by the applications. Requests for application forms should be directed to Dr. W. George Parks, Director, Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R. I. 02881; Telephone: (401) 783-4011 or (701) 792-2110.

UCLA Program in Gas Chromatography The seventh Advanced Research Conference on Gas Chromatography will be held March 25 to 27 at the University of California, Los Angeles. This conference, sponsored b y the T7CLA D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry in cooperation with the U C Extension, Los Angeles, will present a group of

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scientists who will discuss recent de­ velopment in gas chromatography, with emphasis on their own work. There will be ample time for discussions fol­ lowing each lecture. Lectures will be given by Fred Baumann, Varian As­ soc; C. A. Cramers, Technical Insti­ tute of Eindhoven; A. J. B. Cruickshank, University of Bristol; C. M. Drew, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake; J. C. Giddings, University of Utah; B. Halpern, Stanford Univer­ sity; E. Horning, Baylor University; S. H. Langer, University of Wisconsin; S. II. Lipsky, Yale University; A. J. Martin, Hewlett-Packard Corp., W. H. McFadden, International Flavors and Fragrances; J. H. Purnell, University of Wales, Swansea; Paul Saltman, Uni­ versity of California, San Diego; and D. T. Sawyer, University of California, Riverside. Additional information and applica­ tion blanks may be obtained by phon­ ing or writing H. L. Tallman, Engineer­ ing and Physical Sciences Extension, Room 6206 Boelter Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024; Telephone: (213) 478-9711, Ext. 7178.

Eighth International Congress of Crystallography The Eighth International General As­ sembly and Congress of the Interna­ tional Union of Crystallography will be held in the United States in August 1969. From August 7-12, there will be a Topical Meeting on the "Crystal­ lography of Biologically Important Substances" held at the Center for Crystallographic Research, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, Ν. Υ. From August 14-21, the General Meet­ ing comprising the General Assembly, the principal scientific sessions, and the work of the scientific Commissions of the Union will take place at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, Ν. Υ. From Au­ gust 23-27, there will be Topical Meet­ ings of crystallographic interest at the Stony Brook campus, and on the Chem­ ical and Physical Aspects of Neutron Scattering at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island. A program of visits to scientific laboratories and cultural attractions in Washington, D. C , will be arranged for August 2527 in connection with the Congress. A preliminary announcement will be mailed to all known crystallographers in the Spring of 1968. Inquiries should be addressed to: Eighth International Congress of Crystallography, Congress Office, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Long Island, Ν. Υ. 11790, U.S.A. Circle No. 183 on Readers' Service Card——>

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June 17 to 18—Seventh Conference on Vacuum Microbalance Techniques. Technological University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Contact: P a t Gaskins, Secy, Seventh Conference on Vacuum Microbalance Techniques, 7500 Jefferson St., Paramount, Calif. 90723. U.S.A. June 17 to 21—Fourth International Materials Symposium. University of California, Berkeley. Contact: Professor G. Somorjai, Dept. of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720. June 19 to 21—Summer Symposium on Analytical Chemistry. Pennsylvania State University. Subject: Computer Assisted Analytical Chemistry. Sponsor: Analytical Division, ACS and ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Contact: It. O. Crisler, Ivorydale Technical Center, Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 45217. June 23 to 28—71st Annual Meeting, ASTM. San Francisco Hilton and Sheraton, San Francisco, Calif. Contact: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103. June 25 to 28—International Symposium on Gas Chromatography and Its Exploitation. Copenhagen. Contact: Mr. C. L. A. Harbourn, British Petroleum Research Centre, Chertsey ltd., Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, Kngland. Page 61 A, July. July 8 to 11—Second International Symposium on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Sâo Paulo, Brazil. Contact: L. W. Reeves, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências, e Lettres, University of Sâo Paulo, Caiza Postal, 8105, Sâo Paulo, Brazil. Page 75 A, Jan. July 15 to 19—Second Society for Analytical Chemistry Conference. University of Nottingham. Contact: C. A. Johnson, Second SAC Conference, 1968, 14 Belgrave Square, London, S. W. 1, England. Pago 65 A, July. Aug. 18 to 23—Second International Conference on Thermal Analysis. Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass. Contact : Prof. Paul E>. Garn, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44304. Page 59 A, Aug. Aug. 27 to 30—International Conference on Molecular Luminescence. Lake Shore Campus, Lovola University, Chicago, III. Contact: Edward C. Lim, Loyola University, Lewis Towers, 820 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 60611. Sept. 3 to 6—International Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry. Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada. Sponsor: IUPAC. Contact: Organizing Committee: Intcinational Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry, Box 932, Terminal A, Toronto, Canada. Page 59 A, Nov.

Symposium on the Scanning Electron Microscope A two-day symposium, April 30 to M a y 1, will be held a t the Illinois I n stitute of Technology on T h e Scanning Electron Microscope—The I n s t r u m e n t and I t s Application. Invited speakers will cover the operation of the i n s t r u ment and will discuss applications in such fields as fractography, surface contamination studies, powder science, biological studies, electronics, fiber a n d composites research, and chemistry. M o r e information is available from L o m e 13. Alden, I I T Research I n s t i t u t e , 10 West 35th St., Chicago, 111. 00616; Telephone: (812) 225-9630.

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