NEWS
Newly Elected Division Officers for 1989 The American Chemical Society's Division of Analytical Chemistry recently elected Gary Christian, professor of chemistry at the University of Washington, as the 1989 chairmanelect and Galen Ewing of Las Vegas, NM, as councilor. Christian received degrees from the University of Oregon (B.S., 1959) and the University of Maryland (Ph.D., 1964). Prior to joining the department of chemistry at the University of Washington, he was a research analytical chemist at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (1961-67) and an assistant/associate professor at the University of Kentucky (1967-72). Christian's research interests include electroanalytical chemistry, ion-selective electrodes, atomic spectroscopy, fluorometry, clinical chemistry, immunochemical techniques, process analysis, and flow-injection analysis. He is the author of more than 200 papers and has written books on atomic absorption spectroscopy, trace analysis, analytical chemistry, and instrumental analysis. He also developed an ACS short course on atomic absorption spectroscopy. Christian is the current editor-in-chief of Talanta. He has served on the Advisory Board and the Instrumentation Advisory Panel of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY and currently serves on the boards of The Analyst, Analytical Letters, Analytical Instrumentation, Canadian Journal of Spectroscopy, CRC Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, and Electroanalysis. Sam Perone of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory assumed the 1988 chairmanship on Oct. 1. In addition, the following were re-elected: Fred Hawkridge of Virginia Commonwealth University, treasurer; Robert Libby of Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals Inc., councilor; and L. J. Cline-Love of Seton Hall University, alternate councilor. Other officers who will continue in 1989 include Kenneth Busch, secretary; Henry Freiser and Jeanette Grasselli, councilors; and Peter Keliher, Robert Osteryoung, and Margaret Merritt, alternate councilors.
Applications Sought for Pittsburgh Conference College Grants The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Inc., the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, and the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh will once again sponsor the Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants Awards Program. Ten colleges will be selected to receive $3000 awards that will be used for teaching science at the undergraduate level (e.g., for purchase of scientific equipment, audiovisual and other teaching aids, and library materials). To be eligible for an award, a school must have an enrollment of not more than 2500 students and receive less than 25% of its operating budget from national or state governments. Two-year community colleges sponsored by political subdivisions of a state are not bound by these require-
ments. Previous awardees are ineligible for a three-year period following receipt of their award. Interested faculty members should request application forms from the Pittsburgh Conference, Inc., 12 Federal Drive, Suite 322, Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Deadline for return of application forms and proposals is March 1,1989.
Undergraduate Awardees Receive ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY The ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry has announced that 391 students have been chosen as winners of the 198889 undergraduate awards in analytical chemistry. The awards are given annually to chemistry students at U.S. colleges and universities to recognize outstanding scholastic achievement and to stimulate interest in the field of analytical chemistry. Awardees will receive 16 issues of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (October 1988 to May 1989) and the Division newsletter. The winners were selected by the chemistry departments of their respective institutions.
National Bureau of Standards Renamed The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) is now officially the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The name change reflects the broadened role and new responsibilities assigned to the agency under a new law entitled the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act. The NBS was originally established in 1901 as the government's science and engineering laboratory for measurement technology and research on standards. Under the new law, the agency is charged to "assist industry in the development of technology and procedures needed to ensure product reliability, manufacturability, functionality, and cost-effectiveness, and to facilitate the more rapid commercialization, especially by small and medium-sized companies throughout the U.S., of products based on new scientific discoveries." NIST will continue to serve as the nation's central laboratory for developing and disseminating measurement standards and scientific data in the areas of science, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, industry, and education. Several new assignments designed to boost U.S. industry in the world marketplace are added to the traditional functions of the agency. The following are some of the specific new assignments given to NIST: • create a series of regional centers for the transfer of manufacturing technology that will be affiliated with nonprofit institutions or organizations, • create a program to provide assistance and make federal technology available to state and local technology programs, • establish an advanced technology program that will encourage the commercialization of new high-technology products, and • support a Department of Commerce clearinghouse to provide technical and analytical help to state and local officials making decisions on technology policy.
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