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HARVEY W. WILEY AWARD RECIPIENT J. Alexander Campbell was presented with the Harvey W. Wiley Award at the October meeting of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists i n Washington, D. C. This award is given each year in recognition of the recipient’s outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry. Dr. Campbell is Director, Research Laboratories, Food and Drug Directorate, Canada. His eminence in the field of
vitamin methodology is indicated by the fact that he has served on committees on vitamins of the U. S. Formulary, and as an Associate Referee on niacin for the AOAC. Dr. Campbell has an M.Sc. degree in nutrition and a Ph.D. degree in food chemistry, both from McGill University. He is a member of many honorary and professional societies and has been an official in several of these.
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Scheduled Courses in Analytical Techniques Dec. 3 to 4-ACS Short Course on Interpretation of Infrared Spectra. Cincinnati, Ohio. Contact: Dr. Moses Passer, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N , W., Washington, D. C. 20036. Dec. 5 to 7-Theory and Application of Gas Chromatography in Industry and Medicine. Philadelphia,, Pa. Contact: Dr. Henry S. Kroman, Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102. Dec. 5 to 9-Methods of Polymer Characterization. Stevens Institute of Technology. Contact : Executive Secretary, Plastics Institute of America, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J. 07030. Dec. 5 to 9-Advanced Infrared Course. Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: Sadtler Research Laboratories, Inc., 3314 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. Instrumentation Seminar. Holiday Inn of O’Hare in Schiller Dec. 6 to 7-color Park. Chicago. Ill. Contact: Instrument DeveloDment Laboratories. Kollmoraen Corp’., NorthYampton, Mass. Dee. 6 to 7-Workshop on Internal Reflection Spectroscopy. Korwalk, Conn. Contact: Wilks Scientific Corp., 140 Water St., South Korwalk, Conn. 06856. Dec. 8 to 9-Basic Gas Chromatography Course. Minneapolis, Minn. Contact: John Ruszel, Varian deroaraoh, 5151 North Harlem Ave.. Chicaao 31. Ill. Dec. 1 2 to 14-Fifth Ahnual Workshop on High Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. University of Illinois at the Medical Center, Chicago. Contact: Dr. Charles L. Bell, University of Illinois at the Medical Center, P. 0. Box 6998, Chicago, Ill. 60680. Dec. 12 to 16-Gas Chromatography Course. Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: Sadtler Research Laboratories, Inc., 3314 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. Dec. 12 to 16-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Course. Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: Sadtler Research Laboratories, Inc., 3314 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. Dec. 14 to 17-ACS Short Course on Molecular Characterization of Polymers. Chicago, Ill. Contact: Dr. Moses Passer, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N. W., Fashington, D. C. 20036. 1967 Jan. 2 to 27-Radioisotope Techniques. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Contact: Special Training Division, Oak Ridge Associated Vniversities, P. 0. Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830. Jan. 9 to 13-Workshop on Measurement of the Appearance Properties of Materials. Arlington, Ya. Contact: Hunterlab, Inc., 9529 Lee Highway, Fairfax, Va. 22030. Jan. 23 to 27-Sixth Annual Measurement Engineering Short Course. Arizona State Universitv, Tempe, Aria. Contact: Peter Stein, ‘Engineering Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, driz. 85281. Jan. 27 to 28-ACS Short Course on Thin Layer Chromatography. St. Louis, 310. Dr Moses Passer. American Chemical Societv, 1155 16th St., Y. W.. WashPowtnct: _. . ington, D. C. 20036. ‘ Feb. IO to 11-ACS Short Course on Thin Layer Chromatography. Dayton, Ohio. Contact: Dr. Moses Passer, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20036. Feb. 20 to Mar. 17-Radioisotope Techniques. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Contact: Special Training Division, Oak Ridge Sssociated Universities, P. 0 . Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830. Mar. 21 t o 22-ACS Short Course on Thin Layer Chromatography. Knoxville, Tenn. Contact: Dr. Moses Passer, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20036.
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The X-Ray Analysis Group of The Institute of Physics and The Physical Society is arranging a conference on the x-ray analysis of biological materials t o be held at the University of Oxford, April 13 and 14, 1967. The main topics to be dealt with will be: the structural analysis of crystalline substances ; interactions between molecules, and x-ray work on noncrystalline materials. Those people interested in attending this meeting should write to Dr. E. J. TV. Tl‘hittaker, F. Inst. P., Department of Geology and Illineralogy, Parks Rd., Oxford, England.
Electroanalytical Journal Changes Name Beginning in January 1967 the title
of the Journal of Electroa?zalytical Chemistry iifill be changed t o the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry. The journal is defined as “An international journal devoted to all aspects of electroanalytical chemistry, double layer studies, electrokinetics, colloid stability, and electrode kinetics.” The extended scope is t o provide a publishing outlet for scientists working in fields where electroanalytical chemistry overlaps with colloid chemistry, fundamental electrochemistry, etc. To ensure rapid publication three volumes rather than two will be published in 1967. This journal is published by Elsevier Publishing Co., P. 0. Box 211, Jan van Galenstraat 335, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. VOL. 38, NO. 13, DECEMBER 1966
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Jan. 23 to 27-LSU Symposium on Modern Methods of Analytical Chemistry. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Coming Events Contact: Dr. J. TV. Robinson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803. Page 57 A, Nov. Jan. %-Third Annual Symposium on Mossbauer Effect Methodology. Hilton Hotel, Sew York City. Contact: Paul A. McNulty, New England Nuclear Corp., 575 Albany St., Boston, Mass. 02118. Feb. 2 to 3-1967 Western Spectroscopy Association Meeting. dsilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, Calif. Contact : G. JTilse Robinson, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. 91109. Feb. 5 to 10-ASTM Committee Week. Statler Hilton Hotel, Detroit, Mich. Contact: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia 3, Pa. Feb. 6 to 7-Second Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the ACS. Sew York Hilton, New York City. Contact: Dr. Samuel hf. Gerber, CIBA Chemical & Dye Co., Fairlawn, S.J. 07410. Page 84 A, Sept. Feb. 15 to 16-Conference on Recent Developments in the Theory, Technique, and Applications of Electron Microanalysers. London, England., Contact: The Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics and The Physical Society, 47 Belgraye Square, London, S. W. 1, England. Feb. 19 to 23-52nd Annual Meeting of PAPPI. Kew Torlr Kilton Hotel, Kew York City. Contact: P. E. Nethercut, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, 360 Lexington Ave., Sew York, S.TI. 10017, Feb. 27-Second Toronto Symposium on Thermoanalysis. The Inn on the Park, Toronto, Canada. Sponsor : Toronto Section, Chemical Institute of Canada. Contact: Dr. H. G I McAdie, Ontario Research Foundation, 43 Queen’s Park Crescent, Toronto 5 , Ontario, Canada. Feb. 27 to Mar. 3-Symposium on Membrane Structure and Function. Alpine Inn, Ste. Marguerite, Quebec, Canada, Contact: Chemical Institute of Canada, 151 Slater St., Ottawa 4, Ontario, Canada. Page 53 8,S o v . Mar. 2 to lo-Symposium on Radioactive Dating and Methods of Low-Level Counting. Vienna, Austria. Sponsor : International Atomic Energy Agency. Contact : John H. Kane, U. S.Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20845. Mar. 6 to 10-18th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Inc. Penn-Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa. Contact: Gerald L. Carkon, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa. Page 84 A, Sept. Mar. 20 to 21-Conference on Progress in Gas Chromatography. University of California, Los Angeles. Contact: H. L. Tallman, Physical Sciences Extension, Room 6832 Boelter Hall, Cniversity of California, Los Sngeles, Calif. 90024. Page 64 A, Dee. Apr. 2 to 8-Seventh World Petroleum Congress. Mexico City, ?rfexico. Contact: 717’. T. Gunn, Director of the Division of Refining, American Petroleum Institute, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N. 1’. 10020. Page 80 A, Sept. Apr. 3 to 6-Fourth International Symposium on Advances in Gas Chromatography. Walrlnrf Contact: Prof. A. Zlatkis, Dept. of , , - -- - - -Astnria - -. . Hotel. New York City. Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas. Page 58 A, Bug. Apr. 9 to 14-American Chemical Society 153rd National Meeting. Miami Beach, Fla. Includes Analytical Division Sessions. Contact: Program Chairman, E. C. Dunlop, E. I. du Pont de Semours Co., JTilmington, Del. 19898. Apr. IO to 14-International Symposium on Physical Separation Methods in Chemical Analvsis. Amsterdam, ?;etherlands. Contact: Congres Bureau, St. Agnietenstraat 4 ,Anherdam, NetherlandB. Page 70 -4,June. Apr. 13 to 14-Conference on the X-Ray Analysis of Biological Materials. Oxford, England. Contact: Dr. E. J. IT, Whittaker, F. Inst. P., Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Parks Rd., Oxford, England. Page 61 A, Dee. ADr. 24 to 29--18th Meeting of the Comit6 International de Thermodynamique et de kin6tique klectrochimiques. Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, West Germany. Contact: Dr. PVI. Fleischmann, Dept. of Physical Chemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne 1, England. Page 81 A, Sept. I
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22nd Annual Southwest Regional ACS Meeting.. Albuquerque, N. M. Colztact : Dr. Robert A. Penneman, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los dlamos, N.hl. 87544.
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May 8 to 13-Symposium on Nuclear Activation Techniques in Life Sciences. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Contact: Dr. G. B. Cook, Dept. of Research and Isotopes, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. Page 54 A, Oct. May 15 to 18-Mid-America Symposium on Spectroscopy. Chicago-Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, Ill. Contact: Lew Malter, Lew Malter & ASSOC.,P. 0. Box 252, Morton Grove, Ill. 60053. Page 53 A, Nov. May 21 to 26-Fifth International Conference on Nondestructive Testing. Sheraton Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, Quebec. Contact : 5th International Conference on Nondestructive Testing, P. 0. Box 95, Verdun, Quebec, Canada. June 12 to 17-International Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry. Brussels and Louvain. Contact: Secretariat of the International Symposium on Macromolecular Nov. Chemistry, 49, Square Marie-Louise, Bruxelles 4. Page 53 9, June 19 to 23-XI11 Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Contact: The Secretary, XI11 Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale, Kational Research Council, Ottawa 7, Canada. Page 58 A, Bug. June 21 to 23-Analytical Division (ACS) Summer Symposium. Claremont, Calif. Subject : Modern Titrimetry. Contact: Joseph Jordan, Dept. of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. Page 63 A, Dee. June 2 1 to 29-ACHEMA 1967. Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Contact: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur chemisches Apparatewesen, 6000 Frankfurt (Main), Postfach 7746, Germany. June 25 to 30-ASTM 70th Annual Meeting. Statler Hilton Hotel, Boston, Mass. Contact : American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia 3, Pa. July 3 to 8-IMEKO IV, International Measurement Confederation Congress. Warsaw, Poland. Coiztact : IMEKO Secretariat, Budapest, 8., P.O.B. 457, Hungary. July 7 to 8-Conference on Chemically Grown Surface Films. University of Stratchclyde, England. Sponsors : Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group of The Institute of Physics and The Physical Society. Contact: Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics and The Physical Society, 47 Belgrave Square, London, S. W. 1, England. Page 73 A, May. Aug. 14 to 18-Sixth Australian Spectroscopy Conference. Brisbane, Queensland, Bustralia. Contact: Dr. D. James, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Page 84 A, Oct.
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International Mass Spectrometry Conference An International Mass Spectrometry Conference will be held in West Berlin, September 25 t o 29, 1967, at the Technische Universitaet. This meeting is sponsored by the American Society of Testing and Materials Committee E-14, A. G. hlassenspektroskopie der D . P. G. (Germany), GAI1’IS (France), Hgdrocarbon Research Group (Great Britain), and organized by Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (Fachgruppe Analytische Chemie) , Those wishing t o present a communication at the conference should send a short abstract t o the scientific committee before January 15, 1967. Correspondence should be directed to Geschaftsstelle der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, z. Hd. von Herrn Dr. W. Fritsche, 6 Frankfurt/Main Postfach 9075, Germany. The subjects of the sessions and the authors of the introducing review papers (provisional program) follow: Data Acquisition and Processing in Mass Spectrometry. K. Habfast, Bremen; A. L. Burlingame, Berkeley; J. S. Hal. liday, Manchester. Theory of Mass Spectra. H. M. Rosenstock, Washington, D. C.; G. G. Hall, Nottingham. Qualitative Analysis. J. H. Beynon, Manchester; K. Biemann, Cambridge, Mass.: C. Djerassi, Stanford. Inorganic Quantitative Cornu, Grenoble.
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A week, March 20 t o 24, deJ-oted to gas chromatography at the University of California, Los Angeles, will include a two-day research conference and a three-day short course on fundamental principles. The advanced research conference mill be helc! Nareh 20 and 21 and mill consist of presentations by experts of Progrefs in Gas Chromatography with emphasis on their own work. The short course, March 22 to 24, will offer a nonmathematical approach t o gas chromatography. Theory will be stressed onl~7t o the extent necessary t o understand the practical aspects of the techniques. The t x o programs are independent and both are jointly sponsored by the Department of Chemistry, Engineering Extension, and Physical Sciences EXtension, with Dr. Robert L. Peceok as Coordinator, Additional information and application blanks may be obtained by phoning or writing H. L. Tallman, Physical Sciences Extension, Room 6532 Boelter Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024 (Area Code 213, Phone 478-9711, Extension 3121).
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