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C. Scott Althouse, president of t h e Althouse Chemical Co., given honorary d e gree of doctor of textile science by Philadelphia Textile Institute. Cited for n u m e r ous inventions and processes, many given freely to the dyeing and dyestuff industry.
W a h l Given Farr Professorship in Rodiochemistry Arthur C. W a h l , associate professor of c h e m i s t r y at Washington University, St. Louis, h a s been a w a r d e d t h e Henry V. Farr professorship i n radiochemistry at t h e university. D r . W a h l was one of three scientists w h o discovered, isolated, and studied t h e properties of plutonium. Left to right: E d w a r d Mallinckrodt, Jr., of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, which endowed t h e professorship; J o s e p h Kennedy, chairman of Washington University d e p a r t m e n t of chemistry; H e n r y V. Farr, senior v p of Mallinckrodt, for w h o m the professorship is n a m e d ; D r . W a l i l ; a n d Arthur H . Compton, chancellor of Washington University
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Willard C. Cope retires from government service after serving, over a period of m a n y years, in t h e Bureau of Mines, t h e W a r Production Board, W a r Assets Administration, General Services Administration, the D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture. H e engaged in studies on nitrogen. He spend his retirement a t Avon-by-theN. J.
Norman H a c k e r m a n , professor of chemistry at the University of Texas, appointed a consultant o n hydrogen b o m b production for the Atomic Energy Commission. Pfc. Joseph W . Lynch, assigned to the protective division of the Chemical and Radiological Laboratories at Army Chemical Center, Md., as a chemist, has been elected president of the Enlisted Specialist Chemical Engineering Club. H e succeeds Pfc. Robert Frey. Pfc. John R. Hoofer is the n e w secretary-treasurer a n d Robert D . Swain chairman of the club's placement committee. S. S. Penner, associate professor of jet propulsion at CalTech, on leave for four months to serve as consultant t o t h e U . S. Air Forces, Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, NATO, Paris, France.
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Fritz G. Arndt of the University of Istanbul to b e visiting professor of chemistry at Indiana University during t h e first semester of the 1953—54 academic year a n d will lecture at several other universities. S. G. Bankoff n a m e d head of the chemical engineering department at Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, Ind. H a s served a s acting h e a d for t h e past year, and this summer will work as principal development engineer, reactor experimental engineering division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. William Blum, recently retired chemist of t h e National Bureau of Standards, receives honorary degree of doctor of science from the University of Pennsylvania.
R o b e r t W. Rubright from A d a s Powder Co. has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in t h e Air Force and is now studying electronics at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.
Alfred Burger, professor of chemistry a t the University of Virginia, a w a r d e d the Louis Pasteur Medal for 1953 in recognition of his work in medicinal-organic chemistry.
W . A. Selvig, senior chemist of t h e U. S. Bureau of Mines at Pittsburgh, honored by ASTM with a n Award of Merit for outstanding service to the society.
Richard W . Cummins, research chemist for t h e Westvaco Chemical Division, receives Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Brooklyn Poly.
H e r b e r t A. Swenson transfers from Lincoln, Neb., to Corvallis, Ore., b y t h e U. S. Geological Survey, as district chemist, quality of water branch, for t h e Pacific Northwest.
NSF Appointments Announced W a l t e r R. Kirner has b e e n appointed program director for chemistry for the National Science Foundation. H e has been with National Research Council. H. Kirk Stephenson from Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory has been a p pointed program director for earth sciences. Raymond W. Mayhew from W a l t e r R. Kirner the U. S. Navy will b e physical science administrator in t h e Division of Scientific Personnel and Education, a n d James W . Col©, Jr., will direct the program for scientific manpower in t h e Division of Scientific Personnel and Education. H e is on leave of a b s e n c e from his position as associate professor of chemistry at the University of Virginia.
CHEMICAL
Chemists a n d chemical engineers who completed work toward graduate degrees through the General Electric Co. school of nuclear engineering this year include Jerome W. Finnegan, Calen Hesson, William S. Ferguson, Linton L a n g , Alfred Chetham-Strode, Jr., and Irwin M. Rehn. Carl F . Graesser of Monsanto Chemical Co., .Springfield, Mass., receives honorary degree of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. O. Boyd H o u c h i n appointed assistant professor of neurology at the University of Arkansas school of medicine. Will study the nucleic acid chemistry of the brain. J o h n R. L â c h e r returns to the University of Colorado after one year a t the Army Chemical Center, Md., w h e r e he served as chief scientific adviser t o the Commanding General of the research and Engineering Command. Victor K. L a Mer, professor of chemistry at Columbia University, will lecture on physical chemistry at the Physical Chemistry Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, for the fall semester, under a Fulbright lectureship. Nelson J. L e o n a r d of the University of Illinois has returned from a three months*
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visit to the chemical laboratories of Switzerland a n d T h e Netherlands. H e also gave several lectures at t h e invitation of the American-Swiss Foundation.
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Fritz A. Lipmann awarded honorary degree of doctor of science at the University of Chicago. Dr. Lipman, professor of biological chemistry at H a r v a r d Medical School, cited as "a student of the architecture of the. living cell w h o has profoundly influenced contemporary biological thought." John Alexander Manson, graduate student at McMaster University, a w a r d e d t h e S1000 Russell J. E d d y Foundation scholarship administered b y Chemical Institute of Canada. It is given to graduate students who have shown original research ability or high distinction in scientific study.
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p-Nîfrobenzoic acid Technical M.W. 167.1 DE5CRÎPTIVE INFORMATION N02
A light yellow crystalline solid, p - N i t r o b e n z o i c acid T e c h n i c a l is soluble in a q u e o u s c a u s t i c a n d slightly soluble in w a t e r . I t m a y c o n t a i n , a s i m p u r i t i e s , u p to 0 . 5 % p-Nitrotoluene, 0 . 5 % ash, a n d 0 . 5 % mineral a c i d i t y as sulfuric acid. M e l t i n g p o i n t is unreliable d u e t o decomposition. p - N i t r o b e n z o i c acid T e c h n i c a l i s available in c o m m e r c i a l q u a n t i t i e s .
H a r o l d R. Nace promoted to associate professor of chemistry a t Brown University. T w o instructors, E d w a r d F . G r e e n e and John O. E d w a r d s , m a d e assistant professors. N o r m a n Swindin, chairman and founder of Nordac, Ltd., Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, and a recognized expert o n submerged combustion practice, has been named George E. Davis Memorial Lecturer at the College of Technology in Manchester, for Oct. 10. Mr. Swindin was a former pupil of George E . Davis, a pioneer in chemical engineering.
SPECIFICATIONS
p-Nitrobenzoic acid Technical is produced to these specifications: Purity . . . 98.0% minimum. Moisture Content . . . 0 . 2 5 % maximum.
INDUSTRY SUGGESTED USES H. Herman newly created ager-technical, division of the
Abernathy named to t h e post of assistant sales manfor the r u b b e r chemicals Du Pont Co.
You may find that p-Nitrobenzoic acid Technical is just what you need in the synthesis of antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals—or as an intermediate in the production of rubber chemicals and dyes. Derivatives of p-Nitrobenzoic acid Technical may be useful as pesticides.
E d w a r d J. Albert, president of T h w i n g Albert Instrument Co., Philadelphia, elected president of the Scientific A p p a r a tus Makers Association. Succeeds J. Claire Evans.
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T h e following have been appointed to the explosives division of Olin Industries, Inc., East Alton, 111. Joseph Allovio, chemist; John LaBash, Jr., assistant chemical engineer; P a u l S. McKittrick, assistant chemist; Melvin B . M o r g a n , technical librarian; Willard Schoeck, chemist; and Robert H . Schwaig, chemical engineer.
A WIDE VARIETY of c h e m i c a l i n t e r m e d i a t e s is n o w a v a i l a b l e from t h e D u P o n t O r g a n i c C h e m i c a l s D e p a r t m e n t . I t will p a y y o u t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e s e p r o d u c t s for y o u r m a n u f a c t u r i n g p r o c e s s e s . A NEW INTERMEDIATE? W e h a v e t h e f a c i l i t i e s t o p r o d u c e specific i n t e r m e d i a t e s . . . p e r h a p s one t h a t will m e e t y o u r e x a c t r e q u i r e m e n t s . O u r t e c h n i c a l m e n will be g l a d t o s t u d y y o u r p r o b l e m s a n d w o r k w i t h y o u in p r o d u c t d e v e l o p m e n t . A REQUEST o n y o u r c o m p a n y l e t t e r h e a d will b r i n g · c o m p l e t e i n f o r m a tion. J u s t write to E . I. du P o n t d e N e m o u r s & C o . (Inc.), O r g a n i c Chemicals D e p a r t m e n t , Chemicals Division, Wilmington 98, Del.
D a v i d E . Baldwin transfers from Westinghouse Research Laboratories in East Pittsburgh to the subsidiary, PlywoodPlastics Co., at H a m p t o n , S. C , as m a n u facturing engineer in resin development.
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H e n r y D . Barnstorff receives P h . D . from University of Colorado a n d joins chemical research department staff of Spencer Chemical Co., Pittsburgh, Kan.
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Allan R. A. Beeber of Keuffel & Esser has been elected president of the Association of Research Directors. Past president is Emil Ott of Hercules Powder Co. T h e new vice president is Delbert F . Jurgensen of Congoîeum-Nairn, Inc., a n d secretarytreasurer is D . X. Klein of Heyden Chemical Corp. V O L U M E
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NEWS-MAKERS Louis Ehrenfeld, formerly technical con sultant of the Redtop Brewing Co., an nounces the opening of his own engineer ing consulting practice, Cincinnati.
E. Zinn from the research and develop ment department of Commercial Solvents Corp. joins Diamond Alkali Co. as a proj ect engineer.
. Robert M. Erickson appointed produc tion manager of Monsanto's merchandis ing division, St. Louis, Mo.
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Roger W. Hess, chemical engineer, joins Enzinger Union Corp., Angola, Ν. Υ. Lauren B. Hitchcock, president of the National Dairies Research Corp., elected honorary chairman of the American sec tion of the Society of Chemical Indus try. Clifford F. Rassweiler of JohnsMan ville was elected honorary vice chair man; Cecil L. Brown of Standard Oil D e velopment, honorary B. Hitchcock treasurer; Robert Heggie, American Chicle Co., honorary comptroller; and Anthony L. Carra, Im perial Chemical Industries, honorary sec retary. R. Thomas Stiehl joins research staff of Du Pont chemical department, Wilming ton. Also joining the department are Dale C. Blomstrom, L. Russell Melby, and Richard E. Merrifield. Herbert F. Tomasek appointed acting manager of the Pittsburgh Agricultural Chemical Co. William J. Haude, formerly president of the company, resigns to move to the Middle West, where he will form an agricultural chemical company. W. F. Tuley appointed group manager of product development and technical sales service at the Naugatuck chemical division of U. S. Rubber Co. L. H. Howland appointed manager of synthetic rub ber development; P. M. Elliott, manager of plastics development; and F. L. Holbrook manager of rubber chemicals de velopment. Roscoe L. Van Zandt named superin tendent of the Barton plant, Lion Oil Co/s new chemical plant near New Orleans. Stanley B. Johnson will be assistant su perintendent; John L. Ricks, chief engi neer; H. Leon Pay ton, operating sxiperintendent; Fred B. Elliott, maintenance superintendent; Malcolm C. Lowe, chief chemist; Cary E. Ashley, personnel man ager; and Dewey Blackwood, safety en gineer. James R. White completes work for a Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Stanford University and accepts position as research chemist with the pioneering research labo ratory of Du Pont's textile fibers depart ment. Cyril D. Wilson appointed research di rector at Vestal Laboratories, Inc., St. Louis. Has been assistant director of re search for Heyden Chemical Corp. 2710
G e o r g e Lewi George Lewi, 50, industrial consultant, died May 30 in London, England. He was born in Roudnice, near Prague, Czechoslovakia, and earned the degree of doctor of technical science at the Univer sity of Prague. At the age of 2 6 he be came Secretary-General of the Czech Federation of Chemical Industries. He led many delegations at technical confer ences and became internationally known. H e was with the Czech industry group until 1937, when he left the country to join the Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., organiza tion in England. During the war he be came London manager of the company and was instrumental in securing the in troduction of chemical pumps in their line of equipment. In 1945, he set up his own practice as an industrial consultant. He had joined the ACS in 1944.
H a r r y mcCormock Harry McCormaclc, 76, technical edi torial director of Food Processing and Chemical Processing magazines for Putman Publishing Co., Chicago, died June 8. H e held degrees form Drake University and the Illinois Institute of Technology. Among his many accomplishments over the past 50 years, he was instrumental in setting up the milling and baking stand ards for flour, still used today. As a leader in the concept of a unified science of chemical engineering, he had coauthored the book "Application of Chemical Engi neering." In 1951 the Putman company established an annual food processing fel lowship in his honor with the purpose of encouraging young research college gradu ates to engage in advance study and re search in food processing. He had joined the ACS in 1903.
Ferdinand Sonneborn Ferdinand Sonneborn, 79, founder and president of L. Sonneborn Sons, Inc., New York, petroleum refiners and manufactur ing chemists, died June 9 after a long illness. He was born in Breitenbach, Ger many, and came to the U. S. in 1903 and established the Sonneborn firm. He had attended the Universities of Marburg and Munich in Germany and received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Basle, Switzerland. He was an authority on pharmaceutical and industrial derivatives of petroleum. He purchased the Daugherty Refinery in Petrolia, Pa., before World War ÎI and produced petroleum for pharmaceutical cosmetic preparations and other industrial applications. During CHEMICAL
World War 1, when embargoes prohibited import of white mineral oil from Europe, Dr. Sonneborn introduced the refining of this product in the U. S. He had joined the ACS in 1917. Michael P. Arnaudo, 41, research chemist with California Packing Corp., San Francisco, April 21, 1952. Joined ACS in 1936. Thomas R. Baldwin, 43, chemist in research division of Lion Oil Co., El Dorado, Ark., Jan. 28. Joined ACS in 1945. Gail E. Barr, 56, superintendent of the Natrona, Pa., plant of Pennsalt, June 6. Charles A. Blodgett, consulting engineer for Seaman & Seaman, April 14 in Japan. Joined ACS in 1917. William A. Boyd, 82, once chief engineer for Monsanto Chemical Co., June 3 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Robert H. Briggs, 55, manager of the chemical sales division of Chas. Pfizer & Co., Bronxville, Ν. Υ., June 2. La Verne E. Cheyney, manager of con tract research department of Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co., May 21. Joined ACS in 1933. Richard A. Crawford, director of rub ber research, B. F. Goodrich Co., Brecksville, Ohio, April 25. Joined ACS in 1924. Charles W. Fisher, Jr., chemist with Houston Packing Co., Houston, Tex., May 19. Joined ACS in 1914. Benjamin S. Flug, technical sales and service, Bart-Messing Corp., New York, May 11. Joined ACS in 1944. Charles Freeman, professor emeritus of chemistry at Westminster College, Feb. 5. Emeritus member of ACS, joined in 1905. Hilding Hakanson, 64, director of Kooperativa Forbundet, Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 23. Joined ACS in 1949. Frank R. Henderson, 60, sales repre sentative for Sharp & Dohme for 30 years, May 30, Chevy Chase, Md. Leonard E. High tower, group leader at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, May 2. Joined ACS in 1947. Milton Kutz, 69, formerly assistant gen eral manager of Du Pont electrochemicals department, Wilmington, June 16. Gerald John Leuck, 53, consulting chemist, New Martinsville, W . Va., Mav 13. Joined ACS in 1924. Dan O. Mason, 61, safety manager of general chemical division, Allied Chemical and Dye, New York City, June 11. Sydnor B. Penick, 71, founder and board chairman of S. B. Penick & Co., Montclair, N. J., May 24. Joined ACS in 1941. Herbert Philipp, 73, retired chemical engineer, from Solvay Process Division, April 26. Joined ACS in 1903. Wilbur I. Rosenkranz, chief control chemist for the Drackett Co., Cincinnati, Jan. 25. Joined ACS in 1944. Clifford G. Vaupel, 49, general sales representative for Merck & Co., Inc., in Austin, Tex., May 21. Perley S. Wilcox, 78, retired chairman of the board of Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, Ν. Υ., May 17. Joined ACS in 1932. AND
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