assistant t o t h e president of the B y products Steel Corp., Coatesville, Penna., where he will h a v e charge of the staff and general administrative work of t h e corporation. H e was for merly general manager of t h e flanging department of the Lukens Steel Co.
Ellsworth W. Allison has been elected assistant secretary of t h e Detroit R e x Products Co., Detroit, Mich.
Major C. M. Hidings has resigned from the American Cyanamid Co. t o become vice president and general manager of the Copolymer Corp., Baton Rouge> La. The Copolymer Corp. will oper ate the synthetic rubber plant of t h e Rubber Reserve Company in Louisiana. Raymond M . Dennis
Ellsworth W . Allison N e w e l l A. Atwood has been promoted t o Lieutenant Commander i n the United States N a v a l Reserve in connection w i t h his duties at the Naval Research Labo ratory, Anacostia, D . C , where he h a s been serving as officer assistant to t h e director and a s patent officer. Robert Bruce h a s been appointed advertis i n g and publicity manager of E. F . D r e w & Co., Inc., N e w York, Ν . Υ. G. M . Butler, Jr., formerly research engi neer in the Dunkirk laboratories, h a s b e e n named chief metallurgist i n charge of technical control and research at t h e Dunkirk, Ν . Υ., plant of the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. R. T. Eakhi h a s b e e n appointed assistant metallurgist at the plant.
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Elton Fisher has accepted a position with the Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Penna. He was formerly instructor in chemis try a t the North Carolina S t a t e College, University of North Carolina. W. E . Flumerfelt has resigned his position as manager of t h e Soy B e a n Processing Co., Waterloo, Iowa, t o become vice president and general manager of Old Fort Mills, Inc., Marion, Ohio. T h e company expects to process more than one million bushels of soybeans in 1943 and is rebuilding the p l a n t for more effieientoperation.
E. H . Little, president of Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co., has been elected presi dent of t h e Association of American Soap and Glycerine Products. Henry S. Marlor has been elected director, vice president, and a member of the executive committee of the United States Rubber Co. Mr. Marlor has been associated with the company for 31 years. Samuel William Martin has joined t h e research staff of the Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, 111., as a research associate. Since 1935 he has been e m ployed in t h e Research Department of National Lead Co., Titanium Division, South Amboy, N . J. A» S. Musselman and G. F. Ordeman have been promoted to positions as assistant general superintendents of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, Chicago, 111., and are being succeeded by F. V. Grimm and Arthur F. Endres, respectively.
James R. H e w i t t has been made vice president of the American Manganese Steel Division of The American Brake Shoe and Foundry Co. William P. Headden h a s b e e n named supervisor of t h e fuels and lubricants section of the Engineering Division of Esso Marketers, New York, Ν . Υ. Mr. Headden has been active i n the Engi neering Division of t h e company for 14 years. Charles W . Boluner, Jr., has been appointed assistant super visor of t h e section.
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Henry 0 . Farr, formerly of t h e Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Paint and Varnish Division, Milwaukee, W i s e , is now associated with the War Production Board, Chemicals Division, Protective Coatings and Materials Section, Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer U n i t , Washing ton, D. C-
G. K. Hickin, formerly w i t h Merck & Co., Inc., has recently been appointed head of chemical engineering design for the B. F . Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio.
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Alphonse Pechukas Alphonse Pechukas has been research director of the Chemical Division of the Plate Glass Co., Barberton,
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assures that data received for this purpose will be handled with such reservations as should be exercised in the official utiliza tion of this information by the armed services only. Communications should be addressed to Paul L. Pavcek, Secretary, Committee on Food Composition, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washing ton, D. C.
D u Pont Advances Kinsman Τ
W A R R E N K I N S M A N has been appointed
* assistant general manager of the Or ganic Chemicals Department of E. I . d u Pon-t de Nemours & Co., Inc., t o succeed
G. L. Haskell Heads U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co. Franklin Strain
Franklin Strain has been named assist ant research director. Dr. Pechukas has been serving as acting director since May 1942. Both Dr. Pechukas and Dr. Strain have been in the employ of the company since 1937. Robert S . Shelton has been promoted to the position of scientific director of the Wm. S. Merrell Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and will be responsible for all activities of the scientific staff relating to research and product improvement. L. Dale Seif h a s been made chief chemist, in charge of analytical and control work. The biological section of the laboratories will be headed by L. V. Blubaugh, chief of the Biological Research and Produc tion Departments.
/ ^ L L E N N LEACH HASKELL, first vice presi-
^-* dent of the U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co., N e w York, has been made president of the company, succeeding C. S. Munson, who is now chairman of the executive com mittee. Mr. Haskell began his connection with t h e distilling business i n 1900 with the American Distilling Co., Pekin, 111., where he remained until 1921 when he was appointed western sales manager for the U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co. in Chicago. He was later promoted to a general sales managership, w a s made vice president in charge of sales in 1927, and w a s elected a director in 1934.
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Committee Formed on Food Composition Α τ T H E request of the Quartermaster -^ General of the United States Army, t h e National Research Council's Food and Nutrition Board has organized a Com mittee on Food Composition, C. A. Elvehjem, chairman, t o collect, coordi nate, and appraise food composition data. T h e committee is to act as the repository and point of dissemination for authentic data on all foods being used or considered for use by all branches.of the military service. Proximate and mineral composition as well as analyses for vitamins A, C, thi amine, riboflavin, and niacin are required a s a basis for nutritional evaluation of these foods. D a t a on new products, proc essed foods, and dehydrated meats, fruits, and vegetables especially are needed. The committee has already enlisted the cooperation of federal and state labora tories throughout the country. However, i t is also aware that a great wealth of food composition data has been accumulated in the course of research and routine analyses by industrial laboratories. I t is therefore appealing to these laboratories of t h e food industries t o make their data active in the war effort. The committee 248
HE Division of Chemical Educa t i o n sponsoring t h e Symposium o n Civilian Preparedness For Chemical Warfare t o b e held at t h e Detroit meeting of t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY has released a preliminary report on t h e program. According to present plans the symposium w i l l be h e l d on Tuesday, A p r i l 1 3 , a n d will require b o t h morning a n d after noon sessions. The meeting will b e concluded w i t h a round-table dis cussion. Included i n those who have a c c e p t e d invitations t o speak are: Col. A . G i b s o n , inspector, O f f i c e of Civilian Defense, Washington, D. C . / W i l l i a m C. M o o r e , Stamford laboratories o f American Cyanamid Co.; F. C. H i c k e y , Providence C o l l e g e ; Prof. C D . L e a k e , U n i versity of Texas. Dr. M o o r e will discuss t h e work of his Stamford committee o n instruc tion o f the nontechnical p u b l i c a n d organization o f local gas identifica t i o n , first a i d , and decontamination service. Dr. H i c k e y will cover laboratory preparation of war gases and sniff sets, while Professor Leake will discuss methods, results, a n d conclusions derived from t h e most recent tests respecting proper firstaid a n d decontamination methods.
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J. Warren Kinsman
the late Cesare Protto. J. A. Almquist, will succeed Mr. Kinsman a s assistant general manager of t h e Plastics Depart m e n t . Mr. Kinsman joined D u Pont M a y 1, 1915, a t the H i g h Explosives Operating Department at t h e Bayway plant. Suc cessively, he w a s supervisor in the "Fabrikoid." Department, a sales corre spondent a t Du Pont Chemical Works, an assistant supervisor at t h e Carney's Point, N . J . , plant, special assistant in the D y e stuffs Department, assistant director of sales, and director of sales ot organic chem icals. His appointment to t h e manager ship of t h e Alcohol Division followed in 1 9 3 1 , and 10 years later he was appointed assistant general manager of t h e Plastics Department. I>r. Almquist has been chemical di rector of t h e Plastics Department since September 1941.
Philip Goldsmith, formerly sanitary engi n e e r in t h e department of public works of the C i t y of N e w York, h a s been a p pointed acting director of t h e Sanitary Engineering Research Laboratory at N"ew York University's College of E n gineering, replacing Rolf Eliassen, w h o i s on leave of absence from the college a n d is serving a s a captain in the United States Army. The research program on t b e effect of electrical grounding on water quality, sponsored b y the Ameri c a n Water Works Association, begun b y Dr. Eliassen, is continuing under t b e direction of Mr. Goldsmith. Assist i n g in t h e project are the Edison Electric Institute and the Bell Laboratories. E>r. Eliassen i s now performing special work o n army-post water supply and sewage disposal problems under t h e jurisdiction of the Division Engineer, N o r t h Atlantic Division, U. S. Corps of Engineers. A N D
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