NEWSMAKERS.... Holger C. Andersen, formerly associated with Distillation Products, Rochester, N. Y., has joined the research staff of the Kellex Corp., New York, N. Y . J. Barab, with the Hercules Powder Co. for 21 years and more recently chief chemist for Todd & Brown, Inc., has resigned and is engaged in consulting practice as chemical engineer specialising in explosives at 299 Madison Ave.. New York, N. Y.
charge of infrared research at the Stamford Research Laboratories of American Cyanamid Co.. Stamford. Conn. Norman L. Haldy, ceramic engineer, has been appointed to the research staff of Batteile Memorial Institute, Columbus. Ohio, and as-
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A LONG LONG TIME The founders of the Layne ! Organization realized the tremendous importance of water as e health, safety end industrial necessity. They pledged themselves never to sacrifice quality in the manufacture of Layne Pumps and Well Water Systems. That pledge, to the ever grateful thanks of thousands of Layne Well Water System owners, has been faithfully kept. Today as always, Layne Pumps and Well Water Systems are still being made of the very finest quality materials. They possess highly important and exclusive features of construction which measuresbly lengthen their long life. And in addition, they embody outstanding and thoroughly proven engineering ideas that guarantee highest efficiency. Wherever modern well water producing equipment is used—whether in the United States or in foreign lands, that which bears the name of Layne is definitely recognized as the world's standard by which all other makes are judged. If .your postwar plans call for the use of more water, Layne engineers will gladly cooperate in providing sound recommendations. For literature address LAYNE & BOWLER. INC., General Offices, Memphis 8, Tenn. AFFILIATED C O M P A N I * * : lOTe-Ai*««»»« C o . . Stuttvnrt. Ark. * *-?yn»-AtlM»"c C o . . cNorfol*. Va. * l.ayn*-Central Co.. M w n p h U . J « » * L i y n o Northern C o . . M M i a w a k a , I n d . * \*¥?£
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has been appointed technical director of the C. P. Hall Co.. Akron, Ohio. Leo L. Carrick, since 1927 dean of the School of Chemical Technology, North Dakota Agricultural College, has been appointed director of red lead research and consulting chemical engineer of the Lead Industries Association, 420 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y.
signed to its division of ceramic research. Mr. Haldy was formerly associated with the Walker China Company, Bedford. Ohio. William T. Homer, controller of the Diamond Alkali Co., and Albert C. Nielson, comptroller of E. I. du Pont de Nemours A Co., Inc., have been elected to membership in the Controllers Institute of America. Harry W. Howard has become associated with Nuodex Products Co.. Inc., Elisabeth, N. J., and will represent the company in
Richard D. Connolly has left the employ of the U. S. Rubber Co. to accept a position as production supervisor in the riboflavin plant of Merck & Co. at Elk ton. Va. L. Russell Cook has joined the W. A. Cleary Corp. of New Brunswick, N. J., as vice president and general manager Domenic De Felice hao been appointed to the technical staff of the Birds Eye Laboratories, Frosted Foods Sales Corp.. General Foods, Boston, Mass. He was formerly associated with Frosted Foods in a production capacity. Joseph L. Dudley has joined the staff of the Cochrane Steam Specialty Co., Boston, Mass. Warren E. Emley, chief of the Organic and Fibrous Materials Division. National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C , retired October 1 after more than 30 years with the bureau. Thomas H. Glaser has joined the staff of the Gray-Mills Co., Chicago, as installation engineer and tooling consultant. He will help manufacturers with fluid temperature control problems* # Robert C. Gore, formerly associate in chemistry at the University of Illinois, is now in
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Washington. Mr. Howard has been with the War Production Board since 1941. Prank Ireland, for more than seven years chemist in charge of the laboratory of McLaughlin. Gormley King Co., recently resigned to accept a position with the Brown and Bigelow Co., St. Paul, Minn. Charles H. Kanavel has been appointed manager of the Track and War Products Department, National Sales and Service Division. The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron. Robert A. King has resigned his position as chief chemist of the Phillips Petroleum Co., Borger Refinery, and is now resident process engineer in the New York office of E. B . Badger & Sons Co. CONTINUED ON PAOl 5 5
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When American guns go into action—from our great naval 1 >atteries flown to the carbine carried by a leatherneck—new records in marksmanship are hung up. For Uncle Sam's fighting men are the world's most accurate gunners. Personal pride in keeping their weapons "clean as a hound's tooth," inside and out, contributes much to this reputation. Even the so-called "little jobs" can be important to victory— and Sharpies Chemicals play their part in helping to keep guns internally spotless and fit. The solvent power of Sharpies Amy! Alcohols has pone to war in rifle cleaning compounds. On every front, including the one of production, Sharpies Synthetic Organic Chemicals are working to help bring a victorious end to the conflict and to hasten the flay our soldiers can return home. Sharpies Research, through concentrating on war problems today, is gaining experience and knowledge necessary for serving tomorrow's industrial demands.
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Prank S. MacGregor has been appointed general manager, Electrochemical Department, Du Pont Co., succeeding E. A. Rykenboer, whu is retiring on account of ill health. Mr. MacGregor has been with Du Pont since 1916. Thomas M. Rector has been elected General Foods Corp. vice president in charge of research and development. Mr. Rector, who was appointed manager of General
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Foods Central Laboratories at Hoboken in 1930, was made manager of research and development for the company last May. having served as director of engineering research since 1932. Ernest W. Raid, former chief of the Chemicals Branch, WPB, was recently elected vice president in charge of research and development, Corn Products Refining Co. Oswald Schreiner, for many years in charge of the former Division of Soil Fertility Investigations. U. 8. Department of Agriculture, retired December 31 after more than 40 years of service. One hundred and twenty letters from his professional associates and friends from all over the country were bound and presented to him December 20 at a meeting in his honor at the Department's Plant Industry Station. Belteville, Md. Dr. Schreiner was appointed expert in physical chemistry investigations in the former Bureau of Soils in 1902. He was chairman of the American Organising Committee of the First International Soil Science Congress, which was held in this country in 1927, and took an active part in many other international conferences on soils, chemistry, and crop problems Hutton W. Thaller is now employed as research chemist with the Hercules Powder Co. at the Wilmington, Del., experiment station.
Who Uses it? A war plant producing thousands of gallons of aviation gasoline per day employs ILLCO-WAY De-Ionizing units to obtain its purified water. (Details necessarily are confidential.) Similar installations are in daily use in many other industries, including: SYNTHETIC RUMRR . • • AIRCRAFT I N G I N I ALUMINUM . . • MIRROR . • . METAL PLATING CERAMIC . . • EXPLOSIVES • . • PHARMACEUTICAL SILICA GEL . . . CHEMICAL . . . RUTADIBNB DISTILLERIES . . . LABORATORIES
ILLCO-WAY units, in actual operation today, have permissible flow rates ranging from 10 gallons an hour to 50,000 gallons per hour. If you use pure water in any of your processes or products—investigate! We'll gladly send literature explaining De-Ionized Water from A to Z.
Doctor of Science Degree AwardedT. H.Chilton
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The University of Delaware recently conferred upon Thomas Hamilton Chilton the honorary degree of Doctor of 8cienoe in recognition of his distinguished achievements in the province of chemical engineering and his invaluable personal contribution to the welfare of that institution. On the same occasion, honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws were awarded to Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, recently commander of the First Army, now retired, and to Maj. Gen. T. A. Terry, commander of the Second Corps Area.
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