April 20. 1927
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Obituary H e r m a n n D . Engelhardt H e r m a n n D. Engelhardt, for the past t h i r t y - t w o years head of t h e Analytical D e p a r t m e n t of Sharp a n d Dohme, died, F e b r u a r y 9, 1927, a t his home in Baltimore. Dr. E n g e l h a r d t was born a t Braunschweig, G e r m a n y , in 1863, H e a t t e n d e d t h e private schools and t h e Pol y tech ni ku m of Braunschweig, entering the University of Gôttingen in 1882 a n d later a t t e n d i n g the University of Leipzig. H e received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from t h e University of Erlangen in 1888. After five y e a r s ' service as a chemist in t h e dye industry a t Hesse, Dr. Hngelhardt came t o t h e United S t a t e s in 1895 a n d entered t h e service of S h a r p a n d Dohme. Dr. E n g e l h a r d t was a member of the Revision Committee of t h e N a t i o n a l Formidary, American Pharmaceutical Association, M a r y l a n d Pharmaceutical Association!, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Steuben Society, and Engineers Club. H e is survived by his widow', one daughter, mother, a n d two sisters.
Research Grants and Fellowships All over t h e country, universities, colleges, and research institutions are cooperating with industries in fostering chemical research. We have compiled in the succeeding p a r a g r a p h s a list of research grants a n d fellowships in addition to those which h a v e been recorded in the a b s t r a c t of the annual report of t h e director of t h e Mellon Institute (see News Edition of April 10, page 2). T h e list below is by no m e a n s complete a n d additions will be gladly received for publication a t a future time. F E L L O W S H I P S SUPPORTED BY ASSOCIATIONS
Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers Association, Chicago, 111., a t University of Minnesota. Evaporated Milk Association a t University of Chicago. Determining Vitamin C. Evaporated Milk Association at University of Chicago. Availability of calcium and other minerals. Institute of American Meat Packers at Yale University. Influence of food on the quality of fat produced in the animal body. National Canners Association at Cornell University. National Fertilizer Association, Philadelphia, Pa., at University of Wisconsin. National Lime Association, Washington, D. C , at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. National JLime Association, Washington, D. C , a t Ohio State University. FELLOWSHIPS SUPPORTED BY I N D U S T R I E S
Acme White Lead and Color Works, Detroit, Mich., a t University of Michigan. American Petroleum Institute. $50,000 yearly for five years from John D. Rockefeller and same amount from Universal Oil Products Co. Bakélite Corporation, New York, Ν. Υ., at Northwestern University. Bakélite Corporation, New York, Ν. Υ., at Pennsylvania. State College. Borden Company at Columbia University. Research i n food chemistry and nutrition. $15,000. Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Conn., at Yale University. Colgate & Co. a t Women's Medical College. Causes of tooth decay and study of factors pertaining thereto. Corn Products Refining Co., New York, Ν. Υ., at American Institute of Baking. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t American Institute of Baking. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Brown University. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at California Institute of Technology. IT. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Columbia University. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Cornell University. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Harvard University. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t Johns Hopkins Uni versity. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Lafayette College. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Ohio State University. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t Princeton University. E. I. du P o n t de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t university of Cali fornia. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at University of Chicago. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t University of Delaware. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at University of Illinois. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at University of Michigan. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t University of Minne sota. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t University of Virginia. E . I. du Pont d e Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Uuiversity of Wis consin. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Ya)f University. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, a t Municipal University of Akron. Two scholarships of $1000 each. Fleischmann Co., Peekskill, Ν. Υ., at University of Chicago. Fleischraann Co., Peekskill, Ν . Υ., at University of Minnesota. Freeport Sulphur Co., New York, Ν. Υ., at Crop Protection Institute. Fritzsch Brothers, Inc., New York, Ν. Υ.. at Columbia University. §3000. Chemistry of perfumes and essential oils. Fritzsche Brothers, Inc., New York, N . Y., at University of Wisconsin. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, at Municipal University of Akron.
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Grasselli Chemical Co.. Cleveland, Ohio, at Case School of Applied Science. Orasselli Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, at Cornell University. Grasselli Chemical Co.. Cleveland, Ohio, at Indiana University. Grasselli Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, a t Massachusetts institute of Technology. Grasselli Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, a t Oherlin College. Grasselli Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, a t Ohio State Xuniversity. Hammer mill Pap^r Co.. Erie, Pa., at Yale Universit3\ International Paper Co.. New York, Ν. Υ., at Lafayette College . Johnson and Johnson, New York, X . Y., a t Mellon Institute. Surgical supplies. Johnson and Johnson, New York, X. Y., at Philadelphia ColIeReof Pharmacy. Pharmacognosy and plant chemistry. S400. S. Karpen & Bros.. ChicaKO, 111., at Mellon Institute. Lchn and Fink Products Co.. Chicago. III., at Columbia University. Essential oils, perfumes, and related products. National Aniline and Chemical Co., Ino., New York, X. \r., at University of Michigan. National Live Stock and Meat Board at National R t earch Council. Two fellowships to study nutritive value of meat. $6000. (Given Is'ovember, 1925, for two years). National Live Stock and Meat Board a t Pennsylvania State College. $250. Iron content of meat. Newport Chemical Co., a* I T niversity of Wisconsin. Northwest Paper Co. and Cloquet Lumber Co., Cloquet, Minn., at Uni versity of Minnesota. Division of Agricultural Hiocheniistry. $>4OU0. Chemistry of wood products and wood utilization. Ohio Chemical and Manufacturing Co., a t Western Reserve University. S2000. Pure research on gases, with special reference to use as anesthetics. Palmolive Company, Milwaukee, Wis., at Cornell University. B. G. Pratt Co., New York, Ν . Υ., a t Crop Protection Institute. Quaker Oats Co. of America at University of Wisconsin. S320O. Vitamins in cereal grains and their products. Frederick Stearns & Co., Detroit, Mich., a t University of Michigan. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co., New York, NT. Y., a t Crop Protection Institute. Union Sulphur Co., New York, Ν. Υ., at Cornell University. Union Sulphur Co., New York, N. Y., at Crop Protection Institute. U. S. Rubber Plantations, Inc., at University of Michigan. Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Mich., at Kalamazoo College. Walker Gordon Laboratory Co., at Columbia University. Food chemistry and nutrition. §5000.
The Social Side {Continued from page 2) merits and a delicious punch. T h e beauty of the wide-spreading campus with its modern buildings a n d sheltering pines will long be remembered b y the more t h a n a t h o u s a n d visitors present.
Petroleum Division Dinner Growth of t h e Petroleum Division through splendid coopera tion from a membership of barely t w o h u n d r e d to m o r e t h a n three hundred a n d seventy-five was emphasized at a cliniier of its members a t t h e University Club on Wednesday evening, April 13. Some sixty-two petroleum chemists a n d guestspassed a vote of t h a n k s t o the Universal Oil P r o d u c t s Co. for its a b s t r a c t s of petroleum papers found .so valuable by the members of the Division. Attention was called to the fact t h a t Charles F . M a b e r y had recently completed his fiftietti year of publication of papers dealing with petroleum a n d by u n a n i m o u s approval t h e Secretary of the Division w a s instructed to sendi Dr. M a b e r y a telegram congratulating him upon his continued! activity a n d expressing t h e respect and admiration o f his c o workers in the field of petroleum chemistry. T h e moot question, of what a chemist and physicist should consider t h e i r special fields in t h e study of petroleum was b r o u g h t up by Dr. Winslow H . Herschel, of the Bureau of Standards, who decried the t e n dency today t o study the minutiae of atomic structure when, no one knows " h o w fast oil will leak o u t of a hole in a t>arrel."
Alpha Chi Sigma Dinner Alpha Chi Sigma held its dinner on the evening of April 14, a t the Hotel Richmond, with some sixty m e m b e r s in attendance_ Arrangements were made by a committee composed of S. S_ Nègus, C. V. Nichols, and L. W. Hitnrnler. J. Howard M a t h e w s of the University of Wisconsin acted as toastmaster a.nd t h r e e m i n u t e talks were given b y S. S. Negus, S. C . L,ind, G. lu. W e n d t , C. C. Spencer, A. H. Nietz, and V. L. Bohnson.
The Golf Tournament More t h a n sixty members of the Society participated in t h e Golf T o u r n a m e n t which was held a t the Hermitage Country Club. An enjoyable afternoon was reported with a v a r i e t y otf scores, a few in the low 80's a n d a n increasing nunit>er in t h e higher figures, one enthusiast t u r n i n g in a card of 168. A paint which is said t o be t h e only material that effectively seals joints against oil leaks h a s been developed by t h e General Electric C o m p a n y and is sold by t h e Merchandise D e p a r t m e n t a t Bridgeport, Conn. T h e product, known as G~E N o . 880 R e d Protective Paint, also prevents water and gas leaks. I t can b e used for m a n y purposes which require red lead o r white lead, a n d is less expensive t h a n either.
