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Orville Ε. May receives AIC Gold Medal Contributions to development of agricultural by-products create flourishing industries " . . . unusual ability to staff his organi zation with remarkably able and pro ductive men . . . giving continuing sup port to their tasks . . . . A quiet leader with capacity for recognizing the varying ways men approach their tasks . . . with indefatigable capacity for work that carries others along with him and always manages to keep a very reasonable friendliness." These are some of the comments of a former colleague of Dr. Orville E. May, this year's recipient of the American Insti tute of Chemists* Gold Medal. In receiving the gold medal at AIC's 45th annual meeting in Atlanta last week, Dr. May, the 40th recipient of the award, was cited for his eminence in agricultural and food chemistry; and in the organization and adminis tration of agriculture and food re search programs. The award citation also notes that chief among his quali ties are organizational talent; ability to recognize and recruit men of talent, leadership, and potential growth; and to inspire men to develop their poten tial. Dr. May's career, which covers the entire professional spectrum from bench chemist to research worker and administrator, spans more than 40 years. His first 20-year career was with the U.S. Department of Agricul ture, where he started work in 1923 as a scientific aide on the staff of Bureau of Chemistry (now a part of the Ag ricultural Research Service). As a bench chemist Dr. May worked on the use of mold fermentations to produce industrial products at USDA's Arling ton Farm in Virginia. His industrial fermentation work there caused him to be selected in March 1936 to organize and direct the Bankhead-Jones Soybean Laboratory (now U.S. Soybean Laboratory) at University of Illinois, Urbana. He be came instrumental in developing new and improved uses for soybeans and their products. In 1938 he directed a survey of the north central states preparatory to lo cating a USDA regional laboratory in the northern Midwest. This was to be one of four million-dollar laborato ries USDA would build and operate to improve the lot of agricultural prod ucts both as food and as industrial commodities. 72 C&EN MAY 13, 1968
Orville E. May Two careers in 40 years In January 1939 he was appointed director of the Northern Regional Re search Laboratory at Peoria, 111., which he organized and staffed. He contin ued as director until he was named coordinator for chemical and chemical engineering research for the Agricul tural Research Administration in July 1942. During this time he also served as liaison with the Office of Quarter master General where he was con cerned with the development of new products for Army rations and war time use of agricultural materials. His staff at NRRL worked out a process for the mass production of penicillin and is credited with sharing in the development of a deep tank mold fermentation process which now forms the basis for the commercial production of penicillin and other an tibiotics. For this contribution, the laboratory received the Lasker Award from the American Public Health As sociation in 1947. Under Dr. May's direction NRRL also developed processes for the pro duction of synthetic rubber and rub ber substitutes, improved food and drying vegetable oils, plastics, new methods for the production of starch, improved methods of alcohol produc tion, and several new fermentation products.
In April 1944 Dr. May succeeded Dr. W. W. Skinner as chief of the Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry. In this capacity, he di rected research, including that of the four regional laboratories and other agricultural laboratories, toward new uses and production methods for many agricultural products. Dr. May departed USDA in 1946 and started on his second 20-year ca reer when he joined the quality con trol department of Coca-Cola Co. In 1948 he was elected v.p.-quality con trol. He directed branch laboratories which are located at each Coca-Cola sirup plant, and supervised water treatment processes used by bottlers to assure uniformity of product. He also developed and set specifications not only for the basic ingredients used, but also for the detergents, bottle caps, bottle washing equipment, and other materials used by individual bottlers. He brought many innovations to the beverage industry for improving qual ity control in handling ingredients, production, and distribution. He also participated both internationally and domestically, albeit indirectly as a re sult of his efforts in behalf of CocaCola Co., in the revision and upgrad ing of laws governing the food indus tries in general. Dr. May, 67, retired from CocaCola Co. in September 1966 as a vice president and head of the technical division, but continues to serve the company as a consultant. Dr. May has been entrusted with a most important corporate secret—the exact formula for the Coca-Cola bev erage. He is one of but three men to know the formula and says that even with the sophisticated equipment of today, breaking out the exact formula would be a challenging task. Dr. May was born at New Albin, Iowa. He did part of his undergrad uate work at Loras College, in Dubuque (1918-20) and at Univer sity of Minnesota (1920-23). In 1923, he moved to Washington, D.C., and in 1924 completed requirements for his A.B. at George Washington University. He also earned his M.S. (1926) and his Ph.D. (1929) from George Washington University. When Dr. May became a research administrator in 1936, he decided not
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Richard B. Bishop, research associate at Holy Cross College, honored by Worcester Engineering Society with the 1968 Scientific Achievement Award. He was cited for "his outstanding accomplishments in polymer research and technology, and in chemical education which have contributed significantly to the progress of science and engineering. ,,
New appointments at State University of New York at Buffalo, department of chemistry: Dr. Stanley Bruckenstein, professor; Dr. Anthony J. Poë, Dr. William A. Sheppard, visiting professors; Dr. Philip Coppens, Dr. Robert J. Kurland, associate professors; Dr. Robert D. Allendoerfer, Dr. Lawrence B. Church, Dr. James W. Mclver, Dr. Fred Wudl, assistant professors. Recent promotions: Dr. Garry A. Rechnitz to professor; Dr. Curtis R. Hare and Dr. Joseph J. Tufariello to associate professors; and Dr. James A. Garrison, to executive officer of the department.
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Ebert Prize Dr. William I. Higuchi is the recipient of the 1968 American Pharmaceutical Association's Ebert Prize. It honors the senior author of the best scientific report pubHiguchi lished during the preceding year in Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Higuchi, who is professor of chemistry at University of Michigan school of pharmacy, was cited for the article, Release Rates of Solid Drug Mixtures Dispersed in Inert Matrices I. Noninteracting Drug Mixtures, of which he was coauthor with P. Singh, S. J. Desai, and A. P. Simonelli. The others received certificates of honorable mention.
Dr. Curtis W. Clump, professor of chemical engineering at Lehigh, will spend the 1968-69 academic year as a participant in Du Pont engineering department's "year-in-industry" program. Dr. Jan H. de Boer, professor of chemical technology at University of Delft, spends this semester as visiting professor at Institute of Colloid and Surface Science, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, N.Y. Dr. T. M. Dunn, professor of chemistry at University of Michigan, will give the 3M Lectures in Chemistry at University of Minnesota in June and July. He will speak on A Spectroscopic View of the Electronic Structure of Molecules. David Forss, director of flavor research at International Flavors & Fragrances, awarded the degree of doctor of applied science at University of Melbourne. He was cited for his research on the flavors of dairy products.
NSPE president Edwin H. Young, professor of chemical and metallurgical engineering at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, elected president of the National Society of Professional Engineers. He will take office July 1. He is a former president of the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers and has been active in NSPE for many years. 74 C&EN MAY 13, 1968
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Dr. Robert N. Maddox, professor and head of the school of chemical engi neering at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, has been elected national president of Omega Chi Epsilon, hon orary chemical engineering society. Bryce Maxwell promoted to professor of chemical engineering at Princeton, and Ronald P. Andres and Morton D. Kostin to associate professors. Dr. E. Bright Wilson, professor of chemistry at Harvard, delivered the 20th annual E. C. Franklin Memorial Lecture sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon at University of Kansas on May 1. He spoke on Some Contribu tions of Microwave Spectroscopy to Chemistry.
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Albert H. AI lard named international coordinator in radiography markets division of Eastman Kodak. John E. Anderson joins Union Camp Corp. as leader of process group. Jo seph J. Thomas joins as package de velopment engineer. Dr. John R. Anderson named director of research for Permutit Co., Paramus,
N.J. John M. Avento named resins depart ment Middle Atlantic technical repre sentative for Rohm and Haas. Arthur A. Babson promoted to market ing director of Med-Lab division of Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh. Dr. A. Leroy Baker named v.p. and technical director at Worthington Bio chemical Corp., Freehold, N.J. Ed mund Bassett named plant manager. Walter D. Baldwin and George W. Chane elected directors of Uniroyal. Daniel A. Barberree joins R&D divi sion of Du Pont's plastics department, Wilmington. Earl D. Bosser ma n transfers from Rohm and Haas research labs at Huntsville, Ala., to the fibers division at Fayette ville, N.C., as quality and process control supervisor. Roderick E. Lide likewise transfers to take a post in the technical assistance department. MAY 13, 1968 C&EN 75
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Kenneth G. Chesley, technical secretary of Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry (TAPPI), appointed to the newly created staff position of assistant to the executive secretary. C. Kenneth Claunch named product marketing manager for industrial chemicals division of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis.
National Academy of Sciences names new members National Academy of Sciences has elected 50 new members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Representatives of the chemical pro fession or with chemical backgrounds include:
cian, Massachusetts General Hospital. Newly elected foreign associates: Dr. H. C. Longuet-Higgins, professor of theoretical chemistry, University of Cambridge; and Dr. Jacques Monod, head of department of biochemistry, Pasteur Institute, Paris.
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Cereal Chemists elect Dale K. Mecham, principal chemist in cereals lab of USDA's Western Utiliza tion R&D Division, Albany, Calif., was installed as national president of the American Association of Cereal Chemists in April. The outgoing pres ident is Kenton L. Harris of AID in New Delhi. Dr. Byron S. Miller, head of special projects department at cen tral research labs of General Mills, named president-elect.
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There it is! ...but, what's it worth? Huffman honored by ACS Colorado section Dr. E. W. D. Huffman (right), president of Huffman Laboratories, Inc., Wheatridge, Colo., receives the 1968 ACS Colorado Section Award from Dr. John Beel, section chairman. Dr. Huffman was cited for his contributions to microanalytical chemistry. He has served as chairman of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, as chairman and councilor for the Colorado Section, and as a committee member for numerous other groups. After the award presentation, Dr. Huffman gave a seminar on organic elemental analysis.
Dr. Richard H. Cornelia from Oregon State University joins Benger lab staff of Du Pont, Waynesboro, Va., as research chemist. Joseph V. Corso named associate research engineer for Dearborn Chemical.
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