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California award to James P. Collman Dr. James P. Collman (right), professor of chemistry at Stanford, receives the California Section Award from Dr. Louis R. Pollack, section chairman. The award is given for outstanding chemical achievements by a scientist under 40 while a resident of one of the 13 western states. Dr. Collman addressed the Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy on Synthesis of Intermetallic Oligomers. Industry Leonard L. Adler appointed executive v.p. and general manager of Polymer Industries, Inc., Stamford, Conn. . . . Richard Armstrong elected a v.p. of Bechtel Corp. and Bechtel, Inc., San Francisco . . . William G. Bancroft, Joseph N. Cappello, and Terrance M. Sukel, chemical engineers, assigned to field sales positions for Union Carbide's molecular sieve department, in Moorestown, N.J., Cleveland, and Chicago, respectively. Max N.Y. Lee named manager for adsorbent business and York J. Doerr, product coordinator . . . Carol J. Blidy joins Stauffer Chemical Co. staff at Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., as associate research chemist. Dr. Gregory G. Arzoumanidis and Gerald Fesman join as senior research chemists . . . Anthony C. Bonn named technical director of PFD/Penn Color, Inc., Doylestown, Pa. . . . Robert R. Bragman named senior project manager by M. W. Kellogg Co., Houston . . . Dr. Indio Braile joins E. F. Houghton & Co., Philadelphia, as manager of international department . . . Richard J. Brennan promoted to product supervisor in southeastern division for National Starch & Chemical, Atlanta . . . N. Leo Caney named product manager for hot melt adhesives for Amsco division of Union Oil Co. of California, Palatine, 111. . . . Keith R. Christianson named v.p.-sales and John J. Pfeiffer, v.p.-market planning at U.S. Pharmaceutical Co., Princeton, N.J. . . . Dr. Werner V. Cohen and Steve R. Mason join professional staff of Chamblee Chemical & Supply Co., Dalton, Ga. . . . John R. Danner named area manager, drug and chemical sales, for CPC International, industrial division, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. . . . Lloyd A. Dixon, Jr., named president and chief operating officer of Hysol division of Dexter Corp., Olean, N.Y., effective Jan. 1. Succeeds Donald Roon, who will devote his time to managing the Roon Foundation and other activities . . . Dr. Stanley
Gottlieb named associate director of clinical investigation for McNeil Laboratories, Fort Washington, Pa. . . . Wayne Z. Gottshall named director of quality assurance for Ralston Purina's grocery products division, St. Louis . . . Dr. Patrick Guire joins Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo., as senior enzymologist . . . David H. Hall named regional sales manager, Cleveland, for B. F. Goodrich Chemical. Succeeds R. D. Savage, now with international department. Anselm Talalay named v.p.-technical for B. F. Goodrich General Products Co. James W. Messerly named section leader in tire and rubber research and physical testing division, Brecksville . . . Gustav J. Henrich named to newly created position of director, production planning and quality assurance for chemicals group of Olin Corp., Stamford, Conn. . . . David E. Jackson promoted to group manager of newly formed catalyst and refinery chemicals group at Nalco Chemical, Chicago. Dennis T. Reed promoted to product specialist in cooling water chemicals, and Charles R. Hoefs to product specialist in power industry chemicals . . . Nikhil Jhaveri joins APT, Inc., Riverside, Calif., as pollution control engineer . . . Alden V. Johnson named manager of special accounts at USI Chemicals. Richard G. Williams named Boston sales manager, and Peter E. Bach, New York sales manager . . . Chris Kapetanakis joins Tanatex Chemical as manager, market development, fiber lubricants, Lyndhurst, N.J. . . . John J. Kasko promoted to manager of billing, inventory control, and customer service systems at Mobay Chemical, Pittsburgh . . . Arthur H. Knechtel named district sales manager for Hercules, Inc., Southfield, Mich. Denis E. La Sota becomes industry sales supervisor in Wilmington; John P. Strude, II, account supervisor in Cleveland; and Norman F. Whiteley, Jr., industry sales supervisor, Wilmington . . . Richard M. Knee and Richard C. Zolper named industry manager for inter-
mediate sales and manager for planning and sales development, respectively, at Du Pont's dyes and chemicals division, Wilmington . . . Clarence L. Lake named technical director at Pierce & Stevens Chemical Corp., Buffalo, N.Y. . . . Richard D. Lambert, former PR executive for Manufacturing Chemists Association, has established an office in Colorado Springs as Dion Public Relations. He will specialize in environmental public relations . . . Robert J. Linton, Jr., named manager of San Francisco district of Elliott Co. . . . Dr. Jerome S. Luloff named manager of technical advisory services laboratory for McLaughlin Gormley King Co., Minneapolis . . . Dr. Olaf Muller joins General Electric R&D center, Schenectady, as inorganic chemist. Dr. Lawrence R. Schmidt joins as chemical engineer . . . H. Clifford Neely, formerly with the C&EN news bureau staff in Pittsburgh, Frankfurt, Germany, and New York City, has been named v.p. of Roger Williams Technical and Economic Services, Princeton, N.J. He will specialize in market surveys in the chemical and process industries . . . Joseph J. Nivert, Frank V. Strobl, and James F. Cetnar promoted to scientists at Firestone Tire & Rubber, Akron . . . Thomas P. O'Connor appointed manager of media relations for American Management Association . . . Val Reisig appointed fibers publicity manager of Eastman Chemical Products . . . E. R. Rowzee, chairman of the board of Polymer Corp., Sarnia, Ont., retires after more than 30 years of service . . . Bernard Seligman, formerly national field sales manager of Engelhard Industries, opens a consulting practice in Mountainside, N.J. . . . R. L. Swick named manager of aromatics division at Enjay Chemical, Houston . . . Dr. Gordon K. Teal, a pioneer developer of the transistor, has been given the 1972 Honor Scroll of the American Institute of Chemists, Texas. He is v.p. and chief scientist for Texas Instruments, Inc. . . . Donald D. Tiggelbeck named marketing manager for activated carbon division of Calgon Corp., Pittsburgh. Edward N. Rebis named manager of environmental services department . . . Dr. G. Stafford Whitby, who died last January, has been installed in the International Rubber Science Hall of Fame at the University of Akron. He was a pioneer in the science of synthetic rubbers. Education Dr. A. J. Buselli, manager of licensing for Mobil Corp., gave the Almquist Lecture at the University of Idaho, Moscow, last month. He spoke on Technology and Commercial Development—A Case Study . . . Dr. Jerry R. Dias joins faculty of University of Missouri, Kansas City, as assistant professor . . . Dr. John J. Eisch becomes professor and chairman of the chemistry department at State University of New York, Binghamton. He was formerly professor and chairman of the chemistry department at Catholic University . . . Dr. George L. Gilbert, chairman of chemistry department at Denison University, named visiting associate professor of inorganic chemistry at Purdue. Dr. Richard T. Yingling joins the Purdue faculty as assistant professor of chemistry. Dr. John L. Markley named assistant professor of biochemistry . . . Dr. James F. Kinstle from Ford Motor joins chemistry department staff of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as assistant professor. Dr. Fred M. Schell also joins as assistant professor . . . Dr. John Lombardi of University of Illinois has served on the staff of the chemistry research laboratory at Xerox Corp., Webster, N.Y., as a visiting scientist for the summer of 1972 . . . Dr. Robert E. McCoy joins University of the Andes, Merida, Venezuela, as professor of chemistry . . . Dr. G. G. Meisels named chairman of the department of chemistry Nov. 20, 1972 C&EN
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People at University of Houston. Dr. J. J. Bear, Dr. Richard Fuchs, Dr. Aubrey Kimball, and Dr. F. L. Worley promoted to professor, and Dr. R. Geanangel, Dr. R. L. M ate ha, Dr. Wolfgang Parr, and Dr. Claude Veillon to associate professor . . . Dr. Irving F. Miller from Brooklyn Poly appointed head of bioengineering program at University of Illinois, Chicago Circle . . . Dr. Richard C. Robinson joins chemical and petroleum refining engineering department at Colorado School of Mines, Golden, as assistant professor . . . Dr. John M. Schempf retires as associate professor of chemistry at Penn State University after 26 years of service . . . Francis J. Waller joins staff of Simmons College, Boston, as assistant professor. Peter G. Bowers promoted to associate professor. James U. Piper is on sabbatical this year at MIT. Luélla D. Wadsworth promoted to assistant professor, and Jerry A. Bell, who is chemistry department chairman, to professor.
Honors and awards
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Dr. John D. Mackenzie, professor of engineering and applied science at University of California, Los Angeles, will receive the 1972 Toledo Glass and Ceramic Award given by American Ceramic Society to honor outstanding scientific and engineering contributions and achievements in glass and ceramics. The award will be presented in Toledo in January, at which time Dr. Mackenzie will speak on Ceramic Products from Solid Waste —Challenges and Opportunities. Dr. Dan Luss, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Houston, will receive the Allen P. Colburn Award of $1000 from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers this month. Dr. Luss will be cited for his research in problems related to the design and operation of chemical and petrochemical reactors. Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky, who is Abbott and James Lawrence Professor-Emeritus at Harvard, received the Franklin Medal for 1972 last month. He was recognized for a lifetime of pioneering research in organic chemistry, and especially for his precise measurements of important physical properties of unsaturated hydrocarbons and for his development of techniques used in the release of nuclear energy. Dr. Arthur E. Marcinkowsky has been given the 1972 ACS Kanawha Valley Section Scientific Award. He was honored for his work in physical chemistry, especially on dynamically formed membranes for reverse osmosis. Dr. Marcinkowsky spoke on the occasion in Charleston, W.Va., on Fresh Water for a Thirsty World.
Deaths
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Dr. Ruth R. Benerito has been named to receive the 1972 Southwest Regional Award for her excellence in teaching and her research achievements. She is head of the physical chemical investigations, cotton chemical reactions lab of USDA in New Orleans and is adjunct associate professor of physical chemistry at Tulane medical school. The award will be presented at the ACS Southwest Regional Meeting in Baton Rouge in December, at which time she will speak on Why Physical Chemistry—An Historical Perspective. Dr. Harold W. Heine, professor of chemistry at Bucknell University, appointed to newly established Presidential Professorship. He has been a member of the faculty since 1948 and head of the chemistry department since 1969. 26
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Dr. Herbert L. Haller, 78, formerly assistant administrator of the USDA Research Service, died Nov. 1 in Bethesda, Md. He was an authority on the development and application of chemicals in the control of agricultural and disease-carrying pests. Dr. Haller, after graduation from the University of Cincinnati in 1918 and a stint in the Army Engineer Corps, was detailed by the National Research Council for research at the Bureau of Chemistry, USDA. He was asked to stay on with USDA after the war, and except for the years 1923-29, during which he did research at Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and took a Ph.D. at Columbia, he continued with USDA until retirement in 1964. Dr. Haller had been a consultant to FAO, WHO, and the War Department. He had received a certificate of merit from the last for his work on insecticides and repellents, and had been given the USDA Distinguished Service Award. Other honors included the Spencer Award of the ACS Kansas City Section and the Hillebrand Prize of the Washington Chemical Society. He had joined ACS in 1919.
William H. Rieman, III Dr. William H. Rieman, III, 73, professor emeritus of chemistry at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., died Oct. 29. His entire professional career, except for brief Fulbright fellowships, took place at Rutgers. He was the first student to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at Rutgers, in 1925. He had taught chemistry as a teaching fellow since 1922,
and had become a full professor in 1946. He was director of the school of chemistry, 1962-65. Dr. Rieman's specialty was the ion exchange technique, by which vastly complicated problems of analytical chemistry could be speeded enormously and solved more accurately. He pioneered new uses for the method, one successful application of which was the process for determination of the quantity of chloride in an unknown material. For many years ion exchange has been a standard method of water softening. Dr. Rieman had published 78 technical papers and shared authorship of two books. In 1955 he received the Rutgers Research Council Award for distinguished scholarship. He retired in 1969 and served on a Fulbright lectureship at the University of Trujillo, Peru. He had also lectured at universities in Spain, Belgium, and England. Dr. Rieman joined ACS in 1924. He was chairman of the North Jersey Section in 1960. George W. Heise, retired, formerly chairman of Underseas Warfare, National Research Council, September, Cleveland, Ohio. Joined ACS in 1910; emeritus member. Harold Hepp, retired, formerly research associate, Phillips Petroleum, Bartlesville, Okla., Aug. 15. Joined ACS in 1928; emeritus member. Warren M. Holmes, 46, research manager of Cook Paint & Varnish Co., Houston, Tex., Oct. 6. Joined ACS in 1949. Dr. Frank W. «lessen, 65, professor and industrial consultant, University of Texas, Austin, July 15. Joined ACS in 1931. Howard B. Jurgrau, 47, salesman, A. H. Tomas Co., July, Brooklyn, N.Y. Joined ACS in 1951. Paul A. Knieriem, chemist, Stein & Hall, July 31, Flushing, N.Y. Joined ACS in 1957. Robert V. Kolarik, development engineer, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, August. Joined ACS in 1956. Leonard E. Korczykowski, formerly research chemist, Lucidol division, Wallace & Tiernan, June 19, North Tonawanda, N.Y. Joined ACS in 1956. Dr. Robert G. Larsen, director of Utah Engineering Experiment Station, Salt Lake City, Oct. 5. Joined ACS in 1940. Albert E. Maibauer, 69, retired, formerly engineer with Union Carbide Plastics, Sept. 11, Staten Island, N.Y. Joined ACS in 1927. Paul D. V. Manning, Jr., 51, chemical engineer at Steams-Roger Co., Denver, Colo., Aug. 24. J. Stanley Martin, retired, formerly chemical engineer with Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., Sept. 26. Joined ACS in 1923. Dr. A. M. McAfee, 86, retired, formerly with Gulf Oil Corp., Oct. 12, Woodville, Tex. Widely known as a petroleum chemist and developer of the Alchlor process for refining high-octane gasoline and high-purity lubricating oil. Joined ACS in 1909. W. F. McCormick, retired, formerly head of department of physical science at Mississippi State College for Women, Columbus, Aug. 31. Joined ACS in 1930; emeritus member. Herbert S. Morgan, Jr., 51, senior research chemist, Chemstrand Research Center, Inc., Durham, N.C., June 1. Joined ACS in 1948. Dr. Robert D. Norton, 76, retired, formerly technical specialist, U.S. Naval Department, July 11, Winter Park, Fla. Joined ACS in 1930; emeritus member. Dr. Willard A. Payne, 64, administrative assistant in research, Du Pont, Parkersburg, W.Va., Oct. 5. Joined ACS in 1938. Dr. E. Gurney White, 68, retired, formerly research associate, National Biscuit Co. August, McAllen, Tex. Joined ACS in 1930; emeritus member.
