People Philadelphia Section Award to Thornton
AIChE. Dr. James Wei, manager of analysis, long-range analysis and strategy group, Mobil Oil, wins the AIChE 1970 Professional Progress Award . . . Peter J. Scott promoted to group executive-textile chemicals at Sybron Corp., Rochester, N.Y. Sidney M. Weinstein succeeds him as president of Tanatex Chemical Corp., Sybron subsidiary in Lyndhurst, N.J. . . . Dr. John W. Sellers joins waste management group of Procon, Inc., Des Plaines, 111., as industry manager, chemicals . . . Raymond J. Shaffery named general superintendent of FMC Corp.'s inorganic chemicals division plant, Buffalo . . . Dr. Otto Sturzenegger named president and chief executive officer of the newly merged Ciba-Geigy Corp., Ardsley, N.Y. Divisions and their top executives are Thomas O. Boucher, president of Ciba
Southern Chemist Award
Dr. Edward R. Thornton (right), professor of chemistry at University of Pennsylvania, receives the ninth ACS Philadelphia Section Award from Dr. Grafton D. Chase, award committee chairman. The award consists of citation, plaque, and $300. Dr. Knut A. Krieger of the university chemistry department is in the center.
Industry Herbert B. Ailes appointed president of Houdaille Industries' engineered molding systems division, Lancaster, Ohio . . . Dr. Arthur J. Barry, director of chemical research at Dow Corning, named research consultant. Dr. Donald R. Weyenberg named director of newly formed silicone research department . . . Joseph A. Cahill, Jr., named supervisor of production for the recently formed electronic materials group of Matthey Bishop, Inc., Malvern, Pa. . . . Savery F. Coney bear, recently retired as director of new products development at Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co., has joined Foster D. Snell, Inc., as a managing associate . . . S. Leonard Davidson, assistant technical director of pigment and chemical division of National Lead Co., has been elected president of the Federation of Societies for Paint Technology . . . Edward A. Davis appointed technical representative in New York district for coatings department of Rohm and Haas . . . Dr. Kenrick R. Eilar joins Productol Chemical Co., Santa Fe Springs, Calif., as director of research . . . William Green named technical service engineer at Louisville for catalysts division of Chemetron Corp. . . . William E. Hamil82 C&EN NOV. 16, 1970
ton named regional sales manager in Atlanta for Hercules paper chemicals division. Elwood J. Rice succeeds him as district sales manager . . . John P. Hazzard named director of research and development at Harshaw Chemical Co., Cleveland . . . Dr. Roger Y. K. Hsu appointed corporate counsel of Lubrizol Corp., Cleveland. J. Walter Adams, Jr., named associate patent counsel . . . D. L. Matthews named v.p. for manufacturing, engineering, and construction of Gulf Chemicals, Pittsburgh . . . Clayton A. May, research chemist at Shell Development in Emeryville, Calif., receives a Roon Foundation Award for his work on electrodeposition of surface coatings . . . Peter M. McNamara named sales territory manager by Wyeth Laboratories, Watervliet, N.Y., and Rodney K. Chambers, for Knoxville, Tenn. . . . Jack H. Nichols named marketing representative in the process industries group at Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., Boston . . . Frank E. Pitts joins chemical division of General Tire & Rubber as sales manager of textile lattices, Dalton, Ga. . . . Dr. Robert B. Richards, engineering manager of atomic power equipment division of General Electric, San Jose, Calif., will receive the fourth Robert E. Wilson Award in Nuclear Chemical Engineering of
Dr. Earl W. Sutherland, Jr., of Vanderbilt University school of medicine has been named recipient of the Southern Chemist Award. He is a biochemist and will be cited for his contribution to the understanding of hormones. The award will be presented at the joint SoutheastSouthwest Regional Meeting of ACS in New Orleans in December.
Colloid Division prizes ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry has awarded prizes to five college undergraduates for essays on a research project in surface science. First prize of $400 went to John Arnason of Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont., for his paper on Scattering of Infrared Radiation by Metal Supported Catalysts. Second prize of $200 was given to Alan Bleier of Clarkson College, Potsdam, N.Y., for his entry on Coagulation of Silver Iodide Solutions in Statu Nascendi by Uranyl Nitrate. Honorable mentions, with $50 awards, went to Jed Keller of University of Hawaii; Robert L. Shambaugh of Case Western Reserve, and Rhys A. Sterling of Clarkson College. A similar contest will be held for the academic year 1970-71, and is open to all bona fide undergraduate students of U.S. and Canada. It is not restricted to chemistry undergraduates. Financial support is provided by Lever Brothers. For further details write D. A. Cadenhead, Dept. of Chemistry, Acheson Hall, SUNY, Buffalo, N.Y. 14214.
People Pharmaceutical Co., Summit, N.J.; C. B. William Howell, president of Geigy Pharmaceuticals, Harrison, N.Y. ; Floyd Wideman, general manager of Madison labs, Summit; Peter Krause, general manager of photoproducts and instruments, New York City; Dr. B. Wayne Arthur, president of Ciba Agrochemical Co., Summit; Charles O'Brien, president of Geigy Agricultural Chemicals, Harrison, N.Y.; Herman Steen, president of Dyestuffs & Chemicals, Ardsley; and H. W. Zussman, president of plastics and additives division, Ardsley . . . Dr. Leoncio N. Ty named research associate at West Port R&D center of Sherwood Medical Industries, Inc., St. Louis . . . Dr. John Walbrick joins staff of Merichem Co.'s new laboratory, Houston . . . Harry B. Warner, president of B. F. Goodrich Co., will receive the Centennial Achievement Award of Ohio State University at the university's 100th anniversary observance in December. He will be cited for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of the profession and society.
Education New chemistry faculty members at Texas A&M, College Station: Dr. Stanley Chaberek, professor; Dr. Janos H. Fend 1er, associate professor; Dr. Eleanor Fendler, visiting professor; Dr. Patrick S. Mariano, Dr. George A. Glover, Dr. James H. Takemoto, Dr. Robert L. R. Towns, Dr. Tullio A. Guidici, and Dr. Y. Y. Huang, assistant professors . . . Dr. Paul Delà hay, professor of chemistry at NYU graduate school, delivered the Lind Lectures at University of Tennessee last month . . . Dr. Leon Goodman named chairman of chemistry department at University of Rhode Island, Kingston. Dr. Peter L. Hamlet, Dr. Louis J. Kirschenbaum, and Dr. William Rosen appointed assistant professors . . . Daniel S. Kemp, associate professor of chemistry at
Appointments ACS President Byron Riegel appointed the following to represent the Society at special functions: Dr. Henry Eyring, Salt Lake Section, at the dedication ceremonies of the new facilities of Great Salt Lake Minerals and Chemicals Corp., Ogden, Utah, Dec. 3.
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When referring to the research of Dr. Jack Preiss, an admirer, who is himself a biochemist of repute, enthusiastically remarks, "In the history of enzyme chemistry, I can think of no other group that has approached Dr. Preiss' in the thoroughness with which the kinetic properties of an enzyme and its physiological function in metabolically diverse organisms have been elucidated." Certainly, the 38-year-old professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, Davis, has racked up an enviable record of achievements. The bulk of his 55 publications deal with his studies into the enzymic reactions that are fundamental to glycogenesis. He has found, for instance, that adenosine diphosphoglucose (ADPG) is the donor of the glucosyl moiety in the synthesis of glycogen—a starchlike polysaccharide—by bacteria and algae. In fact, it was he and his coworkers who showed that bacteria, as well as plants, depend on ADPG for their glycogenesis. Moreover, he has proved that inorganic phosphate ions and adenosine-
MIT, receives one of 14 teacher-scholar grants awarded by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation . . . Dr. Frank Marcus joins faculty of Marquette University chemistry department, Milwaukee . . . Dr. Raymond Reiser, distinguished professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Texas A&M, will receive an Ohio State University Centennial Achievement Award in December. . . . Dr. George S. Sasin retires as professor of chemistry at Drexel University, Philadelphia. Dr. Amar Nath named professor of chemistry and Dr. Jerry J. Smith and Dr. Jerry E. Cahill, assistant professors . . . Dr. Gordon E. Tomasi promoted to professor of chemistry at University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. Dr. M. Lynn James and Dr. James O. Schreck promoted to associate professor. Dr. Roger Kovar joins as assistant professor.
5'-phosphate inhibit glycogen synthesis. These results have more than purely academic interest. Though a great deal of work still lies ahead before some practical outcome of his studies might be realized, Dr. Preiss allows himself to speculate on two areas in particular that look promising. Conceivably, the findings might lead to a practical method of controlling the growth of algae in ponds and lakes by regulating these organisms' ability to make the glycogen they need for their survival. The work could also go far in pointing the way to means of controlling or correcting diseases that involve failure in a person's ability to synthesize or store glycogen in his body tissues. In this connection, the realization that bacterial metabolism entails glycogenesis is very useful. By preparing mutant strains of E. coli and other bacteria, Dr. Preiss has been able to "tailor-make" organisms that either overproduce or fail to produce glycogen. The primary effect of the mutation in each case is an alteration in the regulatory properties of ADPG synthase. This knowledge offers a very promising approach to definitive and detailed study of the actual physiological operation of this enzyme as a metabolic catalyst and regulatory element. "Using bacterial mutants as model systems, perhaps more information could be learned about the various diseased states of glycogen metabolism in humans," Dr. Preiss remarks. Jack Preiss also maintains an active schedule away from the laboratory. He is well known in cultural circles in and about Davis. The possessor of a fine tenor voice, he is an accomplished singer. He has taken the lead tenor roles in Gilbert and Sullivan productions and in such musicals as "Brigadoon" and "Guys and Dolls" at the Davis Arts Center. NOV. 16, 1970 C&EN
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Everyone is creative SIRS: Your editorial of Sept. 21 reported, without comments, the statement that the future needs of society will be for relatively small numbers of creative scientists and relatively many "technicians" to apply their ideas. I wish to call the attention of scientists to the insidiousness of such a statement, for it opens the way to a jungle competition and to a division of all of us in two classes, a privileged one and a frustrated. Let us exploit the creative power of every man (his main distinctive character) and distribute equitably the purely manual and frustrating part of the work. This, after all, will be even more advantageous and the humanity of each of us will be salvaged. Of course, this concept has no way of simple realization. It requires a condition of social justice, to give every man the educational and social facilities to fully develop the creative power more or less present in each human being. Carlo Bauer Pisa, Italy
Unions work for change SIRS: The "popularity" (C&EN, Oct. 19, page 36) of unions is due to the need by chemists for an effective means to improve our conditions—not a "changing image." The problems of laid-off chemists and early retirees as well as poor fringe benefits, no portContinued on page 90
