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t h e naval s t o r e s d e p a r t m e n t of H e r cules P o w d e r C o . S u c c e e d s t h e late Frank U . R a p p . D a n i e l H . C o o p e r , plant c h e m i s t for P h o e n i x Oil C o . , n o w o n staff of T r u s c o n laboratories of Republic S t e e l in Cleveland. Franklin D. C o o p e r l e a v e s A l l i e d C h e m i c a l & D y e to join Otto C o n s t r u c tion Corp., N e w York City, as t e c h nical adviser. W i l l i a m F . C o r b e t t , lab t e c h n i c i a n at A m e r i c a n C y a n a m i d t o direct and sup e r v i s e n e w branch application laboratory of the c o m p a n y in Charlotte, N . C . H o w a r d ΛΥ. D e l l a r d n a m e d to h e a d Atlas P o w d e r C o / s C h i c a g o c h e m i c a l district sales office. S u c c e e d s H a r r y B . P a u l , n o w i n c h e m i c a l s a l e s at W i l mington.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Roger M. Kyes (left) and E . Bright Wilson, Jr.
Wilson Honored for Weapons Work Harvard chemistry professor given Defense Depart ment's highest civilian a w a r d in Pentagon ceremonies >T*HE Certificate of A p p r e c i a t i o n , the -*• Department of D e f e n s e ' s h i g h e s t civilian award, h a s b e e n p r e s e n t e d to E . Bright W i l s o n , Jr., of H a r v a r d Uni versity. H e w a s g i v e n t h e a w a r d in appreciation of o u t s t a n d i n g services rendered the d e p a r t m e n t h e t w e e n Jul ν 1, 1 9 5 2 and A u g . 3 1 , 1 9 5 3 , w h i l e serv i n g as deputy director and director of research of the W e a p o n s S y s t e m revalu ation Croup. T h e citation i n c l u d e d t h e f o l l o w i n g comments: "Dr. W i l s o n , t h r o u g h s o u n d application of his broad professional skill, technical proficiency a n d varied experience in the field of scientific re s e a r c h , gave d e p t h , g u i d a n c e and m e a n i n g t o t h e s t u d i e s , reports, and analyses w h i c h t h e W e a p o n s S y s t e m Evaluation G r o u p p r o d u c e d i n t h e in
terests of national security. His e n t h u siasm for this difficult task, c o u p l e d w i t h fiis u n t i r i n g d e v o t i o n to the reso lution of t h e m a n y c o m p l e x problems w i t h w h i c h he was confronted, earned for D r . W i l s o n t h e d e e p respect and e s t e e m of all those w i t h w h o m he c a m e in contact. Dr. Wilson's services t o the D e p a r t m e n t o f D e f e n s e and to his c o u n t r y are a m a r k e d tribute t o his per sonal unci professional capabilities, and merit this recognition."' F o l l o w i n g h i s s e r v i c e with the D e partment of D e f e n s e \Vilson returned to Harvard to r e s u m e h i s duties as pro fessor of c h e m i s t r y . T h e p r e s e n t a t i o n w a s m a d e in a c e r e m o n y in t h e office o f D e p u t y Secre tary o f D e f e n s e Roger M. K y e s in the Pentagon.
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of the n e w c o k e research center at t h e Ashland, Ky., p l a n t .
A. H. A n d e r s e n , director of d e v e l o p m e n t , now technical director of S h u w i n i g a n Chemicals, L t d . , M o n t r e a l .
Ernest L. B o l i c k joins staff of re s e a r c h d e p a r t m e n t of D i a m o n d Alkali, P a i n e s v i l l e , as t e c h n i c a l assistant in t h e alkali section. From A m e r i c a n V i s c o s e Corp. Carl C. H a r d m a n from National C a r b o n C o . a l s o joins research staff.
Robert M . A u d e a p p o i n t e d m a n a g e r of H e y d e n C h e m i c a l Corp.'s F o r d s , N . J., plant. F r o m M o n s a n t o . H. 5094
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B e t t y D i c k i n s o n joins analytical staff of t h e technical d e p a r t m e n t of t h e R. T. French C o . , R o c h e s t e r , Ν . Υ. E v e l y n Ceder a n d H e n r y H i n z are n e w members o f t h e quality control group. J. A . D i n w i d d i e p r o m o t e d t o re s e a r c h specialist in research a n d d e v e l o p m e n t division of Humble Oil & Re fining Co., Baytovvn, T e x . , a n d F. H . F i e l d t o senior research c h e m i s t . E . O . McBride p r o m o t e d t o technical spe cialist in t e c h n i c a l service division. Lloyd D r a k e appointed ager o f t h e c h e m i c a l color Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., R a l p h T. U r i c l i , n o w h e a d E n g l a n d division.
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Alexander E . Drukker a d d e d t o staff of L a k e s i d e Laboratories, M i l w a u k e e , a s senior research c h e m i s t . L e o n E l l e n b o g e r i c o m p l e t e s work for a P h . D . in chemistry a t I n d i a n a U n i v e r sity a n d joins d e p a r t m e n t o f p h y s i o l o g i cal a n d nutrition research a t L e d e r l e Laboratories, Pearl River, Ν. Υ. C a r l e t o n Ellis, Jr., a p p o i n t e d direc tor of sales for a l l Plaskon products, Barrett division, Allied C h e m i c a l & D y e C o r p . , w h i c h purchased the divi sion from L i b b e y - O w e n s - F o r d Glass C o . recently. W i l l i a m H . E r w i n appointed inter national division director at A t l a s Pow der Co.'s industrial c h e m i c a l s depart ment, Wilmington. W i l l i a m 0 - Faxon elected v p - m a n u facturing at M e t a l s D i s i n t e g r a t i n g C o . , E l i z a b e t h , N. J. From a b r a s i v e divi sion of t h e c o m p a n y in N e w H a m p shire. A N D
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PEOPLEHarold W. Fisher joins Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis. Richard Forsythe appointed director of the new central laboratories of Henningsen, Inc., a t Springfield, !Mo. Eaymond M . Fuoss joins U. S. Test ing Co., Boston, as consultant. Chester H . Gelbert transfers from organic chemicals department of D u Pont at Louisville to the rubber chemi cals sales division in Wilmington. Edmund J. Gernt put in charge of continuous filament work in trie textile research section of Chemstrand's re search and development department, Decatur, Ala. John J. Giuliano leaves Interchemica.1 Corp. to join Du Pont Co. a t GibbsιΟΛνη, Ν. J. Horace R. G r a h a m , Jr., joins product service department of Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., Memphis. Κ. Μ. Guest transfers from Jackson ville mill division of National Con tainer Corp. t o become plant manager o£ the new p u l p and board mill under construction a t Valdosta, Ga. Betty Ann Harker joins Madison laboratories of Bjorksten Research Laboratories a s a technical editor.
From U. S . Forest Products Labora tory. E d w a r d P . Hawkinson appointed group supervising engineer i n charge of Azo dyestuffs and all grinding and mixing operations at t h e Buffalo plant of Allied Chemical's National Aniline Division. Hans Heymann, Harvard chemistry department, joins Ciba Pharmaceutical Products as research chemist. John M. Hoerner joins chemical di vision of Armour & Co., as director of purchases a n d sales. Earl D. Holly receives Ph.D. i n or ganic chemistry from University of Minnesota a n d is n o w with D o w Chemical. E d w a r d M. James, assistant to tech nical adviser, promoted to technical adviser for Lever Brothers. Succeeds John W . B o d m a n , retired. P r a t t H . Johnson resigns from Car bide a n d Carbon Chemicals t o become chemist with phosphate rock division of Davison Chemical Corp., Bartow, Fia. H a r r y Kaplan from Organic Inter mediates a n d Jesse Weiss from E l b e r t & Co. form the Columbia International
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Corp», Railway, N. J., to manufacture various chemicals. Francis J. Kennerley, treasurer a n d memfoer o f t h e board of directors a n d of tli-^ finance committee of Hercules Powder C o . , retires a t end of year after 44 years of service with company, Scott R . Kezer joins agricultural chemtical development group of t h e chemical research a n d engineering division, Mathieson Chemical Corp. Frederick Leigh ton, Jr., joins Mathieson Chemical Corp., Niagara Falls, as phys£cal chemist. Jolhn K . Lindsay appointed export manatger of t h e international division, Wm. S. Merrell Co. Martin F . Lyons tiansfers from N e w York sales office of Carbide a n d Carbon Chemicals t o t h e Toronto sales officer of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals, Ltd., as technical representative. JoJhn F - McEIroy becomes manager of A_ L. Varney Co., Woburn, Mass. C. A. Mackintosh, manager of midwest division of Sherwood Refining Co., tiansfers to Gretna, La., t o coordinate sales in southern division. C. E . Kenneth Mees, vp-research at Eastman Kodak, receives Progress Medal of Royal Photographic S o ciety of Great Britain. T h e award is made annually for "invention, r e search, publication, or ezsdiibition" leading to an important advance in photography. Rice M . Minor, Jr., Drew University; and Louis Drucker, Hatfield Wire & Cable, join Catalin Corp. a t Fords, N. J"., plant laboratory. HEany C. Millerburg, executive vp of Lov«en Chemical of California, N e w hall, Calif., elected president succeeding the late Karl A. Loven. RLobert A. Nanz from Crown Can Co. and James B . Redd from Fosgate Citr-us Concentrate Cooperative, organize consulting firm in Orlando, Fla. to hae called Florida Chemists and E n gineers, Inc. Chemists and chemical engineers a p pointed to staffs of atomic energy installations of Carbide a n d Carbon Chemicals a t Oak Ridge: H e n r y M . Noritake, Edward W . Raabe, Kenneth A, Allen, William E . Browning, Jr., AMD ENGINEERING
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Harry C. Claiborne, Albert R. Krali, Robert W . Stelzner, and Raymond G. Wymer. Doris C . Oberdin joins Dow Chemi cal at Pittsburg, Calif. Joseph JL. O'Brien leaves AerojetCeneral Corp. to return t o Philadelphia laboratories of Rohm and Haas. Alfred J. Oxenham appointed tech nical sales representative, coal chemi cals division, Pittsburgh Coke & Chemi cal Co. Frank S. Phinney, Naval Research Laboratories, joins sales group for Linde Air Products, Grand Island, Ν . Υ.
director of the Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. Robert H. Wall, Jr., from Jefferson Mills, Inc., joins Dow Chemical Co., Midland. Peter J. Wastrom from Guaranty Trust Co., New Tork City, joins chemi cal department of Empire Trust Co. to specialize in investment analysis.
Brooks. Donald Dean Cameron, Walter G. Gall, William A. Nicoll, and Wil liam J. Linn have been assigned to the polychemicals department. Assigned to the chemical department: Robert E . Putnam and Vaughn A. Engelhardt. E. Paul IlartsSeld, technical sales rep resentative in Akron, now sales super visor in N e w York. Succeeded in Akron by F. Herman Fritz, Jr. Ed ward N. Kramer named technical su perintendent of plants technical sec tion for the pigments department. L. S. Pitts rejoins Benger laboratory staff at Waynesboro, Va. Also joining Benger staff are Douglas A. Rausch and Leonard B. Petty. Wayne E. Pearson transfers from electrochemicals
M o r e Changes at Du Pont The following have been named re search supervisors in the polychemicals department of Du Pont at Wilmington: Carl E. Schweitzer, William B. Clark, Robert E. Maier, Robert S. Taylor, Dwight H. Johnson, Walter M. Bruner, Marcus A. Naylor, and Richard E.
Arthur F. Quinlan, technical sales representative, Adas Powder Co., trans fers from N e w York to Buffalo office.
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William B. Retallick appointed a chemical engineer at Pittsburgh Con solidation Coal and Charles M. Stevens appointed a chemist.
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Roger R. Roy from Northeastern University joins Coodyear as junior research chemist.
New model, with enclosed rheostat • Carefully balanced and does not vibrate in use
Felix W . Saco promoted to devel opment engineer at the Permutit Co., New York, Ν. Υ. Lura Shorb, manager of library di vision at Hercules Powder Co.'s experi ment station since 1927, named library consultant until the end of the year, when she will retire. E. P. Stark, secretary of the North western Paint and Varnish Production Club, wins the 1953 Ernest T. Trigg Award of the Federation of Paint and Varnish Production Clubs. The award is given to the secretary or member of the club who furnishes the most inter esting report of club meetings and dis cussions. Honorable mention went to Harry Kelfer of the N e w England Club, and Robert W. Lipp of the CDIC Club. L. R. Scharfstein from NYU; Giles F . Kauffman, Shell Oil; R. F. O'Connell, Carbide & Carbon Chemicals; and W. M . Jackson, University of Tennes see, join Goodyear Atomic Corp., Portsmouth, Ohio. Sidney Allan Savitt, technical direc tor of Consolidated Products Co., forms new organization, Process Plants Service, Inc., in Elizabeth, N. J. Harry W . Smeal, Pittsburgh Consoli dation Coal, joins D o w Chemical's Midland plant as chemical engineer.
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department to sales division in Charlotte, N. C . Richard E. Toole and Jack Rowbottom join eleetroehemicals department at Niagara Falls. Ernest Csendes joins organic chemicals department, Jackson laboratory. Deepwater Point. N . J. From Romania. Willis F. Brondyke promoted to technical superintendent at the Victoria, Tex., plant. Francis Wilfred Stacey and Rudolph A. Carboni join research staff of chemical department, rather than polychemicals department as recently announced in C&EN. Edwin D. Johnson joins research division of Du Pout's polychemicals department. Dallett H. Loomis, specialist in financial forecasting and analysis in treasury division, retires after 3 5 years with t h e c o m p a n y . Joseph
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EDUCATION raui rugassi, professor of chem istry at Carnegie Institute of Tech nology, bias been appointed director of the coal research laboratory at Car negie Tech begin ning F e b . 1, 1954. T h e coal research laboratory was recently m a d e a part of the chemistry department. Jeanne-Marie Bergheim appointed instructor in chemistry at Vassar Col lege under auspices of t h e Ford Foun dation for Advancement i n Education. Carl A. H o p p e r t , professor of chem istry at Michigan State College, ap pointed to the Basic Science Board of Michigan. Succeeds Orrin Madison, professor of chemistry at Wayne Uni versity. Martha J. I b a c h joins staff of chemi cal sciences division, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo., as assistant research chemist. Howard C Mel, recent P h . D . in physical chemistry from University of California, s p e n d s year a t University of Brussels, Belgium, on a Fulbright fellowship for research i n irreversible thermodynamics. Cleo H . N e v e u , Ford M o t o r Co. sci entific laboratory, now assistant pro fessor of chemistry at Michigan Col lege of Mining a n d Technology, Sault Ste. Marie. Arnold E . Reif joins staff of bio chemistry d e p a r t m e n t , Lovelace Foun dation for Medical Education and Re search, A l b u q u e r q u e , Ν. Μ . Leland F . Roy, TVA; and James R. MacDonald, North American Aviation Corp.; join staff a t University of Missis sippi as associate professors of chemical engineering. George Vaughani, Purdue, becomes assistant chemistry professor and C. Ne vin Jones, Food and Drug Administration, chemistry instructor. Carter R. S m i t h , Northwestern Washington Experiment Station, to conduct a research program and be come an instructor while studying for an advanced degree a t Rutgers. Walter G. W h i t m a n , head of the department of chemical engineering at MIT, honored by American Institute of Chemists with honorary membership in the New England chapter. AND
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