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PEOPLE Tall Oil Awards Robert S. Aries of R. S. Aries & Associates and Melvin Wollcstein of Brooklyn Poly have been given an award of $500 b y t h e tall oil division of the Pulp Chemicals Association. The joint award w a s given for their studies on the esterification of tall oil with glycerol. T h e second award, $350, was given to Jacobus Rinse of Chemical Research Associates. He was honored for his paper on aluminum tritallate. Third award of $ 1 0 0 went to Paavo Kajanne of the Institute of Technology at Helsinki, Finland, for a paper tracing the changes in the composition of tall oil fatty acids from the time the pine tree i s felled t o the time the tall oil i s produced.
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department of Miles Laboratories, Inc., Elkhart, Ind., as a chemical engineer. From Farm Bureau Services. Benjamin H . Danziger named manager of advertising and promotion at Climax Molybdenum Co. Robert V. D a u m joins Belle Works technical section of Du Pont, Charleston, W. Va. Fred P. D e m m e promoted to manager of market development for Sharpies chemical division of Pennsalt. Thomas J. Dixon, associate engineer, and Gerald J. Crillo, senior group leader, are n e w employees at Callery Chemical. Arthur K. E>oig appointed to the organic research staff of Michigan Chemical Corp., Saint Louis, Mich.
INDUSTRY Alfred M. Bretschger appointed manager of Vancouver plant of Becco Chemical Division of F M C . Replaces Henry P. Vogt, w h o becomes manager of the main B e c c o plant in Buffalo. Richard E . El den named to newly created post of production manager at the Vancouver plant. The following have been added to the staff of Lion Oil Co.'s research department: Robert C . Butler, W. Patrick Donahoo, Cary C. Honeycutt, and Richard F. McFarlin, chemists; and Jack W . Sehon, chemical engineer. E. John Caruso appointed assistant manager of chemicals division regional sales office of Atlas Powder, Chicago. Chester T. Chmiel joins research department of Monsanto's plastics division, Springfield, Mass. Also assigned to the research department are Robert O. L. Lynn, Jr., and Richard W. Kulick.
Wrife today for information: Industrial Oil Division Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp. 3135 E. 26th St., Los Angeles, Calif.
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Wilbert E. Chope, president of Industrial Nucleonics, Columbus, Ohio, named the Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer of 1 9 5 5 by the electrical engineering honorary fraternity, Eta Kappa N u . John Robert Clark, Jr., joins sales organization of chemicals division of Houdry Process Corp., Philadelphia. Richard E. Cocks joins engineering
Procter Prize Winner Robert R. Williams (left) of Research Corp. receives the William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement at the recent Atlanta meeting of AAAS. Wallace R. Brode of National Bureau of Standards is making the presentation. Williams, w h o discovered the structure of thiamine (vitamin B ) and synthesized it for the first time, was chemical director of Bell Telephone Labs for 20 years and began his professional work as a teacher in the Philippines. H e was a member of the Bureau of Science in Manila from 1905 to 1915.
These two experts can help solve your m e t h y l chloride and methylating problems Our Messrs. Neuville and Zellner (left to right above) cover all the bases when it comes to methyl chloride application and the special field of methylation. They come by their particular specialties honestly. Since 1936 Ansul has been a constant and expanding source of supply for bulk methyl chloride in the domestic and export markets. In the field of methylation alone (Morrie Neuville's specialty) Ansul has successfully methylated more than 100 compounds. The methylation laboratory at Ansul is equipped to take over a methylating problem of yours at any stage of development. Manufacturing facilities for producing
commercial quantities of a methylated compound to your specification are also available. As a major producer of methyl chloride, Ansul is prepared to supply you with quantities ranging from laboratory containers to cylinders of 100 pounds, 140 pounds, and 1,300 pounds. Tank cars of 40,000 pounds and 78,000 pounds are available. Delivery is prompt. For general infonriation about methyl chloride and its bulk application, write to Bob Zellner. Questions or just conversation relating to methylation should be addressed to Morrie Neuville. T H E ANSUL CHEMICAL COMPANY, DEFT. C-22,
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PEOPLE Joseph Ε. Dunbar joins special proj ects program of Dow Chemical as re search chemist in the. styrene polymer ization laboratory. George V. Dupont promoted from manager of manufacturing operations to general manager of Diamond Black Leaf Co., Cleveland. George E. Dyke, presiderlrond chair man of the board of Robert Gair Co., receives the 1956 Honor Award of the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation in recognition of his years of service to the paper industry. Sam Emison appointed director of industrial chemical sales for StaufFer Chemical. Replaces R. U. Haslanger, resigned to accept executive position with a newly formed company. Robert D . Evans from American Cyanamid, named senior research chemist in high polymer section at* American Viscose, Marcus Hook. Erick I. Hoegberg from American Cyanamid, appointed head of the technical in formation group. Henry H. Sineath from Georgia Tech becomes senior process engineer in the Fredericksburg, Va., cellophane plant. Leo L. Fabisinski, Jr., appointed assistant Acrilan plant training super visor for plant personnel relations de partment, Chemstrand Corp., Decatur, Ala. Milton H. Fies, vp in charge of coal operations at Alabama Power Co., re ceives the Conservation Service Award of the Department of the Interior for his outstanding contributions to its con servation programs. Kurt Frisch named manager of poly mer research at Wyandotte Chemicals. H. E. Klein and G. A. Trigaux ap pointed product managers in the fine chemicals department of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals. Carl McFarlin, Sr., chairman of the executive commit tee of Devoe & Raynolds, Louis ville, Ky., has been elected president of the company. H e succeeds E . Wil liam Endter, who is Carl McFarlin re-entering the petroleum industry. Alexander Rittmaster of Merritt-Chapman & Scott will succeed Endter as a director. William Murphy promoted to pro duction manager a t Bolta Products, Lawrence, Mass. 1090
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Cleanliness a n d Godliness JLIFE must always have a scrubbed up look to Samuel J. Miller, whose special technical field is in soap and sanitation. He is chemical director of the Du Bois Co., but spends some of his oflF-hours con templating another aspect of life. In his book of poems, "Chaff and a Little Grain" (Exposition Press, 1955, New York), h e sympathizes with the "old soft maple tree, twothirds dead" which nevertheless is home to the squirrels and provides a "wormy smorgasbord" for the birds, as well as being a concert hall evenings for "cicadean sym phony." Elsewhere h e expounds on such unsentimental phenomena as the "difficulties obtained with the standard alkali water-wash spray-booth compounds, which tend to dissolve certain phenolic varnishes." Miller originated in Newton Falls, Ohio, in 1902, went to school in Harbor Creek, Pa., and Westfield, Ν. Υ., and took a chemical engineering degree at the Univer sity of Cincinnati. Almost his en tire professional career has been spent in Cincinnati with D u Bois, but his poet's soul has been free to roam in rural bliss roundabout. This, he sums up, is purely and simply a case of a "country boy w h o has come to the city, b u t who remains essentially a country boy." He also feels a sense of mission to demonstrate that technical men need not limit their writing to en gineering specifications. Further more, he characterizes himself as an inveterate writer of letters to the editor on a diversity of subjects, but consistently in a mood of indignation. He has done his share, b y lec
turing to high school students, in the corraling of students for the chemical and chemical engineering professions, cooperating with the vocational guidance program of the Cincinnati Board of Education. He has also lectured on soaps, de tergents, and sanitation at Cornell, Pratt Institute, Columbia, and Michigan State, has been active in the ACS, the American Public Health Association, the National Sanitation Foundation, and in the Engineering Society of Cincinnati. He has published technical pa pers and popularized semitechnical articles from time to time. Things no ordinary, run-of-themill poet sees move him—the ro mance of geometrical concepts, for instance. But he can depart from the lofty and the obscure and just as readily enjoy a plebeian train ride, writing in the rhythm of the wheels his pleasure in its sensa tions and the reminiscences it arouses. That h e thoroughly en joys being a father is shown by some of his verses, which tell of his three young daughters, Susan, Lucy, and Elizabeth. His book of poems signs off with a b o w in the direction of his chief chemical interest—detergents: Dishwasher Extraordinary Who is the aerial scullery maid That keeps the flying saucers clean? Wipes off the Stardust from their rims, And mops them dry when wet between The moon and Milky Way they go? Who stacks them up when morning comes, And puts them neatiy all away, Quiescent through the sunlit hours, All set to shine at close of day? I know, I think . . . I think I know.
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Harold R. Null joins acetate and Orion research division at Du Pont's Benger lab, Waynesboro, Va. Herbert J. Ploch, research chemise for Lion Oil, transfers to Monsanto's organic chemicals division to work in technical sales service. Peter B. Potter named an assistant director at the development labs of Bakélite Co., Bound Brook, N. J. Directs product development activities of the molding products division.
Henry H. Reichhold named chairman of the newly formed executive committee of Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., White Plains, N. Y. Stefan H. Baum named executive vp and Herbert W. Mason, Jr., vp and general manager. Jerome Saldick joins advanced development division of Avco Mfg. Corp., Stratford, Conn., as a senior physical chemist. Grant M. Schoenly named assistant foreman in the polystyrene department at Bakélite. David Giles and Henry
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P. Jerzak named assistant foremen in the vinyl and polyediylene fabrication department. Frank D. Dexter named an assistant director at the development labs. Albert A. Schwartz joins General Electric at Schenectady as chemist in lubricants. Donald G. Shaheen joins Callery Chemical as assistant chemist. Robert B. Shaw joins Shell Development Co.'s Emeryville research center as a metallurgist in materials engineering and corrosion. A. G. M. Sjostrom joins staff of research division of Procter & Gamble at Miami Valley labs. John F. Snyder, Jr., appointed works manager at the Kenton, Ohio, plant of Durez plastics division of Hooker Electrochemical. Sherman Stambaugh appointed director of publicity and press relations for Celanese Corp., New York. Osborn P. Stenberg joins sales department of Monsanto's plastics division in Seattle. Charles W. Tait appointed supervisor of liquid propellant research for Wyandotte Chemicals Corp.
This is RCA's new air-conditioned Somerville Headquarters for Semiconductor Operations to be opened this year in suburban northern New Jersey. The entire project is designed to provide an atmosphere exceptionally conducive to both personal and professional satisfaction. Housed within 175,000 square feet of space will be over a million dollars worth of the latest design and research equipment. In addition, the renowned facilities of the David Sarnoff Research Laboratory are readily available in nearby Princeton. With the opening of the Somerville Headquarters» RCA takes another important step in an ever-expanding semiconductor program . . . a program that began over 25 years ago with phosphors and grew through photo conductors on up to presentday transistors . . . a program that allows the broadest possible scope for individual accomplishment and growth. RCA's latest expansion makes available unusually fine opportunities in the design and development of semiconductor devices. Inquiries are invited from scientists and engineers with B.S. to Ph.D. degrees; semiconductor experience is desirable. Write: Employment Manager, Dept. J-2C.
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Harold L. Taylor joins staff of Pitman-Moore labs, Zionsville, Ind., as head of the department of immunochemistry. From Michigan Health Department. Brian Thorley joins research department of Monsanto's inorganic chemicals division, Everett, Mass. James E. Van Verth joins research department of Monsanto's organic chemicals division, Nitro, W. Va. Shen Wu Wan has been named director of research and development at Chemical Construction Corp. He has been a senior engineer with the c o m p a n y since 1951 and previously directed a research program for the Office of Naval Research at Yale. He was formerly on the faculty of Central China University. Solvay Process Division has appointed Leslie E. Watkins as plant chemist, Durward J. Templet, senior production engineer; Robert C. Sellers, assistant supervisor of chlorine section, and Charles S. Kahn, production engi-
CHEMICALS OUTLOOK
March, 1956
This news bulletin about Wyandotte Chemicals services, products, and their applications, is published to help keep you posted. Perhaps you will want to route these and subsequent facts to interested members of your organization. Additional information and trial quantities of Wyandotte products are available upon request . . . may we serve you?
If you could p i c k s u r f a c e - a c t i v e a g e n t s from a graph or t a b l e . · . s u r f a c t a n t s that had the b e s t p o s s i b l e balance of d e s i r a b l e p r o p e r t i e s f o r your formulation—you'd cut down r e s e a r c h time, and e l i m i n a t e random e v a l u a t i o n of u n r e l a t e d surfactants.
NEW PLURONIC GRID CUTS DOWN RESEARCH TIME IN FORMULATING AND PROCESSING
How you can do j u s t t h a t — u s i n g the new Pluronic* Grid. I t i s both p r a c t i c a l and easy to use · · · h e l p s you t o s i m p l i f y formulation and p r o c e s s i n g . . · s u g g e s t s i n advance the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s you can g e t u s i n g a P l u r o n i c or a combination ot Pluronics—Wyandotte's unique s e r i e s of nonionic s u r f a c e - a c t i v e a g e n t s which are 100% a c t i v e i n a l l forms: l i q u i d s of v a r y i n g v i s c o s i t i e s , p a s t e s , f l a k e s , powders, and cast s o l i d s . The f i r s t commercial example of a block-polymer-type s u r f a c t a n t , t h e P l u r o n i c s o f f e r a c o n t r o l l e d v a r i a b i l i t y and f l e x i b i l i t y not found in other s u r f a c t a n t s . F o r , t h e P l u r o n i c s range i n molecular weight from 1000 to 1 1 , 0 0 0 ; have a c o n t r o l l e d hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance, varying from m a t e r i a l s t h a t are almost water i n s o l u b l e to m a t e r i a l s t h a t have no cloud p o i n t — even a t t h e b o i l i n g point of w a t e r ; By varying t h e i r molecular w e i g h t s and hydrophilic-hydrophobic r a t i o in small increments, an o v e r - a l l balance of d e s i r a b l e p r o p e r t i e s i s provided: c o n t r o l l e d s u d s i n g , a range of s u r f a c e a c t i v e p r o p e r t i e s , s t a b i l i t y , low h y g r o s c o p i c i t y , dedusting p r o p e r t i e s , and a low order of t o x i c i t y . Thus, many p r o p e r t i e s of the P l u r o n i c s can be p l o t t e d as t r e n d s a c r o s s the Grid. By observing t h e s e t r e n d s , the formulator can s e l e c t — f r o m tiie Grid—the P l u r o n i c s having the b e s t balance of p r o p e r t i e s f o r h i s p a r t i c u l a r a p p l i c a t i o n . A f t e r o n l y a few l a b o r a t o r y tes*ts, he can narrow t h i s area down t o the b e s t Pluronic f o r h i s formulation. Known trends f o r s e v e r a l g e n e r a l p r o p e r t i e s of the P l u r o n i c s are shown; other s p e c i f i c trends can be determined e a s i l y by e v a l u a t i n g a few P l u r o n i c s from v a r i o u s p o s i t i o n s on the Grid. To g e t your copy of the Pluronic Grid—and Pluronic samples f o r e v a l u a t i o n i n your l a b o r a t o r y — w r i t e us on your company letterhead. *REG. U.S. PA.T. OFF*
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PEOPLE Dean R. Webb promoted to supervisor of general chemicals sales for Dow Chemical's Cincinnati office. John A. Wilson elected assistant secretary of Diamond Alkali. James C. White has resigned as president of Eastman Chemical Products, Inc., and has been named chairman of die board. William S. Vaughn, first vp, elected president and a director. Mr. White and Mr. Vaughn were erroneously reported as chief executive officers in Eastman Kodak Co. in these columns Feb. 2 0 .
J. Howard Zeh of Stauffer Chemical promoted to assistant plant manager at Chester, Pa.
S.J. Vellenga, professor of chemistry at Monmouth College, appointed head of the department of chemistry at Muskingum College, N e w Concord, Ohio, to assume duties next fall.
I EDUCATION I NECROLOGY
Winston Crouch, director of bureau of governmental research on t h e L o s Angeles campus, University of California, and Thomas J. Kent, Jr., chair- Austin M. Patterson man of the department of city a n d Austin M. Patterson, professor emerregional planning at Berkeley, named to the Air Pollution Research Com- itus of chemistry a t Antioch College, and an acknowlmittee of the University of California. edged authority in chemical nomenclature, died F e b . 26. He was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1878 of missionary parents, w h o returned to this country a f e w months after his birth. H e took an A.B. from Princeton in 1897 and a Ph.D. i n chemistry at Johns Hopkins in 1900, then began teaching at Centre College. Later h e taught at Rose Polytechnic Institute. His interest in languages and nomenclature led him to help found Chemical Abstracts in 1906. H e became an associate editor of CA and was later editor ( 1 9 0 9 - 1 4 ) . Among his best known achievements is a German-English dictionary which he compiled especially for chemists while h e convalesced from an illness after resigning as CA editor. H e had become a member of the staff of Webster's N e w International Dictionary in 1903 and remained with i t as a consultant almost up t o the end of his life. H e joined the faculty of Antioch College in 1921. H e was an important contributor to the experimental educational ideas the school is noted for. In 1944 h e was given an honorary D.Sc. This device provides for the accurate measurement of entrained air i n at Antioch. fresh concrete mixtures. The procedure is simple, the determination being m a d e During 1941-43 he served a s prinby the pressure method as developed in laboratories of the Portland C e m e n t cipal specialist in chemical education Association. Bowl and cover are made of lightweight magnesium alloy and tfcie for the U. S. Office of Education. H e glass gauge i s protected b y a metal sleeve. A stainless steel toggle action c l a m p w a s a member o f t h e International insures a tight, secure seal during operation. Commission o n Organic Chemical N o This apparatus, together with other Cenco equipment used i n c e m e n t menclature for many years and had testing (A.S.T.M. method C231-54), are described and illustrated in our Circular been member or chairman of every No. 1212B. Write for your copy today. important nomenclature committee in this country, among them that of the N o . 25535 Cenco Entrained Air Indicator complete with accessories, National Research Council's Division of NEW LOW PRICE · . · · * 1 9 5 ° ° Chemistry and Chemical Technology. In 1949 he was named the first reCentral Soientiffio C o m p a n y cipient of the award of the Dayton sec1 7 1 0 I R V I N G PARK ROAO · CHICAGO 1 3 . I L L I N O I S The most complete line of tion of the ACS i n the documentation BRANCHES AND OFFICES—CHICAGO · NEWARK · BOSTON · BIRMINGHAM scientific instruments and labDETROIT · SAN FRANCISCO · SANTA CLARA · LOS ANGELES of chemistry, which was named the oratory supplies in the world CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO. OF CANADA. LTD.—TORONTO · MONTREAL Austin M. Patterson Award in his honor. VANCOUVER · OTTAWA He has contributed a monthly REFINERY SUPPLY COMPANY-TULSA · HOUSTON column on nomenclature to C&EN since July 1951. H e joined ACS in 1901.
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