• The James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry sponsored by the Northeastern Section, ACS. A nominee must have made outstanding contributions to physical organic chemistry. The award will be granted without restriction. • Charles Lathrop Parsons Award. A nominee m u s t be a member of the American Chemical Society and a citizen of the U n i t e d States, and m u s t have performed o u t s t a n d i n g public service. This award is not directed toward recognition of scientific a c c o m p l i s h m e n t or stature. T h e public service to be recognized m a y be performed either as a part of or c o m p l e t e l y outside the regular duties and activities of the nominee's e m p l o y m e n t . Current m e m bers of the A C S Board of Directors are ineligible to receive this award. • Priestley Medal. The medal, given to recognize d i s t i n g u i s h e d service to chemistry, m a y be a w a r d e d n o t only t o members of the Society, but to nonmembers and to r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of a n y nation, without r e g a r d to sex. M e m b e r s of t h e A C S Board of Directors are ineligible t o receive t h i s award.
Notices An omission In announcing the 1975 A C S award winners in the S e p t . 9 issue, we inadvertently omitted listing the sponsor, " C H E M Study (Chemical Education Material S t u d y ) " for the J a m e s Bryant Conant Award. C & E N regrets the omission.
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People Awards Josef F r i e d , Louis Block Professor in Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, has received the 5th Award in Medicinal Chemistry, given by the A C S Division of Medicinal Chemistry. The $1000 award and scroll is presented biennially. In receiving the award, Dr. Fried was honored for his outstanding contributions to medicinal chemistry through his studies on the chemistry of antibiotics, alkaloids, and peptide hormones and on the chemistry and biochemistry of steroids, prostaglandins, and carcinogenic hydrocarbons.
Industry G. P. Ahearn named manager of oil field chemicals division, Exxon Chemical USA, Houston . . . C. Gerald Albert, v.p. of research, minerals and chemicals division, Engelhard, Menlo Park, N.J., retiring after 30 years with the company . . . Alexander S. Allen joins Merichem. Houston, as project engineer in the development department . . . George R. Allen appointed head, chemical research, metabolic disease therapy research section, Lederle Labs, Pearl River, N.Y. . . . Juan A. Alvarez promoted to marketing manager and manager of the office, UOP Process International, Madrid, Spain . . . Ronald Anderson appointed manager of Canadian sales, J. T. Baker Chemical, Phillipsburg, N.J. . . . Robert D. Anding named senior v.p., Exxon Chemical, New York, N.Y. . . . Edward J. Apple becomes technical director, Europe and Africa R&D, Johnson Wax, Frimley Green, England . . . Bill L. Augenstein appointed northeastern district sales manager, polymer marketing, Northern Petrochemical, Ramsey, N.J. Stanley J. Batruk named sales manager, paper and reprographic industries—pigment division, New Jersey Zinc, Bethlehem, Pa. . . . Frank E. Bennett retiring from Publicker Industries, Philadelphia, after 27 years of service . . . Peter Bennett appointed industrial marketing consultant, Irish Export Board, New York, N.Y. . . . J. R. Benz promoted to manager of polyethylene products, Phillips Petroleum, Pasadena, Tex. . . . Bruce Berrettini becomes project manager of production facilities, industrial gas division, Air Products and Chemicals, Allentown, Pa. . . . R. A. Bookstaber promoted to senior technical sales representative, Exxon Chemical, Houston . . . James J. Brader named director of research, Chemetron, Chicago . . . Roy F. Brown named corporate v.p. and group manager, Beckman Instruments' process instruments and controls group, Fullerton, Calif. . . . William N. Brown named divisional general sales manager, Chemetron's chemical products division, Chicago . . . Harold H. Burkitt joins Rust Engineering, Portland, Ore., as manager of marketing and sales. Albert J. Camp named general manager, coated fabrics operations, General Tire & Rubber, Reading, Mass. . . . Paul J. Chappie appointed director, W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Lake Placid, N.Y. . . . WuYan Chen promoted to technical associate,
chemical group, GAF, Rensselaer, N.Y. . . . Rosemary A. Chorzempa joins Sherwin Williams Chemicals, Toledo, as information assistant . . . William L. Coble joins Stauffer Chemical's special chemical division, Westport, Conn., as representative for textile chemicals . . . Elliott Cohen promoted to head, chemical research department, central nervous system disease therapy section, Lederle, Pearl River, N.Y. . . . Sidney Cohen named v.p., operations, Tanatex, Lyndhurst. N.J. . . . David Cooper returns to WoodsonTenent Labs, Memphis, as senior chemist in R&D . . . Chatten Cowherd promoted to principal chemical engineer, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo. . . . John D. Cullen assigned assistant general manager, organic chemicals, Du Pont, Wilmington. C. Robert Davenport promoted to manager of LPG supply, hydrocarbons, Dow USA, Houston . . . H. W. Diamond, Jr., named plant manager, Morton Salt, Port Huron, Mich. . . . Anthony R. Dolce appointed sales manager, Reichhold Chemicals' Cooke division, White Plains, N.Y. . . . Edward G. Dressel transfers to marketing section as technical sales representative, textile division, Polymer Industries, Greenville, S.C. . . . Frank A. Dudrow appointed manager of fats & oils section, Rust Engineering, Birmingham, Ala. . . . Robert J. Duffy becomes eastern sales manager for fine chemicals, Lederle, Pearl River, N.Y. . . . Tom Dunn appointed v.p. of marketing, EOCOM Corp., Irvine, Calif. Roy Fanti named manager, manufacturing technology and process research, United Aircraft Research Labs, East Hartford, Conn. . . . William C. Fischer, Jr., joins agricultural division, Ciba-Geigy, as senior analytical chemist, Greensboro, N.C. . . . Merlyn G. Flom promoted to director of technology, Luzier Personalized Cosmetics, Kansas City, Mo. . . . Peter K. Ford named director of materials management, Gould's Century electric division, St. Louis . . . Ronald Fryer becomes v.p., marketing, Tanatex, Lyndhurst, N.J. Harold E. Garey, Jr., appointed R&D chemist, Sundance sheet vinyl lines, American Biltrite, Trenton, N.J. . . . John A. Georges promoted to assistant general manager of industrial chemicals department, Du Pont, Wilmington . . . Jerry R. Goldsmith appointed product manager for hematology products, Corning Scientific Instruments, Medfield, Mass. . . . Tom R. Goshorn becomes manager of B. F. Goodrich Chemical's headquarters in London, England. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr., becomes executive v.p. of Georgia-Pacific, Portland, Ore. . . . Herbert S. Hall joins FMC as director of engineering, fiber division, Philadelphia . . . Vance E. Hall named manager of engineering planning and construction, ICI United States, Wilmington . . . F. Walter HammerSchick appointed project manager, American Hoechst's construction operations, Port Arthur, Tex. . . . Robert G. Hampel elected v.p., technical development, Alcoa, Pittsburgh . . . Michael G. Hanna, Jr., named director of proposed basic research program. National Cancer Institute's research center, Frederick, Md. Robert G. Hargrove appointed director of operations, Badger, Ltd., London . . . C. V. Harris named manager of licensing and project development, international chemicals, Phillips Petroleum, Bartlesville, Okla. . . . John P. Hartmann promoted to sales manager, rubber chemicals, Indochem division of Pennwalt, Philadelphia . . . Martin Hauser appointed manager-corporate lab, Loctite, Newington, Conn. . . . David E. Haynes promoted to northeast district sales manager, metalworking chemicals, Amchem Products, Ambler, Pa. Sept. 30, 1974 C&EN
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ÀCS Short Courses American Chemical Society
EARLY WINTER SESSIONS INTERMEDIATE NMR SPECTROSCOPY Nov. 2 1 - 2 2 , 1974—New York, N.Y. Dr. Joseph B. Lambert Fee: ACS members, $130; rionmembers, $145 Designed for chemists with some practical experience in nuclear magnetic resonance, the course deals with current nmr theories, techniques, and methods that may be used in solving structural and kinetic chemical problems. Topics include: Fourier transform techniques, magnetic equivalance, second-order effects, spin tickling, INDOR, the nuclear Overhauser effect, CIDNP, as well as general discussions of the chemical shift, coupling constants, rate processes, and relaxation phenomena. Question-answer and problem solving sessions supplement the lectures. No particular degree is prerequisite. HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS Dec. 5-6, 1974 New York City Dr. Robert L. Burwell, Jr. and Dr. Michel Boudart Fee: ACS members, $130; nonmembers, $145 This course surveys heterogeneous catalytic processes. Chemisorption, chemisorbed reaction intermediates, the texture of catalysts, the nature of reaction sites on the surfaces of catalysts, and the electronic theory of binding are discussed. Also treated are kinetics and other techniques which assist in diagnosing mechanisms, in particular, structure variation, isotopic tracers, stereochemistry, and poisoning. Registrants should have a good foundation in physical chemistry.
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MICROPROCESSORS AND MINICOMPUTERS: INTERFACING AND APPLICATIONS Dec. 8-13, 1974—Blacksburg, Va. Dr. Raymond E. Dessy and Jonathan A. Titus Fee: ACS members, $295; nonmembers, $330. This hands-on course is designed to demonstrate the software and hardware principles involved in the application of microprocessors or minicomputers in the laboratory and process control environments. Enrollment is intended for scientists and engineers who wish to use microprocessors or minicomputers in their work, as well as for the manager who wishes to be better informed as to alternatives in automation design and control. Twelve hours of lecture and 15 hours of laboratory focus on the philosophies and jargon of microprocessors, which are revolutionizing the areas of laboratory and plant automation. The course utilizes a phenomenological approach, rather than a detailed electronic/ theoretical one. Some familiarity with small computers is desirable, but not essential. Enrollment limited to 24. LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY, THEORY AND PRACTICE Dec. 8 - 1 1 , 1974—Blacksburg,
Va. Drs. Harold McNair, Lloyd R. Snyder, J. J. Kirkland, and C. D. Chandler Fee: ACS members, $295; nonmembers, $330 This laboratory course provides a basic introduction to modern—high speed, high efficiency—liquid chromatography. No background in liquid chromatography is assumed. Lectures and laboratory are integrated to cover theory, instrumentation, and applications, including LLC (partition). LSC (adsorption), ion exchange, and gel permeation. Registrants are
encouraged to bring their own samples. The latest commercially available equipment as well as several custom-built systems are used during the 16 hours of scheduled laboratory work. A bachelor's degree in chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering is sufficient background. Technicians with some experience in chromatography will also benefit. Registration is limited to 25. At the ACS Southwest Regional Meeting
LABORATORY SAFETY—RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDS Dec. 11-13, 1974—Houston, Tex. Norman V. Steere and Maurice Golden Fee: ACS members, $170; nonmembers, $195 A recent addition to the ACS Short Courses Program, this course is designed for laboratory supervisors, research personnel, instructors, and others who have been assigned responsibility for formalizing or improving safety efforts in the laboratory. While emphasis is placed on compliance features of the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act and standards in development, greater attention is directed to prevention of incidents and situations which may result in personal injury, occupational illness, fire equipment damage, or interference with laboratory operations. Adequate question-answer periods are provided. Extended time for problem discussion is available during optional evening sessions. To register or obtain complete information on the courses, student discounts, and free enrollment for unemployed ACS members, write or call the Education Department, ACS, 1155—16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. During the two-week period prior to a course, registrations should be made by telephone: (202)872-4508.
Richard E. Lodmill joins Weyerhaeuser as commercial development manager, chemical division, Federal Way, Wash. . . . Charles E. Loeffler transfers to Celanese Chemical, New York, N.Y., as senior economic evaluation engineer . . . D. Bruce Losee, Jr., joins Philip Morris R&D center, Richmond, Va., as associate scientist . . . Stephen Lovas named director, pharmaceutical and specialty chemicals, ICD Chemicals, New York, N.Y. . . . Ivar A. Lundgaard promoted to general manager, plastics, Du Pont, Wilmington . . . R. F. Lynch named central region sales manager, Phillips Petroleum, Pasadena, Tex. Helmut Majewski promoted to research chemist, inorganic research, Stauffer Chemical, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. . . . Robert H. Malott named chairman of the board and president, FMC Corp., Chicago . . . Howard Mammen named director of commercial development, Chemetron, Chicago . . . R. W. Martin, manager of Shell Development's biological science research center, San Mateo, Calif., retiring after 22 years with the firm . . . R. J. Martinovich promoted to western region sales manager, Phillips Petroleum, Pasadena, Tex. Donald J. Sargent joins Great Lakes Chemical, West Lafayette, Ind., as technical director of Microseal Corp. . . . Daniel R. Savage joins Farboil Co. as manager of sales and technical service, Baltimore . . . Richard D. Savage named manager, new product planning, B. F. Goodrich Chemical, Akron . . . Elizabeth M. Sawicka joins R&D staff of NOR-AM Agricultural Products, Chicago, as formulation chemist . . . Marianne H. Schatz appointed marketing coordinator of plastic additives, specialty chemicals, ICI United States, Wilmington . . . Nat Schatz appointed group leader, process services, Drew Chemical, Parisppany, N.J. . . . William L. Schmitt appointed branch sales manager, Celanese Chemical, Detroit. Mark L. Schneider named production manager, vinyl ether product group, GAF, New York, N.Y. . . . Walter F. Schroeder promoted to plant manager, Tulsa manufacturing facility, UOP's automotive products division . . . Roy L. Schuyler becomes v.p. and general manager, Du Pont's organic chemicals department, Wilmington . . . Robert M. Schweikher appointed division director of marketing, Monsanto, Palo Alto, Calif. . . . Bennie P. Scibek appointed to industrial products, technical service group, Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals, Menlo Park, N.J. Max E. Sears becomes assistant plant manager, Jefferson Chemical, Port Neches, Tex. . . . Alvah H. Seeber named regional sales manager, Chicago, PPG . . . Robert A. Seethaler appointed v.p. and general manager, flow control division, Rockwell International, Pittsburgh, Pa. . . . Louis Seif joins Stepa, Northfield, 111., as research chemist . . . R. J. Seward assigned western district sales manager, Paramins, Exxon Chemical, Houston. Harold F. Shea appointed senior v.p., Continental Carbon, Houston . . . Paul K. Sheldon appointed product manager, chemicals and dyes, Crompton & Knowles, Fair Lawn, N.J. . . . Gerald B. Shell joins Aware, Inc., Nashville, as v.p. . . . Richard O. Sheppard joins Calgon's international water management group, Pittsburgh, as water treatment consultant . . . John F. X. Sheridan named national sales manager, consumer products, Sherwood Medical Industries, St. Louis . . John S. Sheridan, 111. appointed group leader, process and unit operations. Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals. Murray Hill, N.J. . . . Mohammad A. Shiekh joins Crawford & Russell, Houston, as project manager. Ping H. Sih promoted to supervisor, chemical engineering section, Stauffer Chemical, Richmond, Calif. . . . David J. Silverblatt joins J. T. Baker Chemical,
Phillipsburg, N.J., as central regional manager for laboratory chemical sales . . . William G. Simeral named v.p. and general manager, Du Pont's plastics department, Wilmington . . . Robert D. Sinner becomes technical director, Ethyl Corp., Baton Rouge . . . Daniel Sinnott elected v.p., Perkin-Elmer Corp., Norwalk, Conn. Joseph Sistino named v.p., Reichhold Chemicals, WThite Plains, N.Y. . . . Louis J. Sitomer becomes v.p., engineering, Neville Chemical, Neville Island, Pa. . . . Ivan Smith promoted to senior adviser for environmental science, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo. . . . Jack Smith promoted to manager of technical services and safety, Liquid Air, San Francisco . . . Russell E. Smith, Jr., named director of sales and marketing, Beta Products, Carrollton, Tex. . . . WT. Novis Smith joins Stauffer Chemical, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., as assistant to the director. J. D. Spearman promoted to manageroperations, international petroleum chemicals division, Ethyl Corp., Baton Rouge . . . S. Srinivason joins Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, N.Y., as chemist, department of applied science . . . John E. Stamm appointed group leader, modifier resins, BorgWarner Chemicals, Washington, WWa. . . . Frank Standish named v.p. of Houdaille Industries, Cedar Falls, Iowa . . . Derwin K. Sthare named product manager, PVP chemicals, GAF, New York, N.Y. . . . Louis H. Stivitts promoted to eastern regional sales manager, Airco, Murray Hill, N.J. Graham A. Stoner becomes v.p., technology, Kocide Chemical, Houston . . . Robert R. Stover named assistant general manager, polymers, Hercules, Wilmington . . . Sterling F. Strause elected v.p. of R&D, W. H. Brady Co., Milwaukee . . . Alan Strong appointed chemical production supervisor, Ionac Chemical, Birmingham, N.J. . . . George Svane named head of new office for Borfors, Copenhagen . . . Theodore Swenson joins Globe Engineering, Chicago, as project manager. Howard L. Taylor promoted to sales manager, textile products, Emery Industries, Cincinnati . . . William L. Teiser joins Church & Dwight Co., New York, N.Y., as R&D projects manager, manufacturing and processing . . . Earl R. Thompson appointed manager, materials sciences, United Aircraft Research Labs, East Hartford, Conn. . . . Andrew Tomcufcik appointed head, chemical research, cardiovascular-renal disease therapy research, Lederle, Pearl River, N.Y. . . . Emil J. Triglia appointed manager, analytical and physical measurements, Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals, Menlo Park, N.J. . . . Ronald Turner becomes manager for acetylenic chemicals division, Air Products & Chemicals, AUentown, Pa. Robert Wannemacher appointed director, technical services, Tanatex, Lyndhurst, N.J. . . . Robert G. Watson promoted to product manager for industrial cleaners, Nalco Chemical, Oak Brook, 111. . . . Henry W. Weiss appointed director of marketing, Centronics Data Computer, Hudson, N.H. . . . Harry R. White elected v.p., Van Leer Plastics, Houston . . . Luther L. Williams named project engineer, Port Arthur, Tex., plant, American Hoechst.
Education Paul Bercegeay, director of University College, Southwestern Louisiana, retiring after 21 years on the faculty . . . Joseph Br agin promoted to associate professor, chemistry department, California State University, Los Angeles . . . Joseph A. Caputo appointed chairman, department of chemistry, SUNY College at Buffalo . . . James L. Carrico retiring from faculty at North Texas State University, Denton, after 50 years . . . N. Dennis Chasteen promoted to associate pro-
fessor, chemistry department, University of New Hampshire, Durham . . . Miles R. Chedekel joins Ohio State University, department of chemistry, as assistant professor . . . Gary G. Christoph joins chemistry department of Ohio State University, Columbus, as assistant professor. Thomas N. Dobbelstein appointed acting chairman of Youngstown State University's chemistry department, Ohio . . . Paul B. Dorain appointed Tallman visiting professor, Bowdoin College, while on sabbatical from Brandeis University . . . R. Bruce Dunlap promoted to associate professor, chemistry department, University of South Carolina, Columbia . . . Paul D. Ellis promoted to associate professor, University of South Carolina's chemistry department, Columbia . . . Perry A. Frey promoted to associate professor, Ohio State University's chemistry department, Columbus . . . R. R. Furgason becomes dean of engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow. Roger Gerkin promoted to full professor, chemistry department, Ohio State University, Columbus . . . Harold Goldwhite reappointed chairman of chemistry department, California State University, Los Angeles . . . Mary L. Good named Boyd Professor of Chemistry at New Orleans University. Dr. Good is the first woman at the university to receive this honor . . . Harry G. Hecht named head of departments of chemistry and experiment station biochemistry, South Dakota State University, Brookings . . . David C. Hilderbrand joins South Dakota State University's chemistry department as assistant professor . . . Dwight S. Hoffman named chairman of chemical engineering department, University of Idaho, Moscow . . . M. L. Jackson returns to teaching and research, chemistry department, University of Idaho . . . Wilber C. Jones named chairman of department of physical sciences, Concord College, Athens, W.Va. Harlan L. Klug retiring from department of chemistry, South Dakota State University, Brookings . . . Gloria G. Lyle promoted to full professor, department of chemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham . . . Robert L. McCreery joins department of chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, as assistant professor . . . Dennis G. McMinn joins Gonzaga University's department of chemistry, Spokane, Wash., as assistant professor. Jerome D. Odom promoted to associate professor, department of chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia . . . Frederic W. O'Neil, faculty member of SUNY, Syracuse, retiring after 37 years service . . . Terence C. Owen named chairman of chemistry department, University of South Florida, Tampa . . . Donald R. Paulson promoted to associate professor, California State University's department of chemistry, Los Angeles . . . Richard A. Rauner appointed assistant professor, chemistry department, Muhlenberg College, AUentown, Pa. Martin Schwartz appointed assistant professor of chemistry, North Texas State University, Denton . . . George M. Simmons joins faculty of University of Idaho, Moscow, chemistry department . . . Richard F. Smith promoted to distinguished teaching professor, SUNY, Geneseo, N.Y. . . . Donald Sundberg joins chemical engineering staff of University of Idaho, Moscow . . . Stewart L. Swihart becomes acting chairman of biology, University of South Florida, Tampa. John C. Tatlow appointed head of chemistry department, University of Birmingham, U.K. . . . J. John Uebel promoted to full professor, department of chemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham . . . Victor S. Webster retiring as head of chemistry department, South Dakota State University, Brookings . . . Lyle D. Wescott, Jr., appointed head, department of chemistry, Christian Brothers College, Memphis. Sept. 30, 1974 C&EN
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