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Hudson Award to Pigman D r . Ward Pigman (center) of University of Alabama faculty, receives the Hudson Award of tlte ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry from Dr. Dexter F r e n c h of Iowa S t a t e U, division chairman. Right, Dr. Sidney M. Cantor of Sidney M. Cantor Associates and chairman of the award committee. Dr. Pigman was honored at the A.CS national meeting for research and publications in carbohydrates.
INDUSTRY James IT. Adams named section leader in chiarge of research groups on interim manufacturing, engineering, and economic evaluations, and on me chanical engineering at Monsanto's or ganic elienoicals division, St. Louis. Dr. C. William Roos named section leader in charge of research groups on chemical engineering, pressure reac tions, and pilot plant. Dr. William G. Knapp becomes group leader for re search pilot plant. R. D . Ashmore from Monsanto joins Texas Instruments, Dallas, as senior personnel administrator in central re search l a b s . Donald K . Bailman, director of sales, and C. B. B r a n c h , manager of overseas operations, elected vice presidents of Dow Chemical. Dr. P e t e r P. Bouroff named assistant to president of Onyx Oil & Chemical, Jersey City". From E . F. Drew, where h e was manager of chemical divisions. Dr. D a v i d G. Braithwaite named to the new post of executive v.p. in charge
of manufacturing, research, and devel opment at Nalco Chemical, Chicago. Dr. Paul S. K. Chen n a m e d senior engineer by semiconductor division of Hoffman Electronics, El Monte, Calif. Hugh S. Cooper, founder of Beryl lium Corp., Kemet Co., and Cooper Metallurgical Associates, resigns from the latter institution to devote his time to independent research in chemistry and metallurgy. H. G. Cornell promoted to research uààuciutf in i i u i i i i j i c Oii oc R f i m i i i g à r e search and d e v e l o p m e n t division, Bay-
town, Tex. Charles T. Davis joins St. Louis regional office of Pennsalt Chemical as sales representative. Gilbert C. D e h n k a m p from the Mechanicville, Ν. Υ., mill of West Vir ginia Pulp & Paper is now technical as sistant to the factory manager of the company's Multiwall bag division, N e w Orleans. D r
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. John Allen from Baylor University •dical school, scientist in biochemis; Dr. Harold Silverman from Brooki College of P h a r m a c y faculty, scien: in pharmaceutical research; and therine M o u q u i n , associate scientist biochemistry. Dr. James K. F o g o appointed retrch associate at Union Oil Co. rea c h center, Brea, Calif. Verlin W. Foltz leaves F . C. Huyck Sons to join S t a n d a r d Ultramarine & lor Co., H u n t i n g t o n , \V. Va., as antical chemist. Dr. Robert K. G o u l d named assistant manager of technical services divim of Texaco research center, Beacon, Y. Harold E . G r a h a m , Jr., from D u tit's Belle laboratory-, Charleston, W . ., becomes senior supervisor in staff dies for the c o m p a n y at Wilmington. Dr. William H . G r a h a m joins Rohm Haas as research chemist in organic tion, Redstone Arsenal division, mtsville, Ala. C. R. Greene returns to Shell D e opment at Emeryville after a year's ining assignment and assisting in yisoprene d e v e l o p m e n t at the Torice plant. Harold M . Greenhouse leaves AladL Electronics and joins Bendix Aviai Corp., radio division, Towson, L, as principal engineer in advanced earch. R. L . Hawkins joins technical service s of Colton Chemical, Cleveland, to idle technical service for polyvinyl ohol. Ronald V, H a w l e y anrl Robert L·. 3\vell n a m e d to staff of field service >resentatives for Oakite Products, :., a n d will serve in Seattle a n d Oklana City, respectively. Vlilton H . Hendricks joins process ^elopment d e p a r t m e n t of Procter & ruble's soap p r o d u c t s division. [âmes C. Hesler joins ion exchange ision of Nalco Chemical's Chicago ce a n d labs. [ack H o p p e r joins Process Sales Co., uston. F r o m Durirun Co. ohn W. Hull n a m e d p r o d u c t m a n r for isocyanates a t Allied Chemical's tional Aniline Division.
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EDUCATION •Valter R. Averett from Goldfield gineering Associates is now chemist h Colorado School of Mines Re ich Foundation, Golden, Coloienjamin S. Benjaminov from Alli ée College, where he was associate fessor and head of chemistry departnt, joins faculty of Rose Polytechnic titute, Terre Haute, 111 d., as aaaote professor of chemistry. H a s been h Chemical Abstracts S e n ice for the Limer. Dharles E . Boozer from Louisiana ytechnic Institute faculty, becomes ociate professor of chemistry a t lory University, Atlanta. oseph M. Bove, who h a s been doinf rr>fchonisms chop isms o* n o l y m p r i / n t i n n n n d denoly denolymerization.
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Dr. Luther E. Erickson appointed assistant professor of chemistry at Dick inson College, Carlisle, Pa. V. Galasyn leaves American Cyana mid, where he was research chemist, to join Arizona State University, Tempe, as assistant professor of chemistry. II. M. Gilow becomes assistant pro fessor of chemistry at Southwestern at Memphis, Memphis, Tenn.
Dr. Richard T. Hawkins joins Brigham Young University faculty as as sistant professor of chemistry, Provo, Utah. John R. Humphreys, Jr., joins Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N. M., as a chemical engineer in the Κ division. Dr. Kurt Wolfsberg joins as a chemist in the test division,
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C. W . Kammeyer, formerly assistant professor of chemistry at Oberlin Col lege, is now assistant professor of chem istry at Brooklyn College.
Dr. Arthur J. Siedler n a m e d chief of division of biochemistry a n d nutrition of American Meat Institute Founda tion, L T niversity of Chicago.
Dr. H e n r y G. Kuivila will spend the current year on a National Science Foundation fellowship at Caltech chem istry department. Is on sabbatical leave from University of N e w H a m p shire, where he is professor of chemis try.
A. L . U n d e r w o o d , associate profes sor of chemistry at Emory University, on sabbatical leave for 1959-60 to study a n d do research in Cornell de partment of chemistry, Ithaca.
John F . Lenc joins staff of Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, 111., as associate chemical engineer in chemical engineering division.
Dr. H a r o l d Weinberger n a m e d as sociate professor of chemistry at t h e school of engineering a n d science. Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, N. J. From Fine Organics, Inc.
Dr. W . Scott Worrall, assistant pro Dr. L e o p o l d fessor of chemistry at Trinity College, M a y named assist promoted to associate professor of ant professor of chemistry. R a y m o n d F . Snipes n a m e d chemistry at Cathinstructor in chemistry at Trinity, Hart o 1ic University, ford, Conn. Washington, D . C. H e will continue as instructor in psy chiatry at Univer sity of Maryland > school of medicine, Baltimore. H e has recently been appointed a contributing Dr. Aaron M . Altschul, chief r e editor to Applied Spectroscopy in search chemist of Agricultural Research charge of the column "Spectroscopic Service Southern Utilization Research Tricks." and Development Division for U S D A at New Orleans, will spend t w o months Dr. Norman H . Nachtrieb is spend in Israel under t h e auspices of Food ing t h e academic year on a National and Agriculture Organization of t h e Science Foundation fellowship at PoliUN a n d will aid Israeli scientists in tecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. H e is search for ways to improve national on leave from t h e department of chem diet. istry at t h e University of Chicago. Sam Perlmutter transfers from Min Lura M a e Odland, who has been neapolis district office to t h e St. Louis principal nutritionist with the State Ex district office of t h e U . S. Food a n d periment Stations Division of US DA, Drug Administration as supervisory n a m e d dean of the college of home ecochemist. ~.f
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