PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE
PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE ON ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY AND EXPOSITION OF MODERN LABORATORY EQUIPMENT MARCH 2 to 7 Convention Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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•*• Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy a n d Exposition of Modern L a b o r a t o r y Equipment will be held M a r c h 2 t o 7, 1969, a t t h e Cleveland Convention Center, Cleveland, Ohio. This annual meeting is jointly sponsored by the Spectroscopy Society of P i t t s burgh (Pittsburgh Section, SAS) and t h e Analytical Chemistry Group of t h e Pittsburgh Section of A C S . Registration is open t o all interested persons. T h e regular fee is $6; student registration is $1. A pocket t a b will be provided free of charge for those who wish to attend t h e Exposition only. Housing accommodations should be made through t h e Convention Housing Committee before Feb. 12. Forms and information on housing are available from C. R. Wolfe, c / o Pittsburgh Conference Housing Committee, Cleveland Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc., 511 Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio 44113. The technical program consists of 40 sessions a n d the presentation of over 295 scientific papers covering a broad range of analytical topics. T h e Exposition will have exhibits from over 230 companies with a n emphasis on new instrumentation a n d laboratory equipment. T h e Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh 1969 Award will be presented to Velmer A. Fassel, Iowa State University, Wednesday Afternoon. D r . Fassel will speak on " N e w Development on t h e Analytical Applications of Induction Coupled P l a s m a s . " The Coblentz Society Symposium, titled "Computers and Spectroscopy: P a r t n e r s in Progress," will be held T h u r s d a y afternoon a n d will be highlighted b y t h e presentation of t h e 1969 Coblentz Award b y F . F . Bentley, President of t h e Society, t o Giuseppe Zerbi of the National Research Council of I t a l y , Milan. Technical tours planned for interested Conference 38 A ·
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participants include visits t o t h e following plants and laboratories : NASA-Lewis Research Center ; Standard Oil Co. Research L a b o r a t o r y ; General Electric C o . Lighting I n s t i t u t e ; Republic Steel Corp. Basic Oxygen F u r n a c e ; B . F . Goodrich Co. Research Center; Union Carbide Corp. P a r m a Technical Center; Republic Steel Corp. Research Center; a n d t h e Fisher Body Div., G M C Production Facilities. I n addition to t h e technical sessions and tours, there is a social program arranged for all registrants. There are Conference Social Hours planned for Sunday a n d Tuesday nights. M o n d a y evening a buffet dinner and entertainment in t h e German tradition a r e available at $10 per person. Wednesday evening there is a dinner-theatre p a r t y planned; T h u r s d a y evening features a wine tasting p a r t y . A special nontechnical program h a s been arranged for wives of conferees a n d all feminine conferees who are free t o join t h e activities. These activities include tours t o t h e Cleveland Clinic, a T V studio, t h e Severance Center; luncheons, teas, and a fashion show. An employment bureau will be maintained a t t h e Convention Center. Advance registration is urged. Job candidate's a n d employer's forms m a y be obtained by writing t o Robert E . Witkowski, Westinghouse R&D Center, Beulah Rd., Churchill Borough, P i t t s burgh, P a . 15235. T h e Cleveland Section, ACS, in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Conference, will offer a n A C S short course in basic gas chromatography, M a r c h 8 t o 9. Information on this course is available from t h e E d u cation Office, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth St., N . W., Washington, D . C. 20036. T h e Conference Officials, t h e technical program, a n d a listing of the Exposition exhibitors and their products are included in the following pages.
Pittsburgh Conference Officials shown are (left t o right): William H i c k a m , Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Program Chairman; Robert Mainier, Koppers Co., Vice President; Gerald Carlson, Carnegie—Mellon University, President; William Fateley, Carnegie—Mellon University, Exposit i o n Chairman; a n d Charles McCafferty, Jr., Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries, Treasurer
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BOARD O F DIRECTORS
President: GERALD L. C A R L S O N , Carnegie—Mellon U n i v e r s i t y Vice President: ROBERT M A I N 1ER, K o p p e r s Co. Treasurer: CHARLES J . McCAFFERTY, J R . , PPG I n d u s t r i e s Immediate Past President: R I C H A R D T. OLIVER, Alcoa Research Laboratories Chairman (Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh): J O S E P H A. F E L D M A N , D u q u e s n e U n i v e r s i t y Chairman-Elect (Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh): EDWARD L. OBERMILLER, Consolidation Coal Co. Chairman (Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh): J . KEVIN S C A N L O N , PPG I n d u s t r i e s Chairman-Elect (Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh): F R A N K E. DICKS O N , Gulf Reseach & D e v e l o p m e n t Corp. Secretary: J A N E HARTER, W e s t i n g h o u s e Electric C o r p . Assistant Treasurer: H A R R Y FRACEK, Fisher S c i e n t i f i c Co.
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Program Chairman: WILLIAM M. H I C K A M , W e s t i n g h o u s e Research Labs. Program Chairman-Elect: EDWARD L. OBERMILLER, Consolidation Coal Co. Exposition Chairman: W I L L I A M G. FATELEY, C a r n e g i e - M e l l o n University Exposition Chairman-Elect: JOSEPH A. FELDMAN, Duquesne University
SUBCOMMITTEES
TOR SILVA, W e s t i n g h o u s e Research Laboratories Employment Chairman: ROBERT E. WITKOWSKI, W e s t i n g h o u s e ReAtomic Absorption Spectroscopy: J O s e a r c h Labs. SEPH F. B U K O W S K I , W e s t i n g h o u s e Employment Chairman-Elect: HARElectric C o r p . OLD A. SWEENEY, K o p p e r s Co. Chemical Analysis: J A M E S P. M c Housing Chairman: CLINTON KAVENEY, C r u c i b l e Steel C o r p . WOLFE, Westinghouse Research Chromatography a n d Computers: Laboratories J A M E S S. PETROCELLI, Gulf ReHousing Chairman-Elect: T H O M A S J . search & Development Corp. G A R L A N D , Gulf Research & DevelElectrochemistry: J O H N O. FROHopment Corp. LIGER, U n i v e r s i t y o f P i t t s b u r g h Ladies' Program Chairman: SARAH Emission and X-Ray Spectroscopy: D E G E N K O L B , U. S. Steel C o r p . CHARLES M A T O C H A , Aluminum Printing Chairman: EDWIN S. Research L a b o r a t o r i e s HODGE, C a r n e g i e - M e l l o n UniverFood Analysis: R I C H A R D H E I N , H . J . sity H e i n z Co. Printing Chairman-Elect: OSWALD Glasses and Oxides: J O H N JACKOE. W I L K I N S O N , Alcoa Research VITZ, W e s t i n g h o u s e Research LabLaboratories oratories Publicity Chairman: JOSEPH R. Mass Spectroscopy: J O H N McCREA, RYAN, Harbison-Walker RefracU. S. Steel C o r p . t o r i e s , Inc. Molecular Spectroscopy: FOIL A . Registration Chairman: J O H N E. MILLER, University of Pittsburgh G R A H A M , K o p p e r s Co. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: F R A N K Registration Chairman-Elect: ALEXE. D I C K S O N , Gulf Research & DeA N D E R J . K A V O U L A K I S , Shenvelopment Corp. a n g o , Inc. Thermal Methods: J A C K SHARKEY, U. S. B u r e a u o f M i n e s PITTSBURGH-CLEVELAND LIAISON Ultraviolet Instrumentation: J O H N J . McGOVERN, Carnegie-Mellon UniChairman (Analytical Group Cleveland versity ACS): PAUL D. COULTER, U n i o n Coordinator of Society Meetings: Carbide Corp. ROBERT K. SCOTT, H a r b i s o n - W a l Chairman (Cleveland Section SAS): ker R e f r a c t o r i e s , Inc. W I L L I A M F. RITCHEY, T h e Stand a r d Oil Co. (Ohio) Activities Chairman: M A X KATZ, U . S. Steel C o r p . ADVISORY Activities Chairman-Elect: C. ELLEN President 1 9 6 7 : FRANK E. DICKGONTER, Cyrus W m . Rice Co. S O N , G u l f Research & DevelopArrangements Chairman: HERBERT ment Corp. L. RETCOFSKY, U . S. B u r e a u o f President 1 9 6 8 : R I C H A R D T. OLIMines VER, Alcoa Research L a b o r a t o r i e s Arrangements Chairman-Elect: HECProgram
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