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Official Business Elections and Appointments
As a result of the elections conducted in the spring of 1972, the officers of the Association for the year 1972-73 are as follows President: Carleton P. Stinchfield, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, Mass. (continuing) Immediate Post President: Russell Meinhold, Rhode Island College, Providence, R.I. President-Elect: Gordon G. Evans, Tufts University, Medford, Mass. (continuing) Financial Secretary: Rose M. Paternostro, Newington High School, Newington, Conn. (reelected 1972) Recording Secretory: Angela M. Travato, Branford High School, Branford, Conn. (reelected 1972) Treasurer John Swistak, Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire (continuing) Dioision Chairmen: Central: Herbert S. Wight, The Huntington School, Boston, Mass. Northern: Peter Testa, Nashua High School, Nashua, New Hampshire (continuing) Southern: Joseph P. Caranei, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. (reelected 1972) Western: Pearle R. Putnam, Bay Path Junior College, Longmeadow, Mass. (reelected 1972) The Executive Committee reappointed the incumbents to the positions of Editor of the Newsletter, Curator, Auditor, Editor of the Report, and Publicity Agent. At the 72nd Annual Meeting on May 13, 1972, Edward de Villafranca (Kent School, Kent, Connecticut) was elected to the Committee on Nominations and Elections and Leallyn B. Clapp (Brown University, Providence, R.I.) was elected a Trustee of the Endowment Fund. At the May 1971 Meeting i t was voted to establish the John A. Timm Award to commemorate this outstanding NEACT member who died March 3, 1969. The award, a scroll and an honorarium, will be presented on suitable occasions to persons who have "made exceptional contributions t o the education of young people in chemistry." The Timm Award Selection Committee members are Gordon G. Evans (ex ofjkio), Dorothy Gifford (Lincoln School, Providence, R.I.), and Rev. Joseph A. Martus (College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.). Meetings
The regular meetings, organized by the respective Division Chairmen, were held as follows during the year 362nd Meeting: October 23, 1971 a t Daniel Webster Jr. College Division of New England Aeronautical Institute, Nashua, N.H. 363rd Meeting: December 4, 1971 a t Tufts University, Medford, Mass. 364th Meeting: February 12, 1972 a t North Kingstown High School, North Kingstown, R.I.
365th Meeting: March 25, 1972 a t Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, Mass. 366th Meeting: May 13, 1972 a t Clark University, Worcester, Mass. The Thirty-Fourth Summer Conference met a t Mount Holyake College, South Hadley, Mass., August 14-18, 1972. Chairmen for Program and Arrangements were Donald C. Gregg (University of Vermont) and Claire H. Montague (Northfield Mount Herman School, Northfield, Mass.). C. Francis Egan (Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N.H.) was the Registrar-Treasurer The first Timm Award was presented posthumously t o John A. Timm a t the opening session of the Conference. The award was accepted for his widow and family by his granddaughter, a student a t Simmons College, where John Timm taught from 1941-66. The theme of the Conference was "New Directions in Chemical Education," with Marjorie Gardner (University of Maryland, College Park, Md.) presenting the four theme lectures, one of whose contents she has very briefly summarized [J. CHEM. EDUC., 50, 207 (1973)l. Lectures on special topics completed the program: Mary K. Campbell (Mount Holyoke College), "Interactions hetween Proteins and Nucleic Acids"; Robert H. Rines (Academy of Applied Science, Belmont, Mass.), "Unmaking the Loch Ness Monsters," with special effects by Richard W. Boberg (Burkeshire Systems, Cambridge, Mass.); George Fleck (Smith College, Northampton, Mass.), "Systems Chemistry"; Clair G. Wood (University of Maine, Orono, Me.). "The Chemical and Economic Potential of Seaweeds"; Edward C. Bingham (Farmers Chemical Association, Chattanooga, Tenn.), "Plant Feast or Famine"; Leroy C. Butler (Windham College, Putney, Vt.), "An Experience with a n Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum"; and Leonard Marget (Revere High School, Revere, Mass.), "Only Chemistry Holds the Magic Wand." The Keynote speaker, Harold G. Cassidy (Yale University, New Haven, Conn.) prepared the way for this diverse offering with his address "On the Health of Science." Workshops and discussions on balances, ir spectroscopy, AP Chemistry, models, chemistry and social concern, pollution, and chemistry for the nonscientist complemented the main program. Once again local sections of the American Chemical Society provided same grants for teachers to attend the Conference, but, unfortunately, such support was not also forthcoming from the National Science Foundation as i t had been in the past. Here and Now
The Thirty-Fifth Summer Conference is a t the University of Maine, Gorham, Maine, August 13-17, 1973. The Program and Arrangements Chairmen are Charles Owens (University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.) and Frank Egan; the Registrar-Treosurer is Hazel Zief (Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pa.); and the Conference Theme is "Chemistry of the Solid Earth and Other Bodies."
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