ACS N E W S
Reports from the Board of Directors meetings June 3 and 9, 1966 Minutes, June 3 The Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society met at ACS headquar ters, Washington, D.C. at 10 A.M. on June 3. Arthur C. Cope. Chairman, presided. The following Directors were present: A. M. Bueche. R. W. Cairns, Arthur C. Cope, Milton Harris, W. O. Milligan. John H. Xair. Charles G. Overberger, Byron Riegel, John C. Sheehan, William J. Sparks, and Charles L. Thomas. The following were present by invita tion for part or all of the regular sessions: Dale B. Baker. R. H. Belknap, Gordon Bixler, Boris E. Cherney, Alden H. Emery, R. X. Hader, Arthur B. Hanson, E. G. Harris, Jr., R. E. Henze, R. Κ. Κ. Jones, Richard L. Kenyon, Joseph H. Kuney, R. V. Mellefont, Stephen T. Quigley, R. L. Silber, James H. Stack, B. R. Stanerson, Fred A. Tate, R. M. Warren, and Ralph F. Wolf.
4. VOTED that the following ad in terim action of the Committees on Finance and on Publications be ratified: VOTED that the Committees on Pub lications and on Finance, acting for the Board of Directors, authorize the conver sion of CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS to a weekly publishing cycle in 1967, with ap proximately one half of the range of sub ject matter to be covered each week.
11. On recommendation of the Com mittee on Awards and Recognitions, VOTED to authorize extension of the biennial Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry for five award-years ( 196977) and to thank the donors (Organic Syntheses, Inc., Organic Reactions, Inc., and the Division of Organic Chemistry) for increasing the honorarium from $5000 to $10,000 beginning in 1967.
5. V O T E D that the following ad in terim action of the Committee on Grants and Fellowships be ratified: V O T E D that the Committee on Grants and Fellowships, acting for the Board of Directors, on recommendation of the Pe troleum Research Fund Advisory Board, approve the allotment of funds for the PRF grants and awards listed in Tables I through V.
Constitution
and
Bylaws
12. V O T E D to confirm the amend ment of Bylaw III, Sec. 3 ( a ) ( 2 ) pro viding for the inclusion of the immediate Past President on the Council Policy Committee ( see Council Minute 9, C&EN, May 23, page 7 4 ) .
Reports 1. The minutes of the meeting of March 25, 1966, were approved (see C&EN, May 23, page 6 2 ) . Ad interim
actions
2. VOTED that the following ad interim action of the Board of Directors be confirmed: V O T E D to approve the draft of the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors on March 25, 1966 as trans mitted on April 12. 3. V O T E D that the following ad in terim actions of the Committee on Awards and Recognitions be ratified: VOTED that the Committee on Awards and Recognitions, acting for the Board of Directors, accept the rules and regula tions for administration of the biennial American Chemical Society Award in Fer tilizer Chemistry as proposed by the sponsor, the National Plant Food Institute. V O T E D that the Committee on Awards and Recognitions, acting for the Board of Directors, accept the rules and regulations for the administration of the American Chemical Society Award in d i e Chemistry of Plastics and Coatings as proposed by the sponsor, The Borden Company Foun dation, Inc. V O T E D that the Committee on Awards and Recognitions, acting for the Board of Directors, prepare a congratulatory scroll to be presented to the Czechoslovakian Chemical Society at its centennial cele bration July 4 - 7 , 1966 in Prague. (Dr. John C. Sheehan presented the scroll on behalf of the Board of Directors at the meeting. ) 52 C&EN AUG. 1, 1966
6. V O T E D to receive the reports of the officers of the Society. 7. V O T E D to receive the reports of the following committees and Boards: Awards and Recognitions; Corporation Associates; Education and Students; Finance; Grants and Fellowships; Public, Professional, and Member Relations; Publications; Special Committee of the Board of Directors for the Chemical Abstracts Service; Chemistry and Public Affairs; Investments; To Study Plans for ACS Employees to Purchase Annuities; Patent Matters and Related Legislation (joint with Council), the Petroleum Re search Fund Advisory Board and the Board of Trustees for Administering the Group Life Insurance Plan for ACS Mem bers. Those reporting more than progress are printed on page 58-63. 8. V O T E D to receive the reports of the Controller and the Chairman of the Committee on Investments. Awards
and
Recognitions
9. By secret ballot, V O T E D that the Priestley Medal for 1967 be awarded to Ralph Connor. 10. On recommendation of the Com mittee on Awards and Recognitions, VOTED to change the name of the ACS Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry sponsored by Esso Research and Engineering Company to the E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and En gineering Chemistry sponsored by Esso Research and Engineering Company.
Finance 13. On recommendation of the Com mittee on Finance, V O T E D to authorize the Controller to initiate the necessary actions to discontinue the Revolving Fund concept which was set up originally to take care of expenditures that were not of an annual type and to budget those activities involved as current revenue and expense functions.
Finance-Publications 14. On recommendation of the Com mittees on Finance and on Publications, V O T E D that a new publication in the field of evironmental chemistry be estab lished to include papers on original re search and engineering development in fields of chemistry concerned with man's environment and under appropriate cir cumstances this journal will include criti cal reviews and surveys on selected topics of current interest to scientists and en gineers working in various segments of the field of environmental chemistry, re ports of scientific and technical meetings written by experts in the field concerned, and a modest amount of staff-written in terpretive treatment of developments in research, industrial activity, and legisla tive and political activity at the federal, state, and local level where such activity has a professional connotation to workers in the field.
HIGHLIGHTS OF OFFICIAL REPORTS "special" committee, permitting inclusion of nonBoard members. (Minute 17 and committee re port )
Awards The l o g e r Adams Award in Organic Chemistry will carry a $10,000 honorarium beginning in 1987, Extension of the biennial award through 1977 has been authorized. (Minute 11) The ACS Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry sponsored by Esso Research and En gineering Company has been renamed the E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry sponsored by ESSO Research and Engi neering Company. (..Minute 10) Priestley Medalist for 1967 is Dr. Ralph Connor, vice president for research and chairman of the board at Rohm and Haas (C&EN, June 20, page 66). (Minute 9)
Membership Some 7900 ACS members had enrolled in the group life insurance plan by May 1 (enrollment deadline ) and $79,200,000 in insurance was in force. (See committee report)
Metric System ACS endorsement of ILS. adoption of the metric system has been voted by the Board, ( Minute 28 )
Petroleum Research Fund Board of Directors
Funds f o r 63 new and continuing PRF grants and
Dr· Milton Harris has been elected Board Chair man for the unexpired term of Dr. Cope (C&EN? June 20, page 20), (Minute 3, June 9 session) An Arthur C, Cope Memorial Fund has been estab lished with contributions to be used in the area of Dr. Cope's life interests. (Minute 2, June 9 ses sion) (See also page 51)
Chemical Abstracts Service Conversion t o α weekly publishing cycle for Chem ical Absfrmis beginning in 1967 has been author ized. ( Minute 4 and Committee on CAS ) 1967 prices for CAS's polymer alerting service (Polymer Science and Technology) have been set, (λ lin ute 15)
a w a r d s have been approved. committee report)
Public Affairs Financial support of a conference on environ mental improvement has been voted on recoin™ mendation of the Committees on Chemistry and Public Affairs and on Finance. ( Minute 24 ) A symposium on the Organization, Structure, and Synthesis of Living Systems will be held at the fall national ACS meeting. (Committee on Chem istry and Public Affairs )
Corporation Associates The purposes of t h e C o m m i t t e e on C o r p o r a t i o n Associates have been redefined and it is now a
15. On recommendation of the Committees on Finance and on Publications, VOTED that the 1967 prices for the alerting service of the Chemical Abstracts Service [Polymer Science and Technology ( P O S T ) ] be set as follows and that magnetic tape copies be made available to subscribers at $500 per year for each section, with the subscriber furnishing the tape: Base price up to 25 scientists) with an additional $50 for each additional group of 25 or less on the subscriber's staff to a maximum
of: Publications 16. On recommendation of the Committee on Publications. V O T E D to appoint Harold Hart to succeed Ralph
Publications Establishment of a new ACS publication in the field of environmental chemistry has been ap proved. ( Minute 14 and committee report ) ir* Harold H a r t will become editor of Chemical l e v î e w s on Jan. 1, succeeding Dr. Ralph Shriner. (Minute 16)
Shriner as editor of Chemical effective Jan. I. 1967. Corporation
Reviews,
Associates
17. On recommendation of the Committee on Corporation Associates, V O T E D to redefine the committee's purposes in broader perspective as indicated in its report (see page 59) and to change its POST-}**
POST-?**
Together
$1200
$1000
$2100
1700
1500
3100
status from that of a Standing Committee to a Special Committee to permit the inclusion of persons who are not members of the Board of Directors.
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Educational
** United States and foreign patents biweekly in alternate weeks.
18. On recommendation of the Committee on Finance, V O T E D that the ACS sponsor and manage, on terms to be
Journal papers and government reports biweekly.
(Minute 5 and
and Scientific
Exposition
agreed on between the Society and the California Section, an educational and scientific exposition at the 155th National Meeting in San Francisco. March 31 to April 5, 1968. 19. On recommendation of the Committee on Finance, V O T E D that a general policy decision on ACS sponsorship and management of educational and scientific expositions be deferred until after the results of the Miami Beach exposition (April 9-14, 1967) have been analyzed. Meetings 20. In collaboration with the Council Policy Committee, V O T E D to approve the following schedule of business sessions at the 152nd national meeting this fall: Board of Directors, Sunday, Sept, 11 Council Policy Committee, Monday afternoon, Sept, 12 Council, Tuesday morning, Sept. 13 AUG. 1» 1966 C&EN
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Standing committees, executive sessions —to be set by committees but at least one session completed prior to the start of the CPC meeting Standing committees, open sessions— to be set by committees
23. On recommendation of the Council, V O T E D that the 1972 spring meeting be held in Los Angeles, Calif., April 9-14.
21. On recommendation of the Council, V O T E D that the 1967 winter meeting scheduled for Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 1 5 20, be cancelled.
24. On recommendation of the Committees on Chemistry and Public Affairs and on Finance, V O T E D to grant up to $10,000 for a conference on environmental improvement, including publication costs for such reports as may result from the conference.
22. On recommendation of the Council, V O T E D that the date of the 1969 spring meeting in Minneapolis be changed from March 23-28 to April 13-18.
Table I.
Miscellaneous
The meeting adjourned at 5 P.M. B. R. STANERSON,
Secretary
PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field (Type A)
Institution Penna. St. Univ.
J. Warkentin T. J. Hanratty
McMaster Univ. Univ. of Illinois
F. G. Stehli
Western Reserve Univ.
H. Felkin
Univ. of Paris
R. R. Sauers
Rutgers : The State Univ.
S. Winstein
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles
A. P. Stefani
Univ. of Mississippi
S. I. Goldberg
Univ. of South Carolina
M. N. A. Peterson
Scripps Inst, of Oceanography
G. Parravano L. I. Stiel
Univ. of Michigan Syracuse Univ.
R. B. Anderson
McMaster Univ.
R. D. Burkhart
Univ. of Nevada
K. Kammermeyer
Univ. of Iowa
S. P. Pappas
Emory Univ.
H. T. Cullinan, Jr.
State Univ. of N.Y. at Buffalo
T. L. Brown C. P. Quinn
Univ. of Illinois U. of Cambridge, England
A. Finch
Royal Holloway College
A. W. Czanderna
Clarkson College of Technology
F. A. Cotton
Massachusetts Inst, of Technology
0 . P. Strausz
Univ. of Alberta
R. Ward J. Tanaka L. Katz
Univ. of Connecticut
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26. On recommendation of the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs and with the endorsement of the Committee on Public, Professional, and Member Relations, V O T E D that the American Chemical Society endorse the adoption of the metric system in the United States.
25. V O T E D to confirm the appointment of an ACS representative to the
Investigator G. W. Brindley
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U.S. National Committee of the International Association on Water Pollution Research (Council Minute 28, March 27, 1966) and to approve payment of the required membership dues.
Subject
Organic Sorption and $ 3,580 Diffusion in Relation (Supplement) to Clay and Shale Material 5,700 (13 mos.) Radicals and Carbenes 8,268 Flow Field in a Packed Bed 7,000 Location of Permian and Cretaceous Rotational Pole Positions 6,000 Grignard Reagents and Olefinic Compounds The Synthesis and 6,120 Chemistry of the Tri3 6 cyclo (3.2.1.0 ' )Octane and Tricyclo 2 5 (4.2.1.0 · ) Nonane Systems 7,080 Homo conjugation and Homoaromatic Chemistry 6,720 Addition and Abstraction Reactions of Free Radicals 7,200 Asymmetric Selection via Elimination 7,608 Recently Precipitated Dolomites and Associated Minerals Benzene Hydrogénation 7,080 The Heat Capacity of 6,914 (15 mos.) Dense Gases and Liquids 6,000 Kinetics of Catalytic Reactions Diffusion-Controlled 4,222 (14 mos.) Chemical Reactions Hydrocarbon Flow in 6,806 Microporous Media On Strained meta6,720 Bridged Aromatics Thermodynamic Diffu7,080 sion Parameters Organometal Bonding 7,400 Fundamental Kinetic 4,460 Data from Paraffin Pyrolyses 2,725 Thermochemistry of Boron Compounds The Correlation of Sur6,480 face Structure and Gas Adsorption Nonrigid Carbonyl and 7,074 Organo Compounds of Transition Metals Photochemistry of Fluo7,900 (15 mos.) rine- and SiliconContaining Hydrocarbons Ternary Hydrides
Amount Ï967
1966
8,603
$
... 3,200 7,068
1968
$
Total $
3,200 5,868
3,580
12,100 21,204 14,000
7,000
4,000
4,000
14,000
6,120
6,120
18,360
7,080
7,080
21,240
6,720
13,440
7,200
7,200
21,600
6,696
6,696
21,000
7,080 6,914
7,080
21,240 13,828
4,800
4,800
15,600 9,202
4,980 6,806
6,806
20,418
6,720
6,720
20,160
7,080
7,080
21,240
7,200 2,510
7,200 1,910
21,800 8,880
2,725
2,725
8,175
6,480
6,480
19,440
7,063
7,063
21,200
4,900
6,629
12,800
5,268
20,500
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A senior surface or colloid chemist is required t o prepare and study the properties of photoconductors intrinsically or extrinsically sensitive to electro magnetic radiation. A n interest in solid-state physics and a m i n i m u m of 3-5 years of appropriate experience beyond the PhD are required.
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•
T w o senior positions are open to study photolytic latent image production in solids-quantum effici ency, distribution and nature of the photoproducts — one involving silver halide and the other n o n conventional image forming systems. A knowledge of latent image theory is considered helpful. Re quirements include 3-5 years' related experience beyond the PhD.
Interested,
qualified
candidates
are invited
to forward
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Table I. Investigator R. N. Kust
Institution Univ. of Utah
P.R.Story
Univ. of Georgia
A. Small
Univ. of Connecticut
J. Shields
Case Inst, of Technology
A. G. Williamson
Univ. of Otago, New Zealand
R. A. Moss
Rutgers: The State Univ.
S. W. Weller
State Univ. of N.Y. at Buffalo
R. D. Nelson, Jr. J. J. Gajewski
Middlebury Coll. Indiana Univ.
B.W.Roberts
Univ. of Southern California
T.H.Crawford F. Kaplan Y. E. Rhodes Ν. Ν. Lichtin D. C. Jicha M. Jones, Jr. H. D. Kaesz E. LeGoff R. L. Flurry, Jr.
T. H. van Andel
G. W. Griffin
M. Pomerantz I. R. Kaplan
Table i l . Investigator E. Ben-Zvi L.J.Hughes J.M.Stewart L. M. Zoss W. C. Wolsey
(continued)
Subject Oxide Ion Activity in Fused Salts Structure of Homoallylic Carbonium Ions Strained Tricyclic Compounds Internal Hydrogen Bonding in Small Peptides Non electrolyte Solutions Solvolysis of Alkyl Di-
1966 8,767
Surface Thermodynamics of Composite Catalysts Far-Infrared Refraction Alkyl Shifts in Diradi-
Amount 1967 1968 7,140 5,093
Total 21,000
7,000
6,960
6,960
20,920
5,510
6,530
6,369
18,409
6,960
6,960
6,960
20,880
5,200
5,200
5,200
15,600
6,296
7,256
...
13,552
6,820
6,840
6,840
20,500
7,800 (14 mos.) 6,900
6,540 6,900
6,540 6,900
20,880 20,700
Chemistry of Unsatu8,400 6,240 6,240 20,880 rated Cyclobutanes Univ. of Louisville Antimony Chlorides-Or4,640 4,680 4,680 14,000 ganic Substrate Re actions Univ. of Cincinnati The Structure and Chem7,092 7,092 ... 14,184 istry of Diazoketones New York Univ. Cyclopropane as a Neigh6,960 6,960 6,960 20,880 boring Group Boston Univ. Chemistry of "Active" 7,680 7,320 6,480 21,480 Nitrogen Univ. of North Carolina Reactions of Coordi7,620 (15 mos.) 5,180 ... 12,800 nated Ligands Princeton Univ. Photolysis of 1,1-Di6,840 6,840 6,840 20,520 halo - 2 - phenylcyclopropanes Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles Studies in Organotin 8,198 (15 mos.) 6,160 6,142 20,500 Chemistry Michigan State Univ. Alternate, Nonbenze6,844 7,036 7,120 21,000 noid Aromatic Hy drocarbons Louisiana State Univ., New A Linear Combination 6,835 6,835 6,830 20,500 Orleans of Molecular Orbitals Treatment of Electron Donor-Acceptor Com plexes Scripps Inst, of Oceanography Age Relations of Sed7,063 7,063 6,874 21,000 imentary and Igneous Rocks from the Crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Louisiana State Univ., New New Techniques for the 7,127 7,127 7,127 21,381 Orleans Preparation of Cyclopropanes and Hetero cyclic Analogs Case Inst, of Technology Torsional States of Ole6,840 6,840 ... 13,680 fins Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles Pyrite Formation in 7,204 6,824 7,772 21,800 Sediments Total, Type A $315,336 $289,494 $227,223 $832,053
PR F grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field at the undergraduate level (Type B) Amount Institution Subject 1966 1967 1968 Total Immaculate Heart College Chemistry of the Oxy- $ 4,200 $ 4,200 $ . . . $ 8,400 Acids of Phosphorus Ithaca College Polymer Single Crys6,540 (15 mos.) 3,005 ... 9,545 tals : Polyethers Univ. of Montana Cyclopropane Ring Par8,160 (14 mos.) 4,440 ... 12,600 ticipation in Conjuga tion Valparaiso Univ. Fundamental Studies of 2,200 2,200 ... 4,400 Sampled-Data Con trol Macalester Coll. A Study of the Cyana8,040 (15 mos.) ... ... 8,040 mide Complexes continued on next page AUG. 1, 1966 C&EN 57
Table II. continued Institution
Subject
1966
Amount 1967 3,950 3,912
10,300 8,004
5,640
5,640
11,280
G. H . Stewart
Gonzaga Univ.
4,560
4,560
9,120
K. R. Blanchard
Vassar College
3,570
3,240
6,810
S. H . Pine
Calif. State Coll. at Los Angeles
6,840
5,160
12,000
F. J. Dinan
Canisius College
Kinetics of Chelation Orthoesters, Imidates, and Amidines Free Radical Rear rangements Impingement of a Fluid on a Fluid Surface Functionalization of Polycylic Hydrocar bons Stevens and SommeltHauser Rearrange ments Radio-Frequency Plas ma Reactions Total, Type Β
6,350 4,092
D. C. Neckers
St. Francis Coll., Pennsylvania Univ. of North Carolina at Greensboro Hope College
7,412
5,760
...
13,172
$ 67,604
$ 46,067
$ ...
$113,671
Investigator J. F . Wojcik J. P . Schroeder
Total
1968
Table III. PRF unrestricted grants for established scientists conducting fundamental research in the petroleum field (Type C) Investigator Institution Area of Research* Amount R. A. Marcus Univ. of Illinois Theoretical Chemical Kinetics $40,000 *The award in the form of an unrestricted research grant was based on the accomplishments in this area of fundamental research in the petroleum field. The recipient is encouraged to pursue any investigation in the petroleum field of interest to him.
Table IV. Investigator
PRF international awards in the petroleum field (Type D)
Institution
R. W. Traxler
Ο. Ε. Weigang, J r .
U. of Southwestern Louisiana to go to Institut Français D u Pétrole (France) and Technical University of Norway Tulane University to go to Technical University of Denmark
Table V.
1966 Amount
1967 Amount
Β
$3,657
Natural and Induced Optical Activity Total, Type D
10,896 $ 14,553
Institution
Title
Tufts University to go to Stanford University
Organic Chemistry (Ozonolysis of Alkenes)
Minutes, June 9 A special meeting of the Board of Directors was convened at 11:30 A.M. on June 9 in Boston. William J. Sparks, President of the Society and Chairman pro tern., presided. All members and B. R. Stanerson, Secretary, were present. 1. V O T E D that the sentiments of the Board of Directors concerning the sudden and untimely death of its Chairman, Arthur C. Cope, be expressed in an appropriate resolution to b e sent to his widow and distributed through C H E M I CAL AND ENGINEERING N E W S to his .asso-
which shall be used for scientific and educational purposes in the area of Dr. Cope's life interests, initially for summer support of chemistry instructors. 3. By secret ballot Milton Harris was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors to fill the unexpired term (1966) of Arthur C. Cope. The meeting adjourned at 12:05 P.M. B. R. STANERSON,
Secretary
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Standing Committees
ciates, his friends, and the scientific community. ( T h e resolution appeared in C&EN for June 20. )
Awards and Recognitions
2. V O T E D to create the Arthur C. Cope Memorial Fund and to receive contributions to this Fund, the revenue from
The committee met in Washington on June 2 with all members in attendance. Acceptance of the rules and regulations for administration of two new ACS awards
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...
PRF faculty awards for advanced scientific study in the petroleum field (Type E)
Investigator F. L. Greenwood
Title Metabolism and Biochemistry of Hydrocarbon Utilization by Microorganisms
1966 Amount $9,700
was recommended and approved (see Minute 3 ) . The committee recommended the preparation of a scroll to the Czechoslovakian Chemical Society on the occasion of its 100th anniversary (see Minute 3 ) . T h e committee, acting for the Board of Directors, voted that the deadline for receipt of nominations for national ACS awards be changed from April 1 to March 1. The committee recommended to the Board of Directors a slate of candidates for its consideration in selecting the 1967 Priestley Medalist (see Minute 9 ) . The committee recommended approval of the proposal for a change in the name of the ACS award sponsored by Esso Research and Engineering Company (see Minute 1 0 ) . The committee recommended to the Board of Directors extension of the biennial Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry for five award-years and accepted the proposal of the donors to in-
crease the honorarium from $5000 to $10,000 effective with the 1967 award (see Minute 1 1 ) . W . O. MILLIGAN,
Corporation
Chairman
Associates
The committee met on June 2 in Washington. Discussion of a redefinition of the committee's purpose, started at the previous meeting in Pittsburgh, was continued. The committee reached a consensus on the general nature of its new purpose and on the general means of achieving it. The purpose should b e the provision of an active linkage between the chemical industry and a Society dedicated to the service of all chemists and chemical engineers. Among the areas that immediately suggest themselves for attention are modern information systems and the education-industry interface. The committee recommended that this new purpose b e adopted and that the committee itself b e changed from a Standing Committee to a Special Committee of the Board so that persons who are not members of the Board may b e named to it ( see Minute 17 ). The committee also drafted a letter to be sent to the corporation associates informing them of the change in policy and the institution of an annual meeting to exchange progress reports and viewpoints, while also asking for the naming of a key technical executive from each associate to act as representative to the program and to attend the annual meeting. The Special Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs has requested that the Committee on Corporation Associates consider whether and how the corporation associates might extend the message contained in the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council report, "Chemistry: Opportunities and Needs," prepared by Dr. Frank H. Westheimer's group, particularly to the contribution of chemistry and chemical engineering to industry. T h e committee has accepted the request for study. ROBERT W . CAIRNS,
Education
Chairman
and Students
The committee met in Washington on June 2. It reviewed the report and recommendations from the 1966 ACS Education Conference held in Warrenton. Va., May 5-7, 1966. Over 30 persons, representing various ACS educational groups and other chemical educational interests, participated in the conference. One of the topics discussed at the conference was the "industry-education interface." Delegates recommended that "a commission representing industry and academe b e established to conduct a longrange study of this subject." The Committee on Education and Students in considering this recommendation felt that the establishment of such a commission should b e carefully developed. It therefore voted that "an ad hoc committee be appointed to study the feasibil-
ity, organization, and goals of a commission on industry and the academic community and make appropriate recommendations based on their findings." The education conference encouraged the coordination of activities in chemical education through participation b y all ACS and other groups active in this area in the biennial education conferences, and, in alternate years, in the long-range planning conference of the Division of Chemical Education. Improved coordination also would b e achieved by having each group invite t h e others to send representatives to its meetings. The conference encouraged the ACS education office to continue to assemble published education statistics and to act as a clearinghouse for such information. Groups planning questionnaires were urged to use restraint and to clear them through the Executive Secretary's Office as required by the 1953 action of the Board. Chemical education in junior colleges was considered at the conference. The participants indicated that all two-year college chemistry faculty should participate in ACS activities; that membership in the ACS b e facilitated by a liberal interpretation of Bylaw I, Sec. 3 ( b ) ( 3 ) ; that two-year college administrators support professional development of faculty by urging participation in sabbaticals, institutes, professional meetings, and short courses; and that the ACS develop a program to help improve chemical education in junior colleges including the addition of staff support to conduct the program. The Committee on Education and Students voted to recommend to the ACS Admissions Committee that the teaching of chemistry in junior colleges, for a time period which the committee would establish, b e viewed as an adequate qualification in lieu of publications or other documentary evidence when interpreting Bylaw I, Sec. 3 ( b ) ( 3 ) . The committee also instructed the E d ucational Secretary to distribute the recommendations of the ACS Education Conference to all junior college administrators calling their attention to those items pertaining to junior colleges. Accepting in principle the conference recommendations on junior colleges, and in the light of other developments, t h e committee requested staff to study the various needs in this area and outline a program for strengthening chemical education in the junior college. T h e report
Comments please Your views on matters reported by Board committees will be welcomed by the respective chairmen. Letters addressed to B. R. Stanerson, 1155 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, will be forwarded promptly.
on such a program, which is to b e presented to t h e committee at its September meeting, should indicate the financial and staff support needed. Undergraduate chemical education also was discussed at the Education Conference. The conference recommended to the ACS Board of Directors: "That a study of universities and four-year colleges offering education in chemistry b e undertaken in order to determine where their graduates go, to evaluate the success of the programs, and to give bases for future planning and operational actions. A study similar in magnitude to the Westheimer Report is indicated. I t would b e helpful if similar studies in mathematics, physics, and other sciences could b e undertaken simultaneously." Since the Advisory Council on College Chemistry will conduct a preliminary survey this summer of chemical education in liberal arts colleges and has scheduled a conference this autumn on the same topic, this recommendation will b e considered again at the December meeting of t h e committee. A report was made by Dr. Moses Passer on the present status and future plans of the ACS Short Courses. Ten sessions will be given at the New York meeting with 28 additional ones confirmed for other parts of the country. H E R B E R T E. CARTER,
Chairman
Finance The Committee on Finance met in Washington on June 2. The invested position of the ACS Cash and Investment Pool and the ACS Petroleum Research Fund at March 3 1 , 1966, was reviewed from the Treasurer's report. At the end of March, the market value of the investments in the Cash and Investment Pool exceeded the cost b y $3,800,000 and investment revenue for the first three months exceeded t h e amount reported for the same period last year. Currently the investments for t h e ACS Petroleum Research Fund are being selected to employ a working balance. For liquidity and to minimize price fluctuations, the investments are either government securities or time deposits. T h e level of investment revenue for the ACS Petroleum Research Fund is dictated b y short-term interest rates which so far this year have been very favorable for investors. Investment transactions for both portfolios for the period Jan. 1 through March 31, 1966, were reported in detail b y t h e chairman of the Committee on Investments. Financial results for the first four months of 1966 are better than the budget estimate and the Controller believes that this gain will hold throughout t h e year. However, the preliminary estimate for 1967 suggests a sharp decline in net revenue because expenses are increasing at a faster rate than are revenues. The committee considered and a p proved a n e w accounting and reporting procedure for certain of the ACS activities and approved a n e w method of distributing the administrative expense on a provisional basis. AUG. 1, 1966 C&EN 59
Items in the Finance-Publications section of the meeting agenda, which were acted on jointly, appear in the report of the chairman of the Committee on Publications. ROBERT W . CAIRNS,
Grants and
Chairman
Fellowships
The committee met in Washington on June 2 with A. M. Bueche, A. C. Cope, W. O. Milligan, J. C. Sheehan, and C. L. Thomas present; attending in addition to committee members were R. E . Henze of the P R F staff and B. R. Stanerson, Executive Secretary of the ACS. Major items of business included the presentation of a financial status report from the PRF Program Administrator, the development of a suggested list of nominees for appointment to the P R F Advisory Board, and consideration of PRF Advisory Board grant and award recommendations. Funds budgeted for 1966 P R F grants and awards have been committed except for $520,000 set aside for new and renewal Type G grants. The P R F Advisory Board's Special Type G Committee is scheduled to meet in Chicago, 111., on Aug. 15 to consider Type G grant proposals. In accordance with program changes approved by the Board of Directors on -March 25, 1966, new P R F Type G "starter grants" will b e in the amount of $5000 for a two-year period. In keeping with its assigned responsibility to "recommend necessary appointments to the Chairman of the Board of Directors," the committee considered and approved a suggested list of nominees to replace seven retiring members of the P R F Advisory Board. This list was forwarded to the Chairman of the ACS Board of Directors for consideration and action. During its consideration of grant and award recommendations stemming from the May 5-6 meeting of the P R F Advisory Board, the committee reviewed various responsibilities associated with the Society's administration of the P R F research grant program. Receiving particular attention was the committee's continuing duty to concern itself with the relevance of recommended P R F grants and awards to scientific education and fundamental research in the "petroleum field," which may include any field of pure science which in the judgment of the recipient may afford a basis for subsequent research directly connected with the petroleum field, and as further defined in the Trust Agreement. Following a stimulating discussion of this matter, the committee approved the action recorded in Minute 5. J O H N C. SHEEHAN,
Chairman
Public, Professional, and Member Relations The committee met in Washington on June 2. An ACS seminar on the- frontiers of chemical research for the information of editors and science writers is being planned by the ACS News Service for 1967. For this seminar, leading chemists and chemical engineers in specific fields, 60
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chosen by a special advisory committee of authorities in these fields, will b e brought together to describe and interpret their work before a journalistic audience. T h e project is intended to help science communicators discern the main lines of chemical advance in order that they may help the public become better informed. T h e committee recommended that an expenditure of u p to $5000 b e authorized for this purpose. T h e plans include compilation of the oral reviews in a volume to b e made widely available. New public relations objectives have been suggested by staff to update those now appearing in ACS public relations manuals. Revisions in the ACS Board of Directors statement on radio and television, approved in 1953, also have been proposed. These suggested changes will be studied by the committee and presented for Board action at an early meeting. Management of expositions at ACS national meetings should continue to b e under the control of ACS local sections, in the opinion of the committee. T h e national office should b e prepared, however, to provide as much advice and assistance as may b e requested. If the Society should be asked to assume complete management responsibility, a decision can be made at that time in the light of experience of the exposition at the Miami meeting next spring. The committee learned that a feasibility study of ACS participation in HemisFair 1968, a world's fair to be held at San Antonio, is still pending. HemisFair Corp. is seeking financial support for such a study. The committee reaffirmed its position that the Society will cooperate in the study if HemisFair Corp. finds a way to meet the expenses. Brief reports were received from committee members who also serve on the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs a n d the Committee on Patent Matters and Related Legislation. The PPMR Committee suggested, in support of a proposal by the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs, that the ACS reaffirm its position favoring official adoption by the United States of the metric system ( see Minute 26 ). JOHN H. N A I R ,
Chairman
Publications The committee met on June 2; publications-finance matters were considered jointly with the Committee on Finance. Study of need for Journal of Environmental Chemistry. Need for a journal to be published by the Society in the general area of environmental chemistry and the nature and content of such a journal have been carefully studied by staff. The Committees on Finance and on Publications concluded that such a publication would b e in the best interests of a significant portion of Society members and recommended to the Board that such a journal be created to include papers on original research and engineering development in fields of chemistry concerned with man's environment and that supplementary content such as critical reviews and surveys on selected subjects be included at the editor's discretion (see
Minute 1 4 ) . This publication is to b e created as soon as is practicable after an editor has been named; subscription rate will b e set when further information on costs and expected circulation have been obtained. Issue indexes on tape. Chemical Abstracts will b e published in 1967 with an individual number for each abstract rather than a column number and location letter. T h e committees concluded that index tapes resulting from this change should be made available experimentally to determine their usefulness as a searching service. Polymer Service. Publication schedules and prices were recommended for Chemical Abstracts Service's POST (Polymer Science and Technology), a polymer alerting service. Journal papers and government reports will b e covered one week ( P O S T - J ) , with U.S. and foreign patents being covered the next week ( P O S T - P ) . The committees recommended that this service be initiated in 1967 and recommended a price structure (see Minute 15). Weekly issues of Chemical Abstracts. On its current biweekly schedule, each issue of Chemical Abstracts now has an average of 900 pages, a size that is b e coming unwieldy for users. The committees recommended that Chemical Abstracts b e issued weekly starting in 1967 and that approximately half of the range of subject matter b e covered each week ( see Minute 4 ). Effects of widespread photocopying on publishing practices. T h e committees have authorized a continuing study of the effects on Society publications of t h e rapidly increasing frequency of photocopying and alternative methods of protecting the Society's position relative to its copyright holdings. The committees emphasize that any plans or programs that this study generates will attempt to encourage use of modern technological advances to disseminate scientific information while ensuring that its publishing activities will maintain their economic soundness. Interaction between CAS and the Division of Rubber Chemistry. T h e committee takes cognizance of the possible overlap and conflict between Chemical Abstracts Service's POST polymer alerting service and the abstracting program of the Division of Rubber Chemistry and will continue to maintain close liaison with the division to deal with any policy or operational difficulties that may arise. Appointment of editor. T h e committee recommended that Harold Hart b e appointed Editor of Chemical Reviews, effective Jan. 1, 1967, to succeed Ralph Shriner (see Minute 1 6 ) . CHARLES G. OVERBERGER,
Chairman
Special Committees
Chemical Abstracts Service Continuing its periodic policy-level discussions with government representatives, the committee met on March 26 and June 2 with representatives of the Office of Science and Technology and the Committee on Scientific and Technical Information ( C O S A T I ) . T h e following issues
were discussed : ( 1 ) overall integrated national network of information systems in science and technology, ( 2 ) ensuring that government and nongovernment in formation activities continue to develop in a harmonious and mutually beneficial manner, ( 3 ) continuous efforts in plan ning, modifying, and evaluating what is called "the National Chemical Informa tion System," and ( 4 ) recent trends in federal activities as they might affect the ACS. A Task Group of COSATI has identi fied four studies which are to examine aspects of information handling and to recommend actions leading to a national network of information systems: (a) document handling, ( b ) abstracting and indexing, ( c ) oral/informal communica tions, and ( d ) data handling. Systemsoriented contractors have been or are being selected to carry out these studies. Study ( a ) on document handling systems is complete (PB168267/AD624560, No vember 1965). The report recommended that the President's Office of Science and Technology ( OST ) test the recommended concepts, plan experiments, establish a prototype central managerial mechanism, and develop the continuing organization for further developing the integrated net work of systems. The abstracting and indexing study ( b ) is being conducted by System Develop ment Corp. and will be completed by 1967. The two other studies [ ( c ) and ( d ) above] are problem-definition studies, and potential contractors are being re viewed. The NAS/ΝΑΕ Committee on Scientific and Technical Communication ( SATCOM ) may act in a consultative ca pacity for these latter two studies. The action of the ACS Board on es tablishing a systems planning and fore casting group was discussed and the gov ernment representatives expressed their pleasure at this development. As the next step in the gradual evolution of a modern national chemical information sys tem (the first step being the establish ment *of a computer-based chemical com pound registry), the National Science Foundation is developing a long-range plan for the system. The ACS will co operate fully with the development of this plan. A meeting with the N S F and Information Management, Inc., represen tatives (who have contracted to conduct this study) was held in Columbus on May 16 to discuss the IMI design and devel opment effort. It is planned that three documented products will result from the project; ( 1 ) Systems Requirements De scription, ( 2 ) Systems Performance Speci fication, and ( 3 ) Systems Development Plan. A meeting of the committee was held in Columbus on May 17 to coordinate and plan with representatives of American Institute of Chemical Engineers the ex tension of computer-based services by CAS in the area of applied chemical tech nology and chemical engineering. BYRON RIEGEL,
Chairman
Chemistry and Public Affairs The committee held its third meeting at The Inn, Buck Hill Falls, Pa., on May 13-15.
The response to the committee's trans mittal, to each member of Congress, of the C&EN summary of the Westheimer Report has been extremely favorable. Many expressed appreciation on being in formed of the establishment and goals of the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs. Several requested copies for dis tribution to their constituents. Sen. War ren Magnuson commented that it was so excellent he wanted copies sent to the editorial writers of the leading newspapers in the state of Washington. Plans for the symposium on the "Syn thesis and Structure of Molecular Units in Living Systems," to be held at the Sep tember national meeting in New York, were discussed by Dr. H. E. Carter, who will be chairman. The Division of Bio logical Chemistry has agreed to sponsor the symposium. The program is tenta tively set for Monday morning, Sept. 12, and will include: Introductory Remarks Synthesis of Nuclear Acids Synthesis of Proteins Virus Replication by Isolated Enzyme Systems
Government Operations Committee has been authorized to study the allocation of federal support of science. Sen. Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma is chairman, and he intends initially to hold technical semi nars in lieu of hearings. The committee is considering a draft of a letter dealing with the problem of rational allocation of the nation's resources among the many scientific programs being advocated to the Government by various groups in the scientific community. It is intended to transmit this letter to Sen. Harris and other scientific policy makers in the Fed eral Government. The committee spent considerable time in discussing the implications of the West heimer Report and actions that the com mittee should take in supplementing the information contained in it. The consensus was that the committee should consider a study of support of research in liberal arts colleges and applied re
Dr. Charles C. Price Prof. H. R. Khorana, Institute of Enzyme Research, University of Wisconsin Prof. Klaus Hofmann, biochemistry de partment, University of Pittsburgh Prof. Sol Spiegelman, department of microbiology, University of Illinois
This program has resulted from the pro posal advanced by the chairman of the Committee on Chemistry and Public Af fairs in his Presidential address at the So ciety's Atlantic City meeting last fall that the control and synthesis of living sys tems be made a national research goal. O r . W. O. Baker brought to the atten tion of the committee the status of the 1967 National Science Foundation ap propriation now before Congress. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Independent Offices has already cut the budget by $45 million. The reasons for this action, in the face of White House and Office of Science and Technology support of the budget request, are varied and complex. Dr. Baker feels that this cut, if allowed to stand, would work to the disadvantage of chemistry. It is ap parent that the country has for some time assigned national priorities for scientific support on the basis of the excitement or promise or, most of all, fear of what large systems could represent, especially if they were controlled by hostile ideologies. The committee feels that the report, "Chemistry: Opportunities and Needs" (Westheimer Report) has qualitatively documented the need to enhance the ef forts of individual chemical scholars and teachers in our universities to permit their diverse acquisitions of the elements for systems which we have not yet formu lated or perhaps even conceived. The committee voted to write to Sen. Warren Magnuson, chairman of the Sen ate Appropriations Subcommittee on In dependent Offices, in support of restora tion of the cuts in the National Science Foundation budget. Recognizing the im portance of further quantitative documen tation of the role and needs of chemistry, the committee will offer to discuss with Sen. Magnuson how the ACS could make available detailed factual information on chemists and chemistry which could be useful to his subcommittee. A new subcommittee of the Senate
search areas and make an effort to place the provisions of the Westheimer Re port on a more quantitative fact basis. The chairman was asked to write to the chairman of the Committee on Cor poration Associates requesting that group to consider the possibility of underwrit ing such supplementary studies to the Westheimer Report. Dr. W. J. Sparks reported on the very successful inventors' panel which was held at the AIC meeting in New Orleans and suggested that the committee consider a program at national meetings to recognize the contribution of inventors to the science of chemistry. Dr. Carter proposed that the contribution of chem ists in federal agencies be given greater recognition by the Society. The com mittee voted to recommend to the Com mittee on Awards and Recognitions con sideration of the concept of inventorship as a basis for an ACS award and also consideration of honoring outstanding chemists in the federal agencies. Dr. Lloyd M. Cooke reported on the meeting held at Pittsburgh of the ad hoc committee considering the problem of environmental control. The consensus of that group, which included officers of the ACS Division of Water. Air, and Waste Chemistry and the joint BoardCouncil Committee on Air Pollution, was that the Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs should proceed to develop an official ACS program for attacking this important public prob lem. The committee voted to hold a conference of experts in specific areas covered in the report of the Environ mental Pollution Panel, President's Science Advisory Committee, entitled "Restoring the Quality of our Environ ment." The aim of the conference will be to adopt a definitive plan for further study. The results of this study on the "Science and Technology of Environ mental Control" will be published as an AUG. 1, 1966 C&EN
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ACS report. The committee voted further to submit a request to the Com mittee on Finance for its consideration of expenses for the conference (see Minute 2 4 ) . Dr. Robert W . Cairns, chairman of the National Academy of Sciences-Na tional Academy of Engineering Com mittee on Scientific and Technical In formation, reviewed for the committee the progress that has been made in de veloping a national system for the flow and transfer of scientific and technical It is that committee's information. opinion that the major responsibility for leadership must lie with the Office of Science and Technology, and any na tional system would have to rely heavily on government resources. Systems Management, Inc., has been granted a contract to draw up the specifications for such a system. The committee, after considering ACS action in regard to the United States conversion to the metric system, voted to recommend to the Council and the Board that the ACS go on record in sup port of this conversion and that at the appropriate time the ACS should sup port the change at any Congressional hearings on the subject (see Minute 2 6 ) . CHARLES C. PRICE,
Chairman
Board Petroleum Research Fund
Advisory
Table A presents a final summary of ACS-PRF grants which received payment in 1965 and those active in 1965 through extension of time without commitment of additional funds. T h e total number of 648 active grants listed for 1965 may be compared with 599 for 1964, 571 for 1963, 521 for 1962, 431 for 1961, and 349 for 1960. A large portion of the increase in the past several years can b e attributed to the Type G starter grant program. The provision of second-year Type G grants in 1965 accounts for the increase of the past year. Table Β lists the amounts encumbered to date by types of grants for 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969, and amounts estimated for page charges and administrative ex penses for 1966. The number of grants already approved for the three years is given in parentheses following the amounts. The figures in Table Β do not include the amounts recommended by the P R F Advisory Board at its May 5 and 6, 1966, meeting which the ACS Board Committee on Grants and Fellowships had not considered when this report was prepared. On hand for consideration at the May meeting were 155 proposals re questing a total of $3,851,882. At the time of this writing, 1966 uncommitted funds total $1,469,832. Of this amount $120,000 has been earmarked for renewal of 60 1965 Type G starter grants and $400,000 for 80 new 1966 Type G starter grants, the latter to b e awarded as $5000 two-year grants, as approved by the Board Committee on Grants and Fellowships in March 1966. Approxi mately $940,000 was available for grant 62
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Table A.
Type A Β C D Ε G Special X Total
Summary of PRF grants paid in 1955 (Prepared—May 1, 1956)
Number
Amount paid $2,003,320 0 368,175 0 339,500 65,045 15,220 160,000 110,000 12,860 $3,074,120
308 56 time extensions 92 17 time extensions 26 9 3 80 55 renewal ?_ 048 Publication page charges Administrative expenses (Budget estimate, $253,000)
% 65.3
Average per grant $6,538
11.8
3,975
11.1 2.1 .5 5.2 3.6 .4
* 7,338 5,073 2,000 2,000
17,584 239,494
Total
$3,331,198
Payments made in installments.
and award recommendations at the May PRF Advisory Board meeting. Table C gives a balance sheet of funds authorized by the Board of Directors and the amounts disbursed or encumbered prior to May 1, 1966. At the F e b . 10 and 11, 1966, meeting the P R F Advisory Board considered 110 proposals, of which it recommended a total of 52 ( 4 7 % ) for grants. These re quests and recommendations by types of grants are listed in Table D. T h e total amount recommended for all grants was $839,024, or 3 0 . 5 % of the total dollars requested. Recommendations regarding the grants and awards summarized in this table were approved by the Board of Directors on March 25, 1966. Recommendations from the May 5 and 6 P R F Advisory Board meeting were presented to the Board of Directors through the Committee on Grants and Fellowships (see Minute 5 ) . The 10th Annual Report on Research
under Sponsorship of T h e Petroleum Re search Fund Administered by the ACS has been completed. This report covers the period ending Aug. 3 1 , 1965. It in cludes abstracts and indices of all active grants by name of investigator and by institution. It also describes the various types of grants available and lists the names of P R F Advisory Board members for 1965 and 1966. The summer meeting of the Special Type G Grant Committee is scheduled for Aug. 15 in Chicago. ARTHUR L. L Y M A N ,
Chairman
Trusteeship ACS Group Life Insurance
Plan
The Group Life Insurance Plan for ACS Members became effective on April 1, 1966, with 4810 members enrolled. T h e favorable acceptance of the plan
Table B. Payment schedule of PRF funds encumbered for grants and awards by year and type of grants as of May 1, 1966 (Number of grants in parentheses) Type A Β C D Ε G Special-X Totals
1966 $1,584,097(248) 281,767(64) 377,000(32) 61,872(8) 13,410(1) 20,250(3) $2,338,396(356)
Page charges (est.) 20,000 Administrative expense (est.) 260,000 Total Committed $2,618,396 Total committed for all years Total committed for future years (1967, 1968, 1969)
1968
1969
$744,386(127) 132,195(34) 256,500(26)
1967
$283,442(51) 38,288(9) 196,500(20)
$68,000(7)
$1,133,081(187)
$518,230(80)
$68,000(7)
$1,133,081
$518,230 $4,337,707 $1,719,311
$68,000
Table C. Amounts authorized by the ACS board of directors and amounts paid out or encumbered since December 1961* (Prepared May 1, 1966) Amounts authorized as of Nov. 1, 1965 Prior to December 1961 December 1961 June 1962 December 1962 December 1962 June 1963 September 1963 December 1963 J u n e 1964 December 1964 December 1964 Plus additional previously authorized December 1965 December 1965 Total authorized
$2,198,072 2,960,000 317,920** 2,940,000 75,000f 250,000** 45,000f 3,000,000 117,000** 3,000,000 300,000** 300,000** 3,250,000 300,000** $19,052,992
Amounts paid or encumbered as of May 1, 1966 $3,312,234 1962 3,187,657 1963 3,325,687 1964 3,331,198 1965 2,618,396 1966 1,133,081 1967 (Exclusive of adm. exp. and page charges) 518,230 1968 ( » » » » » » » » ) 68,000 1969 ( " " " " " " " " ) 17,494,483 Total amounts paid or encumbered as of May 1, 1966 $ 1,558,509 Unencumbered balance * This date coincides with a change in budget procedures. ** Taken from the $2 million allocated June 1962 by the Board of Directors to be used over a 5- to 6-year period. f Specifically for Type G awards and taken from the $2 million explained in footnote**. (A total of $1,704,920 used to date from the J u n e 1962 allocation.)
Table D.
prompted the trustees to extend the char ter enrollment period to May 1, 1966. At the end of the charter enrollment period 7926 members had enrolled and a $79,200,000 volume of insurance was in force. The response to the plan far ex ceeded the expectations of the ad hoc Committee on Group Life Insurance for ACS Members and the insurance under writers. The trustees believe that the plan has been highly successful from a membership standpoint and there is no reason to be lieve that the annualized premium of ap proximately $525,000 will not make the plan actuarially successful from a funded standpoint. By June 2, one death claim had been paid and two additional deaths had been reported to the insurance com pany. ROBERT V. M E L L E F O N T ,
Chairman
Copies of the Reports from the June Board of Directors Meet ing are available on request to the Office of the Executive Sec retary. Next Official Report: Report of 152nd National Meeting in the November 7, 1966, issue.
Summary of action on proposals considered at the February 1966 meeting of the PRF Advisory Board Requested
Type of Grant A Continued and new Β Continued and new C New DNew XNew Totals
Number 74 17 6 11 2^ 110
Ralph F. Wolf leaves ACS post R a l p h F . Wolf, w h o s e a p p o i n t m e n t as assistant s e c r e t a r y of t h e A C S was an n o u n c e d earlier this year, is leaving t h e post A u g . 1 to r e s u m e his con sulting business in A k r o n , Ο h i ο. Mr. Wolf joined t h e A C S staff in D e c e m b e r 1965. Mr. Wolf h a s b e e n in t h e r u b b e r i n d u s t r y since 1 9 3 2 w h e n h e r e c e i v e d a B.S. from C a t h o l i c University. H e b e g a n his career in t h e chemical l a b o r a t o r y at B. F . G o o d r i c h Co. H e joined S t a n d ard Oil D e v e l o p m e n t Co. before W o r l d W a r I I a n d is c r e d i t e d w i t h m a k i n g , in F e b u a r y 1 9 4 1 , t h e first b u t y l r u b b e r inner t u b e ever p r o d u c e d .
Amount $2,171,444 187,982 240,000 116,120 6,050 $2,721,596
Number 31 12 3 5 1 52
Recommended Amount $561,773 125,560 120,000 30,441 1,250 $839,024
L a t e r t h a t year h e c a m e to W a s h ington to allocate r u b b e r for t h e Gov e r n m e n t a n d w a s chief of t h e synthetic r u b b e r allocation section of t h e W a r P r o d u c t i o n B o a r d d u r i n g m o s t of t h e war. I n t h e late '40's Mr. Wolf b e c a m e m a n a g e r of c o m p o u n d i n g research for P i t t s b u r g h P l a t e Glass Co. a n d for 12 years w a s responsible for d e v e l o p m e n t of m o s t of t h e applications of t h e reinforcing silical fillers in r u b b e r . H e b e c a m e t e c h n i c a l director of t h e N a t u r a l R u b b e r B u r e a u in 1960 a n d in 1964 s t a r t e d his o w n consult ing business.
ACS gets grant to study literature dissemination T h e N a t i o n a l Science F o u n d a t i o n h a s a w a r d e d A C S a $ 4 6 , 4 2 5 g r a n t to s t u d y systems r e q u i r e m e n t s analysis for dis
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s e m i n a t i n g p r i m a r y literature. J o s e p h H . K u n e y , A C S D i r e c t o r of P u b l i c a tions R e s e a r c h , is t h e p r i n c i p a l investi gator. In t h e first p h a s e of t h e project, Mr. K u n e y plans to d e t e r m i n e w h a t factors affect h o w p r i m a r y information channels are established a n d m a i n t a i n e d , to find out if w h a t w e n o w k n o w a b o u t h o w information is dis s e m i n a t e d can suggest h o w t h e system should o p e r a t e , a n d to p r o p o s e an ex p e r i m e n t a l system to disseminate pri m a r y information m o r e effectively t h a n t h e p r e s e n t journal system. A c c o r d i n g to Mr. K u n e y , it is clear t h a t t h e c u r r e n t state of c o m p u t e r t e c h n o l o g y will p r o v i d e a variety of w a y s to d i s s e m i n a t e p r i m a r y informa tion, b u t it is not clear to w h a t ex t e n t a n y of t h e m will m e e t in n e a r o p t i m u m fashion t h e n e e d s of scien tists as e i t h e r p r o d u c e r s or users of t h e information. I n addition, w e d o n ' t AUG. 1, 1966 C&EN
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know the economic feasibility of the possible systems and how they might fit within the total chemical information system. His project will seek to evaluate these factors and then to propose the design, testing, and implementation of new systems for handling the primary literature.
New local section officers CHICAGO. Dr. Charles K. Hunt, professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, is the 196667 chairman of the Chicago Section. Serving with Dr. Hunt are Dr. Roy H. Bible, Jr., chairman-elect; Fred Klepetar, vicechairman; Hertsell S. Conway, 86 East Randolph St., Chicago, 111. 60601, secretary; and A. Rodger Wreath, treasurer.
OREGON. Dr. John L. Kice, professor of chemistry at Oregon State University, is the new chairman of the Oregon Section. Serving with him are Dr. Richard M. Noyes, chairman-elect; Dr. Theran D. Parsons, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore. 97331, secretary; and Dr. Frederick T. Bond, treasurer. SOUTH CAROLINA. John T. Wise, group leader in the chemical research and development department at Sonoco Products Co., is the 1966-67 chairman of the South Carolina Section. The other officers are John Miglarese, chairman-elect, and Dr. Joseph R. Wilkinson, Department of Chemistry, The Citadel, Charleston, S.C. 29409, secretary-treasurer. ALABAMA. Oscar L. Hurtt, Jr., chief chemist at H. K. Porter Co.'s Connors Works, is the new chairman of the Alabama Section. The other officers are Mrs. Wynelle D. Thompson, ch airman-elect; Ruby H. James, Southern Research Institute, 2000-9th Ave. South, Birmingham, Ala. 35205, secretary; and William Neidermeier, treasurer. 64 C&EN AUG. l f 1966
