PEOPLE Semon Honored Dr. Waldo L. Semon, formerly of B. F . Goodrich Co., has been named to receive the 3rd International Synthetic Rubber Gold Medal of the journal, Rubber and Plastics Age. At Goodrich, he was responsible for many important developments including plasticized PVC, Hycar nitrile rubber, and c£s-l,4-polyisoprene. The award will be presented Oct. 14 in London.
INDUSTRY R. J. Anderson promoted to director of trade sales research and J. P. Gilhooly to chief chemist in trade sales at DeSoto Chemical Coatings, Inc., Des Plaines, 111. New scientists on research staff of Shell Development's research center, Emeryville, Calif.: Dr. Bruce R. Appel, Dr. Eugene F. Lutz, and Rona G. Solomon. Harold A. Arbit becomes a consultant in marketing, engineering, and development of plastic products and processes, Bound Brook, N.J. Dr. Thomas P. Carney joins G. D. Searle & Co. as v.p. for research and development, Chicago. Dr. John J. Chessick joins research department of Morton Chemical Co., Woodstock, 111. Dr. Edward C. Copelin promoted to senior research chemist at research center of Union Oil Co. of California, Brea. Malon H. Dickerson leaves Picker X-Ray Corp. to direct his own chemical consulting firm, Redox Corp., Cleveland, Ohio. Harriet G. Dolin has initiated Supplemental Science Services, Verona, N.J., offering chemical consultation, technical surveys, and other services. Bernard Edwards appointed tech82
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nical director of Dennis Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo. Floyd C. Garven named director of development at Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, 111. W. D. Gooden named technical director of Allied Chemical's Nitrogen Division, Hopewell, Va. Dr. Luther A. R. Hall named a research associate in industrial chemical research for Geigy Chemical Corp., Ardsley, N.Y. Dr. T. H. Haskell promoted to laboratory director in organic chemistry at Parke, Davis & Co., Ann Arbor, Mich. Dr. R. E. Maxwell named lab director in biochemistry. Dr. David W. Henderson, Dr. Charles J. Shearer, and Julian C. Nichols join research staff of Shell Development, Emeryville, Calif. James E. Henning joins Lundy Electronics & Systems, Inc., as assistant director of technical center, Pompano Beach, Fla. From Bjorksten Labs. Dr. Julian W. Hill is retiring from Du Pont after 36 years with the company. He played a key role in the discovery of nylon. After his career in research, he had been executive secretary of D u Pont's committee on educational aid. H. D. Hornberger appointed treasurer and G. Thomas Moynihan, Jr., assistant secretary of Schenectady Chemicals, Inc. H. F . Houser named section head in chemical development operations at Chemstrand Co/s Pensacola development center. P. W. Evans promoted to project leader in chemical process studies group. Frank A. Kosciolek named plant manager of National Metallurgical Corp., Springfield, Ore. Dr. Michael A. Manganelli joins Mobil Chemical as manager of polymer and plastics development. Dr. Howard S. Bryant, Jr., named manager of process engineering in research and technical division. Promotions to supervisor: Edward H. Unger, analytical services; Dr. David H. F. Liu, chemical engineering research; E. R.
Wiggen, process operations; Dr. Laurence E. McMakin, Jr., process development. Frederick H. Schneider promoted to senior chemical engineer. Robert M. Marshall joins technical department of Allied Chemical's Fibers Division, Hopewell, Va., as a chemist. Dr. Joseph F. Migliarese named director of research-toiletries division of Shulton, Inc. Donald J. Miller named superintendent of accounting and control at Monsanto's plastics division, Springfield, Mass. New research specialists: Dr. Gerhard H. Alt, Dr. John P. Chupp, Dr. Alfred E. Lippman, and Dr. Verle N. Schrodt.
AOAC Fellows The following have been named fellows of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists: E. J. Benne, Michigan State University; Fred C. Blanck, J. J. T. Graham, E. L. Griffin, K. D. Jacob, Clyde L. Ogg, C. O. Willits, and Oswald Schreiner, USDA, also William L. Hill (deceased); A. L. Brandon, Anheuser-Busch; Jonas Carol, Paul A. Clifford, Fred Hillig, William Horwitz, Henry A. Lepper, K. L. Milstead, V. E. Munsey, S. H. Newburger, Robert A. Osborn, and Frank A. Vorhes, Food and Drug Administration; Ross A. Chapman, Food and Drug Directorate (Canada). Henry A. Davis, New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station; M. P. Etheredge, Mississippi State University; Harry J. Fisher and Richard T. Merwin, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; Jacob Fitelson, Fitelson Laboratories; O. W. Ford and F. W. Quackenbush, Purdue; Guy G. Frary, South Dakota State Chemical Lab. H. A. Halvorson, Minnesota State Department of Agriculture; H. H. Hanson, Delaware State Board of Agriculture; Henri D. Haskins, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; George Marsh, Alabama State Department of Agriculture; Alex P. Mathers and Peter J. Valaer, Internal Revenue Service; William R. Reindollar, Maryland State Department of Health; A. H. Robertson, New York Department of Agriculture and Markets; John B. Smith, Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station; Carl F. Snyder, National Bureau of Standards; Al Steyermark, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.; L. S. Walker, Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Dr. Graham J. Blake, physical chemist from University of Nottingham, named assistant professor of chemistry at Gettysburg College. Dr. John C. D. Brand joins department of chemistry at Vanderbilt University as a professor of chemistry. Dr. Thomas M. Harris joins as assistant professor of chemistry. Dr. Mark M. Jones promoted to professor of inorganic chemistry; Dr. Robert E. Rummel and Dr. Lawrence J. Schaad to associate professors of chemistry. Charles Chakoumakos named head of science department and teacher of the CHEM Study program at Gould Academy, Bethel, Me. From faculty of Goshen Central School. Phoebus Christopher from Keuka College named assistant professor in chemical engineering at University of Louisville. Dr. Clayton H. Heathcock joins department of chemistry of University of California, Berkeley, as assistant professor of chemistry. James F. Hogg leaves University of Michigan to join the faculty of the chemistry department at Queens College of the City University of New York. Dr. Friedrich Horn joins faculty of Rice University, Houston, Tex., as professor of chemical engineering. From University of London. Dr. Philip Brooks joins the faculty as as-
Daniel Ibanez, Jr., leaves Pittsburgh Plate Glass to join faculty of Radford School for Girls, El Paso, Tex., as a teacher of science. Dr. Walter H. Puterbaugh named professor and head of the department of chemistry at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. From Thiel College. Dr. Richard S. Rosier named assistant professor of chemical engineering at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash. Dr. Edwin C. Steiner, senior research chemist at Dow Chemical, is on a year's leave to do postdoctoral research at MIT. Dr. Carl O. Thomas joins University of Tennessee faculty, Knoxville, as ' assistant dean of the graduate school and associate professor of physics. Dr. Gerald A. Thomas returns to San Francisco State College as chairman of the science division. He has been spending a sabbatical year at Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. Dr. Michael M. Varela, S.J., chairman of chemistry department at Ateneo de Davao College, Davao City, Philippines, receives a grant from a pharmaceutical firm in Manila to study the biochemistry of the soil and some natural products indigenous to the island of Mindanao.
GOVERNMENT Emile C. Freeland, recently chemical engineer with AID/China, Taipei, Taiwan, joins consulting firm of Carl W. Robinson, New York City, and is now chemical engineer of the Robinson group working with the Pakistan Investment Advisory Centre, Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. William H. Summerson named director of the Bureau of Scientific Research for Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.