ACS NEWS May 17, 1971
News, Reports, People, Meetings
Summary of activities of the ACS Committee on Professional Training for 1970 The 1970 meetings of the Committee on Professional Training were held in Houston in February and in Chicago in September just prior to the regular semiannual meetings. An open meeting was arranged in Chicago to permit group discussion with the committee by chairmen of departments of chemistry at ACSapproved schools and others with regard to possible revisions of the minimum standards used as criteria in evaluating undergraduate professional education in chemistry and on other matters of mu-
tual interest. Open meetings of the committee will continue to be scheduled annually in the fall of each year. Chairmen and individual staff members of chemistry departments wishing to speak with the secretary or other committee members during ACS national meetings should request an appointment through the ACS Office of the Executive Director after arriving at the meeting. This report was jointly prepared by the committee's secretary and assistant secretary.
Undergraduate education in chemistry. Chemistry department chairmen from 36 institutions met with the committee during the year to discuss their programs of undergraduate education in chemistry. Associates of the committee visited 25 institutions in connection with the formal evaluations. A total of 444 schools were on the approved list at the end of 1970. Table III reports information from schools approved by ACS, as well as from schools accredited in chemical engineering by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Engineer's Council for Professional Development on the number of students receiving bachelor's degrees and certified to the Society for July 1, 1969, to June 30, 1970. The total of noncertified graduates is also listed as is the number of M.S. and Ph.D. degrees conferred by each institution offering such degrees. Minimum standards. Now under consideration are the suggestions received from chairmen of chemistry departments at approved institutions and a selected group of industrial scientists in connection with the committee's current evaluation of the minimum standards for undergraduate education in chemistry. The responses from the industrial scientists were arranged through the Education Activities Committee of the Manufacturing Chemists Association, and the committee wishes to acknowledge and express its appreciation for the excellent cooperation that was extended by the member companies of MCA. No formal or published report of the data provided by the approved institutions and industrial scientists is planned, and in view of the substantial amount of
information that was received and that must be studied, the committee will probably not be in a position to reach conclusions about possible revisions in the minimum standards until early in 1972. The conclusions will then be discussed fully with all interested parties. These discussions and the additional suggestions which may result will be considered further before final decisions are reached about changes in the minimum standards. This would mean from a practical point of view that any revisions could not be formally adopted before 1973. ACS Directory of Graduate Research. Requests will be mailed in the spring of 1971 for information for the 1971 edition of the Directory of Graduate Research. The directory will continue to list faculties, publications, and doctoral theses at graduate departments or divisions which have established programs leading to the doctoral degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, and pharmaceutical and/or medicinal chemistry at universities in the United States and Canada. Chairmen of graduate departments having established programs lead-
C. Walling, Chairman H. A. Bent G. A. Berchtold W. H. Eberhardt H. S. Gutowsky E. L. Haenisch E. L. King W. P. Slichter W. G. Young J. H. Howard, Secretary H. G. Walsh, Assistant secretary
ing to the doctoral degree specifically in one or more of the fields mentioned above and which are not listed in the current directory should contact the secretary of the committee if they have not already done so. Listing in the directory will be contingent upon a payment or contribution by each graduate department of $10 per page or fraction thereof for the number of pages required for the departmental reporting in the 1969 edition. Charges will be estimated for graduate departments appearing for the first time. The committee regrets the necessity for imposing this condition, but the income is required to offset the costs of the complimentary distribution and a substantial deficit that otherwise would result. Since the directory is the most effective and efficient means of distributing information about graduate departments and programs, it is believed that such a payment can well be justified by each graduate department. As in past years one copy of the directory will be made available on a complimentary basis to (Continued on page 40)
Table I. Summary of totals from 1970 reports CHEMISTRY Schools reporting Men
Bachelor's in chemistry certified to ACS Bachelor's in chemistry not certified M.S. in chemistry Ph.D. in chemistry Bachelor's with majors in chemistry expected 1970-71 (415 schools submitted this information)
415 415 269 176
3246 3326 1287 1974
Women
Total
582 640 378 171
3828 3966 1665 2145 7998
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
For other news of special interest to ACS members, see: Immigrant scientists
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Bachelor's in chemical engineering certified to ACS M.S. in chemical engineering Ph.D. in chemical engineering Bachelor's with majors in chemical engineering expected 1970-71 (only 99 schools submitted this information)
109 108 96
3052
937 428
54 15 2
3106
952 430 3220
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Table II. Summary of information received through annual reports, 1966-70 Advanced degrees reported
Undergraduate degrees reported Chem./B.S. Year
Total list
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
341 353 376 395 415
C. Eng./B.S.
Grad. Cert. Noncert.
3107 3201 3671 3917 3828
2752 2924 3353 3726 3966
Schools
104 110 113 112 109
(Continued from page 33) each participating department as well as to the chemistry departments at all other institutions that offer a baccalaureate degree with a major in chemistry. Copies of the 1969 directory are available at $10 each from the Special Issues Sales Department, American Chemical Society, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Planning for Graduate Work in Chemistry. Approximately 560 copies of this booklet have been sold during the past year. The booklet provides suggestions for students considering graduate study in chemistry and includes examples of typical questions in analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry from recent Graduate Record Examinations. Copies of the booklet may be obtained at 50 cents each, prepaid, from the Secretary of the Committee on Professional Training, American Chemical Societv, 343 State St., Rochester, N.Y. 14650. Changes in committee status and personnel. Prof. Henry A. Bent of North Carolina State University was appointed to membership on the committee effective Jan. 1, 1970. His appointment followed the completion of the term of dean Bryce L. Crawford of the University of Minnesota. Two new additional appointments were also made to the committee effective Jan. 1, 1971. These were Prof. Harry S. Mosher of Stanford University and Prof. William B. Renfrow, Jr., of Oberlin College. These appointments followed the completion of terms of vice chancellor William G. Young of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Prof. Edward L. Haenisch of Wabash College. The committee would like to acknowledge with sincere appreciation the active interest and efforts devoted to the work of the committee by the retiring members. Through their membership on the committee oveï a period of some years they made a great many fine contributions to the work and studies of the committee and to the further strengthening of undergraduate and graduate education in chemistry. List of approved schools. The Committee on Professional Training recognizes that there are many institutions having adequate instruction in chemistry which are not on the Society's list of approved schools. These institutions may offer excellent education in chemistry within their stated educational objectives or to the extent permitted by their particular circumstances without professing to prepare students for professional work in chemistry upon their graduation with the bachelor's degree. Nevertheless, they send many of these students to graduate schools to complete their professional education and these students often make excellent records in their graduate work. The committee feels 40 C&EN MAY 17, 1971
Chem./M.S.
C. Eng./M.S.
Grad. cert.
Schools
Grad.
Schools
2461 2546 2900 3238 3106
207 240 253 259 269
1467 1482 1585 1612 1665
94 106 112 111 108
strongly that this type of institution is very valuable in the American system of education. Graduate schools and employers of chemists will continue to recognize that high-quality students, well educated in the elementary principles of chemistry, graduate from colleges not on the approved list of the Society. There may be departments of chemistry in schools not on the approved list of the American Chemical Society which meet the minimum standards of the Society but are unaware that a request for study or reconsideration by the Committee on Professional Training must be initiated by the presidents of their respective institutions. The committee is glad to cooperate with such departments if invited to do so. Students who receive the bachelor's degree from institutions listed in Table III and who are certified by the department chairman as having fulfilled the minimum requirements for the professional education of chemists adopted by the American Chemical Society are eligible for admission as members of the Society following graduation and after two years of active participation in chemical or chemical engineering work. Students who are graduates from other programs will be eligible for admission as members after five years of active participation in chemical or chemical engineering work. If students or graduates are not eligible to become members, they may still apply for admission as associate members. Graduates in chemical engineering may be certified to the Committee on Professional Training by the department chairmen of the institutions, listed in Table III, which are accredited for education in chemical engineering by the AIChE-ECPD. Graduates so certified are eligible for admission as members of the Society following two years of experience in chemistry or chemical engineering or two years of postgraduate study after graduation. If postgraduates or graduates are not eligible to become members, they may still apply for admission as associate members.
Section conducts survey A survey of members of ACS's Northeastern Section conducted by the section's professional relations committee shows that 81% of the section members responding believe ACS should be concerned with matters of pollution. Other subject areas about which at least 80% of the 750 of the members responding to the questionnaire expressed favorable agreement were: economic status, 80%; continuing education, 81%; and publications, 86%. More than 70% of those surveyed were in favor of ACS's involvement in activities dealing with pension plans,
Grad.
916 876 1074 1069
952
Chem./Ph.D.
C. Eng./Ph.D.
Schools
Grad.
Schools
Grad.
138 164 170 176 176
1531 1690 1705 1912 2145
68 91 97 101 96
344 309 369 411 430
accreditation, professional status, public relations, and fair employment practices. Only 34% of the respondents wanted ACS to encourage students to pursue chemistry as a career and only 39% were in favor of ACS's studying licensing of chemists. Responses to other questions indicated interest in promoting exchange in industrial and academic chemists.
Foundation grants available Applications for grants-in-aid for research in agricultural chemistry are being invited by the Herman Frasch Foundation. Aug. 1,1971, is the deadline for applications for the $5000- to $10,000a-year grants that will start in July 1972. Research workers at nonprofit, incorporated institutions are eligible for the grants. The Herman Frasch Foundation is administered by United States Trust Co. of New York with the advice of ACS. Grants are for periods up to five years, subject to annual review and approval on evidence of satisfactory progress. They are limited to research in agricultural chemistry which will benefit agricultural development in the United States. Application forms for the grants may be obtained from Thomas Wriggins, III, United States Trust Co. of New York, 45 Wall St., New York, N.Y. 10005.
Corrected PRF grant listing Several recently approved PRF grants were listed incorrectly in an earlier announcement (C&EN, April 26, 1971, page 35). All grants listed April 26 are Type AC with the exception of these Type Β grants:
Type Β grants M. Kubota, Harvey Mudd Coll., $12,000 Π Homogeneous Catalysis by Complexes of Transition metals. Intermediates P. Scheiner, York Coll., CUNY, $11,472 Π Tetrazolide Anion Photochemistry D. Cummings, Occidental Coll., $7500 D Geology of Anorthosite Complex G. L. Gard, Portland State U, $12,000 D Oxidizing Chromium Compounds L. B. Friedman, Wellesley Coll., $12,000 Π Lewis Base Derivatives of Decaborane (14) L. R. High, Jr., Oberlin Coll., $6948 D Sedimentology of Ephemeral Streams B. R. Willeford, Bucknell U, $10,520 D Arene Metal Carbonyls G. M. Rubottom, U of Pueno Rico, $7500 D Aromatic and Antiaromatic Sys tems.
People
ACS News Pharmacology-medicinal chemistry conclave The ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry will meet jointly with the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Aug. 22-26, at the University of Vermont, Burlington. The program includes the following symposiums: Application of Molecular Orbital Theory to Pharmacology; SemiEmpirical Approaches to the Study of Structure—Activity Relationships; Critical Appraisal of Methods of Assessing Drug Actions in Animals arid Man; and Interactions of Angiotensin with the Autonomic Nervous System. For further details write Dr. Allan P. Gray, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt., 05401.
ACS SHORT COURSES May 21-22. Communication Skills for Chemists and Chemical Engineers; Frederick G. Sawyer. New York City (new course). May 21-22. Intermediate Gas Chromatography; Harold M. McNair, Richard S. Juvet, and Stuart P. Cram. Philadelphia, Pa. June 4-5. The Small Computer in the Chemical Laboratory; Raymond E. Dessy and David G. Larsen. Detroit, Mich. June 4-5. Heterogeneous Catalysis; Robert L Burwell, Jr., and Michel Boudart. Pittsburgh, Pa. June 4-5. Modern Liquid Chromatography; Lloyd R. Snyder and J. J. Kirkland. Chicago, III. (new course). June 7. Column Selection in Gas Chromatography; Harold M. McNair and Walter R. Supina. Houston, Tex. June 11-12. Business Aspects of Chemistry; Aimison Jonnard. New York City. To obtain complete information and registration forms, write to Education Department, ACS, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, and specify course and location. To register by phone, call (202) 737-3337, ext.
MEN & MOLECULES A radio series presented by the American Chemical Society May 21
An Evolving Engine Dr. Richard E. Dickerson Caltech See "Men and Molecules" listings beginning in C&EN, Jan. 25, page 52 for stations broadcasting in your area. Each week C&EN announces the "Men and Molecules" program to be released the following Friday. Call your local station to find out about specific programs.
Honors to three
Bouknight
Campbell
Dr. Joseph W. Bouknight, who is professor of chemistry at University of South Carolina, Columbia, has been given the 1971 Outstanding South Carolina Chemist Award of the ACS South Carolina Section. He was cited for "his success in arousing and maintaining students' interest in chemistry/' The section also honored Mary Jane Purvis as the Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher in recognition of her "many years of dedication to the teaching of chemistry and other sciences at Columbia High School." Dr. A. N. Campbell, professor emeritus in the department of chemistry at University of Manitoba, will receive the 1971 Chemical Education Award of the Chemical Institute of Canada. He will lecture June 2 at the CIC conference in Halifax, N.S. Education
Dr. Alan V. Astin, retired director of Bureau of Standards, elected home secretary of the National Academy of Sciences. New members of the council of the academy include Dr. Konrad E. Bloch, Higgins Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University, and Dr. Harrison Shull, dean of the graduate school and research professor of chemistry at Indiana University. . . Dr. Frank Brescia, professor emeritus of CCNY, receives award and citation from CCNY Chemistry Alumni Association and the chemistry department . . . Dr. E. J. Corey of Harvard will deliver the annual Werner E. Bachmann Memorial Lecture in the department of chemistry at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 26. His topic will be Computer-Assisted Analysis of Complex Synthetic Problems . . . Dr. Frank A. Cotton appointed to the Robert A. Welch Chair of Chemistry at Texas A&M University . . . Dr. Henry A. DePhillips, Jr., becomes chairman of the department of chemistry at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., July 1. Succeeds Dr. Robert H. Smellie, who will continue to teach . . . Dr. James V. DeRose, head of science department at Marple Newtown High School, has been given the Benjamin Rush Award, jointly sponsored by the Chemical Industry Council of Eastern Pennsylvania and the Manufacturing Chemists Association . . . Dr. Paul Doty, Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry at Harvard, honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of Penn State . . . Newly elected foreign associates to the National Academy of Sciences include the following in the chemical profession: Dr. Dorothy C. Hodgkin, Chemical Crystallography Laboratory, Oxford, England; Dr. Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky, head of polymer research department,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, Israel; and Dr. Frantisek Sorm, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague. (Newly elected U.S. members were listed in C&EN, May 3, page 8.) . . . Clifford H. Marlar, manager of operations at Sun Oil's Corpus Christi refinery, selected as a 1971-72 Sloan Fellow to study at MIT's school of management . . . Dr. Emanuel Merdinger, professor of chemistry at Roosevelt University, named president-elect of the Illinois State Academy of Science, to take office in 1972 . . . Dr. Edward J. Miller joins medical center of University of Alabama, Birmingham, and will take posts in the Institute of Dental Research and the department of biochemistry . . . Stuart A. Rice appointed chairman of the chemistry department at University of Chicago. He is Louis Block Professor of Chemistry in the James Franck Institute and the chemistry department. Dr. Norman H. Nachtrieb, whom he succeeds, will return to full-time teaching and research . . . Three Greater Boston high school chemistry teachers have received Lyman C. Newall Awards for summer study of chemistry from the ACS Northeastern Section. They are Sylvia W. Robbins of Milton High School, Robert J. Martin of PlymouthCarver High School, and George F. Martins, Newton High School . . . Dr. L. Edward Scriven, professor of chemical engineering at University of Minnesota, delivered the Peter C. Reilly Lectures at Notre Dame this month . . . Dr. Richard A. Slotter appointed visiting associate professor of chemistry at Bucknell University for the 1971-72 academic year . . . Roy K. Valla promoted to associate professor and named chairman of the science division at Central State College, Edmond, Okla Dr. Eugene P. Wigner presented the Enrico Fermi Lecture at the University of Chicago this month. He spoke on the Epistemology of Quantum Mechanics. Industry
P. Bruce Adams, research chemist at Corning Glass Works, will receive the H. V. Churchill Award for 1971 from the American Society for Testing and Materials' Committee E-2 on Emission Spectroscopy on July 1 . . . Dr. John Anderson named development manager and James Jackson, engineering manager of Signal Chemical, Houston . . . Dr. Gordon M. Bell transfers from Alcoa research laboratories in East St. Louis to the raw materials division, Pittsburgh . . . Paul G. Briggs appointed manager of Atlas Point plant of Atlas Chemical Industries, New Castle, Del. Succeeded as plant manager at Marshall, Tex., by Raymond L. Brandes, Jr. . . . S. Thomas Carrozza appointed director of engineering for SCM Corp.'s Glidden-Durkee division, Cleveland . . . James E. Cochran named assistant general manager of Benzol products department at Stauffer Chemical. Ray H. Ankers named director of manufacturing for specialty chemical division . . . Dr. Lawrence F. Dahl delivered the 1971 Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Lecture at University of Pennsylvania in March. The lecture is sponsored by the ACS Philadelphia Section . . . Arthur M. Dallon of Avco Corp. elected president of the Institute of Environmental Sciences. Gerard A. Gallagher named executive v.p.; Frank W. Hallstein, fiscal v.p.; Richard T. MAY 17, 1971 C&EN
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