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Stewart Biggs Bowen Gurfein Virginia Stewart has been named man­

aging editor of Analytical Chemistry. Mrs. Stewart joined the ACS staff in 1958 to work on Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, and Analytical Chem­istry, and began full t ime with AC a year later. She became associate editor in 1969. Her previous experience included two years of teaching, two years overseas with the U.S. Government, and work on the Atlas missile program with GE.

Katherine Biggs has been appointed managing editor of Industrial Engineering Chemistry Quarterlies. She was pre­viously manager of manuscript reviewing. Miss Biggs joined the staff in 1949 as edi­torial assistant for I&EC and Analytical Chemistry, became assistant editor in 1951, associate editor in 1956. She was on the staff of Ag & Food from its s tar t

in 1953 and became manager of manu­script reviewing in 1965.

Dr. D. H. Michael Bowen has been pro­moted to group manager of publications and will be responsible for the publishing management of Analytical Chemistry, En­vironmental Science & Technology, and the Journal of Agricultural & Food Chem­istry. He will continue to serve as man­aging editor of Environmental Science & Technology.

Marion Gurfein has been appointed head of the circulation development de­par tment in the ACS Division of Public Affairs and Communication. She has been acting head since the death of Her­ber t Spencer a year ago. Before joining the ACS staff she had been chief copy wri ter at Advertising Associates and more recently circulation promotion manager at American Aviation Publications.

industry

Edward E. Aldrich, v.p. of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, retires after more than 40 years in the drug industry . . . Nor­man M. Atkins named assistant to the president of Eastman Chemical Products, Inc., Kingsport, Tenn. M. J. Mettetal be­comes director of advertising; J. N. Stal-ter, assistant director of advertising . . . Dr. Manuel Aven appointed manager of physical chemistry laboratory at General Electric R&D center, Schenectady . . . Larry M. Bain joins purchasing depart­ment of Emery Industries, Inc., Cincin­nati, as a buyer . . . Robert A. Blicken-staff joins Orion R&D staff as supervisor at Benger lab of Du Pont, Waynesboro, Va. . . . C. T. Brown named general man­ager of Miami Copper operations of Cities Service Co. in Arizona . . . John J. Buck­ley, president of Amsco Fuel Oil Co., has been elected president of the New Jersey Oil & Chemical Association. Other offi­cers: William H. Ward, v.p.; William F. Meeks, t reasurer; Frank M. Kerr, secre­tary; and Edward F. Burke, executive secretary . . . Robert Cangemi elected a v.p. of Givaudan Corp., Clifton, N.J. Wil­liam B. Iwaskow elected group v.p. and Marvin I. Marblestone, director of busi­ness development . . . David Chesmel ap­pointed washroom product manager for West Chemical Products, Inc., Long Is­land City, N.Y. . . . Frank J. Connor elected president and chief executive of­ficer of M&T Chemicals, Inc. . . . Hyland

M. Corbin named technical sales repre­sentative for textile chemicals depar tment of Nopco Chemical, Morris town, Ν J . William Spier, Jr., named supervisor in textile fibers, and Anthony P. Vellucci, for textile chemicals . . . Arlene G. Gardner joins Environmental Sciences Associates, Inc., as technical representative, Chicago . . . G. B. Glasscock elected v.p. and gen­eral manager of Barcroft Co., Fort Wash­ington, Pa. . . . Dr. Philip L. Gordon named director of polymer R&D at StanChem, Inc., Berlin, Conn. . . . Seymour G. Hall promoted to manager of chemical and analytical section, R&D, a t Cone Mills Corp., Greensboro, N.C. . . . Dr. Edward H. Mottus, science fellow in corporate research depar tment at Monsanto, ap­pointed senior science fellow in recogni­tion of his significant contributions in polymerization catalysis technology. Onnik S. Tuygil of Brussels, Belgium, ap­pointed the senior corporate Monsanto representative for Europe. He becomes chairman of the board of Monsanto Eu­rope, S.A. W. R. Corey named group di­rector of the functional product groups of Monsanto Industr ial Chemicals . . . Dennis Hickey named assistant product manager-films by ICI America, Inc., Stam­ford, Conn. Robert A. Woods appointed technical sales representative for the agri­cultural chemicals division; Lance Ziering for polyester films . . . Henry R. Hidell elected president of West Chemical Prod­ucts, Ltd., Montreal . . . Herbert E. Hirschland named senior v.p. in develop­

ment at American Can Co., Greenwich, Conn. . . . Norman N. Hochgraf elected operations v.p. of Essochem Europe, Brussels, Belgium . . . John R. Hooton promoted to associate automotive en­gineer in the elastomers depar tment of Enjay Chemical, Southfield, Mich. James S. Bigelow promoted to senior automo­tive development engineer . . . Lowell C. Horwedel named v.p .-operations for Microseal Corp., West Lafayette, Ind. . . . L. Murl Jackson appointed development chemist at Chemical Processing of Georgia, Dalton, Ga. . . . Alan T. Knight retires as chairman of the board of Catalytic, Inc., Philadelphia. He will con­tinue as a company director. Richard P. Klopp, president and chief executive of­ficer, succeeds him . . . Dr. Arnold Lada, general manager of Onyx Chemical Co., has been elected 1972 president of the Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Asso­ciation. Carl R. Stull of Rohm and Haas named first v.p., and H. LeRoy Richards, second v.p. . . . Frank L. Lempert named director of sales for Badger, N.V., The Hague, Holland . . . Myron C. Madsen promoted to manager of the Meredosia, 111., plant of National Starch & Chemical Corp. . . . Dr. Harry C. Mandell, Jr., pro­moted to general manager of Pennwalt technological center, King of Prussia, Pa. Dr. George McCoy elected group v.p.-health. Jon C. Ryder transfers from Port­land, Ore., to the Salt Lake City sales office. He replaces Frank A. Jones, who becomes product manager for inorganic chemicals . . . Henry F. Maso, a v.p. of Amerchol, has received the Medal Award of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. He was cited for his contributions to the society . . . L. J. McKinley, formerly v.p. of Whitlock Co.; Allan G. Folsom, for­merly product manager of General Tire & Rubber 's chemical plastics division; and William F. Burns, formerly New Eng­land manager for Schutte & Koerting in­s t rument division, join O'Connor Asso­ciates Engineered Products, Inc., Way-land, Mass. . . . Dr. Roy R. Miron named manager of new ventures department, organic chemicals division, American Cyanamid, Bound Brook, N.J. Carl A. Vill named eastern regional sales man­ager for rubber chemicals. James G. Affleck and Borden R. Putnam, v.p.'s, have been elected to Cyanamid's board of di­rectors . . . James Niederbaumer joins Eas tman Kodak and is assigned to the photographic technology division at Kodak Park . . . Dr. Paul B. Pearson, who recently retired as president of the Nutri­tion Foundation, has been appointed chairman of the depar tment of nutri t ion and food, Drexel University, Philadel­phia . . . Michael Piskur becomes an as­sociate of Lowry-Cocroft Abstracts, Evans-

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People

ton, 111. . . . F. J. Ponzek named manager of solvents division, industrial chemicals department of Enjay Chemical Co., Houston . . . Dr. William R. Proops ap­pointed manager of R&D department for isocyanate products division of Witco Chemical . . . Dr. Peter A. Ratto named senior pharmacist II in the pharmaceuti­cal research division of Norwich Pharma-cal, Norwich, N.Y. Daniel A. Seedman promoted to plant manager for Vivonex division, Mountain View, Calif. John F. Kaspar named production manager . . . Robert J. Richardson elected president and chief executive officer of Du Pont of Canada, Ltd., succeeding E. H. Bleckwell, who retires but will continue as a director of the company.. . . Franklin S. McCarthy becomes senior v.p.-operations. J. H. Childs becomes director of plastics and films group and Bruce MacGregor, chemi­cals group . . . Helmuth W. Schultz, v.p. of Allied Chemical and president of its indus­trial chemicals division, has been elected president of the Chlorine Institute . . . Dr. Martin B. Sherwin, director of R&D for Chem Systems, Inc., elected a v.p. of the company . . . Alvin E. Smith named manager of R&D at Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co., Richland, Wash. . . . A. J. Stevens named a corporate v.p. of Ten-neco Chemicals. H. E. O'Connell named general manager of the Newport division and a corporate v.p. Joseph Fath named general manager of intermediates division and a corporate v.p. . . . Dr. Milan Stolka joins staff of polymer physics and chem­istry branch, Xerox corporate research center, Webster, N.Y. . . . Elio E. Tarika elected a v.p. of Union Carbide Corp., New York City . . . Hobart O. Thomas, a director of Stauffer Chemical, named v.p. and general manager of the fertilizer and mining division. Joseph F. Luther named group v.p. Wyman L. Taylor be­comes v.p. and general manager of in­dustrial chemical division and Leroy B. Kuhn, general manager of the plastics division . . .Dr. Louis J. Tichacek named engineering manager for Shell Chemical's head office, Houston, Tex. . . . Thaddeus W. Tomkowit, head of technical service department at Du Pont, Deepwater, N.J., has been elected president of the Ameri­can Institute of Chemical Engineers for 1972. He was v.p. of AIChE in 1971 and has been a director since 1968, as well as serving on many AIChE committees . . . David Vander Weide named to newly created post of manager of quality con­trol at Pratt & Lambert, Buffalo . . . Edward M. Vogel appointed manager of Houston office of International Chemical Corp. . . . promoted to group v.p.s Gen­eral Tire & Rubber John A. Weber, To­ledo, coated fabrics; J. W. Hostettler, Akron, Chemicals; J. G. Roppel, Jeannette, Pa., plastic film and athletic products; A. E. Schmeiser, Marion, Ind., foam and rigid plastics . . . Dr. John F. Welch has been named general manager of the new multibusiness chemical and metallurgi­cal division of General Electric, Pittsfield, Mass. . . . Dr. Frank H. Wetzel appointed director of new business development for Hercules, Inc.'s polymers department, Wilmington. Donald A. Bunce, director of Hercules personnel department, re­tires after 42 years with the company . . . Philip I. White appointed works manager of Allied Chemicars plastics di­vision's Tonawanda plant. David W. Towler named to the U.K. branch of N.V. Allied Chemical International, S.A.

. . . Richard L. White has been promoted to marketing manager in coatings group, Mobay Chemical, Pittsburgh . . . Dr. Frank J. Williams, III, joins General Electric R&D center, Schenectady, as an organic chemist . . . Dr. Harold F. Wil­son named research director at Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia. ) Joe S. Foster named production control manager of chemicals division. Wayne L. Snape named New England district sales man­ager in coatings department, Boston . . . Joseph L. Zborovsky joins staff of Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Pittsburgh, as chemist in research department . . . Al Zirkes joins chemical and radioisotope division of International Chemical & Nu­clear Corp. as manager of environmen­tal surveillance projects and marketing manager for health physics services.

Deaths

Emma Perry Carr Dr. Emma Perry Carr, 92, professor emeri­tus of chemistry at Mount Holyoke Col­lege, died Jan. 7 in Evanston, 111. Dr. Carr had been head of the chemistry de­partment at Mount Holyoke from 1913 to 1946. She encouraged women to seek a profession in science and her work made the college a leading institution in chem­ical education for women. A greater pro­portion of its graduates took Ph.D/s in chemistry than from all the women's col­leges in the country.

Dr. Carr developed a group research technique in which students and faculty collaborated. Pioneering research was done on unsaturated aliphatic hydro­carbons.

Dr. Carr studied at Ohio State Univer­sity and Mount Holyoke and took her B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Uni­versity of Chicago. She also studied at Queen's University in Belfast and at the University of Zurich. She received honor­ary degrees from Allegheny College, Rus­sell Sage College, Hood College, and Mount Holyoke. She was the first re­cipient of the Garvan Medal of ACS in 1937 and was cited as a world renowned authority on the measurement of absorp­tion spectra. Two decades later she was corecipient with Mary L. Sherrill of Mount Holyoke of the James Flack Norris Award of the ACS Northeastern Section for outstanding leadership in chemical education.

Dr. Carr joined ACS in 1919 and was long active in the Northeastern Section.

Ronald S. Nyholm Sir Ronald S. Nyholm, 55, died Dec. 4, 1971, in an automobile accident near Cam­

bridge, England. He was professor of chemistry and head of the de­partment at Uni­versity College, London. Born in Australia, he grad­uated from Syd­ney University in 1938. He received a Ph.D. at London in 1950 and a D.Sc.

in 1952. Sir Ronald lectured in chem­istry at Sydney Technical College (now University of New South Wales') 1940-47, then went to University College, London, as an ICI research fellow and lecturer in chemistry for several years. He later

returned to New South Wales as asso­ciate professor of inorganic chemistry and joined the London faculty in 1953.

He had about 270 published research papers, reviews, and book chapters to his credit. His field of research included the study of complex compounds in gen­eral, and transition metals in particular.

Among his many honors were the Cor-day Morgan Medal and Prize of The Chemical Society, the Royal Medal of Royal Society of New South Wales, and the Gold Medal of the Italian Chemical Society. He was the 1958 Reilly Lecturer at Notre Dame and the Glidden Lecturer at University of Illinois in 1958; he gave the ACS Renaud Lectures at Michigan State in 1967 and the Arthur D. Little Lec­tures at MIT, 1969.

John Godston, 68, formerly food process­ing consultant in Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 29, 1971, Charlotte, N.C. Joined ACS in 1932. Paul A. Gross, retired, formerly adviser to president of Chemical Process Co., Redwood City, Calif., Oct. 26, 1971, Ft. Pierce, Fla. Joined ACS in 1928. Dr. William R. Hainsworth, 75, retired as v.p. of Fluor Corp* since 1961, Dec. 4, 1971, Laguna Hills, Calif. Joined ACS in 1916. Dr. Lester D. Hammond, 88, retired, for­merly with National Bureau of Standards, Nov. 27, 1971, Arlington, Va. Joined ACS in 1917. Dr. Herbert A. Harland, 58, University of Minnesota, codevelopèr of the whey-pro­tein-nitrogen index for measuring heat treatment of milk products, Dec. 13, 1971, Wanamingo, Minn. Joined ACS in 1943. Ralph M. Harper, materials engineer, Na­val Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 10, 1971. Joined ACS in 1946. Dr. K. Torsten H. A. Hasselstrom, retired, formerly head of organic chemistry lab­oratory, Army Quartermaster Corps, Na-tick, Mass., Nov. 13, 1971. Joined ACS in 1930; emeritus member. Thomas M. Hill, retired, formerly with U.S. Aluminum Co., Sept. 22, 1971, Hen-dersonville, N.C. Joined ACS in 1926; emeritus member. Dr. George M. Kavanagh, 50, assistant general manager for reactors at Atomic Energy Commission, Nov. 26, 1971, Rock-ville, Md. Harry C. Knight, 83, retired principal chemical engineer and administrator of Army Chemical Center, Edgewood Ar­senal, Md., Nov. 19, 1971. Joined ACS in 1911; emeritus member. Dr. Cecil T. Langford, 75, retired, for­merly with USDA, Oct. 25, 1971, Okla­homa City, Okla. Joined ACS in 1918; emeritus member. Dr. Walter S. Lapp, 78, retired, formerly with Philadelphia Board of Education, Dec. 2, 1971, Lansdale, Pa. Joined ACS in 1923; emeritus member. Herbert L. Moses, 83, retired, formerly with M. S. Levy & Sons, Baltimore, Md., Nov. 2,1971. Joined ACS in 1911; emeritus member. Lawrence W. Muir, 62, industrial waste consultant, Oct. 9, 1971. Cincinnati, Ohio. Joined ACS in 1950. Reynolds C. Overbeck, 63, chemist at Bat-telle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 8,1971. Joined ACS in 1941. J. Howard Pew, 89, chairman of execu­tive committee of Sun Oil Co., Ardmore, Pa., Nov. 27,1971. Francis S. Pratt, 81, retired, formerly with Du Pont, Sept. 29, 1971, Santa Barbara, Calif. Joined ACS in 1917; emeritus mem­ber.

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