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/4men£eew> ^âemteal Society *7îeetfi4> Banker Becomes New ACS Treasurer Robert V. Mellefont, formerly vice president and cashier of the National Capital Bank of Washington, has heen elected treasurer of the AMERICAN CHEM- ICAL SOCIETY by the Board of Direc- tor.-. Mr. Melle- font took office on Feb. 1. A native Wash- ingtonian, the ικην irea surer attended the American In- stitute of Banking in that city and studied commercial banking and invest- ments at the Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University. Starting at the age of IS as a runner in the Riggs National Bank of Washington in 1926, Mr. Melle- font rose to assistant cashier and assistant manager of its Park Rd. Branch. In 1943 he left Riggs to become vice president and cashier of the National Capital Bank of Washington, then a $2 million institu- tion which he helped to reorganize and expand to an $11 million concern. T h e office of treasurer as now consti- tuted is a full time position, in con- trast to previous practice. Mr. Mellefont, who succeeds Robert T. Baldwin, recently retired from this office, will be located in the ACS building in Washington. He will handle receipt and disbursement of all Society funds, much of which was pre- viously handled by the secretary's office because of the location of the treasurer's office in New York. The general ledger, journals, and other accounting records previously handled by the treasurer, will be kept by the controller, William Muehl- hause. ACS Journals Subscription Kates The following table lists the member and nonmembor subscription rates to publications of the AMERICAN CIIIOMICAL SOCIETY: Journal of the American Chemical Society— Members of the ACS, £4.00; nonmem- bers, $10. Postage (additional): foreign, -$1.50; Canadian, SO.50; Pan American Union, five. Chemical Abstracts—Members of the ACS, $7.00; nonmembers, SI 5. Postage (additional): foreign, $2.40; Canadian, SO.S0; Pan American Union, free. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry— Members of the ACS, $3.50; nomneni- bers, $4.00. Postage (additional):" for- eign, $2.25: Canadian, $0.75; Pan American Union, tree. Analytical Chemistry—Members of the ACS, $2.50; nonmembers, $3.00. Post- age (additional): foreign, $0.75; Cana- dian, $0.25; Pan American Union, free. Combinat ion —industrial, and Kn~ (jitwrring CJicmistry and Analytical Chemistry to one address—members of the ACS, $5.00; nonmembers, $0.00. Postage as listed above, additional. Cm;.\ii<\\L AM.* FAG 1x1:1: HI NO NKW.S —The official organ of the ACS—Members, $2.00 allocated from (hies; nonmembers, $1.00. Postage (additional): foreign, $2.25: Canadian, $0.75: Pan Ameri- can I'liion, free. Chemical Kwir.wR —Members, S7.00 ($l.O0 per volume); nonmembers, $9.00 ($5.00 per volume). Postage: foreign $1.00: Canada and Pan American Union, fre<î. Subscriptions handled by Williams uml Wilkins, Mt. Royal and Guilford Aves., Baltimore 2, Md. Τtw Journal of Physical and Colloid Chem- istry—Members of the ACS, the Chemi- cal Society (London), and the Fara- day Society, $S.00; all others, $10. Postage (additional): foreign, $1,50; Canada and Postal Union, five. Sub- scriptions handled by Williams and Wilkins, Mt. Royal and Guilford Aves., Baltimore 2, Md. Fourth Decennial Index to Chemical A o- stracts—List price, S120; discounts: 50% to members of the ACS, 40% to libraries of tax exempt institutions in (be United States. Postage (addi- tional): domestic $0.00; foreign, S4.G0; Canadian, $1.55. Membership Arvards The largest number of 50-year member- ship awards in the history of the Society will be presented to 24 members a t t h e general meeting of the Society in April. Recognition of these members will take place on Monday evening, April 19, at, S:00 P.M. in the Grand Ballroom of t h e Hotel Stevens. The following compose this group: S. H. Baer, St. Louis, Mo.; Gregory P. Baxter, Cambridge, Mass.; Arthur A. Blanchard, Lake Alfred, Fla.; Sidney Calvert., Columbia, Mo.; F. B. Carpenter, Richmond, Va.; Aida M. Doyle, Washington, D . C ; Frederick L. Dunlap, Chicago, 111.; Joseph W. Ellms, Cleveland, Ohio; William T. Hall, Roch- ester, Λ lass.; Henry Howard, Newport, R. I.; J. II. James, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Ar- thur B. Larchar, Old Town, Maine; Her- mann C Lvthgoe, Xewtonville, Mass.: Benjamin S. Merigold, Worcester, Mass.; Louis A. Olney, Lowell, Mass.; Lewis J. Seidenstickcr, Montreal, Canada: Philip P. Sharpies, Cambridge, Mass.: Fritz II. Small, .Milton, Pa.; Monmouth II. Smith, Brookline, Mass.; ,1. M . Sullivan, .Jack- son, Miss.; Cornelius I). Vreeland, Paler- son, X. .J.; Milton C. Whitaker, New- York, X. Y.; Salmon W. -Wilder, Newton Center, Mass.; and A. G. Woodman, Watertown, Mass. It is interesting to note that eight, mem- bers of this group, are at present in t h e Northeastern Section, and at least two others are former members of the sect-ion. Other sections represented include Cent ral Massachusetts, Cent ral Pennsylvania, Chieago, Cleveland, District of Columbia, Florida, Maine, New York, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Rhode Island, St. Louis, Uni- versity of Missouri, and Virginia, with one each, and one member from Quebec. Also originally included in this group was Kenneth B. Quinan of the Cape Prov- ince, South Africa. Notification was stmt, to Mr. Quinan but was delivered just two days after his death. Section Elections K. W. D. Huffman of the Huffman Mi- croanalvtical Laboratories, Denver, has been elected chairman of the Colorado Sec- t ion, succeeding Bernard B. Longwell of the University of Colorado. Other new oilicers are: Frank R. Blood, vice chairman; Donald Taylor, treasurer; and Daniel F. Richardson, secretary. jNTamed to the National Council were Fmil Swanson and L. C. Atchison. G. M. Juredine has been elected chair- man of the Cleveland Section, succeeding M. R. Hat field; A. G. Bowers was named chairman-elect and L·. L. Winter, secre- tary-treasurer. Ralph A. Morgen has been elected chair- man of the Florida Section and succeeds Louis G. MacDowell, Jr. Vincent E. Steward was named chairman-elect, and Robert. S. MeKinney was chosen secre- t ary-t reasurer. Reagent Specifications The planographed book of specifications for analytical reagents, as recommended by the ACS Committee on Analytical Re- agents, with supplements bringing the in- formation up to March 1947, is available at one dollar per copy from Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 1155 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington 6, D . C. 508 CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS
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/4men£eew> ^âemteal Society *7îeetfi4> Banker Becomes New ACS Treasurer
Robert V. Mellefont, formerly vice president and cashier of the Nat ional Capital Bank of Washington, has heen elected treasurer of the AMERICAN C H E M
ICAL SOCIETY b y
the Board of Director.-. Mr . Melle-font took office on Feb. 1.
A nat ive Wash-ingtonian, the ικην irea surer a t tended the American I n sti tute of Banking in that city a n d
studied commercial banking and investmen t s at the Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University. Starting at the age of IS as a runner in the Riggs National Bank of Washington in 1926, Mr. Melle-font rose to assistant cashier and assistant manager of its Park Rd. Branch. In 1943 he left Riggs t o become vice president and cashier of the National Capital Bank of Washington, then a $2 million institution which he helped to reorganize a n d expand to an $11 million concern.
T h e office of treasurer as now constitu t ed is a full t ime position, in cont ras t to previous practice. Mr . Mellefont, who succeeds Rober t T. Baldwin, recently retired from this office, will be located in the ACS building in Washington. H e will handle receipt and disbursement of al l Society funds, much of which was p r e viously handled by the secretary 's office because of the location of the treasurer 's office in New York. The general ledger, journals, and other accounting records previously handled by the treasurer, will be kept by the controller, Will iam Muehl-hause.
ACS Journals Subscription Kates
T h e following table lists the member a n d nonmembor subscription rates to publications of the AMERICAN CIIIOMICAL SOCIETY:
Journal of the American Chemical Society— Members of the ACS, £4.00; nonmem-bers, $10. Postage (additional): foreign, -$1.50; Canadian, SO.50; P a n American Union, five.
Chemical Abstracts—Members of the ACS, $7.00; nonmembers, SI 5. Postage (addit ional): foreign, $2.40; Canadian, SO.S0; Pan American Union, free.
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry—
Members of the ACS, $3.50; nomneni-bers, $4.00. Postage (additional):" foreign, $2.25: Canadian, $0.75; Pan American Union, tree.
Analytical Chemistry—Members of the ACS, $2.50; nonmembers, $3.00. Postage (additional): foreign, $0.75; Canadian, $0.25; P a n American Union, free. Combinat ion —industrial, and Kn~ (jitwrring CJicmistry and Analytical Chemistry t o one address—members of the ACS, $5.00; nonmembers, $0.00. Postage as listed above, addit ional .
Cm;.\ii<\\L AM.* FAG 1x1:1: HI NO NKW.S —The official organ of the ACS—Members , $2.00 allocated from (hies; nonmembers , $1.00. Postage (addi t ional) : foreign, $2.25: Canadian, $0.75: Pan American I'liion, free.
Chemical Kwir.wR —Members, S7.00 ($l.O0 per volume); nonmembers, $9.00 ($5.00 per volume). Postage: foreign $1.00: Canada and Pan American Union, fre<î. Subscript ions handled by Will iams uml Wilkins, M t . Royal and Guilford Aves., Balt imore 2 , Md.
Τtw Journal of Physical and Colloid Chemistry—Members of the ACS, the Chemical Society (London), and the Fara day Society, $S.00; all others, $10. Postage (addit ional) : foreign, $1,50; Canada and Postal Union, five. Subscriptions handled by Will iams a n d Wilkins, M t . Royal and Guilford Aves., Balt imore 2 , Md.
Fourth Decennial Index to Chemical A o-stracts—List price, S120; discounts : 5 0 % to members of the ACS, 4 0 % to libraries of tax exempt inst i tut ions in (be United States. Postage (addit ional ) : domestic $0.00; foreign, S4.G0; Canadian, $1.55.
Membership Arvards T h e largest number of 50-year member
ship awards in the history of the Society will be presented to 24 members at t h e general meeting of the Society in April.
Recognit ion of these members will t ake place on Monday evening, April 19, at, S:00 P.M. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Stevens. The following compose this group: S. H . Baer, St. Louis, Mo . ; Gregory P. Baxter, Cambridge, Mass. ; Arthur A. Blanchard, Lake Alfred, F la . ; Sidney Calvert., Columbia, Mo.; F. B. Carpenter, Richmond, Va.; Aida M . Doyle, Washington, D . C ; Frederick L. Dunlap, Chicago, 111.; Joseph W. El lms, Cleveland, Ohio; William T . Hall , Rochester, Λ lass . ; Henry Howard, Newport , R. I . ; J . II . James, Pi t tsburgh, P a . ; Arthur B. Larchar, Old Town, Maine; Her
m a n n C Lvthgoe, Xewtonville, Mass.: Benjamin S. Merigold, Worcester, Mass.; Louis A. Olney, Lowell, Mass.; Lewis J . Seidenstickcr, Mont rea l , Canada : Philip P. Sharpies, Cambridge, Mass.: Fritz II. Small , .Milton, Pa . ; Monmouth II . Smith, Brookline, Mass.; ,1. M. Sullivan, .Jackson, Miss.; Cornelius I ) . Vreeland, Paler-son, X. .J.; Milton C. Whitaker , New-York, X . Y.; Salmon W . -Wilder, Newton Center, Mass.; and A. G. Woodman, Water town, Mass.
It is interesting to note tha t eight, members of this g roup , are at present in the Northeastern Section, and at least two others are former members of t he sect-ion. Other sections represented include Cent ral Massachuset ts , Cent ral Pennsylvania, Chieago, Cleveland, District of Columbia, Florida, Maine, New York, New Orleans, Pi t tsburgh, Rhode Island, St. Louis, University of Missouri, and Virginia, with one each, and one member from Quebec.
Also originally included in this group was Kenneth B . Quinan of the Cape Province, South Africa. Notification was stmt, to Mr. Quinan but was delivered just two d a y s after his death.
Section Elections K. W. D. Huffman of the Huffman M i -
croanalvtical Laboratories , Denver , has been elected chairman of the Colorado Sec-t ion, succeeding Bernard B. Longwell of the University of Colorado.
O the r new oilicers a r e : Frank R. Blood, vice chairman; Donald Taylor , t reasurer ; and Daniel F . Richardson, secretary.
jNTamed to the Nat ional Council were Fmil Swanson and L. C. Atchison.
G. M . Juredine has been elected chairm a n of the Cleveland Section, succeeding M. R. Hat field; A. G. Bowers was named chairman-elect and L·. L. Winter , secretary- t reasurer .
Ra lph A. Morgen has been elected chairm a n of the Florida Section a n d succeeds Louis G. MacDowel l , J r . Vincent E . S teward was named chairman-elect, and Robert. S. M e K i n n e y was chosen secre-t ary-t reasurer.
Reagent Specifications T h e planographed book of specifications
for analytical reagents, as recommended b y t h e ACS Commit tee on Analytical R e agents , with supplements bringing the information up t o March 1947, is available at one dollar per copy from Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 1155 Sixteenth St . , N.W., Washington 6, D . C.
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