ASSOCIATIONS

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY NEWS

Rubber Group E. A. llauscr of Massachusetts Insti­

tute» of Technology has been elected chair­man of the Chemistry of Rubber and Allied Substances Group of the North­eastern Section of ACS. Η. Π. Reynolds is vice chairman and, Robert Van Pattcn-Steiger secretary and treasurer.

1951 Award Nominations Solicited

The Executive Secretary on behalf of the canvassing committees announces that nominations for 1951 awards administered by the ACS are now being received. Deadline for their receipt is July 1, 1950.

Any ACS member who knows someone qualified for one of these recognitions is asked to consider it a personal responsi­bility to make the nomination. The re­cipient values the honor and in many cases receives substantial financial remuneration. The award gains luster and the Society prestige from the qualifications of those whose achievements are recognized in this way.

Any member of the Society (except a member of the Award Committee) may submit one nomination for each award, except the Priestley Medal. Such proposal must be accompanied by a biographical sketch of the nominee (including date of birth), a list of his publications and patents, specific identification of the work on which the nomination is based, and an evaluation and appraisal of the nominee's accomplishments, particularly the work to be recognized by the proposed award.

The evaluation and appraisal of the nominee's accomplishments is of great importance and should be prepared with care. It provides an opportunity to spot­light contributions of particular signifi­cance to theory or practice and to show how these have been applied. Such an analysis of patents is especially valuable, [f the nominee is not the sole author of important publications listed or evalu­ated, his contribution should be specified.

Seconding letters are not necessary. They should be solicited and made part of the nominating documents only if they contribute to an understanding of the significance of the nominee's work. If they do this, then they constitute a proper part of the evaluation and appraisal.

Eight copies of this material (including seconding letters) must be furnished for distribution to the members of the Award Committee. The nomination and its accompanying material must be sent to the Executive Secretary of the Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, N. W., Washing-, ton 6, D. C. to be received before July i Earlier receipt simplifies processing.

Nominations now are being solicited for the following:

ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (fi­nanced by Alpha Chi Sigma). A nomi­nee must not have passed his thirty-sixth birthday on April GO, 1951, and must have accomplished fundamental research in pure chemistry of unusual merit for an individual on the threshold of his career. The research must have been carried out in North America.

Borden Award in the Chemistry of Milk. A nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada and have ac­complished outstanding research in the chemistry of milk and dairy products or in fundamental research that contributes directly and materially to the knowledge of milk and dairy products.

Eli Lilly & Co. Award in Biological Chemistrv. A nominee must be a citi­zen of the United States who shall not have passed his thirty-sixth birthday on April 30, 1951, and have accomplished outstanding research in biological chemis­try. At the time of the nomination, the nominee must be actively engaged in the line of research for which the award is made.

Fisher Award in Analytical Chemistry. A nominee must be a resident of the United States or Canada and must have made an outstanding contribution to ana­lytical chemistry.

Fritzsche Award. A nominee must have accomplished outstanding work in analy­sis, research, or new applications of essen­tial oils, essential oil isolates, or related chemicals. There are no limits on age or on nationality.

Garvan Medal. This award recognizes distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists, citizens of the United States.

Paul-Lewis Laboratories Award in Enzyme Chemistry. A nominee must be a citizen of the United States, \ graduate of a college or university in the United States, engaged in noncommercial work, must have accomplished outstanding work in enzyme chemistry, and shall not have passed his fortieth birthday on April 30, 1951.

Precision Scientific Co. Award in Pe­troleum Chemistry. A nominee must be a citizen of the United States or Canada and have accomplished outstanding re­search in the chemistry of petroleum or in fundamental research that contributes directly and materially to the knowledge of petroleum and its products, l i e must not have passed his fortieth birthday on April 30, 1951.

For almost every award, special con­

sideration is given to the independence of thought and the originality shown.

ACS members should not depend on someone else to nominate an obviously eligible candidate. A chemist whom many have expected to be considered for one of the foregoing awards has often not been proposed for exactly fchat reason.

Nuclear Phenomena Coverage by QA

Beginning with the first number of Clicniical Abstract* this year there will be a new section entitled "Nuclear Phe­nomena." This will not be a new cover­age, just a separation of the abstracts on nuclear phenomena from the others in the present Section 3. This section, originally entitled "Radioactivity," has been appearing under the heading "Sub­atomic Phenomena and Radiochemistry" since the end of 1917. The new section will be designated 3A and will consist of abstracts devoted to artificial and natural radioactivity; mesotrons (mesons); cosmic, gamma, and other high-energy radiations; isotope separation and isotope properties; and, in general, nuclear transformations, including equipment used in bringing these about and in their study.

Section 3 will consist of the remainder of the abstracts which have been appear­ing under this numerical designation and the title will be "Electronic Phenomena and Spectra." Abstracts in this section are on electron diffraction; electric dis­charge in gases; electron microscopy; photoelectric properties; x-ray methods for study of crystal structure; atomic and molecular spectra; fluorescence and phos­phorescence; and chemical reactions in­itiated by light or other radiation in which the nucleus is not altered (photography excepted ).

Section 3 has grown rapidly in size in recent years, an increase of 29.4% having been shown in number of abstracts during 1947 over 1946 and an increase of 24.9% in 1948 over 1947. Counts for 1949 are not yet complete, but it is clear that a further increase has occurred. A large percentage of the investigational work of the physicist is now regarded as of chemi­cal interest.

A. B. F. Duncan and E. O. Wiig, both of the University of Rochester, will be in charge of Section 3 and 3A, respec­tively. Dr. Duncan has edited the grow-in Section 3 during the past 12 years. It is not felt that the new title "Electronic Phenomena and Spectra" for Section 3 is a wholly satisfactory one, and sug­gestions for improvement will be grate­fully received by E. J. Crane, editor of Chemical Abstracts, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio.

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