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Cellulose chemists cite Whistler From West Lafayette, Ind., to Chi­cago, 111., can be a 20,000-mile trip. That is, if you are Dr. Roy L. Whistler

and on your way to receive the 1967 Anselme Payen Award in Chicago. He arrived there via Japan where he was awarded a medal and certificate of merit from the Japanese Technolog­ical Society of Starch. The Anselme Payen Award was given at the ACS meeting in Chicago by the Division of Cellulose, Wood, and Fiber Chemistry.

Dr. Whistler is professor of bio­chemistry at Purdue University and chairman of the Institute for Agricul­tural Utilization Research. Besides re­ceiving awards, he does research in carbohydrate chemistry, especially on starch and cellulose materials. His most significant work has been the proposal and later proof of the mecha­nism by which cellulose and starch are depolymerized. Also, he developed the theory explaining the bleaching ac­tion of chlorine on textiles.

For his work, Dr. Whistler has re­ceived other honors, including the Hudson Award of the ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry for research in carbohydrate chemistry in 1960. In 1953, he won the Sigma Xi Annual Re­search Award for the outstanding research professor at Purdue.

The Anselme Payen Award, which includes a $1000 honorarium and bronze medal, is given "to honor and encourage outstanding professional contributions to the science and tech­nology of cellulose and its allied prod­ucts." It was established in 1962 and was named after the 19th century

French chemist who isolated, named, and analyzed cellulose.

Dr. Whistler's general efforts have been to develop methods for deter­mining the structure of polysaccha­rides and in relating structures to phys­ical properties. Also, he is well known for work in establishing mechanisms for polysaccharide reactions and in the synthesis and modification of car­bohydrate polymers. Much of this effort has been aimed at finding new applications for agricultural products in industry.

By using new and improved analyti­cal and synthetic techniques, Dr. Whistler has left his mark on the field of carbohydrate research. With Don­ald F. Durso, one of his students, he developed a method separating oligo­saccharides in carbon columns, which now has worldwide acceptance. This method has the advantage of being effective on large quantities of ma­terial with distinct separation of oligosaccharides. Using carbon col­umns, he has isolated many new oligosaccharides.

Dr. Whistler was one of the first chemists to do hemicellulose research. He has studied the conversion of plant material to holocellulose, extraction of hemicelluloses, separation into A and B fractions, and the purification of components by fractional precipitation. He also pioneered the use of fragmen­tation, a method now widely used in finding the structure of polysaccha­rides.

For annual plants, he has estab­lished the structure of numerous hem­icelluloses. By use of radioactive car­bon, he proved that the hemicelluloses of plants are structural elements and not reserve metabolites, at least un­der normal conditions.

His work on the alkaline degrada­tion of intermediates has led to a more complete explanation of this re­action's mechanism. Alkaline degra­dation is used to determine polysac­charide structures.

Dr. Whistler is author or coauthor of more than 200 scientific articles and nine books. However, he finds time to pursue his hobbies of big-game hunting, hiking, and bird watching. He holds a B.S. from Heidelberg Col­lege, an M.S. from Ohio State, and a Ph.D. from Iowa State (1938).

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INDUSTRY

Brown honored Chester M. Brown, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Allied Chemical Corp., will receive the Chemical Indus­try Medal for 1967 on Oct. 20 at the annual

award dinner of the American Section, Society of Chemical Industry. The medal is given in recognition of con­spicuous service to applied chemistry.

Charles H. Anderson named manager of methods and applications division at Applied Research Laboratories, Glen-dale, Calif.

T. E. Anderson promoted to group leader of research pilot plant opera­tions at Firestone Tire & Rubber, Ak­ron.

George E. Bailie appointed executive v.p. of food products division of Un­ion Carbide.

David K. Barnes named director of manufacturing division at industrial and biochemicals department of Du Pont.

Robert 0 . Baughman joins B. F. Good­rich Chemical as senior sales represen­tative. Charles B. Headey named general manager of B. F. Goodrich Chemical (N.Z.), Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand.

James L. Black named technical super­intendent at Merichem Co., Houston.

Thomas C. Boersig named assistant general manager of international divi­sion of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works.

Dr. David Bryant promoted to research scientist at Union Carbide R&D, South Charleston, W.Va.

Robert E. Cates named manager of technical service, paper chemicals, at Hercules, Inc. William S. Darr named district sales manager in Mobile and El wood J. Rice, assistant district sales manager in Atlanta.

Dr. Robert E. Davis named head of re­search for American Potash & Chemi­cal at Trona, Calif.

William R. Dixon, general manager of bioproducts department, elected a di­rector of Dow Chemical.

J. E. Early appointed district sales manager for Eastman Chemical Prod­ucts, Inc., Framingham, Mass.

L. P. Ellinger of R&D division of BP Chemicals (U.K.), Ltd., Epsom, Sur­rey, England, receives the fourth an­nual Mobay Award for the best scien­tific paper on cellular plastics pub­lished in 1966. The citation and $500 is awarded by Society of the Plastics Industry.

Dr. H. R. Foster and Lois Kaufmann join staff of R&D department at Union Carbide, Chemicals and Plastics, Bound Brook, N.J.

Leonard Fox named manager of appli­cations research lab at Nopco Chemi­cal, Harrison, N.J.

John P. Gammon joins technical ser­vices department of Enjay Chemical's Bay town, Tex., plant as an engineer in chemicals section. Gary Kohler joins as senior engineer in process anal­ysis, and Gary W. Munson as an engi­neer in Butyl section.

Dr. David N. Glew named research sci­entist in exploratory research lab of Dow Chemical of Canada, Ltd., Sar-nia, Ont.

Dr. John C. Hayward transfers from Emeryville, Calif., research center of Shell Development to Shell Oil in New York City. John F. Davis also transfers to New York.

Dr. Lindell R. Holtzmeier joins B. F. Goodrich research center, Brecksville, Ohio, as a research engineer. Dr. The­odore M. Niemann and Ronald L. Sen-derling named research chemists, and Dr. Mario G. Huguet and Dr. Lee Traynor, senior research chemists. J. Laurence Powell named section man­ager in new product and new concept development.

Jules Horelick elected president of Al­lied Research Products, Inc., Chicago.

Dr. Lewis M. Horger appointed to newly created position of associate di­rector of product surveillance at Smith Kline & French.

Dr. D. Th. A. Huibers named manager of process engineering at Air Reduc­tion Co.

Dr. Harley Y. Jennings, Jr., named senior research associate in oil recovery section of Chevron Research Co., La Habra, Calif.

Edward W. Kazmark appointed assist­ant superintendent of Kodacolor proc­essing division of Eastman Kodak.

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Man of the Year John T. Connor, president of Al­lied Chemical Corp. and for­merly Secretary of Commerce, will receive the annual Man of the Year award pre­sented by the tex­tile section of the

New York Board of Trade in Novem­ber. He will be honored for his efforts in behalf of the textile industry.

Jack Kissiah from Clark Publishing Co. appointed editorial director and an advertising director for Textile Chem­ist and Colorist, new journal of Ameri­can Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists.

Albert E. Lee, Jr., named technical ad­viser to executive office of American Metal Climax, Inc.

Dr. John F. Lefelhocz, Dr. Vito Mor-lino, and Dr. R. M. Ottenbrite join staff of Richmond Professional Institute, Richmond, Va.

Harvey Lisle from Brookside Labora­tories joins Growers Chemical Corp., Milan, Ohio, as chief chemist.

Randel Q. Little, Jr., promoted to re­search associate at Whiting, Ind., labs of American Oil.

Robert T. Lu joins chemical research department at Atlas Chemical Indus­tries, Wilmington, as research chemist. Nicholas R. Pettoruto named a devel­opment chemist.

W. D. Luening appointed assistant manager of Sinclair Refining's Hous­ton refinery.

Dr. Sudarshan K. Malhotra of eastern research lab of Dow Chemical, Way-land, Mass., promoted to senior re­search chemist.

George G. Maltenfort, technical direc­tor of container division of Container Corp. of America, will receive the first Corrugated Containers Division Award at the 17th Corrugated Containers Conference in Montreal.

Frank S. Margolati appointed New York district sales manager for FMC Corp.'s organic chemicals division.

Charles J. Molinary joins Chem Sys­tems, Inc., New York City, as a staff engineer specializing in process evalu­ation and development. Michael A.

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