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Phase read CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING

NEWS, June 10, page 909

Census of Chemists and Chemical Engineers

Abstracted from National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel As Reported April 1,19441

THE National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel has just issued

a most excellent tabular summary of the distribution by professional field, sex, and extent of education, covering the results of its personnel registration to April 1, 1944. The following is the summary for chemists and chemical engineers as they designated themselves:

there are approximately 72,000 chemists and 15,000 chemical engineers who may be properly considered as making a total of 87,000. It certainly will not be far from true figures to state that within the United States there are 85,000 reasonably qualified individuals in the chemical profession, of whom about 20 per cent are chemical engineers.

DISTRIBUTION BY PROFESSIONAL FIELD—SEX A N D EXTENT OF EDUCATION . M A L E -

C h e m i s t s C h e m i c a l Eng ineers

C h e m i s t s C h e m i c a l Eng ineers

C h e m i s t s C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r s

P h . D . 10,240

747

M a s t e r 12.704

1.938

B a c h e l o r 4 1 , 5 9 2 11.531

4 Y e a r s Co l l ege N o D e g r e e

3 . 9 0 9 8 3 7

- F E M A L B -

P h . D . 5 0 8

3 7 4 9

8

B a c h e l o r 1.935

4 0

4 Y e a r s Col lege N o D e g r e e

3 6 0 3

P h . D . 10 .748

7 5 0

M a s t e r 13 .453

1.946

-COMBINED—

Bache lor 4 3 , 5 2 7 11 .571

4 Y e a r s Col lege N o D e g r e e

4 , 2 6 9 8 4 0

O T H E R S

11 ,531 5,020

ΟTHERS 1.532

17

1 3 , 0 6 3 5 . 0 3 7

M A L E T O T AL

79 ,976 20 ,073

F E M A L E TOTAL

5,084 71

GRAND TOTAL 8 5 , 0 6 0 2 0 , 1 4 4

DISTRIBUTION BY PROFESSIONAL FIELD AND AGE GROUPS OF A L L ROSTER REGISTRANTS

Chemists C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r s

TOTAL 8 5 , 0 6 0 2 0 , 1 4 7

M E D I A N AGE 3 1 . 6 2 7 . 2

2 5 a n d U n d e r 22 .001

9 , 1 3 2

-AGE DlSTRlBUTION-4 5 a n d

26 t o 2 9 3 0 t o 37 3 8 t o 4 4 Over 15 .997

3 , 1 8 5 22.433 3,787

11,560 2,069

13,069 1,971

DISTRIBUTION BY PROFESSIONAL FIELD AND AGE GROUPS OF MALE ROSTER REGISTRANTS

C h e m i s t s C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r s

TOTAL

7 9 , 9 7 6 2 0 , 0 7 3

M E D I A N ÀGE

32.0 27.2

25 and Under

18,948 9,104

- A G E DISTRIBUTION-45 and

26 to 29 30 to 37 38 to 44 Over

15,487 3,176

21,847 3,775

11,151 2,064

12,543 1,954

DISTRIBUTION BY PROFESSIONAL FIELD A N D AGE GROUPS OF FEMALE ROSTER REGISTRANTS

C h e m i s t s C h e m i c a l Eng ineers

TOTAL

5,084 71

M E D I A N AGE

2 5 . 0 2 9 . 5

2 5 a n d U n d e r

3 , 0 5 3 2 8

- A G E DISTRIBUTION-4 5 a n d

2 6 t o 2 9 3 0 t o 37 3 8 t o 4 4 Over

5 1 0 9

586 1 2

409 5

526 17

It should be noted that according to these tables there were 13,063 individuals who registered themselves as chemists although they had received no college de­gree nor had they had four years of college training, and 5,037 individuals who regis­tered as chemical engineers under like conditions. It is probable that these two categories essentially represent techni­cians who have no right to be included in the chemical profession. Accordingly, it would appear that in the United States

1 The full table containing data on all special­ized fields may be obtained on request to the National Roster, Washington, D . C.

Further Requirements Reported On

Industrial war establishments and re­search laboratories reporting in a re­cent survey made by the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel indicate a need for an additional 13,879 engineers and 3,093 chemists during the first six mouths of 1944. This survey included 1,246 establishments in the chemi­cal industry with the total number of employees being 934,851 as of January 1, 1944. These reported needs make no allowance for replacements owing to turn-

1004 C H E M I C A L A N D E N G I N E E R I N G N E W S

Master

OTHERS

over, death, retirement, or loss to the Armed Forces.

The figure of 13,879 engineers includes chemical engineers. In the table published below, it will be noted that no separate

Figures in italics given below in the table entitled Current and Anticipated Em­ployment of Chemists, Engineers, and Chem­ical Engineers were not printed by the N a ­tional Roster in Bulletin N o . 6 as issued.

compilation was made on chemical engi­neers. The table gives the reported needs from the survey and the estimated decre­ment and increment for the period Janu­ary 1 to July 1, 1944.

It will please a small group that the "chem­istry" was taken out of chemical engineering and this portion of our profession placed without comment among the "engineers". A s the American Chemical Society, how­

ever, very definitely attributes to its chem­ical engineers an important part in the mar­velous developments that have taken place and are to take place in the chemical indus­try and wishes to see that they get credit therefor, we requested the breakdown figures here included. W e greatly appreci­ate the extra work and courtesy of the N a ­tional Roster in obtaining for us this detail from their records.

Shortages Obvious The accumulating shortage of chemists

and chemical engineers will unquestion­ably affect both the quantity and quality of war material being produced. Re­search also is being seriously hampered and should the present conflict in Europe continue for another year or more it is quite probable that it will be necessary to withdraw chemists and chemical engineers from the services for use in production and research to maintain numerical and tech­nical superiority over our enemies.

The figures as published are printed with the permission of the National Roster. All editorial comment is that of the editors.

Headers are referred to CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING N E W S , Vol. 21, No. 8, April 25, 1943, for data on chemists and chemical engineers in 1943.

Degrees from Columbia University

Columbia University at its commencement, June 6, conferred the honorary degree of doc­tor of science on Lyman J. Briggs, National Bureau of Standards, and Te-Pang Hou, chemical engineer and author of the AMERI­CAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY'S Monograph on the manufacture of soda. .

William Fox, a member of the New York Police Force, received the Ph.D. degree after four years' study during which he worked the midnight to 8 A.M. shift on his beat. His thesis was entitled "Equilibrium Relation­ships between Fluid Interfaces. The Sys­tem of Methylene Iodide-Water-Air".

Pharmaceutical Education Fund A fund of $485,000 has been contributed

by 300 drug concerns to the American Foun­dation for Pharmaceutical Education. Phar­maceutical manufacturers contributed 50%, proprietary medicine manufacturers 15%, retail and chain drug stores 12.5%, members of National Wholesale Druggists Association 12.5%, manufacturers of sundries, cos­metics, etc., 6.5%, and miscellaneous, 3.5%.

Dehydrated Sweet Potatoes Cleaver-Brooks Co., Milwaukee, Wis., a

manufacturer of dehydrating equipment, is setting up a plant at Albany, Ga., to de­hydrate sweet potatoes for cattle feed, as a part of its research program on the dehydra­tion of feed for animals. A second plant at Perry, to be ready for operation by Septem­ber, will also carry on experiments in dehy­dration of peanut hay.

Reported need from ES-229 Survey

Estimated loss owing to death and retirement

Estimated loss to Armed Forces

Gross need by July 1 Estimated increment from

colleges Net need July 1

ENGINEERS

13,879 2,150

13,770 29,799

1,090 28,709

ACCOUNTANTS

2,496 7 1 0

2.380 5.586

450 5,136

CHEMISTS

3,093 4 1 0

2,730 6,233

600 5,633

PHYSICISTS

6 4 9

4 5

290 984 130 854

OTHER SCIENTISTS

440 . 4 5

310 795 570 225

TOTAL

20,557 3,360

19,480 43,397

2,840 40,557

Current and Anticipated Employment January 1 9 4 4

OCCUPATION Chemist, biological Chemist, organic Chemist, physical Chemist, inorganic

TOTAL CHEMISTS Engineer, chemical

ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL NEEDED JAN. 1 TO

V O L U M E 2 2, N O . 1 2 » » . J U N E 2 5, 1 9 4 4 1005

Current and Anticipated Employment of Chemists, Engineers, and Chemical Engineers

PROFES- PROFES-SIONAL SIONAL

TOTAL ADDITIONAL WORKERS PROFES- WORKERS EMPLOYMENT WORKERS NE E DE D SIONAL N E E D E D OF

Actual Required N E E D E D OF PRO- EMPLOYMENT TOTAL Jan. 1, July 1, JAN. 1 TO FESSIONAL OF TOTAL W O R K E R S

1944 1944 JULY 1, 1944 EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEES N E E D E D INDUSTRY % % %

LIGHT MANUFACTURING Chemists 2,608 2.877 269 10.3 0.102 0 .134 Engineers 4.912 5,246 334 6 . 8 0.192 0 .167 Other Scientists 382 420 38 9 . 9 0 0 1 5 0 .019 Chemical Engineers 810 899 89 11.0 0 032 0.044

CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING Chemists 11,620 12,661 1.041 9 . 0 1 243 1.581 Engineers 14.976 16.501 1.525 10.2 1.602 2 .316 Other Scientists 771 898 127 16.5 0.082 0 .193 Chemical Engineers 6,478 7,201 723 11 .1 0 693 1.009

HEAVY MANUFACTURING Chemists 7,398 8.243 845 11.4 0.089 0 .122 Engineers 89.375 99.062 9.687 10.8 1.073 1.402 Other Scientists 2.055 2.346 291 14.2 0.025 0 .042 Chemical Engineers 2,650 2,981 331 12.5 0.032 0.048

MINING Chemists 505 530 25 5 . 0 0.104 0 .040 Engineers 3.230 3.355 125 3 . 9 0.663 0 .202 Other Scientists 480 518 38 8 . 0 0.099 0.061 Chemical Engineers 116 124 9 8.0 0.024 0.016

TRANSPORTATION, COMMUN­ICATIONS AND OTHER P U B ­LIC UTILITIES

Chemists 242 267 25 10.3 0.023 0 .045 Engineers 9,688 9,967 279 2 . 9 0.911 0.504 Other Scientists 72 77 5 6 . 9 0.007 0.009 Chemical Engineers 163 168 δ 3.1 0.015 0.009

SERVICE INDUSTRIES Chemists 6 9 3 50 .0 .013 0.131 Engineers 529 599 70 13.2 1.159 3 .065 Other Scientists 103 134 31 30 .1 0.226 1.357 Chemical Engineers 26 26 0 0.0 0.055 0.0

REGULAR GOVERNMENT E S ­TABLISHMENTS

Chemists 369 410 41 11.1 0.039 0.047 Engineers 8,686 9,527 841 9 .7 0.923 0 .965 Other Scientists 774 1.002 228 29 .5 0.082 0 .262 Chemical Engineers 213 237 24 11.3 0.023 0.028

ALL INDUSTRIES Chemists 22.748 24.997 2.249 9 . 9 0.158 0 .193 Engineers 131,396 144,257 12,861 9 . 8 0.915 1.105 Other Scientists 4,637 5,395 758 16 .3 0.032 0 .065 Chemical Engineers 10,454 11,635 1.181 11.3 0.073 0.102 β In each instance the figures for engineers include chemical engineers.

EMPLOYMENT Actual Jan. 1, 1944 1,161 9,905 2,660 9.022

22,748 10.454

Required July 1,

1944 1,267

10,967 2,996 9,767

24,997 11.635

Total 106

1,062 3 3 6 7 4 5

2,249 1.181

New College Graduates

Number 7 3

7 5 2 2 1 9 5 0 2

1,546 8 3 2

% o f Total 68 .9 70 .8 65 .2 67 .4 68 .7 70.4

Experienced Personnel

Number 3 3

3 1 0 117 2 4 3 7 0 3 3 4 9

% oi Total 31.1 29 .2 34 .8 32.6 31 .3 29.6

PERSONNEL N E E D E D OP

EMPLOYMEÎÎT JAN. 1, 1944

9 . 1 10.7 12.6

8 . 3 9 . 9

11.3