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«Construction of the American Chemical Society's head­quarters building in Washington, D. C , begins officially as Arthur C. Cope, Chairman of the ACS Board of Directors, breaks ground- Watching are ( left to right ) John C. Bailar, Jr., President of ACS; John H. Nair, chairman of the

planning committee for the Society's building fund drive; Walter J. AdUirphy, editorial director of the applied pub­lications; Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary; Wallace

R. Brode, an ACS director; and Brigadier General A. C.

Ground Breaking: ACS Red Letter Day X H E red letter day in the life of the

American Chemical Society for many

Thus did John C. Bailar, Jr., Presi­dent of ACS, characterize the ground­breaking ceremony for the new national headquarters building of the Society. As members, employees, and friends of the Society watched, Arthur C. Cope, Chairman of the ACS Board of Direc­tors, turned the first spadeful of earth, officially launching construction of the new building. It will be located at 1155 Sixteenth St.. WW., Washington, D. C . site of the previous headquar-ers, which was demolished last fall.

Among those witnessing the cere­mony were Brigadier General A. C. Welling, Engineer Commissioner of the

District of Columbia; Bailar; Wallace R. Brode, an ACS director; and John H . Nair. chairman of the planning commit­tee for the Society's building fund drive.

Bailar termed the day "red letter" at a luncheon following the ceremony, as he explained that the new building will enable ACS to expand its present serv­ices and offer new services in such fields as education, employment, and journals, thus benefiting all of chemistry and chemical engineering.

Nair. also speaking at the luncheon, pointed out that the building fund cam­paign is only two thirds over. Although construction has begun, the fund has a good bit of the way7 to go. Members have reached 71rv of their goal, while industry stands at about 579c of its

goal. However, Af-.-S had to hefin con­struction by the end of January to keep certain concessions in the building per­mit, which was due to expire. i h e building fund campaign will continue.

Cope told the luncheon how central­ization of the ACS headquarters ' activi­ties will help it to d o its business better—for instance, to publish more material, more efficiently, and more a t ­tractively. Brode spoke on the increas­ing importance of Washington as a sci­ence center.

With construction thus begun, t h e new building will probably b e finished by mid-1960. It will provide S0,0OO square feet of office space, compared to only 18,700 square feet in t h e old building. •

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ACS Named IRE Af'siiate

The American Chemical Society has been approved for participation in the Institute of Radio Engineers affiliate plan. Under this plan, ACS members can affiliate with and receive the pub­lications of some of IRE's professional groups without joining IRE itself. These members pay only the profes­sional group dues plus $4.50 for the publications.

Professional groups AC'S members can affiliate with: electron devices, medical electronics, nuclear science, production techniques, automatic con­trol, engineering writ ing and speech (see page 103), infor. .<tion theory, and education. Dues for the groups on pro­duction techniques, automatic control, and engineering writing and speech are

$2.00. Dues for the remaining groups

Morin Installed

Richard D. Morin, organic chemist at Bat telle Memorial Institute, has been

installed as chair­man of the Colum­bus Section for 1 9 5 9 . H e was chairman-elect for the section in 1958. John W. Clegg of Battelle Memorial Institute is chair­man-elect; Daryle H. Busch of Ohio

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State University is secretary; and Ran­dall G. Rice of Chemical Abstracts is Treasurer. Councilors are Fred E. Deatherage of Ohio State University, Maynard M. Baldwin of Battelle Me­morial Institute, and James V. Robinson of Mead Corporation.

Appointments.. .

John C. Bailar, Jr., President of the American Chemical Society, appointed the following members t o represent the Society at special functions:

John J. Naughton will participate in the inauguration of Laurence Has-brouck Snyder as sixth president of the University of Hawaii on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Honolulu, Hawaii.

William J. Barrett will represent the Society in the inauguration of Leslie Stephen Wright as president of Howard

College on Tuesday, April 2 i , in Bir­mingham. Ala.

Allen H. Crosfo\ represented the So­ciety at the inauguration of Ralph Wright Steen as president ot Stephen F. Austin State College on Saturday, r 'eb. 7 , at Nacogdoches. IVxas.

Tulsa Installs Craig L. K. Craig, director of research at

Grand River Chemical division of Deere and Co., is the new chairman of the Tulsa Section. He was chairman-elect and iu that capac­ity served as pro­gram chairman for iy5«. Craig served trie .section in 1956 o n the membership committee, and in

December 1957 he was program chair­man for the Southwest Regional ACS

March 1 Is Cutoff Date It will be necessary for all AC'S

members to remit for dues and sub­scriptions prior to March 1 if names are to be retained on the 1959 mail­ing lists. The March 1 cutoff is made in accordance with Bylaw IV, Section 4, and no exceptions can be made. All members who have not yet sent in 1959 payments arc urged to do so immediately in order to avoid delay in receipt of journals.

L. E. Craig

Meeting. Other officers of the section; J. Robert Froning of Pan American Petroleum Corp., chairrnan-clcct; H u g h T. Harrison of Ozark-Mahoning Co., secretary; John H. Alsop, III , of Pan American Petroleum Corp., treasurer; Wayne E. White of Ozark-Mahoning Co., councilor; and Milton O. DenekrfS of Jersey Production Research Co., a l ­ternate councilor.

5USLDING FUND PROGRESS P l e d g e s tO D a t e Thousands of Dollars

MEMBERS

The fund dr ive for members fo r the ne%v ACS headquar ­ters bui ld ing has reached 7 1 % o f its $1.5 million g o a l . Pledges of $ 1 , 0 0 1 , -6 2 2 have been re­ceived and recorded in the Treasurer's Office as of Jan. 2 9 f rom 3 2 ,229 mem­bers o f the ACS, 37 ,9% of the mem­bership.

INDUSTRY

The fund dr ive for industry fo r the new ACS headquar­ters bui lding has reached 5 7 . 4 % of its $1.5 mill ion goa l . Pledges of $ 8 6 2 , -0 0 0 have been received and re­corded in the Treas­urer's Of f ice as of Jan. 28 f rom 2 8 7 companies.

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