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NECROLOGY Lawrence Bradshaw Lawrence Bradshaw, 70, retired since 1947, died Feb. 22 in Bainbridge, Ν. Υ. He was born in Lancashire, England, and graduated from Manchester University, later taking a Ph.D. from Giessen Uni- versity in Germany, then returning to Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Science. At that time he published sev- eral important papers on the detonation of automotive fuels; this work later proved to be a valuable forerunner in the devel- opment of antiknock compounds. After a brief period with a mining company in Peru, he returned to continue postdoctoral studies at Edinburgh University. At the outbreak of World War I he was employed by a British chemical company in Ger- many, and while interned there as an enemy alien he translated a German chem- istry text into English. In 1921 he ac- cepted a position with the Casein Co. of America, now the Borden Co.'s chemical division. He was the author and coauthor of over 20 patents in the field of casein and synthetic resin adhesives. He had been a member of ACS since 1921. Wallace Campbell Wallace Campbell, 71, long active in the Solvay Process Co. and closely identi- fied with other chemical firms, died April 4 aboard the Ile de France at Le Havre. He resigned in 1929 as vice president of Solvay Sales Corp., owing to ill health, but was retained in a consulting capacity. He had been a director of several other chemical process companies. William Crocker William Crocker, 76, retired director of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Yonkers, Ν. Υ., died Feb. 11. After receiving an M.A. degree from the University of Illinois he joined the faculty of Northern Illinois State Teachers College. He later entered the University of Chicago, received a Ph.D. in botany, and remained on the staff to teach plant physiology until 1921. Then he became associated with the late Col. William Boyce Thompson in organizing the Boyce Thompson Institute. He was its managing director until September 1949. He carried out investigations on delayed germination in seeds, on the effect of varous gases on plants, on sulfur fer- tilizers, and on plant hormones. He had been a member of ACS since 1918. Francis E. Gallagher Francis E. Gallagher, 65, chairman of the board and retired president of Behr- Manning Corp., died March 23 at Lake Wales, Fla. He was an alumnus of Cor- nell University and from 1906 to 1911 had been employed as a physicist in the 1508 Bureau oi Soils in the Department of Agriculture. In 1915 he joined the Man- ning Paper Co. He became president and general manager of Behr-Manning in i 938. Throughout his long career as a leader in the abrasives industry, Mr. Gallagher's avocation was that of archi- tect. He was licensed in New York state and during his lifetime directed the con- struction of over 30 homes. He had been a member of ACS since 1937. Vamon R. Kokatnur Vaman Ramachandra Kokatnur, 63, consulting chemist and inventor, died re- cently in New York. He was born in India and had received a B.Sc. at Bombay Uni- versity in 1911. He later studied at the University of California and the Univer- sity of Minnesota, where he took a Ph.D. In 1917 he became research chemist for Mathieson Alkali Works and the next year accepted the post of chief of the research department of the Niagara Al- kali Co. He was named assistant chief of the vat dye group of National Aniline and Chemical Co. in 1920. In 1922 he began his consulting practice which covered re- search, engineering, development, new processes, litigation, and other branches of chemistry. In 1928 he went to Russia as consulting expert to the Five-Year Plan, specializing on the uses of chlorine and caustic soda. His patents, totaling more than 30 had a wide range of industrial vises. In 1940 Dr. Kokatnur was honored at the sesquicentennial celebration of the U. S. Patent Office and was selected for the Hall of Fame at the New York World's Fair. He had been a member of the AMERICAN CIIEMICAL SOCIETY since 1918. Maurice J. Mulligan Maurice J. Mulligan, 50, senior research chemist for General Motors Research Laboratories organic chemistry depart- ment, Detroit, died April 2. He was born in Corunna, Ont., and educated at the University of Toronto. He joined Gen- eral Motors laboratories in 1928. His work covered a variety of special research problems, including studies of motor fuels. One of these projects led to the develop- ment of the present standard method for determination of gum in gasoline. He had been a member of the ACS since 1929 and was very active in the Detroit Section. Hartey A. Nelson Harley A. Nelson, 59, assistant to the general manager of the technical depart- ment of the New Jersey Zinc Co., New York, died March 21. He joined the com- pany in 1919 after serving for two years as assistant chemist in the chemistry di- vision of the National Bureau of Stand- ards, and rose from chief of the paint section in the research division through various responsible positions to that in the technical department. He was the author or coauthor of almost 50 papers and publications dealing with pigments, CHEMICAL organic protective coatings, paint testing, corrosion, and other related subjects. He had been an ACS member since 1924. L. D. Ackerman, technical superintend- ent, Converse Rubber Co., Maiden, Mass., Aug. 3, 1949. ACS member since 1943. Percy N. Annand, 51, chief of the Bu- reau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, March 29, in Arlington, Va. H. E. Corman, chief chemist, Canada Packers, Ltd., Toronto, Ont., Dec. 7, 1949. ACS member since 1934. George F. Gebhardt, 76, former direc- tor of the department of mechanical en- gineering at Illinois Institute of Tech- nology, March 22. C. S. Gibson, 66, of the Royal Society of Arts, England, and a member of the Commission on the Nomenclature of Or- ganic Chemistry of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, March 24. ACS member since 1923. John Wilber Goddard, 30, laboratory assistant in the Institute for Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago, March 19. Elton M. Hogg, manager and owner, Saratoga Laboratories, Saratoga, Calif., March 17. ACS member since 1941. Burton J. Howard, 77, retired Chief of the Microanalytical Division of the Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D. C, Feb. 4. ACS member since 1905. Rudolf Hutz, 72, formerly vice presi- dent and director of General Aniline & Film Corp., March 29 in Englewood, N. J. ACS member since 1929. Hugh M. Krumbhaar, 68, retired secre- tary and treasurer of Krumbhaar Chemi- cals, Inc., March 16 near Plainfield, N. J. William J. Lentz, 56, chemical testing engineer at California Division of High- ways, March 31 in Sacramento, Calif. ACS member since 1922, charter member of the Sacramento Section, of which he was chairman in 1926. C. Lawrence Muench, 55, president of the Hood Rubber Co., March 6, Water- town, Mass. Ole Sandvold, director of Notodden Salpeterfabrikker, Notodden, Norway, Sept. 24, 1949. ACS member since 1936. Ε. Τ. Sterne, vice president and general manager of G. F. Sterne & Sons, Ltd., Brantford, Ont., Feb. 2, 1949. ACS mem- ber since 1912. Harold C. Stowe, research chemist at Stowe Laboratory, Lebanon, N. J., Feb. 14. ACS member since 1926. Ernest H. Von Storch, research chemist at Catalin Corp. of America, Metuchen, N. J., Jan. 20. ACS member since 1945. AND ENGINEERING NEWS
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NECROLOGY Lawrence Bradshaw
Lawrence Bradshaw, 70, retired since 1947, died Feb. 22 in Bainbridge, Ν. Υ. He was born in Lancashire, England, and graduated from Manchester University, later taking a Ph.D. from Giessen University in Germany, then returning to Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Science. At that time he published several important papers on the detonation of automotive fuels; this work later proved to be a valuable forerunner in the development of antiknock compounds. After a brief period with a mining company in Peru, he returned to continue postdoctoral studies at Edinburgh University. At the outbreak of World War I he was employed by a British chemical company in Germany, and while interned there as an enemy alien he translated a German chemistry text into English. In 1921 he accepted a position with the Casein Co. of America, now the Borden Co.'s chemical division. He was the author and coauthor of over 20 patents in the field of casein and synthetic resin adhesives. He had been a member of ACS since 1921.
Wal lace Campbell Wallace Campbell, 71, long active in
the Solvay Process Co. and closely identified with other chemical firms, died April 4 aboard the Ile de France at Le Havre. He resigned in 1929 as vice president of Solvay Sales Corp., owing to ill health, but was retained in a consulting capacity. He had been a director of several other chemical process companies.
Will iam Crocker William Crocker, 76, retired director
of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Yonkers, Ν. Υ., died Feb. 11. After receiving an M.A. degree from the University of Illinois he joined the faculty of Northern Illinois State Teachers College. He later entered the University of Chicago, received a Ph.D. in botany, and remained on the staff to teach plant physiology until 1921. Then he became associated with the late Col. William Boyce Thompson in organizing the Boyce Thompson Institute. He was its managing director until September 1949. He carried out investigations on delayed germination in seeds, on the effect of varous gases on plants, on sulfur fertilizers, and on plant hormones. He had been a member of ACS since 1918.
Francis E. Gal lagher Francis E. Gallagher, 65, chairman of
the board and retired president of Behr-Manning Corp., died March 23 at Lake Wales, Fla. He was an alumnus of Cornell University and from 1906 to 1911 had been employed as a physicist in the
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Bureau oi Soils in the Department of Agriculture. In 1915 he joined the Manning Paper Co. He became president and general manager of Behr-Manning in i 938. Throughout his long career as a leader in the abrasives industry, Mr. Gallagher's avocation was that of architect. He was licensed in New York state and during his lifetime directed the construction of over 30 homes. He had been a member of ACS since 1937.
Vamon R. Kokatnur Vaman Ramachandra Kokatnur, 63,
consulting chemist and inventor, died recently in New York. He was born in India and had received a B.Sc. at Bombay University in 1911. He later studied at the University of California and the University of Minnesota, where he took a Ph.D. In 1917 he became research chemist for Mathieson Alkali Works and the next year accepted the post of chief of the research department of the Niagara Alkali Co. He was named assistant chief of the vat dye group of National Aniline and Chemical Co. in 1920. In 1922 he began his consulting practice which covered research, engineering, development, new processes, litigation, and other branches of chemistry. In 1928 he went to Russia as consulting expert to the Five-Year Plan, specializing on the uses of chlorine and caustic soda. His patents, totaling more than 30 had a wide range of industrial vises. In 1940 Dr. Kokatnur was honored at the sesquicentennial celebration of the U. S. Patent Office and was selected for the Hall of Fame at the New York World's Fair. He had been a member of the AMERICAN CIIEMICAL SOCIETY since 1918.
Maurice J . Mulligan Maurice J. Mulligan, 50, senior research
chemist for General Motors Research Laboratories organic chemistry department, Detroit, died April 2. He was born in Corunna, Ont., and educated at the University of Toronto. He joined General Motors laboratories in 1928. His work covered a variety of special research problems, including studies of motor fuels. One of these projects led to the development of the present standard method for determination of gum in gasoline. He had been a member of the ACS since 1929 and was very active in the Detroit Section.
Hartey A . Nelson Harley A. Nelson, 59, assistant to the
general manager of the technical department of the New Jersey Zinc Co., New York, died March 21. He joined the company in 1919 after serving for two years as assistant chemist in the chemistry division of the National Bureau of Standards, and rose from chief of the paint section in the research division through various responsible positions to that in the technical department. He was the author or coauthor of almost 50 papers and publications dealing with pigments,
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organic protective coatings, paint testing, corrosion, and other related subjects. He had been an ACS member since 1924.
L. D. Ackerman, technical superintendent, Converse Rubber Co., Maiden, Mass., Aug. 3, 1949. ACS member since 1943.
Percy N. Annand, 51, chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, March 29, in Arlington, Va.
H. E. Corman, chief chemist, Canada Packers, Ltd., Toronto, Ont., Dec. 7, 1949. ACS member since 1934.
George F. Gebhardt, 76, former director of the department of mechanical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, March 22.
C. S. Gibson, 66, of the Royal Society of Arts, England, and a member of the Commission on the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, March 24. ACS member since 1923.
John Wilber Goddard, 30, laboratory assistant in the Institute for Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago, March 19.
Elton M. Hogg, manager and owner, Saratoga Laboratories, Saratoga, Calif., March 17. ACS member since 1941.
Burton J. Howard, 77, retired Chief of the Microanalytical Division of the Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D. C , Feb. 4. ACS member since 1905.
Rudolf Hutz, 72, formerly vice president and director of General Aniline & Film Corp., March 29 in Englewood, N. J. ACS member since 1929.
Hugh M. Krumbhaar, 68, retired secretary and treasurer of Krumbhaar Chemicals, Inc., March 16 near Plainfield, N. J.
William J. Lentz, 56, chemical testing engineer at California Division of Highways, March 31 in Sacramento, Calif. ACS member since 1922, charter member of the Sacramento Section, of which he was chairman in 1926.
C. Lawrence Muench, 55, president of the Hood Rubber Co., March 6, Water-town, Mass.
Ole Sandvold, director of Notodden Salpeterfabrikker, Notodden, Norway, Sept. 24, 1949. ACS member since 1936.
Ε. Τ. Sterne, vice president and general manager of G. F. Sterne & Sons, Ltd., Brantford, Ont., Feb. 2, 1949. ACS member since 1912.
Harold C. Stowe, research chemist at Stowe Laboratory, Lebanon, N. J., Feb. 14. ACS member since 1926.
Ernest H. Von Storch, research chemist at Catalin Corp. of America, Metuchen, N. J., Jan. 20. ACS member since 1945.
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