Necrology
1
Λ Γ Ε W S - M A Κ Ε Ά S S. B. Neiley has been transferred from Cambridge to the Adams plant of Dewey and Almy Chemical Co., as manager of the plant. P. M. Nicholes has transferred from the Parlin, N. J., laboratory to the Roches- ter, N. V., laboratory, technical division, photoproducts department of the Du Pont Co. as research director. Joseph Nigon, who comes from the Boiler Water Research Laboratory of the Bureau of Mines in Washington, D . C , has joined the staff of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories near Santa Fe, N. Mex., as a chemist in the chemistry and metallurgy division. Joseph W. Opie has joined the research staff of General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, lie comes from the Wyeth Institute of Applied Biochemistry in Philadelphia. Winton I. Pat- node, chemist on the staff of the General Electric Research Labora- tory at Schenec- tad} r , has been placed in charge of the Hanford Branch of the laboratory at Richland, Wash. Wallace S. Peck has been appointed director of research of the American D y e w o o d Co., Belleville, N.J. He has been with the c ο m ]) a n y since 1930, starting at the Chester, Pa., factory. His activi- ties will cover the entire range of the prod- ucts of the compaii3 r . Nicholas J. Petrella, who was released from the Army hist year, is now process investigator in the resinox molding powder plant of Monsanto Chemical Co., Spring- field, Mass. J. J. Phillips, Jr., has taken a position as chemical engineer in the technical service divison of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. He has been an ordnance officer in the U. S. Army for the past five years. Peter Popovich, recently released to inactive duty by the U. S. Navy, has ac- cepted the position of instructor in the chemistry department of West Virginia University, Morgan town. Harold Reuben, after five years' service in the Navy, has assumed a position in the development department of the Re- public rubber division, Lee Rubber and Tire Corp., Youngstown, Ohio. He is also serving part lime on the faculty of the Engineering School of Youngstown College. Charles M. Saffer, Jr., has taken a position in the solid development section of the Aerojet Engineering Corp., Azusa, Calif. During the war he served in the Navy as lieutenant commander. 5 :<v( Francis C. Sav- age has been placed in charge of co- ordination of the lubricating oil blending and com- pounding activities of the Socony-Vac- uum Oil Co., New York, N . Y. f and is also handling special assignments in the manufacture of lubricating oils. Prior to this promotion he was assistant technical director of Magnolia, Petroleum Co. E. C. Smith, recently released from the Army, has begun work as associate pro- fessor of chemistry in Trinity University, San Antonio, Tex. Charles A. Thomas, vice president and technical director of Monsanto Chemical Co. and president-elect of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY; Gerald Wendt, editor- ial director of Science Illustrated: George Fielding Eliot, military analyst and Λ Γ . Y. Herald-Tribun" columnist; and Harrison Brown, atomic scientist, formerly with Clinton Laboratories, discussed "Plow Can Atomic Energy Be Used and Con- trolled" on an Oak Ridge, Tenn., origi- nation of Town Meeting of the Air radio program Jan. 30. Sam S. Tihen, recently released from the Navy, is now a chemical engineer in the Bureau of Mines Petroleum and Oil Shale Experiment Station at Laramie, Wyo. Tlis work is in the study of refining processes for u s e on shale oil. D. G. "Weaver, having been discharged from the Army Air Force, has accepted a position as production development chemist at the Natrona, Pa., plant of Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co. Julius "Wiland has joined the research department of the S. E. Massengill Co., Bristol, Tenn., as research biochemist. He was formerly with the New York Post- Graduate Medical School, but has re- cently returned from having served in the Army. J. D. Yoder has been elected a vice president of t h e lVrmutit Co., having formerly been manager of the boiler feed- water division. We erroneously- reported on Jan. 27 that Mr. Voder had been made vice president and general manager. Tte&toloj&u Moses Gomberg Moses Gomberg, past president of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY and profes- sor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Michigan, died Feb. 12 four days after he had cele- brated his 81st birthday. One of t h e coun- ty's outstanding organic chemists, Dr. Gomberg his best known for his discovery of triva- lent carbon. While attempting to synthe- size hexaphenjdethane, he conducted a series of experiments in the absence of oxygen which led to the synthesis of t r i - phenylmethyl. Dr. Gomberg is credited with the development of the first successful antifreeze compound for automobile radia- tors, and with finding new solvents for automobile lacquers. Born in Russia, he fled the country with his father in 18S5 for political reasons. He completed his high school work in Chi- cago, where the family made its home, and took his B.S. degree in 1890 from the Uni- versity of Michigan. His master's degree was granted in 1892, followed by the degree of doctor of science in 1894. Dr. Gomberg put in two years of study in Germany—at Munich in Baeyer's laboratory and at Heidelberg under Vic- tor Meyer. It was here that he began Ms work which led to the discovery of tri- phenylmethyl with the synthesis of tetra- phenylamine, a problem that had proved so difficult Meyer had given it up as im- possible. He returned to his work at Ann Arbor in 1897, rising to a full professorship in 1904 Dr. Gomberg will be remembered by thousands of his students as an exceller**, teacher, thorough and sympathetic. Dur- ing World War I Dr. Gomberg served as a major in Army Ordnance. In 1927 he became chairman of the chemistry depart- ment, and retired on his seventieth birth- day in 1936. Dr. Gomberg joined ACS in 1898 and was active in the affairs of the SOCIETY. He served as councilor for the University of Michigan Section 1909-10 and in 1913* and became president of t h e SOCIETY in 1931. He was a life member of the Na- tional Academy of Sciences and a past vice president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was the recipient of the Nichols Medal in 1914, the Willard Gibbs Medal in 1925, and the Chandler Medal in 1927. He held honor- ary degrees from the University of Chi- cago and Polytechnic Institute of Brook- lyn. 548 CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS
Transcript of Necrology
ΛΓ Ε W S - M A Κ Ε Ά S
S. B. Neiley has been transferred from Cambridge to the Adams plant of Dewey and Almy Chemical Co., as manager of the plant.
P . M . Nicholes has transferred from the Parlin, N . J., laboratory to the Rochester, N. V., laboratory, technical division, photoproducts depar tment of the Du Pont Co. as research director.
Joseph Nigon, who comes from the Boiler Water Research Laboratory of the Bureau of Mines in Washington, D . C , has joined the staff of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories near Santa Fe, N. Mex., as a chemist in the chemistry and metallurgy division.
Joseph W. Opie has joined the research staff of General Mills, Inc. , Minneapolis, l ie comes from the Wyeth Inst i tute of Applied Biochemistry in Philadelphia.
Winton I . Pa t -node, chemist on the staff of the General Electric Research Laboratory a t Schenec-tad} r, has been placed in charge of the Hanford Branch of the laboratory at Richland, Wash.
Wallace S. Peck has been appointed director of research of the American D y e w o o d C o . , Belleville, N . J . He has been with the c ο m ]) a n y s i n c e 1930, starting at the Chester, Pa. , factory. His activi
ties will cover the entire range of the products of the compaii3r.
Nicholas J . Petrella, who was released from the Army hist year, is now process investigator in the resinox molding powder plant of Monsanto Chemical Co., Springfield, Mass.
J . J. Phillips, Jr . , has taken a position as chemical engineer in the technical service divison of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. He has been an ordnance officer in the U. S. Army for the past five years.
P e t e r Popovich, recently released to inactive du ty by the U. S. Navy, has accepted the position of instructor in the chemistry depar tment of West Virginia University, Morgan town.
Haro ld Reuben, after five years' service in the Navy , has assumed a position in the development depar tment of the Republic rubber division, Lee Rubber and
Tire Corp., Youngstown, Ohio. He is also serving p a r t lime on the faculty of the Engineering School of Youngstown College.
Charles M. Saffer, Jr. , has taken a position in the solid development section of the Aerojet Engineering Corp. , Azusa, Calif. During the war he served in the Navy as lieutenant commander.
5:<v( Francis C. Sav
age has been placed in charge of coordination of the lubricating oil blending and compounding activities of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., New York, N . Y.f and is also handling
special assignments in the manufacture of lubricating oils. Prior to this promotion he was assistant technical di rector of Magnolia, Petroleum Co.
E. C. Smith, recently released from the Army, h a s begun work as associate professor of chemistry in Trinity Universi ty, San Antonio, T e x .
Charles A. Thomas, vice president and technical director of Monsanto Chemical Co. and president-elect of the A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L SOCIETY; Gerald Wend t , editorial director of Science Illustrated: George Fielding Eliot, military analyst a n d ΛΓ. Y. Herald-Tribun" columnist; and Harr ison Brown, atomic scientist, formerly with Clinton Laboratories, discussed "Plow Can Atomic Energy Be Used and Controlled" on an Oak Ridge, Tenn . , origination of Town Meeting of the Air radio program Jan. 3 0 .
Sam S . Tihen, recently released from the N a v y , is now a chemical engineer in the Bureau of Mines Petroleum and Oil Shale Experiment Station a t Laramie, Wyo. Tlis work is in the study of refining processes for u se on shale oil.
D. G. "Weaver, having been discharged from the Army Air Force, has accepted a position as production development chemist a t t h e Natrona, Pa., plant of Pennsylvania Sa l t Mfg. Co.
Julius "Wiland has joined t h e research depar tment of the S. E. Massengill Co., Bristol, Tenn. , as research biochemist . He was formerly with the New York Pos t -Graduate Medical School, b u t has recently returned from having served in the Army.
J. D. Yoder has been elected a vice president of t h e lVrmutit Co . , having formerly been manager of the boiler feed-water division. We erroneously- reported on Jan. 2 7 that Mr. Voder had been made vice president a n d general manager .
Tte&toloj&u Moses Gomberg
Moses Gomberg, past president of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY and professor emeri tus of chemistry a t the Univers i ty
of Michigan, died Feb. 12 four days after he had celebrated his 81st bir thday.
One of t h e count y ' s outstanding organic chemists, Dr . Gomberg h i s best known for h is discovery of t r iva-
len t carbon. While a t tempt ing to syn thesize hexaphenjdethane, he conducted a series of experiments in t h e absence of oxygen which led to the synthesis of t r i -phenylmethyl . Dr . Gomberg is credited with the development of the first successful antifreeze compound for automobile radiators , and with finding new solvents for automobi le lacquers.
Born in Russia, he fled the country with his father in 18S5 for political reasons. H e completed his high school work in Chicago, where the family made its home, and took his B.S. degree in 1890 from the Universi ty of Michigan. His mas ter ' s degree was granted in 1892, followed by t h e degree of doctor of science in 1894.
Dr . Gomberg p u t in two years of s tudy in Germany—at Munich in Baeyer's laboratory and a t Heidelberg under Vict o r Meyer. It was here t h a t he began Ms work which led to the discovery of t r i -phenylmethyl wi th the synthesis of t e t ra -phenylamine, a problem t h a t had proved so difficult Meyer had given it u p as impossible.
He re turned t o his work a t Ann Arbor in 1897, rising to a full professorship in 1904 D r . Gomberg will be remembered by thousands of his s tudents as an exceller**, teacher , thorough and sympathet ic . During World War I Dr . Gomberg served as a major in Army Ordnance. I n 1927 he became chairman of the chemistry departmen t , and retired on his sevent ie th birthd a y in 1936.
Dr . Gomberg joined ACS in 1898 and was active in the affairs of the SOCIETY. H e served as councilor for the University of Michigan Section 1909-10 and in 1913* and became president of t h e SOCIETY in 1931. He was a life member of the National Academy of Sciences and a p a s t vice pres ident of the American Association for t h e Advancement of Science. H e was the recipient of the Nichols Medal in 1914, the Willard Gibbs Medal in 1925, and the Chandler Medal in 1927. He held honora r y degrees from the University of Chicago and Polytechnic Inst i tute of Brooklyn.
548 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
