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' Λ t W S - Leonard C. Maier, who recently re- ceived his Ph.D. degree from Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, has joined Behr-Manning Corp., Troy, Ν. Υ., as research physicist in the eleetrotextile division. Bernd T. Matthias, who has been with Bell Telephone Laboratories at Murray Hill, N. J., has been appointed assistant professor of physics at the University of Chicago. Dr. Matthias' work has in- cluded perfection oi the synthetic ferro electric crystals used in electronic equip- ment. H. Meininger has been appointed chemist for the Chemical Plants Corp division of Oscar Kohorn <& Co., Ltd Dr. Meininger's first assignment will be in the sulfuric acid and carbon bisulfide plants which supplement Kohnrn's rayon plant in Egypt. Franklyn D. Miller recently joined National Distillers Products Corp. as· research chemist in the research divi- sion, Cincinnati. Hercules Powder Co. announces! th< appointment of Chase H. Nagle as con- trol chemist at the Bessemer, Ala., plant. Mr. Nagle has been with Her- cules since 1946. Carl S. Williams ha* joined the Parlin, N. J., plant of th< same company as control chemist also He was graduated from Georgia Tecl» in September 1949 as a chemical engi- neer. John G. Gatts, formerly in the cellulose products division of the Her- cules Experiment Station, Wilmington Del., has transferred to Parlin η ρ an acetate supervisor trainee. Raymond E. Kelson recently joined the staff of the General Latex and Chemical Corp., Cambridge, Mass. He has been manager of the latex depart- ment of H. A. Astlett Co. in Now York City. H. W. Rhode- WÊ^^BÊÊÊBS^ hamel, who has ^Ρ^3ΡΤΠ|^Ϊ|| completed 42 years j?*f8|F ^B of service with Eli ^Γνΐ^ <-+ ι^Ρ** anapolis, Ind., will V V ^m^^4 soon as he gradu- HHIBlk wSB ated from Purdue University in 1907, and noteworthy among his accomplishments are his con- tributions to the development of Iletin. (Lilly insulin), liver extracts, and bar- biturates. George A. Richardson has been trans- ferred from the plant of Monsanto Chemical Co. at Monsanto, 111., to the central research department at Day- AKERS ======================== ton, Ohio. He has rhe position of re- search chemist. John M. Richardson, physical chemist, recently joined the staff of the explo- sives branch, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. Richardson was formerly with Bell Telephone Labora- tories, Summit, N. J. Texas Gas Transmission Corp. has announced· the appointment of A. L. Roberts as general superintendent of the company's pipe-line system and H. L. Stowers as chief engineer. Both have been associated with Texas Gas or a predecessor company for over 10 years. Harry S. Rogers, president of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, has been elected chairman of the Engineers' Council for Professional Development, a conference body of engineering organi- zations of the United States and Canada. Victor Schocken has left National In- stitutes of Health to become a research fellow at Harvard University. He is working on the energetics of photosyn- thesis. Samuel S. Smith has been appointed general manager of the liquid filling equipment division of M RM Co., Inc., Brooklyn, Ν. Y. He has been with Republic Seitz Filler Corp. A. E. Staley, Jr., president of the Λ. Ε. Staley Mfg. Co. of Decatur, 111., has been awarded the Commander Cross with Star of the Order of St. Olav, one of Norway's highest decorations. Until last June Mr. Staley was ECA Chief of Mission to Norway. Robert P. Summerville has been ap- pointed chemical engineer for the Cleve- land Container Co., Cleveland, Ohio He comes from General Electric Co. E. E. Tebeau, recently of Reinhardi College, Waleska, Ga., is now head ot the department of chemistry at Tennes- see Wesley an College, Athens, Tenn. George S. Walden, former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., ha> assumed duties as head of the petroleum unit in the Office of the Special Repre- sentative in Paris of the Economic Co- operation Administration. R. D. Waterman has been appointed executive vice president of Ε. Β. Badger & Sons Co., Boston. He has been with the company for 10 years in charge of all construction activities. Robert L. Wellstead teft American Maize Products Co. and is now with Brule Incinerator Corp., Chicago, as merchandising engineer in charge of na- tional distribution of the redesigned gas- fired incinerator. g w r g— Wilhelm Botiger Willi elm Bottger, 78, professor emeri- tus of the University of Leipzig, died on Oct. 23 in Hanover, Germany. He was born in Leisnig, Germany, in 1871 and studied under Wilhelm Ostwald in Leipzig, and in Gottingen. He was the author of many research papers and a book, and editor of a series of mono- graphs on analytical chemistry, and as- sociate editor of Mikrochemie. Seymour M. Hermann Seymour M. Hermann, retired presi- dent of Apex Chemical Co. of New York and Elizabeth, N. J., died Nov. 23 of a heart ailment which had inca- pacitated him for some time. Educated at Columbia College and the University of Giessen in Germany, Dr. Hermann had been a founder of Apex and had been responsible for numerous patents on leather finishing and textile improve- ments. Dr. Hermann had been a member of the ACS and many other professional and philanthropic organizations. Melville Johnston Marshall Melville J. Marshall, 58, professor ol •îhemistry and chairman of the depart- ment of chemistry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, died re- cently. A graduate of McGill and re- cipient, of a doctorate from Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, Dr Marshall had been a research chemist with Canadian Electric Products Co and later acting chief chemist for Shaw- inigan Chemicals, Ltd. Dr. Marshall had been a member of rhe ACS and a fellow of the Royal So- ciety of Canada. His publications in- cluded contributions in the field of ab- sorption of oxygen and other gases on charcoal and on improved rectifying columns. He was noted for his funda- mental approach to the teaching of physical chemistry at the University of British Columbia. Oliver Ralph Overman Oliver Ralph Overman, 53, professor of dairy chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana, died on Nov. 23 at McKinley Hospital in Urbana of a heart attack. He was born in Windfall, Ind., on April 15, 1886, received the B.S. de- gree from Indiana University in 1910, the M.S. degree from the same institu- tion in 1911, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University in 1917. Before coming to the University of Illinois. Dr. Overman taught at Indiana 3808 C H E M I C A L AND ENGINEERING NEWS Necrology New Text
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' Λ t W S -Leonard C. Maier, who recently re
ceived his Ph.D. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has joined Behr-Manning Corp., Troy, Ν . Υ., as research physicist in the eleetrotextile division.
Bernd T. Matthias, who has been with Bell Telephone Laboratories at Murray Hill, N. J., has been appointed assistant professor of physics at the University of Chicago. Dr. Matthias' work has included perfection oi the synthetic ferro electric crystals used in electronic equipment.
H. Meininger has been appointed chemist for the Chemical Plants Corp division of Oscar Kohorn <& Co., Ltd Dr. Meininger's first assignment will be in the sulfuric acid and carbon bisulfide plants which supplement Kohnrn's rayon plant in Egypt.
Franklyn D . Miller recently joined National Distillers Products Corp. as· research chemist in the research division, Cincinnati.
Hercules Powder Co. announces! th< appointment of Chase H. Nagle as control chemist at the Bessemer, Ala., plant. Mr. Nagle has been with Hercules since 1946. Carl S. Will iams ha* joined the Parlin, N . J., plant of th< same company as control chemist also He was graduated from Georgia Tecl» in September 1949 as a chemical engineer. John G. Gatts, formerly in the cellulose products division of the Hercules Experiment Station, Wilmington Del., has transferred to Parlin η ρ an acetate supervisor trainee.
Raymond E. Kelson recently joined the staff of the General Latex and Chemical Corp., Cambridge, Mass. He has been manager of the latex department of H. A. Astlett Co. in Now York City.
H. W. Rhode- WÊ^^BÊÊÊBS^ hamel, who has ^ Ρ ^ 3 Ρ Τ Π | ^ Ϊ | | completed 42 years j?*f8|F ^ B of service with Eli ^Γνΐ^ <-+ ι^Ρ**
anapolis, Ind., will V V ^m^^4
soon as he gradu- H H I B l k w S B ated from Purdue University in 1907, and noteworthy among his accomplishments are his contributions to the development of Iletin. (Lilly insulin), liver extracts, and barbiturates.
George A. Richardson has been transferred from the plant of Monsanto Chemical Co. at Monsanto, 111., to the central research department at Day-
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ton, Ohio. He has rhe position of research chemist.
John M. Richardson, physical chemist, recently joined the staff of the explosives branch, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. Richardson was formerly with Bell Telephone Laboratories, Summit, N . J.
Texas Gas Transmission Corp. has announced· the appointment of A . L. Roberts as general superintendent of the company's pipe-line system and H. L. Stowers as chief engineer. Both have been associated with Texas Gas or a predecessor company for over 10 years.
Harry S. Rogers, president of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, has been elected chairman of the Engineers' Council for Professional Development, a conference body of engineering organizations of the United States and Canada.
Victor Schocken has left National Institutes of Health to become a research fellow at Harvard University. He is working on the energetics of photosynthesis.
Samuel S. Smith has been appointed general manager of the liquid filling equipment division of M RM Co., Inc., Brooklyn, Ν . Y. He has been with Republic Seitz Filler Corp.
A. E. Staley, Jr., president of the Λ. Ε. Staley Mfg. Co. of Decatur, 111., has been awarded the Commander Cross with Star of the Order of St. Olav, one of Norway's highest decorations. Until last June Mr. Staley was ECA Chief of Mission to Norway.
Robert P. Summerville has been appointed chemical engineer for the Cleveland Container Co., Cleveland, Ohio He comes from General Electric Co.
E. E. Tebeau, recently of Reinhardi College, Waleska, Ga., is now head ot the department of chemistry at Tennessee Wesley an College, Athens, Tenn.
George S. Walden, former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., ha> assumed duties as head of the petroleum unit in the Office of the Special Representative in Paris of the Economic Cooperation Administration.
R. D. Waterman has been appointed executive vice president of Ε. Β. Badger & Sons Co., Boston. H e has been with the company for 10 years in charge of all construction activities.
Robert L. Wellstead teft American Maize Products Co. and is now with Brule Incinerator Corp., Chicago, as merchandising engineer in charge of national distribution of the redesigned gas-fired incinerator.
g w r g— Wilhelm Botiger
Willi elm Bottger, 78, professor emeritus of the University of Leipzig, died on Oct. 23 in Hanover, Germany. He was born in Leisnig, Germany, in 1871 and studied under Wilhelm Ostwald in Leipzig, and in Gottingen. He was the author of many research papers and a book, and editor of a series of monographs on analytical chemistry, and associate editor of Mikrochemie.
Seymour M. Hermann Seymour M. Hermann, retired presi
dent of Apex Chemical Co. of New York and Elizabeth, N . J., died Nov. 23 of a heart ailment which had incapacitated him for some time. Educated at Columbia College and the University of Giessen in Germany, Dr. Hermann had been a founder of Apex and had been responsible for numerous patents on leather finishing and textile improvements.
Dr. Hermann had been a member of the ACS and many other professional and philanthropic organizations.
Melville Johnston Marshall Melville J. Marshall, 58, professor ol
•îhemistry and chairman of the department of chemistry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, died recently. A graduate of McGill and recipient, of a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr Marshall had been a research chemist with Canadian Electric Products Co and later acting chief chemist for Shaw-inigan Chemicals, Ltd.
Dr. Marshall had been a member of rhe ACS and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His publications included contributions in the field of absorption of oxygen and other gases on charcoal and on improved rectifying columns. He was noted for his fundamental approach to the teaching of physical chemistry at the University of British Columbia.
Oliver Ralph Overman Oliver Ralph Overman, 53, professor
of dairy chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana, died on Nov. 23 at McKinley Hospital in Urbana of a heart attack. He was born in Windfall, Ind., on April 15, 1886, received the B.S. degree from Indiana University in 1910, the M.S. degree from the same institution in 1911, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University in 1917.
Before coming to the University of Illinois. Dr. Overman taught at Indiana
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University, Cornell University, and at Huron College, Huron, S. D . Head of the division of dairy chemistry at Illinois, he was made an assistant professor in 1919, associate professor in 1935, and professor in 1939. His principal scientific work has been in the elec-trodeposition of lead, the oxidation of hydrazine and ammonia, and the chemical composition of dairy products, in which field his best known study was on the energy value of milk.
H e was a member of the Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Chi Sigma, the American Dairy Science Association, and the ACS since 1911.
George Cornell Supplée George Cornell Supplée, owner and
director of the G. C. Supplée Laboratories, Inc., died of a heart attack at his home in Bain-bridge, Ν . Υ., on Nov. 7. Born in Schuyler County, Ν. Υ., lie studied at Cornell University and took his B.S. degree there m 1913, his M.S. in 1914, and his Ph.D. in d a i r y chemistry in 1919. During the summers of 1913 to 1918 he was a dairy inspector for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
In 1919 he became director of research of the Dry Milk Co / s laboratories in Adams, Ν . Υ., which were moved to Bainbridge, Ν . Υ., in the early twenties and acquired by the Borden Co. in thf early thirties.
His early work dealt with the role that trace elements, such as copper, pia3T in milk and milk by-products. Dr. Supplée collaborated with the National Carbon Co. in developing methods of irradiating milk. H e received the Billings Medal from the American Medical Association in 1936 for his research on riboflavin and was recently awarded the Borden Award for his contributions to dairy science.
A member of the ACS since 1919, Di Supplée was a member of the Dair\ Science Association, a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and the American Public Health Association, vice president of the International Association of Milk Sanitarians from 1923 to 1925 and president of the organization in 1925.
Albert H. Schmidt, retired president. Cortland Chemical Co., Palatine, Ill-Sept. 11, 1949. Emeritus member of \ C S , joined 1908.
L. G. Whittemore, president and treasurer, L. G. Whittemore, Inc., Boston, Mass., October 1949. ACS membei «inre 1929
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