receive legislative action a t this session.
I t w as put fo rw ard fo r discussion in in
terested industries in advance of hearings th a t presum ably will be held during early
M any chemicals m anufacturers whose products arc used in connection w ith foods, drugs, cosmetics (to be covered by the law ) and related comm odities a re invited by the A dm inistration to give the pro
posed legislation careful study during the com ing months. participate. O rganization is essential. Sub
stantially unanim ous participation and co
operation are presumed by the law. M anu
facturing Chemists A ssociation appears to be the logical agency to represent chemical m anufacturers. O th er process industry groups will find the need for analogous definition of both agricultural and industry control acts. H ence such industries may units in industry according to procedures strikingly different than those sought by G eneral Johnson.
I t is anticipated th a t such groups as the sugar refining industry, though nominally under both bills, w ill be cared fo r through the agricultural adm inistration. O ther sec
ondary farm products like leather may, on
N a m e s in
Fr a n k Co r t e s e, form erly research assistant in the Rockefeller Institute, has taken a temporary postion with A. E. Marshall, consulting' chemical engineer of New York City.
F . B . La Forge and H . L . J . Ha l l e r
of the D epartm ent of A griculture have received the H illebrand prize of the Chemical Society of W ashington, D. C.
The award was made for their dis
covery of the chemical structure of rotenone, a new and powerful insec
ticide.
Ge o r g e McCa r t e n, form er project engineer for the General Chemical Co., has joined the development department of the Calco Chemical Co., at Bound Brook, N. J.
J . C. W h i t e, general superintendent, has been elected vice-president and general m anager of the Tennessee- Eastm an Corp. H erb ert G. Stone, who has been plant superintendent, has been made general superintendent.
C. V. Ho l l a n d, form erly chemical engineer for the V irginia-C arolina Chemical Corp., has joined the Sulco Laboratories, Inc., of New Y ork City.
Jo h n R. Sh e f f i e l d, for many years connected w ith The D o rr Co., is now associated w ith the Phosphate Recovery Corp. of New York, a subsidiary of In ternational A gricultural Chemical Corp.
Cl a u d e E. Br i g h a m has succeeded M jr. Gen H . L . Gilchrist as chief of the Chemical W arfare Service. Col. B rig
ham has been appointed for a term of four years. H e entered this branch of the service in 1921 and since 1929 he has been commanding officer at Edgewood Arsenal.
Ch e s t e r A. Fu l t o n, president of the Southern Phosphate Corp., who was appointed director of sales for the D avi
son Chemical Co. last December, has resigned from the latter position but continues as chief executive of the phos
phate company.
M. R. Bi i a g w a t has been appointed secretary of the Committee on Unem
ployment and Relief for Chemists and Chemical Engineers of New Y ork City.
H e has been actively engaged in the re
lief work of the committee since its in
ception.
t h e N e w s
Co l ix G . Fi n k
Co l i n G. Fi n k has been awarded the E dw ard Goodrich Acheson Medal and prize by the Electrochemical Society.
The presentation will be made during the fall meeting of the society in Chi
cago. Dr. Fink, who heads the depart
ment of electrochemistry at Columbia University, has a long and distinguished record as an original investigator, an inventor, a teacher, and an officer of the society.
Ad a m M. St e e v e r lias joined the Lindberg Steel T reating Co. as vice- president in charge of technical opera
tions.
An t o n L. Ni e l s e n, formerly super
intendent of the Mohawk Valley Paper Mills, at L ittle Falls, has joined the Frost-W hite P aper Mills at Salisbury Mills, N . Y.
H . H. Moss has been awarded the Samuel W ylie M iller Medal by the Am erican W elding Society “for his achievement in the application of fusion welding and oxy-acetylene flame cutting.”
C. L. Bu t l e r has been appointed
senior fellow in pure research in the department of research in pure chemis
try a t Mellon Institute. Dr. Butler graduated from the Pennsylvania State College and the University of Illinois.
H e continued his studies in the labora
tory of organic chemistry of the College de France in P aris. Since 1929 he has held the post of lecturer in the depart
ment of chemistry of the U niversity of
Pittsburgh in addition to a position in the Mellon Institute.
J. S. Hi c k s, form erly connected with Sherwin Williams, where he was en
gaged in research work on paints and lacquers, has joined the consulting firm of Cromell & M urray, Inc., Cleveland.
H e is in charge of the organic division of the business.
Jo h n P. Ha r r i s, m anager of the Chi
cago office of the Industrial Chemical Sales Co., has been elected president of the Am erican Oil Chemists’ Society.
H e succeeded N. C. Ham m er of Dallas, Texas.
He n r y C. Sh e r m a n, head of the chemistry departm ent of Columbia U ni
versity, has been presented with the medal of the American Institute of Chemistry.
Ax t e l l J. By l e s has been elected president of the American Petroleum Institute. Upon his election as presi
dent of the Institute he severed his con
nection with the T ide W ater Associated Oil Co., of which he was president, also the Tide W ater Oil Co., and the A sso
ciated Oil Co.
Ch a r l e s J . Br a n d, secretary of the National Fertilizer Association, has ac
cepted the position of coadm inistrator of the A gricultural A djustm ent Adminis
tration, with the understanding that he will give only general supervision to the association’s work during the period.
E. A. Ry k e n j!o e r has been appointed general m anager of the R. & H . Chemi
cals departm ent of the du Pont company to succeed C. K. Davis, who has been elected president of Remington Arms C o .; and Milton Kutz has been ap
pointed assistant general m anager of the department to succeed D r. Rykenboer.
He n r y Ho w a r d, consulting chemical engineer, has been elected a director of the United States Chamber of Com
merce.
Ja m e s A. Va i l, secretary and chemi
cal director of the Philadelphia Q uartz Co. left May 3 for a business trip to Germany to be gone about a month.
F. L. Ka l l a m, formerly chief engi
neer of the gasoline department of the Foster W heeler Corp., is president of Industrial Engineers, Los Angeles, Calif. G. H . L ifur is secretary and treasurer of this corporation and presi
dent of the California Forest Products Co. The Industrial Engineers was formed to render consulting services.
W . W . Wi n s h i p, m anager of T h er
mal Syndicate, Ltd., Brooklyn, N. Y., sailed from M ontreal on May 12 for a six-weeks business trip in England.
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ciated w ith the Fansteel organization.
T n o M A S J. Ke e n a n, retired, was active in establishing the association on a firm foundation in its early days. Institution since 1927 where his teach
ing responsibility was the organization and conduct of the laboratory instruc
tion in biochemistry to freshman medi
cal students.
Ch a r l e s J . Re e d
Ch a r l e s Jo h n Re e d, one of the founders of the Electrochemical Society and its first secretary, as well as a mem patent department of the organization until his death. Although not a chemist American Plantations, Ltd., the Rubber Regenerating Co., the United States
After serving various companies as plant superintendent and as chemical and naval stores salesman, he organized
“Prices of both commodities and