Harry F . Lewis (left) receives TAPPI medal from Roy L . Davis

Lewis Wins TAPPI Medal Institute of Paper Chemistry dean cited for contribu­tions to chemical education

NEW YORK.-Highlight of the an­nual meeting of the Technical Associa­tion of the Pulp and Paper Industry

"here last month was presentation of the 1956 Gold Medal to Harry F. Lewis. Lewis is vice president and dean of the Institute of Paper Chem­istry. The medal, first awarded in 1928, honors "those whose achieve­ments have definitely contributed to the technical progress of the pulp, paper, and paperboard industry."

In presenting the award, TAPPI ex­ecutive committeeman Roy L. Davis, called particular attention to the medal­ist's dynamic influence in the field of chemical education. Davis, now asso­ciated with Cia. Industrial de San Cristobal, was one of the first students to graduate from the Institute of Paper Chemistry. Lewis, born in Denver, was educated at Wesleyan University and the University of Illinois, and had both government and industrial ex­perience before joining the institute staff when it was first being established

in Appleton, Wis., in 1930. Three years later he was named dean—a posi­tion he has held ever since. Just last fall he was also made vice president in charge of academic affairs.

ί Lewis—Salesman Deluxe· In the early years attracting top students to the unknown and untried Institute of Paper Chemistry was no easy assign­ment. But he traveled from one end of the country to the other giving lectures and talking personally with thousands of chemistry and chemical engineering students and professors. His enthu­siasm for the opportunities in the paper industry was infectious. He put across his theme—the need for more scien­tifically trained people in the paper industry. Phi Beta Kappa's and Tau Beta Pi's went on to Appleton for graduate study. The institute has grown and prospered and its gradu­ates are holding down some of the most responsible positions in the industry today.

There has been no let-up in this

scouting for students. In recent years competition has been keen. Industry has continually increased its offering price for B.S. graduates. But now Lewis has on his side higher scholar­ships, new dormitories and laboratories, and "a look at the record/'

The medalist's interest in education has reached far beyond the confines of the institute and the paper industry. After getting his Ph.D. at the Univer­sity of Illinois he spent a short time as a research chemist with National Ani­line, then turned to education, first as a teacher at Grinnell College and later at the University of Maine, Cornell College in Iowa, and Ohio Wesleyan University.

His early association with the liberal arts colleges made a lasting impression. In 1953 he helped organize die Mid­western Association of Liberal Arts Teachers of Chemistry—a group of chemistry teachers from 68 liberal arts colleges in seven states. Purpose is to sponsor and promote research for both teachers and students. Results: Al­ready rate of scientific publications has doubled.

Harry Lewis has been an active member of the ACS for 34 years. In 1935 he was chairman of the Division of Cellulose Chemistry. This year he is chairman of the Division of Chemical Education. H e is also representative and consultant for the Society on the National Science Teachers Association committee on physical sciences. He has served as chairman of TAPPI's fundamental research committee since 1932 and was a member of the asso­ciation's executive committee from 1952 to 1955.

ί IUPAC Delegate t o Stockholm. In 1953, Lewis was an official delegate to the Stockholm meeting of the Interna­tional Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. H e and his wife welcomed this opportunity to visit Europe and renew friendships with European scientists who had attended the Inter­national Pulp and Paper Symposium in Appleton two years earlier. While abroad, Lewis took time out to attend the World Committee Meeting of the YMCA, another of his "spare time" activities.

Last fall the Association of Pulp and Paper Chemists and Engineers in Ger­many presented the Mitscherlich Com­memorative Medal to Lewis. This was a singular honor in that he was the first non-European to receive the award.

This year's TAPPI medalist also serves as a member of the Technical Committee on Wood Chemistry of the Food and Agricultural Organization; as vice president of the Pulp, Paper, and Board Division of the IUPAC; and as a member of the National Science Foundation's advisory panel for chem­istry. •

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McAuliffe Signs with Cyanomid Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, Com­

mander-in-Chief, U . S. Army, Europe, will join American Cyanamid as head of the newly cre­ated engineering and construction division and presi­dent of the Chemi­cal Construction Co. H e will as­sume duties in May, upon retire­

ment from active service with the Army. McAuliffe, hero of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, is a graduate of the U . S. Military Acad­emy. After the war h e "became Army Secretary of the Joint Research and De­velopment Board. His other impor­tant assignments included Deputy Di­rector for Research and Development, Commanding General of the 24th In­fantry Division in Japan, and Chief Chemical Officer ( 1 9 4 9 - 5 1 ) .

• INDUSTRY R. M. Adams named research coor­

dinator at Callery Chemical Co. Β. Β. Can* named head of the development department and J. S. Bardin, head of the engineering department.

Russell B. Akin named assistant manager of technical services, poly-chemicals department of D u Pont in Wilmington. From Chicago office.

Emil R· Albert, Jr., formerly presi­dent of Mud Products of Tulsa, be­comes president of Rubarite, Inc., Chi­cago. Succeeds Harold B. Pullar, who remains as an officer and director.

Donald H. Anderson appointed as­sistant superintendent of the industrial laboratory of Eastman Kodak, Roches­ter, Ν. Υ.

L. E . Anderson named sales manager of oxychemicals division of Hercules Powder's naval stores department, Wil­mington. Richard J. Both named man­ager of the Chicago office, P . J. Reno, sales manager, agricultural chemicals division, and Allen C. Gunter, manager of Dallas office.

John A. Arnone, Jr., and Robert B. Johnson, join general research organiza­tion of Olin Mathieson Chemical as process engineers, plastics and engi­neering research.

Robert Avinger named sales manager of Armour & Co. chemical division in west Texas and N e w Mexico with head­quarters in Midland, Tex. Lester

Garrison -will cover the Southeast and wilQ have headquarters in Charlotte, N. C.

C^erald F. Barry recently separated from the U. S. Army after two years at Army Chemical Center and i s now a meanber of the technical service staff of Du Pont's textile fibers department.

Henry K. Bass, Jr., joins staff of re­search and technical department, Texas Co., as assistant chemical engineer, Port Arthur. L. R. Burns joins the company as an assistant chemist.

Donald W. Beery named manager of low temperature and synthetic fuels

Lloyd A. Hall of Griffith Labs (left) and Boy C. Newton

AIC Honors Food Research Pioneer A B I L I T Y to feed our 167 million people is one of our country's great­est blessings," Roy C. Newton of Swift & Co., told the Chicago chap­ter of the American Institute of Chemists on receiving its honorary membership award. Crop sur­pluses are creating a temporary im­balance between food supply and demand, but the long-term problem is one of increasing and conserving the food supply through research.

Now vice president for research and development at Swift, Newton himself has been a pioneer in re­search on food and industrial by­products from the food industry. Much of his work has been in the fats and oils field, and one of his projects resulted in the develop­ment of the first successful antioxi­dant for lard. Gelatin and glues also have come under his scrutiny.

He is also an able research ad­ministrator. As one Swift research chemist says, "He can ask more searching questions than anyone I know." H e has favored a moder­ate, consistent expansion of Swift's research activitito rather than sud­den enlargements. However, the staff has grown from 6 9 people in eight divisions in 1932, when New­

ton became chief chemist, to 317 in 44 divisions today. Newton came to Swift in 1924; he has been a v p since 1941.

I^ewton's broad interest in the food supply is indicated by his ap­pointment as chairman of the Civil Defense Food Advisory Committee of the National Research Council. This group is concerned with guard­ing against enemy destruction of food supply through attack or sabo­tage, and decontamination methods which could be employed in event, of atomic bombing.

H e is worried about the rela­tively small amounts being spent on agricultural research. Industry spends 2 0 times as much, arid most agricultural research is done through various government organi­zations. Perhaps the reason private enterprise does not spend so much on agricultural research as it does on industrial is the small size of the agricultural production units—the farms.

Newton's knowledge of agricul­ture is not confined to research. He has a farm of his own in Michigan, and on weekends commutes in his own light plane between it and Chicago.

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department, chemical plants division, Blaw-Knox Co.

Frank F. Black joins sales staff of Cowles Chemical, Cleveland, as man­ager of newly established organic chemical department.

Charles F. Blum appointed t o fine chemicals division sales staff of Shulton, Inc.

John W. Boone appointed, manager of budget department a t International Business Machines Corp. Has b e e n a technical engineer.

Robert Braddicks, Jr., joins research and development department of Con-goleum-Nairn, Inc., Kearny, N. J.

Louis Buchman, vice president and general manager of the western mining division of Kennecott Copper, receives the William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.

Charles Bueltman promoted t o man­ager of industrial waste treatment at the Permutit Co.

Philip C. Burnham, Jr., appointed to sales staff of Benzol Products Co., Philadelphia.

William T. Burns appointed assist­ant to manager of operations at Kaiser Chemicals Division, Oakland, Calif. From Salinas plant.

Richard £ . Chaddock appointed to newly created post of director of de­velopment at Hercules Powder's Vir­ginia cellulose department. William G. Kinsinger named manager of the sales research division.

Kymus Ginwala joins stair of Arthur D. Litde, Inc., Cambridge, as a chemi­cal engineer in the process development group.

Charles J. Gogek joins Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, as a member of research and development division.

Mariano A. Guiducci transfers from Olin-Mathieson Chemical t o Squibb In­stitute for Medical Research as research assistant.

Carrol G. Hatfield joins sales depart­ment of Monsanto's plastics division in Texas City.

Charles A. Heiberger, research di­rector at Ohio-Apex division cc FMC, appointed manager of plastics and poly­mers department of FMC chemicals central research lab now under con­struction at Princeton, N. J. Paul E. Willard becomes director of research at Ohio-Apex.

George Vf. Higgins becomes in­dustrial sales engineer at Rubarite, Inc. From Arthur S. LaPine & Co.

John A. Hippie elected vp and director of research of North American Philips Co.

Julian J· Hirshfeld named to Acrilan dyeing research group of Chemstrand's dyeing and finishing division, Decatur, Ala. Wesley A. Parker appointed to general process group of the pilot plant section, Preston R. Savage, Jr., to the product development group, textile re­search, and Joseph A. Slavinsky to the nylon spinning group, · pilot plant section.

Edward J. Hughes, manager of Eli Lilly & Co/s analytical department for 25 years, retires.

Frank B. Jewett, Jr., elected a vp of Vitro Corp. of America and a member of the board of directors.

Benjamin M. Johnson joins General Electric's heavy chemistry unit, engi­neering department at Hanford atomic installation, Richland, Wash.

J. E>. Kerr, T. H. Riley, and F. C. Taylor named heads of three units of technical service and development at Dow Chemical. O. C. Cessna and R. A. Lindsay become assistant managers of technical service and development and E. O. Ohimann appointed to newly created position of lab manager. K. D . Bacon named technical specialist. Other new section heads include R. A. Hobart, ion exchange; A. W. Smith, surfactants; H. L. Aamoth, flocculating and chelating agents; B. G. Hofmeyer, industrial chemicals, and R. E· Ten-Hoor, solvents and special assignments.

Richard D. Kincheloe joins Cook Paint and Varnish Co., Kansas City, Mo., as a chemist in the resin section of the research labs.

Joseph C. King named technical director of southern division of Metro-Atlantic, Inc., Centredale, R. I.

Joins P&G Board Bromwell Ault,

vp, director, and member of execu­tive committee of I n t e r c h e m i c a l Corp., has been elected to the board of directors of P r o c t e r & Gamble. He re-

B. A.ult places Frank F. Dinsmore, who retires after 22 years as a P&G director.

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Lewis D. Konigsford appointed patent and trade-mark attorney for Helene Curtis Industries, Chicago.

Thomas J. Lamomid promoted to pro­duction manager in. charge of vinyl at general Tire & Rubber Co/s Bolta products division, Lawrence, Mass.

Marvin W. Larson named director, associated company relations for B. F . Goodrich Chemical.

Employees recemdy joining Dow Chemical include Robert Allen Luecke, Robert P. Bringer, and Henry Patrick Stevens.

Robert Marchisotto joins American Cyanamid's fine chemicals division plant at Princeton, N. J., after complet­ing requirements for a Ph.D. in phar­maceutical chemistry at Purdue.

Dewey Mark named manager of chemical sales for Cosden Petroleum Corp., Big Spring, Tex.

Walter C. McCrone, Jr., senior chem­ist at Armour Research Foundation, resigns effective March 31 and will begin practice as a consultant in mi­croscopy, crystallography, and physical analytical methods.

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Harvey M. Merker, director of scien­tific relations for Park, Davis & Co. , retires after 4 9 years of service with the company. H e was honored at a testimonial dinner recently by fcris associates.

Robert S. Murphey appointed direc­tor of chemical research for A. H . Robins Co.

Frederick W . Pape named assistant manager of production for Lederle Lab­oratories. Formerly production super­intendent of packaging.

Stuart K. Randa joins staff of O u Pont's polychemicals department re­search division as a chemical engineer.

Herman H. Rappaport resigns from McDonald Brothers to form the Rappa­port Construction Co., Torrance, Calif.

Robert H. Rogge appointed director of engineering for chemical division at Corn Products Refining, Argo, 111. John E . DlouJiy succeeds him as assistant director of engineering in

R. H. Rogge charge of develop­ment and pilot plant.

Sir Henry Tizard, director of Glaxo Laboratories, and Frank Schon, chair­man of Marchon Products, appointed to the board of Albright & Wilson, Ltd.

Anthony Truchan, Jr., joins organic research staff of Cowles Chemical C o / s research labs, Skaneateles Falls, Ν. Υ.

Hans J. Trurnit from physicocherni-cal branch of Army Chemical Center medical laboratories has been named staff scientist with RIAS, Inc., new re­search corporation in Baltimore.

F. A. Van Acta, staff representative for National Safety Council, promoted to director of research.

Hans G. Vesterdal celebrates 30th year of service at Esso Research & E n ­gineering. H e is a member of the products research division.

Roger C· Voter promoted to super­visor in research division of polychemi­cals department, experimental station, Wilmington.

John L . Werner appointed eastern representative of petroleum chemicals sales for Monsanto's organic chemicals division, St. Louis.

R. R. Whiston appointed sales man­ager for Cleveland Agchem district of D u Pont.

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Ben F. Willey promoted to newly created post of director of technical information at Elgin Softener Corp.

S . Blake Yates appointed director of patent development division, Research Corp.

John T. Yoke completes two years of service in the Army and has re­joined the staff of Procter & Gamble's Miami Valley labs.

) GOVERNMENT

Leslie A. Cham­bers, research di­rector of the gov­ernment air pollu­tion program in his capacity as re­search director of the Robert A. Taft Engineering Cen­ter, Cincinnati, has been named direc­

tor of research for the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District. He will assume his new duties April 15.

James H . Pannell now operations analyst with Headquarters, Strategic Air Comand, Bellevue, Neb.

Nelson Puett appointed chairman of the Federal Petroleum Board under the Department of the Interior at Kil-gore, Tex.

John R. Totter joins Biology and Medicine Division of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission as a biochemist. From Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

George Vlases, Jr., transfers from chief chemist at Customs Laboratory, Baltimore, to chief, Division of Tech­nical Services, Bureau of Customs, Washington, D . C.

J . S. Watson appointed associate re­search officer, division of applied chemistry, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ont.

> EDUCATION

Anthony Anton to pursue graduate work in chemistry at the University of Arkansas upon completion of army duty.

Arthur M. Buswell, chief of Illinois State Water Survey for 3 5 years, ac­cepts appointment as research professor of chemistry at University of Florida.

J. D . H . Donnay of Johns Hopkins University has been named president

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of the American Crystallographic Asso­ciation. Elizabeth A. Wood of Bell Telephone Labs is vice president; George A. Jeffrey, University of Pitts­burgh, treasurer, and Jurg Waser, Rice Institute, secretary. Past president is W . N. Lipscomb of University of Minnesota.

Holger Erdtman, Swedish chemist and expert on the chemistry of wood and wood products, is in this country to deliver Karl Folkers Lectures series at the University of Illinois. He will also deliver a series of lectures at the University of Wisconsin.

Robert S. MacCormack becomes as­sistant professor of chemical engineer­ing at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J.

Lewis C . Mokrasch named biochem­ical research associate at Louisiana State University school of medicine, department of psychiatry and neurol­ogy.

J. Th. G. Overbeek, director of the Van't Hoff Laboratory of Utrecht, Hol­land, is in this country to deliver the Falk-Plaut lectures in chemistry at Columbia. His topic is Electrochem­istry of Colloids and Phase Boundaries.

Bradford Thompson named assistant professor of chemistry at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.

Coiner of "Vitamin" Casimir Funk (right), who coined

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