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Two Awards to Zare Richard Zare, Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University, has received the Willard Gibbs Medal, present­ed by the Chicago Section of the ACS; and the Isco Award for Sig­nificant Contributions to Instru­mentation for Biochemical Separa­tions, awarded jointly by Isco and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Zare was honored for his contributions to the development of capillary electrophoresis, including detection methods and novel applications; and for his experimental and theo­retical studies with lasers. Through his laser work, Zare has made significant contributions to the areas of molecular quantum states, transitions, dynamics, and reactions—par­ticularly in the development of laser-induced fluorescence.

Zare received his B.S. degree (1961) and Ph.D. (1964) from Harvard University. Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford, he taught at the University of Colorado, MIT, and Columbia University.

Two Awards to Ballschmiter Karlheinz Ballschmiter of the Uni­versity of Ulm, PRG, has received both the 1990 Fresenius and Phil­ip-Morris Research Prizes. The Fresenius Prize, presented by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, is awarded every two or three years to a chemist who has made out­standing contributions in the field of analytical chemistry. The Philip-Morris Prize annually honors re­searchers who are developing for­ward-looking ideas in science and engineering. Ball­schmiter was recognized for his research in trace organic analysis, high-resolution GC and LC, metabolism of xeno-biotics, occurrence and transport of organochlorines, and global baseline pollution studies of the air and water.

Ballschmiter received his M.S. degree (1963) and Ph.D. (1966) from the University of Mainz. He then traveled to the U.S. to work at Argonne National Laboratory, return­ing in 1969 to the FRG to join the faculty at Mainz. In 1973 Ballschmiter moved to Ulm, where he heads the Institute of Analytical Chemistry.

Lead Screening In anticipation of more stringent standards for determining lead in blood, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is seeking a diagnostic analytical instrument manufacturer with which to enter into a Cooperative Research and Devel­opment Agreement (CRADA). CDC plans to develop a rug­

ged, inexpensive instrument for use in childhood lead poi­soning screening programs. The new instrument should be based on anodic stripping voltammetry or any other tech­nique that can accurately and precisely determine blood lead at < 10 jig/dL. CDC's current action level for blood lead in children is set at 25 /ig/dL.

The company awarded the CRADA grant will receive technical support and expertise from CDC. Furthermore, it is anticipated that all inventions arising from this agree­ment will be jointly owned and licensed exclusively to the holder of the CRADA on a royalty-bearing basis. For more information, contact Dayton Miller or Daniel Paschal, Nu­tritional Biochemistry Branch, Division of Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences, Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road (F18), Atlanta, GA 30333 (404-488-4026).

Kolthoff Enrichment Awards Nominations are being solicited for the 19911. M. Kolthoff Enrichment Awards. Established in 1987 by the ACS Divi­sion of Analytical Chemistry, the awards encourage talent­ed undergraduates to pursue further work in the field of analytical chemistry. Up to $1000 will be awarded to each student to enhance his or her undergraduate research expe­rience through participation in activities outside the curric­ulum requirements for a degree (such as professional meet­ings and off-campus workshops or courses).

Applicants must be entering their final year of under­graduate study. Preference will be given to nominees who have completed or are completing the required undergrad­uate curriculum in analytical chemistry and are planning to study analytical chemistry at the graduate level.

Nominating packages (including a letter of nomination from an analytical chemistry faculty member, transcript, summary of current course work, biographical information, statement of career goals, two letters of recommendation, and description of activities to be supported by the award) must be sent to Alice Cunningham, Department of Chemis­try, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030 (404-371-6382) by February 1,1991. Award winners will be notified by March 15.

Oh, Say Can You See? As Americans head for scenic locations on their summer va­cations, they may see less than vacationers did 40 years ago. In a report written for the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, researchers have determined that be­tween 1948 and 1983 atmospheric visibility dimmed by about 25% because of haze.

Visibility has declined most in the Southeast, by around 80%, whereas in the Northeast it has actually improved over the same period. The haze values were based on hour­ly visual range observations from 600 meteorological sta­tions.

The study also linked for the first time the degree of haze in eastern U.S. skies with seasonal sulfur emissions. Oxida-

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