ACS N E W S

Chemical Abstracts Undergoes Revision Some sections have been brought closer together or made smaller, and new sections added

T h e Chemical Abstracts staff has m a d e n e w efforts for 1962 to give t h e reader the bes t possible a n d most up- to -da te coverage of t h e l i terature . Similar sections have b e e n b r o u g h t closer together , some sections h a v e been m a d e smaller and more specific, and n e w sections h a v e been a d d e d for n e w fields w h e r e t he information is n o w scat tered.

CA-Biochemical Sections, a n e w publ ica t ion for 1962, will cover all of the sections of t he regular edit ion of CA t h a t are specifically devo ted to bio­chemistry. Cross-references will b e used in t he comple te publ ica t ion for reference to other abstracts hav ing l imited interest to biochemists .

T h e n e w a r r angemen t gives chem­ists mode rn -day coverage of develop­ments in t he field a n d allows CA the necessary flexibility for achieving its needs for expansion in the future. Fol lowing is t h e n e w list of sections with editors :

1. HISTORY, EDUCATION, AND LITERATURE, Rutherford J. Get-tens

2. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, M. G. Mellon and H. S. Conway

3. GENERAL PHYSICAL CHEMIS­TRY, T. H. Dunkelburger

4. SURFACE CHEMISTRY AND COL­LOIDS, F . L. Browne

5. CATALYSIS AND REACTION KI­NETICS, Frederick R. Duke

6. PHASE EQUILIBRIUMS, CHEMI­CAL EQUILIBRIUMS, AND SO­LUTIONS, Scott E. Wood

7. THERMODYNAMICS, THERMO­CHEMISTRY, AND THERMAL PROPERTIES, B. M. Zeffert

8. CRYSTALLIZATION AND CRYS­TAL STRUCTURE, A. J. Mabis

9. ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC PHE­NOMENA, Thrygve R. Meeker

10. SPECTRA AND SOME OTHER OPTICAL PROPERTIES, A. B. F . Duncan and D. J. Wilson

11. RADIATION CHEMISTRY AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY, T. H. James, George W. Luckey, and Mary E. Connolly

12. NUCLEAR PHENOMENA, Edwin O. Wiig and Clarence Heininger

13. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Edwin O. Wiig and Clarence Heininger

14. INORGANIC CHEMICALS AND REACTIONS, L. L. Quill and Robert N. Hammer

15. INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEM­ICALS, Louis Koenig

16. CEMENT AND CONCRETE PROD­UCTS, J. C. Witt

17. CERAMICS, H. F . Kriege and Mayn-ard King, and Editor Emeritus C. H. Kerr

18. MINERALOGICAL AND GEO­LOGICAL CHEMISTRY, Michael Fleischer

19. EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY, A. W. Schlechten

20. FERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS, J. B. Austin

21 . NONFERROUS METALS AND AL­LOYS, Daniel J. Maykuth

22. ELECTROCHEMISTRY, Charles L. Faust and L. D. McGraw

23. WATER, John C. Tallman 24. SEWAGE AND WASTES, H. Gladys

Swope 25. APPARATUS, PLANT EQUIP­

MENT, AND UNIT OPERATIONS AND PROCESSES, J. T. Banchero

26. GENERAL ORGANIC CHEMIS­TRY, Paul A. Parent

27. ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS, Francis Johnson and Alexander C. Paton

28. ALICYCLIC COMPOUNDS, J. C. Little

29. NONCONDENSED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS, Samuel H. Wilen, P. M. Apfelbaum, and Francis E. Condon

30. CONDENSED AROMATIC COM­POUNDS, I. Moyer Hunsberger

31 . HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (One Hetero Atom), O. C. Dernier

32. HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (More than One Hetero Atom), Charles A. Rouiller

33. ORGANOMETALLIC AND OR-G A N O M E T A L L O I D A L COM­POUNDS, Robert K. Ingham

34. TERPENES, Herman Skolnik 35. ALKALOIDS, C. R. Addinall 36. STEROIDS, Bradley Whitman 37. CARBOHYDRATES, M. L. Wolfrom 38> AMINO ACIDS, PEPTIDES, AND

PROTEINS, Choh Hao Li 39. PHARMACEUTICALS, Arthur Tye 40. ESSENTIAL OILS AND COSMET­

ICS, Hazel Bishop 41. FATS AND WAXES, M. M. Piskur 42. SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS AND

DETERGENTS, J. C. Harris 43. ORGANIC COATINGS, INKS, AND

RELATED PRODUCTS, John C. Moore

44. DYES, J. J. Leavitt 45. LEATHER AND GLUE, H. B.

Merrill 46. RUBBER AND OTHER ELASTO­

MERS, David Craig 47. PLASTICS, H. K. Livingston 48. TEXTILES, Arnold M. Sookne

49. CELLULOSE, LIGNIN, PAPER, AND OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS, Jack Weiner

50. INDUSTRIAL CARBOHYDRATES, S. M. Cantor

51. PROPELLANTS AND EXPLO­SIVES, Bruce E. Anderson

52. PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM DERIVATIVES, Hans Schindler

53. COAL AND COAL DERIVATIVES, H. H. Lowry and Irving Wender, and Editor Emeritus A. C. Fieldner

54. GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY, Lewis E. Gilson

55. BIOCHEMICAL METHODS, How­ard W. Robinson

56. TOXICOLOGY, AIR POLLUTION, AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE, H. F. Johnstone

57. RADIATION EFFECTS ON BIO­LOGICAL MATERIALS, J. F. Snell

58. BIOCHEMISTRY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, To be assigned

59. ENZYMES, Erich Hirschberg 60. PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY, Thomas

G. Phillips 61. PLANT NUTRITION AND FERTI­

LIZERS, M. S. Anderson and George A. Wieczorek

62. PLANT-GROWTH REGULATORS AND CROP-CONTROL AGENTS, Harold M. Sell

63. PESTICIDES, R. C. Roark 64. FOODS, H. A. Lepper and William

Horwitz 65. MAMMALIAN NUTRITION, Philip

B. Hawk 66. MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY, L. S.

Stuart 67. FERMENTATIONS, C. N. Frey 68. NONMAMMALIAN BIOCHEMIS­

TRY, Donald S.. Farner 69. MAMMALIAN PHYSIOLOGICAL

CHEMISTRY, J. B. Brown 70. IMMUNOCHEMISTRY, Henry H.

Dix 71. MAMMALIAN PATHOLOGY, H. L.

Mason 72. HORMONES AND RELATED SUB­

STANCES, Gregory Pincus and Eli­jah B. Romanoff

73. P H A R M A C O D Y N A M I C S , Niels Haugaard

If You Cannot Continue, Resign Promptly

ACS m e m b e r s w h o feel they mus t d rop out of the Society at the end of 1961 should do so by resigning and not simply b y ig­nor ing their 1962 obligations. In accordance wi th t h e Bylaws, all w h o fail to resign prompt ly will be carr ied on the rolls in 1962 as member s and will be responsible for dues .

F u t u r e difficulties and the pay­m e n t of a re ins ta tement fee can b e avoided only if resignation is received in headquar t e r s before Dec . 3 1 .

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Huffman Leads Idaho Dr. John R. Huffman, assistant mana­ger, technical, for the atomic energy

division of Phil­lips P e t r o l e u m Co., is the 1962 chairman of the Idaho Sec t ion . He is also pro­gram c h a i r m a n (1961-62) and has been alternate

councilor (1955-57), publicity chair­man (1955-57), and public relations chairman (1958). Other officers are Prof. Artell G. Chapman, Ricks Col­lege, chairman-elect; Dr. Warren H. Burgus, Phillips Petroleum Co., A.E.D., secretary; Charles Ammann, Westinghouse Electric Co. Naval Re­actor Facility, treasurer; Dr. C. E. Stevenson, Argonne National Labora­tory, councilor; and Dr. J. A. Mc-Bride, Phillips Petroleum Co., A.E.D., alternate councilor.

Smiley Leads Peoria Section Dr. K. L. Smiley, Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc., is the 1962 chairman for

the Peoria Sec­tion. He has served the section as program com­mittee chairman (1961), educa­tion committee chairman ( 1958-59), secretary

(1957), national roster chairman (1951), and membership chairman (1950-51). Other officers of the section are Dr. F. R. Senti, Northern Regional Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, chairman-elect; Dr. F. L. Austin, Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc., secretary; Dr. Bhagat Singh, Bradley University, treasurer; Dr. J. M. Van Lanen, Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc., councilor; and Dr. F. H. Stodola, Northern Regional Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, alternate councilor.

Polymer Chemistry Group Formed in California The Polymer Group of Southern Cali­fornia has been organized as a division of the Southern California Section of the ACS. The purposes of the group include encouraging education in polymer science, exchanging informa-

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Western Connecticut Section Is 25 Years Old The Western Connecticut Section of the American Chemical Society observed its silver anniversary Tuesday, Nov. 28. Dr. John H. Fletcher (left), 1961 chairman of the section, presents ACS Past Chairman Award and Certificate of Award to Dr. Charles R. Downs, first chairman of the section in 1936. About 220 persons attended a dinner at the Stamford Yacht Club. All but two of the section's living past chairmen were present to receive ACS awards. Since the first meeting of the Western Connecticut Section on April 24, 1936, the membership has increased from 46 to more than 900. Guest speaker for the event was Dr. Rene Jules Dubos, microbiologist and experimental pathologist at the Rockefeller Institute in New York.

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Current plans include assisting in the 1961-62 season of the University of Southern California Polymer Lec­ture Series, organizing a two-day polymer symposium at the Pacific Southwest Regional Meeting of the ACS, arranging for joint ACS-Society of Plastics Engineers meetings, and publishing a newsletter.

Maine Elects Dr. Evans B. Reid, chairman of the department of chemistry at Colby Col­

lege, Waterville, Me., is the 1962 chairman of the Maine Sec t ion . Dr. Reid also served the section as chairman in 1956. Other offi­cers are Dr. Wal­

ter A. Lawrance, Bates College, chairman-elect; Dr. Paul E. Mache-mer, Colby College, secretary; and Dr. Frederick H. Radke, University of Maine, treasurer.

Bulletin Editor Named Dr. Thomas J. Kucera has been ap­pointed editor of The Chemical Bulle­tin, publication of the Chicago Sec­tion. His duties begin with the Janu­ary issue. Mr. Ronald E. Baker has been business manager of the publica­tion since September.

Appointments Dr. Arthur C. Cope, President, of the American Chemical Society, appointed the following members to represent the Society at special functions:

Dr. George H. Coleman, chairman of the Detroit Section, participated at the ceremonies attendant to the in­auguration of the academic chair honoring A. Vernon Jannotta at the Detroit Institute of Technology on Oct. 21.

Dr. George L. McNew, chairman of the New York Section, participated in the inauguration of Arthur Ole Davidson as 15th president of Wagner College on Nov. 12.

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